Polonia / What similarities would you say there are between Poles and Mexicans? [132]

I'm originally from Latin America but have lived in several western european countries and Poland. While living in Scandinavia, some Poles told me that in mentality and humor they are much more closer to mexicans than to scandinavians.

Some similarities which come quickly to my mind

- catholics
- conservative (family values are still important in both cultures)
- very similar humor
- drive like crazy and aggresively ,

Life / Vandalism on cars in Poland [64]

to pawian

foreign provocation?

yes of course, a foreginer owns a car in Poland and that is enough provocation for some poles to vandalize it.

I have never said all Poles are like that. One Pole helped me to buy the car, one Pole helped me to find a place where it can get fixed. But unfortunately there are that small procent of poles which vandalize cars for no reason. As I mentioned before also some cars of Poles get vandalized but the likelihood of your car to get vandalized is much higher if you are a foreinger. This seems to be independently if the foreigner is european/asian/african etc... the fact that a foreginer owns a nicer car than other Poles do, is enough reason for some of those kurwa boys to do bullsh*t. Sometimes the car doesn't even need to be nice. After those incidents, I have been observing more carefully other cars and a LOT have deep scratches and in some of them , people have jumped on the roof as well. This only shows the inferiority complex of those b*stards

Life / Vandalism on cars in Poland [64]

you seem to be one of those kurwa boys, so it is useless to argue with you. I pity you.

Life / Vandalism on cars in Poland [64]

THE HITMAN

Cinquecento is a very common car in Poland. The biggest problem with it is that it offers no safety whatsoever in case of an accident. And safety in a car is highly important specially while having a lot of maniac drivers around.... like in Poland

youtube.com/watch?v=yMcHSJzprHM

Life / Vandalism on cars in Poland [64]

Poland has the highest road death rate in EU. This is not only to the bad condition of the roads, but to the bad driving manners polish drivers also, which is more a cultural thing. A safer car will obviously decrease your likelihood to get seriously injured in case of an accident.

I have driven enough in polish roads, I know how the kurwa boys drive, so I would prefer not to be inside a small fiat. On the other hand, it is truth, a small fiat won't get vandalized as a descent car by those frustrated post-communist-bolchevist kurwa boys.

globalpost.com/dispatch/poland/100921/poland-road-deaths-highway-safety

Life / Vandalism on cars in Poland [64]

This is what I call a kurwa boy in action

youtube.com/watch?v=y97bzx2gBkI&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3Dmorgen%2Bhalb%2B10%2Bin%2Brussland%26aq%3Df

by the way, I was speaking with the lady, which takes care of the building, the ''portierka'' and she was mentioning me that a LOT of people around here have similar problems with vandalism in the cars. Some, including her, has gotten flat tires. And the reason? , ANYONE, it is just a hoby for those kurwa boys. Seriously, those b*stards have a mental disease.

Life / Vandalism on cars in Poland [64]

The kurwa boys don't need to be from a specific country. They only need to fulfill some of the requirments.

- frustrated
- aggressive
- alcoholic
- an inferiority complex
- damage cars for no reason
- mental disorder
- to be from a former communist country

The guy in the video fulfills the kurwa boy profile independently that apparently according to the video description he is from Russia. However the surroundings look very polish anyway. People who act like this, damage the reputation of Poland.

once again more vandalism...

Where I live, I have observed that recently people throw eggs to the cars. Fortunately my car has not been ''attacked'' yet, but other people cars were, all of them polish. Including someone I know (polish)

This is really quite annoying !

Life / Beggers namely Kurwa boys in Poland [70]

Merged: why some Poles are called kurwa boys?

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Genealogy / Why Polish aren't white?? [272]

To the one who started this thread

and why the f*ck do you care about what some gringos say? (I say gringo instead of the misused american word to call people of the united states since America is a continent and not a country)

They are the morons not you, so get over it and never care about the gringos.

and by the way, many Poles have some mongolian features on them.

Genealogy / Why Polish aren't white?? [272]


Poles also, but in a much lesser extent. I have seen them

Life / Are Polish people so chaotic and disorganized like Germans say? [89]

YES, the germans are right

Poland has the worse bureaucracy I have ever experienced. The bureaucrats are that kind of people who enjoy (and they really do) to make other people's life miserable. A simple bureaucratic procedure can take AGES. This creates a lot of frustration among the normal people who deal with the inefficient polish bureaucracy. I want to add, that that bureaucracy stops poland to develop in many ways. Instead of making something productive, a huge part of your work and effort goes into useless and bad organized bureaucracy. In many cases when international companies deal with this patetic bureaucracy they better get out of the country and take their investments with them.

The polish road system is under-under-developed. They have been building highways recently ONLY because the EU is funding. Otherwise, there won't be highways. The polish highways are the only ones in the world which need reparation before they are opend to the public. This is because the construction workers, steal some of the asfalt they use and sell it to get some money out of it. In the long term those highways are much more expensive. For instance, in the highway from katowice to krakow , (which is always under reparation) there are 2 places where you need to pay highway fee. This is 8 zl in each. Which means that a trip from katowice to krakow and back makes 32 zl ONLY in highway only for 60 km. This is the most expensive highway in europe. If we look to the other countries in which they have a vignette, and a developed highway system, it is by far much more cheaper to use the highways. The inefficency in polish administration does not take into account the salaries that need to be paid to those useless people working, charging the highways fees PLUS the lost-time of stoping in queue for paying. In winter, it can take you half an hour time just to wait in queue until you are able to pay. This example shows that apparently common sense does not exist among polish administration.

The germans also have a stereotype of the poles of stealing, damaging cars for no reason. FULLY TRUTH. From my experience, they scratch your car just for fun and jump on it. I should had heard the germans.

There are many other examples that show poland to be a mess. The more I know the poles, the more I am convinced that this country will never develop due to their mentality of f*cking each other. Until that mentality does not chage (which could take 2 generations at least) Poland will never prosper.

Language / Kurwa? at end of every sentence [51]

simple, your friends are ''kurwa boys''

Life / Vandalism on cars in Poland [64]

about the polish drivers, I'm agree, everyone who has driven in polish roads knows how the polish drivers are and their attitude.

By the way, I leave you with one video of a polish driver, which speeds up to 320 km/h. I have seen that kind of people driving in the polish highways quite often. Seriously, this is insane, I don't care about his life, but he riskes other people's life. Because of idiots like this, people die. If he makes a small mistake, he could kill a whole family for instance. Please take a look at the way he overtakes.

youtube.com/watch?v=1iNEvrz6F9g

Life / Vandalism on cars in Poland [64]


I'm aware of that. Since those incidents I had previously with my car, I film it all the time while it is parked outside my dormitory. I have a video of one guy which parks next and hits my car with his door and left a scratch on it ( quite common in Poland, the people don't respect other's people property).

Another one, one guy is trying to leave the parking place, while doing this, he hits my car with his. He hit one tire of my car, absolutly nothing happend to my car . But since I have the video, I went immediately to the police with the evidence. They contacted the guy and he asked me that he would prefer to pay me personally than to have the insurance involved. My car was checked and it didn't have anything, so I told to this guy that there is no problem, that he doesn't have to pay anything to anyone.

In another occasion, I have a video of 2 guys, which go straight to my car, and put a chewing gum on it and then run away. Unfortunately I couldn't identify those bastards.

But yeah, unfortunately there is this post-communist mentality in Poland of '' I'm f*cked up, so the other one must also be f*cked up ''

I see a lot of frustration among the polish youth and when they drive they try to take it out.

more vandalism!!!

my car has been finally egged some moments ago :) , I thought it was rare that I saw some cars egged lastly and mine not. I found out who the guys were. I didn't even know them before and I have never ever have a problem with any of them. They were just having some fun egging my car.

The police was here and took their data. The guys came to me , telling me they are sorry bla bla bla and they even washed the car. All expecting, that I don't go to the police and do the complaint tomorrow.

But this is too late. My car has been vandalized so many times and finally there is a responsible

to summarize
- Mercedes logo taken away
- Fully scratched on both sides, from the frontal to the back part
- Someone has jumped on the roof

after the 3 cases before I decided to put a camara.... the vandalism continues as follows

- While parked, someone trying to go out, crashed my car on one tire (this was accidently - my car was not damaged so I said to this guy he doesn't have to pay anything)

- 2 guys put a chewing gum and ran away
- and finally, the car got egged

welcome to Poland !!!

I just wonder where the stereotypes of poles damaging and stealing cars (very common in germany) come from. Yeah, those evil germans, they always have stereotypes against the innocent poles.

Life / Vandalism on cars in Poland [64]

Everything I had mentioned is truth. The car is now in a safe place.

Anyway, I am glad that at least there is a responsible now. These people were/are supplicating me not to tell anything to the Police. I will wait for the police answer now and depending on that, I will get a lawyer to help me to deal with this :)

Work / Expected salary for an engineer in Poland? [24]


Seriously? that salary is a joke! I can understand that people who had studied social sciences or have a mickey mouse degree can work for that, but an engineer?. Anyone in Poland who has an engineering degree should not accept to work for that, by this way, the companies will be forced to rise the salaries. However, it seems to me that poles are used to work for low salaries. I understand that the prices in poland are lower than in western europe but the relationship between salaries/prices in poland is even lower. Some salaries in Poland seem only meant to survive.


10000 PLN, then after taxes it would be approximately 7000 PLN. I still consider it low.

Anyway, thanks for the info. I will see what happens when I start some applications, but I am not willing to accept anything below 9000 PLN netto. Otherwise I will eventually move to Switzerland, or Germany.

Life / Vandalism on cars in Poland [64]


I am totally agree with that. I see it very often when I see them driving in the highway. Those people make accidents and don't have the slightest respect for other drivers.


In the building where I currently live, in the upper floors it has corridors. At the end of the corridors there are sometimes windows. Normally, some people smoke next to the window or are just there just to take fresh air. However, the windows start slighly above an average persons knee. What does that mean? that there is a high risk that someone falls down of the building, specially after having drunk some alcohol. This has already happend!!! It was only after 2 guys fall down and killed themselves that the building administration guys decided to put some tubes in those windows to avoid that to happen again. 2 deaths which could have been avoided if a little bit of common sense in safety is considered while designing those buildings.


You only need to go to any ''authority'' to get the sense of that. They look very frustrated and they want to take out their frustration with other people. They love to show they are ABOVE the others and that they are the LAW. They are not there to help you but to make you suffer. They most probably got a frustrated life during the communist time so they want to transmit that frustration to the new generation. You also see that with your ''superiors'' in a job or university. Most of the time they are very incompetent but they want to hid it by despotism and disrespectfulness


Probably it will change, but I think it takes around 20 to 30 years. After the communist generation is gone.

Work / Expected salary for an engineer in Poland? [24]


The prices are generally lower in Poland (food, rent), than let's say in Germany. However in several things they are about the same or even higher (cars). But still, the polish salaries seem to be a joke. With unemployment money in Germany, one can live much better than with the 1150 PLN starting salary in Poland. Not taking into account the great infrastructure that it is available over there.

I have seen job offers in Poland which don't require polish skills of 60000 euros per year in international companies. This salary is a standard german salary for an engineer starting his career. However the purchasing power in Poland will be greater. And by the way, do you know me? Are you sure I have not significant experience? or doesn't speak polish?


A lot of my type? . Let's say, we know how much we are worth and we won't accept to be paid less than that. Currently I get around 7000 PLN netto (I could get much more if I were in the Norway where I got my degree but for personal matters I decided not to stay there), but this is for a project only and from time to time I need to travel to Poland. However I am not paid directly in Poland. Now also because of personal matters I would like to settle down in Poland and find a job there. I have gotten better job offers in western europe with higher salaries than what I expect to earn in Poland, I understand that the salaries are lower in Poland but not THAT low as everyone mentions. Anyway, I will have to see how the things turn out but I am still enthusiastic and positive :) and the minimum I could accept to settle down in Poland would be 9000 PLN netto.

Law / Want to go back to India for my sister's wedding. Karta pobytu and immigration help. [3]

I know people who have been waiting around 5 months to get their karta pobytu which is valid for one year only. The polish bureaucracy is one of the worse in the European Union and it is impossible to try to ask some kind of help from the pathetic and useless bureaucrats. They got a very frustrated and miserable life during and after the communist regime and they want to transmit that to other people and make their lifes miserable.

In other EU countries where people DO want to emigrate, if you have all the papers in order it is a matter of days to get the visa/resident permit. This does not apply in Poland, you can have everything in order and still, the process for someone to get the karta pobytu will take months !

Life / Polish dubbing in movies; why is it so that on polish television all the films are dubbed? [135]

Merged: Do you hate the polish lector in the films?

You know it guys, that emotionless voice interfering while watching a film.

Some polish people say they like it because they can get the feeling of the original language in the film while is being translated to polish by the lector. Others say that they have grown up with it so it is quite normal. Usually foreingers say it is quite annoying, disturbing and interrupting. I am agree with them, it shows usually laziness and lack of money (as always in Poland) not to have a film properly translated. If it is not translated, it could have subtitles, but it seems that the subtitles will create an extra effort on the polish people because they will be forced to 'read' , so they stick again to their beloved lector and reject to have subtitles.

so, Do you hate it or like it?

Work / Expected salary for an engineer in Poland? [24]


You polish guys are in general quite pessimistic about everything. And I don't know if you say it seriously, or you want to make other people feel that it is IMPOSSIBLE (that word that I constantly hear from polish people) to earn a decent salary in Poland. It is not impossible, that you guys are not able to achieve it , it doesn't mean that others cannot.

I found already a good job and I get paid much higher than the minimum I was expecting to work for in Poland. I contacted an international company abroad, asking them for employment in Poland, under working conditions/salaries abroad and voila, a western european salary while living in Poland :) f*cking nice!

Work / Expected salary for an engineer in Poland? [24]


thank you man


Don't worry, you don't have to :))))

Genealogy / How common do you think Asiatic ancestry is in Poland? [12]

yes, many poles have mongolian faces


she is quite mongolian, a lot of poles look like that

Life / Graffiti problem in Poland [38]


polish women are like that, I have exactly the same problem,


No, the police is not responsible. In Poland, it is a cultural thing to vandalize and damage other's peolpe property


I have also seen a lot of graffiti everywhere in Poland. Most of the buildings look old, gray and crappy, however when they get repainted and finally look nice, they get vandalized very quickly (not only buildings also cars!!!). It is like if those kurwa boys make an effort to make their country be a completely mess. Typical communist's heritage!!!

Study / Bachelors in Civil / Mechanical Engineering Degree in Poland [39]


Very true! and about the professors in polish universities.. omg, they are fully taken by the communist mentality