Why is it that, in America, if I call a business and get their answering machine, they need me to push a button to tell them that I speak English?

[FunkyMonkee]

But no buttons are needed if I speak Spanish!

[TheRagingMetalhead]

Hm. Usually on automated things itll tell me to press 1 for English, press 2 for Spanish.

[FunkyMonkee]

Yeah, that's usual but, I've had a couple only say, press 1 for English. Like, if I didn't press one, the call would be in Spanish? Shouldn't English be the default language?

[MysticDevice]

America has no federal standard language. Businesses can choose what languages they want as their own standard.

[FunkyMonkee]

But, this IS America!! The standard IS English, not Spanish.

[MysticDevice]

There is no standard language, not on a Federal level. There never has been.

[FunkyMonkee]

Well, in America, the standard language is English!

[MysticDevice]

It ain't, but feel free to keep whining.

[shish_kebab]

You are quite possibly the dumbest person on this site. You rejoice in the fact that English isn't the first choice on the hotline in America, but you've never explained why Spanish should be.

What the fuck! 😜😜

[Cidknee]

I know, right! I want some special treatment. I want things like they used to be 40 years ago.