cruel angel’s antithesis

pete buttigieg greeting the sbarro cashier with “ciao”

pete buttigieg ordering kung pao chicken at panda express and mentally agonizing over whether or not he got the tones in “kung pao” right

pete buttigieg placing his au bon pain order entirely in french much to the dismay of the cashier

pete buttigieg taking chasten on a romantic night out to fogo de chão and trying to impress the waiter with his pronounciation but just pronounces the portuguese words like spanish

pete buttigieg saying "arigato" and bowing to the extremely annoyed and confused cashier at the japanese place at the mall food court

pete buttigieg going to a spanish restaurant and making a big show out of pronouncing gazpacho "gathpacho" but since he doesn't know when to use the castilian lisp he calls tapas "tapath"

pete buttigieg showing off his arabic skills to the confused and irritated pakistani guy at the halal food truck

pete buttigieg speaking arabic to the waitress at a middle eastern restaurant but he only speaks modern standard arabic and the palestinian waitress is wondering why this white guy sounds like he's badly reading the newspaper to her

pete buttigieg watching my big fat greek wedding on repeat the night before the local greekfest so he can properly pronounce all the food he's going to order

pete buttigieg at the popeyes drive-thru speaking what he thinks is cajun french but giving up and switching to a fake louisiana accent

pete buttigieg ordering in turkish at a shish kebab joint and getting banned for life because the owners are armenian

feel free to add your own variations, i'm running out of steam

pete buttigieg goes to a georgian restaurant and asks in a fake southern accent why they don't have any pecan pie, southern fried chicken, or cornbread

pete buttigieg speaking middle english to an overworked, underpaid serving wench at medieval times

pete buttigieg switching from french to german to italian to romansh at the melting pot

pete buttigieg holding up the line at the russian market by interrogating the cashier about russiagate and then interrogating her about ukrainegate when she tells him she's actually from ukraine

pete buttigieg writing down his order at the egyptian restaurant in hieroglyphics

pete buttigieg trying to get everyone at the moroccan restaurant to sing "la marseillaise" like that one scene in casablanca and being confused when no one wants to join in