Haha, proof that it has nothing to go with legality.

I tend to see judge others by my own moral standards and am shocked every time when I encounter others' lack of morals.

I understood it that the RAV advisor could be unwilling to speak English directly when discussing the unemployment situation, rules, regs, etc., because something may be either lost in translation or misunderstood which might then come back to bite the RAV advisor.

If you are the translator, independent from the RAV then the onus is on you rather than the RAV advisor, to translate correctly.

The RAV has some of its literature in English but it has most likely been scrutinised for correctness. Off the cuff interviews in English are different.

I find posts like these hilarious. You are obviously playing to your audience of chums who tend to side with you. Most people would fail to understand what you mean by these references but you flatter yourself thinking your opinion is so important and you are so witty and intelligent.

dunno.

In my life I only got into two or three situations in which i was on the wrong side of the police and the last time I was attended to by a female police officer who was letting it all out on my OH and cutting me all the slack.

When I shouted at her to shut up she did.

I guess indulgencies and favouritism can work both ways.

Sure. Ive done the translator thing at the RAV for a friend once and I was basically given a legal disclaimer... if there are any misunderstandings on the side of the English speaker due to language reasons is it my fault and not the RAVs, so no damages can be claimed. Some of the employees are surely able to but not willing to take the extra risk for them to speak in a weak second or third language.


I am surprised they did not give you the same sort of speech at the beginning. Maybe its a Zurich thing. Would fit into the thread nicely...

Crikey this thread has a weird cul-de-sac all of a sudden.

Could just be me and my mucky mind but that sounds like a plot line for a porn film...

There is a shift in liability if a person brings their own translator vs. if a public agent communicates in a non official language.

A lot of everyday life is porn script-worthy if you approach it right.

It makes sense but there are examples given here on this forum (albeit fewer than the opposite case) where the RAV advisor happily spoke English. Why would they do this if they were legally bound to speak the local lingo?

Well that thought's going to fester on the school run...

I think I am in the marginalized group here: The group who is not from the UK and who does not want to agree with the forum bigheads. So little risk of anyone else being suppressed.

Haha, true. I'm well aware of that, sir.

But this is what makes humans....humans ? Otherwise we'd be just some sort of robots.

They are not legally bound to speak the official language only. But they take a certain risk if they don't. Some are willing to take this risk or are not aware of it, some others are not willing to take this risk or stick to the local language simply 'because'.

A 112/117/118/144 operator on the other hand should be more understanding than to simply stick with the local language and to use THE. LOUD. AND. SLOW. AND. ANGRY. approach. Specially the last part should be a no go for a trained emergency line operator.

- Title of your sex tape.

- Title of your sex tape.

Sorry, too much Brooklyn 99

Crikey, all my juicy posts have been deleted. Fair play to the mod though for taking their time making sure it all still makes sense but I kinda of feel sad losing proof of my repulsive and creepy forum persona

Ha!

Mine would involve a lot of tea drinking.

Death of passion.


Anyway, so glad the thread is back to normal.

Indeed. I am passionate about tea, however.