>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

  • hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.