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Originally Posted by Verencat
I did talk to my boss this afternoon to expose to him my opinion (I couldn't when he confronted me, I just froze and coudn't think of anything else to say then multilingual swear words). He understood my point (I think) and allowed me to speak English at least with my Sri Lankan colleague, as long as if it's not in front of clients. And he tore up the warning!  |
Oh good! Glad the boss was able to see reason, at least to some extent.
I suppose the point of the rule is at least partly that the customers are presumed by the owners to want to hear only French while shopping (except that, as you pointed out, some of them don't speak French). But I don't think it makes sense to forbid speaking whatever language is most mutually intelligible between staff. I'm guessing they're not legally allowed to hire only workers who are fluent in French....