Why in the world do I have to press 1 to get English when the official national language "IS" English?

Answer 1

Because there are some Spanish people. If it automatically went to English it -might- be troublesome.

Answer 2

Hehe!!

If English is the 'national language' then you're obviously NOT in America!!

Everybody knows that America doesn't HAVE a national language!
; )

So, you're somewhere else, where English IS the national language - and you should be grateful that English is the first option!! If you had to wait for a more 'suitable' language you could be sitting there for 3 or 4 minutes - then you'd have to hope that a suitable operator was available to speak to you!
; )

Remember - if you were on holiday in Finland (for example,) and you wanted to speak to a representative of your airline, you'd have to phone the Finland helpline, and wait for the Finnish options to get out of the way before you could listen to the English options! And you would be (or SHOULD be) grateful to HAVE English options in a non-English speaking country!!

You need to have more consideration for other people.

Even people who are trying their hardest to learn English might not have a high enough level to understand an important conversation over the phone! If you speak a little French or something, you should try it - it's a lot easier to figure out what people mean when you can see their body language! (And even then it can be impossible!)

Being able to SPEAK English does NOT mean that you are fluent, and for important things it's best to revert to your mother tongue whenever possible.

Answer 3

We should be grateful that we do not have to listen to: press 2 for
French, Press 3 for Italian,Press 4 for German,press 5 for Russian, press 6 for Japanese, press 7 for Chinese and so on for all the Languages that exist here. and thank God that it is only temporary until the Latinos, including the illegals learn some English, some may be slower then others.

Answer 4

It sure is the official national language. But like all americans we all want to make a buck and if they dont include the largest minority's language into their buisness they will close themselves off from a large market with huge profitability. If they dont want to take in spanish speaking customers then thats fine, we will go to someone who will. and considering that english is only primary in the U.S. out of the ETIRE north and south american continents it would be foolish not to do so.

Answer 5

There is no "official national language" as you claim. Sorry.. but you are mistaken. The consitution does not actually declare English as the "national" or "official" language.

Answer 6

From my understanding the US does not have an official language like some other countries. And what are you complaining about? You have to press A BUTTON. You speak the language. You don't really have any disadvantages. Jesus.

Answer 7

Actually, there is no official language in the United States.

Answer 8

Nope, there's no official language in the U.S.

Also, the company is simply making their products and services available to more customers. Most capitalists shouldn't have a problem with that.

Answer 9

Because you're not the only person on Earth and English is not the only language either.

Answer 10

Mexicans can't learn English. They don't do this with the French language, near the Canadian border.

Answer 11

You think that is bad , I went to buy Laundry Detergent, no where on it did it say it was Detergent in English I did not know if it was Bleach or Detergent. but it has a lot of Spanish all over it guess English speaking People in the USA are now required to speak Spanish. GRRRRR