Most tourist go to Paris first while visiting France. The same goes for New York while visiting the US. This goes for most of the countries that were listed. You never have a second chance to make a first impression. I thank God that I didn't base my opinion of France because of my visit to Paris. People around the world are always nicer when you get away from the bigger cities.
The only foreign rudeness I've ever really encountered was in France. In Italy, there were "issues" about ripping off tourists and such but "regular" people not involved in the service sector were fine. In France, since I took French in school, I tried to use it and mostly got a very negative reaction to my imperfect efforts. Some wouldn't even try to communicate in their language and that included workers in airports and train stations.
If you learned French in a North American school, it's not even close to Parisian French. It's like a Spaniard trying to communicate with a Mexican - doable, but frustrating. Also, Quebecoise French is vastly different to Parisian French. I teach ESL, and I figured my students would sit close to one another based on first language - but due to regional dialects, and accents, it doesn't happen that way at all.
@@liambaylis9365 yeah it’s just also Parisians being super arrogant. The Japanese are like that also if you don’t get it exactly right particularly the older ones.
American here. When I went to Japan about 7ish years ago I spent a lot of time studying the culture, learning the language, and learning etiquette prior to going. While I was there I was SHOCKED by the number of rude Chinese, German, and Russian tourists. They even pissed ME off, and I'm not even a Japanese native. The number of them that littered at shrines and other historic places was appalling. I felt so bad I ended picking up after them. There are a few things you should ABSOLUTELY never do in Japanese culture, and they would do them repeatedly.....
I was stationed in Greece in the navy on the island of Crete. I took a fairy to Athens and the first thing I saw on a wall when I got off the boat was Yankee go home. This was before 2008 as well, so not sure how it is now.
I’m originally from Britain now Canadian, came back for a month last September and definitely there’s a difference between the North and South. Had loads of chats in pubs in the North, way more than in the South….Also when in New York City, I found everyone very friendly and eager to talk….much friendlier than montana where I go often!
@@MuslimInAbby yes I agree….I’m not sure where the stereotype of “friendly Canadian” came from, but I don’t find Canadians any friendlier or unfriendly than anywhere else!
@@MuslimInAbby yeah that’s the standard thing for some reason. It doesn’t really matter who it is but there’s a strong push to demonize Americans and praise to an endless degree nearly anyone else. Their country has to be a full brutal dictatorship for america to be ranked as better with some people and even then it can be a toss up for them. There seems to be lot of envy in people’s personal politics and they rank others on if those people threaten their self worth. Basically if you make a country feel small in comparison they try to find reasons to hate you even if their country is as guilty of those failings or more so or is guilty in other ways they try to minimize the failings of other places and maximize the failings of america while ignoring every single accomplishment and good point. They then go back to their modern lifestyle much of which would be impossible without American inventions and return to hating Americans wether they’ve actually met one or not. Meeting one would most likely just mess up the hatred they want to have for Americans. England is actually at the top of hating Americans. They made a video on it. There was a restaurant in Brighton that said ‘hate Americans but love their food?’ Which is basically like a milder version of an Irish need not apply or no blacks allowed sign they use to have. It kind of makes it seem like compassion is just made up seeing as people are fine with hatred of groups as long as it’s the socially acceptable group to hate like Americans. There was a British person who married an American and at the start still thought america was a big evil country that bullied others. With the history of the British that seems very ironic. And then lived in america and her kids were born there like wouldn’t you not want that if you hated the place? It almost seems like people don’t even know why they hate Americans it’s just the thing to do and it’s a good group to attack to feel better about their country or something I don’t know. It’s so odd to compare everything to that. Canadians seemed basically the same except at the border where without really any evidence they acted like we were maybe terrorists multiple times.
Bostonian here and that’s how we all are and if you’re not local you might think we’re rude but we just have somewhere to be and don’t do small talk especially with strangers.
As an American....a New Jerseyan...I've never been anywhere in the United States where I've found the people to be rude. Not even New Jersey and I see these people every day. Obviously, there is going to be a rude person here and there, but as a people, Americans are very friendly. Yes, even those of us from New Jersey.
It doesn’t matter what it is they will make sure america is on the list. Doesn’t matter if they haven’t been there if it’s Europeans who hate Americas without even meeting them doing the ranking it just doesn’t matter how biased it is people will trust it because they want to hate Americans. Europeans do anyway.
It looks like the countries with the most tourists tend to be on the list. They need to count how many people find the country rude in proportion to the number of tourists. If 90 percent of the tourists of a specific country find a country rude, but only 10,000 people travel to the country, it will not make the list compared to a country with only 10 percent people finding a country rude that has millions of tourists.
19:46 He mentioned that the poll is using the top 40 most visited countries, for contexts. So many of the more traveled to countries are what is mostly being observed. Many developing countries might be on the list but it's only the top 40
As an American, nothing pisses me off more when it comes to foreigners is them telling me how our country should be run. Do that to my face and I will show you a rudest American you'll ever want to encounter. Conversely, I see people from other nations being rude as hell, as if they got an invite from the President to come here and be the worst kind of visitors.
I am a person of color and spent a week in Munich and Bavaria. The German people were the nicest happiest most kind people I’ve ever met. It was the best travel experience I’ve ever had. I love Germany and couldn’t recommend going there enough.
I feel like the poll this guy conducted was not screened for whether or not respondents actually visited the places they voted for. And Dave is absolutely right that people are confusing rudeness of people they've met with rudeness of locals. For instance, I once had a roommate from Barcelona who wouldn't shut up about how Catalonia should be its own country (I mean, every day, and I just didn't care after the first 3 times he said it), and made no efforts to clean the apartment or be friendly otherwise. But in actual Spain, everyone was cool and chill and really, really nice. I'd say Russia first, then China, then the UK. But I've never been to Germany. And everyone in Paris was super nice, and supposedly they're the rudest people in France.
My husband was stationed at Rammstein for two years. Loooved Germany and the people he met on and off base. I’ve had 4 German friends that moved to America at different points in my life. All very nice . Was confused about the Germany one.
I don’t know how America is number 5 on this list. I don’t think we should even be on the list , We’re extremely helpful some of us even go out of our way to make sure someone is ok.
He was a bit off on the ad but the movie is called Crazy People and it's hilarious. It's a bit dated now (car phones for example) but still holds up most everywhere else.
My friend in college was a French major. He loved the language and culture and spoke French well. He was so excited to study abroad in France. When he got back, he said it was actually pretty miserable and lonely living there. He said no French people would actually talk or interact with him and he could only hang out with the other foreign exchange students while there. He said the locals in Paris were rude, wouldn't give him the time of day, and pretended like they couldn't understand a word he said, even though he'd been speaking and studying French for years. It was a major blow to his fascination with the culture and his aspirations as a French major. After he graduated, he started a career that had nothing to do with French.
I enjoyed France. I was nice so the people I came in contact with were nice. When I tried to speak French with my Southern US accent, they simply spoke English to me. 😁 I barely had to speak French at all. Very helpful folks.
I’ve watched countless office blokes videos and still have no idea what u guys do for a career 😂 other than working in an office, Daz seems to have been to every country in the world
We in Canadian tourist destinations just crack on with non-touristy things until the season ends. Happy to help if asked, whereas Americans initiate more with visitors.
Before I watch the video I feel like it’s gonna be the French at #1 or 2 Also since a lot of the “tourist areas” most people don’t see the everyday people here in the states most “Flyover States” (mostly the Midwest and South) aren’t really taken into consideration when coming here. Most people want to go to the coasts and they don’t really represent us here in Middle America. YES I was right. My brother went to France and said the French in Paris were @ssholes, but the French in rural areas were helpful. That’s mostly all countries I feel like. Go outside the city and you’ll find kindness 😂
I’m really surprised that we were listed at number five! Americans are usually very helpful were loud and really nice but yes he’s got a very good point about where you go and Detroit I do NOT recommend at all but coming to Washington DC in seeing all the museums And don’t go to Chicago during the winter but California is a great place to go but just don’t go into the bad parts like Compton and I live in Maryland and even Baltimore you have some bad areas but overall people are very nice in our country and states like Missouri or Minnesota or South Dakota everybody is nice because there’s usually not any bad areas but yes guns are ridiculous here that’s why you want to be careful where you go! There’s a lot of great things to see here in this country, and we have some great cruises down in Florida, which is a crazy state but there’s a lot to see n Miami is awesome and you can get on any cruises down there and go to the islands and so much to do and see! So I disagree with him on that one!
@@jasonrafferty3214 I think we get a bad rap do to our politics and city people. Here in the rural United States (especially the Midwest and here in the South) you’ll always find a helping hand.
I was surprised about Greece because I found them some of the friendliest people I've ever met. Italians, I can see why people may think they're rude, but I think it's probably a cultural difference. Spaniards, yeah I can see why they're in both tops of rudest and nicest (especially being a Spanish speaker), outside and inside of Spain, I have to say they're kinda 50, 50; some of them are incredibly nice and others are douchebags. British and Americans, I'd say they're (some of them, there are rude and ignorant people everywhere) annoying af when they're tourist visiting other countries, but inside their own country, they are pretty chill and normal.
I’ve seen Americans elsewhere they’re usually really nice unless they’re collage kids maybe. Otherwise they’re almost overly kind and complimentary. Americas are like innocent they think everything else is incredible. Europeans usually are the ones who look down on Americans and have endless number of stereotypes that they refuse to forsake even if shown the opposite is true. Also in England if you mess up a word or anything they will get all over you. Americans would think it’s funny and then not care. Americans would find broken English endearing while the English find even the slightest word difference like it’s an insult somehow. They take themselves extremely seriously while if anything Americans are often overly self deprecating. The English still can flip out over Americans saying soccer when it’s the time they use to use and it’s an abbreviation for football it means literally the same thing association football. Also the English are way more famous for being loud and rude and getting hammered both in and outside of England. Americans are stereotyped for just being massive consumers of things gift shop stuff and so on and buffets and what have you but not being rude about it on average. But Americans also have the opposite of a lot of European attitudes where everything else sucks Americans are more ‘wow something else that’s so cool where are you from oh my gosh you should visit us we love it here what’s this food called,’ like American tourists are just psyched about everything that’s there and think anything exotic is amazing. There’s like a childlike enthusiasm vs a French or English like sort of cynicism or pessimism or kind of sarcastic angry humor thing they have. Just like the differences between American and English shows really. American stuff is on average silly and big hearted and fun and the English stuff is darker cynical sarcastic cutting and tragic. Temperaments reflected.
Daz is wrong 5:20 Someone can be rude even when your haven't "given them a reason" They could just be habitually ill mannered, or having a bad day and looking for someone to take it out on. It happens sadly.
8:08 i wish everyone thought like that 😔 in Sweden people from the middle east comes here for many reasons (some good, but mostly bad) and does not give a flying fuck about Swedish culture. However, the people from Ukraine who fled to Sweden to find safety from the war, they have respected us. It just goes to show that 95% of people from the middle east does not want to respect us or our culture here in Scandinavia.
None of these surprised me except for UK and Spain. I've been to both in the 2000s and each country couldn't have been nicer to me. Lost a bag at Heathrow and they drove the found bag TO ME to Portsmouth where I was staying. In Spain the people I met in Seville where I was staying helped me along with the language barrier and made every effort to see that I was comfortable. In Spain I learned a new language thanks to them and their patience with me. I have friends in both the UK and Spain to this day. PS I'm an American who's had good experiences traveling abroad and feel that we tourists should remember WE are in THEIR country and should try to fashion our attitudes accordingly. Don't take advantage of the natives hospitality and be honest about the barriers, ask for help and don't assume that money solves everything because THAT is rude too. Jmo 👍
I love Italy 🇮🇹 but they were rude not all of them but a lot of them were rude especially when they heard my American accent but the ones who were nice were wonderful. The nicest is in my opinion is Costa Rica where I was born and where all my family is from. Other than correcting my Spanish they are sweet hearts.
Yeah, i'm french and even for us Paris can be quite the struggle. France is like the most visited country in the world where each year we get more tourists than there are people in the country and Paris acts as a hub so if you live there, imagine having to endure tourists everyday with all the negatives it brings (metro superpacked, traffic jams, always taking pictures, getting asked something in broken english 50 times a day). If you chose to visit france, there is so much more than Paris to it
My daughter and her family went to Italy in the summer of 2022- she said that they were very rude which was surprising because she loves Italy and visited a dozen times and the locals were nice. So something has changed- maybe post- covid?
@@tombowers6713 Rome- yes. But they traveled all around. She was very disappointed because she had been going to Italy for years and always loved the people. They went to France too and they were not ruder then usual 😀 I agree that in the less urban environments the locals are much more friendly.
Talk about shocking me to death… I just knew Dave was a huge cereal eater and Daz was too sophisticated for cereal. Learn something new everyday! 😮😮😮😮 Can you please do the clip Where they make Conan a super hero costume! He debuted it to his audience and it was hilarious!!! Love the show … glad to see you guys have sponsors. Buying a shirt up wear in Washington DC to see how many people react! Maybe I’ll do a remote in it and send it to you guys.
Just because you lived in New Jersey doesn't mean other people haven't had a problem. You probably lived in the safe area. He was right about them areas. It's certain parts you don't go in.
17:40 The comment talks about Austria not Germany. Vienna is in Austria... German humor is quite similar to English humor. Very dark and sarcastic. I've heard people saying Germans don't get sarcasm but whenever I'm sarcastic Americans wouldn't get it because I didn't do it in a silly voice. I think sarcastic statements are a lot funnier if delivered normally, the joke is in the outrageousness of the details. I noticed the Brits getting it a lot more than americans do.
Aren't we in the US usually accused of being overly friendly? As far as stereotypes, I live in DC and people here will step over you if you are on fire, yet I've found the people in our neighboring city of Baltimore to be very friendly.
They take our friendliness as being fake. They don't understand that we are a melting pot and not everyone could or can understand each other, so we smile a lot to convey friendliness.
@@LancerX916 However, most foreigners who come over only go to the big cities and never the rural areas (rural folk are the nicest). So that gives us a bad rap due to them lumping us all into one group.
@@codygates7418 That's not true. There are migrant workers all over the country in rural areas that don't speak English and live in farm country while they work.
I've never had any problems in France, even in Paris. I found a lot of rudeness in Greece, but that was basically Athens. The islands were friendly. I never felt as lonely as I did in Berlin when I traveled there by myself. Russia also seemed cold to me. I never had trouble in Asia & found folks to be incredibly hospitable and accommodating.
I was born in Upstate New York. I've lived in 6 states. I currently live in Florida. I'd have to say Florida is the rudest state I've lived in. Btw: In the US, before we curse sometimes we'll say "pardon my French"
Italians can be jerks, for sure. I worked for a company that had about 4 Italians working for us in the States. One was nice and was my roommate for a while, but the other three were jerks. My friend had to always translate for them, even though he told me they speak English but don't want to. They basically did not want us Americans to know they could understand us, so they did not have to interact with anyone but themselves. I am still friends to this day with the ex roommate, even though he is back in Rome with his wife and kids. I do hope to visit him sometime in the future.
Germans aren't rude...they are just direct and pragmatic....and they like rules I met very nice people in Greece...very warm, selfless and caring people when you get to know them (to long story)
For me top 2 are Greece, then Spain (even though I'm fluent in Latin American Spanish). Never seen a more miserable lot of depressed faces than on the Madrid metro. And then you go a few hundred miles west to Portugal, and the people are all smiles. If I were a woman, Italy would be tops for sure. All the young women traveling in Italy for the summer, as we were pulling out of harbor in a ferry to Greece, were all exuberantly flipping the bird at the Italian shore, and they all had horror stories about sexual harassment on the streets, trains, etc.
I don't know about rude people, but as far as friendly people go, I think Ireland has easily the most friendly people I've ever come across. I've been to France and was treated quite well, even in Paris. I came across a few rude people in England, but no more so than in any other urban area in any other country. I think if you try and be open minded and embrace a culture you'll usually find the people pretty easy to get along with.
16:55 Honestly sounds just like the netherlands to me XD. We don't really like to beat around the bush either. Though sadly that's kind of changing due to america's influence. That's defenitly not a good thing though, Dutch Journalism for example has gone downhill by becoming more American. Anyway I'd say a big deciding factor in this is of course: how popular the country is to visit but also, if their language is a world language. Because even just that Makes: English, Germans, French, Spanish, Americans pretty damn rude because they always refuse to adapt and just start talking in their own language, compared to very bilingual people like us(the dutch), it's pretty rude. Sure of course if I go to germany and they only speak German and no English that's fine. But when Germans visit anywhere they also just assume that other people speak German, Luckily the dutch almost naturally understand German, but yeah I'd say "being non bilingual" is a big part in this as well. Also a few things about the French: They just often dislike being loud etc. which is why they Generally dislike Dutch Children for example because they are often not very well behaved kind of like Americans, loud, noisy, will run around. But if you go to a restaurant, speak french well and have well-behaved children they might just give you a special thanks.
Dave mentioned that he thinks that modern British and French people are closely related by cultural descent. If you take it another step further you can see that relationship extends to Germans and most Northern Europeans who are not descended from Slavic peoples. That's it for the boring history lesson😁
Iran? No no no. Iranians are some of the nicest people in the world. They invite you to eat at their home all the time. They are very curious about tourists and easy to talk to. Women and Men. And the best thing is, they don't rip you of. I had the impression that as soon as they noticed me as a visitor they give an extra 150% to give you the best experience in Iran. They are very polite and friendly people but sadly their government is evil. I also heard the same from people who visited Pakistan that the locals are very very friendly and sweet. Can't say anything about North Korea tough.
I'll take London over Paris any time!! When I was younger I was lucky enough to be able to live in London for between 2 to 6 months a year starting when I was about ten until I graduated college. Of course it was extremely different than where we lived in Dallas and San Antonio but I was lucky enough to make friends in the building where our flat was that I still have to this day. But it is different and I think a lot of common culture is more visible to southerners than maybe northerners here in the USA. I've been to Paris 4 or 5 times and it's just not for me. I would go back to Bordeaux in a heart beat though.
I was surprised to see Italy on the list. I've only been there once but everywhere we went, everyone was very polite and even friendly. That was a long time ago now so I guess things have changed. 🤷♀ Also, that part at 13:50 is BS! We're not rude here in NJ, just a bit gruff. We'll rant at you about what an idiot you are but help you while we do it.
Poorly-traveled American here. I've probably been responsible for souring a few tourists on us. I once got on a bus to Vegas and there was a group of Malaysians, but I didn't realize they were tourists, so when one of them said to me, "America is a great country," I didn't thank him or try to humbly deny it. Just said "Yup". LOL. Been ashamed of that for years.
I gotta disagree with Daz about people being rude only because someone gave them a reason to. Nah. Some people are rude just out of ignorance. Some are rude by upbringing. Some have no clue why you think they're rude. And every video I watch from foreigners - every one - whether they're from England, Scotland, France, Germany, New Zealand, Korea, etc., every one said right away that Americans are friendly. So there. 😋 Now get over there and react to some Handi Man from In Living Color! 😃
Indeed, French hospitality sucks unless you are fluent in their language. Literally you can die of starvation in a restaurant, they won't even try to help with ordering.
The thing with Americans, is their reputation for being rude isn't just to immigrants, its specifically to immigrants that don't speak English and they have a bad reputation for being rude to them as a result and often mock them and demand that since they're in America that they should speak English ignoring the fact they come from non English speaking countries. Now I know not ALL Americans are like that obviously but there are enough to where it is a well known thing outside the u.s..
I was in cannes long time ago in the city center just sitting on a bench with my mate and two dudes threatened us with a pocket knife. no idea what they want but they used the word "bottle" in it and we were drinking.. maybe they wanted to steal our bottle of water haha. we stoff up and got loud and they went off.. yea french people can be odd xD
You can’t based your opinion on french people for some criminals that threatend you! There are theives and people with knives all over the world. thats not rudeness when people are trying to threaten to take your life its a criminal act
1. France 2. China 3. Italy French arrogance makes them number 1. It's unique and infuriating. least rude 1: Canada 2: Vietnam 3: Austria Based on my travel experiences, white American male. I've been a lot of places. In poverty stricken countries I don't consider people doing what they have to do to survive to be rude if nonviolent(ripping off naive tourists, pushy sales pitches on the street, etc.) For the USA I think it depends on what state you visit and what country you are from. Some places aren't the most welcoming to foreigners. Germans are rude tourists but they aren't rude in Germany.
6:35 lol nah, some people are just a-holes. And some cultures don't emphasize kindness as much as others, especially to outsiders. But uhh... Daz doesn't really come across as warm (like, at all), so he probably wouldn't even notice lol
Let's see. I traveled a lot so far. SE-Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe, etc. And honestly, I've just never been in a country I considered "rude". I didn't enjoy the Turkish way of trying us to buy their shit, sure, but that's sales tactics imo, not people being rude. I'm from Belgium though which similar to Germany, Netherlands and the Nordic countries have a high bar for being rude of course. Going by what people in the tourist industry have said though, the rudest tourists appear to be Russians and Chinese.
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Yeah, I don't like that the narrator mentioned New Jersey like that, I went there a couple months ago (I'm from the south) and was treated better than I was back home lol.
OK, maybe I'm stupid and missed a key piece of information, but I'm at #5, and I don't understand how all these people who've been surveyed can all be in the 40th percent category. As to the French being rude, I had a client from Lyon who said the French reputation for rudeness was probably based mostly on Parisians who are rude to anyone who isn't one of them.
the fact that non germans dont see, is that we germans arent covering up our mood with being fake friendly like its a rule in american restaurants for instance. we just being honest and if you meet a nice german then you can be sure its 100% honesty. once you get to know us germans personaly you'll see that we can be very nice too.
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Whoever is on this list is surely going to be very rude about being accused of being rude.
Most tourist go to Paris first while visiting France. The same goes for New York while visiting the US. This goes for most of the countries that were listed. You never have a second chance to make a first impression. I thank God that I didn't base my opinion of France because of my visit to Paris. People around the world are always nicer when you get away from the bigger cities.
The only foreign rudeness I've ever really encountered was in France. In Italy, there were "issues" about ripping off tourists and such but "regular" people not involved in the service sector were fine. In France, since I took French in school, I tried to use it and mostly got a very negative reaction to my imperfect efforts. Some wouldn't even try to communicate in their language and that included workers in airports and train stations.
If you learned French in a North American school, it's not even close to Parisian French. It's like a Spaniard trying to communicate with a Mexican - doable, but frustrating. Also, Quebecoise French is vastly different to Parisian French. I teach ESL, and I figured my students would sit close to one another based on first language - but due to regional dialects, and accents, it doesn't happen that way at all.
You'll almost always get ripped off in the Caribbean if you're not careful. They prey on tourists.
@@liambaylis9365 yeah it’s just also Parisians being super arrogant. The Japanese are like that also if you don’t get it exactly right particularly the older ones.
American here. When I went to Japan about 7ish years ago I spent a lot of time studying the culture, learning the language, and learning etiquette prior to going. While I was there I was SHOCKED by the number of rude Chinese, German, and Russian tourists. They even pissed ME off, and I'm not even a Japanese native. The number of them that littered at shrines and other historic places was appalling. I felt so bad I ended picking up after them. There are a few things you should ABSOLUTELY never do in Japanese culture, and they would do them repeatedly.....
@@vicklet6253 ... then Taiwan should be refer to as "Blue Chinese"?
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"I'm mad we're not #1." Lol. Daz at his finest!
I was stationed in Greece in the navy on the island of Crete. I took a fairy to Athens and the first thing I saw on a wall when I got off the boat was Yankee go home. This was before 2008 as well, so not sure how it is now.
Psst -- I think you took a "ferry" to Athens, unless you're sharing some really personal aspects of your life here. 😁😉
@@philipr.6090 Lmao
If you took a "fairy" maybe they thought you were gay? ;)
@@gemoftheocean when In rome….
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6:38 😂🤣 ...Lmao!! Saudi Arabia hit O.B.Daz with: "Why are you Gehh??!" line.
I’m originally from Britain now Canadian, came back for a month last September and definitely there’s a difference between the North and South. Had loads of chats in pubs in the North, way more than in the South….Also when in New York City, I found everyone very friendly and eager to talk….much friendlier than montana where I go often!
I hate that bearded "strong silent" sht. Simpletons
@@MuslimInAbby yes I agree….I’m not sure where the stereotype of “friendly Canadian” came from, but I don’t find Canadians any friendlier or unfriendly than anywhere else!
@@MuslimInAbby yeah that’s the standard thing for some reason. It doesn’t really matter who it is but there’s a strong push to demonize Americans and praise to an endless degree nearly anyone else. Their country has to be a full brutal dictatorship for america to be ranked as better with some people and even then it can be a toss up for them. There seems to be lot of envy in people’s personal politics and they rank others on if those people threaten their self worth. Basically if you make a country feel small in comparison they try to find reasons to hate you even if their country is as guilty of those failings or more so or is guilty in other ways they try to minimize the failings of other places and maximize the failings of america while ignoring every single accomplishment and good point. They then go back to their modern lifestyle much of which would be impossible without American inventions and return to hating Americans wether they’ve actually met one or not. Meeting one would most likely just mess up the hatred they want to have for Americans. England is actually at the top of hating Americans. They made a video on it. There was a restaurant in Brighton that said ‘hate Americans but love their food?’ Which is basically like a milder version of an Irish need not apply or no blacks allowed sign they use to have. It kind of makes it seem like compassion is just made up seeing as people are fine with hatred of groups as long as it’s the socially acceptable group to hate like Americans. There was a British person who married an American and at the start still thought america was a big evil country that bullied others. With the history of the British that seems very ironic. And then lived in america and her kids were born there like wouldn’t you not want that if you hated the place? It almost seems like people don’t even know why they hate Americans it’s just the thing to do and it’s a good group to attack to feel better about their country or something I don’t know. It’s so odd to compare everything to that.
Canadians seemed basically the same except at the border where without really any evidence they acted like we were maybe terrorists multiple times.
Bostonian here and that’s how we all are and if you’re not local you might think we’re rude but we just have somewhere to be and don’t do small talk especially with strangers.
I was waiting for the first place plot twist to be Canada.
My sister was in Germany and said they were by far the nicest of all the ESL speaking countries of the 6 or 7 in the Europe she's been to.
It's hard to judge a whole country by someone who vacationed there. As far as USA; New York is NOT like Fargo, which is NOT like San Diego, etc.
I've been to 5 states so far: Florida, California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona, I did not see people I thought were rude there
As an American....a New Jerseyan...I've never been anywhere in the United States where I've found the people to be rude. Not even New Jersey and I see these people every day. Obviously, there is going to be a rude person here and there, but as a people, Americans are very friendly. Yes, even those of us from New Jersey.
@@StevenQ74 A lot of Mormon-heavy states you visited besides Florida lol
@@kingcarlos7048 Beautifull nature in Utah and Arizona with all those canyons
It doesn’t matter what it is they will make sure america is on the list. Doesn’t matter if they haven’t been there if it’s Europeans who hate Americas without even meeting them doing the ranking it just doesn’t matter how biased it is people will trust it because they want to hate Americans. Europeans do anyway.
That's ironic. So the French will dish it out all day long if it's a verbal fight but once it turns physical that white flag shoots up.
It looks like the countries with the most tourists tend to be on the list. They need to count how many people find the country rude in proportion to the number of tourists. If 90 percent of the tourists of a specific country find a country rude, but only 10,000 people travel to the country, it will not make the list compared to a country with only 10 percent people finding a country rude that has millions of tourists.
19:46 He mentioned that the poll is using the top 40 most visited countries, for contexts. So many of the more traveled to countries are what is mostly being observed. Many developing countries might be on the list but it's only the top 40
Like you guys mentioned, seems like a list that is skewed a bit. It was basically just a list of the most traveled to countries
As an American, nothing pisses me off more when it comes to foreigners is them telling me how our country should be run. Do that to my face and I will show you a rudest American you'll ever want to encounter. Conversely, I see people from other nations being rude as hell, as if they got an invite from the President to come here and be the worst kind of visitors.
I am a person of color and spent a week in Munich and Bavaria. The German people were the nicest happiest most kind people I’ve ever met. It was the best travel experience I’ve ever had. I love Germany and couldn’t recommend going there enough.
I feel like the poll this guy conducted was not screened for whether or not respondents actually visited the places they voted for.
And Dave is absolutely right that people are confusing rudeness of people they've met with rudeness of locals. For instance, I once had a roommate from Barcelona who wouldn't shut up about how Catalonia should be its own country (I mean, every day, and I just didn't care after the first 3 times he said it), and made no efforts to clean the apartment or be friendly otherwise. But in actual Spain, everyone was cool and chill and really, really nice.
I'd say Russia first, then China, then the UK.
But I've never been to Germany. And everyone in Paris was super nice, and supposedly they're the rudest people in France.
My husband was stationed at Rammstein for two years. Loooved Germany and the people he met on and off base. I’ve had 4 German friends that moved to America at different points in my life. All very nice . Was confused about the Germany one.
My neighbor was also stationed in Germany and absolutely loved the place. He says the people are friendly and it's just a great place.
I don’t know how America is number 5 on this list. I don’t think we should even be on the list , We’re extremely helpful some of us even go out of our way to make sure someone is ok.
@Lala Emm I wasn’t talking about anything like that slow your roll
Realistically, these lists are "Who's got the rudest urban citizens that also happen to be popular tourist areas?"
My father visited Germany in late March 1945 (3rd Canadian Infantry Division) and he got a very rude reception. :)
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thats what people think. but we germans arent just fake friendly to everyone.
And you wonder why Germans are rude lmao
He was a bit off on the ad but the movie is called Crazy People and it's hilarious. It's a bit dated now (car phones for example) but still holds up most everywhere else.
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As an American I see Brits like a cousin and France like a wicked stepmother
My friend in college was a French major. He loved the language and culture and spoke French well. He was so excited to study abroad in France. When he got back, he said it was actually pretty miserable and lonely living there. He said no French people would actually talk or interact with him and he could only hang out with the other foreign exchange students while there. He said the locals in Paris were rude, wouldn't give him the time of day, and pretended like they couldn't understand a word he said, even though he'd been speaking and studying French for years. It was a major blow to his fascination with the culture and his aspirations as a French major. After he graduated, he started a career that had nothing to do with French.
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I enjoyed France. I was nice so the people I came in contact with were nice. When I tried to speak French with my Southern US accent, they simply spoke English to me. 😁 I barely had to speak French at all. Very helpful folks.
I’ve watched countless office blokes videos and still have no idea what u guys do for a career 😂 other than working in an office, Daz seems to have been to every country in the world
We in Canadian tourist destinations just crack on with non-touristy things until the season ends. Happy to help if asked, whereas Americans initiate more with visitors.
Before I watch the video I feel like it’s gonna be the French at #1 or 2
Also since a lot of the “tourist areas” most people don’t see the everyday people here in the states most “Flyover States” (mostly the Midwest and South) aren’t really taken into consideration when coming here. Most people want to go to the coasts and they don’t really represent us here in Middle America.
YES I was right. My brother went to France and said the French in Paris were @ssholes, but the French in rural areas were helpful. That’s mostly all countries I feel like. Go outside the city and you’ll find kindness 😂
@@heywoodjablowme8120 True, but most Westerns, and other foreigns know to stay away from North Korea.
@@heywoodjablowme8120 For real? What dumb@sses 😂
I love visiting the UK and I never had an issue with the service industry there. I’ve gotten lost(on the tube) and received help.
I’m really surprised that we were listed at number five! Americans are usually very helpful were loud and really nice but yes he’s got a very good point about where you go and Detroit I do NOT recommend at all but coming to Washington DC in seeing all the museums And don’t go to Chicago during the winter but California is a great place to go but just don’t go into the bad parts like Compton and I live in Maryland and even Baltimore you have some bad areas but overall people are very nice in our country and states like Missouri or Minnesota or South Dakota everybody is nice because there’s usually not any bad areas but yes guns are ridiculous here that’s why you want to be careful where you go! There’s a lot of great things to see here in this country, and we have some great cruises down in Florida, which is a crazy state but there’s a lot to see n Miami is awesome and you can get on any cruises down there and go to the islands and so much to do and see! So I disagree with him on that one!
No5 I don’t think Americans should be on the list all ways friendly and helpful and I’m from the uk. 👍👍
@@jasonrafferty3214 I think we get a bad rap do to our politics and city people. Here in the rural United States (especially the Midwest and here in the South) you’ll always find a helping hand.
Don't listen to someone named Karen. Ever.
@@codygates7418 yes that’s spot on.
Detroit is awesome. Maybe it’s you?
Here in the US, I’d venture to say we have both the most rude and the friendliest. Just depends on the location.
I was surprised about Greece because I found them some of the friendliest people I've ever met. Italians, I can see why people may think they're rude, but I think it's probably a cultural difference. Spaniards, yeah I can see why they're in both tops of rudest and nicest (especially being a Spanish speaker), outside and inside of Spain, I have to say they're kinda 50, 50; some of them are incredibly nice and others are douchebags. British and Americans, I'd say they're (some of them, there are rude and ignorant people everywhere) annoying af when they're tourist visiting other countries, but inside their own country, they are pretty chill and normal.
I’ve seen Americans elsewhere they’re usually really nice unless they’re collage kids maybe. Otherwise they’re almost overly kind and complimentary. Americas are like innocent they think everything else is incredible. Europeans usually are the ones who look down on Americans and have endless number of stereotypes that they refuse to forsake even if shown the opposite is true. Also in England if you mess up a word or anything they will get all over you. Americans would think it’s funny and then not care. Americans would find broken English endearing while the English find even the slightest word difference like it’s an insult somehow. They take themselves extremely seriously while if anything Americans are often overly self deprecating. The English still can flip out over Americans saying soccer when it’s the time they use to use and it’s an abbreviation for football it means literally the same thing association football. Also the English are way more famous for being loud and rude and getting hammered both in and outside of England. Americans are stereotyped for just being massive consumers of things gift shop stuff and so on and buffets and what have you but not being rude about it on average. But Americans also have the opposite of a lot of European attitudes where everything else sucks Americans are more ‘wow something else that’s so cool where are you from oh my gosh you should visit us we love it here what’s this food called,’ like American tourists are just psyched about everything that’s there and think anything exotic is amazing. There’s like a childlike enthusiasm vs a French or English like sort of cynicism or pessimism or kind of sarcastic angry humor thing they have. Just like the differences between American and English shows really. American stuff is on average silly and big hearted and fun and the English stuff is darker cynical sarcastic cutting and tragic. Temperaments reflected.
Daz is wrong 5:20 Someone can be rude even when your haven't "given them a reason" They could just be habitually ill mannered, or having a bad day and looking for someone to take it out on. It happens sadly.
8:08 i wish everyone thought like that 😔 in Sweden people from the middle east comes here for many reasons (some good, but mostly bad) and does not give a flying fuck about Swedish culture. However, the people from Ukraine who fled to Sweden to find safety from the war, they have respected us. It just goes to show that 95% of people from the middle east does not want to respect us or our culture here in Scandinavia.
None of these surprised me except for UK and Spain. I've been to both in the 2000s and each country couldn't have been nicer to me. Lost a bag at Heathrow and they drove the found bag TO ME to Portsmouth where I was staying. In Spain the people I met in Seville where I was staying helped me along with the language barrier and made every effort to see that I was comfortable. In Spain I learned a new language thanks to them and their patience with me. I have friends in both the UK and Spain to this day. PS I'm an American who's had good experiences traveling abroad and feel that we tourists should remember WE are in THEIR country and should try to fashion our attitudes accordingly. Don't take advantage of the natives hospitality and be honest about the barriers, ask for help and don't assume that money solves everything because THAT is rude too. Jmo 👍
I love Italy 🇮🇹 but they were rude not all of them but a lot of them were rude especially when they heard my American accent but the ones who were nice were wonderful. The nicest is in my opinion is Costa Rica where I was born and where all my family is from. Other than correcting my Spanish they are sweet hearts.
Yeah, i'm french and even for us Paris can be quite the struggle. France is like the most visited country in the world where each year we get more tourists than there are people in the country and Paris acts as a hub so if you live there, imagine having to endure tourists everyday with all the negatives it brings (metro superpacked, traffic jams, always taking pictures, getting asked something in broken english 50 times a day). If you chose to visit france, there is so much more than Paris to it
On a positive note, the most FRIENDLY countries I've visited: Thailand, Finland, Oman, Colombia, Poland.
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Saudis watch the most gay porn in the world tho via internet. 🤣🤣🤣
I've been to Spain an I don't understand why they are considered rude never experienced that 🧐
@Michelle yeah there's always rude people anywhere we go it's just one those things where shit happens .
us, uk, france for sure but y'all getting defensive for what? these are the facts
My daughter and her family went to Italy in the summer of 2022- she said that they were very rude which was surprising because she loves Italy and visited a dozen times and the locals were nice. So something has changed- maybe post- covid?
Did she go to Rome? Like France and Paris the smaller cities/ country folk are very nice compared the big city "attitudes"
@@tombowers6713 Rome- yes. But they traveled all around. She was very disappointed because she had been going to Italy for years and always loved the people. They went to France too and they were not ruder then usual 😀
I agree that in the less urban environments the locals are much more friendly.
You could literally put all of Eastern Block Europe on this list, any ex-ESSR country.
Talk about shocking me to death… I just knew Dave was a huge cereal eater and Daz was too sophisticated for cereal. Learn something new everyday! 😮😮😮😮
Can you please do the clip
Where they make Conan a super hero costume! He debuted it to his audience and it was hilarious!!!
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You don’t need to give someone a reason to be rude to you. They could possibly are ignorant of your ethnicity.
Ignorance and experience aren't the same thing, my opinion has been shaped with experience
Just because you lived in New Jersey doesn't mean other people haven't had a problem. You probably lived in the safe area. He was right about them areas. It's certain parts you don't go in.
17:40 The comment talks about Austria not Germany. Vienna is in Austria...
German humor is quite similar to English humor. Very dark and sarcastic. I've heard people saying Germans don't get sarcasm but whenever I'm sarcastic Americans wouldn't get it because I didn't do it in a silly voice.
I think sarcastic statements are a lot funnier if delivered normally, the joke is in the outrageousness of the details.
I noticed the Brits getting it a lot more than americans do.
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Aren't we in the US usually accused of being overly friendly? As far as stereotypes, I live in DC and people here will step over you if you are on fire, yet I've found the people in our neighboring city of Baltimore to be very friendly.
They take our friendliness as being fake. They don't understand that we are a melting pot and not everyone could or can understand each other, so we smile a lot to convey friendliness.
That's probably because of you
@@LancerX916 However, most foreigners who come over only go to the big cities and never the rural areas (rural folk are the nicest). So that gives us a bad rap due to them lumping us all into one group.
@@codygates7418 That's not true. There are migrant workers all over the country in rural areas that don't speak English and live in farm country while they work.
you must not go to the inner city of Baltimore
I've never had any problems in France, even in Paris. I found a lot of rudeness in Greece, but that was basically Athens. The islands were friendly. I never felt as lonely as I did in Berlin when I traveled there by myself. Russia also seemed cold to me. I never had trouble in Asia & found folks to be incredibly hospitable and accommodating.
Okay we get it you've been everywhere in the world. Now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna take my broke can't afford to go anywhere at all ass to work.
I was born in Upstate New York. I've lived in 6 states. I currently live in Florida. I'd have to say Florida is the rudest state I've lived in.
Btw: In the US, before we curse sometimes we'll say "pardon my French"
Never been there but I’ve heard far worse things about Egypt than any of these countries.
Italians can be jerks, for sure. I worked for a company that had about 4 Italians working for us in the States. One was nice and was my roommate for a while, but the other three were jerks. My friend had to always translate for them, even though he told me they speak English but don't want to. They basically did not want us Americans to know they could understand us, so they did not have to interact with anyone but themselves. I am still friends to this day with the ex roommate, even though he is back in Rome with his wife and kids. I do hope to visit him sometime in the future.
Germans aren't rude...they are just direct and pragmatic....and they like rules
I met very nice people in Greece...very warm, selfless and caring people when you get to know them (to long story)
For me top 2 are Greece, then Spain (even though I'm fluent in Latin American Spanish). Never seen a more miserable lot of depressed faces than on the Madrid metro. And then you go a few hundred miles west to Portugal, and the people are all smiles. If I were a woman, Italy would be tops for sure. All the young women traveling in Italy for the summer, as we were pulling out of harbor in a ferry to Greece, were all exuberantly flipping the bird at the Italian shore, and they all had horror stories about sexual harassment on the streets, trains, etc.
Guess what? That 40% people who said Turkey are rude are Greek xD.
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Yes ! 😂
I don't know about rude people, but as far as friendly people go, I think Ireland has easily the most friendly people I've ever come across. I've been to France and was treated quite well, even in Paris. I came across a few rude people in England, but no more so than in any other urban area in any other country. I think if you try and be open minded and embrace a culture you'll usually find the people pretty easy to get along with.
Same here! The Irish are the most lovely people I've encountered. Great sense of humour aswell! Can't wait to go back
16:55 Honestly sounds just like the netherlands to me XD. We don't really like to beat around the bush either. Though sadly that's kind of changing due to america's influence. That's defenitly not a good thing though, Dutch Journalism for example has gone downhill by becoming more American.
Anyway I'd say a big deciding factor in this is of course: how popular the country is to visit but also, if their language is a world language.
Because even just that Makes: English, Germans, French, Spanish, Americans pretty damn rude because they always refuse to adapt and just start talking in their own language, compared to very bilingual people like us(the dutch), it's pretty rude. Sure of course if I go to germany and they only speak German and no English that's fine.
But when Germans visit anywhere they also just assume that other people speak German, Luckily the dutch almost naturally understand German, but yeah I'd say "being non bilingual" is a big part in this as well.
Also a few things about the French: They just often dislike being loud etc. which is why they Generally dislike Dutch Children for example because they are often not very well behaved kind of like Americans, loud, noisy, will run around. But if you go to a restaurant, speak french well and have well-behaved children they might just give you a special thanks.
This Griggs guy never missed an angle to cover his dislike for others in another cloak.
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"That's called an antidote". The word is anecdote.
Y’all was spitting facts about the American part 🙏🏾
Like every country has bad areas every time you visit a place they will tell you to stay in the tourist part and not anywhere else
Quite rude of Daz to yawn like that on this cast.😆😆😆
i've heard of magic spoon but never tried it i may try it
I have been to France and everyone seemed pretty nice. The only rude person was an employee at the LV store.
Dave mentioned that he thinks that modern British and French people are closely related by cultural descent. If you take it another step further you can see that relationship extends to Germans and most Northern Europeans who are not descended from Slavic peoples. That's it for the boring history lesson😁
I think Pakistan Iran, and North Korea would be the top 3.
Iran? No no no. Iranians are some of the nicest people in the world. They invite you to eat at their home all the time. They are very curious about tourists and easy to talk to. Women and Men. And the best thing is, they don't rip you of. I had the impression that as soon as they noticed me as a visitor they give an extra 150% to give you the best experience in Iran. They are very polite and friendly people but sadly their government is evil. I also heard the same from people who visited Pakistan that the locals are very very friendly and sweet. Can't say anything about North Korea tough.
I'll take London over Paris any time!!
When I was younger I was lucky enough to be able to live in London for between 2 to 6 months a year starting when I was about ten until I graduated college.
Of course it was extremely different than where we lived in Dallas and San Antonio but I was lucky enough to make friends in the building where our flat was that I still have to this day.
But it is different and I think a lot of common culture is more visible to southerners than maybe northerners here in the USA.
I've been to Paris 4 or 5 times and it's just not for me.
I would go back to Bordeaux in a heart beat though.
I was surprised to see Italy on the list. I've only been there once but everywhere we went, everyone was very polite and even friendly. That was a long time ago now so I guess things have changed. 🤷♀
Also, that part at 13:50 is BS! We're not rude here in NJ, just a bit gruff. We'll rant at you about what an idiot you are but help you while we do it.
I had some unpleasant experiences in France, but it all came from the immigrants. But it felt like they were bothering the locals just as much.
France, India, China, and many Middle eastern countries!
Poorly-traveled American here. I've probably been responsible for souring a few tourists on us. I once got on a bus to Vegas and there was a group of Malaysians, but I didn't realize they were tourists, so when one of them said to me, "America is a great country," I didn't thank him or try to humbly deny it. Just said "Yup". LOL. Been ashamed of that for years.
I absolutely don't see the UK people as rude, not in the top 10 countries for rudeness, no way. I've loved all the Brits I've interacted with
I gotta disagree with Daz about people being rude only because someone gave them a reason to. Nah. Some people are rude just out of ignorance. Some are rude by upbringing. Some have no clue why you think they're rude.
And every video I watch from foreigners - every one - whether they're from England, Scotland, France, Germany, New Zealand, Korea, etc., every one said right away that Americans are friendly.
So there. 😋
Now get over there and react to some Handi Man from In Living Color! 😃
Indeed, French hospitality sucks unless you are fluent in their language. Literally you can die of starvation in a restaurant, they won't even try to help with ordering.
The thing with Americans, is their reputation for being rude isn't just to immigrants, its specifically to immigrants that don't speak English and they have a bad reputation for being rude to them as a result and often mock them and demand that since they're in America that they should speak English ignoring the fact they come from non English speaking countries. Now I know not ALL Americans are like that obviously but there are enough to where it is a well known thing outside the u.s..
Seems like the bigger the tourism industry, the more people say they are rude there. Maybe tourists just annoy everyone.
I was in cannes long time ago in the city center just sitting on a bench with my mate and two dudes threatened us with a pocket knife. no idea what they want but they used the word "bottle" in it and we were drinking.. maybe they wanted to steal our bottle of water haha. we stoff up and got loud and they went off.. yea french people can be odd xD
You can’t based your opinion on french people for some criminals that threatend you! There are theives and people with knives all over the world. thats not rudeness when people are trying to threaten to take your life its a criminal act
THOUGHT labor simulator contest between the three of you.
1. France 2. China 3. Italy French arrogance makes them number 1. It's unique and infuriating.
least rude 1: Canada 2: Vietnam 3: Austria
Based on my travel experiences, white American male. I've been a lot of places. In poverty stricken countries I don't consider people doing what they have to do to survive to be rude if nonviolent(ripping off naive tourists, pushy sales pitches on the street, etc.)
For the USA I think it depends on what state you visit and what country you are from. Some places aren't the most welcoming to foreigners.
Germans are rude tourists but they aren't rude in Germany.
I would have guessed North Sentinel Island.
6:35 lol nah, some people are just a-holes. And some cultures don't emphasize kindness as much as others, especially to outsiders. But uhh... Daz doesn't really come across as warm (like, at all), so he probably wouldn't even notice lol
What? Canada wasn't on the list? ... Just kidding, it's called sarcasm. Canada would be #1 in the opposite poll.
Ever been to Quebec? 😀
Let's play a game how many countries has Daz been too?....lol world traveler
Yes, it's their culture...if you see something nice that they owned and you compliment it they are obligated to give it to you.
Argentina should be up there as well🙄
Let's see.
I traveled a lot so far. SE-Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe, etc.
And honestly, I've just never been in a country I considered "rude".
I didn't enjoy the Turkish way of trying us to buy their shit, sure, but that's sales tactics imo, not people being rude.
I'm from Belgium though which similar to Germany, Netherlands and the Nordic countries have a high bar for being rude of course.
Going by what people in the tourist industry have said though, the rudest tourists appear to be Russians and Chinese.
The people that answered this have clearly never been to these places.
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Yeah, I don't like that the narrator mentioned New Jersey like that, I went there a couple months ago (I'm from the south) and was treated better than I was back home lol.
OK, maybe I'm stupid and missed a key piece of information, but I'm at #5, and I don't understand how all these people who've been surveyed can all be in the 40th percent category. As to the French being rude, I had a client from Lyon who said the French reputation for rudeness was probably based mostly on Parisians who are rude to anyone who isn't one of them.
the fact that non germans dont see, is that we germans arent covering up our mood with being fake friendly like its a rule in american restaurants for instance. we just being honest and if you meet a nice german then you can be sure its 100% honesty. once you get to know us germans personaly you'll see that we can be very nice too.