I Think Some People Need to Remember Exactly What It Was Like During Trump

[JoeB131]

I was in a restaurant and the waitress actually spoke to me in Spanish, saying something or other. (Maybe the specials of the day). When I told her I spoke English, she said OK and went to get a waitress who spoke English.

What has happened to this country that customer-facing employees don’t even have to speak English!? Native-born Americans now have to be bilingual, but Spanish immigrants get hired speaking only Spanish?

Oh, no, how awful for you! This is terrible. You had to wait a whole 2 minutes to place your order?

Sweet Evil Jesus, if they put "Karen" in the dictionary, they could put your picture. How do you get through life being this unhappy.

You mean, they couldn't find someone willing to work for less than minimum wage plus tips who speaks English.

Like almost all of your stories, I have questions.

Was it a Mexican restaurant where the majority of the clients are Spanish Speaking?

I go to Chinese restaurants all the time. My wife speaks limited English, but she takes over like a girl boss when we go to a Chinese place.

 

[Faun]

exactly what it was, unlawful.

According to you, an internet troll. Not according to anyone that matters.

 

[Unkotare]

What myth? It was the case with all my Jewish friends. Their parents were the children of Yiddish-speaking immigrant parents, and when they grew up, they raised their children in English-only homes.

ONE generation.

Nope. People want to believe things about their own family. Over time you start to really believe your own stories, Senator Warren.

 

[Unkotare]

No, they don’t. ....

Yes, they do. I have been deeply immersed in this subject for decades, and I interact closely with immigrants and immigrant families every single day.

 

[Unkotare]

The immigrants in the early 1900s didn’t expect Americans to adapt to THEM......

Just like immigrants today.

 

[Unkotare]

Dude, the demofks were rooting for everyone that went to get infected and die. That's how demofks play.

Sounds just like tommy.

 

[Unkotare]

... First generation speak fluent English and their native tongue. ....

You're sitting around guessing. I actually know what I'm talking about.

 

[Unkotare]

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In the past, we were a melting pot. .....

Just like we are today.

 

[Unkotare]

I was in a restaurant and the waitress actually spoke to me in Spanish, saying something or other. (Maybe the specials of the day). When I told her I spoke English, she said OK and went to get a waitress who spoke English....

So you weren't harmed in any way. Got it.

 

[Markle]

Just like we are today.

I so wish that was true. Today, schools are supposed to deal with forty-seven-eleven languages and dumb down classes to the lowest denominator.

 

[Unkotare]

..... Native-born Americans now have to be bilingual ......................

No we don't. Don't be defined by your limitations.

 

[Unkotare]

.... Spanish immigrants get hired speaking only Spanish?

You don't know that your waitress speaks "only Spanish." Quite the contrary.

 

[Lisa558]

I so wish that was true. Today, schools are supposed to deal with forty-seven-eleven languages and dumb down classes to the lowest denominator.

Wish we could go back to tracking the way things were when I was a kid. As things stand now, the ones losing out are the bright ones.

 

[Markle]

Just like immigrants today.

 

[Unkotare]

I so wish that was true. ....

Good news for you: it IS true.

 

[Unkotare]

Today, schools are supposed to deal with forty-seven-eleven languages and dumb down classes to the lowest denominator.

That's not true.

 

[Unkotare]

Wish we could go back to tracking the way things were when I was a kid. As things stand now, the ones losing out are the bright ones.

How long have you and/or Markle worked as teachers?

 

[jc456]

So you weren't harmed in any way. Got it.

And she got her a waitress to help her. Sounds fundamentally correct for me!

 

[Lisa558]

Nope. People want to believe things about their own family. Over time you start to really believe your own stories, Senator Warren.

You think I don’t know that I grew up with parents who spoke only English in the house, and who were the son and daughter of immigrants?

ONE generation.

 

[jc456]

You think I don’t know that I grew up with parents who spoke only English in the house, and who were the son and daughter of immigrants?

ONE generation.

That you would generalize your experience as everyone's experience was his point.