Hialeah-Taco Bell employee refuses to help client who doesn’t speak Spanish (Miami: shops, to move)

[Frustratedintelligence]

Originally Posted by sinatras

I would HIGHLY recommend that the Jews, Blacks, Whites, Asians and any other non-Hispanics living in South Florida start becoming proficient in Spanish like yesterday. If you are not going to learn Spanish, you do not belong in South Florida. If you do not speak Spanish, you will be at a tremendous disadvantage in South Florida. Sad but true. If you don't like it, please feel free to move! I did!

I've done just fine here without knowing Spanish, Portuguese or whatever it is that Haitians speak (lol). If I can't understand the sign outside of the building then I simply don't go in.

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by Frustratedintelligence

I've done just fine here without knowing Spanish, Portuguese or whatever it is that Haitians speak (lol). If I can't understand the sign outside of the building then I simply don't go in.

That's because you don't know what they are saying behind your back.

[Frustratedintelligence]

Originally Posted by sinatras

That's because you don't know what they are saying behind your back.

OR...I don't care what they're saying.

[Bobdreamz]

Originally Posted by sinatras

That's because you don't know what they are saying behind your back.

Yes because we hispanics have nothing better to do than to talk about you "gringos" behind your backs !
The air of self importance and arrogance is quite amazing.

[WINTERFRONT]

I wonder where these people who don't speak Spanish and have a perfect time in Miami actually live, socialize and work. I really want to know, because I would have places to go where I don't have to be a translator. It gets soooooo tiring to do that all the time.

Anything close to West Kendall area? Hopefully I don't get answers like Wynwood, Aventura, Liberty City and Pinecrest, as those places are so far away from my house during a weekday night. I go back to Kendall all tired and the last thing I want to do is interact with people with huge Spanish entitlement. This is more for my wife than for me. I know Spanish.

[Gallydif]

Originally Posted by WINTERFRONT

I wonder where these people who don't speak Spanish and have a perfect time in Miami actually live, socialize and work. I really want to know, because I would have places to go where I don't have to be a translator. It gets soooooo tiring to do that all the time.

Anything close to West Kendall area? Hopefully I don't get answers like Wynwood, Aventura, Liberty City and Pinecrest, as those places are so far away from my house during a weekday night. I go back to Kendall all tired and the last thing I want to do is interact with people with huge Spanish entitlement. This is more for my wife than for me. I know Spanish.

I grew up and live in Little Havana and REFUSE to speak spanish. Growing up I never liked to speak it. I was called ignorant because I didn’t want to learn/speak my heritage. I personally go by the saying ‘when in Rome, do like the Romans do’.

If they don’t understand I point. I’ve been told a few times to speak spanish this is Miami. I always respond speak english this is America. And yes I know Spanish. I have fought this for years and years feeling I was making a difference here. Well it’s beaten me down. I’ll be living in North Broward at the beginning of next month. Miami is a ****hole. They won. They can keep it.

[Marc Middleton]

Originally Posted by Bobdreamz

Yes because we hispanics have nothing better to do than to talk about you "gringos" behind your backs !
The air of self importance and arrogance is quite amazing.

But when they do, I love catching them with the little bit of spanish I do know!

Then you get to watch their faces change and get embarrassed, which then leads to outright anger!

[Eldemila]

Years ago, I went to the Winn Dixie in Kendall on 104th. I picked up a loaf of French bread and went to the woman working behind the counter in the bakery department and asked that she slice the bread on their slicer. She looked at me perplexed. Thought maybe she didn't hear me. I asked her again - she heard me, it was she didn't understand me! I make the motion of slicing. She takes the bread, with her bare hands and goes to slice it, and as I go walk out the door, breadless.


Happened all too many times.


Was so happy to move out of Miami!!!

[CHESTER MANIFOLD]

Originally Posted by WINTERFRONT

They call their products oriental, not themselves, thus oriental market.

Asians in Florida are not some kind of specific breed that have an specific southern colloquial idiom that they live by.

Chinos, chinos are part of Cuban ancestry. Lots of Cuban Cantonese restaurants if they still survive.

In Hialeah, ages ago, many people were prejudiced against American clients because there were a lot of trailer trash, white trash that were rude and aggressive, but in general the relation was very good. Hialeah blacks were peaceful, never joined any riot.

[CHESTER MANIFOLD]

Originally Posted by WINTERFRONT

They call their products oriental, not themselves, thus oriental market.

Asians in Florida are not some kind of specific breed that have an specific southern colloquial idiom that they live by.

Old Cantone-Cuban used to speak Cantonese-Cuban.