Oh, I agree, on many levels. At one point I was at the home office of a past employer in Cambridge UK. I was at breakfast with the British owners and the murican VP (he was very trumpian, decades ago
). In an effort to impress the Brits, he decided to show off his command of British terms. He proceeded to tell the waitress that he wanted toast, eggs, and an order of wankers. The waitress made a noise like she didn't understand, so in typical murican style, he raised his voice and said the same thing again. Now she was huffed and the entire restaurant was snickering.
(For those not acquainted with British slang for...well, maybe we don't want that for the search engines to fine here.
What he really wanted was bangers, or sausages
)
Another time, a different VP, in Germany. We walked into a shop, he went to one side, I went to the other. The clerk spoke to him first, in German. VP replied in English, with an obvious attitude. The clerk continued in German, the VP raised his voice, repeated same words. This went back and forth until VP left in frustration. The clerk now addresses me. At the time I knew a bit of German, so I attempted to answer in German. The clerk looked at me and said, with an accent, "I speak English, how can I help you"
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Spock: "...His pattern indicates two-dimensional thinking."
