Well as promised here's a heated source of frustration!
Ever go to ...Well pick a place... Your favorite store, or used to be, because every time you go in there no one understands what the heck you are saying. Why? Didn't you know you just entered an international time zone where everyone speaks their own bastardization version of ENGLISH and you need an interpreter. And they all look at you like your the stupid one for not undertaking their perfectly f__ked up words....Oh yeah I said keep it clean. What is the deal here? Don't folks coming into the country have to learn basic English? Isn't there some sort of educational training program they have to go to? Did grandma and grandpa have this much trouble when they came over form Italy...More power to them. Do we need to reopen Ellis Island?
Ebonics is bad enough, let alone broken English
Being the constant stirrer of the pot, as I am known, I went to McDonald's with a co-worker from fire service. Behind the counter was a young lady from some Hispanic country. We ordered our meals and a soda. The person with me wanted to make sure that the soda they were getting was classic Coke and not the new one they tried. By the time the manager and other co-workers got involved...5 at this point and 15 minutes later, My friend was finally able to get her Classic Coke. Of course when I got to the counter I decided to order an Orange soda...Classic of course.
The point is how can companies hire folks who work in some sort of customer service based field that services mostly one form of a language, English in this case and have non-English speaking people providing the service. What if you called 911, and the voice in the other end didn't speak your language. Ok in fairness, if you are a foreign speaking person and you call 911, most centers have a translation service through phone companies, or personnel available. So this may not be a good example but it gets my point across. If public safety organizations ran with the level of incompetence as most bussinesses do...well I can tell you as a paramedic, I would have had many dead patients.
One last thought, which will really be my next post. Who the heck is in this country legally? No one in Wal-Mart.
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