A communication barrier at a Taco Bell drive-thru in Miami-Dade’s largely Hispanic Hialeah community has employment attorneys unpacking the legalities of language in the workplace.

The bad queso miscommunication took place Sept. 12, when Alexandria Montgomery pulled up at a Taco Bell drive-thru to order a late-night snack in English but was refused service by an employee who only understood Spanish.

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