Bangor Sports Direct orders staff to speak only English…even during personal conversations
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Not sure if this means “to other staff” (so they can be spied on, maybe, by Head Office, in English).
Would staff, who understand and speak Welsh, refuse to serve a customer in Welsh? I’ll let you know when I have tried it …
Seriously, I now want to go into SD and enquire about some products in Welsh and see what response I get.
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Yes, more disappointing news about a down market corporate brand. However, here’s a positive language based comment.
Our office administrator, who is originally from Poland, is encouraged to conduct business with our regular (Polish) courier in Polish. Also, we have a few Spanish employees who are always keen to speak English, but are encouraged to speak Spanish now and again for a breather.
I for one will be going out of my way to support any decent business that treats their employees (Welsh or other) in a similar manner.
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Me too! Unfortunately, I won’t be in Bangor for a while. I was there on Saturday before I read this news article. We’ve got one in Llandudno, though…
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