So they expect u to speak Spanish (rant)

I find it ridiculous that a Spanish person in the US expects me to understand them in Spanish without even asking me first if I spoke the language or at least attempting to speak English at first.  Now, if I lived in Mexico, Latin America, or Spain, I don't see the problem since it's the official language.

It's one thing if you can't speak English at all (or whatever language is official or most commonly used in the country) but it's very arrogant to expect people to understand your language without question.  Usually, I'll reply to these folks in Chinese (my native language)..  hey, if they expect me to know Spanish, I'm expecting them to understand Chinese.

Yes, OP, I agree that the expectation that we all speak Spanish is blatant arrogance. If there's some foreigner who's lost their way and is making an attempt to communicate logically, that's totally different from someone who gets angry at me for not speaking fluent Spanish. If I was in Mexico or Spain I could understand and accept being expected to learn Spanish, but I am in America! I respond politely to such arrogance by simply responding: 「スペイン語が分かりません」 to which they are either really dumbfounded and walk away or get even more pissed, which is when I just flip them off and say 'f--k you beaner.'