Not half as fascinating as seeing you composing sob stories worthy of Dickens to explain why life is SOOOOO HAAAAAARD for poor wickle expats in Switzerland.

Entitled, much? You know you lost the empire, right?

I think being a female it's actually an advantage when dealing with the police (I might be wrong though). For minor traffic offences they seem a bit more indulgent, for other situations - thanks goodness I didn't have to deal with them.

As for the rest of all those "microaggressions" - yes, I tend to agree with you. It does happen more frequently to women.

Wow, you are pathetic.

I'm not the one whinging because German speakers have the audacity to speak German in a German-speaking region.

That mirror needs a good polish, duck.

My experience confirms this but I do not have enough data to sample and prove

No one is whinging. I speak very good German and never had a problem with RAV on my extremely short tenure there. I am just trying to have empathy. Some people do struggle with learning a new language.

Indeed. And some of those people work for the RAV.

They are not the ones who are unemployed in a foreign country though. The others need more empathy.

I am sure you know more about RAV advisors considering you were on it for a very long time after claiming you expected to find a job within a couple of months of being fired.

We're not talking about me, duck. Do try to stay focused.

Except for the Romantsch but let's be realistic - more people in Switzerland speak English than do Romantsch.

My cousin was going through the training to become a WPC. She is bright, funny, kind and has loads of common sense, I love her to bits. The local constabulary had to cut their funding so it fell through; she now works for the NHS.

Please, what legal liabilities and repercussions do you mean?

I agree with your reasoning. But your initial assumption, your Ausgangslage, is incorrect.

OP's claim is literally that the closing came in "perfect English".
Why else would he reply "NEIN" (shouted, reportedly, which makes perfect sense btw) when asked if it's ok for her to use English?

What's Occam's Razor?

Thanks Urs for your abusive private message. I can speak German, I have a problem speaking well when nervous and in the middle of the night. The entire conversation was in German, but he couldn’t understand my nervous stutters. He eventually switched to English and it was not just a thank-you at the end of the conversation.

I guess I’m an entitled foreigner for helping someone? Get a grip & a life. I swear this site is getting worse by the day. A perfectly reasonable thread and someone who’s unhappy with their miserable life has to come in and dissect a person they’ve never met or know anything about.

You don‘t want them finding your grass.

Quite shocking to hear that there are people who stoop to abusive private DMing. It is a new low even by EF standards.

Your posts were nowhere near egregious and you are perfectly entitled to come here and defend your point.

Can anyone else hear a kettle?

Nah, this is been the case since EF exists. I know we bash them quite a bit but just a quick thanks to the mods! ...who normally have to deal with that crap without anyone else seeing it.

Yes, please Treverus, if you can please do clarify this one.

I translated/interpreted for someone from German to English because I was this person's only hope, she couldn't find anyone else on a short notice and besides I've done it for free, she was a friend of a friend (non-EU, btw. The one year rule is the same for all as far as I remember). The funny thing is I was accepted to intermediate this conversation even though I'm neither an (official) interpreter, nor a translator.

Btw, I mean at RAV....

I think you secretly fancy me. I live in your mind, rent-free