Lmao, only a Texan would do this...
10-26-2009, 02:12 PM
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The 63-year-old Texan, however, wasn't prepared for what followed.
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The Virginia-born Whitten had spent 40 years in the hotel business, turning around more than 20 hotels in Texas, Oklahoma, Florida and South Carolina, before moving with his wife to Taos from Abilene, Texas.
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"I've been working 24 years in Texas and we have a lot of Spanish people there. I've never had to ask anyone to speak only English in front of me because I've never had a reason to."
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10-26-2009, 03:59 PM
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I read this earlier. I don't really blame him for trying to make things more customer friendly. It is his $2 million on the line. I like how the manager told the employees they would have to give him a chance, like she was going to fire him if he didn't work out. It is his place if you don't like it get the hell out. He broke no laws and why is it so much to ask that people speak english? Last time I checked this was America. Oh and that one person interviewed said spanish was spoken there long before english. Last time I checked Mexico lost and there are stars and bars flying at the New Mexico state capitol.
10-27-2009, 10:59 AM
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I read this earlier. I don't really blame him for trying to make things more customer friendly. It is his $2 million on the line. I like how the manager told the employees they would have to give him a chance, like she was going to fire him if he didn't work out. It is his place if you don't like it get the hell out. He broke no laws and why is it so much to ask that people speak english? Last time I checked this was America. Oh and that one person interviewed said spanish was spoken there long before english. Last time I checked Mexico lost and there are stars and bars flying at the New Mexico state capitol.
10-27-2009, 12:06 PM
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What irks me is it's NOT OK for him to do this, but when we call tech support and get someone in Bangalore, we are greeted with, "Tankoo por calling Dell. Dis is 'Bob'. How am I to be helping joo today?"
Seriously?
-Mike
Seriously?
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10-29-2009, 09:53 AM
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I can relate to the sentiment. I think requiring his employees to speak English is perfectly fine, it's what he thinks is good for his business. However, asking people to change their names or even the pronunciation thereof is way out of line. The employees names have nothing to do with how well a business performs.
Being from south Texas I have run into my share of problems with businesses whose employees do not have a good enough grasp of the English language to respond to even simple requests. Not long ago my Mom tried to order pizza from Pizza Hut. The woman employee kept asking her to PLEASE SPEAK SPANISH!! And then hung up on my Mom when she told her no. I only wish this were an isolated incident, but we encounter it constantly here.
All that said, I think this guy was perfectly fine until he asked the employees to alter their names.
Being from south Texas I have run into my share of problems with businesses whose employees do not have a good enough grasp of the English language to respond to even simple requests. Not long ago my Mom tried to order pizza from Pizza Hut. The woman employee kept asking her to PLEASE SPEAK SPANISH!! And then hung up on my Mom when she told her no. I only wish this were an isolated incident, but we encounter it constantly here.
All that said, I think this guy was perfectly fine until he asked the employees to alter their names.
10-29-2009, 01:04 PM
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You know why hes such a dumbass?? Former Marine, there you have it. I see it everyday, these dumbasses leave the service and think things work the same way in the civilian world. The Marine Corps did this to him, not being a Texan.
10-29-2009, 07:54 PM
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just out of morbid curiosity, why would you insult someone that served your country and put themselves in harms way so that you have the right to live free and safe from those that might want to do you harm?
