Post: #76

(10-25-2011 07:56 AM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:  

(10-25-2011 06:24 AM)Ami5 Wrote:  I am an Indian! Dude, that was a bit harsh, IMHO! Generalizing a whole lot of 1 billion people ...!
But yes, you are gonna get a lot of willing to sell you crap and scam you type of guys the moment you land

Ok, that was a bit harsh. let me refrase that. Indians are the most pushy people in the world. They just wont leave you alone in touristic areas. even if you stay in the same place for a while, they push every single day, i dont want suits or rolex's.

I'd first like to preface, my statements on India, by saying I love the historic sites in India. It is a tremendous and diverse country, that I would love to see more of.
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I second your dislike for Indians there. What I disliked is the way Indians looked at tourists as inferior people to scam. Not to make a good business deal with, but rather to scam. Sell you something that is broken, or will break the second it leaves the shop. They think that being “cunning” in business is good. This is nothing more than making money at the expense of others. This is considered good!

Post: #77

(10-23-2011 05:42 PM)KingofScotland Wrote:  Cariocas and Paulistas rude? We obviously went to a different Rio and SP.

Yeah, that was really surprising to me. As a whole Brazilians have been some of the nicest people I've met. I don't know many American families that would just let a friend move in and feed them 3 meals a day and clean their rooms for free as the families I stayed in Brazil with did. And it was multiple places and multiple unrelated families. It just seemed like the Brazilian way. They wouldn't even take money from me when I offered. People in general on the streets and at the stores were nice as well, minus some of the uneducated homeless who don't even know better.

The rudest people I've met, coming form foreigners I've met in the states alone is probably gonna go:

Haitians (Especially the cab drivers, I deal with them every day!)
French
Russian
Israeli

Post: #78

(10-25-2011 05:36 AM)amity Wrote:  Montreal is hands down the city where I encountered the most arrogant, rudest people in my life, from taxi drivers to shop assistants, although I didn't help my case by not speaking much French (or forgetting it) when I was there
Not everyone was ignorant, in fact a few were really helpful and friendly, but the percentage of arseholes per head of population was staggering, way way higher than any other city I've been in

Just about every person I've met from montreal in the states has been nice. I have tons of people come into my work from montreal every week. Canadians in general seem to be real nice people.

And I will also agree that people from Miami in general tend to be extremely rude.

I also don't see where people are coming from with the German and Dutch. They may be a bit boring at times, but never rude. Even though they are terrible at tipping, I don't mind getting german or dutch people at work. They are usually very friendly. I think there is a law in any of the Germanic language countries where you are only allowed to tip $2 for anything in the US. 85% of the time I get anyone from Germany, Austria, Netherlands, German Swiss, Sweedish, any other Germanic language country, I end up with $2, no matter how good my service.

Post: #79

(11-30-2011 11:59 PM)brianmark Wrote:  

(10-24-2011 01:46 PM)Entropy4 Wrote:  In Paris, a woman in a deli wouldn't sell me a sandwich because I couldn't ask for it in French. Only time in my life I've eaten at McDonald's on principle.

Fuck her, she lost your business!!!!

Same thing with me, except I spoke French but my accent, as a non-native French speaker, wasn't proper enough for her. I really thought she was kidding at first.

Post: #80

(12-01-2011 03:24 AM)InternationPlayboy Wrote:  

(10-25-2011 05:36 AM)amity Wrote:  Montreal is hands down the city where I encountered the most arrogant, rudest people in my life, from taxi drivers to shop assistants, although I didn't help my case by not speaking much French (or forgetting it) when I was there
Not everyone was ignorant, in fact a few were really helpful and friendly, but the percentage of arseholes per head of population was staggering, way way higher than any other city I've been in

Just about every person I've met from montreal in the states has been nice. I have tons of people come into my work from montreal every week. Canadians in general seem to be real nice people.

And I will also agree that people from Miami in general tend to be extremely rude.

I also don't see where people are coming from with the German and Dutch. They may be a bit boring at times, but never rude. Even though they are terrible at tipping, I don't mind getting german or dutch people at work. They are usually very friendly. I think there is a law in any of the Germanic language countries where you are only allowed to tip $2 for anything in the US. 85% of the time I get anyone from Germany, Austria, Netherlands, German Swiss, Sweedish, any other Germanic language country, I end up with $2, no matter how good my service.

Yeah. I spent a lot of time in Montreal this year and it is my favorite pickup city in the world. I didn't find the people rude at all, quite the contrary. North Americans are generally significantly warmer than Europeans in my view. I found Parisians to be the most rude of any city I've been to. Madrilenos and, to a lesser extent, Portenos, are pretty smug, though whether that's rude is up for debate.

Post: #81

(10-26-2011 08:38 AM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:  Don't share that experience either, i was 3 weeks in Kuta/Bali. I mostly got irritated by the Aussies being drunk,loud and dancing like wild monkeys. Stepping on my feet 20 times a night and elbow bumping my drinks and out my hands and not even saying sorry for it. I would say Aussie's are not my most favorite people.
Maybe i still have a grudge about being cockblocked by 9 of them (and their moms !?) when i was with 2 hot Swedish blondes in Vietnam. That story will be on my site this week.

I agree with you a 100% about the Aussies in Kuta in Bali. They suck. I had the same experience. The bars there were ruined by them. You couldn’t go in there without them knocking into you or knocking your beer out of your hand. Loud, drunk , and obnoxious, like a mosh pit with a bunch of 6’5’’ 300 pound guys. After a few minutes in there we left and sat outside and watched each pair of girls go in and bet on how many minutes they would last. The two white girls lasted in there less than 2 minutes. The two Japanese girls went in and as predicted they lasted about 1 minute. Australia also has their share of some BIG UGLY girls. I’m not saying all Australians are obnoxious loud drunks or that all of their girls are butt arsed ugly, but a lot are!
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In fact, I have a good friend from Perth, Australia, that I party with when I travel. He doesn’t sound like a typical Aussie, because Perth (which is like Alaska and Hawaii are to the USA) is way away from the East. He likes to get drunk and bang babes, instead of banging heads with his buddies or strangers!
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P.S. If Australia and New Zealand do not have the ugliest white girls in the world, I'd like to know where does. Any ideas?

Post: #82

(10-26-2011 08:38 AM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:  

(10-26-2011 02:24 AM)Entropy4 Wrote:  

(10-25-2011 02:33 PM)Gavin1234 Wrote:  Strange that no one mentions Berlin. Are they just rude to other Germans there and not to foreigners? In Germany it is the most rude city by far.

Someone mentioned Bali here. Can't agree with that. Only the Australians are rude there but not the Balinesians. Sure, you get bothered with "great" deals (transport? transport?) but that's the same in the whole region.

Maybe Brussels deserves a mentioning here.

Berliners have always been super cool to me. And Belgium? People there are incredibly nice.

My experience was the opposite in Bali. The Aussies were all fun and cool even if a bunch of drunk idiots, and the locals were total dicks. I had multiple local guys try to start fights with me when I got pissed off that they were scamming me. Had a bartender try to rob me. Had taxi drivers purposely take me to the wrong place so they could charge me more. Had a guy sell me a boat ticket for a trip that didn't exist. Seriously, fuck the Balinese man. Fuck them.

Don't share that experience either, i was 3 weeks in Kuta/Bali. I mostly got irritated by the Aussies being drunk,loud and dancing like wild monkeys. Stepping on my feet 20 times a night and elbow bumping my drinks and out my hands and not even saying sorry for it. I would say Aussie's are not my most favorite people.
Maybe i still have a grudge about being cockblocked by 9 of them (and their moms !?) when i was with 2 hot Swedish blondes in Vietnam. That story will be on my site this week.

Skywalker ..what's up with your Twitter updates?
You update about once a year
To build up a following you've got to tweet pretty regular ,at least 2-3 X a week..especially on your adventures!

Post: #83

(12-01-2011 11:05 AM)brianmark Wrote:  

(10-26-2011 08:38 AM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:  Don't share that experience either, i was 3 weeks in Kuta/Bali. I mostly got irritated by the Aussies being drunk,loud and dancing like wild monkeys. Stepping on my feet 20 times a night and elbow bumping my drinks and out my hands and not even saying sorry for it. I would say Aussie's are not my most favorite people.
Maybe i still have a grudge about being cockblocked by 9 of them (and their moms !?) when i was with 2 hot Swedish blondes in Vietnam. That story will be on my site this week.

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P.S. If Australia and New Zealand do not have the ugliest white girls in the world, I'd like to know where does. Any ideas?

I heard it was England. Although presumably they come from the same basic stock, at least the ones down under have the benefit of sunshine to improve their complexions. I assume their dental hygiene is a bit better as well...........

Post: #84

Paris, if you don't speak french they treat you like subhuman

Post: #85

Paris

Post: #86

(12-01-2011 02:55 PM)azulsombra Wrote:  

(12-01-2011 11:05 AM)brianmark Wrote:  

(10-26-2011 08:38 AM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:  Don't share that experience either, i was 3 weeks in Kuta/Bali. I mostly got irritated by the Aussies being drunk,loud and dancing like wild monkeys. Stepping on my feet 20 times a night and elbow bumping my drinks and out my hands and not even saying sorry for it. I would say Aussie's are not my most favorite people.
Maybe i still have a grudge about being cockblocked by 9 of them (and their moms !?) when i was with 2 hot Swedish blondes in Vietnam. That story will be on my site this week.

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P.S. If Australia and New Zealand do not have the ugliest white girls in the world, I'd like to know where does. Any ideas?

I heard it was England. Although presumably they come from the same basic stock, at least the ones down under have the benefit of sunshine to improve their complexions. I assume their dental hygiene is a bit better as well...........

As an Aussie (Melbourne) let me put it this way. I can spot the American and British foreign women in the city a mile away (they weren't kidding when they said the later have bad teeth), poorly dressed, pale, noticeably fatter and less attractive faces.

The local girls are better than their anglo-phone counterparts as far as I've seen. By the same token, the German, Dutch and Swedish foreigners also stand out as way hotter then the local girls.

In short, Aussie girls (at least in Melbourne & Sydney) fit in between the rest of the anglopshere and continental Europeans.

Post: #87

(10-24-2011 01:04 AM)Entropy4 Wrote:  

(10-23-2011 09:31 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  People in New york and Boston are not rude if you know how to talk to them. They don't like to be Patronized with b.s greetings. Instead of "Hello how are you?" You say " The fuck"

Yup. You really have to get used to the northeast attitude, then they're great people. We have a saying in Boston: "Most people say 'Have a nice day, but they really mean 'go fuck yourself.' In Boston we say 'go fuck yourself' and really mean 'have a nice day.'"

People keep it real in the northeast. I love it.

New Yorkers are busy which is why they may initially come off as cold ...but there's no actual hostility unlike many other countries I've been to.

Post: #88

(10-23-2011 11:26 AM)Pusscrook Wrote:  Don't know about you guys, but there are certain cities that just rubbed me the wrong way when I had to deal with the etiquette of the locals. In your own observation, what are you top three when it comes to rude behavior?

1. Cairo
2. Rio
3. Boston

London. I've been to a lot of places, and London is the worst by far.

Post: #89

I actually thought Parisians were quite nice when I was there in '10.

Israelis are the rudest I think I've encountered in one place. I wasn't too thrilled by the people in Italy, either, but they were a distant second. South Floridians are pretty rude, too, and the passive-aggression often found in the SF Bay Area isn't to my liking.

Post: #90

Los Angeles by far

fakest
rudest
meanest
materialistic
you name it

Post: #91

What GMAC said, People in DC aren't rude. NYC some of the blacks chicks were rude as hell lol.
Its one thing to be real, but its another to be asshat for no reason.

Israelis seemed nice and down to earth. Germans too. Don't think i've met a french person yet. But then again, i haven't been outside the US before.

Post: #92

Country: Not surprisingly, France. This is not shyness or introversion as you might encounter in Scandinavia. It's more their obsession with their zone of "personal privacy" and the reflexive fronting that's directed at strangers who would invade this zone. Also, the French invented smugness; and the remarkably uniform (and effective) school system they've had there more or less since the French Revolution results in a country where "everyone's an intellectual" -- especially the men. (I should mention that France actually comes second to the good ol' USA for rudeness. Here, the problem is that many people are utterly stressed-out by the ridiculous pace and rigors of American life, and lots of people tend to take this stress out on others.)

City: The single rudest city I've encountered anywhere was Manchester, UK. In London, my American accent tends to work to my advantage, especially with girls in clubs. In Northern England, I found just the opposite to be true. People stare blankly as if I were an alien and pretend not to understand me. It's a very harsh, insular culture up there.

Post: #93

(01-01-2012 02:02 PM)DirkJohanson Wrote:  I actually thought Parisians were quite nice when I was there in '10.

Israelis are the rudest I think I've encountered in one place. I wasn't too thrilled by the people in Italy, either, but they were a distant second. South Floridians are pretty rude, too, and the passive-aggression often found in the SF Bay Area isn't to my liking.

Haven't been to Israel, have only dealt with them in business here in the US. And yes, the Israelis I've known have been BY FAR the rudest and most vulgar people I've ever encountered, anywhere.

I had an Israeli (Sephardic) business associate who was basically a real estate scam artist (who went missing from Australia and was wanted there for scamming a bunch of people on a condo development and then abandoning it, and absconding from Australia). I was in his office in LA when he was on the phone doing a real estate deal with some people in Atlanta, during the mid-2000s securitized mortgage boom. He had to speak with a loan officer, and she unfortunately happened to be black. Apparently he was having a hard time understanding her and called her "you fucking monkey" and hung up. And this was mild behavior for this guy, but typical for him and his Israeli associates.

Post: #94

(10-24-2011 07:57 AM)Marco Wrote:  People of Lagos, Nigeria are by far the rudest people I've encountered.

Can you break this down for me? Give me examples.

Post: #95

Sharm El-Sheikh, I've been Paris et al but nowhere beats the Egyptian men harrassing every foreign fucker trying to sell you shit or take you into a shisha bar/cafe.

Post: #96

(12-01-2011 11:05 AM)brianmark Wrote:  -
P.S. If Australia and New Zealand do not have the ugliest white girls in the world, I'd like to know where does. Any ideas?

Its the truth and they are also the most masculine, rude and inbred.
But if you suggest this to any Aussie or New Zealand guy they will get nationalistically defensive and deny it.

Post: #97

Nothing like Istanbul (in the touristic areas, other places are much better and you can find a lot of friendly and cool people), there workers and jobless people are always bothering tourists to scam them or get some money in countless ways.
Their standard approach is, try imagine the conversation with a strong turkish accent:
"My friend, my friend, where are you from?"
"My friend, I know a very good place..."
"Hey, want to meet girls tonight? / want to come to a nice club?"
My advice is to never trust this people, unless you want to drop them some dozens and in some cases hundreds of Turkish Lira.

Post: #98

Seattle, hands down. (aka the "Seattle Chill")

Post: #99

Youngstown Ohio. The blacks there have this attitude toward anyone white. I have a good friend who is black and he jokes about it all the time. Black people get away with blatant racicism like no other race in the world. Like somehow I'm resposible for slavery.

Post: #100

Istanbul was the worst, terrible atmosphere, turned me off muslim countries for good.