It's HHN season, where turnaround times for employees are stretched beyond their limits and you see managers/supervisors at their breaking points, along with the employees. I've always noticed this.
But yea the Spanish thing... it's fantastic for employees to have a bilingual connection with guests but I've always thought both socially and in front of English speaking guests (when dealing with them), it's extremely rude and condescending at certain, obvious times. Another language should not be treated like a secret code so you can talk behind other's backs in front of them, ESPECIALLY in a service setting.
I've noticed the lack of or drop in quality of customer service the whole year, I doubt it has anything to do with HHN.
And yeah, that's exactly the way I perceived the Spanish thing and I wasn't the only one. It came off exactly the way you just described it, multiple times.
And a bunch of times I've had team members approach me in Spanish or talk to me in Spanish. I'm as white as it gets, but even if I wasnt, they shouldn't be assuming anything based on looks. They should speak ONLY English unless they're approached in Spanish or other language, etc. And multiple, muuuultiple times I've seen blatant "favoritism" based on nationality from team members. I don't condone or appreciate that from anyone...
i hope I'm not seeming harsh. It's just been so blatantly and obviously bad recently, and I've had other family members or friends or out of town guests notice it as well.
It ruins my days more than other guests without deodorant or broken animatronics or the Simpsons ride.
High turnover rate might be a "reason" but that's zero excuse. The park is only gonna get more crowded in the coming years. The customer service should be top notch no matter the crowd levels. If Disney can do it, so can Universal. They need better training and control and monitoring, and I'm sure that starts in management.
Universal and Comcast can add a million more rides to USH but it will be all in vain if the customer service isn't up to par.