Today, at work, I was helping someone who really sounded like she had a Boston accent. So, I asked her where she was from. She has never been out of state. Turns out she has a speech impediment. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I had to call a customer. I usually try to avoid calling customers because I have a very prominent speech impediment. Well, it turns out the customer I called also has a speech impediment and thought I was mocking her. She hung up on me and filed a formal complaint with my company. FML
Today, I got slapped by a date because she thought I was making fun of her speech impediment. I wasn't making fun, I just have the same speech impediment. FML
Today, a customer punched me in the face for repeating their order back to them because they thought I was making fun of their speech impediment. I have the same speech impediment. FML
Today, at work, I was reprimanded for not engaging with customers enough. In an effort to be more friendly, I complimented the next customer on her interesting accent. Turns out it was from a stroke she had last year. FML
Today, I went for a job interview. The woman interviewing me had such a thick accent that I had to keep asking her to repeat herself. She got so frustrated that she ended the interview super early. I don't think I got the job. FML
Today, I asked a woman where her beautiful accent was from. The woman stared at me for a while. Then her daughter told me that the reason her mother talked like that was because she had a stroke a few months ago. FML
Today, I was teaching a small group of improv students. I asked one guy to do a monologue, and laughed to myself while he did so. I said, "Sorry, I'm just laughing at the way you're doing it." He then got upset and pointed out that he had a speech impediment. FML
Today, I got a phone call from a number I didn't recognize. It was a man with a speech impediment, and I began imitating him. He was the manager of a store I applied at. He wanted to arrange an interview. FML
Today, while at work, a customer refused to speak louder, despite me asking her to do it several times. As a result, I took her order incorrectly. The customer then finally decided to raise her voice, but only to yell at me about my poor listening skills. FML
Today, I got put in a speech impediment class because apparently I have a lisp. No, my tongue is just swollen, and I can't talk very well because of it. I've talked normally for the past 17 years. FML
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nattnatt73 31
I worked in customer service over the phone and had a lady ask what country I was in. I told her I was from Washington state and she didn't believe me. It happens. And I don't even have a speech impediment
racheal1000 13
don't feel embarrass. I have a speech impediment due to hearing loss and people have always asked me where I'm from. Doesn't bother me one bit
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poorkitten 15
I have a speech impediment and people ask me all the time. I think it's funny because I ask them where they think and I get a different answer Everytime. never left Canada
vicfirthfan 11
what's the difference?
serindipityish 14
If I had a speech impediment, I think I'd feel pretty cool for someone to think I'm from somewhere else. I'd probably just continue playing it as an accent. Don't feel too bad!
Mermaid_Sashimi 6
Something similar happened to me in 6th grade. There was this girl (who is now my ex-best friend) who sounded like she was from New York, she actually had a speech impediment too.
Levvy 22
What is an accent but a locally popular speech impediment with no physical cause?
Couch_Potato 17
Ok so why is that so bad it's not like you said anything you just asked her where she was from
dkane 12
Don't feel to bad, I have speech impairment and people ask me if I'm from England or Australia a lot, I don't really care as long as they don't tell me my voice is weird
heyLaddieHey 18
My stepmother did that once with a waitress. She'd apparently heard it before-she was pretty flippant about it and just said "no, I'm from here, but everybody thinks u have an accent!" My stepmom felt awful though.
rawrmuffinsnom 18
People ask me that all the time. I can't pronounce my r's correctly asking with a few other speech issues so sometimes it sounds like I'm from Boston, Britain, or Australia. I just tell people I talk funny and that I'm from Michigan. It cracks me up when people say "oh, I can hear the Michigan accent."
Colon_Man 17
Mitten bump.
wow2mylife 25
I have a speech impediment and have a accent it really doesn't bother me when people ask but it really fun when they straight off try guess the accent never bother me or another people who have same thing as me