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phone greeting - 9/5/2006 5:24:04 AM

MrrPete

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PROPER PHONE GREETING

How all business phones should be answered:

GOOD MORNING,
WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Press "1" for English.
Press "2" to disconnect until you have
learned to speak English.

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RE: phone greeting - 9/5/2006 5:06:07 PM

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HEAR HEAR !

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RE: phone greeting - 9/5/2006 6:00:37 PM

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I just put that greeting on my answering machine.

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RE: phone greeting - 9/5/2006 8:34:02 PM

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I routinely get callers on my phone at work that launch into spanish. IT as if they assume the person answering the phone will be fluent in spanish, and they are genuinely surprised when they hear me say 'no habla espanol'

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RE: phone greeting - 9/5/2006 8:39:39 PM

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ORIGINAL: prdslave

I routinely get callers on my phone at work that launch into spanish. IT as if they assume the person answering the phone will be fluent in spanish, and they are genuinely surprised when they hear me say 'no habla espanol'

Me, too! I hate that.

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RE: phone greeting - 9/6/2006 7:40:46 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: prdslave

I routinely get callers on my phone at work that launch into spanish. IT as if they assume the person answering the phone will be fluent in spanish, and they are genuinely surprised when they hear me say 'no habla espanol'

Okay I promise I won't call you at work anymore LOL (just kidding) I just keep bugging her on Yahoo messenger

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RE: phone greeting - 9/8/2006 4:10:33 AM

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ha was that you? How'd you manage to sound like an angry hispanic woman?

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RE: phone greeting - 9/8/2006 7:50:17 AM

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Hey thats my secret LOL

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RE: phone greeting - 9/8/2006 9:43:12 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: MrrPete

PROPER PHONE GREETING

How all business phones should be answered:

GOOD MORNING,
WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Press "1" for English.
Press "2" to disconnect until you have
learned to speak English.

The problem with this is that, while English is still the predominant language (for now), it's not the official language. There is no official language in the US, unfortunately.

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RE: phone greeting - 9/8/2006 9:58:08 AM

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i agree, one should make an effort to learn the language of the country they reside in...

did y'all hear about the philly cheesesteak place that makes their customers order in english?

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