[Newsbot]

Title: Lis�e calls for civility in wake of language incident on m�tro
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: saturn_656
Date: 2012-11-02 08:51:19
Canadian

[saturn_656]

More info below.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/mon ... story.html

$1:

Mina Barak, 23, told CBC News that Monday�s incident at the De La Savane m�tro station began when an Opus machine took her money but did not provide transit tickets.
Barak said she asked for help, in English, from the STM ticket-booth employee. A dispute erupted. The agent told her to �go back to your country� and �in Quebec, we can only speak French,� Barak said.
She said she immediately called the STM and filed a complaint, returning to the booth to advise the employee, who was knitting. She said she told the agent: �I�m going to make sure you�re going to lose your job for what you said to me.�
At that point, Barak said, the employee �got out of the booth and she literally had me in a headlock and she was just punching me.�
Jamie Salomon, who happened to be leaving the station when the incident occurred, said the ticket agent �came out of the kiosk, slammed the door and started wailing on� Barak, repeatedly punching her. Salomon said he called 911 and started pounding on a turnstile and yelling in an attempt to stop the fight.

Didn't miss Barak hear?

English is a foreign language in Quebec.

[Gunnair]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

More info below.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/mon ... story.html

$1:

Mina Barak, 23, told CBC News that Monday�s incident at the De La Savane m�tro station began when an Opus machine took her money but did not provide transit tickets.
Barak said she asked for help, in English, from the STM ticket-booth employee. A dispute erupted. The agent told her to �go back to your country� and �in Quebec, we can only speak French,� Barak said.
She said she immediately called the STM and filed a complaint, returning to the booth to advise the employee, who was knitting. She said she told the agent: �I�m going to make sure you�re going to lose your job for what you said to me.�
At that point, Barak said, the employee �got out of the booth and she literally had me in a headlock and she was just punching me.�
Jamie Salomon, who happened to be leaving the station when the incident occurred, said the ticket agent �came out of the kiosk, slammed the door and started wailing on� Barak, repeatedly punching her. Salomon said he called 911 and started pounding on a turnstile and yelling in an attempt to stop the fight.

Didn't miss Barak hear?

English is a foreign language in Quebec.

Wonder if she's related to that cop that just pepper sprays everyone then beats them up?

[bootlegga]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

More info below.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/mon ... story.html

$1:

Mina Barak, 23, told CBC News that Monday�s incident at the De La Savane m�tro station began when an Opus machine took her money but did not provide transit tickets.
Barak said she asked for help, in English, from the STM ticket-booth employee. A dispute erupted. The agent told her to �go back to your country� and �in Quebec, we can only speak French,� Barak said.
She said she immediately called the STM and filed a complaint, returning to the booth to advise the employee, who was knitting. She said she told the agent: �I�m going to make sure you�re going to lose your job for what you said to me.�
At that point, Barak said, the employee �got out of the booth and she literally had me in a headlock and she was just punching me.�
Jamie Salomon, who happened to be leaving the station when the incident occurred, said the ticket agent �came out of the kiosk, slammed the door and started wailing on� Barak, repeatedly punching her. Salomon said he called 911 and started pounding on a turnstile and yelling in an attempt to stop the fight.

Didn't miss Barak hear?

English is a foreign language in Quebec.

It definitely looks like English is a foreign language at the Montreal Gazette - WTF is with all those icons/gibberish? Even the tread title is messed up...

[andyt]

accent aigu.

[Zipperfish]

When I went to Quebec, they called a hat a "chapeau". A house was a "maison." They called a car a "voiture." It's like those guys have a different word for everything.

[saturn_656]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

When I went to Quebec, they called a hat a "chapeau". A house was a "maison." They called a car a "voiture." It's like those guys have a different word for everything.

Where they don't have a different word, they make one up.

Seriously.

[BartSimpson]

It's stories like this that really ruin me on the idea of visiting Quebeck. I imagine that it does the same thing for many other people, as well.

[raydan]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

It's stories like this that really ruin me on the idea of visiting Quebeck. I imagine that it does the same thing for many other people, as well.

That's OK, I'd rather you not come either.

[Regina]

Maybe they should stop using foreign currency as well.

[BartSimpson]

Regina Regina:

Maybe they should stop using foreign currency as well.

You mean like this stuff?

[Regina]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Regina Regina:

Maybe they should stop using foreign currency as well.

You mean like this stuff?

Yup...that's the stuff!!

[Zipperfish]

Montreal is an awesome city, one of the finest in North America IMHO. I don't speak much French, but I've never had trouble there. Never had trouble in Quebec City either, even though that is much more French.