I was browsing Craigslist - Madison today and I came across this story. Apparently not everyone is feeling the holiday spirit.

Just got back to madison from up north and had a funny experience at a culvers on the way home. One of the counter guys had an accent and this lady just had a meltdown. She was probably like 50 years old, business lady type, and she was with an older man who was old enough to be her dad.

So it was taking a pretty long time for just two people and a different register opened up next to the lady and the hispanic kid who was taking her order. As I moved up beside her she started to get louder and more animated and then she loudly snapped "get me somebody who speaks english" or something along those lines. The kid was really nice and just says "Maam, I do speak english, I just don't understand what you're asking for" (again, paraphrasing, but that was the gist of it). And that was true, he definitely had an accent but he wasn't at all hard to understand. Before this started he asked us if we were ready to order when we were checking out the menu, and he explained what was on a sundae for my girl. Obiously spoke pretty fluent english.

But this lady kept snapping at him. Not sure about what because i just tried to ignore it and order. But the high school kid at my register was having none of that, she was all into it. What finally made the lady throw up her hands and really start huffing was when she said she just wanted to order some ice cream and the kid said they actually had frozen custard.

So then a manager sees this scene brewing and comes walking over and she starts telling him that she can't understand the hispanic kid. And he was ready to just take her order himself to put an end to it, but she starts snapping at him and asks "what kind of place is this". and then she points at me (great) and says "you speak english right, do you want to give your order in spanish?" and i just go "que?" (which is one of like 4 spanish words i actually know). And my girl just busted out laughing because i said it like the dude in the southpark rainforest episode, if you've seen that. and both of the kids at the counter started laughing and even the manager chuckled - but the lady just freaked out.

she actually started yelling at this point, saying that illegal immigration wasn't a joke and we were all living in a fantasy world. wtf? how did we get to ilegal immigration? the manager interupted her and said that so and so wasn't an illegal alien and that he did not hire illegal aliens and then he said maybe she should leave. and she said maybe she should never come back. and the manager said maybe that was a good idea. it was awesome. and the hispanic kid was just beaming, like totally vindicated.

so we get our shit and walk out and she standing next to her car still freaking out, now on a cell phone. and the poor old guy that's with her just looks mortified, poor guy. as we walked away from her car i noticed that the back was covered with GW bumper stickers. one of you repubs out there might want to rip thos off. this is not one to brag about. funny though. very unintentionally funny.

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