[Mary-Z21951]

My friend (who is American) did a lot of traveling in Europe this summer and was amazed and amused by the rudeness and ignorance on several occasions by fellow American tourists. She told me of one time, she was in Paris waiting to board a bus for some other city in France. (Don’t remember where). She was waiting behind a couple obviously American girls who were speaking loudly and s l o w l y and rudely in English to the clerk there who either didn’t speak English or wasn’t letting on if did. They kept telling the guy..we want to go to P A R IS! WE WANT TO GO TO PAIR-IS! At which point my friend tapped them on the shoulder and said, um, you are IN Paris! To which they responded…’oh’. And then she helped them figure out what they needed to do next, spoke a little French to the people in the station to help them get pointed on their way. I don’t think Americans are any worse /more ignorant tourists than those from other places that come here. But, I wouldn’t be suprised if some of us are louder and a bit ruder than people are used to.

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Name : Mary-Z21951, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 34, City : Detroit, State : MI, Country : United States, Occupation : technology, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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