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One of my managers at work is I believe from either the Phillipines or Indonesia, I'm not that great at remembering which (plus I barely passed Geography ok fight me about it) She has a somewhat thick accent, and sometimes when she'll ask for "Fries", the "r" will catch and it will sound like "Flies" A co-worker of mine whom I don't work with often turned to another girl and and giggled "She said 'do you want flies' and the sheer discomfort I felt made me go still.  I have nothing but respect for this Manager and they are honestly an excellent person to work with. I stopped, looked at my co-worker, who is not some young girl like me. She is a grown woman, poking fun at another woman for her accent. I look her in the eyes, frown and say "It's not like English is her first language you know." My co-worker stopped laughing. She stopped smiling. I continued giving her a disappointed look and watched as she realized that what she just said was mean and hurtful and totally unnecessary and I saw the guilt on her face and I just thought to myself  You're fucking right you feel bad now. YOU try going to another country to work and pick up their language and be competent enough and smart enough to become the manager of one of their stores