Rude Boss Forbids Employees From Speaking Non-English Languages

Linguistic diversity is something that is not always praised in the workplace. Being bilingual is often seen as a boon for white-collar workers who know languages with reputations of being cosmopolitan or good to know for business. On the flip side, bilingual service workers tend to be perceived as being less intelligent when speaking in their native language.

Posted by Emmy Ward

The banning of specific languages in schools and workplaces has happened throughout history. Although the United States has no official language, English is prone to be propped up as the only acceptable language, even when talented bilingual people can speak among themselves in a non-English language. Because of this workplace tendency, it's no surprise that the management of a Tim Hortons location in Canada has seemingly banned non-English languages from being used. Canada, which has the official language of English and French, ironically banned one of its national languages.

Redditors took to this post to devise clever ways around the new rule.

Others pointed out the hypocrisy of a country without a national language policing workers' linguistic freedom.

Luckily, not all bilingual service workers have been through the same experience.

This case is yet another example of bosses trying to micromanage and control employees, not to mention discriminating against them for simply using one of the languages they speak. Linguistic discrimination is a real issue, and employers should not be able to ban what languages employees use amongst themselves.