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No, I did not actually
trip and it was not my last visit to McDonalds. There is
no way I will stop enjoying those fantastic double
cheeseburgers, really great tasting fish sandwiches, and
super-duper egg McMuffins. |
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But today, just
as I have several times
over recent years,
when ordering I
felt compelled to make a recommendation in a
soft-spoken, non-embarrassing manner to the
Hispanic person "serving". I
suggested that she speak English rather than
Spanish. |
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Usually when I have done
this I include some comments alluding to the noteworthy
point that English is the language of Shakespeare,
Newton, and NASA. Even Einstein learned English amidst
his revelations about atoms and the universe. |
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However, the
only English spoken from behind the counter
was, "I ain't seen
him". To her credit,
my order-taker did say, "$24.53" and "Thank
you". |
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Some minutes later I was
handed a bag. I then did
what I have learned to do
in these situations. I
proceeded to inventory all items
in the bag to be certain that
I received the eight (ocho)
egg McMuffins as specified in my order -- the order I
placed in English. |
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I noticed that five of
the ocho were merely partially
wrapped; that is, unwrapped in the
English sense. This sloppiness left them
uncovered and bumping into each other nakedly! I asked
to speak with the manager who happened to be twenty feet
away eating her very own egg McMuffin. She was
apologetic and immediately started yelling to the staff
something about something. I was not able to understand
any of what she said since she was shouting in Spanish. |
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The world is a little
better off for my having visited McDonalds today. |
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As
I drove home looking forward to enjoying my excellent
breakfast, I pondered an important fact. That is, to
apply the only lesson needed to understand people
in these situations. To learn what they are
capable of achieving, simply look to their homeland, its
conditions, and prosperity
level. |
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Many people today have
the initiative to get up and out and leave for America.
However, they remain ignorant, lazy, and passively plan
to stay that way, even though they
reached America's shores. They implicitly feel
that they crossed the finish line and have completed
their journey. They give little thought to upgrading
themselves. If that were not true, why wouldn't they
continually practice speaking English like Shakespeare,
Newton, Einstein, and the millions of other wildly
successfully immigrants before them? |
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I recall the days when
people came to America, very quickly learned correct
English with no accent, sent their kids to school, and
thanked God for the opportunity to live in America. |