Are Canadians friendly?
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I haven't been in anywhere near 48 of them but I have been in enough of them to concur with what you say- I've never had a bad incident, except for one time in Reno because of mistaken identity- a cop stopped me at gun point mistakening believing I had spent the night breaking into cars. (Fortunately 30 seconds later his partner arrived on the scene and convinced him I wasn't the suspect.) You're also right in that the resident expert of many things is no expert re the U.S.
Absolutely: someone else's p*ss poor planning doesn't make it my emergency... and definately not ahead of my family.
Jack! What have I ever done to piss you off so?
By the way, I have nothing against Americans. Some of my best friends are. What I don't like is their government and especially their foreign policies. I try not to mix up people with politics, unlike you.
In my experience, Canadians are polite, but not friendly. Most people I meet are nice, but won't actually try to be friends with me. They won't insult me or be rude, but won't actually try to go out of their way to help you, either. So it depends.
But it is hard to judge 34 million people by a few thousand experiences, no?
But it is hard to judge 34 million people by a few thousand experiences, no?
Sir Joseph
There are crime areas in all big cities in any nation.
When I was in college three of us had an experiment to do - to stand or sit (if there was a bus waiting bench) and look lost to see what reactions (if any) we
could get from the public - each of us had one hour to perform the deed while
the other two watched from a car and recorded reactions and conversation.
This was done in S. California - a busy city - huge traffic intersections - where everyone seemed to be driving rather than taking public transportation, but the
bus benches were clean so we thought it was an ok place to park ourselves alone.
I probably would not do the experiment after daylight was gone - I admit it.
Not one incident of crime or leering or anything less than people asking if we were
ok - because we all tried to portray being upset by something.... some in cars pulled over to see if we needed a ride..... one of us pretended to be out of bus fare (at the time 75cents) and money usually dollar bills were offered....
One little flirt about eight years old walking home from school with his older sister offered a leftover apple to one of the testers...
Some crime areas are merely poor areas and immigration is plentiful - some of these newcomers are rebuilding and refurbishing crime areas so their families can
live in peace.
Some times it is more pleasant to live life looking for the good in people rather than the potential harm they can do.
There are crime areas in all big cities in any nation.
When I was in college three of us had an experiment to do - to stand or sit (if there was a bus waiting bench) and look lost to see what reactions (if any) we
could get from the public - each of us had one hour to perform the deed while
the other two watched from a car and recorded reactions and conversation.
This was done in S. California - a busy city - huge traffic intersections - where everyone seemed to be driving rather than taking public transportation, but the
bus benches were clean so we thought it was an ok place to park ourselves alone.
I probably would not do the experiment after daylight was gone - I admit it.
Not one incident of crime or leering or anything less than people asking if we were
ok - because we all tried to portray being upset by something.... some in cars pulled over to see if we needed a ride..... one of us pretended to be out of bus fare (at the time 75cents) and money usually dollar bills were offered....
One little flirt about eight years old walking home from school with his older sister offered a leftover apple to one of the testers...
Some crime areas are merely poor areas and immigration is plentiful - some of these newcomers are rebuilding and refurbishing crime areas so their families can
live in peace.
Some times it is more pleasant to live life looking for the good in people rather than the potential harm they can do.
Yes. That is the direct answer to your question. Canadians are really friendly. I do sense a difference between what Canadians and Americans consider socially normal attitudes.
In fact it's awkward for me. The culture I come from tells me it's okay, nay expected, to be really loud, aggressive, snarky and cynical all the time. That's considered normal. I don't sense that from Canadians at all, and when people don't act in that way, sometimes I don't know how to respond.
Yeah, if I ever lived in Canada, I'd have to learn to adjust to that.
In fact it's awkward for me. The culture I come from tells me it's okay, nay expected, to be really loud, aggressive, snarky and cynical all the time. That's considered normal. I don't sense that from Canadians at all, and when people don't act in that way, sometimes I don't know how to respond.
Yeah, if I ever lived in Canada, I'd have to learn to adjust to that.
Quiet like this? Friendly like this?
(Be advised... The Bad F word is in this clip)
YouTube - 2010 Olympics: I thought Canadians were nice?
lol What do you expect from a bunch of drunken young people. I bet you could have gotten them to shout almost anything.
lol What do you expect from a bunch of drunken young people. I bet you could have gotten them to shout almost anything. BTW, I bet the vast majority of them were city kids. You know, the unfriendly types.
I was walking along just thinking of what to have for supper and a friend stopped me and said" What's the matter? You look like you want to kill somebody" Many of the people I meet during the day are friendly at first..but when I refuse to give them some spare change or a smoke-------!
I'm on a BlackBerry, so links to vids from this message doesn't work. The link just shows up as a bunch of numbers. But I bet I can guess what it's a vid of. Is it Canadians celebrating after the Olympic hockey final?
