Just to make you aware this is the internet, not my engineering papers at school
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Just to make you aware this is the internet, not my engineering papers at school
some legal, most illegal, blah
Funny because it is true, when I went to costa rica everybody "spoke" english, from san jose all the way to jaco. They might not know the word "green pepper" but you can have a decent conversation with them.
Its not to say america doesnt teach languages in school, its just how fking many do you have to know.
An ability to communicate fluently with the local people, and a reasonable knowledge of available products is required for any sales job. At least to do the job well. Sometimes that isn't important.
If you are living in a foreign country, learn and try to speak the native language.
If you are visiting a foreign country, enjoy your visit.
Common sense tells me that if one was in a foreign country for any reason, one would want to be able to communicate to some degree.
The fact that so many come to my country and refuse to even attempt to learn English, well, that pisses me off. And some even get upset at me because I can't communicate with them. How does that make any sense?
I don't understand why a lot of you are hating on the OP. If you are gonna work or run a business in a pre-dominantly English speaking state, county, or city, you will have to learn English. I would get mad too if I couldn't understand anything he was saying. Most of you would too. Otherwise find a different job where you don't deal with people.
Yes you made an attempt at the language first, but if you walk into a market in Kaiserslauttern Germany and without effort you start speaking in English they will ignore you. It has been my experience from growing up in CA that there are a lot of people who come here and do not even make an effort. There are those that do, my great grand parents refused to teach my grand parents or parents Gaelic or Norwegian because it was not the language spoken here.
Now to the OP, while I get the frustration, what was your demeanor towards the attendant?
I wasnt a d!ck about anything, i just simply asked him to fill it up with premium and gave him my card
move to a state where you can pump your own gas, women
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