Do you think that Polish people are rude?

Merged: Why are young Polish people so rude and bad in USA

Is it just in USA? The rudeness of young Polish people terrifies me, specially out in the nature where I live and work. Why are Polish young generation so rude, always very cocky and so so slick. Trying to rip off local businesses. On top of that, they have no manners. It's down right scary. Here in USA, every time we ran into young polish crowd, we always have bad experience. I live in the mountains to be around nature. I know most owners of local businesses, cops and camp ground owners in the area (most are my neighbors) that absolutely hate Polish costumers. Unfortunately lots of Polish people like to camp, swim, kayak and fish so the local owners put up with them. Examples:

When we go hiking, everybody on the trails are nice, will chat for few minutes, smile, wave, then you bump into a crowd and all you get is dirty looks, then you hear them speaking Polish. My niece came from Poland last summer and on our first hike in Catskill Mountains, she could not understand why we say Hello to people on the trail. WTF, everybody says hello.

Camping and Polish crowd is always an eye opening. They are the loudest campsite, completely drunk, get in fights with other campers, break all the rules including cutting trees and in the morning leave all garbage behind and drive away. One time I went to talk to bunch of them ready to drive away with trash all over the place. I nicely asked them in Polish will they pick up their trash. Well, will never do that again.

Same thing with fishing, they almost always keep illegal size fish or illegal number (hiding them in the trunk), use illegal gear, are so loud that they ruin everybody's day and again leave trash behind. And it seams like they always insist on breaking all the beer bottles on rocks so it's harder to clean up after them.

The locals here sell wood on the side of the road where you take a bundle and put money in the wooden box. Guess what, it's always the Polish crowd that gets in trouble as the owners have hidden cameras and report them to my local cop which always tells me ALL ABOUT IT knowing that I'm Polish (polish flag on my house)

Speaking of flags, this spring, one of the camp ground took 12 large European flags and put them in the entrance of the camp ground as most of his costumers are from Europe. Around May I noticed that all flags were there except Polish. So I stopped in ready to hear about how he is fed up with POLAKS and took the flag down. I asked the owner what happened to the Polish flag, the only one missing. He said it got stolen. I burst in laughter, he didn't think it was funny.

It's gotten so bad that I don't tell anyone that I'm Polish. Thankfully I came here as a kid and have no accent. I should not be a shamed of being Polish. And it is always the young Polish crowd that barely speaks any English, which means they were raised in Poland. My parents raised us to be good, polite, honest, help others. Where is this new generation coming from. Just scary.

An interesting attempt at trolling, but trolling nonetheless.


In Poland, it is absolutely normal to say hello on a trail. It's highly unlikely that a young Pole would be unaware of this.

Now tell us, why are you insulting Poles in such a way?

That's right, well spotted troll delph.

Sounds like a trolling post to me too.You could just as well substitute "..young German...", "English...", certainly, "Dutch..." people and probably come up with the same stereotype of generalized behaviors:-)

We Yanks ain't so hot abroad either, hence the expression "ugly American"!!

Ok I'm a troll. Thank you.

You're NOT welcome (..both in response to your thanks as well as on this forumLOL)!

I rest my case, even here people are rude. I don't know what I was thinking asking Polish rude crowd why are they rude. And no, it's not Germans or Russians, always Polish

It wasn't you, it was the insensitively provocative nature of your initial post which has prompted some tart responses!

Always Polish, eh?

Strange how every post of yours basically insults Poles, isn't it?

I hope you won't meet any nasty Russians or Germans soon. Although it's out of my interest I don't want you to troll German or Russian forums either.

Amen, dude!

If people think Polish folks can get sarky and you have little to any experience with Germans or particularly Russians, brother, you ain't seen NOTHIN' yet:-)

so who is being rude now my freind? Better keep your mouth shut because you are just proving she is right.

In general Polish people are less polite too strangers (as compared to Brits/Americans) but more polite too their freinds and relatives. Its the same with all continental Europeans.

Extremely not grateful for help in the last war

Yes I agree that if you went to any country, you'd find rude people, but I have never been able to shake the number of times I was yelled at by people in public places in Poland.

When I asked the woman at the kiosk to repeat something, she could obviously see that Polish was not my first language (although I was trying my best) and instead of slowly repeating herself, she just yelled at me what she said before.

The man at the Urzad Skarbowy yelled at me when I submitted my tax forms.

The woman at some other urzad was absolutely beside herself with rage every time I went in there.

The Polish people I came to know as friends and family were lovely, but the ones I didn't know weren't.

Amathyst

Here's one. Ok, I am very good friends with a couple from Poland. I have helped them massively this last year with English etc. Last week I was invited to go a small family church service. When we got settled in our pews, my Polish mate gave me his camera and said 'You take pictures'. I had no idea I was going to be the photographer and was a little flummoxed, but I made no complaint and politely agreed. I'm no professional photographer .. only point and shoot (so to speak). I took what I thought a great series of photographs. ... and here's the crunch...

I spoke to my mate yesterday to be told 'I will get you, the photographs were very bad' I said 'really', he replied 'yes, very very bad'. You did not take enough pictures of the [his] kids.'

I know this may sound blunt, but I wasn't quite happy with his conversation, and told him what he said was rude. He then turned it on me, by saying I was too sensitive and that in future he will not 'joke' with me. He wasn't joking. I really do like this couple - indeed they have an open door policy and am always welcome in their home (and am always fed!!). I feel very confused now= perhaps over reacting?

What does everyone else think here? I can see somewhere in the future, we may (unfortunately) sever contact -- just down to miscommunication on both parts.

You making too much of it. I'd tell him that I didn't volunteer to take the pictures, or, I'll send you a bill, and laugh it off.

Wlodzimierz isn't Polish.


I've never been yelled at by people in public places in Poland.


xD
Poor Szczerbaty :)
In what town/city do you live?


lol
Well, it does look like a joke to me :)


+1 ;)

Some people do that, they rise their voice speaking t o foreigner to make themselves easier to understand.

Ironside some people just do that anyway in Poland. Young kids are always a good gauge of reality and unafraid to speak their minds. On several occasions after a day out in Poznan, my partners Polish children have asked why Polish people are so horrible?

What do you mean?

Presumably, exactly what he says.

Exactly what they say. They find it odd being pushed around and shouted at. What do you mean?

Have you ever been outside Poland?

(This is an accidental misquote, I intended to quote something else).

Well jon he says that for a reason. He is not a child and I would like to have his view and his interpretation - what children say and why they say what they say there could many reasons. It could be that they heard Ant saying that and they are sucking up to him. You cannot say something like that and leave it there.


Excuse me my doubts in your words but you are know around here to make things up as you go and spin things - so I would ask you why would they say so? There must be a reason.

I don't find Polish people horrible and walk around a city center wouldn't be a reason enough to come to such conclusion.

Seems pretty sef-explanatory, I-S.


What, all of them?

No, it is BS and I call his BS. You can say that Polish people are rude or not, that some are rude. I have no problem with that, it is a qestion of perception and for Anglophone it seems that Poles are shouting when they are not. Different cultures - fine. Yet it would be nice to have a reason given. Coming here and saying hey children said that Polish people are horrible after a day stroll in the Poznan center is pure BS.


What?

I'm not sure. People can be very abrupt with strangers and bonhomie is certainly lacking.

I guess you are right; I guess things are not improving but I still think that given all circumstances and when comparing to other countries, Poles are not so bad.

In your opinion. I don't need to make it up. From the outside looking in; it's all very strange.


Hey I live with one so we agree. Some are truly horrible as are some English.


But you could parody what you see with horse racing. Blinkers.

Sure from your point of view. Some people may find very strange your neck of the woods.


You don't need to hide behind those children.