"That's a Spanish dictionary"

[depechemodefan]

me=
cw=coworker
s= sad....

I go to relieve my cw at 1pm, who is leading a guy down to our dictionaries.

me: I'm here Wendy.
cw: ok, this guy is looking up a word, but he doesn't want to tell me the word...
s: maybe I need a thiserus (closest I can replecate the word he said)
cw: a Thesaurus? here's one. (to me) so we are getting him a dictionary.
at this point cw leaves, I continue on taking him to the dictionaries
me: Here are the dictionaries.
s: (shows me the paperbound, thick dictionary he is using) I need a dictionary that gives me a definition of the words. This one doesn't.
I'm looking at where he is pointing on the page. The word is 'stationery' and I see 'papel' next to it.
me: let me see that...(I look at cover) that's a Spanish dictionary. You want English, right?
s: oh.
He walks away with a Webster's New College Dictionary (in Enlgish).

[MoonCat]

WTF? He didn't realize he was holding a Spanish dictionary?

And now I really want to know what word he wanted to look up, that he didn't want to tell your co-worker.

[depechemodefan]

And now I really want to know what word he wanted to look up, that he didn't want to tell your co-worker.

Maybe "stationery" since that was the word he was pointing to when he complained the dictionary he had in hand wasn't working for him.

Yes, I did think he was trying to look up a hinky word, that is why he didn't tell my cw, but a person looking up something hinky never stop to think about our sensibiblites. So I guess he just wanted a dictionary to look up words, and didn't just need one word looked up.

[Rena_Muffin]

"El nino. It is the Spanish word for child. And like all things Spanish, it is DANGEROUS."

This brain burp made me think of that. Sorry!!

[Captain Trips]

"I give you my word as a Spaniard."
"No good. I've known too many Spaniards."

[Mikkel]

"I swear on the grave of my father, you'll make it to the top."

[Dasota]

Throw me the rope

[surreal20]

Hello. My name is Inigio Mantoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

[tuck319]

You seem a decent fellow, I'd hate to kill you.

[seigus]

You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die.

[Nyoibo]

I'd just as soon destroy a stained glass window as an artist like yourself, but since I can't have you following me either... *thud*

[sms001]

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[tuck319]

“You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never to get involved in a land war in Asia. And only slightly less well known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!”

[Jay 2K Winger]

"I am waiting for Vezzini..."

[Seshat]

"I am not left-handed."