That’s Some Real Broken Spanish
(This area has a big Hispanic population. I speak a tiny bit of Spanish but I’m terrible at it and forget words all the time. The following takes place in Spanish.)
Customer: *in Spanish* “Are you showing Planet of the Apes at 1:30 pm? It said it was, online.”
Me: *crappy Spanish* “Yes, we have that movie. It is first movie at 1:30 pm and second movie at 3:30 pm.”
Customer: “Oh! Okay. It isn’t on your sign.”
Me: *crappy Spanish* “I am sorry. It is a problem this week. The computers are… are…” *realizing I can’t remember the word for “broken” in Spanish* “…s***. The computers are s***.”
Customer: “S***?”
Me: “…Yes.”
(Pause.)
Me: “I do not remember the Spanish word for…” *in English* “Broken.”
Customer: “It’s ‘roto’, but ‘s***’ is a good word, too.”
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