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ORIGINAL: Edwird
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ORIGINAL: KenDckey
1. How many languages should a business be forced to speak/accomidate?
None.
How much enforcement to that is in effect, or realistically being contemplated?
None.
How many restaurants/food huts/ice cream huts, etc. have an English-only ordering policy?
First I've heard of it is Leon’s Frozen Custard on the south side of Milwaukee. Not many businesses are that stupid. Most just do what comes naturally and honestly; the staff just say "Sorry, I don't understand you," "Sorry, I don't speak that language," etc. If the (hand or wall) menu has pictures, the staff would encourage them to point.
Speaking of "point," this idiot business owner thought he had one to make with that idiotic policy. Now he will get all kinds of mixed response publicity. Maybe that's what he was hoping for.
What point was that exactly? And do you think it pissed him off to have to wait years for that response that you seem to think he was "hoping" for?
Now I agree with the others that it is a stupid policy if you want to increase business but obviously he is doing ok or he would have changed it by now.
to the op's questions, I don't think its the governments business to say one way or another. I think it's up to the business owner.
Official documents are different and I think the number would depend on who need access to the documents. The hospital I work for has documents in english and spanish. If they have others, I haven't seen them yet but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. They also have translation services available for other languages.
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