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Asda is defying the economic slump by opening new stores and creating 7,000 jobs, it announced today.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-113016 3/Asda-BSkyB-defy-slump-create-8-000-new-jobs. html
Perhaps amongst these 7,000 new jobs ASDA could employ a few interpreters, because I am finding it increasingly difficult to find staff around my local store that can in fact speak English.
When I ask a member of the staff, where in the store a specific article can be found, I am usually greeted with a shake of their head, the person's hands up and the muttered words 'not understand'
How do these people manage to get through their job interviews? Or are they provided with a interpreter courtesy of the Goverment?
Perhaps amongst these 7,000 new jobs ASDA could employ a few interpreters, because I am finding it increasingly difficult to find staff around my local store that can in fact speak English.
When I ask a member of the staff, where in the store a specific article can be found, I am usually greeted with a shake of their head, the person's hands up and the muttered words 'not understand'
How do these people manage to get through their job interviews? Or are they provided with a interpreter courtesy of the Goverment?
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Strange - I have never been in to a shop in this country and not been able to understand the shop assistant - there are plenty I have found to be pretty thick and unhelpful, but never not been able to understand one.
I presume that this is not a common occurrence round the country or Asda would not be getting that many customers.
I presume that this is not a common occurrence round the country or Asda would not be getting that many customers.
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I can't say I've had the experience in a supermarket before, but I have on more than one occasion encountered someone in food shops who haven't been able to understand me (resulting in me irritably having to directly point to the thing I want).
As for the question:
How do these people manage to get through their job interviews? Or are they provided with a interpreter courtesy of the Goverment?
The latter's unlikely just because it would be impractical. I imagine what's more likely is that they know someone who works there who pulls some strings, or occasionally you get people who over jobs out of sympathy (a person I know for instance gave a job to someone who had been kicked out of home and was struggling to find work).
Either way, my guess would be personal connection. That's often how the job market at that level works.
As for the question:
How do these people manage to get through their job interviews? Or are they provided with a interpreter courtesy of the Goverment?
The latter's unlikely just because it would be impractical. I imagine what's more likely is that they know someone who works there who pulls some strings, or occasionally you get people who over jobs out of sympathy (a person I know for instance gave a job to someone who had been kicked out of home and was struggling to find work).
Either way, my guess would be personal connection. That's often how the job market at that level works.
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>Strange - I have never been in to a shop in this
>country and not been able to understand the shop >assistant
Depends where you live. If you live in an area of little or no immigration you will not see a problem.
I went into my local Sainsburys the other day (Solihull) and the lady serving me was from Latvia (or somewhere similar). She tried to make "small talk" but I could hardly understand her.
The lady on the till next to her was Chineese.
About half the people on the tills were Asian.
It is a big problem.
>country and not been able to understand the shop >assistant
Depends where you live. If you live in an area of little or no immigration you will not see a problem.
I went into my local Sainsburys the other day (Solihull) and the lady serving me was from Latvia (or somewhere similar). She tried to make "small talk" but I could hardly understand her.
The lady on the till next to her was Chineese.
About half the people on the tills were Asian.
It is a big problem.
>Good economic news
Sorry but Asda creating 7,000 jobs is NOT good econmic news.
We need businesses that design things, make things, sell things, not just more and more supermarkets.
More supermarkets just means more "small shops" closing down. The 7,000 people Asda may take on are people who have been made redundtant from Woolworths, Adams and all the other shops forced out of business by the big supermarkets.
I live in Solihull (West Midlands) and if I go into the Tesco web site and put my postcode to find a local store there are 38 (THIRTY EIGHT) Tescos in a 10- mile radius (including Tesco Extra & Tesco Express etc)
(As a matter of interest there are 61 Tesco stores in a 20 miles radius)
Sorry but Asda creating 7,000 jobs is NOT good econmic news.
We need businesses that design things, make things, sell things, not just more and more supermarkets.
More supermarkets just means more "small shops" closing down. The 7,000 people Asda may take on are people who have been made redundtant from Woolworths, Adams and all the other shops forced out of business by the big supermarkets.
I live in Solihull (West Midlands) and if I go into the Tesco web site and put my postcode to find a local store there are 38 (THIRTY EIGHT) Tescos in a 10- mile radius (including Tesco Extra & Tesco Express etc)
(As a matter of interest there are 61 Tesco stores in a 20 miles radius)
Depends where you live. If you live in an area of little or no immigration you will not see a problem.
I currently live in Great Yarmouth (and our local Asda is full of Portugese and Eastern European cashiers). I have also lived in Northampton, Stevenage and Bedford - all of which have had a high amount of immigrants.
I have also just come back from a week in London - and visited 3 different Tescos stores - every time served by someone for whom English was not their first language.
In none of those circumstances did I find that I could not understand them.
The only time there was a slight issue was in a French restaurant where the French waitress did not know what I meant by a glass of Port (to go with the cheese at the end of the meal) - and so confirmed it by bringing over the bottle.
I currently live in Great Yarmouth (and our local Asda is full of Portugese and Eastern European cashiers). I have also lived in Northampton, Stevenage and Bedford - all of which have had a high amount of immigrants.
I have also just come back from a week in London - and visited 3 different Tescos stores - every time served by someone for whom English was not their first language.
In none of those circumstances did I find that I could not understand them.
The only time there was a slight issue was in a French restaurant where the French waitress did not know what I meant by a glass of Port (to go with the cheese at the end of the meal) - and so confirmed it by bringing over the bottle.
I'm in Deptford, which is about as multicultural as it's possible to get. This has almost never been a problem for me, although it did happen once. I couldn't tell if he was too shy to answer or couldn't understand, but I couldn't get a response either way. But then, he was a shelf-stacker, it's not necesarily his job to interact with customers anyway.
You know what I did? I asked someone else, and it took up about 10 seconds extra of my day. Big deal. I wasted 100 times more of my time with my own car parking space greed, trying to get as close to the store as possible.
You know what I did? I asked someone else, and it took up about 10 seconds extra of my day. Big deal. I wasted 100 times more of my time with my own car parking space greed, trying to get as close to the store as possible.
Oneeyedvic, next time ask for 'porto' , though you may be unlucky in France itself because it's not that common (or good) outside expensive places. Bit like asking for 'pastis' in a British restaurant (though they may understand the name 'Pernod' )
AOG , are you living in Britain? I've never had that experience in ASDA in London or anywhere else, with serving staff and assistants. What on earth were you asking about ?
AOG , are you living in Britain? I've never had that experience in ASDA in London or anywhere else, with serving staff and assistants. What on earth were you asking about ?
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