When I have to speak English to order, I either leave instantly or I just order something really cheap if I can't go elsewhere (bc some idiot wanted to go into a restaurant owned by foreigners).
Idc where the guy grew up or whatever. If I want to eat I don't want to think multiple times if what I say is correct. Nope.
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It happened to me more than once when I was in Zürich and almost always while being in Germany. There was and is one pub in Basel which is English only, but this ran since the 1980ies and specifically hired children of expats who migrated there above 16 to work there. Works for me. But every other restaurant, bar, club, even doctors and assistants? No. Fuck off and learn (Swiss-)German.
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Unbekannter Ursprungsbeitrag • • •@neoluddite except that Switzerland is not part of NATO, but part of the global network of hubs, but you already know that.
The good part is that our forests and woods are emptier by the year. Biking trails are in fashion, but anywhere else: Blissfully quiet.