Hi, I am working as a manager for a hotel in London. 2 days ago i helped over the phone a gentleman who called for a reservation. He made me so upset and first time in my life i felt so embarrased for someone else, cause this gentleman was so hostile and ironic with me because I am not British. I was asking him to spell the name of his company and he was spelling to me on a way to make me feel i am a retard. when i told him that i got it, go ahead sir, he said: Im sorry but i didn't know how good is your english and how good you can get words. after i completed the reservation, he asked me where i am from. I told him Greece and he was surprised cause he thought I am Polish and said that's because London is full of them. I felt so embarassed for him. I hate when people think I am in London cause i am a financial migrant. I wasn't starving in Greece, It was just my decision to live here as other people and especially british are moving to spain. we are on 21st century!!!!!!!!!
2006-11-27 22:53:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
well dont let that affect you.i dont. me, i am south african, highly educated and yet apparently from a 3rd world country. when i look around at uk, london - a 1st world country, i see the young people, clueless, older closed minded folks with blinkers on, and i think, was i eager to come and see this. like you, i didnt fall short of anything back home, in fact my standard of living was 10 times better than london, in terms of space, parking, less tax etc. but i came here to travel, explore , and my skills were needed here... and better yet, a british company came to my country , to recruit me, i didnt even ask to come here, i just sat back and got brought.... so i suggest to those who think foreigners are idiots, just because their accent is different , to think again - cos english is not the universal language in the world.... and british and americans are the people most likely to only know one language, while us foreigners usually know at least 2 languages.
2006-11-28 18:57:21 · answer #1 · answered by aisha l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hold on one second. This guy spelt something for you too slowly, you call him ridiculous and prejudice. If your command of English was not so good and he had spelt it too quickly, you would have called him ridiculous and prejudice. We are in a no-win situation. It's not ridiculous and prejudice to say that there are a lot of Polish in London. I don't mind them being here if they are working and decent people but you can't say that in some areas of London there are not a lot of them, because there are. Please don't call British people hostile. How's your prejudice towards Turks? Alive and well?
2006-11-27 23:05:40 · answer #2 · answered by Katya-Zelen 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer is in your first sentence. "London".
Out of all the places to move to, why on earth pick London? OK, it's not as dirty as Athens but it's ruder and more unpleasant than New York. Flee while you have the chance. There are lots more hotels. The UK is not London and London is not the UK.
2006-11-27 23:07:27 · answer #3 · answered by scotsman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well firstly,you have taken a job which puts you in a position to have to tolerate this kind of abuse (customer service) you could of been a british person having difficulty understanding what this ignorant toe rag was saying,dont take it personaly,when someone is buying into a service i.e booking hotel room,ordering somthing,they think they can talk to you like a peice of crap because they are paying for your services,you should of told him that you are not happy with his attitude and told him to bog off,yes you would of got the sack but hey theres plenty of sausage factorys.
Don`t take anything to heart,we are not all ignorant toss pots
BYEEEEE
2006-11-27 23:00:11 · answer #4 · answered by Yahoo! Turnip Head 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If its too plenty subject to analyze information out of the country then distant places workers should not be employed. there is basically too plenty possibility in touch! it quite is criminally inefficient and unacceptable that a loophole of this magnitude has been allowed to bypass. the government ought to as quickly as lower back be dazzling its head in shame. Oh for some retribution whilst they get issues so badly incorrect! the government ought to have learnt between the instructions they save occurring approximately . secure practices is paramount. and if something happens because of the shortcoming of it - basically asserting as quickly as lower back "instructions have been learnt" isn't adequate.
2016-12-14 08:02:46 · answer #5 · answered by lesniewski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a sad fact in life people are very ignorant and rude but it does not matter where you come from or where you go there are people like that all over the world sadly. Dont let this make you think all british people are like this.
2006-11-27 22:58:59 · answer #6 · answered by Ding Dong 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think us British, need to be more patient, and curtious with foreigners. I have lived in a few other country's, and have been treated quite well mostly, by the general public.
2006-11-27 23:14:08 · answer #7 · answered by Hi T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is that, unbeknown to the british government, the actual british people are getting fed up with foriegners being here and eroding the british way of life....thanks
2006-11-27 23:00:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I apologise for him, but it may be that he was not even English himself. A lot (but not all) of the racism is between immigrant groups and that gives everyone a bad name. There will always be resentment between cultures, so all we can do is try to understand and hope it will get slowly better
2006-11-27 22:58:45 · answer #9 · answered by Agustin-Jean F 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because they're english twats, I'd rather live in the U.S than live in England's ****-hole
2014-02-24 08:30:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋