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There oughta be a law!
LTK:
There oughta be a law that when a foreigner talks to you, you respond in the same language that they're speaking. If someone makes the effort to speak your native language to you, then it's disrespectful to just default to English or any other language that you know the other person understands better, otherwise that effort is wasted.
It should come as no surprise that I just came back from Germany.
Bluesummers:
Was ist los, du nicht mögen sprechen über ihre bratwürste auf den rücken?
There oughta be a law against parking lots being overcrowded. I know, it sounds a little ridiculous, but just like when the Fire Marshal says a room can only hold so many people, so must the parking lot. I swear to God, Walmart is worse to get through than midtown Manhattan.
Is it cold in here?:
It's notoriously difficult to get Icelanders to speak Icelandic to a foreigner, but that's arguably pragmatism. The odds of a visitor knowing enough Icelandic for a useful conversation are negligible.
Bluesummers:
Even worse is the look you get from the Japanese when you try to speak to them in their native tongue. My wife's Japanese instructor, an American, spoke fluently to a group of people in Kyoto, asking where the nearest train station was...they just looked at him like he couldn't understand him.
Omega Entity:
Maybe his accent was bad? Or they just didn't want to deal with foreigners... I've heard stories of varying degrees of treatment, from them being very polite to outright rude.
And speaking of parking lots, TOBAL that inconsiderate jackasses can't take up more than 1 (one!) parking space with their car. Seriously, nothing makes me want to key someone's car more than that kind of bullshit.
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