People love to talk behind others' backs – you cannot deny it. You have likely done it yourself; it's just a flaw that we all have. Yet, it also matters how you do it – some cases tend to be way nastier than others.
For example, talking about a person while you're near them, but using a language they don't understand. Or at least you hope they don't. Because stories of those folks understanding it happen often enough. So, today, let's jump in to read them, shall we?
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#41
Usually it's nothing. Something like, "Why are they waiting at the light?" at a crosswalk or something. I did have one where some younger lab techs said "That one has a nice a*s," and, "I'd hit it," and general statements about my appearance while on break until I thanked them in their language as the elevator door closed.
Also had a guy once b***h that nobody from the US knows about the politics of their (not US) country. He was pissed when I knew more about not only his federal but state government as well than he did.
Generally, I approach it as, "I'm going to be friendly, but you need to learn to not assume, because it'll get you in trouble.".
Also had a guy once b***h that nobody from the US knows about the politics of their (not US) country. He was pissed when I knew more about not only his federal but state government as well than he did.
Generally, I approach it as, "I'm going to be friendly, but you need to learn to not assume, because it'll get you in trouble.".
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13points
#42
English is my maternal language, and I speak French and Romanian.
Once I was on a train next to a French family who were discussing how incredibly fat Americans were. At one point, I interjected with my most amerloc accent jokingly asking if they knew if the train had a dining cart and they died laughing. I'd lived in France for several years at that point and coincidentally was on my way back to fly the US for the first time in a long time... On my arrival back home, I realized they were right.
Another time I was in a coffee shop in Bucharesti and overheard a woman weighing options about two guys she was dating. The Romanian guy she said she really loved; the American guy she said was annoying, but had money and could help her get a US visa.
Once I was on a train next to a French family who were discussing how incredibly fat Americans were. At one point, I interjected with my most amerloc accent jokingly asking if they knew if the train had a dining cart and they died laughing. I'd lived in France for several years at that point and coincidentally was on my way back to fly the US for the first time in a long time... On my arrival back home, I realized they were right.
Another time I was in a coffee shop in Bucharesti and overheard a woman weighing options about two guys she was dating. The Romanian guy she said she really loved; the American guy she said was annoying, but had money and could help her get a US visa.
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12points
#43
A father told his daughter to avoid being in my way when I was in a very small convenience store with them. The language isn't spoken where I live, and I was traveling within my country, so I was surprised to even hear it.
Mine isn't as interesting as the others, though, more pragmatic!
Mine isn't as interesting as the others, though, more pragmatic!
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10points
#44
I was climbing down a mountain in Japan talking in French to my companion and a German girl behind us on the narrow path complained we were talking too slow. As she walked past when there was finally a spot for me to step aside to let them my companion told me what she said and I couldn’t help but exclaim „Achsoooo“ which is German for „oh I see!“.
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#45
I was more on the opposite end of this, but I vividly remember this time from my childhood when my mum took me along for coffee with some of her friends (all Japanese). There was this white guy at the table next to us with a dog, and while they were nattering away about something, he lashed out with his foot at his dog. My mum and her friends obviously reacted in Japanese, calling him horrible and so on, and this guy randomly said--in perfect Japanese--"Don't talk about other people like that. You don't know what I'm going through."
S**t was wild from start to finish lmao.
S**t was wild from start to finish lmao.
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