My friend who is African came to England recently and attended some job interviews in customer service. On 2 different occasions, he was told that he has a strong African accent and people might find it hard to understand him and for that and some other reasons was not considered for the job.
2006-11-02 05:13:36 · 13 answers · asked by swish 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Because us Americans and the British are sick and tired of getting "customer service" from people we can't understand. It's not discrimination. If I go to Africa and my Boston accent is not understandable I don't expect Microsoft Africa to make me a phone support technician.
I'm just so sick of people using discrimination as an excuse!
2006-11-02 05:26:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no longer probable, to be straightforward. we hear american accents everywhere, like on small screen television, radio, song, video clips etc. so i hate to assert this yet we are style of aggravated by capacity of it. plus you adult men communicate very slowly announcing the postvocalic Rs. no longer my cup o tea. for the comparable reason we've not have been given any problem in information american english. the explanation why you adult men have a no longer common time information some accents is which you're extra patriotic/nationalistic and don't attempt to understand those with distinctive accents, forcing the immigrants to assimilate into the way people could desire to be. people understand different english accents extremely nicely in different english conversing international places. sorry if i've got indignant you. no malice.
2016-10-21 03:51:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the thing is some african have a very strong accent...some not. these pple could have been racist or they were just honest. i think he shld attent some english classes to improve his english accent.
2006-11-02 09:56:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is just discrimination. Does England have laws against that, as America does? Here, it doesn't matter what you accent is, just as long as you can communicate effectively.
2006-11-02 05:33:13 · answer #4 · answered by lilac b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"people might find it hard to understand him"... You answered the question yourself. (Unless he applying for a job where he would be speaking his African language to customers and fellow employees.)
2006-11-02 05:23:25 · answer #5 · answered by metatron 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps he has a strong accent.
if I phone a Call Center I want to talk to someone who sounds like I do.
2006-11-02 05:31:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe his accent is very strong and indeed hard to understand, or they are racists.
2006-11-02 06:16:36 · answer #7 · answered by incubabe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the clients must understand what is being said. that is not racist, its the neccessity of the job.
2006-11-02 05:22:24 · answer #8 · answered by Intellithug 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
do they not have the right to hire and fire whom they want to. was he speaking in Swahili or what you didn't mention this.
2006-11-02 05:23:21 · answer #9 · answered by duc602 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats bull
2006-11-02 05:16:28 · answer #10 · answered by tay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋