How have you been treated here as a Brit?
Apr 23rd 2014, 8:29 pm
#181
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Re: How have you been treated here as a Brit?
It probably happens in the UK now too, but I still find it kind of rude, myself.
I seem to have inherited some grandkids of varying ages. I don't recall them ever saying 'please' when asking for anything.
When they ask me and I reply : "Where's your manners" or " How about a 'please' " they look at me like I'm an alien.
I guess I have much work ahead.
Apr 23rd 2014, 8:37 pm
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Re: How have you been treated here as a Brit?
Yes, that one too. It is rude, even if the rudeness is unintentional. I always end up overcompensating by being extra nice for my own order.
We're trying with our daughter (our son is pretty good at remembering now). She's not too bad with saying 'thank you' but quite often I have to break out the 'what do you say' before I give her something she asks for.
I seem to have inherited some grandkids of varying ages. I don't recall them ever saying 'please' when asking for anything.
When they ask me and I reply : "Where's your manners" or " How about a 'please' " they look at me like I'm an alien.
I guess I have much work ahead.
When they ask me and I reply : "Where's your manners" or " How about a 'please' " they look at me like I'm an alien.
I guess I have much work ahead.
Apr 23rd 2014, 8:45 pm
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Re: How have you been treated here as a Brit?
Apr 23rd 2014, 8:46 pm
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Re: How have you been treated here as a Brit?
Apr 23rd 2014, 8:49 pm
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Re: How have you been treated here as a Brit?
Yes, that one too. It is rude, even if the rudeness is unintentional. I always end up overcompensating by being extra nice for my own order.
We're trying with our daughter (our son is pretty good at remembering now). She's not too bad with saying 'thank you' but quite often I have to break out the 'what do you say' before I give her something she asks for.
We're trying with our daughter (our son is pretty good at remembering now). She's not too bad with saying 'thank you' but quite often I have to break out the 'what do you say' before I give her something she asks for.
Apr 23rd 2014, 8:51 pm
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Apr 23rd 2014, 9:24 pm
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Re: How have you been treated here as a Brit?
I find the yanks polite, and more so in the South ,it's meeting Brits in the States I have a problem with, I'm always pleased the hear an English accent , well I use to be but I'm learning to keep my distance , bloody snobs, must be my Yorkshire accent they don't like.
Apr 23rd 2014, 11:47 pm
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Apr 24th 2014, 2:06 pm
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Re: How have you been treated here as a Brit?
The rudest person I met was a nurse at my AOS medical in 2007 in GA...
"Oh you're from England....I hate the English"
ME...'Why?'
"Because of what they did in 1812"
ME...'Well I wasn't actually there'
"Well..your ancestors were, and I'll never forgive them'
ME..."Actually, I'm only 1st generation British....Everybody before me was from Hungary"
'Well, they're still British'
The only thing that kept me from kicking her in the shins was that she was doing my medical, and I thought she might "find" some disease that might make a difference to my AOS....
Suck it up, Sue, was the hardest advice I ever gave myself!!
"Oh you're from England....I hate the English"
ME...'Why?'
"Because of what they did in 1812"
ME...'Well I wasn't actually there'
"Well..your ancestors were, and I'll never forgive them'
ME..."Actually, I'm only 1st generation British....Everybody before me was from Hungary"
'Well, they're still British'
The only thing that kept me from kicking her in the shins was that she was doing my medical, and I thought she might "find" some disease that might make a difference to my AOS....
Suck it up, Sue, was the hardest advice I ever gave myself!!
Apr 24th 2014, 2:16 pm
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Re: How have you been treated here as a Brit?
The rudest person I met was a nurse at my AOS medical in 2007 in GA...
"Oh you're from England....I hate the English"
ME...'Why?'
"Because of what they did in 1812"
ME...'Well I wasn't actually there'
"Well..your ancestors were, and I'll never forgive them'
ME..."Actually, I'm only 1st generation British....Everybody before me was from Hungary"
'Well, they're still British'
The only thing that kept me from kicking her in the shins was that she was doing my medical, and I thought she might "find" some disease that might make a difference to my AOS....
Suck it up, Sue, was the hardest advice I ever gave myself!!
"Oh you're from England....I hate the English"
ME...'Why?'
"Because of what they did in 1812"
ME...'Well I wasn't actually there'
"Well..your ancestors were, and I'll never forgive them'
ME..."Actually, I'm only 1st generation British....Everybody before me was from Hungary"
'Well, they're still British'
The only thing that kept me from kicking her in the shins was that she was doing my medical, and I thought she might "find" some disease that might make a difference to my AOS....
Suck it up, Sue, was the hardest advice I ever gave myself!!
Apr 24th 2014, 2:51 pm
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Re: How have you been treated here as a Brit?
The rudest person I met was a nurse at my AOS medical in 2007 in GA...
"Oh you're from England....I hate the English"
ME...'Why?'
"Because of what they did in 1812"
ME...'Well I wasn't actually there'
"Well..your ancestors were, and I'll never forgive them'
ME..."Actually, I'm only 1st generation British....Everybody before me was from Hungary"
'Well, they're still British'
The only thing that kept me from kicking her in the shins was that she was doing my medical, and I thought she might "find" some disease that might make a difference to my AOS....
Suck it up, Sue, was the hardest advice I ever gave myself!!
"Oh you're from England....I hate the English"
ME...'Why?'
"Because of what they did in 1812"
ME...'Well I wasn't actually there'
"Well..your ancestors were, and I'll never forgive them'
ME..."Actually, I'm only 1st generation British....Everybody before me was from Hungary"
'Well, they're still British'
The only thing that kept me from kicking her in the shins was that she was doing my medical, and I thought she might "find" some disease that might make a difference to my AOS....
Suck it up, Sue, was the hardest advice I ever gave myself!!
Then again, she sounds like one of those types who refers to the Civil War as the "War of Northern Aggression."