Originally Posted by
ILuvParis
I agree that if you're going to work at a restaurant
where your job requires that you interact with the public, you really ought to be able to speak the language of the country you're in. A couple of weeks ago, we went to a Nando's in London. We were seated downstairs, however, it was really cold in there so we asked if we could sit upstairs. The young woman's response? "You make fun of me?"
Perhaps, but if this is a hard and fast rule, one is going to miss out on loads of GREAT Chinese food (hence I think the popularity of order by numbers in so many places) - not to mention that of other countries, though IME it's mostly been Chinese places that have had this issue.