well if i saw geek sqaud on tour and you accosted me as to how to go from bond street tube to selfridges, id be pissed of you wasted my time.
well if i saw geek sqaud on tour and you accosted me as to how to go from bond street tube to selfridges, id be pissed of you wasted my time.
Koing
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Originally posted by: Konigin
Originally posted by: cyclistca
I'm sure they just saw you as another dam ugly ignorant American.
I found the people very friendly went I was in London.
As to ugly I suppose your a super model.
No, but I do have all my teeth
How come they have all this teeth issue about people from England?
I live in England people's teeth aren't that bad imo. Most people look normal to me.
I live in near enough London and people are friendly and for the most part are not ugly. But sure you get not so good looking people but that can be said for any place.
I'm in London 3 to 4 days a week. When I have asked for help for whatever reason people have been more then helpful to me and my friends. No rudeness in my years going in to London. Lived in London for a year last year also.
Koing
Actually, I know some people that said people in London were rude/unfriendly and people in Paris were very nice when they visited last year. Kind of like the opposite of what most people say.
I think you just proved my point, English people are rude, don't care, and think it is ok.
I'll just remember that when I meet a British person visiting my country.
boo hoo. you clog the central london transport system, cause overcrowding, increase prices and my employment isnt affected by your spending, i dont care whether you come. also when i visit somewhere i buy a book and am self proficient like any clued-in adult.
Stop being a bitch and get off you greater than thou high horse, you don't have a clue. Again, you proved my point beautifully.
LordMaul
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I was one of the 4 in the so-called, "geek squad," and I must say that every single Scottish person I saw was always in very good humor and pleasant to talk to. As soon as I opened my mouth, however, and made it clear I wasn't a Londoner, the natives just bottled right up and were either rude, ignored me, or mumbled quietly while acting like I had the plague.
Another example...I went into one of those little corner stores that are common around London just down from my hotel and stopped in to pick up something to drink. Now, I had been going to this store for about 8 days already, every day, at least once or twice a day, and this was my last day in London. I had drank beer pretty much the whole time and wanted to grab something else I rarely see in the states, so I grabbed two large bottles of a Bacardi wine cooler type of chick drink...one for me, and one for my friend that was with me (DainBramaged). They rang up at 4.99 pounds (almost $10) EACH. I wasn't planning on dropping $20 on two bottles of what is essentially fruit juice, so I told him, "Hmm...on second thought, take those off and add these..." and reached for a couple cans of beer.
He doesn't move. Instead, he says, "What is the problem?"
I say, "Eh, just a little too expensive for what I was looking for, sorry." Not unpolite at all, just the truth.
His nostrils flare, "What do you mean, TOO EXPENSIVE? Why would you say that?"
I reply, "Well, I saw the price below the bottles marked as 1.49. I guess it was for another drink."
He goes ballistic. "Why would you think that?" He's yelling now. "Look at this. *points at smaller bottles* 1.99 pounds! WHY WOULD YOU THINK THE BIG BOTTLE WOULD BE CHEAPER THAN THE SMALLER ONE? If you went into a store and *grabs small bottle of scotch, and a big bottle of the same* tried to buy the big one, WOULD YOU EXPECT IT TO BE CHEAPER?" By now, I'm looking really confused as to why this guy is so pissed off. "DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?! " he yells at me.
"Um, yeah, I get it, sorry, I just don't really wa-"
He cuts me off, "Wait, wait, you're not listening to me. The bigger one is more expensive because you get more....*exasperated* Do you understand?!"
"Yes...I get it...now...ring...up....these...items....please..."
He then rang them up and I paid him and grabbed my bag and left. He was still calling after me, "Do you understand? Do you get it?" as I walked out the door.
Mind you, this particular situation was isolated. But I experienced people like this ALL OVER the place...Almost everyone was impatient, and treated you like a total fscktard for not understanding how things worked perfectly.
And don't give me the bullsh!t about, "Maybe if you lived with a bunch of tourists you would hate everyone too." I live in RIGHT by Six Flags Great America, a huge, popular theme park that attracts incredible amounts of people, along with the local outlet mall, Gurnee Mills which, for some reason, is always full of tourists. On top of that, I live right near Chicago...If a tourist stops me on the street and asks me how to get somewhere, I do my best to help them and so does pretty much everyone else I know.
Just because someone doesn't know the exact exit to take because they came from the other side of the world doesn't give me the reason to tell them to fvck off.
Have fun with that.
I really wouldn't if I were you, just leave it be if someone's rude. London people are like that, trust me.
Why? Take a look at the price of stuff. Hell, check out the price for petrol while you're over here. Then you'll understand
There's rude people where ever you go, there's nice people where ever you go - get over it.
I've been conned by taxi drivers in Tunisia, had luggage stolen at Fuertoventura - after it was checked in to the flight, had my room ransacked when in holiday in Greece... Sh!t happens.
When i go to america next year i'll be treated like a criminal even before i'm in the country, having my picture and fingerprints taken to enter the country
London isn't primarily a tourist town, it's an international city of commerce and finance - tourists get in the way of that.
England is expensive, and London is probably the most expensive place in England, and with the exchange rates the way they are things are going to be very expensive for the Ameriacan tourist no doubt.
I've been conned by taxi drivers in Tunisia, had luggage stolen at Fuertoventura - after it was checked in to the flight, had my room ransacked when in holiday in Greece... Sh!t happens.
When i go to america next year i'll be treated like a criminal even before i'm in the country, having my picture and fingerprints taken to enter the country
London isn't primarily a tourist town, it's an international city of commerce and finance - tourists get in the way of that.
England is expensive, and London is probably the most expensive place in England, and with the exchange rates the way they are things are going to be very expensive for the Ameriacan tourist no doubt.
hominid skull kinda knocked it on the head there, what with things being expensive. Outside of London is much nicer, although you'll get rude people wherever you go. Hell, I went to Florida last year, and I encountered rude, obese, ugly Americans. I don't consider that to be a representative cross-section of the American public though, more that the place we were staying in had a lot of fat people in it.
If you want a nice place to visit, go to Norfolk (damn it's quiet there) or Eastbourne/Brighton.
[Edit] I used to go clubbing a lot in London, and after a few times, you just learn how to deal with Londoners. Some people you stay away from, it's entirely body language.
If you want a nice place to visit, go to Norfolk (damn it's quiet there) or Eastbourne/Brighton.
[Edit] I used to go clubbing a lot in London, and after a few times, you just learn how to deal with Londoners. Some people you stay away from, it's entirely body language.
Vonkhan
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Been to London quite a few times and I must say that the local wildlife is pretty rude, not to mention that everything is crazy overpriced ... I'm not a big fan of the place. i think they're still pissed that the GIs boinked up all their women during WW2 and tht the entire world thinks of them as America's lapdog!
Fish 'n' chips, cuppa tea, bad food, worst weather, mary fvckin poppins London
and tht the entire world thinks of them as America's lapdog!Fish 'n' chips, cuppa tea, bad food, worst weather, mary fvckin poppins London
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