Thursday, March 05, 2009

Sorry, no speakah English


I received a call the other night:

Fortune: Hello?

Telemarketer lady: (in Mandarin) Are you the head of household?

Fortune: Sorry, I don't understand Chinese

Telemarketer lady: Oh. (hangs up)


I had to laugh, because if Telemarketer Lady actually took a second to think about my response, she'd realize that the only way I'd know she was speaking Chinese is if I understood it.


Then I waited a few minutes in fear that she would call me back and call me out on my subterfuge. She didn't.

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