Make it a double

I'm still in the same spot, scanning the Chinese food place here at stink valley mall.  The same cunning Asian man is working, and I could have swore he keeps saying "make it a double?" even when people are asking for single rice bowl orders. I have to hand it to the man, he sure is crafty. I also noted the same perplexed looks on peoples faces as they tried their very best to handle the situation with grace. Some people, however, weren't so graceful. One man in particular became almost irate with the language barrier, and for a moment I had to hold my breath because he looked as if he was about ready to explode. He sat and argued feverishly with the asian man, who to my surprise, didn't even hardly bat an eye. He simply replied calmly back and eventually the order was corrected. In all seriousness this is one of the most honest exchanges I had seen. As mentioned in last weeks post, there was hardly anyone that bothered to try to break the language barrier. This week, however, I noticed that there were a few more people than last that were animate about getting their point across. I don't mean tot make racial assumptions, but I can honestly say that the majority of the handful of people that bothered to correct the orders were hispanic. Now, I have also taken into consideration the fact that we are, in fact, less than a stones throw away from Mexico. Hispanic is deafeningly the most dominant race here in the city, with anglo, asian, and african american being a minority. Because of this I am forced to question the dignity of my observation as it seems that it would only make sense that the majority of people that corrected short stop were hispanic as this is a culture and area heavily influenced by Hispanic tradition and ancestry.
It was very interesting to get to see exactly how these people confronted language barriers a second time around. I didn't notice as much the first time, but the second time around I found that there were many different reactions. One of the most common in breaking the language barrier seemed to have been great gesticulation with the hands. When short stop started trying to go crazy with the food, most people that were brazen enough to correct it did so by pointing to what they wanted on the menu as well as pointing to the EXACT food items that they wanted. Another reaction I seemed to notice more so this time was that when people caught on to the language barrier between them and short stop, they're approach in speaking changed greatly. For instance, they would talk much louder and much more slowly while taking the time to greatly define their words. It was almost as if watching a grown adult speak in a frustrated manner to a small child who just wasn't getting the idea. Short stop kept a cool exterior, but I couldn't help but to think about what was really going on in his head. It was obvious not only to me that he was certainly from a different country entirely. I couldn't tell you if he was Chinese, Korean, Japanese... I don't know. But I DO know that asian cultures tend to be much more soft spoken and less aggressive than western culture. Because of this I felt a little bad for short stop. He WAS trying to pawn a surplus of food off on people, but at the same time he must have been entirely out of his element. Something told me that where he was form it wasn't normal custom to be shouted at and treated like a small child. No matter what though, short stop always remained polite and with a smile.