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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/accepts_compliments on 2024-09-25 12:35:14+00:00.

So I’m currently on a trip to Spain, staying in a hostel.

I was in the shared kitchen on the first night, and wanted to make a cup of tea, but some guy was using the kettle. No issues.

Me: “Can I use the kettle when you’re done?”

Him: “Why”

Me: “Uh, I’m just looking to make some tea”

Him, annoyed: “Why”

Me: “… I just feel like making a cup of tea, what’s the issue”

He turns to me, clearly very irritated, and says the word again, more enunciated, at which point I realise he wasn’t saying ‘why’, he was saying ‘wait’ in a very strong accent.

At this point a group of people standing nearby are staring at us. One is amused, one is giving me a dirty look, while a third is rolling her eyes. I realise I’m looking like a Karen.

I go red and try to explain that I just misheard the guy but before I could get enough words out he cuts me off really angrily, and one of the girls from the group goes ‘leave him alone and have some patience, he will be done soon’.

So anyway I walked away embarrassed, didn’t get my tea, and am seriously considering just booking a whole new hostel.

TL;DR I repeatedly misheard a guy and looked like an obnoxious Karen