[starang21]

Originally posted by queequek
No wonder people hated us abroad, since Americans just loud and obnoxious (sp?) English speakers everywhere (I know this is a HUGE generalization). Even I couldn't help myself to talk in English with my American friends, even though we were in public places.

When I was in Rome, I witnessed two young ladies, judging by their accent, North Americans, were asking a supermarket clerk whether they have ranch dressing (in English, of course). The clerk spoke English fine, but he looked confused. So, one of the lady was totally yelling, "DO-YOU-HAVE-RANCH-DRESSING?" with lots of gesture everywhere. Then she looked to her friend, roll her eyes and they took off.
C'mon lady, we are in ROME, people do not have ranch dressing, which is an American thing. They have something healthier than ranch dressing

co sign, we americans have no room to talk about anyone. the way americans act outside of the borders is ridiculous and we expect people to change for us? yea right, and people want to wonder why other cultures can't stand us.