Its funny...

In fact just today..I was working..and one of my patients asked me if I speak spanish. When i said No, the patient said...why not..you live on the border..you should speak spanish. Now they said all that in Spanish and I understood more or less. I asked in my broken spanish....Where do you live? Do you live in America...Because I do...and I speak English...and when I go to Mexico..I dont expect anyone to speak my language..because I am a guest, In fact...I try to speak the language there. The patient then began to tell me that she doesnt need to speak english and requested a nurse that spoke spanish.

Its interesting...living on a border city. In America..your expected to speak both languages....when you cross that border, Hardly Anyone will speak to you in spanish. If you dont know spanish, your S.O.L for the most part. There is no..why dont you speak english..you live on the border talk.

Just venting 30 years of frustration out here...