why do Brits give the rest of us bad name abroad

[RUSS]

at the moment im currently on holiday in benidorm/spain and decided to goto the main boose up area where all the bars are, its nicknamed the square , there is an abundance of clubs and pubs with various types of entertainment because id already had a ****load of boose i decided to have a sit down and observe all the young nutters of which there must of been at least thousand mainly mid teens to early 20s all completely hammered on drink and drugs i observed the following behaviour of my fellow Brits 1/ at least 20 people passed out just lying where they had fallen every one ignoring them 2/ various people openly vomiting 3/ couples openly having sex probably complete strangers to each other ( come on im no prude but there is a time and a place for that sort of behaviour) 4/then the creme de le creme , i watched a complete and utter asshole walk up to a complete stranger and these where is words " hey you ya f****r what you lookin at, do you wanna go for it" at this he belted the poor lad straight in his face the lad who was hit was a skinny lad who instantly did a runner to which the ass chased after him , after 5 minutes he returned boasting to his m8 that he had just batterd some lad he was bragging that the kid he had hit had been crying, at this i felt like getting up and giving him the kicking of his f*****g life but rrealised if i did this then i would be just the same has him i here you ask where are the medical services for the people who had passed out or even a police officer/s the answer they where there but simply could not be bothered to intervene I come from a background where i was taught respect for others these W*****s DONT i am ashamed to call them fools british i have 2 daughters and 1 son im damn sure they will not go abroad by them selves when they are older if they do at least the respect i have instilled in them will show

[HLS]

at the moment im currently on holiday in benidorm/spain and decided to goto the main boose up area where all the bars are, its nicknamed the square , there is an abundance of clubs and pubs with various types of entertainment because id already had a ****load of boose i decided to have a sit down and observe all the young nutters of which there must of been at least thousand mainly mid teens to early 20s all completely hammered on drink and drugs i observed the following behaviour of my fellow Brits 1/ at least 20 people passed out just lying where they had fallen every one ignoring them 2/ various people openly vomiting 3/ couples openly having sex probably complete strangers to each other ( come on im no prude but there is a time and a place for that sort of behaviour) 4/then the creme de le creme , i watched a complete and utter asshole walk up to a complete stranger and these where is words " hey you ya f****r what you lookin at, do you wanna go for it" at this he belted the poor lad straight in his face the lad who was hit was a skinny lad who instantly did a runner to which the ass chased after him , after 5 minutes he returned boasting to his m8 that he had just batterd some lad he was bragging that the kid he had hit had been crying, at this i felt like getting up and giving him the kicking of his f*****g life but rrealised if i did this then i would be just the same has him i here you ask where are the medical services for the people who had passed out or even a police officer/s the answer they where there but simply could not be bothered to intervene I come from a background where i was taught respect for others these W*****s DONT i am ashamed to call them fools british i have 2 daughters and 1 son im damn sure they will not go abroad by them selves when they are older if they do at least the respect i have instilled in them will show WOW. I am amazed that you whitnessed all of that and noone, not even the police, did something. It just goes to show that morals in this world are going down the drain. Very sad. it may have been the best that you did not intervene he probably would have clobbered you too. I would think it is the job of the police to protect people.

[RUSS]

WOW. I am amazed that you whitnessed all of that and noone, not even the police, said something. It just goes to show that morals in this world are going down the drain. Very sad. i was there no longer than an hour oh and i didnt mention the smell it stunk of stale urine and vomit , it is not some where that i would take my young kids even though the rest of benidorm is nice place

[HLS]

i was there no longer than an hour oh and i didnt mention the smell it stunk of stale urine and vomit , it is not some where that i would take my young kids even though the rest of benidorm is nice place Sounds like my college dorm. LOL

[Venomous]

It's no secret that the english are considered to be the rudest, most brash people in the world. Many of them are decent people, but a good majority of them are just trash and belong in the rubbish bin along with the rest of the garbage. The problem is with the youth and various minority groups, like the south asians. I'm in a glass house on this one though, so I shouldn't be throwing stones. We have more than our fair share of deviants here in the states too. A few bad apples do spoil the barrel and i'm tired of the way english hooligans and kraut skinheads are behaving this world cup. If you're an adult, you should act as such, especially when you're in another country. Like it or not, you are an embassador and eyes are watching. But then again, it's only a northern song...

[Mike70]

gee and i thought that americans had a bad reputation abroad. if i had a dime for evertime i've heard "mike your not like other americans" i could retire comfortably to an island somewhere, get juiced up and spend what time i've got left soaking up the sunshine. how's that for a HPOTD paraphrase?

[Venomous]

gee and i thought that americans had a bad reputation abroad. if i had a dime for evertime i've heard "mike your not like other americans" i could retire comfortably to an island somewhere, get juiced up and spend what time i've got left soaking up the sunshine. how's that for a HPOTD paraphrase? You're right. Most people abroad wouldn't give "p*ss in a catdish" for Americans either. But most of that stems from our governmental policies, I think. I know when I travel abroad i'm always very respectful to the host country. But as for the english, I think a lot of their tourists are rude and brash, and have a reputation for being so. That is why they are not liked. As opposed to Americans not being welcomed because of our politics. I'm interested in hearing from Europeans concerning the behavior of American tourists. From my experience, we're very well behaved and still say "yes sir" and "no sir" to our hosts. More often than not, we're more friendly to people when traveling abroad than when we're at home. I'm curious to hear what everyone thinks of American tourists on here. But then again, it's only a northern song...

[RUSS]

You're right. Most people abroad wouldn't give "p*ss in a catdish" for Americans either. But most of that stems from our governmental policies, I think. I know when I travel abroad i'm always very respectful to the host country. But as for the english, I think a lot of their tourists are rude and brash, and have a reputation for being so. That is why they are not liked. As opposed to Americans not being welcomed because of our politics.... dont tar all brits with same brush it is only a minority of idiots

[Venomous]

dont tar all brits with same brush it is only a minority of idiots Those minority of idiots are making you look really bad. It's up to you to do something about it. If I was English, or German, or Brasilian (for that matter), I would really be ashamed of the behavior of a great many of their so-called footie fans. They behave impulsively and ruin the world cup for everyone. The Iranian team acted with more class than anyone when they gave that Mexican player who just lost his father a bouquet of flowers before their match. That's integrity, and you can't teach someone that. Either you have it or you don't. Sadly enough, many people in the west don't. Oh well, it's only a northern song...

[Graebel]

mainly mid teens to early 20s all completely hammered on drink and drugs It sounds a lot like spring break in America or any other party I've ever been to when I was younger. Also I have a girlfriend who's from Austrailia and says that young people there do exactly the same thing. Also carnival in Brazil is world reknowned for its debauchery. Maybe its not a cultural thing but an age thing.

[Danny]

i think its becuase all the ''pis-ed's' go to spain on holiday now ibiza is being overpopulated by 40 year olds wanting to be "with it". i love how people aborad ,americans especially, meet us guys and gals from britain and expect us to be all "oh ya tea and crumpets by jove" , though i do love my tea and scones myself, but aside from regional accent's people in england and the u.s talk the same now ,well except for chavs and people from san fransisco but what are you gonna do , case in point me and a good freind of mine are both british, imagine that!, but we earned the nicknames jay and silent bob becuase: 1: my surnames smith im short stocky ,look like silent bob minus a beard, too many comics in my room, love of star wars ect. and to qoute my friends "allways has that ****ing baseball cap on backwards!". 2: my freinds got long hair and allways got a beany hat, smokes pot all the time and like jay uses the word f-u-c-k seriously about 20 times in two minutes....i aint joking ive timed him, and is all into 80's metal and believe it or not morris day and the time. 3:and we both spend way too mutch time at the mall (but we call em shopping centres) describe that to someone and dont tell them were british and they wont say it right, most likely amrican... wether thats a good or a bad thing i dont know... but my point is steriotypes of certain groups ,like chavs, may be correct, but steriotypes of nationalities never are,..... no matter how hard our british forefathers hated the french i blame mtv and 'that' rap music.

[MinionZombie]

And here was me thinking it was the Americans who had the reputation for being arrogant and brash and ignorant ... also, the bloody French, they're a bunch of petulant surrendering monkeys who are p*ssed off at anything the British do ... the Italians - they're a bunch of arrogant self-touchers as well ... and Portugal ... they now seem to be a bunch of petulant little f*ckers too... Of course this is all stereotypes, but I'd say the British are far from known to be the rudest and brashest of folk in the world ... far from it. What the British are good at is standing in lines, not protesting against the gubment and putting up with their complete criminal legislation as well as living in the past (1966's World Cup anyone? FORTY-F*CKING-YEARS-AGO-PEOPLE!!!!). *sigh*

[Venomous]

And here was me thinking it was the Americans who had the reputation for being arrogant and brash and ignorant ... also, the bloody French, they're a bunch of petulant surrendering monkeys who are p*ssed off at anything the British do ... the Italians - they're a bunch of arrogant self-touchers as well ... and Portugal ... they now seem to be a bunch of petulant little f*ckers too... Of course this is all stereotypes, but I'd say the British are far from known to be the rudest and brashest of folk in the world ... far from it. What the British are good at is standing in lines, not protesting against the gubment and putting up with their complete criminal legislation as well as living in the past (1966's World Cup anyone? FORTY-F*CKING-YEARS-AGO-PEOPLE!!!!). *sigh* Basically it took you two paragraphs to tell everyone that the english are like sheep. I could have told everyone that in a sentence.

[MinionZombie]

I don't know where in the world you come from, but I'd suggest laying off the attitude as I'm sure everyone will appreciate it.

[coma]

Uh... I've met some supremely snooty, snotty, stuck up Brits, but I met awhole lot of cool ones too. I don't know why people think we (Americans) have a monopoly on being tards. Maybe bacuse there is a LOT more of us. Every one of the 50 states is the size of most countries. most are not like the tards you see on COPS. Some places seem to produse more dicks than others, but it gets spread around pretty good. I have seen (and do see) plenty of Rudeness and pointless sadistic violence, but you remeber that. You don't really remeber the person who DIDN'T bother you, the old lady who said thank you, the guy who handed you the coin you dropped. People crap on the French, but I liked most of the ones I met and they didn't fall into the sterotype. If I was abroad no ones going to notice me becaue I don't Wear stupid ass Mickey Mouse t Shirts. I try to respect others customs/Language when I'm in their "house" Don't scream and yell. Don't act arrogant etc. It would be nice if people did that when they came to the US. They seem to want all this from US, but act all rude and high and mighty when they come here. Often. But not always. or maybe even most. And German male tourists, stop wearing those dumb ass tight tiny shorts. They, Literally, make you look quite GAY. ")