Why does what I do makes some CRINGE & others SMILE?

[thongd4me 69]

I don't think it's the Spanish, Amigo.

I like to work quietly and one of my co-workers is a den mother to a 17 year old cub scout.

She goes into the kitchen alcove to talk loudly to her son,

not thinking that it's an echo chamber RIGHT behind my desk.

I have been thinking of a creative way to tell her that I don't appreciate her talking loudly near my desk.

Recently I have been thinking of ringing my desk phone with my cell phone

and answering my desk phone as if having received some information from

a bogus caller with the words:

FUÇK! THAT'S GREAT NEWS!

CALL ME AGAIN IF YOU

HEAR ANYTHING MORE!

Edited August 31, 2010 by thongd4me

[Gemmie 142]

Like the other person said - it's probably the loud thing. You're probably coming off as obnoxious because of your volume. Tone it down.

This is what we think of Americans in the UK.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Maybe it's the loud part and not the Spanish part

DING DING DING

Loud people get dirty looks all the time.

[HAL 9000 96]

Maybe it's the loud part and not the Spanish part

It doesn't bother me when people speak other languages in public. It does bother me when they speak loudly in any language -foreign or English - as that feels intrusive on my personal space, especially if I am somewhere that I can't avoid them or get out of the way . That may be why you are getting some of the scowls, at any rate.

Xenophobia is not in my vocabulary. I think its cool when I hear other languages... it reminds me Earth does not end at a US point of exit.

Ken lives in Riverside A.K.A. Vally of The Dirt....... things happen there that defy logic.

I'll be updating my Surf thread soon.