>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
she continues talking to him anyway because she really only cared that he’s white
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
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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
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Go inside
Husband asks me what’s wrong
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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.
Can everyone please downvote the comment above? I didn’t come to this comments section to see Karen sympathy
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.
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.
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.
lol y’all really believe Dutch is a real language
Edit: speak all the gibberish you like, you can’t fool me
Flandersization.
It started off real but now it’s basically a parody of itself.
For sure there’s good Belgian chocolate, those seashells are just not one of them.
Sugary grainy praline.
There are only two things I can’t stand in this world; people who are intolerant of other people’s culture, and the Dutch.
Nederlands is een echte taal. Je kan mij alles vragen en zal reageren in het Nederlands.
Nieuw-Amsterdam komt terug, het is slechts een kwestie van tijd
Being able to communicate to other people is sort of an important thing that could feel frustrating.