English and the Toxic Martini
Why isn't it a good idea to hire cheap, non-English speaking employees to do your dishes? Because something like this, might happen, courtesy of FoxNews:
A woman and her sister had to go to the hospital after a bartender mistakenly dipped their martini glasses in a caustic substance used to clean the restaurant's fryer.
The bartender ran out of sugar Saturday night at Doc's Gumbo Grille downtown and asked a dishwasher that speaks mainly Spanish for more sugar. The employee gave the bartender a box containing a white substance that looked like sugar, but it was the cleaner instead, restaurant owner Doug Goolsby said.
The 'dry' result.
Couillard said her sister spit up blood after her tongue started began to peel after taking a sip of her second peach martini. "I woke up this morning with blood on my pillow," Couillard said Monday. "I have no taste at all."
Columbia police and state health officials continue to investigate the incident, although they say it appears to be an accident.
Speaking English in America is a good thing. Having those around you speak English might save your tongue from peeling and you from having no taste.
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