Hola....Que' Pasa?
It's the little things that annoy the hell outta me. Why is it that we live in the United States of America and we have to freakin' press 1 for English?? Every time I call my bank or mortgage company I have to press 1 for information in English. Shouldn't English be a given? Why am I pressing 1 to hear information given to me in the language of my country?
I realize there are people from all over the world in the U.S. I also get that we have quite a large part of the population that speaks Spanish. But if I travel to another country I don't expect the people of that country to speak English. If they do.........BONUS! It's not something I would expect though.
A few years ago I spent some time in Italy. Gorgeous country! I had a wonderful time there! Oh, by the way, I do not speak Italian. I drank, ate, shopped, and saw the sights. Not once did I get upset that people spoke Italian. I WAS IN ITALY!!!!!!!!! Made sense to me!
I would never travel to another country, for instance, Mexico, and expect someone there to say to me "Hey, how's your Mama and them?" or "Yo, how YOU doin'?" I would expect them to say "Hola!" "Que Pasa?" 'cause it's Mexico and Spanish is their first language.
I realize that America is a melting pot but in EVERY state here in America, English is spoken. If you choose not to speak English, that's fine. But if that's the case, then YOU PRESS 1!!!!!!!!
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Oh "chica"....you just hit on my numerber one pet peeve. You said it right...if you choose not to speak English YOU press 1. Why should I have to remove the phone from my ear and take MY eyes off the road to press 1, by golly YOU do it. Umm...don't get me started....
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