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When I was in college, a very long time ago, things were very different than they are now. My English was not good enough at that time and when I also had to read French and German works I had to drop out. In high school I had not had French and German as exam subjects.I could make a joke about this myself, but unless you went to uni here in England, it would likely be lost. However your joke is not that far fetched from reality. Where as there are lot Chinese people here in the UK, the fact they are 2nd or 3rd generation means their English is quite good. That being said, when I went to Uni, the amount of Chinese students that were there was actually staggering. So it wouldn't be too out of place to give her an "engrish" accent. Then again if she was a foreign student, she wouldn't be fucking about in the MCs room, she'd be in the library. They're always in the fucking library.
My message was largely a true story, except that it was not a Chinese restaurant but a Japanese one with only Chinese staff. None of them speak my language. Evidently they didn't grow up here. Such a restaurant like that exists for a few years at most and then another restaurant comes along that doesn't stay open for long either. And then the next one...... My wife says that's because of tax rules.
In theory, at least the 2nd and 3rd generation should be linguistically integrated, but integration is very difficult in my country. They stick together. But I have to admit Chinese people here are not troublemakers.
At a university integration should be easier but a few months ago there was 4 million euros worth of damage because of poor integration.....