Why Europeans are so rude, impatient and unpolite with foreign people?

Question

I have been to Europe more than 10 times. The sights, the monuments, the museums, all these take our breathe away. But the people in Europe seems to be in a hurry all the time. In the stores and hotels, the clerks even don't smile. Their faces seems ever being bored with something. Why they don't relax?

Answer 1

I agree with you...in part..
I dont know all Europe, but had that feeling in France.
People in Paris is not nice..in general. they dont like tourists, you cant ask them anything bcoz show "bad face" to you, in spite of you ask them in french.
But if you ask then in english.......OMG !!!! that is worst.
But....in Germany, that always have had fame to be "cold" people, they are so nice and friendly, and try by all the ways, to help you if you dont know how to reach a place. Some people say that they are like that bcoz they went through several wars........but.....that is not an excuse. I know several countries that have gone through wars too, but are nice and friendly. Look for example Lebanon.. They are great in spite of so much suffering.
Of course one cant generalize, but ......unfortunatelly, things are like that.

EDIT...
By the way... I'm not from USA.....so, they arent like that only with "americans"... french pple is the same with all the foreigners. It seems they dont travel, bcoz in that case they would know how a person outside his/her own country feels.

Answer 2

My French friend says that work sucks so why pretend you like being there. Also they think if you just go around smiling all the time you look like an empty headed idiot. And that on the street only a hooker would look at a stranger and give a smile.

All of this adds up to social custom. I bet they wonder why Americans are always smiling when they aren't happy and friendly when they don't mean it.

Answer 3

I have been to France three times, and I have never once had someone be rude to me. Of course, I have never walked up to a vendor or store clerk or a waiter and just started speaking in English either. When I was in Italy, they were WONDERFUL and they had fits over my son--they love kids. The Germans are brusque as a general rule, but I have only had one person there (a waitress that appeared to be having a VERY bad day) that was outright rude to me. In Austria they were aloof also, but again not rude. Belgians are quite nice.

On the road, though, it is a different story. I have been honked at and cut off in every country I have driven in. I love it that Europeans can sit for 3 hours at lunch but once they get in their cars they are CRAZY.

It sucks that you have had bad experiences, though, because the culture is one of the nicest things to experience about another country, not just the sights.

Answer 4

Don't generalise all the Europeans. In Europe I find French people are very rude, followed by Italians, who are also cheats. Again, let us not generalise all the French and Italians, but this is based on my experience during quite a few visits.

Answer 5

It depends on how you look at it. Don't go to Europe and expect to be spoken to in English. Just a few words in a native tongue can help. Once they see that you have attempted to learn their language they become a lot more comforting and nice!!!

Answer 6

Some Americans are very rude too, though most I've met have been really friendly.

Answer 7

not all ,some r nice some aint,they have hard lives so i guess some need time to ease a little

Answer 8

i'm European and i don't agree with you;Wherever you'll go you'll meet rude people and some nice ones;please don't put all your eggs in one basket.that's THE problem,ever1 makes generalisations, at the end we'll never get on well.

Answer 9

It usually helps to be nice to them first.

Answer 10

that is kind of insulting.I'm at least half german and irish and my oma is so very nice.eh.(p.s. I'm not canadian)