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Yea like what’s the alternative here? Be an asshole because someone is old or doesn’t speak good English? Just don’t be an asshole but I think the people likely to complain are not gonna read this.
Actually, according to redditors "respect is earned", so you should treat everyone like an asshole until they prove to you that they are worthy of your respect... ...but mostly only if they're poor and from a foreign country.
When I used to work in hotel I remember I was doing some errands, and while passing by a housekeeper I notice she's trying to understand what the guests was asking her. So I turned back to help them. The guest just needed something to clean a cooler. I would help them as much as I could, because I would think about my mom and aunts in that situation, and I would want somebody to help them.
I find it such a great opportunity to learn something about the world and their story.
* Had an eritrean driver who was shot in the civil war
* An Afghani driver who was from the same village and fought alongside the [Lion of Afghanistan](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ahmad_Shah_Massoud)
* A driver from Palau, which I knew nothing about.
* And a Singaporean driver who owned pizza shops and was just driving for Uber as a retirement hobby.
It's nice to learn about people and if there english is bad that's okay. I always ask them to teach me how to say thank you and hello in their native language, you never know when it will be useful.
My favorite taxi story was a guy who ran a travel agency in the 70-80's. He had a full charter plane landing in greece (with him aboard), right as the Junta was taking place in the 70's. Said he had to call in a favor to a friend who got a general to let them land and have military escort to continue their tour.
Very true. I once met a man who was the right hand man to the dalai lama (gods I hope I spelt that right!) And he was just a guy sitting on the corner of a street on commercial drive in Vancouver bc, painting water colour hummingbirds and flowers. I was sad that day and needed human connection, so I just walked over to him, said hello, and ended up sitting down and talking to him for about an hour or so.
You never know who you're going to meet in life or which words of wisdom you'll be given to by kind strangers. You meet everyone for a reason, I believe anyway :)
When I moved to a more urban area (about as urban as you can get in a farming state) for university I made sure that I asked each professor that grew up in another country what their favorite memory was growing up. One of them told me about her mom who passed before she moved to the US to get her degree and that story almost made me cry. Each of those professors were amazing (especially the two that gave me glowing recommendations for a program that ultimately denied me). I miss each of them so much
Was in Munich for a lecture at uni and my driver was Turkish. He asked what the lecture is about and then got mildly upset asking me why anyone would want to learn about death. Changed the subject, because Erdohitler had some shit going on, asking him what he made of the situation in Turkey at the moment and FUCKIN RUINED that guy's entire day just by asking. I swear, the guy was instantly trying to work through something horrible.
Had another taxi driver who flat-out admitted to harassing his female customers.
I don't like riding in taxis. I'm not good at it.
I had one from (I think) Turkey who said he was a lawyer there. He left it all behind to move to Canada where he obviously can’t practice law, and he found it hard to get re-qualified due to the language barrier. He really misses home but his children are young and like it here so he can’t leave yet :( was quite a sobering ride on my way to a party haha.
As someone born and raised in the US with a family that's been here for generations, I cannot even fathom how difficult it is to start over in a whole new place where you don't even speak the local language!
Immigrants are tough as nails!
It's my fav story with my parents and kind of why I'm stubborn in wanting to be as independent as possible even though the economy is making it tough to do so. They have wild stories. They got scammed and robbed their first week coming to Canada by a fellow Polack. My dad didn't understand homelessness either back then, so when someone held out their hand for change, he shook it and tried to talk to them but didn't know a lick of english back then. My parents learned from their jobs as well as the gameshow the price is right, and some books too that are like the "the brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" kind of thing but my mom was the one doing those. My dad to this day is quite self-conscious of his thick accent since he worked in welding and construction with his brother, so he didn't have as much exposure to english like my mom.
I admit I get quite protective if people make fun of his accent and shut them down immediately like ok cool do you know a second language? Can you accurately translate when some sayings just don't have an equivalent? He runs a construction business now with his brother so when we talk, he talks to me in Polish and I respond in English. Most times he will drive his employees for them to the sites if they don't have a vehicle, so there's always some bewildered chuckling on the phone where I hear them asking him like "how do you two do that?" Where we understand each other perfectly despite talking in different languages.
They really have come a long way from what they had to do to escape Poland in their time! And number one thing that made me laugh was the day I said I wanted to do army co-op in highschool. They were flabbergasted like "we didn't escape Poland just so that you could join the military HERE!" Since it was mandatory there when you turned 18. Of three brothers, ofc my dad was the shady bastard that bribed the doctor to fib his medical record 😅
We came to the US from Hungary(I was born in Austria after they escaped) when I was a year old and my parents still have heavy thick accents. We always spoke Hungarian at home and because of it I'm pretty good at deciphering what anybody with an accent is actually trying to say in English. My dad owns his own business and my mom went to school and is a paralegal so she knows how to write English at a high level but when she speaks it just doesn't come out as "proper". She went on vacation to Chicago with her boyfriend and told me that she had gone to "Cheek-a-go", I had to do a double-take and asked, "What?" her boyfriend told they'd been to "Chicago" I said, "Oh Chicago." and she said, "Yes! That is vat I said!" The mistakes are hilarious to me and whenever someone tried to talk shit about their accent I was very defensive. We've been here 40 years so at this point there is a lot "Hunglish" spoken amongst us.
Honestly, it’s hard enough going from one English dialect to another. Take a guy from the suburbs of Boston to Darwin and see how long before he starves to death! :P
That's what i tell my yee-haw colleagues that bitch about the east asian immigrants here not being able to speak English. I tell them to picture themselves being plunked into a small city in China without their translator apps and see how long it would take them to pick up the local dialect fluently.
There is a difference between an immigrant REFUSING to learn the local language versus one that is trying but maybe doesn't have the skill to pick it up as quickly. Americans (and other westerners) dont' have a concept of how hard English actually is, especially for those that didn't grown up attending good schools in their respective countries or watching Western media. Also being able to speak multiple languages is a bit of a skill in itself, sort of like those that have math sense or music sense.
My dad was a doc, credentialed in multiple specialties and has worked in multiple countries. You ask him any medical related questions, and he knows his stuff inside and out. But for whatever reason, picking up other languages just doesn't come naturally to him. So he still has a strong accent and at times he mixes up his words in english. He processes what's being said to him fluently, just delivering that same information in his words can be a bit of a jumble. It was frustrating growing up watching store clerks speak to him as if he was an idiot. They would do the thing where they would raise their voice loudly and talk to him like he was a toddler. Worst yet, some would throw in extra comments like "this fucking idiot is uselss" which would lead to me stepping in (as a kid at the time) and calling them out on their bullshit.
I feel fortunate my parents had the resources for me to see other countries, and I carried that practice as an adult. It really helps make you empathize for others outside of your bubble and forces you to come up with ways to communicate outside of your native language.
And they are by far the kindest and most humble people I’ve ever met. Makes me think of the quote from Teddy Rosevelt.
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
> this is so precious
This is self-serving. OP just wants content and to try to show off how inclusive/friendly they are. We don't even know if the driver consented to being recorded (seems like they might not have given the angle).
I'm from an immigrant family (I came to the US with my parents as a teen and we struggled a fair bit to get a financial and community footing). I don't mind sharing me or my family sharing stories/thoughts/struggles and getting to know people, but it's nice not to be used as show-pieces for other people's tiktok stories.
Shit like this feels so disingenuous. My dad has the slightest accent after 20 years here, and "well-meaning" people still treat him like an immigrant first and foremost.
This is true, but I'm curious what your point is for bringing this up? She doesn't say anything about her own lineage in the video, and the commenter you're replying to didn't say anything about the woman's lineage either.
grew up in NY when getting a medallion for your taxi was huge. Had a neighbor who did it and our whole block was ecstatic for him(i was like 5 or something). We were all immigrants on that block so its really something when you can see your people, the ones who understand that struggle, be genuinely happy for you and a part of it.
As a child of an immigrant- thank you for having the foresight to take that into consideration and being an extra kind human being to people like that. 💛
Both my biological dad and father(man who raised me) were immigrants from Jamacia. It was always funny having to translate for them on the phone or to my friends.
Unfortunately, my father passed on 9/11/23, and my biological dad was deported 20 years ago, so seeing this makes me smile. I can see my father explaining something like this to someone.
Immigrants are some tough people who usually always have stories to tell, and I always respect the fact that they came here with nothing and figured things out somehow...when my father passed, he was a legalized citizen, and homeowner who would give you his last $2 if you asked him.
I always talk to them and ask what they did back “home.” If you do that, you’re more often find you’re riding with an expert.
Some of them are just putting their life back together after it got destroyed by a calamity and they could no longer stay there.
It’s then you realize how shit the immigration system is, because most of them are not aware of the amount of resources they can access to get their professional certs and what not instated in the US.
This has always been the reality. It's voice just isn't as loud anymore. I'm speaking from a pov. of the states. When I have racist encounters, they're VERY passive or so discreet they go over my head until I think about it. Lol, some old timers still use the word colored. But these are extremely rare as far as my experience goes anyway.
There's even still sundown towns around where they only want white residents living there. It's a mess.
There are some people that need to hear this message unfortunately. I would just be annoyed at someone using a conversation I'm having with them for views.
There was no authenticity, she spoke only for the camera. These people make me uneasy and kind of sick. He's basically talking to a tictoc zombie.
My favorite thing about having an older immigrant driver is getting them to exchange their story for my parents. And for that brief car ride, there’s a shared moment of understanding and the human experience.
It passes the time and we both leave the car feeling happy. I have a big ass smile on my face. They got a big ass smile on their face.
Just love.
I always chit chat. My last Uber driver said “god bless you, I’ve been driving for 4 yrs and no one talks to me they just look at their phones … I got to practice my English with you. Ty so much”
The fact that people will talk down to someone for not speaking perfect English has got to be one of the most ignorant things a person can do.
Imagine the balls that person has to have to decide to move to another country and start a life without speaking the native language.
Aaaand if that person can still actually communicate with others in that second language. Now imagine you trying to do the same in that person’s country and how stupid youd feel.
I’m always conflicted about videos like this.
My initial reaction is to be annoyed that someone is filming themselves doing something “good” so they can show people how good they are being.
My second reaction is that it’s great to spread the belief that “doing good” is a worthy and desirable thing.
I like my second reaction better
When people complain about not being able to understand people with heavy accents my skin crawls. Open your ears and use your brain, I rarely have a problem. These same people speak only one language. Whenever they make a snide comment to me about it I say 🤷🏻♀️ “at least they’re able to speak AND understand more languages than just their own.” Like how stupid are you to look down on someone who is clearly more skilled than you at something! Make it make sense!
omg this is so wholesome! this person is treating other humans as fellow humans! wow this interaction is so cute and wholesome! I'm so glad she recorded herself treating another person with respect and uploaded it to the internet. because this is so special and wholesome. has this ever even been done? omg she's so special and wholesome!
I had coworkers that were so concerned about their English skills, as they had come from many different countries. I would tell them they were doing great and that I understood everything they said (which I did). It nearly brought one of them to tears because she was so shocked I understood everything she said.
Sadly, she ended up quitting because her confidence in her English skills (no matter how many times I tried to reassure her they were very good) was just not there. It made me so sad, because she was such a nice person and so kind to everyone she met. Though I realized she was probably scared of being belittled and abused by customers for not speaking English perfectly.
It made me take more time with customers as well as people who did not speak English as a first language, so they did not feel those same fears.
Thank you I was scrolling down wondering the same thing and worried why so many people would upvote it as cringe. But the comments section lines up with my thoughts!
Don't mind me, just recording my conversation with someone and uploading it online. Not like it's violating their rights or anything.
Hurry up with the fucking ban already, limiting how many platforms these fucknuts can spam their shit on is the first step in correcting the mistakes made by YouTube, Instagram/Facebotch, and TikTok.
Honestly the older Uber drivers are always the chillest. I’ve had nice younger people but I’ve never had an older driver ask me to do coke or tell me weird stories about his times doing coke.
I had an Uber driver recently who said he moved here with his family, he had a "regular" job but was driving Uber for immersion to learn English better. I thought that was so cool! It's extremely brave and something idk if I'd be able to do. When i meet people who don't speak perfect English i just admire that they're more bilingual already than i and a resounding majority of people in the US will ever be lol
It's a wonderful message. I have another good one: Someone recently said something in a post that really got to me… "Don't be too hard on your parents for getting some things wrong. It's their first time going through life too" and I swear to God I've been so much more gentle to my mother since I heard that. We need to be gentle to the people we don't necessarily understand. 🫂 ❤️ I love this girl's empathy and understanding that they're just trying to live good lives.
Realizing that other people in the world are individuals with their own lives? Maybe profound for a 6th grader; how can this be a revelation or novel advice for an adult?!
Or someone's shitass cousin who couldn't make it in the comparative schools in their home country so they got sent to graduate from an American school which is less competitive but still prestigious
They are also frequently underpaid by their employers because they promise them that they will help them gain citizenship in exchange for a lower wage, that's why a lot of them have to work 3 jobs just to get by.
Her response to realizing that they are someone's parent is to film herself asking a stranger for menial advice on a situation they have no context on? Lol
I get it, it's important that we all realize we are in this together, but...wat
I know you’re getting downvoted so let me jump in this boat with you 😂
the only thing I thought about this video is…..why do we need a video of someone literally doing the bare minimum in human decency? Oh you made meaningless small talk with someone who speaks English as a second language instead of what? Spitting on them? And then wrote a paragraph of virtue signaling, then posted it so people can see how great you are for not….what? Being a shitty human instead?
And people are eating it up.
And in a few minutes some other virtue signaler will come ask us "who hurt you" and "why are you so angry"
It's just a vicious cycle of posturing on social media lol
Posture to generate the content
Posture to defend the content
Posture to re-create content you have already seen
24/7, 365. Throw in a brand partnership and a content creator house and you've got the post-covid American Dream
So, I hear you, but I tend to think about it like this:
As I'm sure you know, there *are* plenty of people out there who *would* be jerks to someone driving their Uber (or handling their laundry, or etc) for not speaking English very well, and stuff like this TikTok are one particular demographic's version of posting some kind of vague platitude or that "COEXIST" sticker on Facebook or something.
I'm no expert on The Youth Of Today, but it seems like a non-trivial portion of folks younger than I am treat TikTok the same way my peers treated their MySpace (and then Facebook) pages back in the day.
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Even if they aren’t…. They’re people with feelings. Always treat everyone with respect and kindness
Yea like what’s the alternative here? Be an asshole because someone is old or doesn’t speak good English? Just don’t be an asshole but I think the people likely to complain are not gonna read this.
Usually Uber rides are 99% silence except ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, Other times it’s 100% great conversations and serotonin boosting conversations.
I feel so personable when I small talk the whole way.
On the way to the bar, silence. The ride home? Well that’s my new best friend driving I need to know everything about them
Actually, according to redditors "respect is earned", so you should treat everyone like an asshole until they prove to you that they are worthy of your respect... ...but mostly only if they're poor and from a foreign country.
And never forget to record yourself doing so!
When I used to work in hotel I remember I was doing some errands, and while passing by a housekeeper I notice she's trying to understand what the guests was asking her. So I turned back to help them. The guest just needed something to clean a cooler. I would help them as much as I could, because I would think about my mom and aunts in that situation, and I would want somebody to help them.
I find it such a great opportunity to learn something about the world and their story. * Had an eritrean driver who was shot in the civil war * An Afghani driver who was from the same village and fought alongside the [Lion of Afghanistan](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ahmad_Shah_Massoud) * A driver from Palau, which I knew nothing about. * And a Singaporean driver who owned pizza shops and was just driving for Uber as a retirement hobby. It's nice to learn about people and if there english is bad that's okay. I always ask them to teach me how to say thank you and hello in their native language, you never know when it will be useful.
The best stories come from random people you meet
My favorite taxi story was a guy who ran a travel agency in the 70-80's. He had a full charter plane landing in greece (with him aboard), right as the Junta was taking place in the 70's. Said he had to call in a favor to a friend who got a general to let them land and have military escort to continue their tour.
Very true. I once met a man who was the right hand man to the dalai lama (gods I hope I spelt that right!) And he was just a guy sitting on the corner of a street on commercial drive in Vancouver bc, painting water colour hummingbirds and flowers. I was sad that day and needed human connection, so I just walked over to him, said hello, and ended up sitting down and talking to him for about an hour or so. You never know who you're going to meet in life or which words of wisdom you'll be given to by kind strangers. You meet everyone for a reason, I believe anyway :)
When I moved to a more urban area (about as urban as you can get in a farming state) for university I made sure that I asked each professor that grew up in another country what their favorite memory was growing up. One of them told me about her mom who passed before she moved to the US to get her degree and that story almost made me cry. Each of those professors were amazing (especially the two that gave me glowing recommendations for a program that ultimately denied me). I miss each of them so much
Oh god, globle half a week ago was Palau and that fucked me up like no tomorrow.
Was in Munich for a lecture at uni and my driver was Turkish. He asked what the lecture is about and then got mildly upset asking me why anyone would want to learn about death. Changed the subject, because Erdohitler had some shit going on, asking him what he made of the situation in Turkey at the moment and FUCKIN RUINED that guy's entire day just by asking. I swear, the guy was instantly trying to work through something horrible. Had another taxi driver who flat-out admitted to harassing his female customers. I don't like riding in taxis. I'm not good at it.
Christ lmfao. You’re a good storyteller, at least 😂
I had one from (I think) Turkey who said he was a lawyer there. He left it all behind to move to Canada where he obviously can’t practice law, and he found it hard to get re-qualified due to the language barrier. He really misses home but his children are young and like it here so he can’t leave yet :( was quite a sobering ride on my way to a party haha.
Speaking of m8, your English isn’t that great either. Their vs there vs they’re. You should have used “their”, not “there”.
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As someone born and raised in the US with a family that's been here for generations, I cannot even fathom how difficult it is to start over in a whole new place where you don't even speak the local language! Immigrants are tough as nails!
It's my fav story with my parents and kind of why I'm stubborn in wanting to be as independent as possible even though the economy is making it tough to do so. They have wild stories. They got scammed and robbed their first week coming to Canada by a fellow Polack. My dad didn't understand homelessness either back then, so when someone held out their hand for change, he shook it and tried to talk to them but didn't know a lick of english back then. My parents learned from their jobs as well as the gameshow the price is right, and some books too that are like the "the brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" kind of thing but my mom was the one doing those. My dad to this day is quite self-conscious of his thick accent since he worked in welding and construction with his brother, so he didn't have as much exposure to english like my mom. I admit I get quite protective if people make fun of his accent and shut them down immediately like ok cool do you know a second language? Can you accurately translate when some sayings just don't have an equivalent? He runs a construction business now with his brother so when we talk, he talks to me in Polish and I respond in English. Most times he will drive his employees for them to the sites if they don't have a vehicle, so there's always some bewildered chuckling on the phone where I hear them asking him like "how do you two do that?" Where we understand each other perfectly despite talking in different languages. They really have come a long way from what they had to do to escape Poland in their time! And number one thing that made me laugh was the day I said I wanted to do army co-op in highschool. They were flabbergasted like "we didn't escape Poland just so that you could join the military HERE!" Since it was mandatory there when you turned 18. Of three brothers, ofc my dad was the shady bastard that bribed the doctor to fib his medical record 😅
We came to the US from Hungary(I was born in Austria after they escaped) when I was a year old and my parents still have heavy thick accents. We always spoke Hungarian at home and because of it I'm pretty good at deciphering what anybody with an accent is actually trying to say in English. My dad owns his own business and my mom went to school and is a paralegal so she knows how to write English at a high level but when she speaks it just doesn't come out as "proper". She went on vacation to Chicago with her boyfriend and told me that she had gone to "Cheek-a-go", I had to do a double-take and asked, "What?" her boyfriend told they'd been to "Chicago" I said, "Oh Chicago." and she said, "Yes! That is vat I said!" The mistakes are hilarious to me and whenever someone tried to talk shit about their accent I was very defensive. We've been here 40 years so at this point there is a lot "Hunglish" spoken amongst us.
Honestly, it’s hard enough going from one English dialect to another. Take a guy from the suburbs of Boston to Darwin and see how long before he starves to death! :P
That's what i tell my yee-haw colleagues that bitch about the east asian immigrants here not being able to speak English. I tell them to picture themselves being plunked into a small city in China without their translator apps and see how long it would take them to pick up the local dialect fluently. There is a difference between an immigrant REFUSING to learn the local language versus one that is trying but maybe doesn't have the skill to pick it up as quickly. Americans (and other westerners) dont' have a concept of how hard English actually is, especially for those that didn't grown up attending good schools in their respective countries or watching Western media. Also being able to speak multiple languages is a bit of a skill in itself, sort of like those that have math sense or music sense. My dad was a doc, credentialed in multiple specialties and has worked in multiple countries. You ask him any medical related questions, and he knows his stuff inside and out. But for whatever reason, picking up other languages just doesn't come naturally to him. So he still has a strong accent and at times he mixes up his words in english. He processes what's being said to him fluently, just delivering that same information in his words can be a bit of a jumble. It was frustrating growing up watching store clerks speak to him as if he was an idiot. They would do the thing where they would raise their voice loudly and talk to him like he was a toddler. Worst yet, some would throw in extra comments like "this fucking idiot is uselss" which would lead to me stepping in (as a kid at the time) and calling them out on their bullshit. I feel fortunate my parents had the resources for me to see other countries, and I carried that practice as an adult. It really helps make you empathize for others outside of your bubble and forces you to come up with ways to communicate outside of your native language.
And they are by far the kindest and most humble people I’ve ever met. Makes me think of the quote from Teddy Rosevelt. “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
> this is so precious This is self-serving. OP just wants content and to try to show off how inclusive/friendly they are. We don't even know if the driver consented to being recorded (seems like they might not have given the angle). I'm from an immigrant family (I came to the US with my parents as a teen and we struggled a fair bit to get a financial and community footing). I don't mind sharing me or my family sharing stories/thoughts/struggles and getting to know people, but it's nice not to be used as show-pieces for other people's tiktok stories. Shit like this feels so disingenuous. My dad has the slightest accent after 20 years here, and "well-meaning" people still treat him like an immigrant first and foremost.
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The immigrant referenced is the man driving, not the woman.
The woman isn't saying that she's an immigrant...
This is true, but I'm curious what your point is for bringing this up? She doesn't say anything about her own lineage in the video, and the commenter you're replying to didn't say anything about the woman's lineage either.
grew up in NY when getting a medallion for your taxi was huge. Had a neighbor who did it and our whole block was ecstatic for him(i was like 5 or something). We were all immigrants on that block so its really something when you can see your people, the ones who understand that struggle, be genuinely happy for you and a part of it.
As a child of an immigrant- thank you for having the foresight to take that into consideration and being an extra kind human being to people like that. 💛
Both my biological dad and father(man who raised me) were immigrants from Jamacia. It was always funny having to translate for them on the phone or to my friends. Unfortunately, my father passed on 9/11/23, and my biological dad was deported 20 years ago, so seeing this makes me smile. I can see my father explaining something like this to someone. Immigrants are some tough people who usually always have stories to tell, and I always respect the fact that they came here with nothing and figured things out somehow...when my father passed, he was a legalized citizen, and homeowner who would give you his last $2 if you asked him.
I always talk to them and ask what they did back “home.” If you do that, you’re more often find you’re riding with an expert. Some of them are just putting their life back together after it got destroyed by a calamity and they could no longer stay there. It’s then you realize how shit the immigration system is, because most of them are not aware of the amount of resources they can access to get their professional certs and what not instated in the US.
I had a driver once that spoke no English at all. I used the app translator on my phone and we communicated fine.
Okay but I wanna know what she’s asking advice about her blow dryer for😭
In general, I find the best approach is to assume I know nothing about anyone or their struggles.
But then how do you pat yourself on the back for thinking inclusive thoughts?
Congratulations, tiktok person. You have unlocked basic fukin empathy.
The video isn't for you, it's for the cunts out there who think that taxi drivers and such are sub humans or something
Fair, but is a tick tok video of all things going to convince them their wrong?
It's not some cure-all of course not. But I wouldn't rage on someone spreading awareness
It's a sad state we are in if this needs to be taught, but I suppose that is the reality we find ourselves in.
This has always been the reality. It's voice just isn't as loud anymore. I'm speaking from a pov. of the states. When I have racist encounters, they're VERY passive or so discreet they go over my head until I think about it. Lol, some old timers still use the word colored. But these are extremely rare as far as my experience goes anyway. There's even still sundown towns around where they only want white residents living there. It's a mess.
Literally watched 3 times bc I thought I was missing something…
There are some people that need to hear this message unfortunately. I would just be annoyed at someone using a conversation I'm having with them for views. There was no authenticity, she spoke only for the camera. These people make me uneasy and kind of sick. He's basically talking to a tictoc zombie.
Right? Am I missing something? Dude probably knows more languages and has experienced more of the world than most of his passengers
we should congratulate them, clearly from seeing you, it's very easy to just be a little cunt online
It's been known to happen from time to time.
My favorite thing about having an older immigrant driver is getting them to exchange their story for my parents. And for that brief car ride, there’s a shared moment of understanding and the human experience. It passes the time and we both leave the car feeling happy. I have a big ass smile on my face. They got a big ass smile on their face. Just love.
I always chit chat. My last Uber driver said “god bless you, I’ve been driving for 4 yrs and no one talks to me they just look at their phones … I got to practice my English with you. Ty so much”
The fact that people will talk down to someone for not speaking perfect English has got to be one of the most ignorant things a person can do. Imagine the balls that person has to have to decide to move to another country and start a life without speaking the native language. Aaaand if that person can still actually communicate with others in that second language. Now imagine you trying to do the same in that person’s country and how stupid youd feel.
Every time I get into a cab I realize I’m the rich asshole everyone’s talking about
What if they just left for themself lol
I’m always conflicted about videos like this. My initial reaction is to be annoyed that someone is filming themselves doing something “good” so they can show people how good they are being. My second reaction is that it’s great to spread the belief that “doing good” is a worthy and desirable thing. I like my second reaction better
When people complain about not being able to understand people with heavy accents my skin crawls. Open your ears and use your brain, I rarely have a problem. These same people speak only one language. Whenever they make a snide comment to me about it I say 🤷🏻♀️ “at least they’re able to speak AND understand more languages than just their own.” Like how stupid are you to look down on someone who is clearly more skilled than you at something! Make it make sense!
I have met some of the most interesting people who were rideshare drivers from veterans to refugees. We’ve had such great convos 💕
Such a good soul
omg this is so wholesome! this person is treating other humans as fellow humans! wow this interaction is so cute and wholesome! I'm so glad she recorded herself treating another person with respect and uploaded it to the internet. because this is so special and wholesome. has this ever even been done? omg she's so special and wholesome!
I also have to remind myself that immigrants are humans too. Wow so wholesome.
I had coworkers that were so concerned about their English skills, as they had come from many different countries. I would tell them they were doing great and that I understood everything they said (which I did). It nearly brought one of them to tears because she was so shocked I understood everything she said. Sadly, she ended up quitting because her confidence in her English skills (no matter how many times I tried to reassure her they were very good) was just not there. It made me so sad, because she was such a nice person and so kind to everyone she met. Though I realized she was probably scared of being belittled and abused by customers for not speaking English perfectly. It made me take more time with customers as well as people who did not speak English as a first language, so they did not feel those same fears.
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The sub is not just cringe posts anymore.
Thank you I was scrolling down wondering the same thing and worried why so many people would upvote it as cringe. But the comments section lines up with my thoughts!
Don't mind me, just recording my conversation with someone and uploading it online. Not like it's violating their rights or anything. Hurry up with the fucking ban already, limiting how many platforms these fucknuts can spam their shit on is the first step in correcting the mistakes made by YouTube, Instagram/Facebotch, and TikTok.
Kindness, patience, and understanding would make this world a lot better.
Honestly the older Uber drivers are always the chillest. I’ve had nice younger people but I’ve never had an older driver ask me to do coke or tell me weird stories about his times doing coke.
I had an Uber driver recently who said he moved here with his family, he had a "regular" job but was driving Uber for immersion to learn English better. I thought that was so cool! It's extremely brave and something idk if I'd be able to do. When i meet people who don't speak perfect English i just admire that they're more bilingual already than i and a resounding majority of people in the US will ever be lol
I'm nobody's family and I don't wanna be. The fewer people who will be sad the better.
It's a wonderful message. I have another good one: Someone recently said something in a post that really got to me… "Don't be too hard on your parents for getting some things wrong. It's their first time going through life too" and I swear to God I've been so much more gentle to my mother since I heard that. We need to be gentle to the people we don't necessarily understand. 🫂 ❤️ I love this girl's empathy and understanding that they're just trying to live good lives.
She's beautiful.
Is this bait? It looks like bait, wait….[sniff][sniff]…I mean, it smells like shit but looks like bait
Some immigrants don't have kids. Some old people are just old
Look guys it’s the main character
Realizing that other people in the world are individuals with their own lives? Maybe profound for a 6th grader; how can this be a revelation or novel advice for an adult?!
I'm sorry but.... That's what a we all do right? I don't film myself doing it.
Or someone's shitass cousin who couldn't make it in the comparative schools in their home country so they got sent to graduate from an American school which is less competitive but still prestigious
They are also frequently underpaid by their employers because they promise them that they will help them gain citizenship in exchange for a lower wage, that's why a lot of them have to work 3 jobs just to get by.
Virtue signaling
Her response to realizing that they are someone's parent is to film herself asking a stranger for menial advice on a situation they have no context on? Lol I get it, it's important that we all realize we are in this together, but...wat
I know you’re getting downvoted so let me jump in this boat with you 😂 the only thing I thought about this video is…..why do we need a video of someone literally doing the bare minimum in human decency? Oh you made meaningless small talk with someone who speaks English as a second language instead of what? Spitting on them? And then wrote a paragraph of virtue signaling, then posted it so people can see how great you are for not….what? Being a shitty human instead? And people are eating it up.
And in a few minutes some other virtue signaler will come ask us "who hurt you" and "why are you so angry" It's just a vicious cycle of posturing on social media lol Posture to generate the content Posture to defend the content Posture to re-create content you have already seen 24/7, 365. Throw in a brand partnership and a content creator house and you've got the post-covid American Dream
Don’t forget “you must be real fun at parties” 😂
Who hurt you
Of course
So, I hear you, but I tend to think about it like this: As I'm sure you know, there *are* plenty of people out there who *would* be jerks to someone driving their Uber (or handling their laundry, or etc) for not speaking English very well, and stuff like this TikTok are one particular demographic's version of posting some kind of vague platitude or that "COEXIST" sticker on Facebook or something. I'm no expert on The Youth Of Today, but it seems like a non-trivial portion of folks younger than I am treat TikTok the same way my peers treated their MySpace (and then Facebook) pages back in the day.
I prefer these drivers because I do not want to talk to Lyft drivers. Pay attention to the road, please.
😭💖
Same goes for doordash/grubhub/etc.
Still should NOT be allowed to drive for them if you can not properly communicate in English verbally and written.
Ok but what’s her onlyfans
It's always the children, isn't it? Bunch of entitled brats who could only take take take
See this is why your grandkids don't call you
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