Then there was the time that I called my favorite pizza shop. The phone was answered by a woman with a fairly thick Spanish accent.
"I'd like to order a pizza for delivery," I said.
"Jes' speak up!" she said.
So I dutifully raised my voice: "I'd like to order a pizza for delivery!"
"Jes' speak up!" she iterated. "Jes' speak up!"
I was about to increase the decibels even more when I realized my error.
What she was actually saying was that it was near closing time and they weren't taking any more delivery orders. "Just pick up."
Posted by jt at November 2, 2003 04:17 PM