Go-back-to-China

[Silverstarqueen]

You have to wonder why she didn't want the interpretive help? Did she just want an opportunity to make a scene more than she wanted her groceries? If she needed brain surgery and the only doctor available spoke only chinese, would she sit there complaining loudly about his lack of english and insist he go back to China?

[Fancy]

I'd say she was there to make a point - she knew there would be a good chance there would be limited English but all she did was shame herself.

[zzontar]

I could never understand why someone would move to a different country and want nothing to do with assimilating or wanting anything to do with the culture. It would be like not liking Chinese food, having no interest in learning Chinese, not wanting anything to do with Chinese culture... but you really want to move there!

[Fancy]

Happens in other countries too - maybe not on the same scale. There are whole neighbourhoods and strip malls catering to ethnic groups and I would suggest this woman knows it. Find a Sobey's, No Frills or Superstore (lots around) instead of a Chinese supermarket.

[Silverstarqueen]

I could never understand why someone would move to a different country and want nothing to do with assimilating or wanting anything to do with the culture. It would be like not liking Chinese food, having no interest in learning Chinese, not wanting anything to do with Chinese culture... but you really want to move there!

The people running the market were assimilated into the culture. They spoke a language which served their customers and their community, which happened to be Chinese. The Canadian culture is not just WASP, it is every country and language on the earth. Official gov't services are provided in English and French, super markets may vary, ethnic restaurants may vary. Their children no doubt go to school and will grow up to probably outperform Canadian born children, and have a higher rate of becoming doctors, lawyers, businesspeople than canadian born. If someone doesn't want their services, there are plenty of services offered in practically every other language in most large Canadian cities. If all the foreigners "went back to where they came from", Canadian culture and the whole country would fall on its face.

[zzontar]

The people running the market were assimilated into the culture. They spoke a language which served their customers and their community, which happened to be Chinese.

Please explain how they're assimilating to Canadian culture.

[Fancy]

The Chinese culture is growing so the store owners are catering to that community. I don't go into stores with predominantly Chinese signs because I know I may have trouble understanding the employees. No point in fighting such a growing community and making an *bleep* of yourself. Here's one of their flyers:
http://foodymart.com/foodymart-warden-flyer/

[Silverstarqueen]

The people running the market were assimilated into the culture. They spoke a language which served their customers and their community, which happened to be Chinese.

Please explain how they're assimilating to Canadian culture.

For one, they were polite and willing to serve this obnoxious rude person. They are not on welfare complaining they can't get a job because of their lack of English or opportunities.
Maybe she should assimilate into Canadian culture where customers are polite to the people serving them.

[Fancy]

She did go on to order food. Maybe next time she'll try the T&T which isn't too far away. I don't think it was because the employees couldn't speak any English, just that she had trouble understanding them. She certainly didn't know the law so I don't put much faith into anything else she says.

[OldIslander]

Our culture of free enterprise is at work here. This store is not a charitable organization – it is there to earn a profit for the owners and shareholders. If they are 'lawfully' profitable with 'some' Chinese-only speaking employees, then more the power to them. If enough of their customers became annoyed by the lack of English speaking employees, then they would lose money and changes would be required.

I suspect that this well stocked Chinese grocery story, located in an area with a prominent Chinese speaking population, where employees speak fluent Chinese, is a 'gold mine'. They’d be nuts to change their business model, for one loud-mouthed, ignorant customer.

[zzontar]

The Chinese culture is growing so the store owners are catering to that community. I don't go into stores with predominantly Chinese signs because I know I may have trouble understanding the employees. No point in fighting such a growing community and making an *bleep* of yourself.

I've never considered standing up for assimilation as being an *bleep*. If a westerner moves to China, starts a business but will only want to deal with westerners, doesn't want to learn the language nor wants anything to do with their culture, I'd also say they should have stayed home.

[Fancy]

I've never considered standing up for assimilation as being an *bleep*. If a westerner moves to China, starts a business but will only want to deal with westerners, doesn't want to learn the language nor wants anything to do with their culture, I'd also say they should have stayed home.

She went into a Chinese store - she knew it before entering. Looks like she's at a deli inside the market. She has trouble understanding over the counter and then starts having a tantrum and won't accept help from anyone until later. And they did still want to deal with her. She was acting like a spoiled child and for what? Telling people that are working to leave the country? That is so unacceptable behaviour.

[zzontar]

She went into a Chinese store - she knew it before entering.

She went into a Canadian store run by Chinese. There are also many businesses run by Ukrainians, Germans, etc. yet they have assimilated so they don't have this problem.

[the truth]

You have to wonder why she didn't want the interpretive help? Did she just want an opportunity to make a scene more than she wanted her groceries? If she needed brain surgery and the only doctor available spoke only chinese, would she sit there complaining loudly about his lack of english and insist he go back to China?

so your saying she planted this non speaking english person ,so she could make a scene

[Fancy]

She went into a Canadian store run by Chinese. There are also many businesses run by Ukrainians, Germans, etc. yet they have assimilated so they don't have this problem.

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Founded in 2001, having gone through years of hard work, Foodymart has become a major supermarket chain in Toronto, one of the most successful Chinese enterprises that is headquartered in the most prosperous, most economically-developed city in Canada.

From their website.