SMART BUSINESS PEOPLE; DUMB POLITICIANS

But while multilingual greetings may seem like common-sense customer service to Montreal retail workers like Sadat, Quebec's provincial politicians appear to disagree.
On Thursday, the legislature unanimously adopted a motion calling on store clerks to stick with a simple "bonjour" when addressing customers instead of the hybrid "bonjour/hi" often heard in Montreal.
The national assembly members voted 111-0 in favour of the motion, which is not coercive.