I was having the worst day of my life! It seemed like it was never gonna end, and on top of that, I had a very bad headache. This one lady kept calling every half an hour to check if I was free, like, come on lady! Just take a hint! On top of that, my current client had moved all my appointments because… well, I messed up.

In short, she was chinese. She didn’t speak much english, and due to my asian appearance they paired me up with her. I mean, I knew some mandarin, but a toddler was better than me. And the most horrible thing happened, she started talking to me. In mandarin. I just nodded until she asked me a question which wasn’t a yes or no question. I muffled out some words, but she gestured me to talk louder. Big mistake. I started saying it again but she stopped me, and asked to repeat myself. This time I said it more slowly and confused. She paused me again and turned to her other chinese friend. She asked me to repeat myself, again. I was dumb enough to say it again, but this time both of the ladies were giggling. I just stopped and said……

(To be continued)