Press one for English.......

[Windwalker]

We've both done and heard a lot of complaining about the selections where we have to press one (1) in order to complete our business in English. But, the complaints seem to fall on deaf ears. I had a thought. :twisted:

When my grandson was having tantrums because he didn't get his way, he'd start stamping his feet. If you told him to stop it, he did it all the more. Finally, I told him to stamp them harder... HARDER....harder... And he stopped stamping his feet. Perhaps, the same phychology is needed with the companies that make us press one for English...
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First of all, there was a RESOLUTION passed by CONGRESS more than a decade ago, making English the "OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNITED STATES".

If a company is going to offer selections beyond the Official Language of the US, then they are not allowed to DISCRIMINATE. They MUST also offer the rest of the languages. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

I was brought up in a household where Polish was the spoken language. I didn't start to learn English until I was in the first grade in school. By todays standards, that makes me BI-LINGUAL. So.... Where's my selection for Polish? :x

Get the picture? No??? :shock:

Where's the selection for GERMAN? How about Italian? Greek? Norwegian? Swedish? Chinese? Japanese? Now, do you get the picture? If they are going to offer one extra language, they are not allowed, BY LAW, to discriminate. One extra language means they MUST offer them ALL. How long before their system is over-burdened? How long before they only offer English? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[Drew10]

Good post, and point....Windwalker

[gordoUSA]

Windwalker:

I absolutely agree. However, I have tried the “Not saying anything” (ignore them and they will quit approach) when asked to press 1 for English, I did not respond and ignored their request to press all the buttons, so they just hung up on me !!!
Perfect solution is as you suggested, make them offer every language spoken in the USA! And when you want a printed copy of a receipt or statement, make them send it to you in your “native language of choice” LOL>
Stop the illegal discrimination NOW!!

[Twilight Flyer]

Do what I do. In the event of the press "1" for English command, I immediately press "0" and continue to press it over and over again. Eventually, it will hopscotch through the system and get me to a real live person. I don't think I've ever hit an automated system where I didn't get a live person by doing that. I only do it with the English/Spanish commands because as far as I'm concerned, if you're in this country, LEARN THE DAMN LANGUAGE!!!!!!!!!!!

:x

[worldisnotenough]

My family only speaks Latin, but since it is a dead language, nobody knows the real way to pronounce anything. so we just end up drawing pictures. Only problem is, I never got past stick figures.

[Roadhog]

Oy vey...vat a bunch of schmucks, I tell.. you. Oy vat a mess. :evil:

A team of archaeologists were excavating in Israel when they came upon a cave. Written across the wall of the cave were the following symbols:



It was considered a unique find and the writings were said to be at least three thousand years old!

The piece of stone was removed, brought to the museum, and archaeologists from around the world came to study the ancient symbols. After months of conferences, they held a huge meeting to discuss the meaning of the markings.

The President of the society pointed to the first drawing and said, “This is a woman. We can judge that their culture was family oriented and held women in high esteem. You can also tell they were intelligent, as the next symbol is a donkey - so they were smart enough to have animals help them till the soil. The next drawing is a shovel, which means they had tools to help them.”



“Even further proof of their high intelligence is the fish which means that if a famine had hit the earth and food didn't grow, they would seek food from the sea. The last symbol appears to be the Star of David which means they were evidently Hebrews.”

The audience applauded enthusiastically, but a little old Jewish man stood up in the back of the room and said, “Idiots - Hebrew is read from right to left... It says, 'Holy Mackerel, Dig The Ass On That Chick.' ”

[Trukrswyfe]

Thank you for that!!!!

Nice :P

[Mr. Ford95]

My dad does the same thing TF, works everytime. Here's another idea, when you do get to a live person, speak a little of a language that isn't English or Spanish. When they get flustered speak broken english to them that you need someone who speaks whichever language your speaking.

When a telemarketer calls me, I tried speaking Spanish, only worked for a few months before the other end had people who could speak both English and Spanish. Now I do a little Chinese to'em and right before I hang up I switch back over to English and tell'em to F-off.

[worldisnotenough]

I speak Klingon to telemarketers.

[Twilight Flyer]

I've switched to a Creol dialect with few telemarketers in the past. Haven't had to worry about telemarketers, though, since I reported the last one for calling me while I'm on the "Do Not Call" list.

Of course, there was the one telemarketer that I spoke perfect English, enunciated every word, and kept telling them I don't speak or understand English. That one was fun.

Had a telemarketer for the Policeman's Ball one time that absolutely wouldn't take NO for an answer. I finally gave the phone to my daughter, who was not quite 2 at that time. When I took the phone back from her a couple minutes later to wipe off the drool, the guy was actually STILL going!

[worldisnotenough]

You can always act like you are in the middle of a robbery or murder and that always stops them in the middle of their tracks.

Or do what I do Blast my Emergancy Air Horn INTO the phone. That works like a charm everytime also what helps is I give the phone to my 11 month old that babbles DA DA MA MA and Pa Pa and say Pa pa is on the phone. :twisted:

[Roadhog]

I heard a comic routine, where the comedian was saying his responses to telemarketers. He said something like... "are you the suicide hot line calling back? I am serious, (in a panicked voice)..I mean it this time..I'm gonna kill myself. You are the last person who will hear my voice...I swear to God (then some bloody screaming)..."

[century451]

Do a search of Tom Mabe on youtube He is a comedian that messes with telemarketers.

[Mr. Ford95]

Tom Mabe is who Roadie is thinking about. Funny stuff he does to'em.