I am all for multiculturalism and adopt whatever seems to work best for me. as such, i practice all the afformentioned custmoms : holding doors for others and saying thank you when someone else does it for me, saying "bless you" when someone sneezes and etc.
The Asian exchange students/Tas/FOBs all have horrible hygiene. Most of them haven't washed their hair in a week and they don't know what tooth paste is because they have some of the worst breath I have ever smelled.
i really hope you were joking :Q maybe the FOBs you met were from underdeveloped countries only? dont forget some asian countries now surpass many european countries in terms of standard of living.
When I'm on campus, I notice that most Asian students are always in a hurry. It is very unusual for me to see them walking, always "speed walking" if not jogging or running. The expression on their face looks like they are late for something. I've never been able to figure out what the hell is going on.
personally, i am usually in a rush to a class cuz i am one lazy bastard and can never leave my house on time. on my way back from the classes tho, i am as laid back as one could be.
I've noticed that foreign students tend to do things at my university that people should know not to do, like cutting in line. I can't say which, and I'd rather give him the benefit of the doubt.
good thing you did, people cut lines regardless of their race, origin, sex from my experience.
Problem is that he didn't bother to yell.
maybe he couldnt find the right word to yell for a warning? i know people at home yell heads up when they play soccer or bball.
Another funny thing is that the foreign students tend to walk down the left side of the hall instead of the right.
if they were all males, it could be their military experience. many asian countries have military drafts and are forced to learn and accustomed to walk on the left side for years.
I'm an ABC, so you FOBs can bash me. I go to Taiwan almost every year and duh it's a mess. Look at their driving. There's no such thing as courtesy. It's cutting everyone off, no such thing as right of way, splitting 2 lanes into 4, etc. They run reds because unprotected lefts are impossible to make so once it turns red they force their way through because they never got a chance when green. They block intersections, etc etc. Pedestrians have no right of way, cars just kick ur ass, etc.
i will give you that, driving manners are a lot worse elsewhere in the world. but thats not just because they are asian. among the places i have personally been to, germans drive much nicer than americans do on average. russians drive worse than anyone i have seen on the face of this planet, but they arent exactly asian. from what i heard, they drive kinda rough in latin american countries as well. you see, its not an asian thing at all.
I got into a fight in Taiwan because my mom and I got pushed and then later someone pushed my mom and made her fall. I just said WTF (not even at the guy) and he started laughing at me with his stupid Chinese insults that I obviously understood. I yelled a quick F-you at him followed by Cantonese swear words (no I'm not Canto), and bam it was a 5 on 1. I only got to knock 1 guy really good before I bailed.
sorry you had a bad experience. cant speak for taiwan since i havnt been there, but i hear about kids getting into fights in the states as well. i would say one bad incident shouldnt be a basis for generalization and make it look like all natives in asian countries are rude and delinquent.
Honestly, I think people have no courtesy in Asia. They smoke in your face, they talk on their cell phones so loud, not respecting the public.
how many threads have you seen on ATOT with people complaining about cell phone use at the movies? i sure have seen enough to know people do the same here.
You know, it's just culture. I wish everyone there could be polite. I'm still afraid to drive there today even though I breeze through traffic in SF or whatever here. I wish they could adopt a more friendly and courteous attitude.
to my limited experience, people at home are just as courteous as people here in certain ways, if not more. i cant put my finger on it, but its more of a culture clash.
My fobby friends are rascists sometimes and they go "omg stupid white ppl" and talk crap about white people to me in Chinese. I don't agree and I have yet to confront them about that but while I do run into "stupid white people" sometimes, I honestly think there are a lot more white people that have made me smile and say to myself "damn he's a really nice guy" than there have been asians who made me say that. I mean I won't be expecting an Asian guy to look at my shirt and speak up and say "hey what does that mean on your shirt?" as this one white gentleman did at Wendy's last week when I had a shirt poking fun of Stanfurd.
i never did that with my fob friends, YMMV there
now that someone brought up the starcraft... you all know how disrespectful pre-puberscent kids can get.. the problem is, Korea IS the most wired country in the world BY FAR; literally half of those players online are either in junior high or grade school with little to no grasp on english. it always bugged me how these dumbasses bring bad names to koreans. some of the nicest players i have known in my diablo2 days were korean, japanese, chinese.. you go figure
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