Getting mistaken as a Sales Guy/Bengali waiter Everywhere!

Bro, I swear, I’ve unlocked a new level of existence where I’m permanently mistaken for a shop helper. It’s so routine now that I don’t even bother correcting people anymore — I just roll with it.

Scenario 1: I was at a restaurant with my friends recently. After washing my hands, I was heading back to my table when a family flagged me down. They hit me with, “What’s for dinner?” Now, the waiter had just gone over the menu before I left, so I figured, hey, why not? I listed off the whole menu like I worked there. They even said, “Cool, we’ll call you when we’re ready to order.”

Then I casually walked back to my table and sat down. The pure confusion on their faces when they realized I wasn’t staff? Priceless.

Scenario 2: So, there I was, minding my business in a clothing store, when a lady casually walks up to me and asks, "Aa rack ile ella dressum ore rate aano?"
Now, keep in mind — every actual sales guy there was rocking a giant ID tag. Me? Just a random dude in plain clothes. But I glanced over, saw a board that said Rs299, and figured, “Why not?” So, I confidently said, "Yes" and walked away like I was clocking out of a shift.

Rickshaw chettanmar hitting me with "kaha jaana hai bhai" when I come out of the railway station has become something I am used to now.
Innale bus il keri paisa kodkkan nokkyappo conductor said "bhai bag sab thoda side pe ragho". At this point I am thinking of brushing up my Hindi vocabulary and embracing my new identity 😭