>muh "no one smiles in Poland"WTF is the point of the people saying that?I visited Italy last month.NO ONE smiled either.That's normal. Passerbys smoke their cigarettes and go their way unbothered.WTF else do you expect? Such a retarded accusation
>>2829582Southeast Asians have a custom of smiling when doing business, in order to seem agreeable. Americans also have a business culture of making their customer feel appreciated. Not the case in Poland. They never want to accept your 100 zloty note. They don't offer you a bag. If you take too much time making a choice due to unfamiliarity with the offerings, they make a sarcastic remark.
>>2829585>Not the case in Poland.oh my, it surely is the case in Italy, France or Germany, right? no. the waiter can even tell you to fuck offretard
>>2829587Most Americans say Italians are friendly. Must be a (You) problem.French and Germans are both known to be assholes.
>>2829593they're friendly, but look at anyone on the street and you won't catch a smilewhich is... normalyet Poland gets singled out for it. when it's no different, not grumpier than the rest.weird.
>>2829582Are you the “fraud dump” guy that went to Venice? That string of words is so amusing to me
>>2829624no, i went to Naples
>>2829593>GermansI've been there and they seemed perfectly agreeable to me.
is this yet another (((anti-Polish thread)))?
>>2829582>WTF is the point of the people saying that?>I visited Italy last month.>NO ONE smiled either.The atmosphere in Poland is often more hostile, unwelcoming and off-putting. In some non-posh areas even threatening. I think that's people are referring to when they mention the lack of smiles. It feels similar in Hungary and Serbia.The people are usually warm and friendly when you are friends with them but few tourists will see this side.The same people are less grumpy outside of their country or when they are not around their people. Group dynamics etc.I was also surprised by the lack of smiles and the coldness of Italians in Northern Italy, whom I perceived as distanced and business minded but not as hostile.>>2829848>no, i went to NaplesI have never been to the South but my impression based on a some anecdotes was the South Italians and Sardinians were "friendlier"
>>2829593The French were the friendliest people I met in Europe as an American. Downright jovial at times. Everyone said good morning, good afternoon, please, thank you, etc. I’m convinced that the whole “French are assholes” thing is a giant psyop to keep people from going there.No I did not go to Paris.
>>2832985Poland definitely has some aspects that make it a challenge to visit. Lack of public laundry facilities, for instance. >>2834171As a pedestrian, I never felt more respected by cars than I did in Poland. If I'm being honest, there were as many people in Poland going out of their way to help me as people being rude and hostile. If I ever return to Europe there's a good chance I will go back to Poland again.
>>2834203It depends. They have different standards. For them, it is rude not to blow smoke in your face and walk away if you ask them a question.
>>2834208>public laundry facilitiesThis is a feature exclusive to shithole countries
>>2834696Polish people are mega homebodies. The idea of spending weeks away from home wandering around the country has never even occurred to most of them.>>2834220Pestering random strangers in public is considered rude in many countries, however some cultures are too polite to respond with rudeness.
No one, outside hostel workers (cute girls), smiled at me in Poland. That said, in five days in Krakow a guy ran to me to return a 50 zlot banknote that fel from my pocket and a café waitress told me not to eat there as it was frozen food. Just two experiences that cannot mean anything but, to me, I highly regard the poles. Much better to be direct and honest than put on smiles. The moroccan waiters at germany were very smiley though. So were the native french imo.
>>2834208I must say, the lack of public laundry facilities really ruined my previous trip to Poland. I was on the verge of breakdown all the time. I've never encountered such a challenge on vacations. It's like they just don't give a fuck about tourists.
>>2829582Why would anyone in Europe fucking smile at this point? If you're not on edge 24/7 while outside, you're an idiot. There's shitskin invaders everywhere that just love the idea of murdering you and taking all your belongings. Sometimes I don't even know why I'm even going to work anymore, everything is falling apart.
>>2835300Did you not have a sink in your apartment? Wash your clothes in the sink and hang them up to dry next time. Buy a $5 fan and point it at your clothes.
All of Europe is so depressing. Dying civilization with miserable people. Why do people waste their time and money visiting?
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>>2835300>I must say, the lack of public laundry facilities really ruined my previous trip to Poland. I they spent it all on unclogging toilets anon
>>2835300>they don't give a fuck about touristsGood observation. 90% of people in Poland are tribal and don't care about anyone besides themselves and their people. However, they do respect law and order. A crosswalk means stop for a pedestrian. Every time, everywhere. No exceptions. >>2835295The other 10% of Poles, as you've noticed, are good Catholics who go out of their way to help the wayward sojourner for the celestial karma points.>>2835984Poland is extremely orderly, and nobody is allowed to menace others in public.
>>2829582City people don't smile anywhere you go but these stereotypes have more to do with small town and country types
>>2836188To the contrary, Europe has made tremendous strides in urban development over the past fifty years. DYK Amsterdam in the 1970s was a polluted car-centric shithole where drivers didn't even stop for pedestrians in crosswalks? Same goes for most other European cities.
>>2829582I just went to Krakow and the locals were pretty kind and friendly. Multiple surprisingly warm interactions.
>>2841293Are you sure they were locals? A fair number of the friendly people I met in Poland were Ukrainians.
When people say that Poles don't smile, they don't just mean in public, they mean that even in family photographs they'll have a neutral face (even if everyone was laughing just moments prior).If a stranger or store owner was overly smiley at you in Poland, you would assume that they were trying to scam you and a Pole would instantly be on their guard that something was amiss.
