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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Today, a customer came in who only spoke Spanish. I speak Spanish rather well so I helped the customer. She ended up buying $2300 worth of stuff. I got written up because not speaking English apparently "has the potential be offensive to other customers if they are not able to understand you." FML
Today, a lady at the clothing store told me to, “Stop speaking 'Mexicano', this is America!” when I was talking on the phone. I actually speak Portuguese. When I pointed this out, she verbally tortured me and threatened to, “Call the cops” if I didn’t leave her store for, “making her feel threatened.” FML
Today, I checked in a group of men from Mexico. I speak just enough Spanish to realize they're discussing my breasts. I have to stand there smiling while checking in three more people. FML
Today, my sister told me about her upcoming trip to Mexico. I asked her how she was going to do anything without knowing any Spanish. She told me she's "just going to read their lips". FML
Today, I was talking to a smokin' hot Cuban sorority girl. She told me her mom only speaks Spanish, so she translates for her. Without thinking I said, "Oh like Chewbacca and Han Solo?" FML
Today, we had a substitute teacher. She was taking attendance and had trouble pronouncing my last name. When I corrected her, I heard her mutter under her breath about, “Goddamn Mexican immigrants…” I’m from Greek ancestry, born in the USA. FML
Today, a gorgeous woman on a train told her friend she thought I was hot in Spanish, assuming I was a dumb gringo tourist. In fact, I speak Spanish fluently, my wife is Colombian, and she was standing right next to me. My wife can’t rationalize my street value, and made me sleep on the fold out. FML
Today, I was at the airport trying to help a man get to the right terminal. When he finished he turned to tell me "Don't worry, your English is pretty good, considering you're not American". English is my only language. FML
Today, my mom parked in a handicapped space because, "the Spanish people are taking over everything." FML
Today, while working at Subway I joked with a customer asking him if he was going to order in Spanish. The women in front of him began yelling about how I was being racist and told my manager that I needed to be fired. The customer I was joking with was my Spanish teacher. FML
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rukusrazor 0
FHL. That was your opportunity to tell her how much of a racist **** she is in plain English.
waxstigmata 0
what a sad and pathetic life she must live, don't worry, bad things tend to happen to people like that
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24788 7
You may have muttered it a bit. I do this sometimes at work. You can't be perfect when you're tired.
Carosello 0
lol you might just be black Irish or something but yeah... what a racist lady >.
sickinlove13 0
That lady's a moron. SHE came up to YOU and asked YOU in Spanish where the bathroom was. It's not like she came up to you, asked where the bathroom was, and you responded to her in Spanish. Plus, you didn't even respond in Spanish, so there was no need for her to make racist remarks. What a dumb bitch.
jaberhollae 0
@ 144 lakeylove: Please try to correct your grammatical errors; they make you seem as if you lack a formal education. Secondly, half American (whatever that means) plus half Panamanian does not equal to Spanish. I could really care less of what you look like but would rather focus on working that noggin. People often think that I am a Mexican even though I am Salvadoran. It doesn't bother me though since I have many close friends that are Mexican. When I see a douchebag, I will them I know English, Spanish, German and some Italian! If they continue to be pesky, I tell them that I am double majoring on Literary Criticism & Theory and Biology! Don't worry, being Hispanic is cool since you get to learn to languages instead of one. As they say, "the more the merrier!" Cheers from California
vcjesusfreak 0
To number 172, proper English is not as necessary in a forum such as this as it is in a report, or even some more formal forums. A site such as FML is ment to be informal, but if you are going to criticize somebody for grammatical errors, please correct the errors in your own post.
strawberryspacejam 11
you're 172 jackass
xabuko 0
could be worse!!!
Roxas_fml 0
You should have pointed out where the bathroom was while speaking to her in English. It would've been funny to see her reaction to that.
yappyJAP 0
Your life isn't f**ed nor did you deserve that one. Some people are just mean and that woman is one of those people. She obviously assumed you were Hispanic, desperately tried to communicate with you in what she thought was the only way and then was a complete bitch about it. If you ever see her again, just give her a swift kick in the ass.
Dusa_fml 0
wow, I would have told her a big **** you. What a bitch.
SurpriseButtseks 0
This is more of a WTF than a FML.