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It's very rude.

It is ignorant and frankly they make themselves look foolish by doing so. The kids that are brainwashed by their parents at the schools are the worst offenders.

This is fine in a spanish speaking country.
It is rude to speak a foreign language which excludes others in a work setting.

No problem really... Actually I'm jealous to not be fluent in more than one language. Funny thing, my blonde hair/blue eye wife speaks 5 different languages, and she usually lets them continue on until she is ready to leave, or needs to interject, and engages them in the language they are speaking.... That usually squashes it in the future...

Sorry, but this IS AMERICA and ENGLISH is what we speak, learn, read and write here OR DID until some dimwitted moron of a politician thought it was a great idea to start putting street signs, books such as our Driver handbook into Spanish, which I may get blasted for this, but to me, these changes SHOULD NEVER have happened!

Do you believe for one minute if we go to a Spanish speaking country they will put their signs, books, etc. into ENGLISH for those of us that DON'T SPEAK their language? NO, it's not going to happen, so why are we doing it?

Sp yes, I find it nopt only rude, but offensive as well.

Toddt, I'd love to go grocery or do any type of shopping with you! We could have some great laughs, many people think my wife is Spanish, SHE IS NOT, but she gets the same thing as your son, my wife has black hair and brown eyes, so a lot of the Spanish folk think she is one of them, she doesn't speak Spanish and she's a 6th generation Floridian!

p.s. what you speak in your own home is fine, just NOT in PUBLIC!

Doesn't Florida have the English only law? By George it does. It was passed by the state Legislator back in 1988. Why doesn't the state enforce laws that they pass. It's this political correctness crap, afraid of offending some country or someone and quite frankly, it's gotten way out of hand.

Frankly, I do think its DOWN RIGHT RUDE...I don't tolerate it at all and I personally don't do that and I have lost friends or supposedly friends for telling them how I feel.....Oh well, but what does a person do when standing in line at Best Buy and you have people that look Chinese or Thailand.speaking their native.....wong sum soup.....I REALLY THINK THAT AMERICA SHOULD BE ENGLISH AND IF SOMEONE ELSE SPEAKS A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE THEN KUDOS BUT IF AROUND ONLY AMERICANS THEN THEY NEED TO USE GOOD JUDGMENT.....OK..WHAT ABOUT WE GET THE ENGLISH POLICE...give out tickets......lol

toddt, that is hilarious!! ("We already have someone to mow our lawn"). I usually get the opposite of your son and Native's wife. I don't look like I speak Spanish. It's great fun when someone starts talking about me in Spanish and I turn around and blast them.

If it's ENGLISH speaking employees, then it's rude for them to speak Spanish. I often have residents who do NOT speak English and so I must speak to them in Spanish.

Outvoted again, 19 to one.

It's a lonely life, being the voice in the wilderness.

Oh well, we can't all be right, so I hold out hope for your conversion.

I know they're talking about me, I just know it!!!

Why would one dislike people speaking Spanish in the same room and be ok with the Chinese speaking Chinese in the restaurant you're eating at, right in front of you? What about the French language heavily spoken in New Orleans? What about all of the different languages spoken throughout the US? I am really surprised at this station for advocating more hatred against the Spanish people and their language when it should have been noted just "People who don't speak English." The Spanish individuals are not the only ones that do this. Why is it when there is a different language spoken, people feel guilty, and feel all of a sudden that someone is talking about them? What do we have to feel guilty about? Someone above stated something about enforcing the English Law, that's fine with me, but if you're going to ask for that, then ask to enforce a law that is more important such as why doesn't Texas enforce the law against Polygamy, just turn their heads, and allow all of the Children to go back to being abused? It's a felony in the State of Texas to have sex with under age children, why weren't these people arrested since this over whelming evidence was found, why is this law that is more important, not being enforced? These laws should be more important to enforce for the protection of the children involved. Do we seriously think speaking English over Spanish or any other language for that matter, is a law more important to cry over to enforce? I don't think so! There's more important things to worry about in the World right now than to worry about if the person next t

That is a good point Robin. However, it is kinda rude to speak in your native tongue in front of someone who doesnt understand it. BUT on the other hand, maybe we Americans should learn to speak other languages other than English. I dont like to be left out and not knowing what others are talking about.. i am nosey like that. The Spanish, the Asians and others got it over us. They are bilingual and some know more than two languages.

I have to drill my employees that it is unprofessional and very disrespectful to speak Spanish at the work place especially within hearing of non Spanish speaking individuals they can feel free to speak Spanish at home or any other place they want. NOT AT WORK
English is and should remain our #1 language
It seems that it is always a race Issue when people do not get what they want!
LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT (THEY CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO THEIR NATIVE LANDS)

To gain Citizenship to the United States You MUST "READ, WRITE, AND SPEAK CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH" we need to enforce the laws that are on the books, unless translating for a customer there is no need to speak spanish at work, and should never be allowed in a government offices at all, unless deportation is involved.
Personally I do not do any business with anyone who does not speak english.

ITS VERY RUDE. And for some reason they do not understand this...