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Post by Eggybread on Feb 5, 2022 13:05:19 GMT
Something is bothering me, recently I was having a drink in Stoke and noticed that a new shop had opened up. So I wandered across to have a nosey and noticed that they sold continental meats etc which I like. I went in to enquire about cost and types of meat etc only to be confronted with a shop with no English signs, explanations or prices, everything was in polish. After attempting to ask for advice about the products it was obvious it wasn't working so I left empty handed. I brushed this off and put it down to "stupidity" on behalf of the owner.
Well last week I was in Burslem and again went into a new looking larger shop and again was confronted with a completely foreign language shop but even more so that the previous.
Apart from alienating 89/90 % of your potential custom, something just doesn't fit right with me.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 5, 2022 13:12:20 GMT
Something is bothering me, recently I was having a drink in Stoke and noticed that a new shop had opened up. So I wandered across to have a nosey and noticed that they sold continental meats etc which I like. I went in to enquire about cost and types of meat etc only to be confronted with a shop with no English signs, explanations or prices, everything was in polish. After attempting to ask for advice about the products it was obvious it wasn't working so I left empty handed. I brushed this off and put it down to "stupidity" on behalf of the owner. Well last week I was in Burslem and again went into a new looking larger shop and again was confronted with a completely foreign language shop but even more so that the previous. Apart from alienating 89/90 % of your potential custom, something just doesn't fit right with me. Well if you can’t be arsed to learn Polish that’s your problem 😏 Educate yourself and embrace the diversity of our wonderful city😉 |
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Post by Eggybread on Feb 5, 2022 13:15:05 GMT
Something is bothering me, recently I was having a drink in Stoke and noticed that a new shop had opened up. So I wandered across to have a nosey and noticed that they sold continental meats etc which I like. I went in to enquire about cost and types of meat etc only to be confronted with a shop with no English signs, explanations or prices, everything was in polish. After attempting to ask for advice about the products it was obvious it wasn't working so I left empty handed. I brushed this off and put it down to "stupidity" on behalf of the owner. Well last week I was in Burslem and again went into a new looking larger shop and again was confronted with a completely foreign language shop but even more so that the previous. Apart from alienating 89/90 % of your potential custom, something just doesn't fit right with me. Well if you can’t be arsed to learn Polish that’s your problem 😏 Educate yourself and embrace the diversity of our wonderful city😉 I embrace all but this has niggled me and doesn't fit right. |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 5, 2022 13:16:17 GMT
Well if you can’t be arsed to learn Polish that’s your problem 😏 Educate yourself and embrace the diversity of our wonderful city😉 I embrace all but this has niggled me and doesn't fit right. Apologies, I came over all wokey there. What were you doing in Wetherspoons anyway?🤣 |
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Post by Eggybread on Feb 5, 2022 13:20:33 GMT
I embrace all but this has niggled me and doesn't fit right. Apologies, I came over all wokey there. What were you doing in Wetherspoons anyway?🤣 Who said I was in Wetherspoons?  |
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Post by felonious on Feb 5, 2022 13:37:32 GMT
I embrace all but this has niggled me and doesn't fit right. Apologies, I came over all wokey there. What were you doing in Wetherspoons anyway?🤣 Cheap English food  |
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Post by klingon on Feb 5, 2022 13:37:37 GMT
Something is bothering me, recently I was having a drink in Stoke and noticed that a new shop had opened up. So I wandered across to have a nosey and noticed that they sold continental meats etc which I like. I went in to enquire about cost and types of meat etc only to be confronted with a shop with no English signs, explanations or prices, everything was in polish. After attempting to ask for advice about the products it was obvious it wasn't working so I left empty handed. I brushed this off and put it down to "stupidity" on behalf of the owner. Well last week I was in Burslem and again went into a new looking larger shop and again was confronted with a completely foreign language shop but even more so that the previous. Apart from alienating 89/90 % of your potential custom, something just doesn't fit right with me. I share your pain. EXACTLY the same thing happened to me in Benidorm recently. The young Spanish lady that I had “hired as a companion” for the duration of my stay explained to me, by way of a particularly animated mime, that this happened quite often in tourist areas. Despite her explanation, I was still flabbergasted to see so many menus in English. Come on Boris - I thought we’d “taken back control”! What’s the law for if not to make this an offence! |
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Feb 6, 2022 23:32:42 GMT
There's a Polish joke in here somewhere...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2022 23:39:36 GMT
Something is bothering me, recently I was having a drink in Stoke and noticed that a new shop had opened up. So I wandered across to have a nosey and noticed that they sold continental meats etc which I like. I went in to enquire about cost and types of meat etc only to be confronted with a shop with no English signs, explanations or prices, everything was in polish. After attempting to ask for advice about the products it was obvious it wasn't working so I left empty handed. I brushed this off and put it down to "stupidity" on behalf of the owner. Well last week I was in Burslem and again went into a new looking larger shop and again was confronted with a completely foreign language shop but even more so that the previous. Apart from alienating 89/90 % of your potential custom, something just doesn't fit right with me. Did you check that you're not actually in Gdansk? |
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Post by somersetstokie on Feb 7, 2022 21:31:02 GMT
Something is bothering me, recently I was having a drink in Stoke and noticed that a new shop had opened up. So I wandered across to have a nosey and noticed that they sold continental meats etc which I like. I went in to enquire about cost and types of meat etc only to be confronted with a shop with no English signs, explanations or prices, everything was in polish. After attempting to ask for advice about the products it was obvious it wasn't working so I left empty handed. I brushed this off and put it down to "stupidity" on behalf of the owner. Well last week I was in Burslem and again went into a new looking larger shop and again was confronted with a completely foreign language shop but even more so that the previous. Apart from alienating 89/90 % of your potential custom, something just doesn't fit right with me. I have a similar problem if I go to North Wales! |
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