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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:01 PM
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Venting
To make a bad morning even worse I just got bitched out by some guy on the phone because we don't have anyone here who speaks Spanish. I work in a small office and half the time there are only 3 of us here, it's also in New England. I could understand maybe if it was in Florida or the Southwest, but for people to get angry that I don't speak spanish, enough to yell at me, is just WRONG. "Why? Why don't you have someone who speaks spanish"

I know I will probably get flamed as a racist or a freeper, but this REALLY topped off my day. I am all for immigration, I love the diversity my area has, but I found this incredibly rude. Usually when immigrants call in they are very nice and we just go slowly and manage to communicate enough to assist them if they do not speak english fluently. This guy was just an asshole.

Grrrrrrrr
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:04 PM
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1. Apparently, you didn't speak this guy's language
In other words... you didn't speak asshole.


:hug:

You can't make all of the people happy all of the time. It's not possible. Know that you work hard at your job and you do the best you can.

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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:09 PM
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2. Thank you :)
That really made me smile...in fact I am posting a sign saying "I do not speak asshole" on my wall just so I can laugh when the next jerk calls in.

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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:17 PM
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3. I say tough noogies to him.
I'd have hung up on him.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:20 PM
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4. Next time, just hang up.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:27 PM
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5. do you work in the town you Live?
if not, it couLd be much worse for you.

where we Live, they'd probabLy chew you out for not knowing cantonese.

pick a neighborhood around boston, and you couLd get any number of peopLe who speak in their native tongue.
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 01:00 PM
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7. I work in Foxboro
Live in Attleboro, raised in Walpole. I speak to probably 4 or 5 people a day who are not native English speakers, no one has ever asked for a different language except spanish and even then this was the first time someone yelled at me because I didn't speak thier language.

Boston and the surrounding areas are very diverse, hence the impossibility of knowing everyone's individual language. That's why the mans reaction shocked me. Usually we just struggle through the conversations and it all works out okay.
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formerrepuke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:55 PM
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6. For future reference: The Spanish for 'a-hole' is 'pendejo'..if he calls back
you'll be ready.
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 01:01 PM
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8. LOL
Thank you!

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