Up until I started working, I didn’t really encounter that question. When I did start working, people started asking me that question.

Them: Where are you from?

Me: Canada.

Them: Where are your grandparents from?

Me: Canada.

Them: Ok, where are your great grandparents from?

Me: Canada.

It’s irritating sometimes. I just want to exist, do my job and go home, like anyone else. Once is ok, twice is odd, three times is weird, and the fourth time is a pattern.

The only accent that I might have would probably be from Newfoundland, Canada, as I grew up with a lot of people from there. I also talk too fast sometimes.

Have you had similar experiences, and if so, how did you handle it? Can fast speech patterns cause this? Why do random people care so much?

  • TJA!@sh.itjust.works
    20·
    10 个月前

    Skating it once might be standard. But asking where the grandparents are from is kind of strange

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      133·
      10 个月前

      Maybe, but they were probably thrown off or annoyed by his weird one word answer. Replying “Canada” when you’re in Canada is just strange.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      31·
      10 个月前

      But asking where the grandparents are from is kind of strange

      Yeah, that’s almost always a question based on racism.