This seems to be mostly accepted in Asia , but how do you foreigners think about this
2007-12-15 17:34:47 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
That's rude...we don't practise that here in Canada.
2007-12-15 17:57:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 3⤋
You ask if the push is rude, I say your posted question is MOST RUDE. There is no basis for the statement because I have traveled around the world and I have seen other nationalities pushing. Thus, the very premise of this post is accusatory and RUDE.
And then you say "ex-pats" only. That is the second RUDE behavior in this post. You accuse us Asians, and exclude us from the answerers so we won't be able to refute?
Finally, I hope you don't mind an Asian giving you a lecture. Expatriates is shortened as expats and is, therefore, not hyphenated.
2007-12-16 18:05:39 · answer #2 · answered by boyplakwatsa.com 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Instead of being drawn to refute some nutty answers, I'd just like to answer the somewhat flawed question.
1) If Asians would come from behind the line and push, naturally anyone would be mad. Not just expats. The problem is, Asians are not the only people in the world who can or have pushed from behind the line. Europeans, Americans and basically every nation on earth have people who have been guilty of doing this and singling out Asians (particularly Filipinos since this was asked in Philippines category) is unfair and is telling of how racist this question is.
2) Pushing is not mostly accepted in Asia except in a Sumo wrestling match in Japan. In the Philippines, people would not normally do that. Extreme cases of a bomb scare or maybe an emergency case like a fire or earthquake would prompt us to do that out of panic and not out of disrespect.
2007-12-16 05:57:22 · answer #3 · answered by ken 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Sorry, I'm Pinoy and have to admit I've seen this in the Philippines. It begins the moment the plane lands. How many times have you heard a flight attendant remind passengers to remain in their seats? Once you arrive at the immigration area, lots of times there isn't a group of lines, but a group of groups. Then most people stand as if they are cars on EDSA- practically on top of one another. The moment movement is felt, thats when the pushing and sliding in begins.
How many times will you be waiting, like to purchase something or to be helped at a Film developer, and it's not first come, first serve, but first to speak to the clerk, first to be served ?
2007-12-18 06:46:20 · answer #4 · answered by Don Ssz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Papa Chuck, where have you been? No pushing in the Philippines? remember the stampede in a game show a few years back? Oh, not to mention I just came from divisoria.. at this time of the year, good luck with no pushing
Though I am not an expat (and would defy the author's 'expats only' ruling) Asian people may tend to push because
1) We are overcrowding the world.. Hello... Indians, Chinese...no further comments
2) Only in Asia you can find too much people crammed in a small city. A population three times the size of New York (lucky guess)
So in an overcrowded place, its normal to 'push'
It would be a different story if 50% of asians migrate to New Zealand where the cows are more populous than humans...
What? Thumbs down???
2007-12-16 03:31:42 · answer #5 · answered by nuttynellie 3 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Bonjour madam is going to coach there human beings too, in simple terms doing there job, and could be taken care of with admire, and we those styles of persons whould have attention for others in there lives for as quickly as, whom ever they perhaps, president inclusive. aurevoir aurevoir
2016-10-01 22:16:17 · answer #6 · answered by bulluck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's rude and unacceptable. Didn't your nanay teach you manners ? Don't try this one on me, I will embarress the heck out of you at least, or yank you out of line myself.
2007-12-16 10:32:03 · answer #7 · answered by oneiloilojeepney 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is rude to be pushed from behind.
2007-12-16 00:24:20 · answer #8 · answered by pau 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think this borders on Racism. I have seen other nationalities push in. I can't recall any incident such as pushing in when I have been queued up in The Philippines.
EDIT
nuttynellie as you can see the questioner did state "from behind you in line and push in ?" e.g. standing in line to pay a bill,waiting for a taxi etc.
First of all the 'stampede' was because of a bomb hoax not from pushing in,
In New Zealand it's the sheep that outnumber the population not the cows,
Shopping at The Divisoria is different here, there is no queueing its basically every man for himself,
seems that the only thing you and I agree on is to "defy the author's 'expats only' ruling" as I do with 'Filipino only' questions
edit
to all the thumbs down thank you, at least you took the time to both read and react to my answer.
2007-12-15 21:16:11 · answer #9 · answered by PC 7 · 8⤊ 8⤋
There are lots of rude people in the word not only in asia and I have experienced to be pushed many times by different nationalities especially in the airports while these people talking so loud bragging their "accents"....
2007-12-15 19:34:01 · answer #10 · answered by Roszi Love 4 · 6⤊ 6⤋
well I'm Chinese so I count as an asian and lets put it this way where the asians came from if you didnt push you didnt get anywhere the asians that push grew up learning that if you didnt push shove or fight for what you are waiting for (in the line im guessing) you might not get it
i personally thing that its so rude and probably close to what your thinking but we come from different cultures where resources are abundant and they come from close to nothing so give them a chance asians have been through a lot
2007-12-15 17:47:59 · answer #11 · answered by Tim H 2 · 4⤊ 7⤋