Was I wrong?(all opinions welcome, even yours Decado :P) - Page 2

July 15, 2008, 9:43 PM

Well I work at a restaurant and I think you did nothing wrong. The girl acted like a b*tch. Maybe she had PMS or something lol

July 15, 2008, 9:48 PM

My dad was in a similar situation, although he was in Quebec (and they're more likely to speak French there than English if you didn't know). But this lady, I think she was behind the cashier, asked my dad something in French, and he said he didn't understand; she threw a hissy fit, but he just laughed it off, and went on his way.

You'll always find people like that. If you've tried both English and Spanish, you shouldn't really be worried.

July 15, 2008, 9:54 PM

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Well I work at a restaurant and I think you did nothing wrong. The girl acted like a b*tch. Maybe she had PMS or something lol

Lol, maybe, or maybe shes sensitive about the fact she only speaks English, but meh What do I know? . And what kind of restaurant? o.O

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Originally Posted by Karl Friedrich Gauß

My dad was in a similar situation, although he was in Quebec (and they're more likely to speak French there than English if you didn't know). But this lady, I think she was behind the cashier, asked my dad something in French, and he said he didn't understand; she threw a hissy fit, but he just laughed it off, and went on his way.

You'll always find people like that. If you've tried both English and Spanish, you shouldn't really be worried.

Hello Karl,

Yes I know in Quebec, Canada a majority of the people are francophones. And I believe they are pushing to declare the state a french only place, I could be wrong though.

Thanks for your input peeps

- Kuja

July 17, 2008, 12:09 PM

It's called Da Nino ( At Nino's Place). We serve italian sea food and we have the best pizzas in Croatia (where I live) lol

July 18, 2008, 7:27 PM

That girl is a wench whoever she was.

You did nothing wrong, that girl obviously has issues, that only she alone can address.

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Well given that you were in Miami, a city in a predominantly English speaking country, I'd say it was a little naive of you to expect that she could speak Spanish, purely because other people who worked there had. Also, if she had a blank look after you first spoke to her in Spanish, surely common sense would have told you that she doesn't speak Spanish?

That said, I can't see where the "stereotypical" comment came from. She probably just doesn't have any idea what the word means.

Miami has a heavy Cuban population, it wasn't naive of him at all. I'm not hispanic, but I studied spanish all the way up to College, and speak it fluently, I've been to Puerto Rico, and some of the people there do speak fast, in fact I myself have them a blank look, I'm sorry but no your statement about common sense comes from you yourself not speaking spanish.

I agree, that girl needs to see a doctor.

July 21, 2008, 4:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ***MAKAI***

It's called Da Nino ( At Nino's Place). We serve italian sea food and we have the best pizzas in Croatia (where I live) lol

Sounds like an awesome place, think I could get a pizza flown in from there. .

Oh and bro, even though you weren't there, thanks!

- Kuja

July 21, 2008, 4:35 AM

lol i live in australia everyone here that i know speaks english

but you werent in the wrong in a place where youve been spoken too in spanish and you assume that everyone their does makes you a lil bit silly but im not being against you to go off at you for speaking spanish is very stupid i mean who does that

and to makai

im part italian i LOVE pizza ( my gf works in a pizza place lol) but anyways i hate seafood but im starting to like it a lil bit i love italian food. though

lol

July 21, 2008, 4:53 AM

The fact that you'd even begin to think you were wrong surprises me. The girl that was offended by you, appears to be quite ignorant, and a drama queen.

**MY YOUT00B** · July 21, 2008, 5:52 AM

Well, some people just get offended by that. America is a dominantly English speaking country, so I personally think that people should speak in English. If they get to know a person better and find out that they can speak Spanish or another language, then that's okay in my opinion. But to just go up to someone and speak a language (that's not the first language of the country) that they're not familiar with can be seen as rude by some people. I don't really think that anyone's wrong here though.