Such people don't usually want to deal with me, I am glad to say! :innocent:

One thing that does strike me about the subject of this thread is that there are good and bad people everywhere, irrespective of nationality etc etc etc.
Some are embarrassing and some are not.
Some you don't want anything to do with, some are just OK and there are others who are Ace!

Perhaps it is just in France then?

I do recall the first time I went to use a toilet in a pub in Belgium wherein there was just the one facility for male and female; it was designed so that any female entering the facility would walk directly past the "pissoir stalls" for the males; vive la difference (cultural)!
There was no embarrassment on the part of anyone present at the time.

I get tired of fat, whiney Americans griping about this, that, and the other! For whatever reason, they can never do that quietly.

My wife and I were sat outside a café in Zagora, Morocco enjoying our mint tea and just watching the world go by. We were horrified to see an English extended family walk by wearing their union flag shorts, bikini tops and short skirts showing no respect for where they were. They were loud with it too and a total embarrassment. They would have been right at home in Benidorm. This was April 2012.

The world seems to hate americans. I presume because of our insistance that ours is the proper lifestyle, and that we insist that EVERYONE be like us. If we'd just mind our own business....

I really wonder why the world doesn't love the Yanks,but not every body hates them.Military supremacy may be gone one day,is there a plan B

A bit more tolerance,knowledge and understanding may help.

Cheers

MR

nordics !
 

Swedes and Norwegians do a pretty good job of disgracing themselves on holiday too ! .....the Finns can put the booze away for a quiet bunch ! jeigerbeer

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. A universal charter.

I would like to see more Americans travelling. :yes:
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Frequently embarrassed by fellow Yanks. Usually loud women demanding they be treated like princesses by hotel/restaurant staff.

But also frequently made proud.

It is sad, and the sharp end of the stick (wide end of the wedge?) extends from football hooligans to British soliders attacking NYC police!

Stay away from Prague and Magaloof, and you don't have to worry about the British abroad so much.

But although some of us can be awful...


I don't think there is need for others to be quite so patronising!

I've been mortified and appalled on three different occassions when fellow americans (not in my party) have tried ordering buweiser in a German restaurant and were embarrasingly surprised that the haus did not carry such a fine brew.

I've also seen fellow Soldiers wear the t-shirts loudly proclaiming that they support single mothers with the picture of a stripper swinging from a pole. Nice.

The very worst was the US Soldier in Doha, Qatar wearing a t-shirt announcing, "He was here to kill Arabs". That is not a joke. Fortunately, some of my UK friends saw him, physically removed his shirt and then handed him off to me. Lots of fun.

Havings said that, I've seen Americans all over the world acting responsibly and according themselves as ambassadors of our country in a good light. I count myself amongst them.

We Canadians have no shortage of faults....but I am rarely embarrassed by my fellow countrymen when travelling.

I'd just like to apologise to all my fellow countrymen for any instances where I have embarrassed them :)

cringe worthy moments
 

Had my fair share of embarrassed moments. Fellow Scottish people in Dover one night. I had to apologise to the entire bar staff after a Glaswegian slapper had mouthed off in front of everyone about this and that and "you Unglish" jeez.

Then in Malaga .. red blotchy faces usually with frown, Man U / Newcastle /Celtic tops on, and I mean the whole family, stomping up the street as if the world owes them and why can't they have normal british beer/food/TV ?... and they usually get it too. Why do they have to be so loud and let everyone know they're british? Easyjet has a lot to answer for!

Then again, I've been to Bali a few times and there is the equivalent Aussie with Bintang shirt, hairy sweaty arm pits and bogan tendencies ... "maaaaate"! drinkin piss and shaggin sheila's.

Best to avoid touristy places methinks :)

yes, maybe it's more a particular type of tourist than a particular nationality:thumbup1: