Just Don't Ask...

Common responses to questions I ask people in Miami:

Me: (in an elevator) What floor?
Other Person (OP): Yes please
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Me: I'd like a 6 inch vegetarian sub please.
OP: OK, what kind of meat?
Me: No meat, vegetarian- just vegetables.
OP: So ham?
Me: No ham, no meat at all. It's on your menu. (I point) The vegetarian sub.
OP: Just vegetables?
Me: Yes
OP: (Just glares at me like I am a black gay man in a wheelchair with AIDS and I have just informed her that I am sleeping with her father and her eldest son- a tough cross to bare with stereotypical Cuban racism)
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Me: Hi, can I ask you something?
OP: Que?
Me: Never mind.
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Me: OK, so just to clarify you want this by tomorrow?
OP: See, the reason we are doing this is ... (long-winded explanation)
Me: OK, so by tomorrow right?
OP: I've got a meeting tomorrow at 3pm.
Me: Is this something you need for the meeting? So you want this finished by tomorrow?
OP: I have to take this call.
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