Picture of the Day: Complaint Department
Post your comments/titles/captions to this picture (both in Spanish and English) and vote for the ones you like. The best answer will be chosen tomorrow on the basis of the greatest number of votes as well as the language correctness.
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Rules:
? Captions should be a minimum of four words and a maximum of four sentences in length.
? The sentences M U S T be your own work: you cannot copy from the translator, books or any other source.
? Idioms and lyrics which do not translate should be avoided.
? You can only answer once.
? Answers must caption the picture in both English and Spanish.
? You must correct your answer with any corrections that are given.
? Sentences must be comprehensible after three or four reads.
? Do not post pictures or unnecessary subject pronouns in Spanish.
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Answers which do not follow the rules will not be corrected or accepted.
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My example:
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Puedo dar fe de que esta es una empresa maravillosa, puesto que no hemos tenido ni una sola queja.
I can really vouch that this is a great company, they've never had a single complaint!
Departamento de quejas: Para quejarse pulse el botón rojo.
18 Answers
¡Deberías ver el buzón de sugerencias! Está en el sótano junto con la basura y el perro guardián.
You should see the suggestion box! It's in the basement with the trash and the watch dog.
¡Este dispositivo es el favorito de Muammar Gaddafi!
This device is Muammar Gaddafis favorite!
De todos modos quejarse no sirve para nada...
Complaining doesn't do any good anyway...
Si tienes una queja, vete a ver a Helen Wait, nuestra jefa del departamento de quejas.
If you have a complaint, go to Helen Wait, our head of the complaint department.
(This is posted in a small store near me, and is a funny play on her name in English).
Para quienes están al tanto en temas de negocios.
For people who always have their finger on the pulse of business.
As my mother says, "You want to complain, I'll give you something to complain about".
Como dice mi madre, "Si te quieres quejar, ¡te voy a dar yo algo por lo que quejarte!"
''We prefer to adopt a ''hands-on'' approach to handling complaints!''
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= ''íPreferimos adoptar un enfoque ''práctico'' para manejar las quejas!;''-P
Corregid mi español, por favor
If you complain! Your words will be, Ouch!! Ouch, Ouch Ouch Ouch.
Si se queja, Sus palabras serán, ¡Ay! ¡Ay! ¡Ay! ¡Ay! ¡Ay!
A veces, una queja vale la pena!
Sometimes, one complaint is worth the trouble!
Normalmente me da miedo quejarme, y si este fuera el procedimiento de hacerlo nunca lo haría.
I'm normally afraid to complain, and if this were the process I would never do it.
This looks like the device that I have in my kitchen.
Esto parece el chisme que tengo en mi cocina.
That is better than the complaint department at my previous job. There, it was a bomb.
Ese es mejor que el departamento de quejas en mi trabajo anterior. Allí, era una bomba.
The boss has an "open door policy", but the door is always locked.
El jefe tiene una "política de puertas abiertas", pero la puerta siempre está cerrada.
Lo triste es que la mayoría de las veces este es el método menos doloroso de presentar una queja.
The sad thing is that most of the time this is the least painful method of lodging a complaint.
Si la ratonera es buena para las ratas con cuatro patas, es buena para las con dos!
If the mouse trap is good enough for rats for four legged rats, it's good enough for two legged ones!