Translation Is No Small Feat
Me: “Hi, thank you for calling [Supermarket]. How can I help you?”
Customer: “Hey, can I speak to someone in the ladies wear department?”
Me: “That’d be me. How can I help you?”
Customer: “I bought some scrubs at another store and I was wondering what the ‘S/CH’ on the tag means?”
Me: “It means it’s a small.”
Customer: “But what does the ‘CH’ mean?”
Me: “It’s the Spanish abbreviation for small.”
Customer: “But ‘CH’; isn’t that American?”
Me: “The letters C and H are used in a lot of different languages, including Spanish.”
Customer: “Oh, how strange!”
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