Today, my boss is on the phone with a Russian customer, who keeps saying, "Speak Russian please!" My boss asks me to translate, as he hired me for my knowledge of Russian. He says something, I translate in Russian, then the customer says, "Speak English please!" FML
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Today, my co-worker and I were having a conversation in Russian. Our boss overheard us talking, shouted, "I know you're talking about me! I speak Spanish too!" and threatened to fire us. FML
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Today, I was instructed by my boss to welcome the 2 new foreign business partners since I am the only one who could speak their language. When they arrived I greeted them in their language. One of them scratched his head and asked his companion in plain and clear English, "What did he say?" FML
Today, my boss's son is training to take over my job as head translator, after having convinced his dad that he's fluent in Spanish, and that my skills suck. I soon walked in on him using Google Translate on a legal document. My boss refuses to believe me. FML
Today, I noticed I spend most of my day translating French, German, and other languages for my boss, as he talks to people overseas. As his assistant I make crap money. If I were promoted to a Translator I’d make a lot more. He won’t promote me. In fact he threatened to fire me if I asked again. FML
Today, after I recently started working in Korean company, my manager said, "Speak Korean, this is Korea." I started communicating in Korean for a few days, but then my manager says : "Why you talk to me in Korean ?" FML
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Today, I had the questionable honor of explaining the difference between "your" and "you're" to my boss, and very diplomatically make her see why her poor grasp of language could affect our credibility as a communication agency. I'm Swedish, and English is my third language. She's American. FML
Today, my boss said to me: 'You know, our competitors are also hiring!' FML
Today, a customer asked me if I was English, because I was struggling to understand what he was saying. I said yes. He then called me a liar, and said I must be "one of them Polish immigrants." Oh, and he also had a thick Scottish accent. FML
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Airshock22 11
I've heard of a language barrier before, but not a language revolving door.
DFMLharsh 20
You Putin a lot of efforts but they went to waste.
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Comments (50)
Abhinow 7
Its a new Russian Roulette it seems.
echarlotte 19
That sounds like a train wreck wet lord
echarlotte 19
*sweet
swanheart 35
I actually think you said it better the first time :)
Diarrhea_Volcano 29
Lord of the Wet
sturschaedel 27
Answer in french to show your lingual superiority.
demamcgirl16 21
Happened to me when I went away.. No one wanted to hear my French because they decided that their English was better. It's shitty but all you can do is keep trying.
elusiveshame 22
This is why people have trust issues
CyberSeeker 20
one massive troll right there
jqmalang 17
Well, the customer might be more fluent in English. But your Boss wants to see your skills.
worldclassrager 41
Rnglish? A mixture of both? Can't please them all...at least you could help OP...
warped_executive 16
Trolling 101
pokemyeyes 23
you lied about knowing russian didnt you