No English - No Service Sign Triples Restaurant's Sales

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

:lol: That's awesome. I'd eat there.

Solid_Tango

Lexington, North Carolina, stopped reading right there, talk about a non-story, are there even non-English speakers in NC? X360PS3AMD05

I still don't understand why English isn't the official language. Over 80% of the population speaks it as their main language and almost everything is in English. Maybe I will understand when we get a president who speaks Spanish. But that hasn't happened ever.stanleycup98

Presidents have been able to speak Spanish.

One of them even spoke English as a second language.

Food for thought.

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]Lexington, North Carolina, stopped reading right there, talk about a non-story, are there even non-English speakers in NC? stanleycup98

It is annoying how people move here and expect us to speak their language. They need to make English the official language of the U.S. although it technically is because that is what is taught in schools. Back in the day when the U.S. was getting all of these immigrants from Europe and elsewhere they knew that they had to adapt to the U.S. and that meant learning the language and going by it's customs. Some of the immigrants now seem to expect the U.S. to adapt to them, and never bother learning English because they expect the U.S. to write everything in Spanish and it seems to be working to some extent. They need to adapt to the U.S. and not the other way around.

[QUOTE="stanleycup98"]I still don't understand why English isn't the official language. Over 80% of the population speaks it as their main language and almost everything is in English. Maybe I will understand when we get a president who speaks Spanish. But that hasn't happened ever.Silverbond

Presidents have been able to speak Spanish.

One of them even spoke English as a second language.

Food for thought.

It is annoying how people move here and expect us to speak their language. They need to make English the official language of the U.S. although it technically is because that is what is taught in schools. Back in the day when the U.S. was getting all of these immigrants from Europe and elsewhere they knew that they had to adapt to the U.S. and that meant learning the language and going by it's customs. Some of the immigrants now seem to expect the U.S. to adapt to them, and never bother learning English because they expect the U.S. to write everything in Spanish and it seems to be working to some extent. They need to adapt to the U.S. and not the other way around.

SF_KiLLaMaN

1. Tons of languages are taught in schools
2. We don't have a language
3. Melt. Ing. Pot.

people have to understand that the world doesnt revolve around them. if you take a vactation somewhere. you need to know if youll be in an environment that speaks you language.

Ive been to 30 countries. and Ive never had trouble. when they dont speak english? point to a damn picture. its not hard. it also helps to educate yourself even a little bit. when i was it switzerland. that little bit of broken french i knew saved me. i would have a had a damn time ordering food without it (a french gf doesnt hurt either)

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]

It is annoying how people move here and expect us to speak their language. They need to make English the official language of the U.S. although it technically is because that is what is taught in schools. Back in the day when the U.S. was getting all of these immigrants from Europe and elsewhere they knew that they had to adapt to the U.S. and that meant learning the language and going by it's customs. Some of the immigrants now seem to expect the U.S. to adapt to them, and never bother learning English because they expect the U.S. to write everything in Spanish and it seems to be working to some extent. They need to adapt to the U.S. and not the other way around.

Silverbond

1. Tons of languages are taught in schools
2. We don't have a language
3. Melt. Ing. Pot.

[QUOTE="Silverbond"]

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]

It is annoying how people move here and expect us to speak their language. They need to make English the official language of the U.S. although it technically is because that is what is taught in schools. Back in the day when the U.S. was getting all of these immigrants from Europe and elsewhere they knew that they had to adapt to the U.S. and that meant learning the language and going by it's customs. Some of the immigrants now seem to expect the U.S. to adapt to them, and never bother learning English because they expect the U.S. to write everything in Spanish and it seems to be working to some extent. They need to adapt to the U.S. and not the other way around.

SF_KiLLaMaN

1. Tons of languages are taught in schools
2. We don't have a language
3. Melt. Ing. Pot.

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]

[QUOTE="Silverbond"]

1. Tons of languages are taught in schools
2. We don't have a language
3. Melt. Ing. Pot.

DroidPhysX

[QUOTE="darkfox101"][QUOTE="00-Riddick-00"]How is that racist? I get sick of people coming here (USA) thinking we should know their language.00-Riddick-00

I remember going to a hotel and the maid always spoke Spanish. Obviously I tried to speak English, but she didn't even know what a pillow was so it was hard telling her what to do. I think everybody should at least speak basic English (few thousand words). It can be learned relatively quickly because they live in an English-speaking country.Mr_Cumberdale

[QUOTE="AmazonTreeBoa"]

[QUOTE="darkfox101"] We don't have an official language. DroidPhysX

[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="AmazonTreeBoa"]Who is "we"? Americans? Yes we do, it's called English. We just don't have it posted by the government with a memo because we expect everybody to have enough common sense to already know English is.

Nerkcon

How is that racist? I get sick of people coming here (USA) thinking we should know their language.00-Riddick-00

The United States has no official language though. Only de facto languages.

[QUOTE="00-Riddick-00"]How is that racist? I get sick of people coming here (USA) thinking we should know their language.Buttons1990

The United States has no official language though. Only de facto languages.

"No speak English. No service"?

I guess they need not to serve themselves. :P

GabuEx

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

"No speak English. No service"?

I guess they need not to serve themselves. :P

Nerkcon

Sure, but I just find it funny that a sign turning people away who can't speak English has such blatant grammatical errors in it. If read literally, it also is declaring that English isn't spoken at the restaurant and that the restaurant has no service.

[QUOTE="Nerkcon"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"] No its not lol. English is not the official languageDroidPhysX

Why should that make people want to eat there more? :? Anyway, I have no problem with what he's doing.chessmaster1989

Person #1 - "Hey, I saw this restaurant that had an English speaking only sign."

Person #2 - "Cool! Let's go eat there tonight!"

The sign is somewhat problematic in that who becomes the arbiter that gauges the proficiency of a certain language? What if the person speaks basic English? Or broken English? Or with an accent? Would that be adequate to receive service?

reminds me of this weekend that just passed, some lady comes into my store sounding like shes speaking Spanish and I told her I do not understand Spanish, she goes on to say its not Spanish, I replied well I still don't speak what ever you just said. Gave me a good laugh when she left.

Stores reserve the right to refuse service to people, good for them. I don't have a problem with legal immigrants, but if someone is moving to the US, they better be able to atleast communicate in English. If they aren't that proficient, I don't care, but they need to be able to get their point across.

Spanish and English should be official languages of the US.

I say Spanish because the western hemisphere is mostly spanish and 2/3 of the US used to be spanish states.

Spanish and English should be official languages of the US.

I say Spanish because the western hemisphere is mostly spanish and 2/3 of the US used to be spanish states.

Blue-Sky

I hate when people play the race card right away in situations like these. I don't see exactly how the sign can be taken as racism as it is not aimed at any race in particular. The sign might exemplify a slight prejudice(if you even want to call it that...) towards people of all types with an inability to speak English, but nothing racial.









Or is it?

How is that racist? I get sick of people coming here (USA) thinking we should know their language.00-Riddick-00

100% agreed. If i was going to move to a country with a different language, I would take the time to at least develop a decent understanding of the main language so I could communicate.

IMO, they should have worded it differently. I'm Mexican and can speak English (I think), so I'd be happy to eat there. People should be allowed to eat there if they have someone who is able to translate for them though.

Some people are trying to point out that English isn't officially the language. But what a lot of people may not know is that when you are applying for Naturalization you're required to show basic knowledge of the English language as one of the prerequisites (knowledge of US history and a halfway decent criminal background are some other requirements).

Anyway, I can see how it could be seen as racist to some people since the vast majority of the people who would be affected by the rule are most likely going to be of Hispanic origin. But at the same time, he's probably putting it there out of frustration of the population of undocumented immigrants. I live in NC and it's estimated that there are alot of people here who are undocumented.

He is going to get sued to hell.

Good for him. Hopefully they let him keep the sign.

:lol: I like the bottom of the full sign, "We only speak and understand American"

While I don't think its racist, it does come off as a tad arrogant/rude. The customer is the one that really should make the concession to try and adapt to the local language,

I had a similar experience in France where I was refused because I don't speak French. It obviously bothered me but I mean I'm the one who can't speak THEIR languange so I guess its kind of justified.

Still money is money, if it were my business I would accept any customers who are not disorderly and can pay.

If I'm ever in that area of NC, I'm going there.. that's great!

Not being able to communicate on a basic level is just plain awful. I was in a Subway the other day and a Hispanic male was in line behind me. He tried to order 20 chicken subs with different toppings. One of the girls who worked there started crying because she couldn't understand him and the other English speaking patrons behind him started yelling.

Well English is the de-facto language of the United States.