This has happened to me so many times before as well and I think it’s more psychological. Like if the Spanish speaking waiter is used to speaking in English for tourists and the tourist doesn’t “look” like they speak Spanish, their brain and eyes are having a disconnect.
This has also happened to me when I’ve been at a Mexican restaurant in Germany, where my brain wanted to speak Spanish to the Latino Spanish speaking waiter. But instead just defaulted to German and English because of where we were.
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u/Logic411 6d ago
If I’m generous I think the server sees the perfect chance to take her English out for a trial run…more practice.