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popsdenver

(1,930 posts)
27. You know what irritates me????????
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 01:32 PM
Thursday

Is when we call customer service for a problem, and when, and if we get by all the computer's chats, etc, we finally get a live agent, the person is in another country. Classically India, and although they speak English, their accent is SOOOOO thick, they are not understandable. I always kindly tell them, to talk slower and pronounce their words better, so that I can understand......they usually understand and comply, but not always and I am regretfully forced to just hang up.....

Of course, these same Corporations that are all saying: RAH, RAH AMERICA, and are all sending U.S. jobs to other countries?????

Since I was young, a thousand years ago, I have always heard the same exact refrain out of these Corporations:
"We can't find anyone who wants to work"........
Instead of truthfully saying:
"We can't find anyone who wants to work for our outrageously low amount we want to pay"

The Corporations are truly what are running America, and we are stuck, WITH THE BEST REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS THAT THE CORPORATIONS CAN BUY.......

I fully expect, that some time down the road, the United States of America will be renamed, The Corporate States of America....

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Great attitude. badhair77 Thursday #1
Oh, the butt hurt boys are always getting pissed off at being laughed at Walleye Thursday #2
I'm 100% with your Son-in-Law. MineralMan Thursday #3
It could make some people feel excluded PatSeg Thursday #4
Most people aren't being talked about by others in public. haele Thursday #6
This is true PatSeg Thursday #7
For most of history, in most parts of the world, a polyglot population has been the norm. eppur_se_muova Thursday #5
I'm too lazy to provide a link(s), but from my reading of the Middle East at the time of Jesus Christ, I have learned generalbetrayus Thursday #8
That's interesting about the French PatSeg Thursday #9
I know that Occitan/Provencal was actively spoken in the south. Probably German in the east. Dutch to the north. erronis Thursday #11
An Occitan author won a Nobel Prize in Literature. eppur_se_muova Thursday #20
Thank you, that was helpful PatSeg Thursday #29
Click on the link to the Wikipedia entry; it's pretty thorough. eppur_se_muova Thursday #18
Thank you PatSeg Thursday #30
This message was self-deleted by its author eppur_se_muova Thursday #19
What bothers me the most? otchmoson Thursday #10
Had an incident many years back in a Walmart rurallib Thursday #12
And I was sitting on a flight from Seattle to DC with a bunch of burly men speaking a strange language. erronis Thursday #31
It was a long time before English-speakers first showed up Seinan Sensei Thursday #13
I am pleased to send you a DU heart for this wonderful post. NNadir Thursday #14
Thank you! generalbetrayus Thursday #40
The GOP members LittleGirl Thursday #15
Exactly 👍👍💙 TommieMommy Thursday #16
I was six years old when we left Budapest I. 1956. ChazInAz Thursday #17
A very healthy attitude! You got a good one in that son-in-law. hamsterjill Thursday #21
I hear him. As for people who 'love to hate'. They are projecting their self-hatred onto others. Sick fucks. Joinfortmill Thursday #22
"Conservatism" isn't a coherent political philosophy; it's just a bad attitude William Seger Thursday #24
I prefer to hear people talking to each other in languages other than English. tanyev Thursday #23
I like hearing the other languages because they are beautiful and remind me that we are multi-cultural. erronis Thursday #32
Echo this! ihaveaquestion Thursday #25
Your son-in-law is a good person LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #26
Thank you, I agree. generalbetrayus Thursday #41
You know what irritates me???????? popsdenver Thursday #27
Yep, I get really ticked off about that too ... hard not to take it out on the operators, but not their fault ... eppur_se_muova Thursday #33
Yea popsdenver Thursday #39
That new name would be more fitting. The states aren't that united these days. raccoon 23 hrs ago #45
I grew up with relatives speaking Italian around us kids... Historic NY Thursday #28
Wow, thanks for that ! nt eppur_se_muova Thursday #34
I'm very impressed. He knows a lot of words and is willing to learn more. Better than most Americans. erronis Thursday #36
The guy is brilliant! Easterncedar Thursday #42
that was WONDERFUL Kali Thursday #43
I always feel guilty that I lost all of my Spanish vocabulary from mis-use kerry-is-my-prez Thursday #35
just curious Skittles Thursday #37
My daughter had a spanish speaking care giver, at her day care. My daughter was her favorite, cksmithy Thursday #38
growing up in NYC, that was one of my very favorite things Javaman 23 hrs ago #44
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