A new relatively unsuccessful schtick in (Spanish).

So, at the one (Thai) restaurant where I work now, this (younger) (quieter) (female) (Guatemalan) coworker seems a little bit reserved, even if I try to interact with her.

(I wonder how much she even speaks [Spanish]; something tells me that she might only be fully comfortable in her [indigenous] language.)

Anyhow, when it started getting cold out this winter, she started wearing this knit headband to work, that covers her ears.

And, the way it wrapped around her head, it made it look like some kind of martial arts thing.

So, I would say "Hola" ('Hello') to her, and then I'd point at the headband and smile, and then I'd strike a karate pose and shift my hands back in forth in chop-motions and be like, "La luchadora!" ('the fighter').

Which, left like no apparent impression on her.

So, a few times I asked her some variation of "Quieres ensenarme karate?" ('Do you want to teach me karate?'), which got a smile out of her, but also a shake of her head, no.

So, once, when she said that, I was like, "No quieres ensenarme karate, porque cuando luchamos, tu quieres ganar siempre" ('You don't want to teach me karate, because when we fight, you want to win, always').

And, that got a laugh out of her, but only once.

And that, my friends, is the definition of a "tough audience."