Holy crap, yeah, I know, childless by choice currently... but a couple came in today with their granddaughter, who they set on the counter in front of me, and I heard the girl ask her Oma, "Ist das ein maedchen?"
Oma sagt, "Nein, das ist ein Mann."
I grinned to myself as the girl asked, and frowned at the Oma. I almost replied, "Nein, ich bin nichts," but I couldn't form it correctly in my head, and didn't want to say something inappropriate.
Oma and granddaughter spend the entire transaction conversing in German, and I'm floundering out of my league, with only three semesters of German under my belt some three, four years ago.
Although I did say "Tschuss!"
I got that one right, at least.
I don't speak English
Damn you, zip codes!
I had a woman in my line today, whom I got all the way through the transaction with, and had just asked her for her zip code. And she just stood there, staring at me.
R: "You're zip code?"
L: "My code? No."
R: "Your zip code?"
L: "I don't speak English."
R: "Your *louder* Zip Code?"
L: "Oh... #####."
R: "Thank you."
What did she want me to do? "I don't speak Spanish."?
Oma sagt, "Nein, das ist ein Mann."
I grinned to myself as the girl asked, and frowned at the Oma. I almost replied, "Nein, ich bin nichts," but I couldn't form it correctly in my head, and didn't want to say something inappropriate.
Oma and granddaughter spend the entire transaction conversing in German, and I'm floundering out of my league, with only three semesters of German under my belt some three, four years ago.
Although I did say "Tschuss!"
I got that one right, at least.
I don't speak English
Damn you, zip codes!
I had a woman in my line today, whom I got all the way through the transaction with, and had just asked her for her zip code. And she just stood there, staring at me.
R: "You're zip code?"
L: "My code? No."
R: "Your zip code?"
L: "I don't speak English."
R: "Your *louder* Zip Code?"
L: "Oh... #####."
R: "Thank you."
What did she want me to do? "I don't speak Spanish."?
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