Do you think that Polish people are rude?

HuegThreads: 1 Posts: 428 Joined: Apr 16, 07 ♂	Sep 30, 07, 18:24 #271
Articles she's forgotten that you can refer to the singular in the plural when it's ambiguous andyou want to avoid the awkward he/she type question.

polishgirltx	Sep 30, 07, 18:30 #272
yeah yeah yeah... never mind anymore :)

LucyndaThreads: 4 Posts: 89 Joined: Sep 18, 07 ♀	Sep 30, 07, 23:53 #273
Am I on the right thread? I've found Poles to be somewhat outspoken. A bit blunt. On the other hand, I'm the kind of Brit who, if you stand on my toe, will say. "I'm so terribly sorry. It seems my toe is in the way of yours. Would you mind terribly removing your foot?" Overpoliteness is no good either.

svengoolaThreads: - Posts: 84 Joined: Jan 14, 07 ♀	Edited by: svengoola Oct 1, 07, 00:11 #274
Quoting: Lucynda Am I on the right thread? Everyone is always on the right thread. There are no wrong threads here. Even if you think you're on the wrong one, you're still on the right one.

peterwegThreads: 30 Posts: 1,445 Joined: Feb 16, 07 ♂	Oct 2, 07, 17:09 #275
Quoting: tornado2007 who would that be and what nationality are they?? Michal and judging by his spelling, a ignorant Sceptic.

sausageThreads: 25 Posts: 1,053 Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂	Oct 2, 07, 17:27 #276
My Polish girlfriend is rude (sort of!). She also doesn't like giving tips to restaurant staff and taxi drivers! Is this typical?? I always thought the Spanish were the rudest nation until now!

PolsonThreads: 15 Posts: 2,814 Joined: May 9, 07 ♂	Oct 2, 07, 17:30 #277
Quoting: sausage She also doesn't like giving tips to restaurant staff and taxi drivers! Is this typical?? I think tips are a typical thing of Englih and American culture... ;)

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Oct 16, 08, 13:07 #278

sausage:

She also doesn't like giving tips to restaurant staff and taxi drivers! Is this typical??

Yes. The approach in Poland is that people should be paid sufficiently, without having to rely on handouts. In some cases giving a tip may be construed as an offense.

guttersnipe:

Podczas gdy ja byłem w Polsce, ja pomyslałem że Polski ludzi sa wszystki bardzo szorstki

Did you meet wszystki polski ludzi?

sausageThreads: 25 Posts: 1,053 Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂	Oct 16, 08, 13:10 #279
sausage: My Polish girlfriend is rude (sort of!). She also doesn't like giving tips to restaurant staff and taxi drivers I neatly sidestepped the problem by giving her all my money...

WroclawThreads: 74 Posts: 7,272 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Oct 16, 08, 13:59 #280
sausage: She also doesn't like giving tips to restaurant staff and taxi drivers! Restaurant and bar staff expect a tip, but only because they've been to the UK or some such place and done the same job there. (possibly) Taxi drivers don't expect a tip. I'm not about to start a fashion, so I only tip sometimes.

KrakowiankaThreads: 2 Posts: 272 Joined: Oct 16, 08 ♀	Oct 16, 08, 14:38 #281
I disagree, in Poland they expect a tip nearly everywhere now. Taxi drivers expect one too. Poles are thrifty on tiping I must agree

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Oct 16, 08, 15:02 #282
Expect a tip, I'm not so sure about that. It's not necessarily a given that this will be the case. The biggest problem I have with some Poles is defensiveness. Many are touchy and all too willing to lock horns. A moan is always just around the corner too.

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Edited by: sertomas Oct 26, 08, 04:04 #283

Hmmm what can i say?!
sth about polish people and good behoviour: polish language do not demand polite words in many cases.
U have to just say/ask sentecne in proper way and/or with good intonation.
If people use polite words they use slang or/and shortcuts of the proper words.
example of the phone call:
-Siemka.(slang;jak sie masz; How are u)
-Cze. (shortcut; czesc; Hi)
-Co slychać/jak leci. (idiom;expression; literacy: What sound/how its flight;
How u do/feel etc)
-A wporzo/ok. (shortcut; w porzadku/jest ok; literacy: in order; im ok/its ok etc)
-Sluchaj, czy moglbys mi pozyczyc notatki, wpadne wieczorem. (Literacy:Listen,can u borrow me notes, ill drop in in the evening)
-Nie ma sprawy. (literacy: There is no case; Ok, thats no problem)
-Ok dzieki. Narka. (slang; dziekuje;narazie; thanks. see u later)

Now sth about poeple im working with, brits.
I cannot complain but in some cases, YES!!!
Language, language and one more time language!!! Everyone is swearing all the time and do not bother that they will be punished for that by their managers.
Its just a warning.
many times i saw someone that belched in a presence of a customers. And the louder and longer its last the more fun. Ofcourse customers unhapy from that behaviour, walk away and i dont have to say how they looked at the "customer assistant"!!!.
I never thought that people can behave like that.
Yes, good manners they have. Thnk u, please etc but what if someone is asking me few times 'how r u' within an hour?!
So how i must feel when i here those words, only God knows how many times, within 9 hours.
I dont mind if someone ask me about my health/day etc but lots of brits are over-using polite words.
Once one woman asked why they are asking how u feel/ are u ok, etc. Do they really want to know that, care about someone.
Answer was shocking!!!
Automatic use!!! nothing else. Who cares how u feel, if your aunt just died its just "automatic use" part of culture.

I gave only some examples but everyone is diferent.
It doesnt mean that if one person is wonderful or extremly rude the other XX milions is the same in whole Britain/Poland.

davey1Threads: - Posts: 7 Joined: Feb 28, 09 ♂	Feb 28, 09, 18:54 #284
Thread attached on merging: Why are polish people so rude and annoying? As above........please discuss.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Edited by: Seanus Feb 28, 09, 19:22 #285
Some are, some aren't. End of discussion

davey1Threads: - Posts: 7 Joined: Feb 28, 09 ♂	Feb 28, 09, 19:32 #286
Seanus: Some are, some aren't. End of discussion Sums it up........rude reply Thanks

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Edited by: Seanus Feb 28, 09, 19:43 #287
I've already replied to this. It sums nothing up as I am not Polish. Not a rude reply at all. Go on then Davey, give us a story.

davey1Threads: - Posts: 7 Joined: Feb 28, 09 ♂	Feb 28, 09, 19:46 #288
Just work in england with lots of polish people and they are all physically and vocally(if they can be bothered to speak english at all) rude

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Feb 28, 09, 19:51 #289
I know the type you mean, Davey1. Neanderthals!

RubasznyRumcajsThreads: 9 Posts: 281 Joined: Mar 29, 08 ♂	Feb 28, 09, 20:04 #290
davey1: polish people and they are all physically and vocally(if they can be bothered to speak english at all) rude oh, how someone can be 'physically rude'? explain that and, of course, English 'how are you?' 'are you all right?' replied x8 per hour by poeple who really don't care about this is less rude?

davey1Threads: - Posts: 7 Joined: Feb 28, 09 ♂	Feb 28, 09, 20:58 #291
RubasznyRumcajs: oh, how someone can be 'physically rude'? explain that and, of course, English 'how are you?' 'are you all right?' replied x8 per hour by poeple who really don't care about this is less rude? Typical rude pole

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Feb 28, 09, 21:04 #292
davey1: Just work in england with lots of polish people and they are all physically and vocally Are the big bad Poles bulling you Daviewavy? Aaawwweee... Ha ha ha ha, harden up and stop moaning. Ha ha ha ha

davey1Threads: - Posts: 7 Joined: Feb 28, 09 ♂	Feb 28, 09, 21:06 #293
SeanBM: Are the big bad Poles bulling you Daviewavy? Aaawwweee... Ha ha ha ha, harden up and stop moaning. Ha ha ha ha ha ha hardly likely.

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Feb 28, 09, 21:08 #294

@davey1

well... instead of ad personam attack could you tell me: whats more rude: not carrying about someones health and life and not showing (non-existent) interest /although, I don't mean showing to someone 'f*ck off' attitude/ or not carrying about someones health and life and wearing a mask and trying to look like someone who care /but, of course, showing this in a really 'unproffesional' way, so most people will get this message/?

ah, I'd forgot: using descriptions like 'rude' etc etc is not really a valid answer.

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Feb 28, 09, 21:10 #295

RubasznyRumcajs:

@davey1

well... instead of ad personam attack could you tell me: whats more rude: not carrying about someones health and life and not showing (non-existent) interest /although, I don't mean showing to someone 'f*ck off' attitude/ or not carrying about someones health and life and wearing a mask and trying to look like someone who care /but, of course, showing this in a really 'unproffesional' way, so most people will get this message/?

ah, I'd forgot: using descriptions like 'rude' etc etc is not really a valid answer.

Ummmmmmm If that made any sense I'd answer you

RubasznyRumcajsThreads: 9 Posts: 281 Joined: Mar 29, 08 ♂	Feb 28, 09, 22:24 #296
eh, i give up :~

Guest	Mar 1, 09, 04:38 #297
POLISH ARE RUDE. i have been to warsawa airport and i was treated like a bul shit by immigration at airport.i have seen such cruel face of polish that remind me EX-USSR era i think polish still need to change to free world specialy european norms.

MrBubblesThreads: 13 Posts: 768 Joined: Nov 13, 07 ♂	Mar 1, 09, 11:33 #298
Guest: i have been to warsawa airport and i was treated like a bul shit by immigration at airport.i What did they do? Most customs staff are jumped up little losers with tiny dicks (the women too) - what did Warsaw do that was so bad?

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Mar 1, 09, 13:40 #299
Some are abrupt, yes, but they live under stressful conditions and quite a lot of negativity. Some Polish teachers are not keen on me because I have spark and dynamism. They wonder how I can get a class going and they think I should be more serious. Like I'm not :) It's a little rude to impose in such a fashion.

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Mar 1, 09, 13:56 #300

Ummmmmmm! Listen to the English person talking about Polish people! obviously lacks both intelligence and education...Iwona was NOT having a go at the English-! My Fiancee is Polish, we spend a lot of time in both countries and have found that Polish lifestyle and culture is certainly not as corrupt as "some others". We save the use of pleasantries for family and friends, not for complete strangers or for those that are not "close" to us. There is nothing more annoying as "hi, how are you...how's your weekend..have a nice day!" from faceless people on the telephone or (another thread coming up) people in supermarkets..! Like you really care about my life!
brit guest...intelligent input, now go and have another beer!

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