Supercuts Sued For Not Letting Workers Speak Spanish

[matcom]

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Some Chicago businesses post "Se Habla Espanol" signs to boast about their Spanish-speaking employees.

But two hair stylists said in a federal lawsuit Thursday that their former bosses at Supercuts posted a different sign:

"Speaking a language other than English is not only disrespectful, it's also prohibited."

Stylists say the notice was put up in 2003, directed at employees as Supercuts managers allegedly barred them from speaking Spanish anywhere at work -- including in the break room or other places outside the earshot of customers.

Supercuts says there is no such ban.

"We absolutely, vehemently deny the allegations and believe the evidence will show otherwise," attorney Davi Hirsch said Thursday.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-supercuts12.html

[Pystoff]

1. Time to pick an official national language

Before we have a new one lumped on us.

[kick-ass-bob]

2. .

:popcorn:

[Pystoff]

4. hehehe yep you are right to watch this post

The flames are comming.

[kick-ass-bob]

8. so you did it on purppose?

:shrug:

[Pystoff]

13. To a degree yes and to a degree no

See if I were to say move to Argentina I'd expect to learn Spanish and assimilate into their society....it'd only be right since I am moving into a pre-exsisting society.

And visa versa.

[StopTheMorans]

14. should we pick a national religion too, then?

[Pystoff]

20. Yep

Flying Spaghetti Monsterism!

[StopTheMorans]

27. how about Islam?

[Pystoff]

The Flying Spaghetti Monster would not be happy with that.

Reach out for his noodly appendage and be delivered my son. Arggghhh!

Google him and read.

[StopTheMorans]

36. why aren't you in crawford with Cindy Sheehan right now?

[Heidi]

61. Mom, would you stop following me and my friends around?

:rofl:

[StopTheMorans]

62. don't confuse me with your mother just because i'm always with her

:silly:

[Heidi]

64. Shouldn't you and my mom be in Crawford with Cindy Sheehan?

Just askin. :silly:

[StopTheMorans]

66. where do you think i'm posting from? Cindy says "hello"

[Heidi]

70. If that maniac ever comes out to talk with Cindy . . .

please shield my mother's eyes from the sight of the beast, lest she turn to stone, forcing me to return home to cook for dad. :rofl:

[Bassic]

18. All true, and they probably do speak english no?

If you moved to Argentina would you start speaking spanish to your family as well and english speaking friends as well?

[Pystoff]

39. Not on the street and at work no?

What would it matter what I spoke at home?

[Bassic]

80. So you would refrain yourself from speaking your first language

to another person with the same first language on the street or in general conversation at work?

Yeah... not bloody likely...

That would be just pointless. Why couldn't people speak whatever language they want? Refraining them form doing so is just blatant racism.

[kick-ass-bob]

19. We are a country that accepts people from everywhere, no matter

what nationality, creed, or skin tone. How can you do that by making people speak a certain language?

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[kick-ass-bob]

44. Because they weren't formed the way we were.

We were made to bring in people from everywhere - not like all the countries you mentioned.

[Pystoff]

77. Made to?

That just kinda happened and the biggest part of it only lasted for 40 years. And that was when we had lightly populated areas that were open for development.

I guess you haven't noticed the immigration in the countries I pointed out.

France has the biggest Muslim population outside of the middle east barring our own. Britian used to own damn near everything and has a very culturally mixed immigrant population spanning the globe. Germany has more Turk immigrants than any other country in Europe.

So you were saying?

[Bassic]

94. A national language is not a big deal

But you were earlier on saying that they shouldn't be allowed to speak their language on the street and at work. That's just plain wrong.

[Hugin]

28. By that logic we should be speaking some *Native American* tongue.

They were here first, you know.

It's at times like these when I wish they'd had
a stricter immigration policy too.

[Pystoff]

43. You are right

And as I said in another psot I'd be speaking my actual native language Chrokee. As do I because I have too many neighbors that can't speak english and that's their regular language.

[Blue-Jay]

3. I'd like to pick Icelandic.

Sounds like a cool language to learn.

Who's with me?!? I'm picking Icelandic as an official national language! Woooo!

[Pystoff]

7. Eh nah

Too many weird dots and circles over the letters makes me dizzy.

[Blue-Jay]

How about I pick Redneck?

It's similar to English, only the spelling is different.

[matcom]

22. apparently he already speaks redneck

:eyes:

[Blue-Jay]

26. Yeeeee-fuckin'-Haw!

[kick-ass-bob]

33. Look! He can check profiles!

w00t!

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[kick-ass-bob]

95. That was kind of funny. I state the city in my profile, too.

If you are still reading, you can grab a map.

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[matcom]

31. actually, i'm not originally from here

thus, no accent. thanks for calling me elite though. i do consider myself a little smarter because i took the time to learn another language.

makes it REAL fun when i vacation in Mexico as well

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[StopTheMorans]

48. i didn't know that "ignorant shithead" was a dialect of english?

:shrug:

[matcom]

50. only in Crawford Texas

this poster is obviously well traveled

[Pystoff]

78. Actually I prefer New Hampshire.

To be exact the Hanover area....very pretty in the fall.

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[StopTheMorans]

65. please stop acting as if you have the intellectual capability for any

foresight whatsoever. you acted ignorant, and people called you ignorant. there are many southern DUers on here who are just as respected and intelligent as the rest of the community, and they get afforded respect. however, respect has to be earned, and, in this community, it usually comes through demonstrating some form of wit or intelligence, areas in which you are sorely lacking...

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[StopTheMorans]

86. haha, i got you. i actually joined DU 3 years ago knowing that you

were going to start posting here this year, so, as an experiment, i waited, built up my credibility as a longtime poster, and then, when you started posting in this whole thread, saw my brilliant plan come to fruition. you think that you're the puppetmaster in this whole thing, but your strings are being pulled by someone else. isn't it time for you to take a shower yet?

[StopTheMorans]

87. have a slice of pizza; i'll be having one for my fallen comrade

[StopTheMorans]

34. have you ever been here? the "beans" reference would be amusing

if it weren't so goddamned ignorant. isn't it time for you to go upstairs for breakfast yet? all of this basement air can't be good for you; i think your mom is calling you (or maybe me, who knows?).

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[matcom]

55. your quite wrong about that

you were attacked for being totally ignorant. your location just confirms stereotypes. i'm happy to report that other DUers in your same location have risen above such generalities.

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[StopTheMorans]

68. redneck is not becomming (sic) any century's racial slur

as "redneck" is not a racial slur. noone is holding you down or judging you for your way of life, they are judging you for your ignorant beliefs.

[matcom]

84. defend MYSELF?

i'm not the one spewing "national language" rhetoric. i have nothing to defend.

you, on the other hand, DO need to defend yourself for the "speak english or leave" attitude :eyes:

[StopTheMorans]

56. i don't believe for a second (from your posting history, poor grammar,

and flawed inferences) that you have the necessary thought processes to plan that far ahead, so i'm not buying it. it was a nice little ex post facto attempt at trying to make yourself not look like so much of an ass though, but alas, you're not arguing with morans here.

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[StopTheMorans]

76. redneck is not a racial epithet, so stop saying that

[JimmyJazz]

83. So you are saying that you intentionally started a flame war?

And, not everyone from the north is an "asshole" - sweeping generalizations aren't really very cool.

[kick-ass-bob]

37. Wow. I was just in Boston and didn't

notice any of that.
:shrug:

[matcom]

38. you just weren't looking hard enough

you'll find it most prominent when the Irish and Italians are in a rumble

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[StopTheMorans]

58. holy shit are you ignorant. where are your friends in Boston?

does your Mom let you make long-distance calls to Boston, or do you have to e-mail them?

[matcom]

60. mom pulled the plug on the phone calls

too many 900 number calls. last bill was OUTRAGEOUS

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[Pystoff]

23. You can't

That messed up accent they have in Chicago is it's own language.

[StopTheMorans]

10. yes, it's time to encourage xenophobia and nationalism; we don't have

enough hatred and right-wing philosophy in this country already. :popcorn:

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[Blue-Jay]

69. Yeah?

"No I just wanted to see how many ppl from a northern state or city would attack me and make light of where I was from or use the right wing discription for me."

Why would you do such a thing?

[VelmaD]

75. Maybe it was just another experiment?

Like that idjit in GD a couple of weeks back. :eyes:

[Blue-Jay]

79. That's my guess.

He's probably sitting in from of the computer wearing a Hot Pocket-stained lab coat.

[nickgutierrez]

92. Hot Pocket?

You're being generous.

[Bassic]

16. We have two over here in Canada

And it's working pretty well, for the most part.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. Good, I hope they pay heavily if guilty

I am sick of the English-only shitheads.

[Pystoff]

9. Speak spanish do ye?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

12. Not fluently, but it has as much right to be spoken as

English, and in over half this country a better claim than English.

[Pystoff]

17. Half?

Well since we've been invaded by illegal aliens to such a degree here in the south I guess you are right. And soon the NE will have to learn it as well since their illegal alien population has gone up by 300% recently eh? I don't think I should have to learn a new language...infact in my area we should all have to know Cherokee hows that one for ya?

[matcom]

21. you should WANT to learn a new language

its uplifting, really.

[kick-ass-bob]

25. It's amazing how ignorant Americans can be.

Most Europeans know many languages, not just their own and not just English.

[matcom]

29. yup. one of the MANY reasons i love Europe so

that and there is no Alabama there

[StopTheMorans]

24. would you be in favor of us all learning cherokee? with your juvenile

logic, the right thing to do is to learn the dominant language (i.e. you support English even though it is not the "native" language of this continent), and, since spanish-speakers will become the majority, i guess it only makes sense to convert, right? :shrug:

[LanternWaste]

32. That'd be expensive, I bet.

Then we should change place names from the original, too? San Antonio, Baton Rouge, Minneapolis...

That'd be expensive, I bet.

[Hugin]

6. Que?

¿Qué el español de discurso tiene que hacer con conseguir un corte de pelo?

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[Hugin]

15. No brain either I see.

[sniffa]

40. damn, i missed it

x(

[kick-ass-bob]

41. It was weak.

Trust me.

[Hugin]

46. I was gonna say something about his wife, mother, or sister...

... having it.

But, I'm too O8) for that kind of talk.

[matcom]

49. shouldn't diss a woman who isn't here to defend herself

[Hugin]

53. Wouldn't be right.

Would it.

;)

[Blue-Jay]

57. That's not what your mother said!

:hide:

[Hugin]

85. My mother said she was hungry...

For a pizza maybe?

[DS1]

71. I LOVE watching Telemundo, until the women open their mouths

:hide:

No, really, it's true. Spanish is the most grating noise-pollution in the history of the world.

[Heidi]

72. You obviously have never been

in a room full of people speaking Swiss-German, then.

[DS1]

81. I LOVE German!

In fact, I love it so much that after the 9/11 attack I was being driven by a friend to pick up his wife, and there was a roadside candle vigil going on.

I leaned out the window and started yelling some bullshit faux German at them, the look on their stupid faces was fucking priceless!

Ich bin nein ungenflauher! Eich mien zie pantergarten giestmatch! and on, and on

[Blue-Jay]

73. I just watch it with the sound turned off.

They look like they're having so much fun.

[Blue-Jay]

88. heh heh heh.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=170965

[matcom]

89. ....Poorly

:rofl:

[kick-ass-bob]

90. I'm glad I finsihed my popcorn

right on time!

:bounce:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

91. Some threads are like flypaper, aren't they?

:D

[WeRQ4U]

93. I should have sued them for the handfull of shitty haircuts they gave me.

[EstimatedProphet]

96. Locking

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