I prefer "rubbish"
Because English is becoming the government approved language of the minorities.
Now the real question is why, when 90% of traffic signs are printed in English, are people given the option to take their written tests for a drivers license in spanish?
Christ, you're not kidding...funny how we lambaste immigrants for not learning english good, but peruse this forum alone and you'll find plenty of good ol' fashioned 'merkins who lack the basic spelling and grammar skills to get through middle school.
If Jose the Immigrant should have to learn to speak English, then so should Clayton Ross.
Why is this in General Chit Chat? Seems like it should be in the debate forum.
In any case, rarely is it the individual's fault.
You don't need to know English to drive here. Sign shapes are universal across the globe, which is why, when you go to France, Russia, or anywhere else, you will likely be allowed to drive using your US driver's license. Numeric digits are pretty much universal too, and other than that you just need to recognize the name of the city that you want to get to.
(hopefully) You for got your sarcasm indicator/smiley...
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that Evan! did that on purpose
No, I just think that too often people are blaming the symptoms, rather than the problems.
Shapes are universal? No, not really. Warning signs are quite different in Europe, as are speed limit signs (round vs. rectangular). The fact that a red circle around something prohibits it in Europe confuses a lot of Americans who expect a red circle AND a slash through it.
About the only standard things are the stop sign and yield sign.
Section 4-1-404 –English and Legal Language (1984)
English is hereby established as the official and legal language of Tennessee. All communications and publications, including ballots, produced by governmental entities in Tennessee shall be in English, and instruction in public schools and colleges of Tennessee shall be conducted in English unless the nature of the course would require otherwise.
No basura signs for us.
A lot of these guys are happy to have the job. It's so much more than they had previously and they may not be motivated to go any further, or perhaps don't see the opportunity. Their boss speaks in spanish and gives them very little detail on what their job entails. They live in a house that speaks nothing but spanish. They hang out with people that speak only spanish.
I know what I would do in that situation, but that doesn't mean we should hate the guy who does the work.
OBVIOUSLY, he didn't know it was trash or he wouldn't have taken the can when they changed the words. Somewhere there is a lack of understanding or responsibility. Complain to management if you want, but that's all you can do. Don't get pissed at dude because he has a crummy job and a ****ty boss. Your anger and frustration is built in vain...half the country feels disdain for these people and it helps nothing. It just fuels hatred.
Man, that's almost as bad as having to take out your own trash. No wonder you're pissed.
Christ, you're not kidding...funny how we lambaste immigrants for not learning english good, but peruse this forum alone and you'll find plenty of good ol' fashioned 'merkins who lack the basic spelling and grammar skills to get through middle school.
If Jose the Immigrant should have to learn to speak English, then so should Clayton Ross.
I don't think anybody on here is lambasting immigrants for not learning the language good, I think the OP was expressing his anger that they couldn't even learn it enough to do their job. I don't expect an immigrant to be a english professor but I also don't expect to have to order in Spanish at Jack in the Box even if it is only 2 miles north of the border.
Exarcly. If I went to France and got a job as a barista, you think it'd make sense for me to learn "cafe au lait", etc. I can understand if you don't yet know the whole goddamned english language, but if you haven't even taken the time to learn the singular words/phrases for the job you work, then you should be fired.
Umm I talk to several people during the course of the day from the deep south .... Can't for the life of me understand what the hell they are saying. Half the time I have to have them e-mail me with what they are trying to convey . And you say its english .. who'd of thunk?
Lets face it nobody wants to be a custodian.So its the uneducated that do it. I can't even get my kid to take out the trash . Maybe I need to write basura on it.
I don't see anyone talking hate. I just see people wanting others to competently execute the very job they are hired to do.
Complain to their managers. Of course, that's not necessary now, because they marked the garbage cans and the employees know now what needs to be done. It was really the boss taking "the easy way out" and avoiding the issue. Not sure why, perhaps he realistically thinks that we can't solve the problem anyway, so just make it obvious for them.
I would have made a simple phone call: "Your employees are skipping our location every day. Please have them come by and pick up our trash."
There's no point in "expecting" anyone to do anything if you are not their boss or their customer. If you are a customer of the business itself, then complain to management.
Expectation, frustration, anger, contempt, disdain, hatred. One leads to the other, none of them are healthy, none are productive.
Yes, the management is in charge of hiring, firing, training, etc. So, yes...it is their responsibility to ensure their employees are knowledgeable about their position and willing and able to carry out their given tasks. Perhaps they will be fired if they cannot, but that's not your job, that's their job.
My point: Being angry and frustrated doesn't help anything, it just breeds more contempt and will make you feel worse. I know from experience.
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