BigPapaDean Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 1128 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1210 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6553 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4430 Achievement Points: 63653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18 Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Posted April 5, 2012 Congratulations, my fellow Americans! We’re not the rudest nation on the planet. We’re not even in the top five. USA! USA! The travel search site Skyscanner.com surveyed its users about where the locals never smile and people are particularly unfriendly, and the nation with the most votes for rudest locals was… Wait for it… France (félicitations, mes amis!), followed by Russia. The survey received over 1,200 responses, 65 percent from the UK and Ireland, plus elsewhere in Europe, North America and Australia. The World's Rudest Nations for Travelers 1. France 2. Russian 3. British 4. German 5. Other Rounding out the top five rudest countries were the U.K., Germany and “Other” (those Others are the worst, don’t you think?). The U.S. placed 7th, behind China. Some of the perceived rudeness may be attributable to cultural differences rather than anything intentional. For example, says Tatiana Danilova, Skyscanner’s Russian Market Manager, “the Russian language is not as polite as English, so when Russians translate directly from Russian to English, it can sound rude to an English speaker even if they don’t mean it to.” “We were surprised to see Russians come in second place,” says Skyscanner’s Travel Editor, Sam Baldwin. He attributes this in part to the “familiarity breeds contempt” phenomenon. Although Russia doesn’t compare with the Mediterranean as a tourist destination, as visa regulations have relaxed, Russian holidaymakers are increasingly flocking to the Mediterranean and coming into contact with people from other countries. The same principle may apply to the French: “As our closest neighbors, there has long been a familiar rivalry between the U.K. and France,” Baldwin says, and the preponderance of responses from the British Isles may have contributed to this result. Still, Baldwin says, “Even the French acknowledge that the way they are perceived is not entirely without basis.” (In France’s defense, I’ve always found Parisians to be just as rude to each other as they are to foreigners. Outside of Paris – and even within the city – people can be as gracious as anywhere.) The British, for their part, voted themselves “world’s worst tourists” in a previous Skyscanner survey. The countries rated as having the least rude locals were Brazil, the Caribbean and the Philippines. Skyscanner claims to be Europe’s leading travel search site, operating in over 25 languages with more than 25 million visits and over 11 million unique visitors per month. It has offices in Edinburgh, Scotland and Singapore. Here’s the complete list of responses: Nationality Percentage of votes French 19.29 Russian 16.56 British 10.43 German 9.93 Other 6.37 Chinese 4.30 American 3.39 Spanish 3.15 Italian 2.24 Polish 2.24 Turkish 2.15 Indian 1.90 Swiss 1.90 Greek 1.74 Croatian 1.57 Austrian 1.41 Cypriot 1.24 Egyptian 1.24 Korean 1.24 Norwegian 0.99 Australian 0.91 Dutch 0.83 Irish 0.83 Swedish 0.83 Japanese 0.66 Danish 0.50 Canadian 0.41 New Zealander 0.41 Indonesian 0.41 Portuguese 0.33 Thai 0.25 Filipino 0.17 Caribbean 0.08 Brazilian 0.08 Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15027 Content Per Day: 2.63 Reputation: 8043 Achievement Points: 92206 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Posted April 5, 2012 8th from the bottom! Dam Canadians! Gotta stop apologizing to you guys after I call u a bunch of assholes.. Lol BigPapaDean and BeerGoat 2 Awards
Heffalump Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 819 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 27 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1060 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 186 Achievement Points: 6125 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 22, 2024 Birthday: 11/22/1971 Device: Windows Posted April 5, 2012 Fuckers, how dare they say us Brits are rude! lol! BigPapaDean and BeerGoat 2
Olive Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 69 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 227 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2664 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 4132 Achievement Points: 23009 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 05/07/1965 Device: Windows Posted April 5, 2012 Yop 1 Awards
Olive Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 69 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 227 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2664 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 4132 Achievement Points: 23009 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 05/07/1965 Device: Windows Posted April 5, 2012 Yop 1 Awards
Damage_inc- Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) seriously ? no one can see or read your post. Edited April 5, 2012 by Damage_inc- Awards
Heffalump Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 819 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 27 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1060 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 186 Achievement Points: 6125 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 22, 2024 Birthday: 11/22/1971 Device: Windows Posted April 5, 2012 I think Damage, Dean may have the light coloured background
JohnnyDos Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Posted April 5, 2012 seriously ? no one can see or read your post. Just highlight it by pressing your left mouse button Damage.
Jud1 Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 3348 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 123 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 82 Achievement Points: 1055 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 04/04/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 10, 2012 Birthday: 04/13/1968 Posted April 5, 2012 Well, it's rude not to isn't it ..... I've been to the states loads of times and I've met "1" RUDE guy .... but he was absolutley fucking HUGE so he had the right to be :) Also met a few rude girls in Vegas ... oh yeah! France though, there's a suprise ... even the fucking French don't like the French!! (Parisians!) Brits ... we're not rude, we're arrogant ... ...and it's our fucking planet so we can do what the fuck we want! BeerGoat, HarryWeezer and BigPapaDean 3
BigPapaDean Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 1128 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1210 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6553 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4430 Achievement Points: 63653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18 Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Author Posted April 5, 2012 All you rude fuckers just stay away from my corner here and we will get along just fine! Just saying.....! BeerGoat 1 Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted April 5, 2012 BigPapaDean 1 Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15027 Content Per Day: 2.63 Reputation: 8043 Achievement Points: 92206 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Posted April 6, 2012 lol.. Good one Awards
Cpt.TennealXI Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 24 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 42 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1753 Content Per Day: 0.31 Reputation: 640 Achievement Points: 12252 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 20 Birthday: 12/30/1967 Device: Windows Posted April 6, 2012 Nice list Dean..this is my excuse... PimpedOutPete and Yop 2 Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15027 Content Per Day: 2.63 Reputation: 8043 Achievement Points: 92206 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Posted April 6, 2012 Nice list Dean..this is my excuse... hahahahaha Awards
BANNPIRE Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 1176 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 7 Topic Count: 110 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 954 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 216 Achievement Points: 6665 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/23/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/27/1983 Posted April 6, 2012 May not be the rudest but the dumbest for sure.lol
Yop Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 1719 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 71 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1982 Content Per Day: 0.37 Reputation: 518 Achievement Points: 12060 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/21/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 29 Birthday: 04/03/1981 Device: Windows Posted April 6, 2012 PUTAIN PUTAIN PUTAIN Awards
Bryuk Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 266 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 673 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 125 Achievement Points: 3852 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 1, 2024 Birthday: 11/16/1964 Device: Windows Posted April 6, 2012 so fucking wot fuckers Awards
Olive Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 69 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 227 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2664 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 4132 Achievement Points: 23009 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 05/07/1965 Device: Windows Posted April 6, 2012 Awards
JohnnyQuest Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 1965 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1176 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 1082 Achievement Points: 8599 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 15, 2016 Birthday: 02/11/1969 Posted April 6, 2012 i like me ...who do you like...fuckers
HarryWeezer Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Posted April 6, 2012 Rudest country I've visited was Vietnam in '69. They were so rude they shot at me. Blackbart, Pharticus and JohnnyQuest 3 Awards
BigPapaDean Posted April 7, 2012 Member ID: 1128 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1210 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6553 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4430 Achievement Points: 63653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18 Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Author Posted April 7, 2012 Harry I just noticed you have a knife sticking in you back. Has it gotten to where it is a fixed ornament? LOL! Awards
F4irydust Posted April 7, 2012 Member ID: 3353 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 22 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 11 Achievement Points: 157 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/04/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2018 Birthday: 02/21/1984 Posted April 7, 2012 i must say that it is no surprise that the french are so rude i mean hello they eat frogs legs and call it dinner!!!!!
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