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Translation Please
Scenario:
Customer comes in and starts rambling in spanish. I'll say I can't speak or "Fully understand spanish" unless they talk really really slow.
Customer:
Really really really fast speaking spanish
Me:
"no se hablar espanole" ๐คจ
tring to make it apparent that I don't speak spanish
Customer:
stops for a min...the starts to talk really really really fast in spanish about there phone messing up
Me:
again "no se hablar espanole" ๐คจ
Customer:
"Por Que" ๐ฒ
Why
Me:
and I actually cant believe i said this but,
"Because I was born here" ๐คจ
Customer:
Looks at me and walks to the phones and looks at me and starts asking about the phones...in spanish
Me:
๐ข "..."
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Does anyone else get these type of customers?
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look a little spanish in your grav. They probably thought you were kidding you said you didn't know how to speak Spanish...
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I had a couple come in a few weeks ago who spoke nothing but german.. that was pretty interesting.. ๐
Too bad I took french in High School lol
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MAGINOT LINE
JE DETESTE LA FRANCE!
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the customer learn English. That resolves a lot of issues.
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MennoMay 4, 2009, 2:41 PM
When I was in Highschool, I worked at a Grocery store as a Cashier. I also took spanish, so I knew a little bit, but I learned rather quickly to pretend I didn't understand anything.
Because as soon as you hinted you had a basic understanding, they would start into a rapid fire spanish I didn't have a prayer at understanding.
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same here i know enough to make a payment and or a sale not much more than that. I have made the mistake of telling or saying that i speak very very very little spanish. ๐ณ
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I found that when I was asked if I spoke Spanish, if I said "poquito" (a little in Spanish) that you could almost see the customer wind up and speak about 190 MPH. I might catch ever third or fourth word. However, if I say "a little" in English, the customer will try to speak in English, or if he or she went into Spanish it would be at a slower pace.
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