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A Bengaluru woman’s post stirred controversy as she scorned Swiggy for not sending a Kannada-speaking delivery agent. The customer, Rekha took to X and expressed frustration that her delivery agent was neither speaking Kannada nor English remarking that it was unreasonable to expect people to understand Hindi in their “land”.
The lady wrote, “Bengaluru is in Karnataka or Pakistan@Swiggy? Your delivery guy is neither speaking nor understanding #kannada ,not even #English. Do you expect us to learn his state language #Hindi in our land? Stop imposing things on us and make sure your delivery persons know #Kannada.”
https://x.com/detached_98/status/1834263405869310300
Instantly her post went viral with 315.5K views and 1.6K comments on X.
Netizens slammed the lady for not respecting other languages
Netizens started criticizing her for not communicating in Hindi which is the official language of the country while expecting the delivery agent to understand her local language.
One user commented, “In India, the language changes every 50 kilometers, but no one is as rigid about their language as people are about Tamil and Kannada. This shouldn't be the case. India is a country of diversity, with many languages, and all languages should be respected.”
Another remarked, “Why do you need to have a conversation with a delivery guy?"
Someone else wrote, “As long as the delivery is done on time who cares about the linguistic skills of the delivery boy”
One user said, “Do you expect delivery guy to sit with you and chat while you eat?”
“Delivery guy's job is to deliver food. They come from all over India. Do you expect them all to learn Kannada for delivering food?” another user remarked.
Another wrote, “I get multiple deliveries everyday from different vendors but I don’t remember when did I chat with any delivery guy, except saying “Thank You” at time of delivery. Just because you want to spread your propaganda, you are targeting them. Even in rare case you need to communicate, you can ask customer support to bridge the gap. But you don’t want solutions, you want to spread hatred and no one can help you in that such. Get well soon.”
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