22 January 2010
Marka Ocho
Call me a liberal, that's fine, but your wrong.
Every other day or so I get another what I'll call anti Spanish email or post on Facebook concerning announcements on business lines that ask (in Spanish of course) for Espanol press 2 or 8 or 4 or whatever.
My righty friends will claim that this is work of the Obama Government or the ACLU, or the liberals, but it's not. It's businesses that want every one's money. Funny thing about corporate America is that they like money and they don't really give two shits where it come from as long as it adds to their bottom line. People who speak spanish want to buy things much in the same manner as english speaking folks and I would think that they would have the same expectation of service as I would when dropping cash on a computer, a big screen TV, or when leaving my money in someones custody. So I am of the opinion of, who cares, it took 3 seconds away from my phone call that will likely end in frustration anyway. I have better concerns when I call Chase Bank, Sears Service, Gateway, or any of the hundred other institutions that ask if you speak spanish to punch another number.
If you doubt me, take Paul Jones Jr. a running quarter horse trainer, well not just a running quarter horse trainer, at the moment he's THE running quarter horse trainer. I think if I asked him if the ability to speak fluent spanish has helped his business or not, I'm sure that the answer would be yes. When I first met Paul all those years ago, he had six or seven horses stabled at Los Alamitos, now he has won the training title there for something like 8 or 9 consecutive years. Over those years you might have noticed the rise in spanish surnames in the owners section of the form as well, many of them he's trained for and showed kindness to. There are now quite a few trainers of Mexican decent at Los Al, but when Paul started you could count them on one hand, and being a business savy person, Paul had the advantage over trainers who didn't speak spanish I'm sure.
I guess if I have a point, it's don't hate. It's business, nothing personal. If you don't like those recordings then make your vote with your feet and take your business elsewhere. Chances are you will be looking for awhile to find some bank or other business that doesn't say "Para español aprieta ocho."
Every other day or so I get another what I'll call anti Spanish email or post on Facebook concerning announcements on business lines that ask (in Spanish of course) for Espanol press 2 or 8 or 4 or whatever.
My righty friends will claim that this is work of the Obama Government or the ACLU, or the liberals, but it's not. It's businesses that want every one's money. Funny thing about corporate America is that they like money and they don't really give two shits where it come from as long as it adds to their bottom line. People who speak spanish want to buy things much in the same manner as english speaking folks and I would think that they would have the same expectation of service as I would when dropping cash on a computer, a big screen TV, or when leaving my money in someones custody. So I am of the opinion of, who cares, it took 3 seconds away from my phone call that will likely end in frustration anyway. I have better concerns when I call Chase Bank, Sears Service, Gateway, or any of the hundred other institutions that ask if you speak spanish to punch another number.
If you doubt me, take Paul Jones Jr. a running quarter horse trainer, well not just a running quarter horse trainer, at the moment he's THE running quarter horse trainer. I think if I asked him if the ability to speak fluent spanish has helped his business or not, I'm sure that the answer would be yes. When I first met Paul all those years ago, he had six or seven horses stabled at Los Alamitos, now he has won the training title there for something like 8 or 9 consecutive years. Over those years you might have noticed the rise in spanish surnames in the owners section of the form as well, many of them he's trained for and showed kindness to. There are now quite a few trainers of Mexican decent at Los Al, but when Paul started you could count them on one hand, and being a business savy person, Paul had the advantage over trainers who didn't speak spanish I'm sure.
I guess if I have a point, it's don't hate. It's business, nothing personal. If you don't like those recordings then make your vote with your feet and take your business elsewhere. Chances are you will be looking for awhile to find some bank or other business that doesn't say "Para español aprieta ocho."
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