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- Conwaysb0718, on 07/07/2008, -14/+97There's only two things I can't stand in this world. Those who are intolerant of other people's cultures... and the French.
- str3ama, on 07/08/2008, -2/+44The most annoying tourists IMO aren't those from any one country, but those that come to a country with an undeserved sense of entitlement.
- Conwaysb0718, on 07/08/2008, -1/+37Its a quote from Austin Powers. I just substituted French for Dutch. All in good fun.
- inactive, on 07/09/2008, -29/+63That's because americans can no longer afford to fly their fat asses over here.
- Shigglyboo, on 07/08/2008, -0/+29I want 37 days of vacation per year. What the hell are we thinking over here? 7 vacations per year and we only get one?
- nomadbea, on 07/09/2008, -1/+26In my opinion, the worst tourists are the ones who do go to other places, and instead keep themselves close-minded to the new culture.
- craighoxton, on 07/09/2008, -0/+24You should see British tourists and ex-pats trying to "integrate" in Southern Spain: "Oi Diego, egg and chips por favor"
- kimsonsolutions, on 07/08/2008, -5/+27i hope you were beeing sarcastic but you made me laugh
i'm french but not always proud to be when you see the behaviour of some idiots - arraz, on 07/09/2008, -4/+25I was in France and Germany all last summer. The French are nice, they just expect you to also know French the language. You say one word in French and they go off on a conversation, then they don't understand why you just stare at them. I asked a guy if he knew how the porta-potty worked, and he went on for like 10 minutes in French non-stop... then he just walked away.
Germans are much better. They recognize the American accent and talk in a funky deutsch/british accent, but at least you can understand them.
When it comes to driving... Europe = FAIL. (at least for people used to lanes larger then 5 feet) Then again I'm sure they would say the same thing for Americans. I just don't like feeling like I'm going to ***** my pants every few minutes from some idiot trying to pass me on the second lane ...on the shoulder. - FuryOfThor, on 07/07/2008, -12/+30Unsurprised.
- fireinbergen, on 07/09/2008, -1/+18According to the article it says the Chinese are the worst tourists overall. The French are just the worst tourists from Europe.
- jerrycan, on 07/09/2008, -1/+18I experienced the same thing with those of the African american persuasion at Disney World. I mentioned something about line etiqette to them, but it seems they were quite perturbed about having a "cracker" get up in their "face".
Oh well. - StarofTroy, on 07/09/2008, -0/+15I've never gotten a vacation. I usually spend it recovering at home. And with the way the dollar is I can't afford to go to other countries.
- bratterscain, on 07/09/2008, -0/+15ITT: Generalizations
- digitalpencil, on 07/09/2008, -0/+15to sum up, pretty much everyone is an ***** outside of their own fish bowl...
we (the English), whinge about everything being far too hot (because we've become accustomed to the fine rain constantly falling on our fair shores) and we drink like fish because the constant fine rain has worn down our very souls and to resort to casual binge-drinking seems like the only viable option.. (we're quite a morose nation)
the Aussies, insist on wearing flip-flops wherever they go. and yet still manage to whinge about the weather and the fact that our draft is nowhere near as good as a "stubbie" (whatever he ***** that is) of VB..
the Yanks... well, there's a reason you guys have achieved the prestigious title of 'worst tourist' but the reason might shock you.... it's because you're too nice! Europeans are all *****, we're used to that! we're rude to one another, we abuse each other's culture and laugh at how ridiculous our neighbours' accents sound. It might sound bizarre to you but it's a system we've had working for centuries and everyone implicitly understands the dance.. then you great big friendly buggers come on over and throw everything out of sync! Asking complete strangers their opinion over the 'quaint little chateau', 'where's best to eat' and 'how lovely the scenery is' at an amplitude so high we think you've all had megaphones surgically implanted in your collective esophagus!
it's not that you're obnoxious or rude by intention, but SO friendly that it disconcerts us to the extent that we search around for the broken-glass lined trap we're about to fall into... Europeans are dysfunctional, we only talk to each other in designated areas (and with sufficient supplies of booze) and to exemplify the reality of this situation; try talking to a stranger on the London Underground and gauge the surrounding passengers reaction to this gross demand for attention.. the reason they're all cowering in fear is that there's good chance you're going to end up with a butterfly knife lodged in your throat/megaphone.
as for the French.. they're pretty much the same as most Europeans.. they're rude, but no more than anyone else. Parisians on the other hand have a well-deserved reputation for being the most obnoxious ***** on the planet.. they'd quite willfully step over your 'still-twitching' corpse to get a better seat on the TGV and wouldn't think for a moment that this behaviour was anything less than fair.
This though, is what i've come to know as 'Capital City Syndrome' and it's exactly the same as the immortal Ghost Busters quote "Being miserable and treating other people like dirt is every New Yorker's God-given right.." Every inhabitant of a capital city (yes i'm aware that New York isn't a capital city but honestly, WTF is Washington DC?!?) is an *****, they're rude, hate people with maps and shout at complete strangers for momentarily hesitating before jumping into the swarms of pedestrian traffic weaving in and out of one another at break-neck speed. It's just how they operate, they can't fathom why anyone would choose to go on holiday to somewhere they feel is just two steps away from the fiery infernos of hell itself!
We're all ***** in our own way, and to hold competitions to see who is the biggest ***** seems somewhat redundant as there's little chance of us agreeing with one another's conclusions in the first place.. suffice to say that i'm an *****, you're an *****, the guy sat across from you is an *****... everyone's an *****.
/rant - inactive, on 07/09/2008, -0/+13All right Goldmember. Don't play the laughing boy. There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.
- inactive, on 07/09/2008, -3/+16They are just frustrated that the world speaks english not french.
- Haoie, on 07/09/2008, -3/+16Funny that, you always hear horror stories about how snooty Parisians are to tourists. Nothing about how snooty French tourists are.
- tanuki0, on 07/09/2008, -0/+12Driving in Rome or Paris is hilarious. Especially when you're a pedestrian.
- saigumi, on 07/09/2008, -0/+12Yeah, but you have to remember that for Europe, "Going to another country" is equivable to "Going to another state".
Except that people speak another language and don't like you.... it is like going from anywhere else in the US to California. - reisrocks, on 07/09/2008, -2/+13Between the French and the Italian, I would say the Italians are worse, simply due to the fact they are very territorial and loud, especially in a group.
Go to a restaurant, if there's a group of people making noise, they're either from any nation and drunk... or Italian.
On the up-side, they're cool once you get to know them. - inactive, on 07/09/2008, -2/+13What an ignorant generalization. I work as a food server in a fine dining restaurant, Over the past three years I have had several french customers, as well as numerous other tourist. NEVER have I felt disrespect from a french tourist. I cant say the same for some of my fellow Americans however. I've noticed the french have high standards for customer service an can appear standoffish but that's just their culture. Obnoxious is having your kids run around every while people are trying to eat a nice dinner, or talking loud on your phone inside.
- ThisCommentSux, on 07/09/2008, -1/+12Why is this on the front page again, barely more than a day later?
http://digg.com/search?s=Most+Obnoxious+Tourists
The article was awful the first time round on time.com, and it isn't any better this time round on yahoo.com.
This is retarded. - mijelh, on 07/09/2008, -0/+11I moved to Italy one year ago, and I can tell Italians are really really loud. My neighbor is waking up like at 5 in the morning every day and start talking to his son, who is living in a building just in front of hers. But, why use a telephone or just walk the 5 meters separating both houses? no! It's much easier to just open the window and start shouting until his son wakes up, opens his window, and join the conversation.
But, as the previous poster noted, they are really cool when you get to know them. When I arrived, I was amazed that people I knew just for a week offered themselves to help me find an apartment, called me to go to every party, introduced me to their families.... once you know someone, you are treated almost as a life-long friend. - dadioflex, on 07/09/2008, -0/+10I went inter-railing across Europe in the 80s and by far the best people to know were US americans. I think because it was a big hop for them they were generally far better prepared than we (from the UK) were. I had maps given to me, advice given on the best place to crash and the best bars to go to and any number of other tips. The worst people to run across were Aussies - I don't know what it was but back then they seemed to view Europe in much the same way the Mongols viewed the rest of the world several centuries earlier.
- notoneofus, on 07/09/2008, -0/+10All nationalities I'm fine with, most of the time. But my negative impressions of any one group depend on the country we're in at the time. And often how many of them are in that group.
The worst I've seen so far: Germans in Thailand; Americans and Chinese in Japan; French in China; and Italians in the US. - inactive, on 07/09/2008, -0/+10When I went to Italy, I drove from Rome to Pisa, and the highway had signs saying to be careful, because 42 people died on that road last summer.
This was more scary to me than anything else... - Brodels, on 07/09/2008, -0/+9Not that I disagree, but living in SW London an area which is covered with Australians and hearing them constantly complaining is kind of ironic too. If it's so bad, why is almost every third house in my street full of them.
- HigherLogic, on 07/09/2008, -3/+12Those are some pretty heavy populated and visited countries...and who better to ask than hotel employees?
- masterm1nd, on 07/09/2008, -6/+14Like the French?
- dadioflex, on 07/09/2008, -3/+11Can I vote for that building roads all over it idea of yours? Roads in the UK suck. Every major motorway in EVERY major UK city is gridlocked about 4 hours a day morning and evening during rush hour. I know this happens in the US too but as the number of cars on the roads increases its only going to get worse. Ratio of roads to nature is miniscule compared to ratio of nature to fields of wheat/rape/cows/sheep. That's where your nature went, stamped out under the iron heel of people trying to feed you.
- JayTee44, on 07/09/2008, -4/+12A no brainer.
Add the french canadians as well. Ever go skiing in northern Vermont ? French Canadians ignore the concept of a waiting line, and all the people standing in it. - bosssmiley, on 07/09/2008, -1/+9Bruges > Paris
The Belgians are hospitable, have good beer, good food and look after their historic buildings. They're also self-aware enough to laugh about the two most famous Belgians in the world (Tintin & Poirot) being fictitious.
Seriously, Bruges. It's a hidden treasure. - Coffeedemon, on 07/09/2008, -0/+8A smelly hiker? Heaven forfend. They might have been camping out for weeks.
- mijelh, on 07/09/2008, -3/+11yet if frech did the same to you, they would be anti-semite.
- elpohl, on 07/09/2008, -0/+8Because EVERYBODY loves the Dutch.
Except the Germans... - proliance, on 07/09/2008, -1/+8Lighten up people, its a line from a movie.
(+1 for the first person to name it) - raarky, on 07/09/2008, -2/+9the same applies when you are a tourist in their country.
it certainly felt like we werent welcome there. - Rotzooi, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7They have these signs in Holland, too. Stupidly, at the END of the dangerous stretch of road.
So you've been gunning it for 10 miles, thinking you're a F1 driver, but found the road surprisingly tricky - at the moment you're able to breathe again, that's when they tell you 12 people died on that stretch last year. Heh. - chikuten, on 07/09/2008, -5/+12as an american myself, i can proudly say that the award for the biggest ass holes and dumb asses is still reserved for america.
- monoa, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6Yup, that's my experience. I'm sure there are many nice French people, but they've been a rare commodity when I've gone to France. If you don't speak near-fluent French then the person you're attempting to communicate with will redefine 'dismissive' for you.
Driving in Europe = WIN... provided you quickly learn to join everyone else on the road and believe you're starring in a movie which is some combination of Death Race 2000 / Gumball Rally / Mad Max / Bullit / Spy Who Loved Me / Spartacus. - o6uoq, on 07/09/2008, -1/+7wow. An article by an American journalist for an American news source says that the French are obnoxious travellers. I'm calling BS on this one.
I've done a fair bit of travel for my age and the biggest annoyances are Americans. They are the only ones you will hear in a restaurant. Only ones who expect every other country to speak English. I'm basing it on stereotypes here - but unfortunately majority rules and majority wins in this case. - wyrdness, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6I find it really hard to believe that the French are worse tourists than the British. Unfortunately, us Brits have a really bad reputation abroad.
- Smogtdi, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6I live in the province of Quebec where most people speak french anyway... and still the concept of "Français Chiant" is embeded in our culture. They are seen as thinking they own the world.
- oxymoron69, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6USA #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gooooooooo Yanks! - estacado, on 07/09/2008, -2/+8What about the Germans? They killed 6 million of you guys, no special price?
- jezsik, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6Maybe, but it depends a lot on your definition of obnoxious. The groups of Australians I've encountered tend to be major party animals and some folks would find that obnoxious. As a traveler, I've found Parisians at home quite rude but perfectly friendly while abroad. I'm in total agreement with the Japanese being the most respectable. I wonder where the Irish landed on that list. They are, for my money, the most fun tourists.
- blackjack75, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6You forgot about Switzerland (again!). We have parts that speak french, german, italian (and rumantsch).
As such we can be arrogant like the french, wear speedos at the beach like the german, be very loud like the italians and – the worst part – we're organized like the swiss.
Who could beat that? - aenegeling, on 07/09/2008, -2/+7Unfortunately it's true, they spit, swear, urinate in the streets, scream at each other, barge their way through cues, the women belch with no regard to the social environment etc.. This doesn't suprise me at all. Look at their government though. An absolute nightmare of a government that purposely obliterated traditional Chinese culture, a culture which emphasised respect for others, acting in a benevolent and respectable manner.
Not to single the Chinese people out though, it's the Chinese Governments destruction of Chinese culture that has lead the Chinese to act like this and believe it to be normal. I have a lot of Chinese friends living outside of China that still find it hard to break away from the bad habits they formed while living in China. - tgunner, on 07/09/2008, -0/+5Informative.... *****.
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