Curries Rotting in the Kitchens / Crops Rotting in the Fields

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http://www.unz.com/isteve/curry-rotting-in-the-kitchens/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/05/world/europe/britain-curry-house-shortage-chefs.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1

Not from The Onion, but from the pages of "You can't make this **** up."  Or the New York Times.

the curry industry has found itself in a pickle: There are not enough curry chefs in Britain.

The Conservative government’s restrictions on immigration are causing an acute staff shortage, said Shahanoor Khan, the secretary general of the British Bangladeshi Caterer Association...

The first generation of curry chefs who opened restaurants in the 1960s were mostly from East Pakistan, what is now Bangladesh...

I sure hope Mr Khan isn't trying to spice up the tale to suit his tastes.

Mohammad Azad, the executive chef at Cafe Saffron in Shrewsbury, said he had tried to hire Europeans. But there were “so many barriers in the kitchen, starting with the language,” he said at a curry chef awards ceremony held in London. …

Been here since the 1960s, yet still have not mastered English?  Whose problem is this, again?

“When it gets busy in the kitchen and you start shouting in Bengali, it’s difficult for a Romanian to understand,” Mr. Azad said, raising his voice above the din.

I see.

[Hawkmoon]

“When it gets busy in the kitchen and you start shouting in Bengali, it’s difficult for a Romanian to understand,” Mr. Azad said, raising his voice above the din.

I see.

The same applies here in the Yoo Ess of Aiy. That's why the shift supervisors at all the McDonalds around here are Latinos -- so the kitchen help can understand them when they give orders.