Petty Revenge

<p>Speaking a second language is becoming more and more common. Most students learn a second language in school, and research shows that teaching a kid a new language while young makes it easier for them to pick it up. Nowadays, you just don&#39;t know what language a person might speak.</p><h2>On a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/11psiy0/dont_assume_others_dont_speak_spanish/" target="_blank">popular Reddit thread</a> in the Petty Revenge Subreddit, a bridal stylist has some clients that are happy to sh*t talk her in Spanish right in front of her.</h2><p>She writes:</p><blockquote> <p>So, I&#39;m a bridal stylist. I help people find their wedding gowns. I love my job, and 99% of the time, it&#39;s a happy, wonderful job with great coworkers and customers. And then there&#39;s the 1%. I had a bride today who was very sweet but didn&#39;t connect with the gowns we had.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>That&#39;s okay; it happens sometimes. She was fine. But her mom (and somehow, it&#39;s always the mom or the aunt) was unhappy and decided to sh*t-talk me in Spanish the whole time. &#39;Does this woman know what she&#39;s doing? She&#39;s pulling nothing but ugly gowns!&#39; (The bride selected said gowns.) &#39;I hope you don&#39;t ever get as fat as her.&#39;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Now, I am whiter than a jar of mayo, and I don&#39;t necessarily look like I speak Spanish. However, my parents are from a Spanish-speaking country, although they&#39;re not ethnically Hispanic. I knew much more as a kid, but l still know enough to get around. So I waited until the end, and as they left, I said in Spanish, &#39;I hope you have a great day. Please, feel free to come back any time you&#39;d like; we have lots more gowns you can go through if you&#39;d like&#39; to the bride and her mom, and oh man.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>You know how good it feels when you&#39;re in a f*ckton of pain, and the doctor finally gives you something that works, and you&#39;re suddenly not feeling any pain anymore? Or when you&#39;re craving a specific flavor of ice cream and manage to find it? Seeing the look on that bride&#39;s mom&#39;s face when she realized I heard and understood the entire hour of her ripping me to shreds was much better.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The internet loves some classic pie in the face.</p><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/11psiy0/comment/jbzpf4p/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank">CoderJoe1</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>What size shoe was she wearing when she realized her foot was in her mouth?</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Disenchanted2/">Disenchanted2</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m an older American woman, and I speak Spanish as well. You&#39;re right, never assume.</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/11psiy0/comment/jbzquxc/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank">SunflowerSpeaks</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m short, medium brown, and when I was with my tall, blonde, light-skinned friend in Puerto Rico, people spoke Spanish TO me but were answered by HER. She teaches Spanish, and I&#39;m barely able to get around! Their faces were so cute when it happened.</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Chanchito171/">Chanchito171</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/11psiy0/dont_assume_others_dont_speak_spanish/" target="_blank"> </a>says:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>I had just finished working for six months in a museum in Chile and had learned enough Chilean Spanish to get around the country easily; I could understand most folks. My folks wanted to visit me in my final days in the country, so we met in Santiago and headed to Valparaiso for a long weekend, with plans to eat well and do tourist things. One of those tourist things was a walking tour of the city!</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>On this tour, we hop on a famous city bus that&#39;s been used for a long time. Our tour group is moving quickly, and the guide tells us that just to find a seat. We&#39;ll be getting off in a few blocks. I rush to the back to the 1st empty seat, which happens to be in the middle of a group of high school-age girls.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>At this time, I was a moderately good-looking young white male, thin, tallish, and full head of hair still. As soon as I sit down, one girl says to the girl I&#39;ve sat next to, &#39;I think he likes you; he sat right next to you!&#39; &#39;Shutup&#39;, this girl says. Her friend continues to pester the girl next to me. &#39;Say hi, he&#39;s pretty! Maybe he&#39;s staying in town tonight.&#39; &#39;I said shut up!&#39; This poor girl cries.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>They keep talking like this until my tour guide tells us it&#39;s our stop; we go to get off the bus... I couldn&#39;t resist. I turned to the girl sitting next to me as I got up, and in Spanish, said &#39;quizas el proximo vez&#39; (Maybe next time). The girls all scream as I turn around, laughing. I felt super cool.</p> </blockquote><p>I think this is the worst nightmare of anybody that speaks a second language.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman rips bridal stylist apart in Spanish, not realizing the stylist speaks Spanish.

Speaking a second language is becoming more and more common. Most students learn a second language in school, and research shows that teaching a kid a new language while young makes it easier for them to pick it up. Nowadays, you just don&#39;t know what language a person might speak.On a popular Reddit thread in the Petty Revenge Subreddit, a bridal stylist has some clients that are happy to sh*t talk her in Spanish right in front of her.She writes: So, I&#39;m a bridal stylist. I help people find their wedding gowns. I love my job, and 99% of the time, it&#39;s a happy, wonderful job with great coworkers and customers. And then there&#39;s the 1%. I had a bride today who was very sweet but didn&#39;t connect with the gowns we had.  That&#39;s okay; it happens sometimes. She was fine. But her mom (and somehow, it&#39;s always the mom or the aunt) was unhappy and decided to sh*t-talk me in Spanish the whole time. &#39;Does this woman know what she&#39;s doing? She&#39;s pulling nothing but ugly gowns!&#39; (The bride selected said gowns.) &#39;I hope you don&#39;t ever get as fat as her.&#39;  Now, I am whiter than a jar of mayo, and I don&#39;t necessarily look like I speak Spanish. However, my parents are from a Spanish-speaking country, although they&#39;re not ethnically Hispanic. I knew much more as a kid, but l still know enough to get around. So I waited until the end, and as they left, I said in Spanish, &#39;I hope you have a great day. Please, feel free to come back any time you&#39;d like; we have lots more gowns you can go through if you&#39;d like&#39; to the bride and her mom, and oh man.  You know how good it feels when you&#39;re in a f*ckton of pain, and the doctor finally gives you something that works, and you&#39;re suddenly not feeling any pain anymore? Or when you&#39;re craving a specific flavor of ice cream and manage to find it? Seeing the look on that bride&#39;s mom&#39;s face when she realized I heard and understood the entire hour of her ripping me to shreds was much better. The internet loves some classic pie in the face.CoderJoe1 says: What size shoe was she wearing when she realized her foot was in her mouth? Disenchanted2 says: I&#39;m an older American woman, and I speak Spanish as well. You&#39;re right, never assume. SunflowerSpeaks says: I&#39;m short, medium brown, and when I was with my tall, blonde, light-skinned friend in Puerto Rico, people spoke Spanish TO me but were answered by HER. She teaches Spanish, and I&#39;m barely able to get around! Their faces were so cute when it happened. Chanchito171 says: I had just finished working for six months in a museum in Chile and had learned enough Chilean Spanish to get around the country easily; I could understand most folks. My folks wanted to visit me in my final days in the country, so we met in Santiago and headed to Valparaiso for a long weekend, with plans to eat well and do tourist things. One of those tourist things was a walking tour of the city!  On this tour, we hop on a famous city bus that&#39;s been used for a long time. Our tour group is moving quickly, and the guide tells us that just to find a seat. We&#39;ll be getting off in a few blocks. I rush to the back to the 1st empty seat, which happens to be in the middle of a group of high school-age girls.  At this time, I was a moderately good-looking young white male, thin, tallish, and full head of hair still. As soon as I sit down, one girl says to the girl I&#39;ve sat next to, &#39;I think he likes you; he sat right next to you!&#39; &#39;Shutup&#39;, this girl says. Her friend continues to pester the girl next to me. &#39;Say hi, he&#39;s pretty! Maybe he&#39;s staying in town tonight.&#39; &#39;I said shut up!&#39; This poor girl cries.  They keep talking like this until my tour guide tells us it&#39;s our stop; we go to get off the bus... I couldn&#39;t resist. I turned to the girl sitting next to me as I got up, and in Spanish, said &#39;quizas el proximo vez&#39; (Maybe next time). The girls all scream as I turn around, laughing. I felt super cool. I think this is the worst nightmare of anybody that speaks a second language.

Speaking a second language is becoming more and more common. Most students learn a second language in school, and research shows that teaching a kid a new language while young makes it easier for them to pick it up. Nowadays, you just...