Dear Hassie,

Thanks for sharing your story.

Talking about deliveries to the home.

I remember how my parents laughed at what happened to my
aunt when she decided to ask her baker to leave her bread
on the back verandah of her home instead of the usual spot
on the front porch because she was going out for the day.
She left a note for him that she thought was written in
perfect English. Well, the bread delivery stopped for a
few days. She could not understand why?

It turned out that what she'd written to the man was,
"Put bread on backside."

Not being able to speak a language could now be an advantage under political correctness. Political correctness will contribute to the downfall of Western society

http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4325336/crime-victims-who-dont-speak-english-may-soon-be-prioritised-by-police/

Crime victims who don’t speak English may soon ‘be prioritised by police’, says Met Deputy Commissioner

Deputy Commissioner for the Met Police – Craig Mackey – suggested which victims got face-to-face visits would depend on how 'vulnerable' they were

A TOP cop says victims of crime who don’t speak English could be prioritised over those who speak the language.

Craig Mackey, deputy commissioner for the Met Police, said which victims got face-to-face visits would depend on how “vulnerable” they were.

He told the Evening Standard last night: “It’s absolutely feasible as we go forward that if my neighbour is a vulnerable elderly person who has experienced a particular type of crime, that she gets a face-to-face service that I don’t get.

“So we triage things, we assess people’s vulnerability.

“Vulnerability can manifest itself in a number of ways: people with learning difficulties, a whole range of things, some people for whom English isn’t a first language.

I suppose that everyone here has had to communicate, or try, with the girls that work for Telstra on internet problems.

Well I have distinct problems with them as I cannot understand a word they say, and it makes me so frustrated and I am a lather of sweat after trying to communicate. I have no problem with other companies only Telstra. I can order airline tickets from Qantus to anywhere without trouble.

I am sure the Telstra girls are quite nice but they cannot speak in an understandable accent.

Strange that a communication company employs people that cannot communicate

I changed my communications provider when Telstra moved their call centres to the Philippines.

I changed oil companies when mine moved their call centre to India.

I find both accents basically incomprehensible.

My present internet company has their call centre in South Africa. If anyone knows of one who actually has an Ozzie call centre, please tell us. I really do prefer to do business with Ozzies.

147,106 Australian residents declared that they were born in India,
Philippines. 246 400.

I get nervous when men/women with covered face speak Arabic.