Re: English-Only Policy At Doughnut Shop Draws Fire

From: Graphic Queen (xxx.xxx_at_xxx.xxx.com)
Date: 03/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:40:39 GMT

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 10:48:07 -0600, "Lets Roll"
<letsroll@meet-me-in-hell.com> wrote:

>
><WakeUp2005@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>news:av4p31hb0u19bmrnjnrvlo5mdmiffoimjd@4ax.com...
>> The original post reminds me of a Yum-Yum Donuts shop I stopped by
>> last week. EVERY one of the 4 or so employees was speaking Spanish
>> (which I understand) to each other and to several customers (not me)
>> as well.
>> I've stopped counting the number of times fast-food employees
>> speaking heavily-accented English have been unintelligible to me as I
>> tried to order at a drive-thru; often enough, when i arrived at my
>> destination the order I paid for was not what I'd asked for and paid
>> for because the non-English fluent employee got the order wrong.
>>
>
>That is why you do not leave the drive through window without checking
>everything in your bag, whether they speak English or not.
>
>I would never, under any circumstances, leave one penny of my money at a
>business where I have to struggle to communicate with the employees.
>Struggling with language barriers to accommodate their cheap labor is not
>and never has been an incentive for me to patronize a business.
>
Hubby and I have walked out of many restaurants and plenty of stores
when we can't understand "easily" what anyone says that is waiting on
us. It doesn't bother us in the least to just up and walk out. The
places deserve worse for hiring anyone that doesn't speak English.

GQ

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