English Wank from Bad_Service
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Over on the LJ comm bad_service, jesirose posts about an incident at Wendys, where she had to deal with an employee that didn't speak very good English. She also crossposts it to mock_the_stupid The link to the bad service thread: here

Can you guess where this is going?



So, my fiance and I just moved, and we spent a few hours cleaning our old apartment. So we both had plenty of chemicals on our hands, bleach, amonia, random smelly things that disinfect. Unfortunately, we didn't wash our hands before going to eat, or we could have saved ourselves from this whole problem.

So we walk into a Wendy's, head for the restrooms, and I go to pump soap onto my hands. Alas, no soap. So I go tell the cashier, while waiting for my fiance to finish so I can get some soap from the men's room.

The cashier proceeds to walk to the restroom, turn the hand drier on, and say "is ok!".
Me: "No, the soap dispenser is out of soap."
Her: *looks at the toilet and then reaches over and hands me some toilet paper*
Me: "No. The soap. There." *points*.
Her: *tests it and walks away*

OMFG You're in America woman. I know this is Texas, but it's still America, and we speak English. Learn it.

So I go to the Men's and ask my fiance for some soap because I didn't want to go in, but he would have had to wash his hands again. I go in and turn on the faucet, which rebounds off the sink just as he says "NOOO" and water sprays all over my pants.
On the plus side, I had very clean hands AND pants by the time I was done.


Naturally, people are offended. The old 'Do YOU make sure you're fluent in the language of a country before you visit it?' Issue comes up. People argue that there's a big difference between visiting a country and living there permanently. People say this isn't bad service.

emrldsword has had enough of the 'it's not bad service' crap.

I'm getting pretty sick of the OMGZ ITS NOT BAD SERVICE, DIE!! arguments in here. It's getting really old really quickly. People need to learn to READ. I rarely see any non bad service posts in here. It's usually people neglecting to read the entire post. If the MOD thinks it's not bad service, they'll take care of it. If you're not the mod, eat a dick already. Who are you to judge? Move on and find something more worthwhile to get angry over.

On another note, I think anyone who lives in a country and doesn't know the native language is pretty fucking ignorant. Not just America, but ANY country. It's one thing if you're visiting for a short time and don't really have time to master the language, but for chrissakes, if you LIVE in a country, LEARN THE LANGUAGE FIRST SO YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A MORON. Sure, English can be a difficult language to master if you're not from any English speaking countries, but you'd think people would at least ATTEMPT to learn. I've come across so many people who flat out REFUSE to learn.

My personal favorite though is user thedoppelganger, who responds to the original post with this:

"So, my fiance and I have just moved, and spent a few hours cleaning our old apartment. So we both have plenty of chemicals on our hands, bleach, amonia, random smelly things that disinfect. Unfortunately, we didn't wash our hands before going to eat, or we could have saved ourselves from this whole problem."

You keep shifting from present to past tense. That's improper. "From" in the last sentence is unnecessary.

"Alas, no soap. So I go tell the cashier, while waiting for my fiance to finish so I can get some soap from the mens."

"Men's room".

"The cashier proceeds to walk to the restroom, turn the air hand dryer thingy on"

Stop right there. "Air hand dryer thingy"? So... she's from another country. What's your excuse?

"and say "is ok!".
Me: "No, the soap dispenser is out of soap."
Her: *looks at the toilet and then reaches over and hands me some toilet paper*
Me: "No. The soap. There." *points*.
Her: *tests it and walks away*"

Frankly, that's the fault of the manager on duty. She gets paid very little to deal with the indignant bull shit of self-satisfied customers.

"OMFG You're in America woman."

Even if we accept that abbreviation as acceptable, you need a comma. And "you're" shouldn't be capitalized.

"I know this is Texas, but it's still America,"

Alas.

"and we speak English. Learn it."

Excuse me? Who the dying fuck are you to assume she's not trying to learn English?

"So I go to the mens and ask my fiance for some soap cause I didn't want to go in, but he would have had to wash his again, so I go in and turn on the faucet, which rebounds off the sink just as he says "NOOO" and water sprays all over my pants."

Run on sentence. Men's. Men is all ready plural. The "s" denotes possession.

"On the plus side, I had very clean hands AND pants by the time I was done."


Maybe predictable, but i still liked it.