Push 1 For English

It should bother you that we have all lost ground.  What do I mean about that?  Here is an example:  You go to use an ATM and it doesn't ask you for your PIN first, but it does ask you to push a button for English.  You call your doctor, or the DMV and the first words you hear are "Push one for English".  Who was the idiot that invented this system?  Why not push a button for Spanish or Swahili or French?  Why not NOT push anything for English?  What is supposed to be mainstream here?  I resent the fact that I have lost that much ground from my original position as a citizen.  Recently, I went to the DMV to get a pamphlet to study for a driver's license renewal.  I was directed to  a rack of cubbyholes on the far wall.  There I found pamphlets in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, and a few others.  When I got to the English cubby, they were all gone.  I returned to the DMV worker and it was recommended that I take up another language so that I could use their pamphlet!  If I am not mistaken, aren't ALL our traffic signs in English?  Aren't the written tests in English (maybe they have those in other languages as well)? Whose bright legislation required the DMV to "provide" all of those different languages?  Why isn't there an extra charge for those (I certainly don't want to pay for them)?  When someone that ONLY speaks/reads Chinese, does the DMV bring in someone special to administer the test?  I REALLY don't have a problem with non-English speaking people driving, but why are the rest of us forced to pay (monetarily and other ways)?  Has anyone ever spent many minutes navigating through all the button pushes on a large phone system?  Why not eliminate the most insulting first button push?  How far must the state of our States decline ?


Another article about Facebook losing steam.  It is probably the best thing that could happen....

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below.
He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"
The man below says: "yes you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field."
"You must work in Information Technology," says the balloonist.
"I do," replies the man. "How did you know?"
"Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but it's no use to anyone."
The man below says, "You must work in Management".
"I do" replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well", says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."

A candidate for an opening at a public relations firm got the position with his answer when asked, "What makes you the right person for this job? His response was, "Some men are born great, some achieve greatness. As for the rest, I will thrust greatness upon them."

Skeleton In The Closet
A very large, old, building was being torn down in Chicago to make room for a new skyscraper. Due to its proximity to other buildings it could not be imploded and had to be dismantled floor by floor.

While working on the 49th floor, two construction workers found a skeleton in a small closet behind the elevator shaft. They decided that they should call the police.

When the police arrived they directed them to the closet and showed them the skeleton fully clothed and standing upright. They said, "This could be Jimmy Hoffa or somebody really important."

Two days went by and the construction workers couldn't stand it any more; they had to know who they had found. They called the police and said, "We are the two guys who found the skeleton in the closet and we want to know if it was Jimmy Hoffa or somebody important."

The police said, "It's not Jimmy Hoffa, but it was somebody kind of important."

"Well, who was it?"

"The 1956 Blonde National Hide-and-Seek Champion."