Dumb foreigner thread

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I think I've seen it all now when it comes to dumb foreigners in the KOW.

I'm sitting in a coffee shop and there'a a woman giving a staff member a hard time over the drink she's been served. I'm not close enough to hear the actual conversation but she looks enraged and keeps pointing at the drink she's been served. She's wearing a pair of bright pink headphones and every time the staff member talks to her, her face glows even brighter with rage as she bends down and angrily beckons the staff member move closer to her and repeat what was said, only louder, as she can't hear what she's saying.

The other staff are in hysterics and can't quite believe what's happening or why the customer won't simply remove her headphones so she can hear what that staff member is saying to her properly.

The cult of the Karens has finally arrived in Cambodia. God help us all.
The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never allow the dumb ones to lead the pack.
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She sounds like one of those people who make no attempt to learn any of the local language and probably couldn't even if they bothered trying to, but call them (random local people) stupid when they don't understand Karen's English, no matter how loud she yells at them.
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In Phnom Penh? Blonde hair? Looks half asian?
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Darkcel wrote: Tue Mar 07, 2023 1:33 pm In Phnom Penh? Blonde hair? Looks half asian?
Yes and yes but not half Asian. Definitely 100% western.
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So why don't you tell her to shut the fuck up ??
Busy typing ?
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Darkcel wrote: Tue Mar 07, 2023 1:33 pm In Phnom Penh? Blonde hair? Looks half asian?
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Ghostwriter wrote: Tue Mar 07, 2023 1:55 pm So why don't you tell her to shut the fuck up ??
Busy typing ?
Yes, you're right. Some people just need to be told to shut the fuck up from time to time I guess.
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xandreu wrote: Tue Mar 07, 2023 4:16 pm
Ghostwriter wrote: Tue Mar 07, 2023 1:55 pm So why don't you tell her to shut the fuck up ??
Busy typing ?
Yes, you're right. Some people just need to be told to shut the fuck up from time to time I guess.
But, that would be rude.
Perhaps better to offer to translate her rantings into English for her.
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