"ifixit!"
so this morning i get a call on the radio from one of our up and coming plumber types.
"uh halo, uh de pipes es leaking."
"hello? who is this? what do you need?
"yeah es miguel, pipas problemas. pipe wrench?"
"hi miguel, you need a pipe wrench?"
"e yes."
"what do you want me to do about it?"
"tank you."
"what?"
"yes, tank you."
"what, hey wait a minute, I'm not bringing you a pipe wrench. you need to come and get it yourself."
"yes"
"you need to get your own pipe wrench! i do not deliver pipe wrenches to job sites, you should have brought the tools to the job. if you are pluming today, you will need pipe wrenches."
"uhh, es mike dere."
"hes in a meeting."
"yes, we need pipe wrenches, de pipes are leaking."
"what do you want me to do about it?"
"yes."
"no!"
"uh, what?"
"if. you. need. a. pipe. wrench. you. need. to. come. back. to. the. yard. and. get. one."
"yes."
twenty minutes later...
"uh, mike..."
"mike is in a meeting, wassup?"
"uh, de pipes es leaking, pipe wrenches?"
I'm really excited to be talking with this particular individual at this point! but, i bust out my best attempt at Spanish, calmly try and tell him in three different ways that there is nobody here to bring him tools that he will need to do his job. that indeed it is his job to return to the yard and get his own tools and he needs to it fast, if there is water leaking, it doesn't sound good.
"oh, okay." he says finally.
"uh, okay, tank you too." i reply.
"uh what?"
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So what feckin language do you Yanks speak again?
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