Life / Polish culture do's and dont's? [106]

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Do's and dont do's for foreigners in Poland :)

Hej Everyone!

What do you suggest to foreigners about do and dont do's according to the typical polish culture, while there stay in Poland ?

any comments ?

History / "SOLIDARNOŚĆ" is just a word for Polish people? [47]

Yeah, i agree with you that there was time when this word has its meaning but if we look in today context where Poland is then I must say that its disappearing day by day.

Work / Why Poland employers are afraid of hiring any foreign nationals? [171]


umm you can predict manythings i guess, i guess you predict your own future as well ;) ahhh i forgot ppl like you have just short term goals. Anway i will keep my fingers cross so that you might be able to have long term goals ;) but no hope......

Work / Why Poland employers are afraid of hiring any foreign nationals? [171]

Indeed, im working and right now not planning to change anything.

The question that was raised by me was just in general.

Work / Why Poland employers are afraid of hiring any foreign nationals? [171]

NO COMMENTS, there is a saying that if you will throw the stone in dirty water it will make you dirty . so indeed you are right that i don't want myself to get dirty ;);)

Work / Why Poland employers are afraid of hiring any foreign nationals? [171]


Completely true, I think most of the foreigners who are working here are in some international companies not in Polish ones :)

Work / Why Poland employers are afraid of hiring any foreign nationals? [171]

Thats clearly shows whats sort of skills you have .

I don't declare my personal things to anonymous people. May be you do !!!

Work / Why Poland employers are afraid of hiring any foreign nationals? [171]

Yes, indeed I am from Pk, but does it change anything?

Also, I don't understand what the IT skills has to do with my CV ? In which context you are talking about?

Its not necessary to be an IT expert, as far as i m concern then i have enough IT knowledge, as needed for common operations and its enough :)

Work / Why Poland employers are afraid of hiring any foreign nationals? [171]

Completely true, but don't you think that sometime the chance has to be given to some another persons another then your family members??

If it would be some Asian country then it makes sense that business remains within the family as they believe of not letting there business come into hand of some person other then family. But here its different, Poland is part of Europe and full of traditions. On one hand poles are so hospitable when it comes to welcoming and on other hand....... isn't in modern world its called hypocrisies ???

Work / Why Poland employers are afraid of hiring any foreign nationals? [171]


Well, to some extent its true that its necessary to have a good connection or acquaintances in finding a job, but lets not exaggerate this. I agree that it can be a global issue but still i think in Poland its bit exaggerated which is not fair.


I'm sorry to say but theres nothing to be happy off and to show off that you've got a job. Sometimes you have to think about fellow citizens. lets not behave like animals for heavens sake.

Work / Why Poland employers are afraid of hiring any foreign nationals? [171]


wow wow wow .......... I must say that reality is hard to digest and at some point you have to believe it wheather you want or not:) So lets agree with the reality we see. I know its hard but still you cant change the reality. Being a patriotic is on one side but accepting the facts are on other sides :)


Absolutely right I agree with you, even if i m working on contractual base but still I can feel the difference in certain situations :). Also now I think the proportion of Polish immigrant is getting less day by day as now there are different immigrants who are taking there place and are ready to work on lower prices. I think i near future most of Poles will come back home :)


Agree with this, but sometimes you have to be flexible and have to think in rational way. No doubt Polish ppl are well educated, but still they shouldn't be such mean. They should remember that Britain's have given them the chance to work and to earn there livelihood so if somebody from another country wants to have such chance while living here then i suppose, this chance should be given to him without any " institutional racism ".

Work / Why Poland employers are afraid of hiring any foreign nationals? [171]

Well, I agree with your statement but this is not a right way to get rid of these kind of problems :) In sometime, in some way this question will be raised then what?

Do you think it is wise enough to say " if you are not happy just leave......" ??

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


Well dear, I can understand that in TV its normal but in movies there are most of the time subtitles are off :( even if theres an option of changing it but it appears tat its off :) I ve tried cefra plus, n tv, strefa, neo strad but most of the time its like this:) anyway i think i will get use to it after some time :) but dont know when hehehhe

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

Well well well, if is that so then I wont think anybody would going to like Polish television except Polish ppl :)

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


may be some day who know ;):) but so far im sorry but its unbearable and cant see any reasonable reason of doing so :)

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


Kioko please switch on to Ale kino, cinemex etc etc you will find the foreign movies being dubbed in polish


totally agree with you when the subtitles are in any language other then the language in which the movie is :)

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


I agree with you but sometime even if you go back then the most funny thing is beside the option of changing the language to the original one it appears in polish hehehehhee.

i dont understand the reason behind this :) may be somebody of you know why is it so !!!!

Life / Polish mentality towards Pakistan [108]


ummmmmmmm well Avalon for your info I live in waw, but you dont have to worry about this because I am not militant and bye they way all Pakistanis are not militants hehehhehe.

As all the fingers in hand are not of same size so we also have to consider such fact that not all people are alike :) I hope now you will not be afraid of me hehehhehehe.

Life / Polish mentality towards Pakistan [108]


I think the answer to this statement that its the fault of Catalunya people that without understanding the difference between culture and religion they allowed so many Pakistanis to be their guest :)

If you talk about Pakistan then you cant separate religion from anything because its go side by side in every way of life :)

In all my half life experience living in Pakistan, I came to this conclusion that atleast the Muslim people living in Pakistan have double identity with double personality :) (I appologise for any offence to anybody- but truth speak for itself)for all what they are doing its pretty obvious :)

Life / Polish mentality towards Pakistan [108]


Avalon, I have no single idea why they are doing this or why they think of blowing themselves and take lives of so many innocent people. I totally agree with you that the country like Britain have welcomed so many Pakistanis and now they earn their livelihood over there and some of them are living from generations, but still they act like this :(.

For your question my lips are closed and I don't know what to answer you. As far as my thinking goes its all in their blood (I'm sorry, cause for some readers it can be of fence so I apologies for it) theres no other reason I can see else wise.

Considering the fact that British Born Pakistanis are well educated and are well oriented with all the latest things which are happening in rest of the world- inshort they are well aware of everything, still (I'm sorry, cause for some readers it can be of fence so I apologies for it) if they kill such innocent ppl just for saying that its their religion that allows them to do so.... then I'm sorry...........

Another thing which I would like to add to my answer is regarding religion (I have nothing against Islam, even if I am not Muslim but still I respect the religion). There are some few people who are brainwashing certain amount of people just for the sake of their own personal thinking. By saying this I mean to say there are lot of people, who according to their believes, brainwash such highly educated and well oriented people that afterward they go everywhere and blow themselves and call themselves "Shahid"(it means martyr). To rest of the world it doesnt make any sense but for these brainwashed people its all about their afterlife.

I would like to give you one example. Suppose if their is British Pakistani family living in Britain from many years and they have children who grew their all there life. Now consider that if this is very religious family and beside this their children have never been to Pakistan before in their life. Therefore considering this supposition if they will go to Pakistan and will meet any religious fundamentalist, then its really very easy to brain wash them (even if they are well oriented). The system which is working in Pakistan is totally different from system in Britain (although Pakistan[previously Indian-subcontinent] was once its colony), but still its different. Things works in different way as in Britain. So once has to consider this fact as well. The mentality of Pakistanis is different from others :).....

Life / Polish mentality towards Pakistan [108]


sorry osiol :) it was mistake from my side, actually it was a msg for isthatu. sorry for tat


Hej there,

nice to here from you :) Yeah I am Pakistani and living in Poland.

Well, life in Poland is quite good, infact if you are going to Krakow then I would say that its really very nice and old city full of tremendous things, from old renaissance buildings to all kinds of music concerts :) Life is Krakow is bit slow (by saying this I mean to say that ppl are not usually in rush :) as compare to Warsaw where I live).

As far as racisim/prejudice is concern then it will not be fair if I would not say that its totally not exist :) There are some places where you can hear about such things but not quite often, but in order to avoid such things there are couple of things you should aware of such as not going out late at night especially when you see bunch of drunk guys, avoid going at time whenever theres a football match etc etc.

Above all, its really very nice living here and if you are really fan of skiing or cycling or traveling and visiting different places then you have chosen right place :)

Still if you have any questions then don't hesitate to ask me :)

Life / Polish mentality towards Pakistan [108]

well osiol--> dont act like a amature young boy who himself is narrow minded and think that he is right about everything and rest of the world is.......

if you ask y instead of pakistani i used paki then plz spend some more time surfing the internet or try to use the computer more often which will broader your mind and your thinking so you will yourself get your answer.

using slang language like GHANDHU reveals how culture you are and on other side it negates your own thinking and saying.

anyway goodluck with your thinking :):)

Life / Polish mentality towards Pakistan [108]

Well, thanks Doba and Plk for the response:)

to Doba--> i dont have any hard time here, indeed im really quite well satisfied with what i have and im quite happy while livin here.

to plk --> i must agree with you that theres really very little information available about pakistan and infact there are some ppl who just know pakistan due to its unstable political situation and ....... the country has many other nice things to offer, beside its mountain for expeditors :)