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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just about to post that it's probably French. We are French and love speaking to a couple of staff members in French. However we rarely go now, because the parking is terrible and the newer TJs in Bethesda is closer to our house.

I have lived in multiple countries, OP, and have been surrounded by Britishers, Germans, Spaniards, Japanese, etc. I attended an international private school in Paris. It's culturally and emotionally important for immigrants or foreigners to connect with others in their native language. When I hear Americans talking to each other in France, or in any other non-US country, I am happy that they found each other and can talk their own language together. Even if they're loud, even if there are others right there who cannot understand them. It's not rude. It's healthy.

You should extend some grace, instead of being xenophobic (and racist, because I know who you're thinking of).

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I'm picturing in a cafe or running into each other on the sidewalk. No one would object to people speaking any language they want then. Don't pretend this is about racism or xonophobia because it's not. It's about basic manners, where the people around you feel included.[/quote]

You do not need to be included in their conversation. Are you so lonely that you’re looking for inclusion just anywhere, including in TJ employee banter? Work on your own social skills and build your own circle so that you’re not looking for inclusion in random places.[/quote]

OP didn't seem to want to be included in their conversation, rather was complaining about a less than optimal shopping experience due to it being loud (OP describes what/why it was loud). If the employees were blasting music on their personal phones during the time OP was shopping, OP might have also described how loud it was when shopping (regardless of what type of music).[/quote]

I suspect that OP would not have been so excited if the noise was American.

Also, just to be very explicit, [b]the[/b] staff member I know who speaks French is black. Let's be very clear about what this thread is really all about. OP is probably racist.
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Says "employees" with a s at the end making it plural. Or maybe that employee was talking to themself which was not what was written . Did OP say it was French? Would they have been able to recognize what language if they don't know it? More folks around here study and can recognize Spanish when they hear it in public[/quote]

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