Answering the phone WAS: Licensing snafu

[GCC Consulting]

I agree with John on the language issue.

<RANT>

But, at the rate we are going, Spanish will be the primary language of this
country in 25 years.

Our politicians will see to it as the majority of new people, moving into
this country are Spanish speaking.  One of these days they will ALL be made
legal and have votes and the politicians want those votes to keep them in
office.

Now, the reason they want to stay in office, their health plan and
retirement benefits. 

<end of rant>

Richard Kreiss  

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> > I've often discussed this with ``spanish'' friends from the U.S.
> > Southwest, and they've always said that bilingual education is a 
> > losing proposition, that it's critical to be able to speak English 
> > fluently to get along in the main stream society.
> > 
> > Bill
> 
> Hmmm, send some of those thinkers our way. I live in the 
> middle of Pennsylvania... did that register completely... the 
> *middle* of Pennsylvania.... to be exact the western most 
> edge of the Poconos.
> Yesterday, Karen and I were in Lowe's and there was not one 
> English speaking person in the entire building. The person 
> taking our money at the check out line started out in 
> Spanish... and when they realized that Karen wasn't 
> responding in Spanish, just shut up. It was clear she didn't 
> know enough English to understand my wife. Everyone before us 
> in the line was Mexican, everyone behind us was Mexican. 
> Every worker in the giant several hundred thousand foot place 
> was Mexican. No one was speaking English as they were doing 
> their work. The entire place was conducting business in 
> Spanish. *We* were the foreign language speaking people.
> 
> I'm sorry, this is unacceptable to me. I won't go through my 
> bona-fides as a non-racist, non-prejudiced person... I've got 
> 'em in spades, believe me.  I am not prejudging anything, I'm 
> judging straight ahead with clarity of thought and nothing 
> hidden deep inside my psyche guiding my beliefs.  A business 
> in the heart of America should be run in English, not 
> Spanish, and I disagree with anyone who thinks otherwise. I 
> am not against catering to a second language if the 
> population in the area requires it, or there is tourism from 
> other countries involved, but cater to it as a *second* 
> language. It is offensive to me to hear a different language 
> being spoken as the default around here. It was nice in Spain 
> when people could communicate to us in English, also Rome, 
> though not as much... it's a good thing to help tourists. It 
> is *not*, however, a good thing to change our language to 
> suit the enormous press of illegal people here from Mexico 
> and South America. We should have our heads examined.
> 
> And, if you want to hear something *really* amazing. I swear 
> to you this is the God's honest truth. I took my college 
> friend Harry, his wife Sue and their daughter Raven to 
> Philadelphia a couple weeks ago. We went to see the Liberty 
> Bell. At the front entrance to the new building, security was 
> checking everyone's bags and identity, etc. I got to the guy 
> at the end of the table and he asked me *in Spanish* where I 
> was from. I was so taken aback that I answered him in very 
> pointed Spanish, telling him that I wanted to see his 
> supervisor... because I was offended that at the Liberty Bell 
> exhibition in my native country, a foreigner was asking me in 
> *another* language than my own where *I* was from. I then 
> proceeded to demand that he tell me where *he* was from, and 
> to get his supervisor over here while he was at it. I 
> demanded that the supervisor make this kid show me his 
> driver's license, and I wanted to hear him speak to me 
> clearly in English, or I was going directly to the local 
> newspaper to get a reporter and camera man. The supervisor 
> got upset and huffy. He was Mexican also. But, he had the kid 
> at the table show me his license (which I couldn't even see 
> :-), and ask me all the questions he needed to ask me in 
> English.... which the kid could barely do.
> 
> You may think this is all funny. I think it is sad.
> 
> John
> 
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