tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300440395527276526.post3819372353130157706..comments2023-06-17T04:58:12.706-05:00Comments on Bavarder...: "Hi, May I Help You!"Dolce Vitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04295002739774106772noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300440395527276526.post-14289404426922924852006-11-28T16:15:00.000-05:002006-11-28T16:15:00.000-05:00BBQ is raceless - in that everyone loves a good bb...BBQ is raceless - in that everyone loves a good bbq - but service industries most certainly are not. Here, only the minorities work in fast food or low level service industries. All of the employees at Burger King speak English because they're all Filipino, and at least have a passing knowledge of English as compared to German. Rule of thumb: if it requires an education, poor minorities aren't going to be doing it. I was talking to my landlord tonight about race/poverty/language problems in Austria, and it's interesting how similar the issues are and how different the responses are between our two countries.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036848631989988649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300440395527276526.post-34941339534940112472006-11-28T12:20:00.000-05:002006-11-28T12:20:00.000-05:00Yeah, I too figured that the CEO is probably white...Yeah, I too figured that the CEO is probably white (as is the server in their official logo). But about half of the customers that evening were African American.Dolce Vitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295002739774106772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300440395527276526.post-43179539276154518442006-11-27T16:28:00.000-05:002006-11-27T16:28:00.000-05:00Yeah, African-Americans serving white people BBQ? ...Yeah, African-Americans serving white people BBQ? Nice. Why do I imagine the CEO of the company and the management are mostly white?Cabiriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05982906595773773555noreply@blogger.com