Embarrassing, Awkward, Language and Work: Lost in translation

Lost in translation

By ohhhman - 10/04/2009 00:13 - United States

Today, one of the Haitians that works in the kitchen at my restaurant said something to me. Usually I can't understand them and I just smile and laugh, so that's what I did this time. Later, I found out he was trying to tell me his father had passed away. FML

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AMelodyofJuly 0

Friday 10 April 2009 9:48

Bummer. Maybe you should try to understand them better or just be honest and say, "I'm sorry but I just can't understand you; I'm so bad with accents."

mf_fml 0

Friday 10 April 2009 9:55

i don't care how many times i gotta look stupid repeatedly going "pardon? pardon?" i still gotta know EXACTLY what someone is trying to tell me.

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omfgglol 0

Friday 10 April 2009 17:58

I know what you mean, there's a Haitian kid on my soccer team and I have such a hard time understanding him.

ducklamp 0

Friday 10 April 2009 18:10

who hasn't done that???

louisianagrrrrl 0

Friday 10 April 2009 18:33

this is why you should tell people when you can't understand them

mastershake 0

Friday 10 April 2009 18:47

that sucks!! yeah i worked in restraunts where i couldnt understand ANY of the people in the kitchen and you cant just always ****** say you cant understand them cuase they get pissed at you and **** up your orders so i always would laugh and nod too. it sucks thats what he was talking about though!

dudemitch 0

Friday 10 April 2009 19:33

they click when they talk. fyl.

FMLaddictaylor 0

Friday 10 April 2009 20:17

Hahahahah, that blows. I've done something similar before when I was in Costa Rica. After that, I stuck with "no comprende", or whatever to say that I didn't understand. Fyl.

balanceMMX 0

Friday 10 April 2009 20:20

I'm annoyed by people who assume they won't ever be able to understand someone and therefore make no attempt to really listen.

Whispy 0

Friday 10 April 2009 20:46

Man thats definately a FML. I do the same thing too all the time.. i feel embarrassed saying "what" more than a few times, and it usually IS something funny theyre trying to say =(

xVictorx_fml 0

Friday 10 April 2009 22:25

I also do the same when I can't understand people. And you can't just keep asking them to repeat because they'll think you're dumb asking the same question over and over again.