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thebrenda - 2003-02-18 16:49:25
*applauds* i work at a duty free store. the very last stop before they all go home. i have heard complaint after complaint about how my MY country sucks, and how its horrible, and everyone is rude. .. i get bitched at about the tax rebatees (for i have the plesaure of processing them at my store) and how "the girl at the store said. .." and i get to listen to them whine about how they cant get the money back on stuff they bought in their OWN country. for fuck sakes, when i go to your country, do i get MY tax back? no. "that's because WE don't have taxes!" my ass you don't. your govenrment just hides them from you. .. needless to say, out of the three years i have worked at duty-free, the two years prior to that i worked at th eutterfly conservatory, and the two years before that i was at a motel. .. i can count the number of NICE americans i have met, personally, NOT online, on ONE hand. and that is no exaggeration. i go to concerts in the states on a regular basis. ..same thing. its just not my favorite place. i would much rather dealwith a european or korean tourist. why? because they come to MY country in order to worship the natural wonder of the world that is here. ..niagara falls. they do not come here and break windows, start fgights, or treat me like shit. they are polite, understanding, kind individuals that understand how rude the americans can be. .. and although asian and european cultures are FAR more different than ours, they are the FIRST ones to apologize for a fault, or wrongdoing. unlike the american, who will push another human being out of the way in line, just to ask a question they could have answered by opening their eyes and looking around. bah. i'm ranting again. i'm going to stop , because some things are better left unsaid.
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mean robot boy who just happens to be orange - 2003-02-18 18:17:09
Bip. you said kind things. better then most of us americans may deserve. i wish your essay could be read on the nightly news, so all the dumb ones of us could get shown what half of us already do realize. If ever any of you come down to the middle of the US, maybe you can see that we're not all horrible tourists. jeez, at work today, we were all talking about how it sucks that ol' Bushy wants to just blow shit up. like he's some kinda robot!?! anyway, if the US starts bombing without the world's consent, then europe can use my front lawn as a launching ground to kick some of our yankee asses. deal?
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