Isn't this America? Why do we have to learn to speak Spanish? Especially in Queens...this is not fair.
If they want to live in this country...learn English..my parents did it....Im not gonna learn Spanish just to please the customers.
2007-07-30 14:02:33 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I feel discriminated.
2007-07-30 14:08:19 · update #1
Well, because Spanish speakers in the USA are multiplying like rabbits.
In America many countries speak Spanish, that's why you have to learn Spanish, in Queens, Kings, Dukes, etc. It doesn't matter.
Why do you say that it is not fair ? It has nothing to do with fair, it has to do with facts.
Well, if you are not going to learn Spanish just to please the customers, you will go out of business, because not even the English will do business with you when they see your grammar.
To talk so loud about english your grammar sucks
2007-07-31 11:45:53 · answer #1 · answered by Dios es amor 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like the respondent a couple of answers before me, I don't believe you either. I think you may have been told that a knowledge of Spanish would be beneficial but not that it is obligatory for you to learn it. If you were told you HAD to learn it, then you probably do have a case for a law suit.
I also agree with Nat: supply and demand, supply and demand....
You feel discriminated against???? Well, poor little you! Try putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and see how so many other people feel. I came to this country in the late 50's as a young child, I spoke a foreign language and was discriminated against by people. They wouldn't let us attend their schools. They cursed us. I will never forget those early years. But, what a tremendous favour they did me (and many others)!!
Now, I speak 4 languages fluently and even though it is not my mother tongue, I am completely fluent in Spanish.
2007-07-30 18:24:05 · answer #2 · answered by Sabrina(Susananita) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is because businesses will bend over backwards to make a buck. If you want an all-English business, fine. You won't sell to those people who speak Spanish (or any language other than English), and your competitors who can deal with these people will be one-up on you. I read that Colin Powell learned Yiddish as a teen, so that he can deal with the customers in his Jewish boss's store. A black guy speaking Yiddish?! There are fewer things so incongruous, but there you have it. That's the way to $u¢¢e$$.
2007-07-30 14:18:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In other countries, especially in Europe, it is mandatory to take English classes in school.
There are lots of Spanish people in the US and they have to be catored to...Just like when Americans go to Spanish speaking countries (or other countries, for that matter) there are English speaking people.
When I went to Hawaii, American people that worked in restaurants and stores spoke Japanease due to the amount of Japanese tourist in the area...
2007-07-30 14:42:51 · answer #4 · answered by Kalikina 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Careful, Lilla. You are starting to sound like a red-neck Texan -
Learning another language and culture can only help you. To get ahead in your chosen career, dealing well with customers and giving them a little bit of extra service means you will get greater customer loyalty than the guy that treats customers poorly.
2007-07-30 14:18:09 · answer #5 · answered by wizebloke 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I feel the same way but really spanish is not a heck of a subject to learn.
First off, you are NOT required to speak the language but being able to do so is a HUGE advantage.
2007-07-30 14:27:26 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Speaking a foreign language is always a bonus on a resume. I doubt that it was a job requirement. If it was, and the job wasn't for translation, I would report the employer to the NYS Labor Dept.
2007-07-30 14:13:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
lol you feel discriminated?
Why is it not fair? It is the American way of living: supply and demand. Everybody knows that.
Good for you you pretend to learn Spanish. If you don't, you are out of the market. Supply and demand. Supply and demand.
2007-07-30 16:36:02 · answer #8 · answered by kamelåså 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've worked in the United States for most of my life and no one has ever told me I had to learn Spanish. I even live in an area that has a very high Hispanic population and still no one has said that. I'd refuse to do it. What would we have to learn next-Chinese-Vietnamese-Cambodian-Thai? It's ridiculous.
2007-07-30 14:08:58 · answer #9 · answered by phlada64 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
because then people like you who dont want to learn spanish, will ask hispanics how to say this and that.
2007-07-30 15:00:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋