Posted on 06/21/2006 6:15:18 PM PDT by alienken
I own and run my pest control company and I am sick and tired of non-english speaking Mexicans calling my business and expecting me to provide a translator. I am considering having "No Hable Espanol" printed on my new business cards. What do the Freepers think about it? Will this hurt my business?
Sorry about that, just one spray didn't do it!
I see real potential in suing hispanic only speaking bureaucrats, businesses -
Use the template they have used
It's hardly "fair" for hispanics to discriminate against German or Swedish or Italian or......
Yes, turnabout is fair play. Sadly it will be determined by whoever has the better lawyer, crookedest judge or looniest jury!
I am sick of seeing the signs above produce at the grocery store in Spanish.
It did not pass. And I would have to check the rest of your assertions. I was there. But it's too late, and I'm tired.
Oh come on now. Did the Nazis have a hard time exterminating for those who spoke Yiddish?
Sorry. Bad joke. I won't do it again.
Its early morning here in the midwest and I haven't had my coffee yet. But your post has started my day with a big laugh.
New version of Raid--contains Tabasco sauce.
I don't come right out and say anything like what you're proposing. I do, however, have a policy of simply not having time to go see certain people and phone screening is probably the first line of defense. Most of the people I won't go see come from cultures where price-haggling and trying to change the terms of the agreement in the middle of the job are normal. It can take the form of them insisting on additional work for free or trying to cut down the amount of the final payment. Of course, there are homegrown Americans who will do the same things, but it's actually prevalent among those from foreign cultures. My last experience with it all was after I had ripped out this one guy's entire bathroom getting ready to replace it all, he got squirrelly about the money. I was at a point where I didn't owe him any more work and I just left his stuff sitting there and never went back.
HC....hope your feeling better. We got flyer down at Ben Taub.
Go to your room!...lol
I want to say that "hable" is 2nd person imperative...so you're telling the recipient of the card to not speak Spanish...
I agree that "hablo" is more diplomatic -- 1st person indicative -- you'd be telling the recipient of the card that you don't speak Spanish.
OH damn Bobby ... I had hoped my son could take me to his home this weekend with a load of food.
When they call, how do you know they are Mexicans?
A load of food....just what we...eerrr YOU need
I don't care if they are Mexican or not.I have nothing against any race. I call Hispanics Mexicans because here in Houston that's usually what they are. "Hispanics" is not really a real word is it?
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