Nowadays in stores there is more Spanish being spoken clerk to customer than English sometimes. The clerks all speak Spanish to the Hispanic customers. English only speakers feel like we are in a foreign country. I need to learn Spanish.
Years ago, c. 2003, a young friend of my sons was denied job after job in suburban VA because he didn’t speak Spanish. Two days ago I spoke with a friend who teaches in Montgomery County, MD. She said her school is going bilingual next year, and many on the staff are having to take an involuntary transfer, and she will likely be among them.
The long term effects of this are not good for the US.
I was in a big box store yesterday, looking for an item for which I had a coupon. I go up and ask a uniformed employee where that item might be found. The guy I asked started to gesticulate and utter a series of grunts. I soon discerned that he could not speak. Now why on earth would a store hire someone like that to work out on the floor, where he might have to answer a customer's question? I asked about this at the service desk, since I resented my time having been wasted. They replied that "they could not discriminate against him just because he could not speak". What kind of nonsense is that? Why would you hire someone who would have to answer customer questions as part of their job, who was unable to speak?
There are many store clerks and other workers in Florida who are hispanic (obviously). A recent invasion of Puerto Ricans has only increased the number. Usually, when I come up to the cash register or the counter they switch to English as I am evidently recognized as a gringo. However, I must say I have never heard any negative remarks from them in Spanish. Occasionally, I run across one who doesn't understand and I switch to Spanish (it does come in handy).
Many do pepper their speech with swear words more frequently than anglos but that is common among most hispanics.