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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spartano3 0
Hey man, at least you know you've got a tan.
average_girl 0
Well a lot of Hispanics don't know how 2 speak English. But knowing one word in Spanish doesn't make u mexican. How stupid r people these days? Lol u should have cursed her out in Spanish hahaha
colombana25 0
wow... showsyou how ignorant some people can be...
XScarlet 4
Ugh... FHL, not yours. You should have said, "dang ignorant people and how they constantly put their foot in their mouths". Stupid bitch. It would have taken a lot of self control for me to not have flipped out on her had I been in that situation. I would have loved to see her face. :-O
PohTayToez 0
What an ignorant bitch.
lovell_says_hey 0
dang people with their racial assumptions about skin color but whatever haha
lovelyBLOO 0
Why is it that people assume ALL Hispanics to be MEXICAN? I go to school with people from all over. When my freshman year began, all the Hispanics sat together. We were then told that we were all Mexican. I am Puerto Rican. There were people in that group that were from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala to name a few. We were quickly given this title due to ignorance. OPEN YOUR EYES. Mexicans aren't the only ones! That lady is an ignorant bitch! I would've told her off!
foozebox 0
That's funny, considering Hispanic/Latina isn't even a race, just a cultural identity. So mocking you in Spanish because you look "Mexican" is pretty stupid to begin with. FHL.
SkysTheL1m1t 0
i hope this isn't an fml because you're upset you were mistaken for a mexican. it's definitely fyl if you didn't have time to retort at her. ******* bitch. i'm irish american also and worked with all hispanic coworkers (none of whom were mexican actually, not the point) and people would spew that "damn mexicans" bullshit at me all the time assuming i would agree with them, i guess cause i'm white? i never got impatient with any other customers but i always told those people off
Phlecks 0
I have a whole scenario in my head of what I would have done.......that gets me so angry when people are so ignorant like that. Good job tellin' them off, #207