What the…?!?
On my way to work this morning, I heard a news story about this guy who got a speeding ticket in northern New Brunswick somewhere. It is important to note that this area is predominantly French speaking. Well this guy gets pulled over and the officer speaks to him in French. The guy gets his ticket, brings it to court, and gets let off because the officer didn’t offer him his choice of service in either official language.
Huh?!? That’s frigged up. The guy is fluent in both languages, but gets away with a speeding ticket because he wasn’t offered service in both? Was he speeding in English?
If the officer couldn’t speak the language the guy spoke, I would almost understand the point. I only speak English, so when someone (a cop, a store clerk, a co-worker, someone on the street) speaks to me in French, I say “eh uh, huh?” and they switch to English. THAT should be the law to abide by, not wasting time with “Pardonnez moi, monsieur, Excuse me sir, voulez vous servicez en francais, or would you like me to parlez in English eh?”
Give me a freakin’ break.
