This is of course a generalisation - immigrants to my area of the UK find a business niche, depending on their nationality...
Over the decades, immigrants from India opened corner shops, Italians began ice-cream parlours, Polish men started building business, Turks bought out roast dinner cafes, and Greeks and Chinese took over fish and chip shops. It might be an unfair comment, but it seems Czechs and Romanians earn social security money.
The current crop of immigrants are Latvians. Two knocked on my door yesterday, complete with back-packs and suitcases looking for all the world like all their worldly goods. Aleksejs and Vikors had just arrived from Latvia, with no job, and no-where to stay. But they had a plan. Stay with me for two nights (who gave them that idea, God?), get a job within the two days, and find an apartment to rent on the third day.
You know, I believe they'll do it. Latvians in Margate seem pleasant, intelligent, and industrious. Not for them social security. They want to work hard, save hard, and enjoy life in happy, positive ways. And they've found their business niche. Horticulture. Most work with salad plants and crops.
I gave Aleksejs and Vikors a key to my home and left them to start their new lives. It's the least I can do to help them climb their ladder of success.
I'm just waiting for an immigrant nationality to start chocolate restaurants.
Over the decades, immigrants from India opened corner shops, Italians began ice-cream parlours, Polish men started building business, Turks bought out roast dinner cafes, and Greeks and Chinese took over fish and chip shops. It might be an unfair comment, but it seems Czechs and Romanians earn social security money.
The current crop of immigrants are Latvians. Two knocked on my door yesterday, complete with back-packs and suitcases looking for all the world like all their worldly goods. Aleksejs and Vikors had just arrived from Latvia, with no job, and no-where to stay. But they had a plan. Stay with me for two nights (who gave them that idea, God?), get a job within the two days, and find an apartment to rent on the third day.
You know, I believe they'll do it. Latvians in Margate seem pleasant, intelligent, and industrious. Not for them social security. They want to work hard, save hard, and enjoy life in happy, positive ways. And they've found their business niche. Horticulture. Most work with salad plants and crops.
I gave Aleksejs and Vikors a key to my home and left them to start their new lives. It's the least I can do to help them climb their ladder of success.
I'm just waiting for an immigrant nationality to start chocolate restaurants.
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