I've heard that if you go down a street in the morning and theres a old person outside his house,taking out the rubbish,he would say hi to you and smile
and yes thats happend to me loads of times thousands actualy
but in america i was told if you go down a street and theres an old person he's give you a nasty vile look and look down his nose to you
now is this true?
2007-02-12 06:13:42 · 7 answers · asked by Huggles [mozzafan] 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
No way that's just stereotyping - I've lived here all my life and of all the other countries I've been to the closest comparison to it is England and Ireland. Just seems like everyone's down on the "ugly" American kick nowadays - blaming us for all the problems in the world. If you truly want rude take the chunnel and go to France.
2007-02-12 09:52:08 · answer #1 · answered by theshipsgunner 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was in America I found people to be very polite, but they were mostly in the service industry and I felt a lot of it was forced and insincere. I mean, this "Have a nice day!" that all shop workers say is so false!
I found the average American to be pretty much the same as the average Brit - you get friendly polite ones, and rude surly ones.
I also find it's worse in the big cities (eg London/New York ) where everyone is so busy with no time to say Hello.
Older people also seem to be more likely to say hi to a stranger.
2007-02-12 06:20:56 · answer #2 · answered by chip2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is so not true i went to america a couple of years ago and found that every1 was really polite, alot more so than over here.
2007-02-12 06:19:38 · answer #3 · answered by Peanut butter Jelly Time!!!! 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It completely depends on which city you are in (and which people you walk by). I've lived in both countries and I've met truly nice people and really nasty people in both America and Britain.
2007-02-12 06:23:28 · answer #4 · answered by Eva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends which part of england and america you live. where i live in england london my street is full of old people and they do say hi and good morning
2007-02-12 06:22:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
UK is not polite at all
2007-02-12 06:20:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
probably shoot you for looking,you know how paranoid the americans are
2007-02-12 06:20:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋