Top Ten Reasons You Know Your Spanish Needs Work

10

You ask the maid why there is no coffee for the coffeemaker in your room.  She smiles sweetly and says nothing.

 9

You add a gratuity to the restaurant check and the waitress changes it and increases it by 10 pesos.

 8

You ask the pharmacist the price of Prevacid.  She smiles sweetly, looks around furtively, and says nothing.

7

 You ask a question in Spanish and they answer you in English.

 6

You turn on TV and there is a movie in German with Spanish subtitles.

 5

You are in a restaurant and ask for the check saying, “Por favor, la quarenta,” which means “Please, the forty,” instead of “La
cuenta,” which means, “The check.”

 4

You are watching the Las Vegas Bowl between Wyoming and UCLA narrated in Spanish and the only thing you understand is
when the referee explains a penalty call.

 3

Radio talk shows are not an option for your listening pleasure.

 2

You don’t ask for directions, not to preserve your male ego, but because you probably won’t understand the answer.

 1

You are inside the toilet in the back of a bus hurtling down the highway at 70 mph, and you don’t remember how to say, “The door is stuck.”