world's worst tourists

In rec.travel.australia+nz Jenn wrote:

[A US bank would go out of business with the service typically provided in
totally non consumer oriented Italian banks]

I wouldn't hold up US banks as some paragon of consumer orientation. I had
never in my life had to queue so long to perform a simple transaction before
I went to the US.

Sjoerd writes:

Huh? Thousands of rich young Dutch people here in Amsterdam who got rich by
working hard, or having a creative idea for a business.

There are no rich Europeans, at least none who got that way by earning
it themselves. I've seen what passes for "rich" in Europe, and only a
European would consider that wealthy.

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On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 01:23:32 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

Keith Willshaw writes:

"The number of HNWIs in Europe grew 6% to 2.3 million in 2000 ...

That's less than one person in two hundred.

You said "There are no rich Europeans ..." Even one person in 200
is a long way from "no rich Europeans".

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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Sjoerd writes:

Huh? Thousands of rich young Dutch people here in Amsterdam who got rich
by
working hard, or having a creative idea for a business.

There are no rich Europeans, at least none who got that way by earning
it themselves. I've seen what passes for "rich" in Europe, and only a
European would consider that wealthy.


Merril Lynch disagree

"The number of HNWIs in Europe grew 6% to 2.3 million in 2000, the best
growth in terms of number of new wealthy individuals reported in any region.
Together, they account for 32% of the world's HNWIs, up 3% from 1999 and
closing the gap with the number of wealthy in North America. "

I rather doubt Ricahrd Branson is on the povery line yet.

Keith

Keith Willshaw writes:

"The number of HNWIs in Europe grew 6% to 2.3 million in 2000 ...

That's less than one person in two hundred.

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Hatunen writes:

You said "There are no rich Europeans ..." Even one person in 200
is a long way from "no rich Europeans".

There are no rich Europeans earning their own money. It's possible that
my standard of wealth is different from that of Merill Lynch.

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In article , Mxsmanic
wrote:

Frank F. Matthews writes:

Then again the ignorant europeans who keep using the term "Ugly
American" without understanding the literary reference are cute as well.

There are precious few Americans who understand the reference, either.

Well as is the case with most words and phrases, they change over time.
Apparently the good-hearted culturally-ignorant "ugly American" is not
to be confused with the boorish tourist. But I think we can use the
words "ugly" and "American" without it's meaning being limited by the
title of a 50 year old book.

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In article , Reid$B%%(J
wrote:

Same goes for any other broad characterization based on nothing in
particular; wholly untrue.

Nah, as with most generalisations often true, but not always.

Fair and vague enough; best to say there's no connection between
generalization and accuracy. Once again another opinion voiced as if
it had more clout behind it than a single voice.

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In article , tim
wrote:

is a completely different thing.

Americans usually redeem themselves for their actions by leaving big
tips, something brits rarely do.

Got some stats on that rarely and usually?

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in article , Frank F. Matthews at
wrote on 10/08/2003 3:31 PM:

?ystein wrote:

(Blackden) wrote in message
om...

Brits were judged the least welcome tourists in an Expedia survey this
summer, but European stereotypes of the Ugly American tourist are
still common,

Americans aren't bad but complitely ignorant. Sort of cute really, bad
is a completely different thing. Jan

Then again the ignorant europeans who keep using the term "Ugly
American" without understanding the literary reference are cute as well.
FFM


Literary references aside for the moment, my own experiences over the past
twenty years of travelling Europe have led me to conclude that Americans do,
in fact, have many sins to attone for.

Yet, having said that, so do virtually all nationalities. And, from where I
have stood, Americans are _FAR_ from the worst offenders.

HH