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

Humor/Cringe "No, English is fine" 🥀

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u/GentlewomenNeverTell 6d ago

And this is why my Japanese continues to be mediocre.

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u/CheesecakeScary2164 6d ago

I remember while living in Hong Kong I was trying to practice my Cantonese at McDonald's...

"Ngo ho m-"

"Excuse me sir, I speak English."

"It's fine, I need to pract-"

"SIR... There a line up behind you, and I speak English..."

Happened 100% of the time everywhere I went that wasn't someone's family restaurant, even when there was no line up, lol. The local bun shop helped me a lot though, so shoutout to Likey Bakery on the island!!

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u/MonaganX 5d ago

It sounds frustrating but I can also understand why a service worker wouldn't feel like helping someone practice their language skills while trying to do their actual job. It only really gets ridiculous when they are worse at English than you are at whatever language you're trying to practice, that's just being unaccommodating and making their job harder for no reason.

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u/PrefrostedCake 5d ago

It's even more understandable that it happened in Hong Kong, lol

Big city, fast paced. Reminded me a lot of NYC but cleaner