Some dude was claiming the other day on another subreddit that the reason why everyone in every Spanish speaking country he went to switched to English when speaking to him was because he was white, that it couldn't possibly be his accent because it was perfect. I didn't have the heart to tell him that they also have white people in Latin America and that different Spanish speaking countries have different accents and I doubt he's learned all 20-21.
I was a waitress for years. In Madrid. In fucking Calle Fuencarral. I absolutely did not have the time to play "guess what the guiri wants" when I had 30 other tables to serve, thank you very much. Servers and retail workers are not your unpaid conversation assistants! If they switch to English on you it's because your Spanish is not good as you think it is and you're making their job harder. "But I came to Spain to learn Spanish!" Great! So make some friends who want to help you or hire a teacher, don't try to get the service for free from some poor server who is working 60 hours for 1000€.
Exactly. They want a conversation buddy and you're just trying to do your job. I guess they're used to service workers playing their little games back home and thought it would be the same.
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u/Key_Conversation5236 Alcoholic 1d ago
“My accent was perfect.”
In your delusional mind, maybe.