What can citizens do to make Poland a better place to live?

I believe in Poland its perfectly legal to park a vehicle that weighs less than 7.5 tons half on the pavement...i am sure i read that somewhere in a book on Polish road rules....

What do tanks weigh?

Between forty and sixty tons , depending on the type.....definatly more than 7.5 tons..!

Citizens are doing a very good job of sweeping the snow away. It's a major operation, not only for businesses but for private citizens. The company I work at have drafted in professionals with specialised equipment to get the snow off of the roof of their plant.

Also, private citizens are doing their bit to clear the pavement and make it easier to get around. Poland has taken a responsible approach here. Bravo!

Maybe they have memories of events like this.
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Exactly, they learn from their past failings. Putting down grit is also a positive thing. There are many old people who will appreciate this action.

obiviously not as sweet as you thought

I was just thinking, Poland doesn't really have post boxes like we have. I'm not saying that they are the worse for it but it may help to decentralise things and take some strain off of the PO. Some local post boxes would help to encourage more correspondence between people.

Maybe she is even smarter than I thought.

queue at the ski lifts with a greater sense of consideration, i.e., don't go trying to queue jump, it really shows poor character.

Although i did see 2 guys call out another guy on his b.s. attempts to get in front of everyone, i was very vocal in my support for them "oni mają ratcja" (forgive my phonetic spelling and incorrect grammar) but everyone else just stood and watched. C'mon people, you gotta support others when they make a point about what's right.

Yes! Jerks must be called on their crap or they will never stop!

I agree, For4, but people are just people. How many flagrant violations of international law have you seen? Who stops the law breakers? Often no-one. The same applies to street life or queues of whatever description. All I'm saying is 'don't hold your breath'.

stop thinking of themselves only and disregarding the rights of others. stop jumping lines (queues) and stop littering. aLso stop listening to music on their cell phones outloud (very loud) on buses and trams, it is usually discopolo and very cheesy

Which country doesn't do this, Juche? Littering? Britain is much worse, trust me. The Poles have bins everywhere and they usually use them.

Listen to Doda everyday.

I'm sure you meant to write 'watch Doda' southern ;)

I'm sure her accountant likes to look at her assets on a regular basis.

What can citizens do to make Poland a better place to live?

We should:
=> establish a Flat income tax
=> balance budget amendment
=> liquidate a ZUS

some coutnries better some worse, you have not seen the dumpster bins behind my building - everyone from entire neighborhood thinks it is the town dump, people incapable of actually putting trash INSIDE the dumpsters, people urinating everywhere around and what what - animals.

Also in People Democratic Republic Korea we do not litter , Pyongyang is so clean

If you use public transport :

- Take a bath or a shower every day
- Wash your clothes - if you can afford a packet of cigarettes, you can afford washing powder
- Wait until people get off before you push your way on
- Don't bring your pram on the tram at rush hour
- Don't stand with your head in front of the ticket canceller thing
- Don't sit with your legs open at a 45 degree angle

Basically, try to treat your fellow passengers with a little consideration.


My neighbours dump all sorts of trash in the segregation bins. Complete waste of time trying to educate these people.

rubbish

garbage

Vote for Kaczynski.

Pyonyang is clean? Well, MUCH cleaner than Seoul then.

Vote Kaczyński, why?

The key issue here is breaking the mould. Most issues with Poland can be easily traced back to communist era modules, the old skool Poles reak of these traits, the new up and coming generation seem for the most part - a breath of fresh air.

The transition from a life of poverty and communism to free world living cannot be easy. I suppose most things are heading in the right direction. Poland will always be a part of my life whether i like it or not, my children will be half Polish, i look forward to the day when i can come back in many years and say i remember when.....

I would just like to say though: hurry up you miserable bastards.

These things take time. Some more smiles are definitely in order.

What can citizens do to make Poland a better place to live?

-Wait for people on the buses and trams to get off before you start charging on

-A smile and "Dzien Dobry" when serving at the cash register

-When the little green man is on and pedestrians are crossing, let them cross the street. Don't try and force your car through the strems of people, and please don't rev your car engine or beep your horn to make us hurry along

-When you bump into someone, a look back and an apology would be nice

not to run drunk and naked around the town...

> What can citizens do to make Poland a better place to live?

They just got to do their jobs properly, whatever they are. Delivery men, cops, stinking petty bureaucrats, and all of them.

Someone sent me a packet from the UK a few weeks ago, and it's been stored in a warehouse 10 miles out of Krakow. They told me that I have to go there and collect it, because they have already (allegedly) tried to deliver it twice. Of course, they didn't leave any notice of delivery in both occasions. Buses run only once every two hours to that bloody remote location and the depot closes before I can even get there after work. I can take a taxi, but that sounds like a very ridiculous idea. Why do I have to do THEIR job out of my pocket?

Now, they're saying that they'll return the packet today as the period of storage has just expired.

This is probably the only one place in entire Europe where you miss the Royal Mail.

today while walking accross street on a green light which turned red just aslmost before I got to other side, a man honked his horn at me in frustrastion. this proves that Poles when in control of a privat motorcar are retards, this has always been the case

I would like to say aswell yesterday I opened a shop door to exit, there was a lady and child coming in the opposite direction, i was clearly first and ofcourse i had the door but they both barged through regardless. No thank you, no nod of appreciation just straight through brushing against me as they hurried in.

Manners please!!