Friday - August 27, 2010
welcome to England. Speak English? No? Ah … Welcome aboard. Not many others do either.
Sometimes, that’s the way it seems.
I had to post this cos in a way, it has a funny side. It isn’t supposed to I know. And I think the paper played up the weird side when in fact the lady could ask her local council. BUT … she should NOT have to do that in the first place. Should she? If were me, I would not see any funny side to this. It has to be shared however.
OAP who wanted to see council electrical wiring report told she couldn’t have it - because it was written in Polish
By Rachel Quigley
A pensioner was left ‘fuming’ after she was unable to read the electrical safety report on her house - because she can’t speak Polish.
Two workmen arrived at 70-year-old Stella Sheen’s council house in Islington, north London, to check if her wiring was safe.
When the Polish electricians finished the job she asked them if she could have a copy of the safety certificate only to be told there was ‘no point’.
Mrs Sheen said she was ‘fuming’ when the council electricians told her that if she didn’t speak Polish then she wouldn’t be able to read the report on the work they had carried out.
She said: ‘I told them I wanted a copy of it but the contractor kept saying he couldn’t give it to me and to request a copy from the council.
‘He told me that if he gave me the report I wouldn’t understand it because it was written in Polish.
‘I said, “Hold on a minute, I don’t speak Polish. English is my first language”.
‘It’s a farcical situation that you can’t have the report in English.’
Chair of the Federation of Islington Tenants’ Association Brian Potter said: ‘It’s absolutely disgraceful that tenants are not being provided with electrical certification after works have been carried out.
‘If Polish workers are working in England their reports should be in English. It’s a comical situation.’
It is estimated that there are currently around half a million Polish people living in Britain with around 150,000 in London alone.
Many arrived after Poland joined the European Union in 2004. Initial official estimates suggested just a few thousand would take advantage of Britain’s open door policy on letting people from new members of the EU work in the UK.
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SOURCE, SORRY. NO SPEAK ENGLISH
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