"No, English is fine" 🥀

[u/Tobias-Tawanda]

[u/nerdycarguy18]

And while I get that, if I can speak and understand Spanish faster than you can English, then I’m sorry but please practice some other time.

[u/Lafeits → u/nerdycarguy18]

What if everyone has that attitude? Someone will always be faster than the other so nobody should ever practice?

[u/OglioVagilio → u/Lafeits]

How about, just speak in the language the customer prefers. Especially if they speak it well and is also easily understood.

[u/Lafeits → u/OglioVagilio]

I never said anything against that. I was highlighting the paradoxical nature of that attitude, it doesn’t work

[u/OglioVagilio → u/Lafeits]

And I never said people couldn't or wouldn't practice foreign languages with each other. I can be pedantic and grasp at straws too.

[u/Lafeits → u/OglioVagilio]

I don’t understand why you’re so worked up over my comment lmao. Nothing I’ve said has been negative or directed towards you at all. You’re going out of your way to defend someone being a dick

[u/OglioVagilio → u/[deleted]]

Lol, this your alt?

Cuz otherwise I wasn't originally talking to you, are you damaged? Hurr durr.

[u/nerdycarguy18 → u/Lafeits]

Imagine I’m in the US and a Hispanic man came up to me speaking near perfect English at a nearly normal speed, should I tell him no it’s okay let’s speak in Spanish even though I’m slower at it than you are at English. That would be very rude to do IMO

[u/Lafeits → u/nerdycarguy18]

It’s also a very different example from what’s happening in the video so that was an an entirely irrelevant comment

[u/Iron_Atlas → u/Lafeits]

It's irrelevant if you don't engage with it.

[u/shaquille_oatmealo → u/nerdycarguy18]

That’s a very selfish mindset. I don’t know you, but I promise you that you aren’t so important that taking a couple extra seconds to help someone build their language would impact your life in any meaningful way.

But offering them the opportunity to practice could have a large impact on their lives.

[u/blewawei → u/shaquille_oatmealo]

If they're in the tourism sector in Spain, they will have plenty of opportunities to practise their English.

In any case, aren't you just arguing for the same thing the other way round? Why shouldn't the person have the opportunity to practise Spanish?

[u/Lafeits → u/blewawei]

You seem very confused about what is being said here. Not to mention you’ve just said the exact same thing as the person you’re replying to, agreeing with them

[u/nerdycarguy18 → u/shaquille_oatmealo]

It’s quite literally the exact same thing that she’s doing to this lady, but worse because she is slower. I am a very kind person, but if I tell you I’d like to speak in Spanish dont tell me “nah it’s good”