I was tabling for a charity I'm involved with (that shall not be named), and I showed up at my allotted time and stood with another member to wait for the prime organizer of the event. She showed up in a huff, just a little bit late:
"Hey guys, I'm sorry I'm late. These construction workers were trying to tow my friends car, and we had such a hard time getting them to realize that they couldn't do that, but they couldn't speak ANY ENGLISH!"
"..."
"Yeah, and it's so difficult to talk to them because you can't communicate... it makes your life so hard."
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And that makes YOUR life difficult? I'm pretty sure that you make THEIR life difficult. When people are living in a world made to obstruct non-English speakers, in a place where they are ostracized and stigmatized, when they are busting their ass to build YOUR buildings...whose life do you think is difficult?
BLARGH. It didn't help that she constantly bossed around the APIDA who was from our co-sponsor organization.
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