Order in English only.....

I speak many languages, but, I have to admit, that I cannot blame him. Many places feel that they are being pressured to hire bilingual employees. Also, there must be a reason that he has decided to stop accepting people's orders in any language other than English. After all, we are primarily an English-speaking nation...people need to learn to speak English as best as they can...I know that if I lived in another nation, like France or Spain, I would want to be able to speak the language. It is nice to have places here in the states that offer other languages, but I do not believe that it has to be mandatory...unless, their job pertained to other people's languages. For example, if he was in a tourist zone, then it would be extremely detrimental to his business to not accept orders in languages other than English.

I agree with him. I don't think there is any reason why American restuarant workers should have to speak Spanish... This is America, we speak english. Learn english so you can be a part of the society. It doesn't make sense for anyone to expect Americans should learn Spanish just because there are so many spanish people that don't speak english, it should obviously be the opposite.

No, this is the U.S. where a slang version of English is the National language. When we go to other countries, we are expected to do business in their language. Even the U.S. Govt. has ordered that all truck drivers conducting business in this country must speak english.

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I don't know. I think that if you're leaving here in the US, you should know how to speak English. It's really frustrating when no one can understand you because you can't speak that country's language. I would probably never put up a sign like that, but I can see where he's coming from.

I've read up on the story. He also has all of his wait staff ready to help explain the menu to anyone who needs it, and to give them whatever help in ordering that they need. His reasoning is that, in the long run, it will help them. On one hand, I agree. If you're going to be visiting a country, it's a good idea to be able to ask for directions, order food and ask for help in the native language. Any country. On the other hand, I can easily see how this can be construed as discrimination.

It has to do with the order words are in a sentence. The word order is often different between languages. For example, in English, you say "I only sometimes ...