>be me
>be white
>have job in landscaping for multiple HOAs
>work with a lot of latinos who speak little to no English
>white lady comes up to me
“OH thank God, someone who speaks English”
>start speaking back to her in Dutch

  • hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world
    16012·
    1 year ago

    Be me (middle aged white woman, not that it matters)

    Be homeowner

    Be part of HOA

    Not really a huge fan but kinda hard to avoid these days

    whatever.jpg

    HOA pays for lawn care, so there’s that

    there’s supposed to be an area that they won’t touch if they see you planted your own stuff

    think it would be cool to grow some flowers

    Go up to lawncare guy and ask about it

    Looks confused, doesn’t speak English

    I get it, not his fault

    Asked four guys now, all don’t speak English

    Kinda frustrated, but again I get it

    see white guy (super pale)

    Assume that he’s from America because we live in Virginia

    Go up to him, tell him I’m happy I found someone who can speak English

    Looks at me and takes in what I’m saying. Seems like he can understand me

    starts speaking dutch

    Whatever.jpg

    Go inside

    Husband asks me what’s wrong

    Gladthatheshere.jpg

    tell him everything

    Tells me to not worry. He’ll go outside and won’t stop until he finds someone

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    Comes back about thirty minutes later

    "Yeah most of them didn’t speak English, but there was one guy who was super helpful. Turns out he’s a university student making some cash over the summer "

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    “He’s actually from Holland, isn’t that weird?”

    mfw.

    • nodsocket@lemmy.world
      13229·
      1 year ago

      Can everyone please downvote the comment above? I didn’t come to this comments section to see Karen sympathy

      • Elivey@lemmy.world
        3210·
        1 year ago

        Karen jokes are for boys that want to be openly sexist and hate women that they’re not attracted to (middle age). Then they specify she’s white so they can’t be perceived as racist.

      • WolfdadCigarette@threads.net@sh.itjust.worksOP
        192·
        1 year ago

        She may not be a Karen. The story is intentionally vague enough to simply indicate exasperation at a language barrier, and the person you replied to is the only one who noticed.

        • Turun@feddit.de
          4·
          1 year ago

          The story is vague, but the title is not.

          I like the its-actually-not-a-karen viewpoint, but you did set a certain view on the story by giving it that title, there’s no denying that.

          • WolfdadCigarette@threads.net@sh.itjust.worksOP
            1·
            1 year ago

            Very intentionally, yes, as I was certain that it would appeal to Lemmy’s superiority complex. I wondered how long it would take for a single comment to point out the assumption, and the answer was 12 hours. No presumption of innocence here. I don’t really have a horse in this race, I just like baiting and seeing what bites.