When you are in a store and someone is talking behind you in a different language does it bother you cause ...
439293
Yes it drives me nucking futs!!!! Esppecially when I have already heard them speak english...It seems as though they are talking about youu.... Kida rude if you ask me
747921
Yes I've noticed since the beginning.  It acutally bugs the living crap out of me!  I go to an Italian retaurant in Columbus, and there's a waiter who does the exact same thing.  He sounds like such a loser with his fake Italian accent.  It's kinda funny though.  But, Mario is just plain annoying.
790338
Well its not nessecarly a good or bad thing. People tell me all the time that I talk like a white girl because I speak with correct English. I take it as a complement saying that I have a professional speaking voice instead of taking it as an insult. So dont really pay any attentions to it. Whenever you are in an enviroment where most of the people there are alike but you stand out things like that are bound to happen. So just embrase it as a complement instead of being upset about it. Some people like to say things like that and act like you are the outcast when you are really just being yourself and not like them.
863930
I have noticed this frequently among my spanish speaking friends. I never felt it was impolite but I speak or understand enough spanish that I could follow the conversation. An intelligent person would ask you about anything they didn't understand rather than look at you funny. You, on  the other hand,are being very polite worrying about it.
72724
Yes I have!!!  I am Hispanic (from Costa Rica) but I used to live in Houston Texas (I am back in my country), and believe it or not, I experienced racism from Hispanic people.  \n\n\nThe people who treated me really bad were from Mexico, El Salvador and even from Costa Rica.   When I moved to Houston I spoke English but it was not good enough and sometimes I didn't understand what people said.   However if I spoke in Spanish to somebody who looked hispanic they usually said "sorry I don't speak Spanish"  And I am not only talking about the language think, they treated me bad at work too. \n\nAt least that help me to improve my English because I learned that I couldn't depend on other people. \n\nI remember one day that I went to Bank of America with a friend who was just coming to US and he wanted to open a checking account, so I saw a teller who's name was Guadalupe Flores (I'll never forget that name) and I told my friend "she speaks Spanish" go to her.  Even though my English was already good, I thought that it was better if my friend talk to the "lady" by himself.  Well, when he asked her a question she looked at him disparagingly and said: "I DON'T SPEAK SPANISH"  I got really mad that day and I told her a couple of "not nice words" and then I told her: "I am so sorry for you. You have no idea what a great advantage is to be bilingual, you get better job positions" and I left the bank.\n\nI never ever got such a despise from an American or  Afro-american person.
431567
Not if the other person shows they knew what you were going to say. The problem is when people are not listening, and they interrupt you to say what they want.
651861
No I just want them to know if they live in a place that's speaks a different language they need to learn to speak it too. and not expect us to learn Spanish because they can't speak English
650220
Learn greetings in different language for example in Hindi they say 'Namaste', in arabic 'Salaam Walekum' and 'Vankam' in one of the south Indian language. Now if you know the place from your customer you can greet in his/her local language. If you do not know then greet in any language and they will ask what that mean so conversation will start and it will be nice to understand your customer.
547825
Habla espaniol? Hell yes you should. Every time I go into a convenience store I hear the clerks talking back and forth in Arabic. Or when I see a Doctor who can barely speak english, it really ticks me off.
241949
:}\nAre you saying that he said inappropriate things because he did not know you could understand?\n(then be upset, be firm and let him know firmly that you do not appreciate his language.)\n\nor \n\nAre you saying that you find it insulting that he could not understand your English?\n(then try to be a little more tolerant, some people do not understand how offensive that can be.)
770680
A 'knee jerk' reaction would be to poke them both in their  eyes with a Sharp stick.\nHowever, what if you had completely misread the situation, it is possible isn't it?\nSo the 'correct' response is to walk away.\nIt is really unlikely that these staff people would deliberately insult you, even if its just because you may understand their language.\nI lived for some time in a tourist type village in North Wales UK,\nI picked up quite a lot of the language and spoke to the locals in Welsh whenever I could, they mostly always spoke in their own tongue to each other.  \nIt has always surprised me when I now hear English people talking about the Welsh  using  their own language  in their own country, as if there was a big conspiracy going on .\nIf a group of overseas people are  together in America or the UK they will be much more comfortable speaking to each other in their Mother tongue, so give them the benefit of the doubt!\nThen poke their eyes out!!!\nHope this helps??
648351
Just be polite. I deal with alot of Hispanic people, and I speak English. I am slowly learing spanish. I think I'm doing very well, but I've had alot of Hispanics make fun of the way I speak Spanish. It's degrading! I'm sure they wouldn't like it if I made fun of their English! So...just be nice!
1029052
It's not just English - it happens to every language!!\n\n(sigh...)
484890
I can completely understand what you mean! I am an american and I have a gf who is dutch. I am trying to learn the language but sometimes when I am in her country and we are out and about it can feel quite lonely and you feel out of place because of it.  Its hard for me. I am trying to learn it so that I dont feel like this as much but it is hard. She has to order for me alot and I have to ask her what was said.  ANd there are times where i dont bother because I dont want to agrivate her and that makes me feel worse. Some times its just a no win situation. Shes worth it so I try my best and do what I can.
652760
Is your SAP option on?  It changes the language you hear to Spanish.\n\nWow, people get mean.  The same thing happened to us (we have a two year old boy).  We were watching the Simpsons (only show that was doing it) and thought it was a joke, until it did it the next time.  Aren't they cute?
1126121
I had a similar problem in a french restaurant where I used to be hostess. I don't know if is because i live here in NY now, and people are little less sensitive with each other, I became like that when regards to this kind of BS.\nI am not Spanish, but I am Latin, and I can't stand that thing they do when they walk by a women and call them "mama or mamassita, wherever is". Once one of those Mexicans, started to few too fresh, and kept starring at me all the time...I knew I couldn't talk about that with the maitre d, because he wouldn't do nothing, plus, I learn from being a women, that we always have to put the limits, so I kept ignoring him, and a french friend told me she had already realized what he was doing and that was very uncomfortable ( in french, I speak french, so he couldn't understand), than, of course, he was just waiting for an opportunity to throw his crap on me....so was I. In a moment we got left alone, he approach me, and said: mama ( than I interrupted him, and even before he finishes his sentence, I said, first of all, you don't talk like that with me, now, what can I possible do for you?).\nHe and his silly friends, never even got close to me again.\nI think you should do something like that. Just say, something like that, or like Tom Cruse said during an interview with an Australian reporter that was upsetting him..."clean up your act".
283892
The short answer to your question is yes.  It is also variable to the situation.  If you are in a small employee break room, it is much more rude than when you are in a supermarket.  It also depends on whether you are talking to someone else at the time.  If you are, it is always rude to answer a cell phone in front of someone.  People also have a tendency to talk louder on cell phones than they do in everyday conversation.  You will notice that in countries such as Englans, people are much more polite when using cell phones.