My new hobby

Forward, comrades!

Yeah, this place is getting to me... ;)

So my new hobby these days, as I'm sure is shared by many other speakers of other languages, is responding politely and correctly to people in their language after they have said something offensive.

Example from this week:

"Excuse me, do you guys have a lighter?"

"No"

"(to 3rd person) Oh, they're foreign, they didn't understand. Honestly, this place is full of foreigners, it's so annoying"

"Oh hi, sorry, I may be foreign but I do speak your language. And I just understood everything you said".

*awkward pause followed by stony expression*

My oh my, comrades. I do believe after twenty years I have finally discovered the moral high ground. 

It's pretty perky up here, actually.