Tourists
I hope is a new thread but if it's been said before, I apologise.
As travellers, explorers and adventurers are you often dismayed at the behaviour of your fellow country men/women and their lack of cultural sympathy in general? I don't mean just rudeness, you find that everywhere but not taking the time to learn about specific dos and don'ts in their respective destinations. I remember watching a TV advert back in the Uk that highlighted this, was it for a credit card or bank?
Any suggestions, or education, would be helpful.
Tourists.
What is it with us tourists?
The French woman shouting at the sweet deaf girl on the corner who survives by selling hand made greeting cards, “you’re closed…?’
Then points to her wristwatch and stabs out the letters on it, “Closed….C…L…O…S….E….D…”
Deaf is deaf in any language madam. Incroyable.
The belligerent American propping up my local bar that surreptitiously sidles his way over to me and slurs, “You know what’s wrong with these people buddy? No ****ing respect. Don’t they remember we kicked their ass?”
You need a history lesson pal.
The grey haired tourists arguing with the waiter in my local café and generally being obnoxious, “I said FIVE spring rolls not FRIED spring rolls, take them away…”
You must understand that any language translation problems are yours, not theirs. At least they are trying, unlike you.
The North Face clad, rucksack sporting traveller that delighted in taking flash photos of the locals sat cross legged on the pavement, tucking into their noodles.
How would you like it if I returned the favour in Segafredos as you bite into your third bagel?
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