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On the contrary - she was catering to the customer's needs, and should be lauded for that. Haven't you heard of the saying, "the customer is always right?"
The company doesn't require the customer to speak English. I've been at my Wells Fargo and they have tellers who are multilingual to cater to client's needs. The only language that counts is money. Good for business.
Kindly go choke on your nativism and ethnocentrism.
Oh man...yes, many companies pay at least a bit extra if you speak a 2nd language. They would not want paying customers turned away when someone was able to work with them.
Oh man...yes, many companies pay at least a bit extra if you speak a 2nd language. They would not want paying customers turned away when someone was able to work with them.
I've been hired for many of my jobs because I can speak Chinese. You bet.
She deserved to be fired for her use of profanity while running a business.
Her request of having the customer speak English would have carried weight
only during a transaction and exchange of money so as not to disrupt business as usual.
If someone speaking another language bothers you I suggest you fight fire with fire.
I have been successful using this strategy. Return speech in another foreign language.
They will get the message quickly. Speaking multiple languages does have advantages.
It is best if we are all on the same page and that is the language of our founding fathers..................English !
The cashier who flipped out should have told her fellow cashier who was speaking in Spanish to a customer that knew English that she was being rude and inconsiderate on the job. Many companies require their employees to speak English on the job and this customer knew how to speak English.
The cashier who flipped out should have told her fellow cashier who was speaking in Spanish to a customer that knew English that she was being rude and inconsiderate on the job. Many companies require their employees to speak English on the job and this customer knew how to speak English.
The customer is always right. She prefers speaking in Spanish, there is someone onsite who can speak Spanish - it's not rude, if you feel left out, learn another language and stop bellyaching.
Just yesterday, I assisted a couple who live in France 6 months and here 6 months. They speak very broken English, but I spent time with them, figured out what they wanted and were saying, and I learned a few new words in the process. We parted as friends.
There are some people who hate people from other places, and who may not speak our language well, but if we went to Europe, we would be the ones struggling to communicate. I am glad that clerk was fired.
but if we went to Europe, we would be the ones struggling to communicate. I am glad that clerk was fired.
No you wouldn't, because we would gladly speak English with you, even though it's not our first language/mother tongue (in my case, it's the third language I learned).
I bet if oldglory got his fat butt over into Europe, it would be nonstop English with him, with no effort to communicate in the native language. Sometimes the loudest complainers are the biggest hypocrites.
Some of you couldn't spot a set up if it bit you but yeah this must be one.
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