Ernie, our production supervisor (the "radio waves hide angels" guy) is outraged at the moment. It seems he picked up his prescription at Walgreens, which advertizes on their bag that they can print your presciption information (dosage, warnings, etc), in 30 different languages including Spanish, French, German, Tagalog, etc.
This has ruined his Walgreens experience, apparently, as "Those People should learn to speak English", and "Everything in America should be done in English only".
Because it's just silly to provide VITAL, POTENTIALLY LIFE-SAVING INFORMATION in someone's native tongue. It will only further encourage Tagalog-speaking illegal aliens, or even Germans.
Oh, Arizona!
IT'S BECAUSE YOU KEEP THE ANGELS AWAY, ROGER
The angels are hiding because they can't speak English.
I know MY angels speak Swahili.
I hope he isn't planning on traveling to another country ever. That'd REALLY piss him off. :lulz:
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on February 01, 2013, 10:36:41 PM
I hope he isn't planning on traveling to another country ever. That'd REALLY piss him off. :lulz:
He is of Hispanic descent, but refuses to go to Mexico when his friends go, because "that's where all the criminals come from."
:lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 01, 2013, 10:45:34 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on February 01, 2013, 10:36:41 PM
I hope he isn't planning on traveling to another country ever. That'd REALLY piss him off. :lulz:
He is of Hispanic descent, but refuses to go to Mexico when his friends go, because "that's where all the criminals come from."
:lulz:
He sounds like a winner. :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 01, 2013, 10:45:34 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on February 01, 2013, 10:36:41 PM
I hope he isn't planning on traveling to another country ever. That'd REALLY piss him off. :lulz:
He is of Hispanic descent, but refuses to go to Mexico when his friends go, because "that's where all the criminals come from."
:lulz:
:horrormirth: :horrormirth: :horrormirth:
Its better than the guy that used to remark that the pharmacy looked like "fucking downtown Calcutta," whenever we had more than one employee of Indian ethnicity working
Quote from: Forsooth on February 02, 2013, 05:08:48 AM
Its better than the guy that used to remark that the pharmacy looked like "fucking downtown Calcutta," whenever we had more than one employee of Indian ethnicity working
Wow.
Quote from: Forsooth on February 02, 2013, 05:08:48 AM
Its better than the guy that used to remark that the pharmacy looked like "fucking downtown Calcutta," whenever we had more than one employee of Indian ethnicity working
That's better than everyone in my town referring to the drive thru convenience store owned by an Indian man as Arab Alley. Pronounced Ay Rab, naturally.
Quote from: Pergamos on February 02, 2013, 06:55:58 AM
Quote from: Forsooth on February 02, 2013, 05:08:48 AM
Its better than the guy that used to remark that the pharmacy looked like "fucking downtown Calcutta," whenever we had more than one employee of Indian ethnicity working
That's better than everyone in my town referring to the drive thru convenience store owned by an Indian man as Arab Alley. Pronounced Ay Rab, naturally.
They call them "Iranian stores" here.
Doesn't matter that there's no Iranians.
Quote from: Wuli Fufu on February 02, 2013, 05:09:55 PM
Quote from: Pergamos on February 02, 2013, 06:55:58 AM
Quote from: Forsooth on February 02, 2013, 05:08:48 AM
Its better than the guy that used to remark that the pharmacy looked like "fucking downtown Calcutta," whenever we had more than one employee of Indian ethnicity working
That's better than everyone in my town referring to the drive thru convenience store owned by an Indian man as Arab Alley. Pronounced Ay Rab, naturally.
They call them "Iranian stores" here.
Doesn't matter that there's no Iranians.
I have yet to meet an Iranian-American. I know they're out there, but I have never met one.
I knew 1! Wasn't ethnically Persian, and actually Arab so that made all the pointing out of such things a fucking problem.
"Iranians aren't Arab, ok he is but---"
So he ernie moved to moscow he would learn russian or is this one of those deals where everyone ought to know english because thats what americans speak?
Everyone should speak "English" God's language. Especially here in America.
Im guessing that that is the rationale too. Either way it neatly ignores level of fluency. Or rather depth of vocabulary. Example my landlady and all of my housemates speak english well enough for of to hold conversations with them and function well in the context of anglophone boston. My landlady still had no idea what i meant by saying my girlfriend plays bass. Bass is a word youre not going to need to know. I ended up taking a stab at what the spanish word might be in the hopes that portuguese had a similar sounding word. Seemed to have worked. So shes in america and speaks english fluently in the sense that she doesnt really need to think about it but if she doesnt know the word bass it might be a good idea to have her medical stuff printed in portuguese. I imagine that this distinction is a little too nuanced for the likes of ernie though.
Not to mention, drug labels use all kinds of doctor-y anatomical terms and constructions that don't come up in human conversation. I think drugstores mostly use "by mouth" instead of "orally" now, but still - nobody eats food or drinks liquid "by mouth". You "swallow" it.
So will suppositories now say by butt?
Quote from: Pergamos on February 03, 2013, 03:45:39 AM
Quote from: Wuli Fufu on February 02, 2013, 05:09:55 PM
Quote from: Pergamos on February 02, 2013, 06:55:58 AM
Quote from: Forsooth on February 02, 2013, 05:08:48 AM
Its better than the guy that used to remark that the pharmacy looked like "fucking downtown Calcutta," whenever we had more than one employee of Indian ethnicity working
That's better than everyone in my town referring to the drive thru convenience store owned by an Indian man as Arab Alley. Pronounced Ay Rab, naturally.
They call them "Iranian stores" here.
Doesn't matter that there's no Iranians.
I have yet to meet an Iranian-American. I know they're out there, but I have never met one.
I'm good friends with one... we used to date.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on February 04, 2013, 03:06:46 AM
Quote from: Mome Papess Trivial on February 04, 2013, 02:10:24 AM
So will suppositories now say by butt?
:lulz: We can only hope.
'Insert one thingy in the pooper, whenever. If bleeding occurs, unwrap from foil covering and insert again.''