Press "1" for English

That's true. The USA is still the greatest country in the world as far as I'm concerned, I hate watching her being destroyed slowly.

Exactly.

From where I sit it's pretty bad.

It probably read, "If you can read this, thank a Brit."

Were they the ones that were kidnapped in your fairy tale you posted years ago?

Pfffttt what nonsense

November 8 will be a very good day.

Brazilian firms often offer Portuguese, English and

business with people who don't speak English (note:

the options.

Did ya listen long enough to hear "Press 2 for Broken English"?

Tonne and Ton refer to different weights, tonne normally refers to a metric ton which is 2204lbs , ton can refer to the Imperial Ton which is a manly

Not content with f****ng up a perfectly good language, apparently Imperial weights and measures weren't good enough either, an Imperial gallon is about

Doug

Brazilian firms often offer Portuguese, English and

do business with people who don't speak English (note:

provide the options.

It's not about whether or not the company wants to offer agents that speak languages other than English. My point was, why do I have to press anything to get English. The default should be English with options for other language speakers to press buttons.

English. Brazilian firms often offer Portuguese, English and

want to do business with people who don't speak English (note:

provide the options. <

My complaint is why don't they offer Mandarin Chinese, Hebrew , Swahili and Danish languages? I mean if you start going down that road....

You just hate being agreeable. :^)

Native Americans may or may not have been the first people to populate what we now call the USA. But there is no record that they tried to keep anyone else from coming here. By the time Europeans got here, the "Indians" were the native people. We're all newcomers here, except Olson who abandoned the USA many years ago so he doesn't count.

Usually you press [1] so you won't have to listen to the list of other options. Most of the US businesses that offer language options will default to English if you don't press anything. The "Press [1] for English" option is first to save you time. If it's too much trouble pressing a touch-tone button on the phone, feel free to listen to the entire menu.

The default should be whomever is the primary market group of the company you're calling. In most cases that is English. Your

Per Ratchet442:

The one I heard was

"Press 1 for English. Press 2 to hang up and go learn English."

English. Brazilian firms often offer Portuguese, English and

do business with people who don't speak English (note:

provide the options. >

now call the USA. But there is no record that they

the "Indians" were the native people. We're all

Actually, I didn't "abandon" the USA. I was kidnapped while riding to school in my pram by a couple from Brazil.

Does that make you one of the Boys from Brazil?

Jawohl.

That's what I say about Kuwait!!

English. Brazilian firms often offer Portuguese, English and

to do business with people who don't speak English (note:

provide the options. > >

The wireless networks they maintain are limited to North America, since Sprint uses PCS technology and Nextel uses iDEN the phones are pretty much useless in the rest of the world, which is mostly GSM (T-Mobile and Cingular use it here). Granted, Sprint has a global IP infrastructure, but that's not what we're talking about.

My state was originally Mexico, yes. And I am the descendant of immigrants, but the two have nothing to do with each other. The thing is, Texas has not been a part of Mexico for about 150 years.

Ah-ha! Now we are getting somewhere.

Of course not, but I'm sure when your family came over they did so legally. They also had full intentions of assimilating into American culture and learning the language, yes?

The problem I see is that the modern day Mexican immigrants have no intention of doing either. In fact, too many times on a Friday when payday is (I guess) you see lines of them at the Western Union counter shipping all that hard earned money back to Mexico. This damages the economy. When it comes full circle, the money most likely goes to coyotes that bring more illegal's over.

This really isn't about a conservative/liberal debate. It's not about discrimination, racism, and all those other nasty words that tend to scare folks away from reasonable discussion of this issue.

I think it boils down to:

As I said, it's the attitude that I witness first hand on a daily basis that makes me angry with this whole border problem. What I see is many of them having a sense of entitlement to come here and set-up camp with no intention of assimilating. They intend to re-take Texas, which was lost to them with The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo some 150 years ago.

I'm not happy that our government has to resort to a fence along the border either. I'm just glad 'something' is being done and the problem is finally center stage.

That came flying out of nowhere! Labor unions are not very popular here, the only union workers I come in contact with are some electricians and phone employees with CWA.

Looking forward to it.

But the Mexican families that DIDN'T move after the war should suddenly change their lifestyle to suit ours? Let me see if I can understand this. If Red China conquers the U.S. we should all start speaking Chinese? Should all signs in english be removed from stores, airports, hospitals, etc in non-english speaking countries? When Texas was part of Mexico did the American immigrants assimilate to Mexican lifestyles or did they revolt? Did all Americans legally enter Mexico in the 1800's or did Mexico get flooded with Americans entering their sovereign nation, taking their land, taking their money, and sending it back to family in the States? Pot, kettle, black.

Now where unions come into play regarding today's immigration issue is simple. Union employees are lazy and drive the up the cost of living with their charity compensation packages. Unions demand breaks, benefits, holidays, wages, etc. The only thing unions don't demand is productivity. Business owners here have been held hostage by unions and if the opportunity to circumvent unions is available then that road will likely be travelled. Bus drivers earning $80,000 per year is vile. I recall a recent thread where you discussed what you expected from an employer as an alarm installer. You want a 40hr work week, company vehicle, overtime, health, dental, life, etc. When that overtime is caused by an installer dragging his heels, or the emergency service call is caused by an installer error what should the employer expect? When the installer doesn't produce 100% the employer doesn't earn 100%. Lack of production costs an employer and that cost gets passed down to customers sooner or later. Now when skilled people want a job, and will work their asses off regardless of how long it takes to complete the job and STILL thank the employer for the job then that person is more apt to get hired. Sadly the union mentality in this country has made the workforce lazy. Employers have to look elsewhere fo manpower. Americans are expecting a

Bonus:

n=2E, pl. -nus=B7es. Something given or paid in addition to what is usual or expected.

A sum of money or an equivalent given to an employee in addition to the employee's usual compensation. A sum of money in addition to salary that is given to a professional athlete for signing up with a team. A subsidy from a government to an industry. A sum of money paid by a government to a war veteran. A premium, as of stock, that is given by a corporation to another party, such as a purchaser of its securities. A sum of money that is paid by a corporation in excess of interest or royalties charged for the granting of a privilege or a loan to that corporation. Basketball. An additional free throw awarded to a player who has been fouled when the opposing team has committed more than a specified number of fouls during a period of play.

Nowhere does it say REQUIRED yet if an employer doesn't pay a Xmas bonus he's called cheap, lowlife, scumbag, whatever you choose to call him. Maybe that employer couldn't afford the bonus because his employees didn't PRODUCE enough.

We are in a country where even the youth are told that they are worth more than $8.00 an hour in the workplace. None of them want to work their way to the top. Everybody feels their kid is a genius and deserves to go to college. When you want to talk about a f***ed up country take a look here first. Not every kid is a genius. Some kids were meant to grow up and sweep floors. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh but they won't sweep floors because they were told they are geniuses. OK so now who the hell do we get to sweep the floors? Who is going to wipe the old lady's ass in the nursing home? Who is going to pick the oranges? Who is going to clean motel rooms, bake pizzas, or bus tables? The answer from America is NOT ME OR MY KID.

Well guess what........ the floor still needs sweeping. The sheets need changing, and the lettuce needs picking. If you don't want the job for what I can afford to pay then I am looking elsewhere.

So if you have a problem with Mexicans coming here taking away jobs then instead of bitching about it grab everyone who thinks like you and run your asses right down to Denny's and take that dishwashing job about from Raul. Then mosey on over to the Super 8 and tell Guadalupe you are taking her job changing sheets. And in your spare time make sure someone tells Francisco that his electrical skills at $20 an hour are no longer required because you are American and willing to work for $20 an hour as an electrician.

The problem isn't trying to stop the flood of immigrants (legal or otherwise) it's trying to find a vehicle big enough to import their whole damn country here so some s*it can get done because frankly I am sick & f****ng tired of Americans whining about immigrants when that is what makes this country great.

And if you have a problem with someone who no speakies then send them and their wallet my way.

Too bad they don't speak English or I'd hire the whole damn lot.

The rest of this country should learn to speak French because we've just like the lazy frog bastards.