21-07-2002 20:48									#31
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Anyone else find Japanese tourists incredibly annoying?

	21-07-2002 20:59									#32
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Hmmmm.......... This has to be the first international popularity type poll we've done well in in a while.

	21-07-2002 21:06									#33
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Wrong Dalgetti. Israelis/Jews tell everyone they're the chosen people, that's why they're unpopular.

	21-07-2002 21:15									#34
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quote: Originally posted by *End Is Forever* Anyone else find Japanese tourists incredibly annoying?

Certainly in Stratford. Obviously you won't have met them much in England, living in a less desirable area, but they clog up Stratford, a fairly small town, massively.

	21-07-2002 21:19									#35
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But some of those Japanese girls are hot!

	21-07-2002 21:19									#36
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I worked for several summers in a tourist resort, and the foreigners were about as described. The Germans were always very polite and affable, but stingy. I wouldn't place the Brits so far down, as they didn't have to worry about me not speaking the language. I'd have to say the worst tourists I encountered were Americans, almost always the ones from New Jersey. Bleargh.

Japanese tourists are annoying because the come in such huge numbers, but they are usually polite and well-mannered.

	21-07-2002 21:19									#37
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quote: Do not go with them to anything remotely comedic. Their incescent laughing is enough to make you want to jump into the Canyon.

They put on comedy shows at the Grand Canyon? Missed that one.. darn.

Kidding aside... I think Americans are polite when they are abroad just so that they won't be attacked or kidnapped or whatever... seeing as how everyone hates us. (OK maybe the kidding was still on and not put aside... I'm an a s s sometimes...err all the time :-P~~ )

	21-07-2002 21:20									#38
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Believe it or not, I haven't seen that many Japanese tourists in my life. It's all rumours to me.

	21-07-2002 21:44									#39
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The japanese tourists I've encountered seem to loose it while shopping.

	21-07-2002 21:45									#40
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I've never seen a Canadian in my life. And 've actually met an Australian before.

	21-07-2002 21:54									#41
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion I've never seen a Canadian in my life. And 've actually met an Australian before.

You probably have. They just blend in very well.

	21-07-2002 22:12									#42
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Nope, haven't, at least never noticed any.

As for Americans - Europe is full of them.

	21-07-2002 22:25									#43
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quote: Originally posted by JohnIII Certainly in Stratford. Obviously you won't have met them much in England, living in a less desirable area, but they clog up Stratford, a fairly small town, massively.

Er, York is "less desirable"? I realise it's not an all-tourist town like Stratford, but you should see the number of the ****ers in the city center on a weekend.

Or perhaps you mean Salford, the tourist capital of the north?

	21-07-2002 22:54									#44
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I meant Salford.

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quote: Originally posted by our_man We're 2nd last! I thought everyone loved the Irish!

Looks like the British & Irish have something in common after all.

	22-07-2002 01:01									#46
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When I traveled to Spain recently with my family the only Spanish terms we wrote down before we went was "Pint of beer" and "Bacon sandwhich", which proved very useful during our stay.

	22-07-2002 01:14									#47
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According to this survey, Belgium does not have tourists.

	22-07-2002 01:27									#48
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It doesn't. It has victims.

	22-07-2002 01:41									#49
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Oh sure, everyone loves and welcomes the Germans as tourists, but raise a stink if they bring a few tanks and bombers along...

	22-07-2002 03:00									#50
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Hmm.. there's some logic, because i always end up having a good old time with brits when travelling. In bars that is.

	22-07-2002 03:21									#51
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We Brits are really bad tourists - for some reason most of use believe everyone should learn English and the English tourist even says "They'll understand if you speak LOUDER" in the Tropico add-on. My friend did it in Spain - I just wanted to smack him

We get loads of foreign tourists here (and hundreds of Japanese students round the college). The Japanese are polite but will hog anything to do with technology for hours on end. We've had a lot of Arabic students (no women, just men) at the college and around the town in general. They are EXREMELY annoying. They talk ridiculously loudly, deliberately block entrances, litter and seem even worse than British tourists, which is saying something.

	22-07-2002 09:52									#52
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Where are the Australians?

	22-07-2002 10:23									#53
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When I went to Europe recently, most of the (fellow) American tourists I met there were stupid and annoying. However, they were also slutty young thangs, so all in all they were probably a positive experience for whatever Italian fellow was lucky enough to stumble into one in a bar.

Generally, only the Portuguese truly hated all Americans, and that was mostly because we beat them in football.

	22-07-2002 13:30									#54
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Jealousy. The world is jealous of the British and our money.

Looks like there's no reason to be jealous of germans or Americans though.

	22-07-2002 23:29									#55
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I think if the criteria included "annoyance factor" the Japanese and Americans would be much lower on the list. Japanese for their tendancy to travel in massive packs and Americans mostly for ignorance. I ran into a lot of really dumb Americans when I was travelling through Europe. They sure annoyed the hell out of me.

-Arrian

	22-07-2002 23:37									#56
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americans are the best tourists because they're old (hence dont drink etc)

apart from that there's really no absolutes... at least from my experience.

	23-07-2002 00:11									#57
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Old? *boggle* I suppose they would be older, on average, than Brits or other European tourists because it costs more to get from the US to Europe than it does to travel from one European country to another. I was 20, though, so I buck the "old" trend if there is one.

quote: apart from that there's really no absolutes... at least from my experience.

Quite true. No absolutes.

-Arrian

	23-07-2002 00:22									#58
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AH should be banned.

	23-07-2002 01:00									#59
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion AH should be banned.

That certainly came out of nowhere...

	23-07-2002 07:25									#60
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quote: Originally posted by loinburger That certainly came out of nowhere...

But its just good cleaN FUN ...