Another trend; Payless Shoes English/Spanish soundtrack...
I wrote earlier that I contacted Borics (haircutting chain) about the 'foreign' language radio station played at their salon. I wrote corporate and the local manager.
The very next day I go to Payless Shoe store -chain shoe store. I walk in and they are playing songs in Spanish. I'm none too happy. Then English songs came on. We were there long enough to see that they played two Spanish and then two or so English songs. Anyone else see this going on?
I just wanted to share this.
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This was in our comment page today in the newspapers. The hispanics are starting to answer back.
Not Meant for you
I'm a tax-paying Waukegan Mexican. It bothers the people so much that signs are in Spanish in Waukegan that maybe they should get a Spanish dictionary. Not to mention just because the sign is in Spanish, what does immigration have to do with it? If it was meant for you to read, it would have been in English. This is America, the country of freedom and that doesn't change no matter what language you translate it to.
How would you respond?!
Spanish speaking job requirements...........
Here in Los Angeles a job applicant must spanish in order to get job. I am Native American and 99.9% of Mexicans assume because I have brown skin that I speak their language, I hate that.
Take a look at the Los Angeles Times on-line classified section, almost all job postings require that the candidate be bi-lingual, why should I have to learn how to speak a foreign language in order to qualify for a job in my "own" english speaking country?
Thank god I have skills and a education to rise above the mundane, unskilled jobs that are filled primarily by illegal workers who work for peanuts, driving down the prevailing wage for many industries.
I used to make a decent living working construction, then the illegals came in and took over the industry. The owner of the firm I worked for laid-off all his American born, english speaking skilled workers and replaced them with illegals, paying them a fourth of what he was paying us.
That is one reason why I loathe illegal immigrants.
They killed the once lucrative construction industry here in L.A. anyways.
TS77 :(