Just spent the last 30 minutes zoning out because a provider spent the whole 30 minutes talking ✨incessantly✨ about how I can do my job better with only 10% of the information I have. So thanks, take my job if you want.
Good for Will bc I just KNOW the man who made documentary "Good Hair" should've known better than to try to make a joke about a Black woman's hair in a room full of white ppl. I just KNOW that
Sometimes I go get my nails done just so I can be around Vietnamese people and hear them gossip about their friends or that girl who comes in every two weeks to talk about her life while making sure her feet are baby soft
So I go to the salons and wonder - will they make fun of my Vietnamese?
The answer is they never do. They're surprised to hear me speak Vietnamese. Sometimes it is so seemless that it's a few sentences before they even realize it's Vietnamese and not English
When I finish and go to pay, I ask what their names are. I love the sound of their names. They call me Janette. I tell them my Vietnamese name is Thu. They repeat it to help them remember and it comes out sounding like music. I always leave wanting to cry
Sometimes they joke around and say we'll teach each other. I'll come back in two weeks to get my nails done and learn Vietnamese and they'll do my nails and learn English