What a fine example of ignorance at it's finest.
One can only guess at what you would expect tourists to do.... 
Domino's Pizza store tells staff 'speak English'
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What a fine example of ignorance at it's finest.
One can only guess at what you would expect tourists to do.... 
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I hate it when I hear people talking in a scouse accent in public. This is Manchester, talk in our accent or go home you filthy foreigners.
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or Geordie, can't understand a single word that comes out of their mouth. They are a different species and race. When drunk you may as well have a conversation with a brick wall and don't think that Cheryl Cole is your saving grace because her accent although bad is not as harsh as a true Geordie's.
You do realise Domino's don't have restaurants? Sure you're not thinking of Pizza Hut?
YEP! I was!
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Completely agree.
But also, is it not part of Domino's responsibility by making sure the people they employ in the first place can speak English?
But also, is it not part of Domino's responsibility by making sure the people they employ in the first place can speak English?
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If you have a workplace in a country (any country) with a mixed workforce who speak various different languages, then they should speak the language of the country that they're in.
If I went to live in France, I would make sure that I could speak French first, and when I was around French people I would speak French.
If I worked with an English person there I would speak English to him out of habit most likely, but if my employer told me to speak French while I was at work, I'd just do that or go and work somewhere else.
I don't understand why so many people feel the need to shout off about how accepting they are. I am accepting, I think that we're all people and that's pretty much all there is to it, but the fact remains that working in a building with a load of Polish people who all spoke Polish while I was in the room with them would be completely obnoxious and make me feel alienated from the rest of the staff, and I don't feel that should be the case when you're not in Poland!
It would be a different story if you were in Poland... you'd learn Polish or put up with it.
If I'm walking down the street and I hear two people talking to each other in a foreign language then I don't care. But in a work environment it's different. Make the effort, Johnny Foreigner. THERE I SAID IT
If I went to live in France, I would make sure that I could speak French first, and when I was around French people I would speak French.
If I worked with an English person there I would speak English to him out of habit most likely, but if my employer told me to speak French while I was at work, I'd just do that or go and work somewhere else.
I don't understand why so many people feel the need to shout off about how accepting they are. I am accepting, I think that we're all people and that's pretty much all there is to it, but the fact remains that working in a building with a load of Polish people who all spoke Polish while I was in the room with them would be completely obnoxious and make me feel alienated from the rest of the staff, and I don't feel that should be the case when you're not in Poland!
It would be a different story if you were in Poland... you'd learn Polish or put up with it.
If I'm walking down the street and I hear two people talking to each other in a foreign language then I don't care. But in a work environment it's different. Make the effort, Johnny Foreigner. THERE I SAID IT
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I also agree,
They could be speaking about anyone. I've also complained to store managers before when two foreign staff start talking to each other in their native language, this did happen when I was being served by one. As far as I could tell it was arranging extra change, but I still felt it was not right.
They could be speaking about anyone. I've also complained to store managers before when two foreign staff start talking to each other in their native language, this did happen when I was being served by one. As far as I could tell it was arranging extra change, but I still felt it was not right.
Hence Domino's adopting this policy. It's perfectly reasonable and even if other people here wouldn't be bothered by the situation above, I'd hope they could at least understand why it might bother others.
I'm surprised no one here has told you to learn Urdu yet...
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Tourism brings a hell of a lot of money into the UK. It's completely unreasonable to expect someone to become fluent in a foreign language for a holiday.
In any case, there are 5 extant languages native to the UK. English is the most important one, obviously, but it's not the only one.
So I think your position is far too broad and simple.
EDIT: Bah, missed one. 6 extant languages native to the UK - I'd overlooked BSL.
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Our country, our language.
You live in England, you work in England, while you work your English job in your English shop you should speak English...
You are not tourists, you live here. Make a god-damn effort. You have no grounds to be offended if you are asked to speak the language of the country you live in. Especially when there is valid reasoning.
When I was in college my friend taught me a bit of Polish, when we were sitting in class we conversed a little in Polish. Our tutor often told us to speak English. Quite often we were slating the lecturer because we knew she couldn't understand.
If you are surrounded by a group of people of common foreign origin who are talking in their native language, they could be plotting to kill your family for all you know.
You live in England, you work in England, while you work your English job in your English shop you should speak English...
You are not tourists, you live here. Make a god-damn effort. You have no grounds to be offended if you are asked to speak the language of the country you live in. Especially when there is valid reasoning.
When I was in college my friend taught me a bit of Polish, when we were sitting in class we conversed a little in Polish. Our tutor often told us to speak English. Quite often we were slating the lecturer because we knew she couldn't understand.
If you are surrounded by a group of people of common foreign origin who are talking in their native language, they could be plotting to kill your family for all you know.
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The irony of your German example is that people will go out of their way to speak English to you if they realise you are English. Speaking as someone who actually *did* move there it's amusing to see hypothetical situations which would never exist. A German guy actually said to me one of the biggest reasons he chose to work at the same ISP that I did was because he wanted to learn English from a native speaker.
The Germans have a totally different attitude to what is in your own mind, and that of a lot of Brits here who have little real life experience and probably still live in the same town they were born in.
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Defiantly, lol. They're, not there as well.
Sounds like you need to re-learn English for yourself.
What about tourists? Or do they get to carry around special passes allowing them to speak in another language?
I agree that a common language should be used in the workplace, outside, whatever.
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^ This.
It alienates native English speakers. I've worked with a few folk of differing nationalities and picked up a few words along the way. During my Uni days many years ago in a kebab shop, it turned out that my earlier teachings allowed me to discern what I believe was one telling another about wiping his arse and then using that hand to prepare a grumpy customer's food.
Needless to say they didn't get my custom...
I love all these 'IF's'. You've never done it so how can you even begin to comprehend what it's like to move to another country? As I mentioned earlier in the thread I moved to Germany (without knowing any of the language) and people wanted to speak English to me. I did learn how to speak German but there were plenty of ex-pat Brits who never bothered.
We're fortunate in that most European work places English is the accepted business language, it must be hard for some minimum wage pizza bike driver to be told they have to converse in a language that might not be easy for them at the current time.
It is amusing listening to everyone saying what they're saying, knowing that Brits are one of the worst for moving to another country and not learning the host languages.
The last Dominos driver that delivered my pizza was of eastern European decent and sounded very new to the country as he didn't understand English. Now that was slightly annoying as he couldn't find my address and couldn't understand the directions I was giving.
In the end I found him but I thought that was pretty bad of Dominos to send out a driver who didn't have the required skills to communicate with the customer.
Tbh I wish everyone would speak the same language just for convenience, I don't really see why people hold on so tight to old / dying languages (I'm looking at you Wales!
), surely the world would be a better place if we could all understand each other without language barriers.
In the end I found him but I thought that was pretty bad of Dominos to send out a driver who didn't have the required skills to communicate with the customer.
Tbh I wish everyone would speak the same language just for convenience, I don't really see why people hold on so tight to old / dying languages (I'm looking at you Wales!
), surely the world would be a better place if we could all understand each other without language barriers.
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I agree that they should speak English. So that everyone can understand what each other are saying.
Slightly off topic but I believe the world would be a better place if we all spoke the same language.
Slightly off topic but I believe the world would be a better place if we all spoke the same language.
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I see this as clear cut, when working in England you speak English whilst working because it'd be a pretty safe assumption it's the only language everybody in the workplace will understand, what language you use in your free time is up to you.
this includes the English vernacular, just not professional. if you want a precedence for that statement simply look at work uniforms compared to letting folk turn up [possibly] dressed in inappropriate clothing. I accept that domino's staff might not be considered 'professional' but it is expected to at least appear so.
this includes the English vernacular, just not professional. if you want a precedence for that statement simply look at work uniforms compared to letting folk turn up [possibly] dressed in inappropriate clothing. I accept that domino's staff might not be considered 'professional' but it is expected to at least appear so.