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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Today, I was at a restaurant and confidently ordered in what I thought was fluent French. The waiter stared at me for a second, then responded in perfect English, "Dude, this is an Italian restaurant." FML
Today, I was at a restaurant with some friends, trying to be cultured by ordering in French. I confidently said to the waiter, “Je voudrais le poulet, s'il vous plaît.” The waiter stared at me and said, “Sir, this is a Chinese restaurant.” FML
Today, I went to see the school counselor to schedule my classes for school. She asked me if I knew how to speak English. My parents are Chinese and I don't even know how to speak Chinese. I've lived in America my whole life. Plus, I even spoke to her in English to ask about classes. FML
Today, I was on a date in a fancy restaurant. I tried to show off my skills by ordering our meal in French, since some of the dishes had french-sounding names. The waiter replied in fluent French and I have no idea what he said. FML
Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML
Today, I went to a drive through with my housemate. She got our order wrong and angrily yelled at the teenager who handed us our food, making her cry. My housemate can't fully speak English because of a learning disability, and she refuses to admit it. FML
Today, I was asked to prove that I was Chinese by translating the phrase, "Ching chong ming chang ho". I'm not even Chinese. FML
Today, as a waitress at Denny's, I had a 25 top table. Only 3 of them spoke English. FML
Today, at a tutoring center, one of the tutors looked at my worksheet and laughed. She then showed all the other tutors my mistakes and they laughed along with her. The best part? They all speak Chinese and they think I can't understand them. I'm Chinese. FML
Today, I was holding the door open for a friend. She told me to wait a second because she had to finish a text. Nearly a minute passed before I asked why she wouldn't come inside to finish typing. We were at a Chinese restaurant. She thought the "No MSG" sign meant you couldn't text inside. FML
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Welshite 40
Apparently you can't understand English either. Did you have to use a translator for this FML?
SmokeyBear420 19
lol bad accent?
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Comments (84)
BlockOfRedStone 25
Damn, more like FHL. Having a thick accent sucks - you have to deal with this kind of stuff your whole life.
RedPillSucks 33
I've actually watched two chinese people having a hard time understanding each other because of their accented english. They couldn't speak to each other in Chinese, cause one spoke Mandarin and the other spoke Cantonese, so they tried to communicate in english. Badly.
gracehi 33
That's sounds even more awkward than this FML.
Suaria 38
At least someone mentions the different dialects of Chinese.
Quiet_one 22
That's embarrassing, but understandable. Accents are hard! I even have trouble understanding other native English speakers sometimes. For a while after I moved to Georgia I struggled so much with Southern accents that I'm pretty sure my first boss here thought I was slow. It happens.
badluckalex 23
she must have had a thick accent. lol
pnutzmckracken 3
This is a case when I want to hear a response by the op, were you just completely baffled by what she was saying or just unobservant? Either way you still looked a bit silly. It seems like you forgot how to English.
Syncronisis 11
"Herro. I um yo waituresseuh tooooooooodai." Sorry, I do not understand chinese. "Duh fuq? I spik engrish werr enup"
brandoneyez1 25
Thick accent or you just assumed it was Chinese?
MastaD 8
Don't nobody understand the words that are coming out of your mouth!
pcgwm 13
LOL, aw
bobbyguy 17
Well apparently you need to learn English also.