How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND

It could be true for you, however I seemed to have no problems....

Are you from Germany by any chance? It could be an European thing. I know
that Americans usually complain about the rudeness of the French and sometimes Germans. I live in one of the ex-British colonies, I've dual citizenship Polish/South African and whenever I travel to Poland I'm struck by the rude service in the big stores and some small outlets. Look

it's not general but out of 10 shopping mall visits 3 experiences have been not too nice
with the check-out people being rude, security guards blocking entrances by casually having a smoke break having you to walk around them, etc. In Radom I browsed some

magazines in a newspaper store only to have the woman reprimand me not to
mess them up in a rather nasty tone - I'm a 30 year old doctor and I do dress well
and look neat and I was about to make a PLN 100 purchase, I just put the lot down after I heard what she said and walked out. I've had plenty of pleasant experiences in shops - always from young

people but let's say that no-one in the US, RSA (where I live atm), UK or other
parts of the world has ever been this nasty to me (and my folks). It was far worse in 2001 when I visited Poland before. I stress that these were mostly older people

brought up in the old system, the younger (30 and below) people are very nice
and friendly and will even go out of their way for you.

I had to catch the bus once in Radom with my mom, the bus driver was a total rude bugger - to a 65year old woman to boot. She bought the tickets but these tickets

happened to be for a different bus line - we didn't know that - instead of explaining
simply that the tickets were for a different bus company and she should buy a new
ticket now he started giving rude comments. I was so furious I even fired off an email
to the mayor of Radom, he has a website in German,English and even Japanese,
well it only takes 5 seconds to make a Japanese investor turn away from investing
and Radom needs LOTS of investment.

So when visiting a Polish store just be extra polite to the salestaff as they can get very touchy even for no reason, especially the older staff. They have an attitude that THEY ARE doing you a FAVOUR. Which is not to say people should be rude to salestaff but

what I came across was rudeness exclusively from their side. I never have such
problems here.

I'm not saying so only for myself. Its a pity that ordinary Polish shoppers get treated in a nasty manner that's the biggest pity.


I don't think he should be embarrased to be Polish. Look I don't go to football matches myself, we play rugby over here, but I think if he was only doing this to **** his friends off it's a great way but if he's genuinely embarrased to be Polish, I don't think he should be. Poland is not a rich country but it is rich enough and it's definately stable. Polish history is very noble - no bloody uprisings, no king executions or mass exterminations

of people at the hands of Polish rulers and no colonies to subjugate. Poland was one of the most progressive European states with a democratic constitution and of course

freedom of religion during a time of religious intolerance - that's why so many Jews settled in Poland and why even Protestants from France settled here (PL). I like England and all but England does have a past of subjugating various people from Africa to Asia to

Australia. Same for France, Spain, Holland and Belgium - the way Belgians treated the
Congolese in the 19th century (Robert Konrad a man of Polish heritage wrote a book about it - Heart of Darkness) was as bad as the Nazis treated us and the Jews.

So while we're not G8 material - we're a stable country.

It's not only Poland where u have the young/old divide in attitude. In Japan, there was the rojinrui and shinjinrui. The rojinrui (old folks) were quite rude and distrusting of foreigners but a lot can be achieved by effort. I made a huge effort to get to know some of them and they changed their tune.

Are you refering to service levels in shops? I'm not talking about making friends
and hanging out with people and expecting them to love me, just to serve me
in a courteous manner.

By old I mean 30 and older, not 60 and up :).

During Communist times salespeople were incredibly rude, as were the customers.
I remember the fighting in the queues as I waited for butter with my mom. It was really bad. Some of these people still believe that's the norm, the customer is just a nuisance and they should get paid for the heck of it.

In Japan the older folks are quite anti-gaijin I guess, except for my gf's grandmother who's the sweetest woman around. Then again she's a Roman Catholic Japanese which is very rare and maybe why she's so.

Well, 30 is oji-san age in Japan so it could be for some here too. I do find some rudeness to be honest but I don't let it get to me. They are gonna be the way they are gonna be so why fret? Some customers here are in a bit too much of a hurry, like they are VIP's who really have to be somewhere. I've had that 3 times now, where sb starts putting stuff on the conveyor line when u r still putting ur stuff on. Whenever I pick up that dividing bar, people often take it as a hostile step rather than me just using it for what it is there for. The third time I was so peeved that I just pushed their shopping back to create space for mine. It's like a fashion here that I will stamp out. I also grin away at the checkout attendants, they look at me like I'm mad but I sometimes get a positive reaction.

Naw American and Polish citizenship. Now to be honest I have found Poles(except my close friends) don't accept me as a Pole because I grew up in America. However I started to become a little snobby just to pi*s them off and they seemed to become a little nicier. Same with the people in the stores, don't be afraid to be a little assertive and their hard shell will crumble...

Good be also because I workout and compared to most Poles I'm twice there size...

Mathias you got to be careful not to change your personality permanently for the Poles HA h .. HAH

lol.......

I HATE ACTUAL GOVERMENT OF POLAND WHICH RECOGNIZED KOSOVO AS INDEPENDENT STATE AND I HATE THE PEOPLE ON THIS SITE WHO ACCEPT IT.

THATS MY OPINION AND YOU MUST ACCEPT IT.

Let me guess: Cucko is a Serb and posted formerly as Crow?

M-G (doesn't understand what Serbs are doing on a Polish forum when the only thing they want to talk about is Serbia - go find a Serbian forum)

Cucko Yeah that is a good name for you. Love your neighbors dude!

Uh...no we don't. Whether I agree with you or not you cannot force anyone to accept your opinion. Yeah you can SAY it...even believe it...but at the end of the day....Nope.

My Polish girlfriend likes to call this a lack of "lick your ass syndrome" that we have back in the States. But in reality it probably has more to do with the left over soviet era customs.

Granted service usually is horrid in Poland. Asking questions and getting answers is pretty hard to find here. Sometimes I wonder what kind of screening process they use to hire some people. The worst company to deal with has to be TP by far. Some places are changing and younger workers tend to be more helpful. However it's years away from the customer is always right theme back home.

It should be Joseph Conrad (Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski)

Robert Conrad was a cheesy actor. star of "the Blacksheep Squadron" and early Duracell battery pitch-man. I laughed myself to tears at the mistake. Poor Jozef spun in his crypt.

i dont know why r u saying that guys!!!!! but few of these made me worried , im visiting poland next month!! and sure its my 1st time , all i know about polish ppl is my gf :) and she is nice !!:) i think she hs too :) so what all that about ? tell me honestly ! am i going to hv a big surrprise there ?:) by the way im egyptian

No one is going to attack you or anything just because your Egyptian, but if you don't show respect, there not going to think twice about giving you a dose of reality.

I don't understand the Polish disliking the Russians, honestly. I have many Russian friends; more than American, really. And one of my best friends is German. :/

Read up on the history of communism and ww2..... That should answer your question....

You want something more recent..... Let's start with Russia threatening Poland with nukes, politically motivated meat ban, cyber attack on Estonia..... Theres dozens more...

thank u for that , but i think i didnt get it , what do u mean if i dont show respect?? anyway im not that kinda person who just disrespect ppl for nothing , but "dose of reality"!!! thats mean what kinda respect u want me to show ?? " a royal respect"!!!!!!

Even the polish policemen were THE FIRST TO TRY TO BEAT THE SERBS IN KOSOVO BUT THEY GET IT!

Well judging by talking to you, you seem a like a nice guy so I don't think you have anything to worry about.


lol, no man just be yourself and you should be fine...... If some youngster fu*ks with you just ignore him.... However a lot depends if your going to the city or some rural aread... Either way if your not looking for trouble than you won't find any....

A policeman from Poland set fire on Ukrainian policeman who died yesterday and also shoot two Serbs...........

MURDERERS thats what you are..........

I would like to see a link to that article chipa

Dude where have you been for the last 60 years????

On the service front a Pole tried to rip me off for 2zl this morning claiming i owed 5 zl for parking for 10 minutes, its not a lot I know but its the principal. I kindly asked for a receipt and the parking fee was adjusted to the correct amount of 3zl. Buggers!

Dude, where has he been for the last 500 years?

lmao...... I'm asking myself the same question....

I'm sorry hearing how big material problems you have to worry about 2 zł.

It seems a nationwide protest is in order! The gist of it is that if they can do this to several hundred? It will addup to way more than just 2zł

It's all relative. I had to pay £20 to park for 7 hours in London yesterday and I had to pay the congestion charge as well. Moral of the story - you get ripped off even if you pay the published rate.