THE PROBLEM OF LONDON : MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS We are staying at a hotel o

THE PROBLEM OF LONDON : MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS

We are staying at a hotel on the Thames, near London bridge. It’s beautiful.

And it has taken an hour to get coffee and pastries. Now that the tray arrives, it includes two breakfasts that we didn’t order. The Russian delivery man calls the hispanic order taker, and talks to the Turkish cook, and they must speak in pidgin because they cannot really communicate.

I can’t get my freaking morning coffee because the hotel doesn’t consider facility with language a skill.