Americans have never been famous for their manners, but it appears etiquette across the pond is getting even worse.
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Rude-ass Americans
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Is that a suprise?
I work retail. In Boston. People are cunts.
Then again, Koreans are probably even more rude (to strangers that is).
One of the nice things about Korea is that if you do confront someone about his rude behavior, at worst you might just get yelled at, not shot at or sued, and there’s a lot to be said for not getting shot at.
and there?s a lot to be said for not getting shot at.
That’s my philosophy.
Far off topic (sorry Mr. Marmot) but still rather rude: “Tobacco firm has secret North Korea plant”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/smok.....09,00.html
Why no mention of that here (in the S.K. media)? Of course, the Guardian, god bless’m, isn’t the most reliable of sources….
yea some americans are rude and getting ruder…heck by my nice neighborhood there is a ghetto neighborhood of rasist white kids. lol.
when americans get bumped a little on the shoulder down here in the south of the u.s. they start mean things to you….very mean things… but in korea and other nations round the world it doesn’t matter because people can take that because the cities are crowded. it was only on accident. hmm…but koreans i think are smart(no offense to americans or any other foreign country) they jack up the prices when foreigners come. they earn alot of money…
funny thing is foreigners can’t tell the difference between real and fake. speaking in a foreign language in front of them doesn’t help much either…oh and speaking japanese diffently doesn’t help……………………………………………………….
One of the nice things about Korea is that if you do confront someone about his rude behavior, at worst you might just get yelled at, not shot at or sued, and there?s a lot to be said for not getting shot at.
True. You could also do nothing and cry about it on your blog/forum.
and there?s a lot to be said for not getting shot at.
Like not being given the opportunity to shoot back…?
Who said Americans are rude?
Well, they can go #%$ themselves!
Just kidding. It used to be that when people would say, ‘back in my day, X was better” or “Y wasn’t as bad,” etc., some sociological study would come along and say, actually, X and Y are about the same, old timers. I guess some renegades didn’t get the proper sociological indoctrination…
Anyway, as rude as Americans can be, I’ve been treated far worse by Koreans over a few years, and by French over a few days, for what that’s worth.
And I have no idea why that flag is showing up like that… not even in that hemisphere.
I work retail as well, and it is freaking ridiculous how rude some people are. When compared to my recent experiences in Korea, I’d say that Koreans are much more mild-mannered (though ajummas can be feisty). Just my two cents.
Oh, and the Swiss are probably the rudest people I have ever met, followed by the French. Really.
I blogged about this also — in the context that it is not simply an American phenomenon. Here is an excerpt:
This isn’t just the trend in the U.S., by the way. I see this happening in other parts of the world. Korean and Japanese parents, too, for example, let their kids run wild with nary an apology to those around them who are negatively affected by their behavior.
Once my parents were out eating at a restaurant in Korea some years ago. A young couple with a child was eating next table over. The kid started to jump on the table and hopped on to my parents’ table! My father, the old Confucian that he was, rebuked the child, only to face the wrath of the young couple. They both screamed at my father that 1) the boy was not his child, so he had no right and 2) he was breaking the boy’s “spirit” and lowering his “self-esteem” with the censure. See, the feel-good self-esteem disease has spread far beyond the West.
Ahhhhh, the oldies come out. Bring back the 1950’s, bring back the family TV shows, the wife at home and the kids in the yard. Sorry but it’s not for me.
Thinking you’ll get shot for calling someone out for being rude is probably just an excuse for being a wuss. You guys have no idea what life is like here in the US anymore, I think. I lived in the Bronx and now I live back in Manhattan and no one I know has ever even seen a gun outside of a shooting range. Stay in Korea, you wouldn’t make it back here.
FYI, the last post was supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, given that I’m American and the topic is rude Americans.
Mostly tongue-in-cheek.
Manhattan isn’t America.
I’m kidding. I consider NYC sort of my home city. Not that I’d ever go back to live there, mind you (as a misanthrope, I find that NYC is way too crowded for my taste).
misanthropes are awesome cause its funny how they react when you sit next to them and start talking. actually im a bit hermitish myself(made my own word right there), but i love living in cities cause it increases the chances of meeting somone from a different culture. Rude people just need more lovin, so lets give each other big hugs.