Friday, December 5, 2008

Mis-communication

This morning I went to McDonald's for a dollar sausage burrito and a fifty cent senior coffee. Gabriella waited on me. She is from Mexico. I have Remove Formatting from selectionknown her for several years as a waitress in another restaurant. English is her second language; she speaks it very well.

"I want a sausage burrito and a senior coffee."

Gabriella said, "That will be $3.50."

"No, it should be about a buck and a half plus tax."

She asked me what I wanted again--and I told her. "A sausage burrito."

She came up with the same amount.

We went back and forth--and kiddingly, I said, "Gabby, we are't communicating."

"It's your language," she said with a bit of frustration and a smile.