Why is it that the Dutch people are always so gentle and polite, courteous, calm, respectful of others, and generally pleasant and considerate at all times, whereas here in the UK we have so very many rude, loud, brash, aggressive, obnoxious, ignorant people, who will think nothing of butting into your conversation???
These loathesome individuals appear NEVER to have been taught basic social skills or basic everyday ettiquette, and think it perfectly normal and acceptable to be that way. WTF!!!
I've NEVER encountered a rude or discourteous Dutch person, while my own country is full of ignorant, rude, LOUD people that make me and others ashamed to be British.
God, we have some horrible sods here. It used to be thousands of them. Now it's nearing millions!!!
Does anyone else want them????? New Zealand... surely you could take a few hundred thousand of them?! PLEASE.
Please come and take them all away. Starting with a few people here.
Go on then..... tell me how I fit this bill too.....
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Tell me about it.... Grrrrrr...
Did you appoligise to fatty yet? Or have you just backed out of the conversation? In a cowardly manner.
Greg, I feel your pain.
/rant mode ON
It seems to me here in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, because of our oil boom in this province, all of the businesses and stores here have been hit extremely hard for employees.
Even my company McDonald's has been getting hit hard for managers at most all locations from what I hear from our consultant at head office, as some have been quitting in alarming numbers.
And cos of that, all the types of people the businesses pretty much didn't want to hire for any customer service-type positions years ago before (young immature teenagers, very mentally or physically disabled people, foreigners still studying ESL, etc etc - you get the idea) are now being hired in droves way faster than before (almost pretty much on the spot!), and these are the type of people that are either so bloody slow, rude or just plain stupid when it comes to dealing with others efficiently (if at all).
Because of their ineptness to do even a minimally acceptable job most of the time, so many people are getting frustrated with the degraded quality of overall services here (from both privately owned AND gov't (Federal or Provincial) businesses!) taking it out on others.
Edmonton is surely becoming Rudemonton more and more every day, and it pisses me off.
Even the city transit bus drivers I've noticed are getting more rude, especially the older drivers. They tick off so easily now, and it's not professional at all. They do NOT need to berate other transit riders in front of the others, and now it happens quite a bit, especially on the express routes I've noticed.
And meanwhile, city hall are handling how our tax dollars are used very inappropriately.
I can't understand how they can spend millions of our dollars in the double or triple digits on fixing up certain roads that not many people use to begin with, when our transit bus service really needs more help than some minor cracked up piece of pavement.
That's one example of many issues at the moment that are pissing us Edmontonians off a lot.
Our mayor isn't an idiot really, but the city council members we elected are, big time.
/rant mode OFF
/rant mode ON
It seems to me here in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, because of our oil boom in this province, all of the businesses and stores here have been hit extremely hard for employees.
Even my company McDonald's has been getting hit hard for managers at most all locations from what I hear from our consultant at head office, as some have been quitting in alarming numbers.
And cos of that, all the types of people the businesses pretty much didn't want to hire for any customer service-type positions years ago before (young immature teenagers, very mentally or physically disabled people, foreigners still studying ESL, etc etc - you get the idea) are now being hired in droves way faster than before (almost pretty much on the spot!), and these are the type of people that are either so bloody slow, rude or just plain stupid when it comes to dealing with others efficiently (if at all).
Because of their ineptness to do even a minimally acceptable job most of the time, so many people are getting frustrated with the degraded quality of overall services here (from both privately owned AND gov't (Federal or Provincial) businesses!) taking it out on others.
Edmonton is surely becoming Rudemonton more and more every day, and it pisses me off.
Even the city transit bus drivers I've noticed are getting more rude, especially the older drivers. They tick off so easily now, and it's not professional at all. They do NOT need to berate other transit riders in front of the others, and now it happens quite a bit, especially on the express routes I've noticed.
And meanwhile, city hall are handling how our tax dollars are used very inappropriately.
I can't understand how they can spend millions of our dollars in the double or triple digits on fixing up certain roads that not many people use to begin with, when our transit bus service really needs more help than some minor cracked up piece of pavement.
That's one example of many issues at the moment that are pissing us Edmontonians off a lot.
Our mayor isn't an idiot really, but the city council members we elected are, big time.
/rant mode OFF
We tried this already, dude.
Do you really want another Australia? I sure as hell don't. The place is filled with emos, skater boys, wiggers and car-obsessed sport worshipping troglodytes.
If I had the money I'd probably jump ship.
Do you really want another Australia? I sure as hell don't. The place is filled with emos, skater boys, wiggers and car-obsessed sport worshipping troglodytes.
If I had the money I'd probably jump ship.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Marknow wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Did you appoligise to fatty yet?
NO I HAVEN'T.
Or have you just backed out of the conversation? In a cowardly manner.[/QUOTE]
YES.
NO I HAVEN'T.
Or have you just backed out of the conversation? In a cowardly manner.[/QUOTE]
YES.
Pity you are not a Dutch, Archivist
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]We tried this already, dude.
Do you really want another Australia? I sure as hell don't. The place is filled with emos, skater boys, wiggers and car-obsessed sport worshipping troglodytes.
If I had the money I'd probably jump ship.[/QUOTE]
It's a serious problem being an emo skater.
No one wants me (//_;)
Do you really want another Australia? I sure as hell don't. The place is filled with emos, skater boys, wiggers and car-obsessed sport worshipping troglodytes.
If I had the money I'd probably jump ship.[/QUOTE]
It's a serious problem being an emo skater.
No one wants me (//_;)
what happend? Did u bump into a mirror?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]xx_Sweetie wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
It's a serious problem being an emo skater.
No one wants me (//_;)[/QUOTE]
Try being a hippy with short hair and a fat bank account.
I just wind up sounding like a hypocrite all the time.
It's a serious problem being an emo skater.
No one wants me (//_;)[/QUOTE]
Try being a hippy with short hair and a fat bank account.
I just wind up sounding like a hypocrite all the time.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]xx_Sweetie wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
It's a serious problem being an emo skater.
No one wants me (//_;)[/QUOTE]
Try being a hippy with short hair and a fat bank account.
I just wind up sounding like a hypocrite all the time.[/QUOTE]
My mummy's a hippy =p
I wonder... Zebonka... if I painted my skin black, would Rudd feel sorry for me?
It's a serious problem being an emo skater.
No one wants me (//_;)[/QUOTE]
Try being a hippy with short hair and a fat bank account.
I just wind up sounding like a hypocrite all the time.[/QUOTE]
My mummy's a hippy =p
I wonder... Zebonka... if I painted my skin black, would Rudd feel sorry for me?
No; he wouldn't feel sorry for you.
But he WOULD say sorry *to* you.
But he WOULD say sorry *to* you.
Arrrgh! Double post!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Queen Archivist wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Why is it that the Dutch people are always so gentle and polite, courteous, calm, respectful of others, and generally pleasant and considerate at all times, whereas here in the UK we have so very many rude, loud, brash, aggressive, obnoxious, ignorant people, who will think nothing of butting into your conversation???
These loathesome individuals appear NEVER to have been taught basic social skills or basic everyday ettiquette, and think it perfectly normal and acceptable to be that way. WTF!!!
I've NEVER encountered a rude or discourteous Dutch person, while my own country is full of ignorant, rude, LOUD people that make me and others ashamed to be British.
God, we have some horrible sods here. It used to be thousands of them. Now it's nearing millions!!!
Does anyone else want them????? New Zealand... surely you could take a few hundred thousand of them?! PLEASE.
Please come and take them all away. Starting with a few people here.
Go on then..... tell me how I fit this bill too..... [/QUOTE]
You realize that Pim Derks is Dutch, right? As am I, and quite a significant portion of this forum, actually. And one thing most of the above CAN'T be accused of, is being kind to you.
As for the problem with the English...could it be centuries of isolation on an island leading to inbreeding?
These loathesome individuals appear NEVER to have been taught basic social skills or basic everyday ettiquette, and think it perfectly normal and acceptable to be that way. WTF!!!
I've NEVER encountered a rude or discourteous Dutch person, while my own country is full of ignorant, rude, LOUD people that make me and others ashamed to be British.
God, we have some horrible sods here. It used to be thousands of them. Now it's nearing millions!!!
Does anyone else want them????? New Zealand... surely you could take a few hundred thousand of them?! PLEASE.
Please come and take them all away. Starting with a few people here.
Go on then..... tell me how I fit this bill too..... [/QUOTE]
You realize that Pim Derks is Dutch, right? As am I, and quite a significant portion of this forum, actually. And one thing most of the above CAN'T be accused of, is being kind to you.
As for the problem with the English...could it be centuries of isolation on an island leading to inbreeding?
If you want kind, try the Romanians. If you're a guest they feed you until you drop dead and then they pour everything that they have and has alcohol in your glass(es)... :-))
Tis weird, I always thought the British as (falsely) polite and treating you with that condescending smile, and cooking fabulous dishes etc... It might be the Victorian literature to that... well, u know... And the Dutch... I dunno... rude 'n' everywhere? :-P
but I could slightly quote Mr. Higgins for that matter
Why can't the British be more like me? huh??
Anyway, on a more serious matter... These generalisations have been fashionable for some time now and have only hurt nations... Though I like Africa, for the lions and flies. :-)
Tis weird, I always thought the British as (falsely) polite and treating you with that condescending smile, and cooking fabulous dishes etc... It might be the Victorian literature to that... well, u know... And the Dutch... I dunno... rude 'n' everywhere? :-P
but I could slightly quote Mr. Higgins for that matter
Why can't the British be more like me? huh??
Anyway, on a more serious matter... These generalisations have been fashionable for some time now and have only hurt nations... Though I like Africa, for the lions and flies. :-)