10 Passengers we love to hate: Day 5 -- American Idiots

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6-05-2009 @ 10:45AM

Bruce said...

This is to the OP:

Gee... That's really weird. We travel a lot too, and our experience is nothing like yours. Maybe we don't travel enough. This only our third overseas trip this year. I'm writing this from a village in Provence.

There are not the usual number of Americans overseas (it seems) as most years. We have traveled out of the U.S. pretty much yearly for about 30 years, and I could count the number of "ugly Americans" I've seen on one hand. I wish I could say that about some other nationalities. Most, however, are perfectly fine.

What you need to do is to get out more. Or, start hanging out in better places when you do travel. It's not nearly as bad as you make it out to be... Are you sure you're really American? Should I ask you who plays shortstop for the Yankees (that's a joke you would laugh at if you were a little older) ?

If your post was a class project, I'd give you a pretty low mark.

And to Alex: You need to travel a bit more. You won't really find that many obnoxious people from ANY country..

6-05-2009 @ 4:55PM

Alex said...

Actually, I travel more than you'd think. And way more than the locals here. I visit family across the pond every two years and we usually go to a different state at least twice in the years we don't. I will agree that I see fewer Americans travelling, but that could be from the high cost of tickets and bad exchange rates with the Pound and Euro. And I suppose my bad experiences are just by bad luck. But when a Southner says with some volume that there's a towel-head on our plane, you lose respect for your countrymen. But I suppose bad experiences stick out more than the good. And I would LOVE to travel overseas just once a year, let alone THREE. Would you happen to have some extra accommodations on your next trip;)

Oh, and I DID laugh. The Yankees' shortstop was Philip Rizzuto or "The Scooter."

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