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I have but they work not at all like the Uber app: the ones I tried, in Spain anyway, are awful and buggy. Which one(s) are you talking about? >not sure why sh

I have but they work not at all like the Uber app: the ones I tried, in Spain anyway, are awful and buggy. Which one(s) are you talking about? >not sure why should taxi driver in Spain speak English for many reasons I would find obvious (economic etc) but besides that: given the choice between someone with and without multiple languages the better service is multiple, so sure, does not have to but overall it helps.

RobertoG 10y ago
Well.. maybe you should learn some Spanish, after all, you are in Spain. Do a lot of Uber drivers in your city speak Spanish or Chinese?
- tluyben2 10y ago
  I speak Spanish, lived there for 10 years. That's again not the point; it is extra service. And most Spanish people I meet agree people need to learn English by the way; you do not? It would not be too weird to ask for a basic grasp of English in a 'united Europe'. Or pick a language; German, French, Spanish, but something we all 'speak'. It would help, but that's another discussion.
  - RobertoG 10y ago
    Sure, it would be wonderful if we all speak Esperanto, but this is not the case. It would be useful to me that wherever I travel people talk some common language with me, but I don't feel like they have to. It seems to me that if you choose to visit a foreign country you should expect some inconveniences and adapt to the local population.
    - tluyben2 10y ago
      Yes, but that is economically probably not a smart thing to do. In Spain where I live I see people who speak English consistently do better. Things are just easier to get. Let alone when someone speaks 'niche' languages like German.
      - RobertoG 10y ago
        So, why learn only English and drive a taxi then? Maybe they should get PHd in Nuclear Physics and make some real money.
    - icebraining 10y ago
      As a tourist, I'm prepared to adapt to other countries. But as a citizen, I expect my countrymen to do better than the bare minimum, and learning English is part of that. I write this as a non-English speaker myself.

RobertoG 10y ago

Well.. maybe you should learn some Spanish, after all, you are in Spain. Do a lot of Uber drivers in your city speak Spanish or Chinese?

tluyben2 10y ago
I speak Spanish, lived there for 10 years. That's again not the point; it is extra service. And most Spanish people I meet agree people need to learn English by the way; you do not? It would not be too weird to ask for a basic grasp of English in a 'united Europe'. Or pick a language; German, French, Spanish, but something we all 'speak'. It would help, but that's another discussion.
- RobertoG 10y ago
  Sure, it would be wonderful if we all speak Esperanto, but this is not the case. It would be useful to me that wherever I travel people talk some common language with me, but I don't feel like they have to. It seems to me that if you choose to visit a foreign country you should expect some inconveniences and adapt to the local population.
  - tluyben2 10y ago
    Yes, but that is economically probably not a smart thing to do. In Spain where I live I see people who speak English consistently do better. Things are just easier to get. Let alone when someone speaks 'niche' languages like German.
    - RobertoG 10y ago
      So, why learn only English and drive a taxi then? Maybe they should get PHd in Nuclear Physics and make some real money.
  - icebraining 10y ago
    As a tourist, I'm prepared to adapt to other countries. But as a citizen, I expect my countrymen to do better than the bare minimum, and learning English is part of that. I write this as a non-English speaker myself.