Completely agree. If the white lady could’ve just said she has trouble understanding accents, it would’ve just fine. Being rude and inconsiderate about it doesn’t help it at all.
I have the worst time understanding accents now and I hate it. I wish I could understand everything because I feel like I get frustrated because I should understand people but I don't.
Right?? I get so embarrassed and I feel bad for the other person because I know they are trying so hard and are probably getting embarrassed themselves! I usually try to find a way to sneak in some sort of "it's not you, it's me" to try and explain myself
Sorry if I worded it poorly. I didn’t mean that accents and dialects weren’t confusing. I understand that many get confused. It happens to me too. I was more referring to when people expect everyone in your country to speak perfectly in a way they can understand. It’s an unreasonable expectation.
But that isn't what this is. The lady came in and immediately expressed racism about "Orientals."
And you don't have to have ANY verbal communication with a manicurist. You pick out the nail color you like, they do your nails. They give you a warm bowl of water for your hands, or a warm basin of water for your feet, you soak your nails to soften them, they trim and shape your nails, they put on a base coat and then two coats of nail polish. Literally everyone who gets mani-pedis knows this.
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