Cultural_Miscommunication

Cultural Miscommunication America is a country that was founded on diversity. People from all over come to America and become part of the melting pot we call home. Unfortunately, with this blending there are often misunderstandings between cultures. One area that is often misunderstood between different cultures is humor. I have lived in Orange County for five years and over that entire span I have worked in restaurants. In every restaurant I have worked in or been a patron of there have been Mexican men working as the cooks. When I first started working in restaurants I found that the front of house staff (servers, managers) tended to keep to themselves and the back of the house staff (cooks, dishwashers) did as well. Well after awhile at the last place I worked, I began to try to start bridging the gap between the two cultures. I started trying to talk to the cooks at the restaurant because I knew that most of them knew a good deal of English. After a couple of weeks I started expressing my s! ense of humor by teasing them and others that we worked with. I’m not sure one, night, friends, cooks, make, didn’t, mother, juan, each, way, laugh, humor, about, worked, trying, started, kitchen, just, fun, butt, very, tried, over, mexico, making, made, jokes, grabbed, funny, both, been, because, years, work, trash, taboo, something, restaurant, later, knew, joking, joke, insulting, head, good, go, friend, find, explained, cultures