Thread: Philly cheese steak king wins battle over please speak english sign

Originally Posted by JMS

It shouldn't be considered politics but common courtesy! Each should be courteous and respectful of another, but things have gone a little backwards around here! If you ask me, the owner is only reminding his costomers that a little courtesy and common sense should be used!

I agree Mark -- it IS common courtesy to at least try to use the same language as the country you're in. But there are ways and there are ways. This guy might be trying to instill a little courtesy, but in my opinion he's doing it in a most discourteous way!

I always try to order or buy in Italian when in Italy, Spanish when in Spain, German when in Germany, French when in France, Greek when in Greece, Portuguese when in Portugal.... (you get the picture), but sometimes that just isn't feasible as a visitor (you ever tried to get your head around Danish?! It's more than hard!). So I would hope that the shop owner or restaurateur might have the courtesy and customer-focus to maybe help me out and speak in English if possible. Is that really so rude of me to hope for as a foreigner in any given country?

Or is that not this guy's point at all? Maybe he's not talking about tourists, maybe he's making a point about immigation in the USA. If so, I go back to my original point -- I don't want his poiltics shoved down my throat at lunchtime, I want his hot dogs shoved down my throat (though from other posts here it reads as if that might not be such a good idea!)