Ok, I'm not sure if many of you remember, but I was particularly offended by a thread in the chillout room that stereotyped Americans as being ignorant, rude, and arrogant as a whole based upon the poster's experiences with tourists:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...15049&highlight

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Britons and Germans 'rudest tourists' Brits abroad are not popular with many hotel and catering workers British holidaymakers have come a very close second to the Germans in a survey to find the rudest nation of tourists. As many as 22% of overseas hotel and catering staff thought the British were the rudest customers they had encountered, according to the survey by Caterer and Hotelkeeper magazine. Only the Germans came out worse, with 23% of 1,000 staff interviewed finding them the least bearable. Many British tourists were described as "drunken, yobbish, and spitting", with frequent displays of "arrogance" and "ignorance" when on holiday abroad. It was even alleged that Britons had a habit of demanding compensation for meals they had already eaten but claimed to not enjoy. Some accused the Brits of insulting staff and spitting at them, while one waiter claimed to have been threatened with a gun by an unhappy customer. The magazine's editor, Forbes Mutch, said: "I think these survey results will come as a surprise to many people. This just goes to show that we Brits have a thing or two to learn when it comes to table manners." The survey also carried the claim that Germans always found something to complain about no matter how high the standard of service. One hotelier working in the Caribbean reported a German customer taking service staff to task for refusing to massage suntan oil into her back. After the Germans and the British, the Americans and French were considered the next rudest nations, each with 18% of the votes, followed by the Italians with 17%. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3185291.stm

I still refuse to stereotype an entire society based upon the rediculous notion that tourists are in any way the definitve end all be all character definition of a peoples. So to all those that originally stated that Americans were rude/arrogant/etc, based upon their tourist representations, I say fuck you.

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U sure u wanna bring that back ?

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Originally posted by N|te-L|fe U sure u wanna bring that back ?

Ignorance can't cure itself

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ahh occrider trying to prove that americans aren't as messed up as every trys to pin on them using fact based arguements...

well i for one an not a fan of french tourists they always smell and are never happy with the food your bring them nor do they ever tip



but really i do agree, americans do get a bad rap for sheit because they are the easiest one's to pick on while other "tourists are just as rude and ignorant" but we do bring alot of it on ourselves in more obvious ways then other cultures.

Those americans i've met have been kind..
but of course there's bad seeds in every country.

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every country has idiots.. every country also has non-idiots.. what's your point?

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Originally posted by occrider Ignorance can't cure itself

True.

I'm trying to think of a case I can remember of encountering a rude tourist, but I can't honestly think of one. The hotel etc staff would know best though.

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well, I love American tourists who can't comprehend the kilogram.

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Originally posted by goldenarmZ every country has idiots.. every country also has non-idiots.. what's your point?

My point was exactly that as I was vehementely trying to explain in the old thread I referenced.

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i really do believe that there are idiots everywhere you go, it is unfair to generalize an entire country based on a few shitty experiences with a few people.

keel em all!!!

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Originally posted by occrider Ok, I'm not sure if many of you remember, but I was particularly offended by a thread in the chillout room that stereotyped Americans as being ignorant, rude, and arrogant as a whole based upon the poster's experiences with tourists: http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...15049&highlight In lieu of recent findings ...

hehe, that was one of the funniest ever TA threads.. hehe...

my first thought is that germans and british ppl are going abroad more than the amrican ppl (cuz america has most of whats worth seeing in their own country...)...

anyway i agree on you, it's stupid to point out a popultion of a country cuz of some dumb ass tourists...