on 19-03-2009 01:04 PM
OK so in nottingham where i live (down the road infact) the post office owner has refused to serve people who don't speak good english. With him being asian and serving a majority asian/black community this has caused abit of a stir.
Your thoughts?
Sham
on 19-03-2009 01:07 PM
on 19-03-2009 01:09 PM
on 19-03-2009 01:12 PM
When i was in france, they wouldnt serve me if i didnt speak good french anywhere really.
On a few occasions I had bar staff walk away from me and shop staff, even tho a fluent french speaker told me, what i said wasnt the best, but it was understandable.
English speaking countries are usually the opposite, we will hum and haw, and try figure out what they mean, and i think thats a cool thing.

on 19-03-2009 01:19 PM
on 19-03-2009 01:22 PM
fenian wrote:When i was in france, they wouldnt serve me if i didnt speak good french anywhere really.
On a few occasions I had bar staff walk away from me and shop staff, even tho a fluent french speaker told me, what i said wasnt the best, but it was understandable.
English speaking countries are usually the opposite, we will hum and haw, and try figure out what they mean, and i think thats a cool thing.
France ![]()
French ![]()
on 19-03-2009 01:23 PM
on 19-03-2009 01:27 PM
ratchetnclank wrote:France
French
i know

on 19-03-2009 01:27 PM
on 19-03-2009 01:31 PM
This just reminded me..
When i was a kid if i went to my local shop to buy some sweets or whatever, the guy who worked there would make me say please and thank you.
If i paid and didnt say thanks, he would throw my money back on the counter, take the stuff back and chase me out of his shop shouting "come back when you learn some manners"..
It made me say please and thank you automatically, cause i needed my sweets ![]()
They should do that more, force people to have some manners or chase them out into the street. ![]()

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