In customer settings, is it ok to ask for keigo to be repeated in more "normal" Japanese?


In the context of restaurants, convenience stores and similar situations, is
it ok for a customer to ask for something that was said in keigo (or in manual
keigo) to be repeated in more "normal" Japanese? Or would staff rather speak
in English rather than non-keigo Japanese?

Assume the customer is not asking because they want to be more intimate, but
because the customer (an obviously non-native speaker) hasn't learnt Japanese
in its entirety yet.




Sure, that's fine. You could say 敬語{けいご}は難{むずか}しいので、タメ語{ご}でしゃべっていただけますか？
Although it's a bit funny when a beginner uses the word タメ語 because it's a bit
slangy. But I can't think of a better way of saying it.

簡単{かんたん}な日本語{にほんご}でおねがいします should work well too (and has no slangs).




Sure, that's fine. You could say 敬語{けいご}は難{むずか}しいので、タメ語{ご}でしゃべっていただけますか？
Although it's a bit funny when a beginner uses the word タメ語 because it's a bit
slangy. But I can't think of a better way of saying it.

簡単{かんたん}な日本語{にほんご}でおねがいします should work well too (and has no slangs).

