Trader Joe's at Wisconsin & Stanford in Bethesda

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Anonymous wrote:What language were they speaking?

It's French. A lot of the workers there are African. I like it!

I'm all for normalizing not speaking English! I'm born here and speak English fluently, and I love speaking to my kids in another language. Some people act weird about it, and then when I flip to English they really are so confused. I can literally hear their world expanding.

Should have spoken to them in French. only if more people spoke more languages fluently around here

It would be nice, but we live in America where English is the spoken language. All these pretentious America haters on this thread are insufferable.

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Why is America changing for the worse and will it get better or is it too late for that?

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Also if OP was upset about the volume and not xenophobic she would just say they were Louis when communicating

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You are upset by people speaking in a language you don’t understand to each other? What the hell is wrong with you??

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Op is definitely a Trump supporter.

How you can get mad that someone is having a conversation that you can’t eavesdrop on is…baffling.

Have you ever lived in another country op? Have you ever studied a new language?

I suggest you broaden your horizons, honey, or move to a place that’s less diverse.

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I go to Trader Joe’s by Gallaudet so they have a decent number of employees who communicate with each other via American Sign Language. Would this bother you, OP, or would it *not* because they are “quiet”? I personally think it’s awesome that different stores represent different areas of the community and I try to remember a few basic ASL expressions when I can.

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I bet OP thought they were speaking Africanese. And now she knows it's French all the wind has been taken out of her sails because Paris has been on her bucket list forever. And now she's just staring at her sun-faded Eiffel Tower poster...

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Anonymous wrote:I bet OP thought they were speaking Africanese. And now she knows it's French all the wind has been taken out of her sails because Paris has been on her bucket list forever. And now she's just staring at her sun-faded Eiffel Tower poster...

I suspect the French don't consider it French.

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Okay I kinda understand OP's take from a DC lens. We are quite spoiled around the Mass ave area to have couple friends who are foreign, polished and sophisticated. I have countless friends, acquaintances and colleagues who only speak English in the presence of English only speakers. It's the civilized thing to do.

I can understand it's a little jarring for OP, but these are store workers. Ever had your nails done?

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Anonymous wrote:Why is America changing for the worse and will it get better or is it too late for that?

You should do something.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay I kinda understand OP's take from a DC lens. We are quite spoiled around the Mass ave area to have couple friends who are foreign, polished and sophisticated. I have countless friends, acquaintances and colleagues who only speak English in the presence of English only speakers. It's the civilized thing to do.

I can understand it's a little jarring for OP, but these are store workers. Ever had your nails done?

You are right- nail salons. They could be talking about our unhealthy cuticles and we wouldn't know it. But there are salons where they speak in English and it does seem like a good business practice to do so to provide good customer service. Try shopping at a different TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:I go to Trader Joe’s by Gallaudet so they have a decent number of employees who communicate with each other via American Sign Language. Would this bother you, OP, or would it *not* because they are “quiet”? I personally think it’s awesome that different stores represent different areas of the community and I try to remember a few basic ASL expressions when I can.

Not the same. You know workers signing ASL are employed to serve that community. But in Bethesda, and whatever language they were speaking (others mentioned French)?

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Anonymous wrote:I go to Trader Joe’s by Gallaudet so they have a decent number of employees who communicate with each other via American Sign Language. Would this bother you, OP, or would it *not* because they are “quiet”? I personally think it’s awesome that different stores represent different areas of the community and I try to remember a few basic ASL expressions when I can.

Music or whatever on personal headphones if too quiet. And use headphones if too loud. Done.

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This is what annoys you about that Trader Joe’s??

I thought this was going to be about the microscopic parking lot.

Seriously though, I kind of love listening to people speak in languages I don’t understand. I hear sounds instead of words and it sounds melodic.

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Anonymous wrote:This is what annoys you about that Trader Joe’s??

I thought this was going to be about the microscopic parking lot.

Seriously though, I kind of love listening to people speak in languages I don’t understand. I hear sounds instead of words and it sounds melodic.

haha I was going to post similarly - the parking lot at that TJs would take up items 1-10 on any complaint list I were to assemble.

I have never even noticed what you are talking about, OP- the employees are very friendly there. But if it is happening, I feel like the PP.