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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Same thing different taste

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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."

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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Illyssa_fml 4

why would he tell you this if you don't talk to him?? haha kinda weird...

You stupid douche bag laugh at a guy when he tells you his father died your such an idiot you ******* retard

OP doesn't understand haitian, you ******* retard! How was he supposed to know? God damn, go back to the basement.

DeadxManxWalking 27

'Ey yo man I'm sorreh but ya papi pashed away mun

rjwon 0

YOU ASSHOLE! ALL CAPS RAGE TO YOU!!!!!!!

they are very hard to understand. welcome to south Florida. aka "little haiti"

You could have just read his gestures, or body language though.

I give it at least two "what?"s before I just smile and nod. Sucks when you're in a rush on the line and you need to know what the **** just walked in, but I guess that's what tickets are for. Seems like most Haitians talk super fast too, so that doesn't help. All you can really do at this point is apologize and move on

How does OP deserve this? OP simply did not understand what he said! It's not ignorance, its miscommunication.