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Originally Posted by FSETH
I understand that they want the employees to speak english in areas where customers may be present and I don't have a problem with that at all. If employees talk to each other in a language other than english, it may make some paying customers uncomfortable. Especially if the customers aren't fluent in that particular language. It may turn some people off from visiting that establishment or using that companies services.
For example, I felt a little uncomfortable when the guys doing a plumbing job at my house talked to each other strictly in Russian, but were both able to speak english. They could have been talking about the job or anything else and I had absolutely no clue.
I personally feel that in a professional environment, it is not asking too much if an employer wants his or her employees to use the national language.
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People have been speaking all languages of the world in this country since this country began. To get in a huff now, because it is a bunch of Mexicans makes no sense at all.
When my Russian friends get together they speak Russian. When I come into the room, if the conversation is not private, they switch to English to include me. If they don't switch, I assume it is a private conversation they do not want to share.
I guess people are paranoid and afraid someone is talking about them - if that's the case, they should get over it, they aren't that important. If they are afraid that someone is plotting some kind of attack, then they need to realize how stupid that is.