"I'm the victim". The American Way.

[planet planet]

I don't know, I think after 2008 most people lost whatever inflated sense of entitlement they used to have, given that many people are underemployed and/or haven't received a real wage increase in years.

Not sure about that. Classic case of this attitude was the first day I was in Mexico. A t-storm chased everyone off the beach at about 3:30, so everyone came in to check in at once. It was pretty chaotic in the lobby but I didn't care because they gave everyone our little drinking bracelets early. So as far as I was concerned they could have taken all day. This Mexican gal comes out from behind the desk with a bunch of paper in her hand and starts speaking in Spanish to the group - you know because we are in Mexico and probably 80% of the clients are South Americans and speak Spanish as their native language. This American dude standing next to me just screams out to her to "Speak English".

What a dick. You see [expletive] like that all of the time. Sense of entitlement is kind of bred into us.

This thread could be our longest ever if everyone gives anecdotes about [expletive] they encounter.

[Jocephus]

i went to montreal and i apologized every time i asked someone "do you/can you speak english for me?"

so im good.

[ghostrunner]

I thought putting a boot in your ass was the American way. Which is it?

[Radbird]

As I deal with people in different countries in my current job, it amazes me how they try to conform to our culture. We make no effort, it seems, to understand theirs. In Asia, they even take western "names" so we don't have to try and pronounce theirs or figure out if we should address them by first or last name. In China Xiao Xian becomes "Peggy" and Yan is "Fancy"; Eung-Mi in Korea is "Josephine". I know it's impractical for us to learn all of their languages (and we are an American corporation after all) but you'd think we could at least use their real names.

[jim]

I don't know, I think after 2008 most people lost whatever inflated sense of entitlement they used to have, given that many people are underemployed and/or haven't received a real wage increase in years.

Not sure about that. Classic case of this attitude was the first day I was in Mexico. A t-storm chased everyone off the beach at about 3:30, so everyone came in to check in at once. It was pretty chaotic in the lobby but I didn't care because they gave everyone our little drinking bracelets early. So as far as I was concerned they could have taken all day. This Mexican gal comes out from behind the desk with a bunch of paper in her hand and starts speaking in Spanish to the group - you know because we are in Mexico and probably 80% of the clients are South Americans and speak Spanish as their native language. This American dude standing next to me just screams out to her to "Speak English".

What a dick. You see [expletive] like that all of the time. Sense of entitlement is kind of bred into us.

This thread could be our longest ever if everyone gives anecdotes about [expletive] they encounter.

I see and hear things like that every single day, so yes if I listed them all it would be a long thread. 2008 did nothing to change our sense of entitlement.

[stlouie_lipp]

I don't know, I think after 2008 most people lost whatever inflated sense of entitlement they used to have, given that many people are underemployed and/or haven't received a real wage increase in years.

Not sure about that. Classic case of this attitude was the first day I was in Mexico. A t-storm chased everyone off the beach at about 3:30, so everyone came in to check in at once. It was pretty chaotic in the lobby but I didn't care because they gave everyone our little drinking bracelets early. So as far as I was concerned they could have taken all day. This Mexican gal comes out from behind the desk with a bunch of paper in her hand and starts speaking in Spanish to the group - you know because we are in Mexico and probably 80% of the clients are South Americans and speak Spanish as their native language. This American dude standing next to me just screams out to her to "Speak English".

What a dick. You see [expletive] like that all of the time. Sense of entitlement is kind of bred into us.

This thread could be our longest ever if everyone gives anecdotes about [expletive] they encounter.

I see and hear things like that every single day, so yes if I listed them all it would be a long thread. 2008 did nothing to change our sense of entitlement.

http://gatewayredbirds.com/forum/viewto ... =4&t=49295

[IMADreamer]

Rich guy thinks he should get more votes then the rest of us. You know cause the rich are victims and all.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/14/investi ... kins-vote/

[wart57]

This thread is not fair, I deserve better from you losers.

[JL21]

jim, that story is astounding. It kind of almost pisses me off.

I went to France in 2006. I was fluent in French around 1994, but as jim can attest, nearly everything I once knew about the French language had disappeared from my skull. By the time I took my trip there, I probably sounded like a highly evolved 3 year old.

BUT, I made the effort to speak their language. And as long as I did that, I found them accommodating. They'd instantly realize I was a dumb [expletive] American who only barely knew any French and they'd help me out. I thought that was pretty cool. And it was true of Germany and the Netherlands as well.

[slide_into_first]

I have felt butt hurt ever since it was forbidden to get emotional in game day threads, but you won't read me crying about it.