The English Are Everywhere!
I am in a lift — ahem, elevator — with an English colleague. His parents are from Hong Kong and speak no English, but he grew up in a town on the Sussex coast so his accent is pure home counties; think Hugh Grant but without the London twang. The third person in the lift is a stranger.
Me: “Where should we go for dinner tonight?”
Colleague: “Maybe that hamburger place on Washington Square [Colleague #2] suggested?”
Stranger: *Pointing* “You shouldn’t have that accent!”
She immediately clapped her hand over her mouth and looked embarrassed, apologising. He laughed it off because he got it. Asian accent, sure. Asian with an American accent, sure. Asian with a British accent, shocking!
Question of the Week
Have you ever served a bad customer who got what they deserved?
