Please order in english...

[BUTCH1]

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What, are they gonna force his order-takers to be bilingual??

 

[mugs]

Just give them a cheesesteak. They'll pay for it and eat it. Doesn't matter what language they speak.

 

[Flash1969]

Maybe he should've just had picture menus made. It might be annoying trying to understand a language you don't know, but I wouldn't want to lose the sales if I were him.

 

[Epic Fail]

 

[TheVrolok]

Camille Charles, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, testified that Vento's signs harken back to the "Whites only" postings of the Jim Crow era.

Seriously? People are out of their minds. The guy wants his servers to be able to understand the customer which will hasten service and reduce problems. English is the primary - and only - official language in this country, isn't it? I'm a pretty liberal guy and even I think it's pretty extreme to call this sign racist. If I walked into Best Buy speaking Finnish, would it be ok for me to get angry because I wasn't assisted in my preferred tongue?

 

[Epic Fail]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Camille Charles, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, testified that Vento's signs harken back to the "Whites only" postings of the Jim Crow era.

Seriously? People are out of their minds. The guy wants his servers to be able to understand the customer which will hasten service and reduce problems. English is the primary - and only - official language in this country, isn't it? I'm a pretty liberal guy and even I think it's pretty extreme to call this sign racist. If I walked into Best Buy speaking Finnish, would it be ok for me to get angry because I wasn't assisted in my preferred tongue?

English is not the official language.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Camille Charles, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, testified that Vento's signs harken back to the "Whites only" postings of the Jim Crow era.

Seriously? People are out of their minds. The guy wants his servers to be able to understand the customer which will hasten service and reduce problems. English is the primary - and only - official language in this country, isn't it? I'm a pretty liberal guy and even I think it's pretty extreme to call this sign racist. If I walked into Best Buy speaking Finnish, would it be ok for me to get angry because I wasn't assisted in my preferred tongue?

There is no official language of this country, but of course it is the most spoken language.

 

[Finns14]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Camille Charles, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, testified that Vento's signs harken back to the "Whites only" postings of the Jim Crow era.

Seriously? People are out of their minds. The guy wants his servers to be able to understand the customer which will hasten service and reduce problems. English is the primary - and only - official language in this country, isn't it? I'm a pretty liberal guy and even I think it's pretty extreme to call this sign racist. If I walked into Best Buy speaking Finnish, would it be ok for me to get angry because I wasn't assisted in my preferred tongue?

There is no official language in this country I believe

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Camille Charles, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, testified that Vento's signs harken back to the "Whites only" postings of the Jim Crow era.

Seriously? People are out of their minds. The guy wants his servers to be able to understand the customer which will hasten service and reduce problems. English is the primary - and only - official language in this country, isn't it? I'm a pretty liberal guy and even I think it's pretty extreme to call this sign racist. If I walked into Best Buy speaking Finnish, would it be ok for me to get angry because I wasn't assisted in my preferred tongue?

UNFORTUNATELY we have no official language, but you are correct otherwise. The funny thing is that even though we have no official language one of the requirements of becoming a legal citizen is the ability to speak English to some degree.....that seems to be lost on most today.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: Finns14

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Camille Charles, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, testified that Vento's signs harken back to the "Whites only" postings of the Jim Crow era.

Seriously? People are out of their minds. The guy wants his servers to be able to understand the customer which will hasten service and reduce problems. English is the primary - and only - official language in this country, isn't it? I'm a pretty liberal guy and even I think it's pretty extreme to call this sign racist. If I walked into Best Buy speaking Finnish, would it be ok for me to get angry because I wasn't assisted in my preferred tongue?

There is no official language in this country I believe

There is, it's called Jive

 

[Capt Caveman]

Picture menu

 

[thepd7]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Camille Charles, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, testified that Vento's signs harken back to the "Whites only" postings of the Jim Crow era.

Seriously? People are out of their minds. The guy wants his servers to be able to understand the customer which will hasten service and reduce problems. English is the primary - and only - official language in this country, isn't it? I'm a pretty liberal guy and even I think it's pretty extreme to call this sign racist. If I walked into Best Buy speaking Finnish, would it be ok for me to get angry because I wasn't assisted in my preferred tongue?

UNFORTUNATELY we have no official language, but you are correct otherwise. The funny thing is that even though we have no official language one of the requirements of becoming a legal citizen is the ability to speak English to some degree.....that seems to be lost on most today.

I could be wrong but I think you are off base, the whole thing with us not having an official language means every accommodation has to be made. IE, if a kid can't speak English in school there is a special class. I believe that means the test would have to be administered in their native language as well. Only thing I think they would have to know is the pledge and you can just memorize that.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

If he's finding that many people who speak other languages, how about menus in their own language? Maybe there's a reason he didn't do that, but with a few creative changes, you can at least offer more people an option to eat there.

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Camille Charles, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, testified that Vento's signs harken back to the "Whites only" postings of the Jim Crow era.

Seriously? People are out of their minds. The guy wants his servers to be able to understand the customer which will hasten service and reduce problems. English is the primary - and only - official language in this country, isn't it? I'm a pretty liberal guy and even I think it's pretty extreme to call this sign racist. If I walked into Best Buy speaking Finnish, would it be ok for me to get angry because I wasn't assisted in my preferred tongue?

UNFORTUNATELY we have no official language, but you are correct otherwise. The funny thing is that even though we have no official language one of the requirements of becoming a legal citizen is the ability to speak English to some degree.....that seems to be lost on most today.

That was my thinking. I realize there's nothing that documents English as the primary language, but I was under the belief that you must be able to speak it to become a citizen thus making it a non-official official language? I realize that we have visitors that may not speak the language, and that's fine, but if an American goes to a foreign country and just starts blurting out English expecting it to be spoken in return we're labeled ignorant. Here, though, if our own citizens choose not to speak English when we ask them to, we're still ignorant? Bummer.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
If he's finding that many people who speak other languages, how about menus in their own language? Maybe there's a reason he didn't do that, but with a few creative changes, you can at least offer more people an option to eat there.

Screw that bullshit. This country has been a melting pot of all nationalities and all languages for well over a century and that has never been needed because until now immigrants came to this country to become part of it. Thanks to weak government and run amok social programs the poor of the third world countries all think we owe them something so now we are flooded by low class, low skilled, poorly educated people who want us to bend our ways to cater to them. Most of these people are illegal and shouldn't even be here in the first place. They are the ones who need a reality check.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Camille Charles, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, testified that Vento's signs harken back to the "Whites only" postings of the Jim Crow era.

Seriously? People are out of their minds. The guy wants his servers to be able to understand the customer which will hasten service and reduce problems. English is the primary - and only - official language in this country, isn't it? I'm a pretty liberal guy and even I think it's pretty extreme to call this sign racist. If I walked into Best Buy speaking Finnish, would it be ok for me to get angry because I wasn't assisted in my preferred tongue?

UNFORTUNATELY we have no official language, but you are correct otherwise. The funny thing is that even though we have no official language one of the requirements of becoming a legal citizen is the ability to speak English to some degree.....that seems to be lost on most today.

That was my thinking. I realize there's nothing that documents English as the primary language, but I was under the belief that you must be able to speak it to become a citizen thus making it a non-official official language? I realize that we have visitors that may not speak the language, and that's fine, but if an American goes to a foreign country and just starts blurting out English expecting it to be spoken in return we're labeled ignorant. Here, though, if our own citizens choose not to speak English when we ask them to, we're still ignorant? Bummer.

It is not a requirement that you speak English to BE a US citizen. There are in fact 4 million natural born US citizens who speak Spanish as their native language. But that's neither here nor there. Geno's is famous for chesesteaks. How hard is it to figure out what someone is ordering when they're all ordering cheesesteaks? I'm sure Pat's doesn't mind the extra business from the latinos; money is money. It's all green.

Most Americans don't bother trying to speak the native language abroad since so many foreigners speak English anyway, especially in tourist areas. In Spain, France and Italy I never had to speak a language other than English.

 

[ed21x]

Asians come here and learn the language, albeit broken, but at least they learn the language as a respect to local culture. Europeans do the same, as well as those in the middle east, etc. There is only one group of minorities that demand special accomodations all the while coming here illegally in droves. take your guess.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: mugs
It is not a requirement that you speak English to BE a US citizen. There are in fact 4 million natural born US citizens who speak Spanish as their native language.

You are confused. English is a requirement to BECOME a citizen if you are not a legally born one. Choosing not to learn and speak the language of SUCCESS in this country is the problem of the Hispanics who want to live in their 'little Mexico' within the US and one of the problems with the illegal community. Uneducated low skilled parents spitting out kids who are citizens and then expecting the State to re-educate them to speak English after they have been brought up to only speak Spanish. This shouldn't even be a problem but our government is too weak to even enforce the immigration laws because there are too many potential voters to pander to by promising amnesty.

 

[Colt45]

<holds up two fingers> ch..chhh..cheeas... cheas stick, plees.

People working there can't figure that out?

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Camille Charles, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, testified that Vento's signs harken back to the "Whites only" postings of the Jim Crow era.

Seriously? People are out of their minds. The guy wants his servers to be able to understand the customer which will hasten service and reduce problems. English is the primary - and only - official language in this country, isn't it? I'm a pretty liberal guy and even I think it's pretty extreme to call this sign racist. If I walked into Best Buy speaking Finnish, would it be ok for me to get angry because I wasn't assisted in my preferred tongue?

***** please. Did you look at his sign? "This is America, speak English". This is America, go back to Italy and take your mafia with you, Mr. Vento. This is my god damn country and I would appreciate it if that knee-breaking Vinny would stop misusing my national symbols for his jingoistic BS.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: mugs
It is not a requirement that you speak English to BE a US citizen. There are in fact 4 million natural born US citizens who speak Spanish as their native language.

You are confused. English is a requirement to BECOME a citizen if you are not a legally born one. Choosing not to learn and speak the language of SUCCESS in this country is the problem of the Hispanics who want to live in their 'little Mexico' within the US and one of the problems with the illegal community. Uneducated low skilled parents spitting out kids who are citizens and then expecting the State to re-educate them to speak English after they have been brought up to only speak Spanish. This shouldn't even be a problem but our government is too weak to even enforce the immigration laws because there are too many potential voters to pander to by promising amnesty.

How am I confused? Nothing I said was inaccurate. Apparently you are the one who is confused. I'm not talking about anchor babies.

 

[Mo0o]

Good for him

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
If he's finding that many people who speak other languages, how about menus in their own language? Maybe there's a reason he didn't do that, but with a few creative changes, you can at least offer more people an option to eat there.

Screw that bullshit. This country has been a melting pot of all nationalities and all languages for well over a century and that has never been needed because until now immigrants came to this country to become part of it. Thanks to weak government and run amok social programs the poor of the third world countries all think we owe them something so now we are flooded by low class, low skilled, poorly educated people who want us to bend our ways to cater to them. Most of these people are illegal and shouldn't even be here in the first place. They are the ones who need a reality check.

Please back up the fact that they are of low class, low skillset, and poorly educated. I don't really care what your opinion is, but would rather like to see you link to something defending what you have to say about these people.

From a business owner's point of view, why is he getting involved in POLITICS?! His business exists and survives because of people, not because of politics, he needs to listen to his customers, not political issues.

Also, when you say it's never been needed in this country, that is a very ignorant statement that personally bothers me. Maybe you don't care, but immigrants have played important roles in everything and to be competitive in the future with globalization changing things, we need all the help we can get.

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Camille Charles, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, testified that Vento's signs harken back to the "Whites only" postings of the Jim Crow era.

Seriously? People are out of their minds. The guy wants his servers to be able to understand the customer which will hasten service and reduce problems. English is the primary - and only - official language in this country, isn't it? I'm a pretty liberal guy and even I think it's pretty extreme to call this sign racist. If I walked into Best Buy speaking Finnish, would it be ok for me to get angry because I wasn't assisted in my preferred tongue?

***** please. Did you look at his sign? "This is America, speak English". This is America, go back to Italy and take your mafia with you, Mr. Vento. This is my god damn country and I would appreciate it if that knee-breaking Vinny would stop misusing my national symbols for his jingoistic BS.

That "knee-breaking Vinny" happens to be more of a patriot than you are, everyone who emigrated here in the past
regardless of their background learned to speak english...

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: BUTCH1

Originally posted by: Throckmorton

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Camille Charles, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, testified that Vento's signs harken back to the "Whites only" postings of the Jim Crow era.

Seriously? People are out of their minds. The guy wants his servers to be able to understand the customer which will hasten service and reduce problems. English is the primary - and only - official language in this country, isn't it? I'm a pretty liberal guy and even I think it's pretty extreme to call this sign racist. If I walked into Best Buy speaking Finnish, would it be ok for me to get angry because I wasn't assisted in my preferred tongue?

***** please. Did you look at his sign? "This is America, speak English". This is America, go back to Italy and take your mafia with you, Mr. Vento. This is my god damn country and I would appreciate it if that knee-breaking Vinny would stop misusing my national symbols for his jingoistic BS.

That "knee-breaking Vinny" happens to be more of a patriot than you are, everyone who emigrated here in the past
regardless of their background learned to speak english...

Yet according to this idiot, someone who is still learning to speak English does not yet deserve the right to order in a restaurant? Tourists don't either?! Why doesn't Geno go to Europe or Mexico and stop Americans from ordering in English?