God help people like you

God help people that can't take a joke. I hope the Lord will give you a sense of humor some day.

And many of them aren't just visiting. They plan on staying forever.

Yes but when Americans visit other countries, they expect English as the main language.

I find it hilarious that anyone expects another country whose most common language is different from their own to have everything in their language for them outside of border towns, tourist areas, and international transportation areas. It is stupid to go to another country outside of those areas and expect accommodations for your lack understanding of their language and ability to speak their language. A French person should not go to Japan and expect to be talked to in French and have signs written in French. A Spanish person should not go to Russia and expect Russians to speak in perfect Spanish to them. If you intend to go to another country for an extended period of time or even move there, then you should make efforts to learn the language of that country. You are entitled and idiotic not to.

*double post because of poor cell service, my apologies*

Ugh. English is one of SA's official languages

My post was more of in general. Everyone should learn the language of a country they intend to be staying in for a prolonged period time. In this case, in may not of been an issue. We don't know if the OP is someone who learned English for travelling purposes. if they learned English as a first language, or if they learned English as an additional language for some other reason. I don't want to assume. However I applaud the OP for knowing the language most spoken by the country they travelled to.