Does This Happen To You?

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

A friend of my dad doesn’t speak English and calls me to help translate for him when he calls his cable company. I look at his bills and he isn’t over billed. He is billed the amount he agreed to. He wants me to call and yell at the Shaw rep on his behalf.

So I make the call. The prick actually does speak English (better than beginner) and starts yelling and interrupting me in the background. “Adeer gaalada ha isu jilcinin” he proclaims. He starts repeating “gaalada uma shaqeeyno” and other bullshit excuses to not pay his bills.

So I ask him what exactly he wants. It turns out the prick just wants to blow off some steam. He doesn’t ask for any particular changes or anything the rep should do. He just keeps telling me “war igalahadal gaalada” and “gumeeysi ban kujidhnaa”.

So I told the rep that he was mistaken and that he meant to call someone else. I told the Shaw rep that he is happy with his services and that he just wanted to compliment them.

 

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

I find it annoying that people who can speak English call you to speak for them and try to get you to say preposterous things for them. It’s especially annoying when you don’t agree with them in the first place.

 

[NotMyL]

You should've continued the lie and told him the bill has been reduced once they found out he was nin rag ah!

 

[Agent 47]

A friend of my dad doesn’t speak English and calls me to help translate for him when he calls his cable company. I look at his bills and he isn’t over billed. He is billed the amount he agreed to. He wants me to call and yell at the Shaw rep on his behalf.

So I make the call. The prick actually does speak English (better than beginner) and starts yelling and interrupting me in the background. “Adeer gaalada ha isu jilcinin” he proclaims. He starts repeating “gaalada uma shaqeeyno” and other bullshit excuses to not pay his bills.

So I ask him what exactly he wants. It turns out the prick just wants to blow off some steam. He doesn’t ask for any particular changes or anything the rep should do. He just keeps telling me “war igalahadal gaalada” and “gumeeysi ban kujidhnaa”.

So I told the rep that he was mistaken and that he meant to call someone else. I told the Shaw rep that he is happy with his services and that he just wanted to compliment them.

Get the maskiin hooked up with Facebook

The Somali Facebook community needs more of those useful odiyaal.


Him dissing his cable company live on Facebook

 

[Mercury]

A friend of my dad doesn’t speak English and calls me to help translate for him when he calls his cable company. I look at his bills and he isn’t over billed. He is billed the amount he agreed to. He wants me to call and yell at the Shaw rep on his behalf.

So I make the call. The prick actually does speak English (better than beginner) and starts yelling and interrupting me in the background. “Adeer gaalada ha isu jilcinin” he proclaims. He starts repeating “gaalada uma shaqeeyno” and other bullshit excuses to not pay his bills.

So I ask him what exactly he wants. It turns out the prick just wants to blow off some steam. He doesn’t ask for any particular changes or anything the rep should do. He just keeps telling me “war igalahadal gaalada” and “gumeeysi ban kujidhnaa”.

So I told the rep that he was mistaken and that he meant to call someone else. I told the Shaw rep that he is happy with his services and that he just wanted to compliment them.

It's actually worse when you have to talk to the hospital and translate for a relative "dabarka ba ii garacaya "

"He's saying his back is beating "
Beating?
"Yes"
Intaas ba ii sexatay uu sheeg
"Now half his body is sleeping"
Sleeping?

 

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

It's actually worse when you have to talk to the hospital and translate for a relative "dabarka ba ii garacaya "

"He's saying his back is beating "
Beating?
"Yes"
Intaas ba ii sexatay uu sheeg
"Now half his body is sleeping"
Sleeping?

Actually I don’t mind this kind of translation. I just interpret what they’re trying say to the hospital staff, not verbatim because that makes no sense. I just hate it when they want me to argue for them in court or with their utilities companies when they are clearly in the wrong.

 

[Saar]

A friend of my dad doesn’t speak English and calls me to help translate for him when he calls his cable company. I look at his bills and he isn’t over billed. He is billed the amount he agreed to. He wants me to call and yell at the Shaw rep on his behalf.

So I make the call. The prick actually does speak English (better than beginner) and starts yelling and interrupting me in the background. “Adeer gaalada ha isu jilcinin” he proclaims. He starts repeating “gaalada uma shaqeeyno” and other bullshit excuses to not pay his bills.

So I ask him what exactly he wants. It turns out the prick just wants to blow off some steam. He doesn’t ask for any particular changes or anything the rep should do. He just keeps telling me “war igalahadal gaalada” and “gumeeysi ban kujidhnaa”.

So I told the rep that he was mistaken and that he meant to call someone else. I told the Shaw rep that he is happy with his services and that he just wanted to compliment them.

Miskiin i would say do it yourself walahi

 

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

Miskiin i would say do it yourself walahi

I was at his house for unrelated reasons

 

[Saar]

I was at his house for unrelated reasons

still if he can speak English and you know it, say it straight to his face that he should do it himself

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

Elders always assume I can't speak afsomali and they don't bother me.

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

It's actually worse when you have to talk to the hospital and translate for a relative "dabarka ba ii garacaya "

"He's saying his back is beating "
Beating?
"Yes"
Intaas ba ii sexatay uu sheeg
"Now half his body is sleeping"
Sleeping?

Or the classic one.

The couple divorcing and the husband telling the judge, she entered my ocean and how his wife is cutting him up when she gets mad lmfao

 

[Ferrari]

Somali elders can be annoying sometimes.

 

[Geeljire Sandheer]

Somali elders are cool until they see you walking into the shisha spot at 11pm and they snitch to your dad