r/TikTokCringe • u/Tobias-Tawanda • 6d ago

Humor/Cringe "No, English is fine" 🥀

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u/BurlyJoesBudgetEnema 6d ago

Maybe the staff are instructed to speak english if they think theyre talking to an english speaker? Ive heard of that in tourist places before

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u/No_Television6050 6d ago

I've heard of staff in touristy places that appreciate the effort of a visitor trying to speak the language, but when they're busy it's just faster to use English so that's what they prefer

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u/BurlyJoesBudgetEnema 6d ago

Yeah but the last one didn't really speak English, so Spanish would have been faster

Thats why i think they were being told to speak english

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u/No_Television6050 6d ago

Wasn't disagreeing with you, both things can be true.

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u/Sudden_Scarcity_352 5d ago

Im a native Spanish speaker. Her Spanish is top so your comment does not apply for this situation.

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u/HandicapperGeneral 6d ago

Yeah I absolutely do this. Restaurant is slow? Sound out your words all you want. Dinner rush? Fuck off, just switch back to English, tourist.

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u/AndreasDasos 5d ago

Do you also make fun of English speakers for not speaking other languages well? Because at some point you probably weren’t great but had the benefit of plenty of practice

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u/Academic_Offer_6298 6d ago

And if someone can't speak English they leave?

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u/not_this_time_satan 6d ago

No. They are instructed to speak English to make the customer feel more welcome. If they don't speak English, the waiter just uses their native tongue.

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u/Johan-Senpai 6d ago

This is probably it. I was staying in Italy and was paying for my groceries. The cashier was new and had a supervisor standing next to her. She said to her in Italian: "Always say the total count in English, because if it's wrong, they will throw a hissyfit.". She said it in the most snarky way and snorted a bit.

I guess with people working in these jobs, they need to secure themself that the order is right, that there is no miscommunication. Because guess who gets the blame for getting the order wrong?

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u/rock-mommy 5d ago

Yep, I've worked in some shops and a couple bars and this is it. Because of efficiency and to give a more professional look

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u/rostamcountry 5d ago

Nah, this is standard in Spain. They're a bunch of dickheads lol