Wal Mart and Spanish

[greensinestro]

At Wally World a few months ago, I went in to buy a pair of cheap shoes for my boy. As I was trying to make my way to the check out counter, I came up to this mother and daughter, side by side, blocking the one aisle, casually talking to each other in Spanish, and walking as slow as possible while building up a line of others behind them in the aisle. This aisle had displays in the middle, which made it difficult for me to get around them, until I found a break in the displays. When that break came, I went around them and got to the cashier, about thirty seconds before they did.

Here's the clincher though. When I got to that break and they saw me, they kicked it into gear and tried to beat me to the cashier as well. When I made it there before them, the fast speaking Spanish turned into English and went like this:

SCM (Sucky Customer Mother): Well, some people are just so rude and can't wait a few minutes like we can.

SCMD (Sucky Customer Mother's Daughter):Yeah, really. He just raced around us and beat us here knowing we should be going first.

SCM: Some people are like that here and have no manners.

While this was going on, I just stood there, ignoring the two of them and not even glancing in their direction. When they finally realized their ranting wasn't going to rankle me, the two switched back to the rapid Spanish they were speaking in a few moments before.

I mean no disrespect to the Spanish people out there and am not racist. I'm only pointing out how it seemed to me as if these two knew they were clogging up a line behind them like this, then figured they could rile up someone like me by talking like I wasn't there, well enough for me to understand and hear them.

Why doesn't Wal Mart have decent customers anyway?

[Jay 2K Winger]

Hey now I was a very decent customer at Wally World when I shopped there. I don't anymore, not because of any reason but it's out of my way now, since I don't work at the wholesale club anymore.

[protege]

Why doesn't Wal Mart have decent customers anyway?

Locally, Wal-Mart's "low" prices attract society's lowest common denominator.

[Sapphire Silk]

My response to those people?

"You snooze, you lose. This is what you get for blocking the aisles."

[chainedbarista]

no more or less rude than aisle blocking, 'ladies.' (term loosely used)

it's also one of the reasons i avoid hellmart; the people there (not the employees) tend to have the 'meverse' mindset, something i'm just not willing to deal with so much anymore.

[Kogarashi]

I probably would've turned around and said, "No habla ingles" (sorry, don't know how to do the accents without looking it up), then proceeded to ignore them. See how they reacted to that.

Of course, it would be even better with my hubby in attendance, since he actually speaks Spanish (instead of just faking it).

[chainedbarista]

kogarashi, it's would sound close to this: no 'ablah esspanyoul.'

[Kogarashi]

kogarashi, it's would sound close to this: no 'ablah esspanyoul.'

I know. (I fixed up my post because I named the wrong language.) I just don't know how to do the accents, especially the N with the tilde over it, on short notice.

And as my corrected post says, I would be saying "I don't speak English" to the ladies. But like I said, it'd be more fun to have Hubby there, so when they switch back to Spanish I still have someone who knows what they're saying. Especially since Hubby looks super-white, and thus tends to surprise people when he starts speaking fluent Spanish.

[EricKei]

Accents - On windows v/7, type "character map" into the Start/search bar thingy. On XP, it's buried somewhere under System or Accessories on the Start Menu, I think.

It should allow you to copy-paste the modified letters directly ^_^

[ApolloSZ]

"...so, Jose Jalapeno with a 'chicka' or the J and a 'nyuka' over the O, two symbols I can never fricken find on a fricken keyboard..." - Peanut

[DGoddessChardonnay]

"...so, Jose Jalapeno with a 'chicka' or the J and a 'nyuka' over the O, two symbols I can never fricken find on a fricken keyboard..." - Peanut

Somebody's gonna owe me a new laptop soon . . . 'cause I'm either gonna drop it off my lap out here on the porch or the screen is going to be drowned.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

I am a VERY nice and friendly and non-inbred Walmart customer However, I do admit that if I am going to be there longer than 15 minutes or so, I immediately put my earbuds in and crank up the iPod. I don't wanna listen to some of those idiots...

[Kristev]

I know that routine only too well. The entitlement starts the moment their cars enter the parking lot, and doesn't stop until they leave.

[greensinestro]

As I said, not prejudiced against those who speak Spanish. I just find it utterly amazing how many that shop at Wal-Mart claim they don't speak English, but conveniently are able to when you piss off someone like this.

My dad was on a flight a while back with this guy who was told he needed to end his cellular phone call since the plane was about to take off. Afterward, this guy switched from English to Spanish, as if he was trying to fool the stewardess that he didn't know what she meant. He certainly understood when she came back and sternly ordered him to end it.

[Treasure]

My dad was on a flight a while back with this guy who was told he needed to end his cellular phone call since the plane was about to take off. Afterward, this guy switched from English to Spanish, as if he was trying to fool the stewardess that he didn't know what she meant. He certainly understood when she came back and sternly ordered him to end it.

this reminds me of a joke:

An African woman is flying, and its near the end of the flight, when the "stewardesses" are asking everyone to put their trays up; and the woman refuses/ignores the request etc,... the "Stewardess" comes over and explains, again that she needs put her tray up, when the woman states "In my country I am considered a Princess, I take orders from no-one" to which the "Stewardess" replies:"Well, in my country I'm called a Queen, so I outrank you, now put the damn tray up, Bitch!"


(yes for this joke the Stewardess is a flaming gay man - think Jack from the TV show "Will and Grace")