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It happens in London too. It's just bad manners to sit and loudly play your poor taste in music out loud on a bus or train rather than on headphones. It's not l
by dave2000 11y ago
It happens in London too. It's just bad manners to sit and loudly play your poor taste in music out loud on a bus or train rather than on headphones. It's not limited to any particular racial group though; it's usually just young men.
- vinceguidry 11y agoYeah, there's a difference though between having been raised in a different culture and not being aware of local norms and being just ignorant. One you can simply and easily solve with a short conversation, the other you just have to grin and bear because any attempt to better the situation could easily make it worse. At my coffee shop, very few people are actually trying to be rude. Hell, even if they are, what happened to that famous English weaponized politeness? Does nobody bother to develop that anymore?
- david-given 11y agoSomeone in Zurich once stepped in front of me in the queue, and I gave them my best British passive-aggressive glare. They didn't even notice, the cad. So it's not as easy as you might think.
- vinceguidry 11y agoIf a glare is insufficient, you have to step up the game. A stern glare did not the British Empire make. You should have solicitously pointed out the location of the end of the queue for him. After all, he may not have known where it was.
- dave2000 11y agoWell, in that sort of situation you'd probably just get stabbed.