The Amazon Kindle mobile reading device comes with their NowNow service included, where you can ask any question you like and you get a response from a paid human researcher. I asked a question and got the unexpected answer below.

I do believe this was an honest mistake by a researcher trying to be helpful. For other things, I have found NowNow to be a useful and good service.

Update: Amazon resolved the issue. See their follow up responses that I’ve posted in the comments section below.

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From: NowNow [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tue 1/22/2008 10:48 PM To: Rajiv Pant Subject: RE: What are some good places to learn Spanish in evenings and/or weekends in Manhattan New York City?

Your Question: What are some good places to learn Spanish in evenings and/or weekends in Manhattan New York City?

Answer from NowNow: Get a job at any restaurant and work in the back.

Get a job in the back of a restaurant and you will make money and learn spanish from your co-workers.

Source: Opinion

If they had said instead a Spanish or Mexican restaurant, that would have been acceptable, but in the back of any restaurant? That’s presumptuous.

If you’d like to suggest a better answer to my question about learning Spanish, please feel welcome to leave a comment here.