Been there, done that!
I was the only non Spanish speaking (or so my co-workers thought) employee in a shop of 21
I let them go on about " the new guy"
( me ) for most of the first day.
When I joined in the conversation, in Spanish, there
were some pretty surprised and embarrassed faces in the crowd.
Never had them talk behind my back in front of my face after that!
Choctaw