They should change the name of this #### t/s to "I'm Not From This Country Girl". I went to this truck stop this morning to get some food while waiting for my next load. I go in there and there's only one woman working in the restaurant and she's pulling all duties; waitress, cook, busboy, dishwasher, etc. I sat down and then noticed the "menus" were up on the counter. They were just a MS Word print out of what they served. That's fine, it looked like it was a fairly new place and I can understand cutting costs with a small business. But then I noticed that the #### thing was written in Spanish. The lady comes outta the kitchen and hands me what I can only assume was the only English menu. So I sit down and look it over. The only thing that sounded appealing was the ham and cheese omelet.
The lady finally comes back outta the kitchen to take my order. I tell her I want the omelet, while pointing to it on the menu. She thought I was pointing at something else, and I corrected her saying, "No the omelet." Then I asked her if there what came with it; hashbrowns, toast, etc. I could tell by this time that she couldn't even understand what I was saying. She tells me to hang on and goes back in the kitchen. She comes out with her cell phone and speaks Spanish to whomever answered the phone. She then hands me the phone, so I now know she's called someone to translate for her.
I put the phone up to my ear and this feller says, "Bueno!"
Me: uhhh...hello?
Mexican dude: You want order?
Me: yeah, I want the ham and cheese omelet, but I wanna know what comes with it.
Mexican dude: you want enchilada?
Me: NO! OMELET!
M.D.: Oh, ok.
Me: What comes with that, please?
M.D.: <speaks to someone else where ever he's at in Spanish, and then comes back to me on the phone> Ok, omelet have eggs, ham, white cheese, and yellow cheese.
Me: Yeah, I know what a ham and cheese omelet is made of, but what comes with it on the side? Do I get hashbrowns or toast or anything like that? All that's on the menu is the omelet. Do you even have hashbrowns?
M.D.: I no understand.
Me: Hashbrowns! Yanno, potatoes cut up in slivers.
M.D.: <speaks to whoever else is with him in Spanish again>
Me: Never-friggin'-mind!
And I handed the lady back her phone and walked out, knowing full well there was another place to eat down the road where people spoke English.
Now, I completely understand that I was in California and there is a large Mexican population there. However, I also can't understand why someone would have a restaurant inside of a truck stop knowing full well the possibility exists that there could be people from any walk of life come through its doors. Since this is America and English is still the language spoken by the vast majority in this country, why would anyone staff a business like this with ONLY people who ONLY speak Spanish?
I for one am boycotting this establishment and any other that I might run across that practices this method. I'm sick of the assimilation philosophy in this country.
Country Girl T/S - Modesto, CA
Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by Scarecrow03, Apr 15, 2009.
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i no exsactly what your talking about, that is one of the many reasons why i havent run california in years just dont go there , and i dont plan to go back till they get rid of all the liberals and compleatly redue the state govement along with there attitude.
the thing that amazes me is the entire state is in ruin and they still think there wright and havent changed a bit only gotten worse.ahhhh but that is what is so great about a liberal there always wright and it shows.
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL----------------SOUTHERNPRIDE
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Why should we "get used to it"????
All this advanced science and technology and we can't find equipment to replace the farm and Day Labors....
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The problem is that in California, the districts have been "Gerrymandered" for liberal control....The liberal answer in California is to learn Spanish and fly the "Tricolor"...Anything else is considered "racist" by the libs.....
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