Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]

Probably not the right place to post but here goes. I work in an enviroment that must be approximately staffed by 60% Polish citizens, that is understandable as the factory enviroment is not particulary a pleasant one and going by what I have heard British people have been very reluctant to work there over the years hence the fact that agency workers have been brought in. I have always considered myself a reasonably easy going person and had no problem chatting away to Polish nationals (obviously due to my lack of Polish they had to speak English to some degree for a conversation to occur) and with some that I had close contact with have indulged in many an interesting chat and indeed a great laugh. The problem that started to annoy me a few months ago and unfortunately something that still annoys me is that when I am having a chat with a Polish person if another Polish person comes along they just start chatting away to the person I was talking to and that person just ignores me and starts chatting with their fellow Pole, I have to admit that this happens on several ocassions every day and there is never any indication that they are apologising for interupting an ongoing conversation, what I am wondering is if this is "normal" practise for Polish nationals whereas If I were to interupt a conversation I would apologise for doing so or wait until a gap in the chat but I don't get any indication that I am receiving an apology for having my chat interupted. Unfortunately this had blighted my chats with several Polish nationals that I enjoyed talking with as I considered it just bad manners, despite my attempts to describe that I thought it was rude behaviour to the people I was talking to they seemed to either not understand my explanation or chose not to. The enviroment I work in is quite clearly segregated and there is a lot of animosity towards the migrant workers, something I have attempted to steer clear off but when telling British people about the interupting episodes I was told "well what do you expect from the likes of them" this is not the way I want to be but maybe our different manner rules will be a problem in some instances. There is also a lot of dislike towards the British from Polish so it's not just a one way thing. I also work with several openly gay people and there is clearly a problem with Polish people not accepting their lifestyle and making it obvious with snide remarks, something that unfortuntely again has not endeared Polish to British, is it considered "ok" for Polish to have unfavourable views about homosexuality or it is just a personal view (as it can be with any nationality) any feedback would be gratefully received, thanks

Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]

I was just asking a question thats all, obviously you yourself have several problems relating to people no matter what their nationality.

Thought maybe I could get an insight into Polish "ways" obviously not so you can all get back to Brit slagging which you seem to enjoy, and they call the British xenophobic.

Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]


Yes those topics would be boring for sure. We chat about about music, movies stuff like that and exchange gossip, she tells me what the Polish are saying and I tell her what the Brits are babbling about. I really enjoy chatting and there are occassions when possible pant wetting laughter errupts. It's just I get really pissed off when people interupt and don't apologise, but maybe she has manners that are not that polite.

Several Brits at work are always asking why I laugh with her when she looks a right stuck up cow to them I say that if they got to know her they would realise that she is very funny but as if sadly often the case they decline and go back to talking with Brits only.

I only posted as I was wondering if this was "normal" behaviour, I realise that every nation has it's quota of rude people but it was bugging me as I chat to more Polish in my department than other Brits and enjoy those chats but seem to be ignored when another Pole enters the area yet I don't do that to them when other Brits walk in.