Ever felt stupid?

A rare sensation for me (hehehe 🙂 ), yesterday I actually experienced it! An interesting feeling indeed.

Phone rings. I answer. “Hello.”

Heavily accented voice that is almost Indian on the other end asks to speak to me in English. I’m sure I recognize the voice as a Brasilian friend, so I respond in Portuguese: “Fala rapaz!”

Caller: “Sir, I do not understand what you are saying.”

Me: “Rapaz, sou eu mesmo falando!”

Caller: “Sir, do you speak English?”

Me: “Cara, o que está errado contigo?”

Caller: “Sir, if you can’t speak English, may I speak with your wife?”

Me, beginning to get really tickled and laughing: “Isto é bom! Você está fingindo bem!”

Caller, in a rude, condescending tone: “Sir, if you can’t speak English, I’ll have someone call you back who can speak Spanish!”

Me, realizing the caller isn’t who I thought, but irritated by his tone: “I speak English perfectly well and I resent your tone! And it was Portuguese, not Spanish.”

Caller, not realizing that I’m now speaking English: “Sir, since it is obvious that you cannot understand what I’m saying and are unable to communicate with me, goodbye!”

Hangs up on me.

Me: “Aargh!”

Caller ID: “Unavailable.”