A Filipino in an American Coffee Shop This is a Filipino in an American Coffee Shop: Waiter: "What kind of coffee would you like, regular or decaf?" Pinoy: "No... Big cup! Big cup!" Waiter: "What would you like for your breakfast? Pinoy: "Hameneggs." Waiter: "And how do you like your eggs, sir?" Pinoy: "Yes, tenkyu, I like dem beri much." Waiter: "No sir, I mean how would you like them cooked?" Pinoy: "Yes, tenkyu, I wud like dem cooked." Waiter: (with increasing impatience): "Would you like your eggs... fried? poached? hard boiled or soft boiled?" Pinoy: (with increasing uneasiness): "Yes, one fried en one hard boiled or sop boiled." Waiter: "And what bread would you like?" Pinoy: "Begyurpardon?" Waiter: "What kind of bread would you like... white? rye? whole wheat? toast?" Pinoy: "Pan Amercano" Waiter: "We don't have that." Pinoy: "Okey. Gib me Taystee." Waiter: "We don't have that either, sir." Pinoy: "Do you heb pan de lemon or bonete?" Waiter: "Sir, you are wasting my time. I shall ask for the last time, what would you like for breakfast?" Pinoy: "Donut plis............................" |