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Passenger Overhears Taxi Driver Gossip About Her On The Phone In Another Language, She Gets Payback After Revealing She Got Every Word: 'you Shouldn't Make Comments Like That'

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Anyone who can speak a second language will tell you how beneficial it is to have that ability. While there are many ways one can take advantage of speaking another language, one benefit triumphs them all – being able to talk freely about whatever you want in public and having no one understand you.

When I was 19, I got to spend a year abroad with 3 of my best friends. We all speak a fairly uncommon language other than English, so we'd use that language as our main source of communication amongst ourselves. However, on more than one occasion, we were not careful enough, and we said some pretty embarrassing things in front of people who later revealed they understood every word. Those moments were not our finest, to say the least, so from those moments on, we all learned our lesson.

This petty revenge story is a similar cautionary tale for those who think they can get away with gossiping about other people right in front of them, in a language they assume no one understands. It is also a funny story about an entitled taxi driver who got what he had coming, so please scroll down to enjoy it.


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