The Fun of Speaking Spanish

I am the first to admit that my Spanish is pretty rusty and I get so nervous speaking it in front of people that I forget any words that I do remember but....I do remember enough to catch people trying to take advantage of me. And I do enjoy bartering. ;)

We are selling our crib and changing table on Craigslist and had a couple who wanted to come by and look at it. After a quite humorous phone call to give them directions to our house, they arrived to look at our stuff. They were both Latinos. The wife spoke English really well but the husband did not speaking any English.

They looked at the crib and then I took them downstairs to look at the changing table and hutch. All through the process they were speaking to each other in Spanish and I quietly listened and waited...waited for the perfect time to freak them out.

After looking at the changing table they seemed excited and wanted the crib/changing table stuff. The wife asked (in English), "You want $175, right?" I said that was correct and then the husband said to his wife (in Spanish), "I think we could get her down to $135." I looked at him and said (in Spanish), "You think I'll take $135. No, I won't but I'll take $150."

I wish there was a way to freeze someone face at certain moment because the startled look on that couple's faces at that particular moment was priceless!! Needless to say, they were very guarded with what they said to each other after that, but they did decide to buy the stuff. After that, I made sure to answer their questions in Spanish.

It was pretty fun and Bryan was giddy when I told him what had happened. He loves it when I catch people with my Spanish. No one expects a gringa in St. George, Utah to speak Spanish.