I'd like a hamburger...

[anonlooker]

New CA law that business owners can not discriminate based on language...

Apparently makes it incumbent on business owners to speak all languages, and open to discrimination lawsuits if they have difficulty serving customers who make their requests in Swahili!

wtf?? The LAUSD spends gazillions teaching ESL (English as a Second Language) courses... with laws like this, what's the point?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... -only.html

My fav quote from the article:

Where we have concern is putting language on par with unchangeable characteristics," Toonkel said. "You can’t change your gender. You can’t change your disability. You can change the language you speak. You can learn to say, 'I’d like a hamburger.' "

[GIMNEPIWO]

In our business, we prefer to discriminate against all languages equally ... thats just how we roll ...

[watcher]

Ahh, Wouldn't that be a hambergesa ??

[anonlooker]

Actually, in Swahili it would be nyama ya kusaga (technically, ground beef), just in case any of you are fortunate enough to work at McDonalds!

Oh, and watch where you park!!