A QUICK RANT

How Not to Order in English

Or, how to easily get someone to spit in your sandwich

Bob Merckel
Published in
4 min readAug 26, 2022

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A very happy young man, with the cutest smile in the world, behind a sandwich counter, ready to take your order.
Photo by Frederik Schweiger on Unsplash

Americans can be so obnoxious.

I teach English as a Foreign Language in Barcelona. When I’m back in the States, I often think that native speakers could use a refresher course.

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Bob Merckel
QuickTalk

Editor: Age of Empathy, The Memoirist | English teacher/language consultant in Barcelona and Provincetown.