Anyone want to join my boycott?

I agree with you in principle, SafetyDancer, but it's a matter of simple economics of major corporations these days - a cost cutting measure that helps hold prices for us all. By farming out this sort of work to internationals whose pay scale is so far below that of the US, et. al. consumer costs are far less than they might otherwise be.

When I find a rep. difficult to understand I'll ask them to slow their speech or ask for another rep.

I would prefer NOT to have to boycott my ISP, my phone co. and TV satellite provider, all of which i consider expensive enough under the status quo.

Boundaries between countries and cultures are shrinking. Good luck trying to exclude reality. In order to be competitive, we can't stick our heads in the sand and pray everything will remain the same.

While it would be nice if our corporations invested more in the US than looking at bottom-line dollars, short-cuts, and short-term profits, it's a dog-eat-dog world out there and it's getting worse. Other countries are stepping up for their piece of the pie and we no longer have the luxury of turning up our noses at them.

I've lived in countries and in a city (NYC) that was multilingual. Not a big deal except for the xenophobic and insecure, in my opinion. As long as English is an option, what's the big deal? I've spoken with American representatives from all over, and I have trouble understanding US accents at times. Foreign accents are no different to me.

We have choices as consumers, and I do prefer to support companies who support my ideals, but I'm wary of anything that smacks of xenophobia.

I empathize fellow warrior. Unfortunately, I think you'll be hardpressed to find a national company without international customer service people. Best of luck.

My answering machine says:

"Press 1 for english, press 2 to disconnect until you learn english!"

power 2 ya

i d k but i got 2 points well sorry but no

sorry, but i like to eat, and EVERY thing i buy has the same problem

So I guess your boycotting EVERY ONE then.

I'm in!

ok