I'm sitting right here

By Anonymous - 24/09/2019 06:00 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, I got my nails done at a salon where everyone working there was Vietnamese. During my manicure, the manicurists talked about how ugly I was in their native tongue. They couldn't have known that I'd lived in Vietnam and I'm fluent in Vietnamese, but too chickenshit to speak up. FML

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By EunJung - 04/11/2011 00:16 - United States

Today, at the nail salon, a Korean woman was making fun of me. I kindly told her, in Korean, that I understood. She kindly told me, in English, that she didn't care. FML

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By hrmpf - 19/01/2016 14:37 - Germany - Bremen

Today, I went to the hairdresser for the first time in the country I just moved to. Guess I don't speak the language as well as I thought. FML

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By ChickenBallsPlease - 28/01/2014 11:16 - United Kingdom - King's Lynn

Today, I was eating at a Chinese restaurant, when I stopped the waitress to tell her that even though I am of Chinese heritage, I can't understand a word of Chinese. After an awkward silence, she told me she was actually speaking English. FML

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By Manu - 14/02/2017 09:00 - United States - Columbia

Today, I went to get my first manicure. While waiting, I looked at the menu board. When I wondered aloud: "I know what a French manicure is, but what on Earth is a Polish change?" The whole place started laughing and I guess I'm not going back. FML

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By brows - 03/03/2009 22:47 - United States

Today, I went to get my eyebrows waxed at a korean salon. I have never been there before and it's hard to understand their accents. The women asked me if I wanted "them all off". Not fully understanding what she said, I agreed. When she showed me the mirror, she had taken off my whole eyebrow. FML

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By twinkletoes - 17/09/2012 06:32 - United States

Today, I went to get my nails done for the first time in a while. I don't like to go that much because two of my toes are connected, and I'm very self-conscious about it. The man painting my toes started laughing when he saw them and called all the other employees over to look. FML

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By WeldedShut - 03/03/2017 18:00

Today, I was with a wedding party getting manicures. I absentmindedly used a freshly-painted nail to pick my nose and ended up with two beauticians scraping indestructible bright red gel varnish out of my left nostril with acetone soaked q-tips, while everyone sat waiting in complete silence. FML

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By hobbit - 22/05/2013 17:40 - United States - Winthrop

Today, I decided to treat myself to a pedicure ahead of my cousin's wedding. The woman doing my nails asked if I wanted my toe hairs trimmed. I was so taken aback and embarrassed that I said yes. They charged me extra. FML

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The cliché is true

By Anonymous - 30/09/2009 21:22 - Canada

Today, I went to a restaurant for lunch. I began to eat when I noticed a blond hair in my food. When that happened, I went up to the counter and began complaining about their hygiene. When the manager insisted no one that works there had long blond hair, I realized that it was my hair. FML

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By Anon - 26/05/2009 17:45 - United Kingdom

Today, I was at a mall. A woman stopped by me, said slowly and loudly, in Spanish "baño?" Knowing a bit of Spanish, I nodded and pointed the restrooms out for her. She then mutters about "dang Mexicans and their inability to speak English". I'm not even Latina. I'm Irish-American. FML

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Ashamed_Sister 60

Tuesday 24 September 2019 6:42

You should have said goodbye in Vietnamese or maybe something like "goodbye you ugly bitches".

Sady_Ct 37

Tuesday 24 September 2019 9:13

Put in a complaint, either written or verbal but definitely in Vietnamese. It doesn’t matter who you are or what service you are receiving, no one deserves to be treated this badly.

Comments

Enyer Delgado 7

Tuesday 24 September 2019 6:05

Reminds me of that time in school some Dominican kids were talking about me in spanish thinking I cant understand them even though im Dominican myself. Then told them I can understand them amd they said that they were just joking.

Ashamed_Sister 60

Tuesday 24 September 2019 6:42

You should have said goodbye in Vietnamese or maybe something like "goodbye you ugly bitches".

blondie45 21

Tuesday 24 September 2019 7:54

Smile and wave with your pretty new nails! They’re just jealous because you can afford to have your nails done whilst they will always just be nail technicians. And what do you care what a bunch of small mind bitches think of you anyway!

slhiggx 17

Friday 7 May 2021 15:34

That’s just offensive. What is it you do for a living? Do you even know what op does for a living? There are people out here getting their nails done without rent paid.

Sady_Ct 37

Tuesday 24 September 2019 9:13

Put in a complaint, either written or verbal but definitely in Vietnamese. It doesn’t matter who you are or what service you are receiving, no one deserves to be treated this badly.

skippydoda 32

Tuesday 24 September 2019 11:10

Should have said you like the color in Vietnamese.

RichardPencil 30

Tuesday 24 September 2019 12:52

Next time, bring Frank Costanza with you. He'd tell them what's what, ha!

j2quared 1

Tuesday 24 September 2019 13:05

i hope you didn't leave a tip

Sinshine 28

Tuesday 24 September 2019 13:29

It sucks to be treated like that but if you paid any kind of money for that treatment, that's on you.

Seeya55 31

Tuesday 24 September 2019 23:12

They meant that OP shouldn't have paid at all. All Mani-Pedi places I've been is that you pay after, as you also tip people like that too. OP should have explained in Viet at the counter when it was completed.