Shouldn't we, as English speaking American's beable to NOT have to press one?
Please listen to this song, and then give me your opinion. Thanks!
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Other immigrants who came to the US "to get a better life" learned to speak English!! We don't have options for other languages such as German or French or Polish when we call a business! Why are Spanish speaking indivuduals get special treatment because they refuse to learn English???
Press one and get on with your life.
I agree,Pressing one is basically very annoying. Learn English and asimilate as previous Immigrants had to.
I didn't press on the link, no sound on my computer.But here are a few facts you can't dispute:
1. the Anglo population is slowly but surely shrinking
2. indigenous nomadic tribes for Asia crossed the Behring straights 30,000 years ago and inhabited the land that we now call America
3. the southwest U.S. region was once a part of Mexico
4. most brown skinned people in this country are not immigrants but are 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and up to 7th generation Americans from Mexican descent.
5. the face of America is changing and it will become browner!!
These people are indigenous to this land.Its just the hard cold facts with which we live...
i can't remember any of the pilgrims speaking any of the native tongues when they arrived, illegally.
no problems with a common language, but one sure fire way to lose business is to dis those who are not entirely familiar with english and i am willing to bet, based on your sentence structure you don't have the great command of the language you think you do. try this:
"Fæder ure þu þe eart on heofonum, Si þin nama gehalgod"
i have said this time and again, even if someone learns english their accent still gets in the way and sometimes it is just easier to hear things in their native language. so, goebbels, relax and enjoy the multiculturalism that is the great USA.
ps. if you do any business or travel to foreign country, the people you deal with will most likely speak english to some degree, they know how to make money and they know being able to help the lazy git who came to their country without bothering to learn at least "thank you" will make them money. exact same context for the whole "press one for english"
i personally think that just to make it fair we should all turn back to speaking native american languages. afterall that's the orginal language of this country.no more press 1 for english or 2 for spanish. even out the playing field.
You are an American citizen.
As such, you have every right NOT to press "1" if you don't want to.
I'd like midcenturydesigner to explain why then are there 20 plus million here,illegally.
There should be no spanish anywhere in the U.S.A. Learn english or go home.
You Americans are so lazy! Why do you have to make a big deal over having to press one little button! Are you so lazy that you don't even want to take your finger and press the one button!
You won`t have to listen to that 3rd world mumbo jumbo , if you just press ZERO ; it will take you straight to the operator , or receptionist if you are calling a business ! Loss of sales and the pocket book is where you need to hit these companies have this press1 BS on their line . The last time I checked , haven`t checked lately , but Cheer washing powder was the only product that doesn`t have spanish on it anywhere . Needless to say , if Americans will do a little "checking" you will find that you haven`t lost your power of being an American Citizen ( a Legal one ) by not purchasing the things you don`t agree with . There are still banks that don`t have the press one BS on their phone , so naturally I will let them know I appreciate their refusal to have any options on their phone line , and I open my account there .
To press 1 or not to press that is the question.
It is nice we have cowed to the people that are too lazy to learn English. Brings me to Miss Califas.
We are not so lazy as the person that is lazy not to learn the language of a nation they reside. Further it is disrespectfully to ignore and disregard culture and tradition of that/this land.
You speak for Mexico & although I applaude your pride in your heritage they too are racisit. Why do they not open thier borders to the people south of them? Those people hope for a better life as well but Mexico sends it's army to protect their borders. Why does Mexico not have legal forms in Guatumalian and other languages for them but only Mexican-Sopanish?
I have said it before all peoples are racists.
So don't press it then, is someone forcing your finger down? Hang up. I never let tiny insignificant stuff like that bother me. Being English speaking citizens has no bearing on what businesses choose to do or not do. They are citizens as well and that is THEIR right.
In California years ago, if you couldn't speak English, you could take your drivers test at the BMV with head phones in Spanish, Chinese, or some other language other than English. I believe they have changed that now but I think that is just a bunch of crap. I live in America and shouldn't have to press 1 to get to speak to someone that speaks the language of the country. If we're going to continue that we might as well press 2 for french for the Canadian people who speak French. We can't go to Mexico and press one if we want to continue in Spanish. The US needs to stop kissing a** and just tell everyone to learn English and adapt or go back to your home country.
Some of the people seem to think it is racist what you have asked.
Well, why is there only an English and Spanish option? Why not Chinese or Russian?
It is because Chinese and Russian and other immigrants learn to speak English! It is only the Spanish speakers that expect us to coddle them and call us racist when we do not.
I refuse to, to play this multiculturalism game, if they want my money, if they want my business and they are an American company, then they can drop that push one for english garbage.
When this happens to me, I start pushing zero or star or pound until a person comes on the phone, then I tell them I will not push buttons to here a message in American from an American company doing business with me an American, and if they want my to continue to do business with me they can drop the push one garbage.
This is America, we speak American, if you are a recent legal immigrant learn American or go back to where you came from, we do not speak your language and will not accomodate you, we speak American, it is our country and you are welcome if you want to be an American,
otherwise push two to exit our beautiful country.
Yes we should. Just like we have the right to be angry when we think other people are smarter that we are for learning two languages.
Oooh! You're going to be called a racist for this..although I fail to see the link between racism and rudeness. When you come to this country (to live) YOU need to learn the language. To expect your host to conform for YOUR convenience is downright RUDE and disrespectful. Remember they chose to come here. They should have been studying long before they left.
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