Comments | mysticxf: it's totally NOT a problem!

mysticxf

it's totally NOT a problem!

Jul 12, 2009 16:43

So I need a new razor and we happened to be at Walmart and they happened to have one, but, you know, this $7 instrument of death needs to be locked behind a glass cage (as do Blu-Ray DVD's and guns... the usual weapons of mass destruction) so I walked up to a Walmart employee and made turning gestures with my hand to assist the words, "Do you have ( Read more... )

shopping, ranting

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mysticxf July 13 2009, 01:43:43 UTC

Yeah, theoretically I have no problem with it, but I'm in Miami, so... it's a daily fight to NOT say "You know what? People should speak English in America. Period." And lest you think any less of me, I'm first generation American-Born from an ALL Cuban family (both sides). I understand Spanish, but I have a hard time speaking it because I've grown up speaking English.

iloveyoursoul July 12 2009, 22:10:53 UTC

LMFAO.

Welcome to America.

mysticxf July 13 2009, 01:44:45 UTC

Ugh. Just wait, we're a dumb country... it'll get worse.

orlikins_lerver July 12 2009, 23:26:07 UTC

Well it's their way of protecting you from taking hostage their store with a razor.

mysticxf July 13 2009, 01:45:21 UTC

LMAO. I bet it would have been easier to get a GUN out of the gun display than a Blu-Ray DVD or a Razor.

foxylovesme July 12 2009, 23:56:31 UTC

Oh dear. :-(

mysticxf July 13 2009, 01:46:10 UTC

Well, I gave an adorable elderly black man a good laugh... :) So it's not all bad.

jeesh July 13 2009, 00:37:35 UTC

What the hell are they expecting you to do with the razors that's so nefarious?

OH NO PLEASE MISS DON'T SHAVE ME TO DEATH NOOOOOOOO!

And yeah, the non-english thing bugs the hell out of me. Mostly cuz I work with all Latinos and I'm the only white person and my spanish sucks. So they literally hold meetings in Spanish and I just stand there like "Apparently it wasn't important enough for someone to translate" or I just leave.
It's fucking annoying.
If you don't speak enough English to get the job, then you shouldn't. I don't mine Spanglish, but when the person can't speak English at all, it's really hard for customer service.
Oy...

mysticxf July 13 2009, 01:49:07 UTC

Seeing as it's about two blocks from the crack house and the Walmart doesn't exactly cater to the best of neighborhoods... I could see why they might fear someone goin' a little postal with a razor. But why? I mean, just around the corner are some awesomesauce sledge hammers and saws just sitting in piles!

And wow, that's completely disrespectful. My sister's manager just hired two Hispanic men and he expects HER to translate for him and all I can think is, "How did you interview these men to hire them if you can't speak their language?"