language and work

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I live in a area where there are a lot of different languages spoken such as english, spanish, chinese, even asian. Today I went out to lunch and figured I would post what happened to me and maybe someone could help me understand or shed some light on this situation. I went to a restuarant today for lunch today and asked not 1 but it took a total of 3 people to help me and the others understand what I was asking as well as them understanding what I was asking. The question I asked was "What is the lunch special for today." This has happened to me a few times on several occasions. Now my thought is maybe take up english as a second lanuage before you try to apply for a job, I would even consider faulting the person who hired them being their english is not fluent and they are working in a majority english speaking enviroment. I say english because I speak english but if I lived elsewhere I would feel the same way if the roles were reversed. Please share your views if you have had this happen to you or how you feel about this topic? Also, do you feel that before someone can be hired they speak fluent in the language of your country or majority lanuage spoken in that establishment?