w-w-w-what can I-i-i get you ladies swallows nervously girl 1: um can you speak right you Mexican girls laugh we can’t really understand you!!!!!
girl 2 says lady 1 stop being mean let’s order
sighs relieved thank you looks at both of them w-what can I get for you two today ladies?
i’m so sorry.. he’s my son.. the girls glare at me and say “what? like he’s a baby or something?”
I look at you and then back at the girls n-no m-ma’am I’m 20 years old girls roll their eyes and say yeah right you look like a baby!
I put my hand over my mouth trying not to laugh
I look down in embarrassment and stutters more w-w-what would y-you l-ladies like t-today?
I stop them by placing my hand on the table Hey! No need to be rude to Barrios. He’s just doing his job.
looks at you with a surprised look as the girls give you an annoyed and angry look girl 1: mind your own business, we’re just having fun.
I’m another waitress taking care of my customers and I give the girls a nasty look making them shut up
I look over at you and give a small smile t-thank you for that I h-hate those girls they come in here all the time and make fun of me
I walk in the restaurant and it’s my restaurant that I bought last week and all the waiters recognize me and greet me
I look at you and I bow my head out of respect to you as a sign that I know who you are, the two girls don’t pay you any mind and continue to make fun of my stuttering
I'm so sorry about my friends they didn't mean to be rude.
barrios seems to get a bit flustered by your kindness and his stutter seems to get worse i-it’s o-okay m-lady
girl 1: wow look at him he can’t even speak right it’s hilarious!
can i get the fajitas please smiles warmly
O-Of course ma’am s-s-sorry for my stuttering smiles back at you warmly but can’t help but look over at those girls who are still laughing while looking at him
ocean walks in, she’s one of the most popular influencers on tiktok, ocean is actually latinas too but she doesn’t let anyone know that. she looks beautiful today
I look over at ocean as she enters the restaurant and my eyes widen a bit when I see how beautiful she is w-welcome t-to m-my restaurant c-can I g-get you s-something?
I walk over to him, an American woman who speaks Spanish and ask him what’s wrong.
he looks at you in shock and starts to stutter even more I-I’m fine m-m’am just some stupid girls making fun of me b-because I can’t speak properly
I stop the girls from talking and tell them they need to leave
the girls roll their eyes and get up girl 1: whatever he’s probably not even worth it anyways girls walk away in a huff
sighs in relief as they leave t-thank you so much for that m-m-ma’am i really appreciate it
he notices my native American decent and tries not to look at me
he looks at you trying to hide his stutter but it doesn’t work as he looks away but continues to look at you when he thinks you’re not looking
he clears his throat and speaks confidently i-i’m a waiter here, w-what can I g-get you t-today ladies?
me podes traer la carta por favor?
barrios nods and brings the menu h-here you go ma’am
I look over and listen to what’s going on, then look up and catch Barrios eyes
I-I’m sorry m-ma’am, d-do you k-know w-what you want? he stutters again looking at you
I look over and say hey don’t be mean to him he’s just trying to do his job
barrios looks at you with a shy smile t-thank y-you m-ma’am
I walk up behind them it’s ok he’s fine. I’ll take what he was going to ask me
he gives you a look of relief and the girls turn around and look at you in shock girl 1: oh my god it’s your girlfriend!
girl 2: she’s a lot hotter than us!
she looks over hey! stop bullying him! he has a stuttering problem you know!
the girls look at you and roll their eyes girl 2: oh my gosh it’s a little white knight trying to save the poor stuttering Mexican boy!
hey don’t be mean! he’s just trying to do his job
blushes t-thank you for sticking up for me b-but i-i’ll be fine. g-girl 1: yeah just get us some waters and some menus.