>be me
>be white
>have job in landscaping for multiple HOAs
>work with a lot of latinos who speak little to no English
>white lady comes up to me
“OH thank God, someone who speaks English”
>start speaking back to her in Dutch
she continues talking to him anyway because she really only cared that he’s whiteJa, dat is logisch
Be me (middle aged white woman, not that it matters)
Be homeowner
Be part of HOA
Not really a huge fan but kinda hard to avoid these days
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HOA pays for lawn care, so there’s that
there’s supposed to be an area that they won’t touch if they see you planted your own stuff
think it would be cool to grow some flowers
Go up to lawncare guy and ask about it
Looks confused, doesn’t speak English
I get it, not his fault
Asked four guys now, all don’t speak English
Kinda frustrated, but again I get it
see white guy (super pale)
Assume that he’s from America because we live in Virginia
Go up to him, tell him I’m happy I found someone who can speak English
Looks at me and takes in what I’m saying. Seems like he can understand me
starts speaking dutch
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Go inside
Husband asks me what’s wrong
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tell him everything
Tells me to not worry. He’ll go outside and won’t stop until he finds someone
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Comes back about thirty minutes later
"Yeah most of them didn’t speak English, but there was one guy who was super helpful. Turns out he’s a university student making some cash over the summer "
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“He’s actually from Holland, isn’t that weird?”
mfw.
Can everyone please downvote the comment above? I didn’t come to this comments section to see Karen sympathy
Downvote this comment? Yessir!
Ask and ye shall be targeted
Not your personal army etc
lmao hivemind dumbass
Karen jokes are for boys that want to be openly sexist and hate women that they’re not attracted to (middle age). Then they specify she’s white so they can’t be perceived as racist.
Ding! It is a lazy way to pretend you are morally superior.
She may not be a Karen. The story is intentionally vague enough to simply indicate exasperation at a language barrier, and the person you replied to is the only one who noticed.
No, but why don’t you hold that blue arrow for me
I don’t think you understood the comment…
lol y’all really believe Dutch is a real language
Edit: speak all the gibberish you like, you can’t fool me
There are only two things I can’t stand in this world; people who are intolerant of other people’s culture, and the Dutch.
Same here. Probably a shared feeling among us Dutch folk.
It is.
Belgian is a myth though.
Ela kalm eh
Flemish or French?
As a German I think they are only making it up to mess with Germans
1 ei. 2 eieren.
Nog altijd makkelijker dan 97 zeggen in het Frans
Nederlands is een echte taal. Je kan mij alles vragen en zal reageren in het Nederlands.
Kei tof
Lol jullie geloven serieus dat Nederlands een echte taal is
Nieuw-Amsterdam komt terug, het is slechts een kwestie van tijd
Being able to communicate to other people is sort of an important thing that could feel frustrating.
Ja ik begrijp dat dat iets moois is om te doen.
I hate Dutch so much its almost unhealthy.
De taal zelf of de mensen? Zit nogal een heugelijk verschil in mooie randdebiel.
Okie Dookie friendokie, stfu.
Nee, jij
Specerijen?
Gekoloniseerd?
Is dat een vraag?
Wat zou de conversion rate van alle landen zijn omtrend reddit naar lemmy? Interesting question indeed
Bedoel je de conversie ratio?
Ik denk 3
…why are we being him, again?
Whenever someone says that to me I automatically switch over to my very limited Spanish. They will get no quarter from me.
Esta es la forma.
You should have said to her, “Eh güey, chinga tu madre, pinche pandejo!”
Bitterballen for everyone!
Jouw kan zuig mijn bitterballen
En koning pintenman, onze god
Anglich, la lengua de Wily Chipirito
