French vs. The French
ok so at work today these french people come in to buy shoes and the woman is trying nikes on her daughter. And I say to them that i think they fit fine...but the snobby french lady talks in french to her daughter...thinking i don't know any french..."ils sont trop petit" and something about me not knowing what i'm talking about, and that i'm wrong about the size, and that i've made them wait too long. I play dumb like i don't know they're talking about me and disagreeing with me. And finally she goes "whatever you say..." in a sarcastic tone and gets up to pay for them. As she does her daughter says to her in french "i want a balloon". And her mom asks her back "what color do you want?"...i'm listening...pretending i don't know what the bitchy lady is talking about. Finally she says in an impatient tone "ummm...can you get my daughter a balloon?"...and i reply "yes mam...what color would you like?" and her daugher searches for the english word and replies "yellow". I go back see there is no yellow balloon and the oppertunity to embarrass the froggies comes to mind...i come out bringing a red and a blue balloon and say in as perfect an accent as i can muster..."nous n'avons pas des balloons jaune...voulez vous un balloon rouge ou un balloon bleu?"...*silence*