TaiCat
19 Oct 2013
UK, Ireland / Why are Polish people, especially women, so disrespectful toward the English? [437]
One of reasons is that Poland is a very homogenous society.
Many of those who arrive in the UK, have never been abroad before.
Some people tried to argue with me before, but they themselves forgot how it is like to be a 'newcomer' who has no idea what Britain is - in fact in Poland some people call Britain 'Anglia' [England] and parents often will ask their kids 'How's weather in London' even though they stay f.ex. in Edinburgh.
Often they start jobs from a very 'low' position like warehouse. There, most floor staff is of slavic nationalities like them. And the superiors are brits. Many of the managers and supervisors use the fact that Polish (and others) are scared like hell to lose their jobs in first few months, giving them more pressure to hit more targets than needed.
Thus many people develop an animosity towards their employers, thinking of them really bad and not wanting to have anything to do with Brits.
They get more close to their co-workers, for example, let's say a dude called Zenek - even often being a drunk dick that he is, speaks the same language and is working in the workplace for more than 6 months so he knows what to do vs Colin who is your supervisor, seems like a laid back guy who sometimes jokes with long-term workers but will remind you 3rd time in a day about 'English only' policy and in the rush hour will keep nagging people to do their targets.
I didn't mean to offend anyone, but by this example I'm trying to show that people will stick to more familiar.
Poles, like many other imigrants, are just scared of the 'Terra incognita'. Many are not so adventurous. They only went because they couldn't take being unemployed or low paid back in Poland. If they had better choice, they would rather stay in their own territory, and never move anywhere.
I have a friend in Lancashire, Pat, I asked her once
- Would you like to go abroad? You could take your daughter to Spain for holidays or you could visit Poland and see Krakow!
She just told me
- I couldn't go abroad. I am scared to leave my city! Once I went to (city 20 miles away) and I wanted to go back home as soon as possible.
Now, how would she feel if she had to leave her country... If she can't go too far to spend her holidays in another city, she wouldn't feel comfortable to go abroad to live somewhere else.
I know it sounds stupid and many of you'd say 'So it's better if Polish just stay where they came from' but as I explained, they're forced to come for economical reasons.
Bless those who realise that UK is actually a good place to live and start acclimating. But I also think that YOU guys should help, just by giving a smile or asking 'how are you' you may slowly help to break this immigrant wall that many build around themselves. After all, we're all humans, just born to different cultures
One of reasons is that Poland is a very homogenous society.
Many of those who arrive in the UK, have never been abroad before.
Some people tried to argue with me before, but they themselves forgot how it is like to be a 'newcomer' who has no idea what Britain is - in fact in Poland some people call Britain 'Anglia' [England] and parents often will ask their kids 'How's weather in London' even though they stay f.ex. in Edinburgh.
Often they start jobs from a very 'low' position like warehouse. There, most floor staff is of slavic nationalities like them. And the superiors are brits. Many of the managers and supervisors use the fact that Polish (and others) are scared like hell to lose their jobs in first few months, giving them more pressure to hit more targets than needed.
Thus many people develop an animosity towards their employers, thinking of them really bad and not wanting to have anything to do with Brits.
They get more close to their co-workers, for example, let's say a dude called Zenek - even often being a drunk dick that he is, speaks the same language and is working in the workplace for more than 6 months so he knows what to do vs Colin who is your supervisor, seems like a laid back guy who sometimes jokes with long-term workers but will remind you 3rd time in a day about 'English only' policy and in the rush hour will keep nagging people to do their targets.
I didn't mean to offend anyone, but by this example I'm trying to show that people will stick to more familiar.
Poles, like many other imigrants, are just scared of the 'Terra incognita'. Many are not so adventurous. They only went because they couldn't take being unemployed or low paid back in Poland. If they had better choice, they would rather stay in their own territory, and never move anywhere.
I have a friend in Lancashire, Pat, I asked her once
- Would you like to go abroad? You could take your daughter to Spain for holidays or you could visit Poland and see Krakow!
She just told me
- I couldn't go abroad. I am scared to leave my city! Once I went to (city 20 miles away) and I wanted to go back home as soon as possible.
Now, how would she feel if she had to leave her country... If she can't go too far to spend her holidays in another city, she wouldn't feel comfortable to go abroad to live somewhere else.
I know it sounds stupid and many of you'd say 'So it's better if Polish just stay where they came from' but as I explained, they're forced to come for economical reasons.
Bless those who realise that UK is actually a good place to live and start acclimating. But I also think that YOU guys should help, just by giving a smile or asking 'how are you' you may slowly help to break this immigrant wall that many build around themselves. After all, we're all humans, just born to different cultures