God Bless the Customers

elSicomoro · 06-06-2002, 12:40 AM

Here's another twist on strange service.

When Rho and I lived in Maryland, we regularly frequented an IHOP in Takoma Park. The food was great, the servers nice as could be.

Just one problem...lack of English.

From my observations, it appeared that most of the servers were of Ethiopian or Eritrean descent. I would assume that they had not been in the US for too terribly long. And their English was just god-awful. They made a good effort, but their English was badly broken, and they did not understand some simple words. I always left a good tip though...they tried their hearts out, and I imagined that they were here in the US to seek a better life.

I'm sure their English will improve in the next few years with regular repeated use. But, if your language skills are not very good, you should try very hard to NOT work in a job that requires you to talk.

06-06-2002, 12:40 AM	#33
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Here's another twist on strange service. When Rho and I lived in Maryland, we regularly frequented an IHOP in Takoma Park. The food was great, the servers nice as could be. Just one problem...lack of English. From my observations, it appeared that most of the servers were of Ethiopian or Eritrean descent. I would assume that they had not been in the US for too terribly long. And their English was just god-awful. They made a good effort, but their English was badly broken, and they did not understand some simple words. I always left a good tip though...they tried their hearts out, and I imagined that they were here in the US to seek a better life. I'm sure their English will improve in the next few years with regular repeated use. But, if your language skills are not very good, you should try very hard to NOT work in a job that requires you to talk.

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