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Coworkers calling me Baba?
I've got a majority of coworkers who are Hatian and older than i am, and they've started calling me "baba". Google translate says they're basically insulting me by calling me baby/child?
Am i overreacting?
Context:
I'm white (if that matters) and speak semi-fluent spanish but the one lady who also speaks spanish has been translating orders that i've middle-manned from our boss in her own way and we've bumped heads over that (i've gotten yelled at because it was assumed i mistranslated). Shortly thereafter came all the Hatians calling me "baba".
I ordered the Pawòl Lakay set and will be learning as fast as i can because this lady also likes to yell at me in Hatian and i'm not a fan of not knowing what someone is saying to me.
u/InevitableAverage6 — 2 days ago