More foreigners on the road

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  1. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    I have a relative who has worked all over the world during the course of his career. It was expected that he learned about and respected the culture and customs of the areas he was working. I don't know why it is unreasonable that we should expect the same in return for anyone coming over here to work or to stay permanently.
     
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  3. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Apparently we are all wrong because we only report on what we see with our own eyes rather then some news article that says everything is fine
     
  4. FloridaRetired

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    That's because they did not care about their own heritage, culture and traditions, so it naturally withered away. I see nothing disrespectful with Oktoberfest beer drinking, Welsh and Scotts kilts wearing or Indians from South Asia wearing turbans on their heads.
    Sorry man, that's a crackpot what you were saying. NOT cultivating or at least not caring about your ancestors traditions strikes me more as a neglect, if not poor parenting than showing any kind of disrespect.


    For the life of me, I can't see Spanish speaking parents living together, avoiding speaking their natural language at home, so their kids won't speak Spanish not to hurt someone's feelings. That's lame. This is America, anybody can speak in whatever language they want, especially at home. The CDL requirement to speak English is a different matter and has to do with safety and regulations than respect or disrespect.

    Americans who go to visit any part of the world, even settle down to retire thereof, don't give a dime about being your kind of "respectful" and keep talking in English whenever they can. It is natural for any foreigners living in another land. I don't see anything wrong with that, unless they at some point would demand their hosts to learn their language instead. That would be disrespectful.
     
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  5. REO6205

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    I don't hire people who don't speak English and I never will. Period.
    Having to have everything I say translated is time consuming and in this business time is usually the thing I have the least of.
    There's also a safety aspect. We do vocational trucking...logging, dirt hauling, rgn, fuel, fire work, a lot of local and short regional work . It can be fast paced and the drivers who are the best at it are self starters and self directed. They're also the ones who know how to get a lot of work done safely. The key to that is communication. If I have a non English speaking driver who does something dangerous I don't have the time to find an interpreter to explain to him why he, or somebody else, almost got killed. I need to communicate directly. That means drivers who speak English.
    Find me a better way and I'll use it.
     
  6. JonJon78

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    This the first shipper I've seen with a sign like this. Definitely have seen many in Spanish especially down around Laredo and border towns but not in Russian or Ukrainian...

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  7. drvrtech77

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    Ridiculous
     
  8. Cat sdp

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    When was in orientation with a Mega, my training partner couldn't even read or understand English. The trainer told him to make a left turn and he went right.

    He didn't make the cut but this was a real eye opener for me.

    And mind you, he already had a CDL at this point.
     
  10. JonJon78

    JonJon78 Road Train Member

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    Awww C'mon, Surgey and Boris need some love and attention too!!! :love4:
     
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  11. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    U should go in and tell them you are French and they need to update their sign :D
     
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