A video posted on TikTok of a scene from a Cuban newcomer to the United States It has provoked laughter, empathy and comments from users who felt identified.
In the video, which was uploaded to the network by the Cuban lady’s daughter-in-law, you can see the moment in which she is called for the food stamps y, In the midst of nerves and instructions from his son to press the correct option and indicate that he only communicated in Spanish, he decides to hang up the phone because he does not know English.
“Things about newcomers. They called her one of the fustans* and she hung up because she doesn’t know English,” reads the video that captures one of the experiences of Cubans – and surely many other immigrants – in their early days in the United States.
The post (shared by @isaurax30dias) has generated a series of reactions of empathy and humor among the platform’s users, who were quick to share their own similar experiences.
“Imagine me arriving in Chicago in 1995 when there were no representatives there even to call the companies in Spanish, I was desperate with a dictionary, gentlemen, now there is a cell phone at least”; “We all go through that”; “So we are lost with English, what stress”; “They even called me about jobs, I said I knew and then I hung up on them because I hardly understood anything”; “Poor thing, she got nervous, that’s what happens to all of us”; “Oh my God, they’re fustians”; “Oh, that It’s me”; “Literally, what a stress,” is read among the reactions.
And has it happened to you or do you know someone who had a similar experience recently arrived?
