SO last week something rather funny happened. I had to go out in the field to check some things for one of our clients and I had to drive to a Walmart that is about an hour's drive away from my house. Kinda country area, mixture of white and black. I bought some things and went to the first cashier. Nice black lady, big earrings, big smile.
Conversation went something like this
Cashier " Good afternoon ma'am, welcome to your local walmart, did you find everything you were looking for today"
Me "Not quite, you guys were out of the one thing I wanted, but I found alot of other stuff anyway"
Cashier " Well if you tell me what you were looking for, I'll try to....."
she noticed the trini flag lapel pin I wear on all my jackets...
"Aye gyal wha part o trini you from?"
Me " I from south. parents from Arima"
Cashier " wha part of Arima? My moms live Barataria by where the ol shoe factory was, but she from Arima."
Me " Matarita Village and Pinto Road"
Cashier " WHo is your family in Maturia? Gyal I know you grandfather, I have to call my moms and tell her I meet his granddaughter...."
Lady behind us.... "What are you guys saying? I can't understand it?"
Cashier " Sorry tanty we from Trinidad"
She left her register ( a big no-no by the way) to go get her manager so that he could meet another Trini. The manager knows me already from meetings and couldnt stop laughing when he heard us talk to each other, how the accents came out.
Must find a trini everywhere
