点评:We attended the Foo Fighters show at Strawberry Arena in Stockholm, and while the concert itself was amazing, our experience at the venue was deeply disappointing.
My boyfriend, who had not had a single drink all night, approached the bar to order a beer. Because he doesn’t speak English or Swedish, the staff immediately assumed he was drunk and refused to serve him — simply because of a language barrier. I had to intervene and beg them to serve us, explaining that we are Brazilian, we speak Portuguese, and while we do speak some English, it is not our first language.
We traveled here because we love this country and we love this band. That made this experience even more painful. This was not a mistake — this was pure discrimination against someone who didn’t speak the language they wanted to hear.
To make matters worse, when we raised the issue, the manager herself acknowledged that because the staff are very young, they might “do something wrong” with non-English speakers. That is not an acceptable excuse. Refusing to serve someone because of their language is not a youthful mistake — it is prejudice, plain and simple.
I do not recommend this venue to anyone, especially not to foreign visitors who love Sweden and come here in good faith.
翻译:我们去斯德哥尔摩草莓体育馆看了Foo Fighters的演唱会,虽然演唱会本身精彩绝伦,但我们在场馆的体验却令人大失所望。
我的男朋友整晚滴酒未沾,走到吧台想点杯啤酒。因为他不会说英语或瑞典语,工作人员立刻认定他喝醉了,拒绝为他服务——仅仅因为语言障碍。我不得不出面求情,解释说我们是巴西人,说葡萄牙语,虽然会说一些英语,但英语并非我们的母语。
我们来这里是因为我们热爱这个国家,也热爱这支乐队。正因如此,这次经历才更加令人难受。这不是失误——这纯粹是对不会说他们想听的语言的人的歧视。
更糟糕的是,当我们提出这个问题时,经理竟然承认,因为工作人员都很年轻,他们可能会对不会说英语的人“犯错”。这根本不是一个可以接受的借口。仅仅因为对方的语言就拒绝为其服务,这并非年轻人的无心之失——而是赤裸裸的偏见。
我不会向任何人推荐这家餐厅,尤其不会推荐给那些热爱瑞典、满怀诚意前来的外国游客。