While doing your nails they speak to each other, not in English, but in their native language. It doesn't bother me, but I know of alot of people that feel offended by it. I guess they think the manicurist is talking about them?
2006-11-09 04:16:31 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Other - Skin & Body
Yes, 'cause you wonder if they are talking about you, and I think it's rude. They should be focused on you.
2006-11-09 04:18:07 · answer #1 · answered by J~Me 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think its rude, if you are in a facility were the majority of youre customers speak one language than you should respect that and speak that language. How would they like it if a friend and i went into there shop and spoke spanish the whole time.
2006-11-09 05:13:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
it used to. but now that i'm a licensed manicurist who's american and have all american co-workers, i know that a lot of their procedures were very unsanitary not to mention illegal...i sum it up as they are just rude people who find a way to quickly make money off of us because we don't take the time to know what proper procedure is and what isn't...on top of the fact that half of them are asking advice b/c they are nort licensed...how do 15 people work in a shop and only one license is displayed???
2006-11-09 05:52:44 · answer #3 · answered by Glamourous 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i don't mind, because i understand that they know that language better than others and they just feel more comfortable talking in their language. if i moved to china or korea, or any other contry, i would try to speak that native language, but i would speak english to anyone who knew english!
2006-11-09 04:53:29 · answer #4 · answered by answer away 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When you talk to these people who are offended by it, give them this scenario...
Imagine that you are working in some sort of service job where you must interface with customers, but the customers speak an entirely different language from you. Your skills with their language are poor to non-existant, but you're very good at the service you provide. The only people who DO speak your language are other people you work with. What would your day at work be like? To whom would you speak? Would you just NOT speak all day??
I would just LOVE to know precisely why these people are offended by these women talking in the language they're most comfortable speaking. Have these offended parties ever considered trying to strike up a friendly conversation?? And why are they so narcisistic that they think these women are talking about them? And even if they are -- so what?
Sorry - the thought that anyone would be offended by that offends me.
Doncha just love the double standard? It's okay for some of you to ignore the person holding your hands, but it's not okay for them to talk to their coworkers in a language they feel most comfortable with?
2006-11-09 04:21:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋
No, the native language would not offend me , as much as being ignored when I'm paying for a service... knowing myself, I may have asked her questions like, how do you say in your language, "I am your customer" ..... "do you have to share tips... when you get them"? and I guess I do think it is rude that her attention would wander even if it was in my language that they spoke and ignored me.
2006-11-09 04:26:01 · answer #6 · answered by bluelady 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I just think its rude, because it makes the customer excluded from what is going on and feel uncomfortable. Good customer service means making your customers feel at home and relaxed, and this doenst do this.
2006-11-09 06:13:46 · answer #7 · answered by EllisFan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's just kind of rude...I always feel like they are talking about me, because they look at me, say something and then laugh! Once I actually was with a friend who spoke their language (they didn't know she did) and she said that the lady was saying that I had fat feet! I never went back there again!
2006-11-09 04:19:39 · answer #8 · answered by Huliganjetta 5 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Not really, what bothers me is that I can hardly hear them when they speak to me!!...they speak very softly and the accent is sometimes not understandable
2006-11-09 04:18:55 · answer #9 · answered by La Trole #1 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I just sit back and relax. At the end I ask them if they had a nice conversation in Mandarin. Usually, this get's them embarassed.
2006-11-09 04:19:11 · answer #10 · answered by needhelp 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I don't mind if they speak in their language, but sometimes it makes me feel uncomfortable &suspecious, and i wonder if they are talking about me.
2006-11-10 04:36:11 · answer #11 · answered by thyagarajan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋