The person who writes the blog “Hostility” is now using voice recognition software. The system he is using is a part of Windows XP, although there may be some portion that needs to be downloaded from the Microsoft site. As a result his spelling is much improved, but the blog remains difficult to read. Mostly do to a lack of punctuation, and a series of incomplete sentences.
The punctuation needs to be spoken as you dictate. For a period you need to say the word period and so forth.

I give him kudos for continuing to blog in spite of a certain amount of ridicule.
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Overheard at a mall earlier in the week. “But, I told my son he could have a Wii.” To which the salesman replied. “We are sold out, but we have some games.”
Not only is this one of the most difficult game systems to find in stock at any time, much less a few days before Christmas. But, this exchange is typical of the season. “I want the impossible” followed by “sorry you can’t have that, but we’ll sell you some games that only work on the device you can’t buy.”

Shoppers are irritable and pushy while they are in the stores, but when they get into their vehicles they become even more aggressive. the number of blowing horns, near misses and fender benders in the store parking lots always grow exponentially this time of year.

“Tis the season to be jolly” and all that hooey.
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How does a person who doesn’t speak spanish manage to order a hamburger, hold the onions?

How can you complain about the food in a chinese restaurant, when it’s being prepared by someone who just came here from a part of the world where they don’t cook chinese food, and they don’t speak, in this case, english?

This is not a complaint about the number of hispanics in this country. It’s a commentary on business practices.

If you are going to do business with a population that primarily speaks english, german, spanish, chinese or any other language, shouldn’t you make certain that there is at least one person one staff at all times who speaks that language?

It seems to me that being able to communicate with your customers should be your first priority if you plan on staying in business.