testEnglish Please!
I just found an article about a Italian owned restaurant in Philly has a sign requiring English when ordering. Read more
It appears he is causing a lot of controversy, but I applaud him. Yeah I know I’m a horrible person, I expect people that move to a country that uses English as the primarily language to actually have to learn the language. He said nobody has been turned away, and I doubt he has had only English speaking customers. If I was visiting France I would try my absolute hardest to order in French, unless approached in English, but I would at least try because having an English speaking waiter would mean he could help me. I don’t understand how people can get mad at someone for that, you are in America, this country speaks English if you aren’t willing to adapt to how things operate in a country to need to leave. Hell English is about the most universal language in this world, do you think you would have an easier time in China speaking English or Arabic, English or Spanish it would be good to learn it even if you don’t plan on staying in the country.
I sometimes feel bad about the things I say, and that proves a lot of the points I try to make. This country is made to feel guilty for the things it doesn’t do for visitors and immigrants. If I say something about someone from another country should learn the language I am 99.9% sure there are a few people who think I am an asshole, but if I went to their country they would be making comments about me behind my back, the incompetent American and his unwillingness to adapt to other cultures. I thought that was one of the reasons the French hate Americans, we go over there and aren’t willing to try to blend in with the culture we just act American and do whatever we want. How is that any different from someone from another country coming in and expecting people know their language. One reason America sucks so bad is because we have no culture, we have about 500 cultures that don’t get along. It sucks, I wish we had more things here that made us great other than the freedom to say whatever you want.
In the article it mentioned how a customer came to the window and the clerk helped them through the process, I see that as being more helpful than anything. If this man was turning people away and wasn’t budging then you could possibly say something, but he isn’t. There is also a comment in the article about someone saying they hoped the building burned down. The man states that you should speak English in a English speaking country and you want his entire business to burn down. That also proves some of the statements I have made in the past about how you can do something that ranks a 2 out of 10, and someone you said it about has to reply with a 8 out of a 10.
