That’s just what I hear.

As a business owner and prior owner of a retail store, I know how hard it is to try and serve individuals that do not speak English. Business owners strive to provide the best service possible and that is not possible if the customer cannot be understood.

I would suggest the following:

Although we server everyone, please speak English to help us meet our primary goal of providing quality customer service

How about just stating “please speak English?”

I often get the feeling that the language barrier is something abused by immigrants to create exclusive communities and communications - they’re not speaking English not because they don’t know it, but because they don’t want to talk to people who don’t speak THEIR language. It is often completely unrelated to educational deficiency or illiteracy. Here in the New York City area, I see it all the time and it sucks. It runs across all nationalities and cultures, so it must be just something that assholes do.

You can’t make any judgments about people based on lack of English speaking ability alone. They might seriously not know it (but are trying to learn), and I can’t fault them. However, sometimes it’s quite clear what’s going on. What can you say about a retail storefront that has not a word of English anywhere? (and I’m not talking about mixed storefronts - I’m talking about ZERO signage in English) You’re doing business in America, with American dollars, and you have enough resources to run a proprietorship (not easy), but you refuse to communicate in the national language? It’s an indecent thing to do to your fellow citizens. And what about people who know English, but have conversations in their native language in front of English-speaking peers so that they can say nasty things about their peers and not get caught? I’ve seen people get caught doing this! You don’t know what languages people speak until someone unexpectedly retorts with, “What did you just call me?” (or, “Lo que hizo que acaba de llamarme?” or “Quello che hai appena mi chiamano?” or “什么叫你刚才叫我吗？”)

And in closing, although English requirements are a practical way to avoid the above-described asinine behavior, it’s also rude to belittle people who might not speak English (or English exclusively). Respect is necessary. Claiming that English is “American” or “patriotic” in public is just as asinine as opening stores with zero English signage. There’s nothing wrong with two polite adults using a language other than English to communicate, in any place on planet Earth. But it’s no good to suggest to anyone, “If you don’t know MY language, you must be an asshole.”

What made America great was our love for adding cheese to beef.

The top sign is ok, but with the bottom sign combine, it is clearly discrimination. The owner also mentioned send all illegal immigrant back. You can see, he is clearly targeting immigrant.

also the word “This is AMERICA” is very offensive