I worked in a bakery through much of high school, and I'd get the occasional herd of German tourists that hadn't even enough English to order coffee and a donut- and got ticked that they had to resort to pointing and indicating by fingers how many. No Designated Translator within the herd, nothin'. They seemed honestly annoyed that I didn't speak their language, when they were in a small town in the midwestern US. I'll do my best, but in this region Spanish takes priority for language study. Amish country, two hours thataway, good luck. Were our situations reversed, I wouldn't be expecting them to know English.
Then again, it didn't help when a little old Czech lady would totter in and I understood HER. :P |
