The English Abroad

bwfc71 wrote:I know you have brought teh subject up, but it is a complete bug-bear with me....

Every weekend there is always trouble with English people either starting fights, or breaking laws etc etc, here in Amsterdam.



But the worst has to be, "My pint is not a pint - it has too much of a head on it!!" Firstly, the Dutch bars may have "pint" glasses, but they do not serve pints - they are large beers! Legally speaking the bars are not allowed to sell pints as on the mainland they are not allowed the lea-way of using imperial measures and as such the large beer is approx 0.5litres! Secondly when it comes to beer in Holland, they are meant to have an head and the perfect large beer has a head of two medium size figers (first and second after the thumb put together and horizontal to the glass to measure).

The Englis (and those from the former Yugoslavia) do seem to be the worst culprits. Even the Welsh, scottish and Irish are nowhere near as bad.

Natasha Whittam wrote:On my recent holiday to Portugal I was often left speechless by the actions of my fellow English men and women. It seems that when we go abroad we expect everything to be just like it is at home.

For example, I heard several people complain that the reception staff didn't speak English very well. I also overheard people moaning to the holiday rep that there wasn't any English food on the menu. I even witnessed a child moaning that the Pepsi in Portugal was different to the Pepsi in the UK.

It's fucking Portugal people! They speak Portuguese and eat Portuguese food!

Do you expect your hotel staff on holiday to speak perfect English? Do you expect to eat steak and chips every night? I am genuinely interested.

Owen Owen Owen wrote:

Natasha Whittam wrote:On my recent holiday to Portugal I was often left speechless by the actions of my fellow English men and women. It seems that when we go abroad we expect everything to be just like it is at home.

For example, I heard several people complain that the reception staff didn't speak English very well. I also overheard people moaning to the holiday rep that there wasn't any English food on the menu. I even witnessed a child moaning that the Pepsi in Portugal was different to the Pepsi in the UK.

It's fucking Portugal people! They speak Portuguese and eat Portuguese food!

Do you expect your hotel staff on holiday to speak perfect English? Do you expect to eat steak and chips every night? I am genuinely interested.

I think most people are guilty of that to some extent. I must admit I get annoyed when foreign places don't do simple things like steaks and fish fingers!

doffcocker wrote:I like sampling a bit of the foreign lifestyle.
I can't be doing with going on holiday, only to go rooting for an Only Fools and Horses sort of bar that does things like steak and chips. I like going out for tea every night to eat stuff that I couldn't easily get at home. I'm also quite good at languages so I always try to learn a bit before I go.

Angry Dad wrote:I never go to foriegn countries cant stand them or the crap that gets called food or the language problems or their weird ways. Usa only for me.

Angry Dad wrote:I never go to foriegn countries cant stand them or the crap that gets called food or the language problems or their weird ways. Usa only for me.

Angry Dad wrote:Damn right it is i love their food.

Numpty 28723 wrote: