And I barely speak any French and have, over thousands of instances, NEVER been denied service. Nor do I know anyone who speaks only English and has lived in montreal—and I know many—who has been. At worst, one will have people switch to English because the French is bad OR you will have people unable to speak English who are a bit annoyed at having to use pidgin to muddle through a coffee order. Not only would that be an impractical paradigm in a city with 1 million English speakers, it would be an absurd way for businesses to conduct themselves. What people DO get angry about is being forced to speak English when they are customers, or the expectation that they switch to English. And as far as les métropolitains, well, I’ve never met a quebecois who couldn’t understand French from France, though I’ve meant plenty of French people who sneer at québécois.