The smartest thing I've ever done is to move out of the "red zone" of the United states and into the "Blue." While not everyone in that vast swath of nothingness between the coasts is a gun-totin', Jesus fearin', bush lovin', trailer trash intellectual midget, lemmie tell ya....the stereotype didn't just come out of nowhere. The fact that the place where I live now has a modicum of sophistication means that it attracts people not only from the all over the country, but literally from all over the world. Which is way cool. This situation can lead to some sticky situations at the store though, such as what happened the other day.
Pharmacist from a nearby store calls and wants to speak to my partner. You see, my partner is an immigrant whose second language is English, while the guy calling is second generation and not quite as fluent in the native lounge. Seems he made a customer all upset talking in said other language and he has no idea why. Turns out that while he was explaining about the customers suppositories, instead of the proper "Insert one rectally 4 times a day", Mr. second generation used the equivalent expression to "stick this up your ass"
I've been begging my partner to tell me what that expression is, knowing that Mr. Gringo butt could totally get away with it, claiming he was just trying to use the customers native language. No luck so far.
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