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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?
by 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 agoI 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 agoSure, 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 agoYes, 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 agoSo, why learn only English and drive a taxi then? Maybe they should get PHd in Nuclear Physics and make some real money.
- icebraining 10y agoAs 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.