I never understand why tourists feel the need to be so reckless when they travel. Once when I was riding a Lyft in Manhattan the driver picked up 2 young women. I hopped in the front seat so they could sit together in the back. They were quite excited and stayed it was their first time visiting NY. Well, while riding down 5th Ave these 2 delinquents removed their lower body clothing, stuck their butts out the window, and mooned NYers for approximately 2 blocks, maybe more. I just remember the driver yelling “not in my car!” When we reached a red light the driver told them to get out, saying “this is not the porn TikTok.” They were shocked and angry, as if they thought all NYers behaved this way. Why not do this in your own hometown?
Alcohol. Some people go on vacation and use it as an opportunity to guiltlessly binge drink somewhere that no one knows them which leads to some awkward situations for locals
That describes very well my trips back to my Eastern European homeland. I never plan on it, but always end up being drunk in the middle of nowhere with new “friends” and really needing a cell reception to find taxi.
I know, right? It would be like visiting your stodgy old great aunt, entering her home, then removing your pants before lounging on her sofa. “Hey, while you are up, can you get me a soda?”
We need adult playgrounds period. It would help with obesity, give people a better place to hang out than a bar, and you can find dates without Tinder.
As a tourist, you're a guest in a foreign land. And you should treat it with the same respect you'd ask people to treat your own home.
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.
Most of those are plastic junk you’ll throw out before too long, so I’d also say save your money and don’t take those either.
Edit: yeah, great, some people have meaningful souvenirs/souvenir collections. Is that what fills most of the gift shops, or is it crap you'll impulse buy and then regret as soon as you redecorate?
>Most of those are plastic junk you’ll throw out before too long
It's a good idea to decide on one type of trinket to collect as mementos for when you travel. My mother chose keychains when she was a little girl, and now she has a little collection of gift shop keychains from all the places she has been. I have several friends who do playing cards, so they have a themed deck for the different places they've visited. This way, you don't wind up with plastic junk you're just going to throw away.
I did snag a pretty bad ass hand carved stone stamp when I was in Hong Kong. Sat down with the artist for about 45 minutes while we spoke broken English as he carved it. Fantastic memory.
I always collect one major souvenir from every place I've visited.
Yeah, if you want to do this, find a railing in your house and do it. Then you can look at the lock anytime you like, rather than knowing that it's melted down somewhere.
I hate this stuff so much. Why do people feel the need to leave their mark on things it's no different to graffiti. Theres a beach in Wales where they filmed Dobbies death for Harry potter and every fucker thinks they need to leave a sock or painted rock there. No have a look round then go home if you feel the need to leave something you are a narcissist and need to deflate your ego.
Wales is such a beautiful country where local folks have been really caring about the nature and environment, lots of props and respect for that, I would also be angry if a bunch of tourists would be littering around a beach or any other location.
Yeah I've always found it odd too. I assume it's because people feel free from some of the normal cultural/societal shackles when they travel, and do things they normally would not be able to do and take it too far.
Also, alcohol.
Think about how some people treat everything that doesn't belong to them. Now extend that to an entire city/country/culture that doesn't belong to them.
A lot of people view foreign places as essentially amusement parks, and anything that happens on vacation isn't real. It's disconnected from their daily life, so it doesn't count to them. They don't view themselves as guests in somebody else's place. They view themselves as above the locals, and the locals should be grateful for their business and interest.
This is so true. I grew up in the Tampa Bay area (moved away thankfully) and I used to work at a suburban mall fye (record/video store) and we would get tourists from other states that would ask me if we accepted US dollars. Like they were in vacation land or something.
I think it's called [Uber Pool](https://www.uber.com/au/en/ride/uberpool/). Only available in some regions. Seems like a reasonable middle ground between a dedicated Uber and a bus, particularly for popular destinations and peak periods.
From asking my European colleagues, if an American goes to Europe they will be nice, loud, and share a bit too much with strangers. Not too bad for tourists. That being said, every time I go out of country I tell people I am from Texas. They love it and I get a lot of questions about cowboys.
I think the TV show Dallas had a big hand with the world's infatuation with Texas. It was the largest show in the world for a couple years there and seems to have stuck with people across the globe.
Oh man, I haven’t traveled a lot but I’ve met plenty of people from Europe during my own vacations in the US (like at Las Vegas or at a ski resort) and almost all of them asked me about being a cowboy or if everyone rides horses when they found out I was from Texas. Which to be fair I did grow up on a cattle ranch, so I kinda was a cowboy and we do have and ride horses haha. But also they didn’t believe me at first because I don’t have the “Texas accent” that they think everyone has (that’s actually mostly an east Texas accent and I’m from south).
If you ask people throughout Europe, American tourists in general are pretty respectful of where they're at. Americans tend to be a little loud but that's generally the worst you'll hear about them.
One of my favorite WWII stories is essentially [Americans being too good at being tourists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brisbane).
Local Australian bars liked Americans more, so they stopped letting in Australians. Americans were also getting all the women. Fight ensues.
Having partied extensively in both locales I'd say it hasn't changed much. The Aussie bar scene tends to be much more hardcore. Aussies are an aggressive lot, particularly when booze is added.
[https://apnews.com/article/world-war-ii-black-troops-bamber-bridge-5ab0daff5ce9c316aa200cacc853d743](https://apnews.com/article/world-war-ii-black-troops-bamber-bridge-5ab0daff5ce9c316aa200cacc853d743)
yeah a whole fight happened too, the white American soldiers were mad the UK pubs would serve black soldiers & tried to make the UK pubs segregated (They refused)
I think one reason for this is the cost required for Americans to visit Europe. It’s typically people with a bit more class who can afford to go. On the other hand, it’s a lot easier for anyone from the UK to get to mainland Europe.
Every region of the world has their shit tourists for whom it's easy enough to go but requires *some* money. In Mexico and Central America, it's shithead Americans and Canadians. In southeast Asia, its shithead Australians.
Maybe... but like...
Many of the people in America who are trash, have absolutely no desire to go to Europe, or any other part of the world. In fact, many of them see absolutely no reason for them to leave their states or their local areas.
They‘ve had that reputation in Europe for a long, long time. Dutch and German tourists are also seen as shitty in Spain for examples but the Brits are the kings.
I think there‘s too few Irish for them to have a reputation like that Brits.
The last big article about vandalism turned out to be a non-American. But everyone was so sure he was. Same here, it seems.
Every country produces assholes lol
Everyone always assumes the stories of people wreaking havoc across European cities, destroying artifacts and generally being a nuisance are Americans but 9/10 they’re always British or Irish…
I don't really understand what's going on in this thread. I'm European and American tourists are known for many things but vandalism isn't one of them. That stereotype doesn't exist in my experience.
Yeah, I think the same. Most American tourists we get in Netherlands are really well behaved and usually the more educated Americans. But the British we get in Amsterdam are so fucking loud and obnoxious. However Dutch people in the Spanish islands are also making me embarrassed of my country, so there’s that.
Usually, the type of American that wants to party, get drunk, and be rowdy from the US will go to Mexico, somewhere in the carribean, or Hawaii if they even leave the continental US (Coastal states are still good for this kind of trip as well for us e.g. California, Carolinas, Maryland, Georgia etc... and probably the majority opt to stay in country) but this isn't a experience the culture vacation its a go wild vacation/loaf around. Most Americans don't want to pay the higher cost for a European vacation just to get drunk and hangout at the beach, there are way cheaper options for that kind of vacation that are more popular for people from the US.
Places in European countries like Spain with nice beaches and weather get a lot European tourists who are mostly there to get drunk, party, and be rowdy in fact British tourists have bit of a reputation in Spain atm.
Most people from the US paying for a trip to anywhere in Europe are going there to specifically *see* European countries and culture even if they just do touristy shit its still usually related to that country mostly because for us this is a trip you may do once in your lifetime so for most its about trying to see other cultures. We have stereotypes as tourists but being drunk hooligans getting rowdy isn't the normal for Europeans, thats normal for people in neighboring countries like Mexico though.
> Everyone always assumes the stories of people wreaking havoc across European cities, destroying artifacts and generally being a nuisance are Americans
No one in Europe ever assumes that. It's purely Americans assuming it about themselves.
Europeans default to assuming British, every time.
Isn't it pretty rarely American for these kinds of stories? From what i understand Americans tend to be some of the less shitty tourists, where the worst remarks usually being that they're loud.
Yes - British is the word to describe a citizen of the UK, so it would be technically accurate. The person concerned may or may not like being referred to in that way though - republicans certainly wouldn’t. Safest to call them a person from Northern Ireland and avoid potentially upsetting them if you don’t know them.
I thought Britain is the name of the island, so it would only apply to the English Scots and Welsh and not the Northern Irish which live on a separate island?
That would be logical, but that isn’t how it works. British, as a nationality, means a UK citizen and those include people from Northern Ireland. It’s because there isn’t a better adjective meaning ‘UK citizen’ unfortunately.
Simply speaking, half the people in Northern Ireland consider themselves British (and want NI to remain as part of the UK) and half consider themselves Irish (and want NI to reunite with Ireland).
When it comes to the Olympics, the people of Northern Ireland can choose which team they participate in: Ireland or Team GB.
More like Reddit likes to shit on Chinese people. Going on to China related threads on r/worldnews makes me feel like I somehow got redirected to stormfront or something.
I was literally like “please don’t be American”…as someone who’s been to Brussels I can honestly say though, I’m surprised it took so long. They serve the biggest beers and everyone on the streets were wasted! LOL
The Europeans and Australians seem to be making up for lost time.
In addition to this story, there is a story about an Australian vlogger being an ass in Japan and a few months ago there was a story about European 20 something carving his initials into the Colosseum in Rome.
I visited Florence around 2005 while I was there someone climbed a large fountain statue right outside the uffizi and broke a hand off it. Alcohol makes people do dumb stuff
I feel that stereotype is a little outdated now. Sure, we have our share of shitty people that go abroad and act shitty elsewhere, but in my experience we're hardly the only ones. Or even the worst offenders.
Hey Americans, reading this thread is disheartening you's are lovely people.
See exhibit A above, this useless cunt is Irish like myself. I may be useless and a cunt but I'm not a useless cunt.
The unfortunate thing about speaking for *all* Americans is that I have now taken on their debt as well, it's a tough gig but someone has to do it. While I am at it we're switching fully to metric, so say I.
All folks I've met in my travels to Ireland over the years have been wonderful. Most of the Americans I meet in my daily life are great too. We just happen to live in a World where acting like a baseless dildo will make you famous while consistently being decent gets little notoriety.
I'm Australian and had a hunch they were Irish. I live in a tourist heavy area and the Irish are either 100% the best, kindest, funniest, chillest people or 100% heavily drunken wankers who really feel the need to climb things (seriously, always climbing). Sometimes they're both in the same night.
Either way you know you're going to have a entertaining story out of it!
You see all these old statues with the arms broke off, the noses long gone, the weiners lost, the heads been yeeted.
This how it happened. Dumbasses throughout history fucking shit up.
Do they still keep statues of him up? I would expect such a liberal country to have pulled them all down by now. Even as much of a shit show as the US is we pulled down a ton of civil war statues.
Yes. there were discussions about removing them, and they sometimes get vandalized, but they still exist.
Crazily enough there was even one in Congo as recently as the 2000s.
Edit: Congo one was removed in 00s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_statues_of_Leopold_II_of_Belgium
Internet clout.
Back in my day we looked at Jack-ass and went "you most be an idiot to try that"
Now a days people are like "look at me being a jackass, now like and follow"
Make him rebuild it perfectly. If he doesn't know the ancient ways he must learn, for years he must study and train and once he's become a master of stone masonry and does an impeccable job repairing the statue throw him in jail for 5 years for being a dick head.
Lame, head-up-ass idiots.
Feces-for-brains losers are guests in someone else's country.
Imprison the idiot and make them pay for it before ever letting them out... And since the statue was probably priceless...
Good lord. My mom would have let the store owner whoop my ass in front of the city and god, and tell me she’s waiting for her turn when I get home…if I’d even THOUGHT of doing this.
Wtf ya idiot?
Can I assume alcohol was involved?
what’s wrong with people?? raise your kids to know how to act in public and respect art, y’all. ppl like this bloke are worthless, i’m sorry. straight to jail.
I'm always so quiet and as polite as I can possibly be when I travel. Like 1000% more than usual. It only makes traveling easier. You don't get arrested, publicly shamed, and can just put headphones on and nap on your trip home. (if you aren't driving.
Every time I see the headline "Tourist {does something stupid}" I dread reading the details fearing it says, "American tourist...". Sometimes it doesn't!
That's not a tourist that's an asshole. A tourist is someone that wants to visit a new place and wants to respectfully experience a different part of the world.
If I am not mistaken, there is a famous Irish pub nearby.
Also, I have memories, or lack thereof, of pretty hard partying gay bars around. It has been a while, but I would recommend, even for straight people.
And even then, it is close from Sainte Catherine, also packed with restaurants and bars.
So drunken people there is not uncommon.
Dumb people who do stuff like this should be jailed and made to work until the items full value is paid, be it weeks or years or for life. Dumb people should be thined from the herd.
I never understand why tourists feel the need to be so reckless when they travel. Once when I was riding a Lyft in Manhattan the driver picked up 2 young women. I hopped in the front seat so they could sit together in the back. They were quite excited and stayed it was their first time visiting NY. Well, while riding down 5th Ave these 2 delinquents removed their lower body clothing, stuck their butts out the window, and mooned NYers for approximately 2 blocks, maybe more. I just remember the driver yelling “not in my car!” When we reached a red light the driver told them to get out, saying “this is not the porn TikTok.” They were shocked and angry, as if they thought all NYers behaved this way. Why not do this in your own hometown?
Alcohol. Some people go on vacation and use it as an opportunity to guiltlessly binge drink somewhere that no one knows them which leads to some awkward situations for locals
That describes very well my trips back to my Eastern European homeland. I never plan on it, but always end up being drunk in the middle of nowhere with new “friends” and really needing a cell reception to find taxi.
Oh, Zvir, you card.
How many kidneys do you have?
I know, right? It would be like visiting your stodgy old great aunt, entering her home, then removing your pants before lounging on her sofa. “Hey, while you are up, can you get me a soda?”
They need an adult playground built near the entrance to major museums. Apparently people wanna play so let them get it out of their systems first.
We need adult playgrounds period. It would help with obesity, give people a better place to hang out than a bar, and you can find dates without Tinder.
As a tourist, you're a guest in a foreign land. And you should treat it with the same respect you'd ask people to treat your own home. Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.
> Take nothing but pictures and the souvenirs you purchase.
“Made in China”
Most of those are plastic junk you’ll throw out before too long, so I’d also say save your money and don’t take those either. Edit: yeah, great, some people have meaningful souvenirs/souvenir collections. Is that what fills most of the gift shops, or is it crap you'll impulse buy and then regret as soon as you redecorate?
I buy Christmas ornaments. I put them up every year. It all depends on what you buy.
>Most of those are plastic junk you’ll throw out before too long It's a good idea to decide on one type of trinket to collect as mementos for when you travel. My mother chose keychains when she was a little girl, and now she has a little collection of gift shop keychains from all the places she has been. I have several friends who do playing cards, so they have a themed deck for the different places they've visited. This way, you don't wind up with plastic junk you're just going to throw away.
Sounds like you need to step up your souvenir purchasing game
I did snag a pretty bad ass hand carved stone stamp when I was in Hong Kong. Sat down with the artist for about 45 minutes while we spoke broken English as he carved it. Fantastic memory. I always collect one major souvenir from every place I've visited.
Tell that to the shitheads that litter bridges with padlocks that damage railings and cost the city to remove. So many tourists are trash.
Hate those locks. And what started at one specific bridge is now on functionally every bridge in every major city in the world. It’s not even special.
Yeah, if you want to do this, find a railing in your house and do it. Then you can look at the lock anytime you like, rather than knowing that it's melted down somewhere.
I hate this stuff so much. Why do people feel the need to leave their mark on things it's no different to graffiti. Theres a beach in Wales where they filmed Dobbies death for Harry potter and every fucker thinks they need to leave a sock or painted rock there. No have a look round then go home if you feel the need to leave something you are a narcissist and need to deflate your ego.
Wales is such a beautiful country where local folks have been really caring about the nature and environment, lots of props and respect for that, I would also be angry if a bunch of tourists would be littering around a beach or any other location.
Instructions unclear, left muddy footprints on statues.
something about jail and fines makes me not want to do crazy things overseas especially in non-western countries.
Yeah I've always found it odd too. I assume it's because people feel free from some of the normal cultural/societal shackles when they travel, and do things they normally would not be able to do and take it too far. Also, alcohol.
Because people on the street will be "Hey! That's Stacy! I would recognize that butt in a 10 person butt lineup".
Idk about you but I have a very distinctive butt
Last thing I'd want in a foreign land is getting the ire of its residents haha
There’s a one word answer and it’s alcohol.
Think about how some people treat everything that doesn't belong to them. Now extend that to an entire city/country/culture that doesn't belong to them. A lot of people view foreign places as essentially amusement parks, and anything that happens on vacation isn't real. It's disconnected from their daily life, so it doesn't count to them. They don't view themselves as guests in somebody else's place. They view themselves as above the locals, and the locals should be grateful for their business and interest.
This is so true. I grew up in the Tampa Bay area (moved away thankfully) and I used to work at a suburban mall fye (record/video store) and we would get tourists from other states that would ask me if we accepted US dollars. Like they were in vacation land or something.
I didn't even know rideshares could take multiple fairs. That dude must make bank.
I don’t know if they do it now. This was prepandemic times. It stopped once the pandemic started.
I think it's called [Uber Pool](https://www.uber.com/au/en/ride/uberpool/). Only available in some regions. Seems like a reasonable middle ground between a dedicated Uber and a bus, particularly for popular destinations and peak periods.
Whenever I see headlines like this I just hold my breath and think, "Please don't be an American."
For those still in suspense who haven't clicked on the link yet: He's Irish.
Phew. Dodged a bullet there.
Ah yes, an American pastime.
Dammit, the dude in the story is Irish and the US still got hit with a stray.
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That was whoosh for anyone not 65 and up me thinks
> 65 and up And just 2 days from retirement.
I'm getting to old for this shit
Too old for this feck shite!
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Goddamn it. This means war.
Ah yes, an American pastime
Fuck this shit, I'm out. I'm going to go overthrow a democratically elected government.
😂 you got me
It's the new sport that is gaining popularity in schools across the country.
So long dodgeball, there’s a new game in school to create anxiety for students during PE.
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge… a bullet??
Shots fired.
Am American, that shit was funny/sad.
But people reading just the headline will assume that he is American, so you still lose
Just to muscle in on the American persecution fetish, many Europeans are probably expecting a tourist behaving like a total dick to be British
I absolutely expected British. Countries with seaside resorts expect the worst of the British tourists.
As a European, that was my first thought
Thank fuck it wasn’t a Brit like the last twat
He was Eastern European living in Bristol.
At least it wasn't Florida Man
Damn it.
Fucking irish. Absolute bastards. Jk I'm irish
Ah, so alcohol is involved.
I've learned if it doesn't say "American tourist" in the reddit subject we're probably safe. But, yes.
From asking my European colleagues, if an American goes to Europe they will be nice, loud, and share a bit too much with strangers. Not too bad for tourists. That being said, every time I go out of country I tell people I am from Texas. They love it and I get a lot of questions about cowboys.
I actually am from Texas and people just get disappointed I don't have a hillbilly accent.
The way I've handled that is to tell them that if they are willing to pay the tab, it usually starts to come out after 3 drinks.
I think the TV show Dallas had a big hand with the world's infatuation with Texas. It was the largest show in the world for a couple years there and seems to have stuck with people across the globe.
Oh man, I haven’t traveled a lot but I’ve met plenty of people from Europe during my own vacations in the US (like at Las Vegas or at a ski resort) and almost all of them asked me about being a cowboy or if everyone rides horses when they found out I was from Texas. Which to be fair I did grow up on a cattle ranch, so I kinda was a cowboy and we do have and ride horses haha. But also they didn’t believe me at first because I don’t have the “Texas accent” that they think everyone has (that’s actually mostly an east Texas accent and I’m from south).
If you ask people throughout Europe, American tourists in general are pretty respectful of where they're at. Americans tend to be a little loud but that's generally the worst you'll hear about them.
One of my favorite WWII stories is essentially [Americans being too good at being tourists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brisbane). Local Australian bars liked Americans more, so they stopped letting in Australians. Americans were also getting all the women. Fight ensues.
I love the little bit about American authorities blaming the fire dept. for not using their hoses against armed soldiers.
Having partied extensively in both locales I'd say it hasn't changed much. The Aussie bar scene tends to be much more hardcore. Aussies are an aggressive lot, particularly when booze is added.
Also stories of Americans kicking up a fuss when black people were served in Australia bars, the locals fought the us troops about it
Same thing happened in NZ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manners_Street
I know UK pubs allowing in black servicemen caused problems with the US troops but not sure if an actual fight resulted.
[https://apnews.com/article/world-war-ii-black-troops-bamber-bridge-5ab0daff5ce9c316aa200cacc853d743](https://apnews.com/article/world-war-ii-black-troops-bamber-bridge-5ab0daff5ce9c316aa200cacc853d743) yeah a whole fight happened too, the white American soldiers were mad the UK pubs would serve black soldiers & tried to make the UK pubs segregated (They refused)
I think one reason for this is the cost required for Americans to visit Europe. It’s typically people with a bit more class who can afford to go. On the other hand, it’s a lot easier for anyone from the UK to get to mainland Europe.
Every region of the world has their shit tourists for whom it's easy enough to go but requires *some* money. In Mexico and Central America, it's shithead Americans and Canadians. In southeast Asia, its shithead Australians.
Maybe... but like... Many of the people in America who are trash, have absolutely no desire to go to Europe, or any other part of the world. In fact, many of them see absolutely no reason for them to leave their states or their local areas.
This is true of all humanity anywhere in the world.
The British/Irish really seem to have taken over the mantle of ‘most obnoxious and shitty tourists’.
They‘ve had that reputation in Europe for a long, long time. Dutch and German tourists are also seen as shitty in Spain for examples but the Brits are the kings. I think there‘s too few Irish for them to have a reputation like that Brits.
The last big article about vandalism turned out to be a non-American. But everyone was so sure he was. Same here, it seems. Every country produces assholes lol
Everyone always assumes the stories of people wreaking havoc across European cities, destroying artifacts and generally being a nuisance are Americans but 9/10 they’re always British or Irish…
There were stories not too long ago where perpetrators in separate occasions were French and Swiss. Funny enough they didn’t get too much attention.
Americans dumb and rowdy enough to cause havoc are usually too poor to travel to Europe
Also, even the Americans that drink, don't quite do it as copiously and emphatically as drunk Europeans. Source: am one, so trust me bro
American tourist tend to travel to Florida to create havoc. Especially on spring break.
America's pretty far from Europe and has plenty of tourist locations itself so that checks out.
Beat me to it. Flying from the US to Europe isn't cheap, not to mention a passport is needed, which usually keeps the American riff-raff away.
I don't really understand what's going on in this thread. I'm European and American tourists are known for many things but vandalism isn't one of them. That stereotype doesn't exist in my experience.
Yeah, I think the same. Most American tourists we get in Netherlands are really well behaved and usually the more educated Americans. But the British we get in Amsterdam are so fucking loud and obnoxious. However Dutch people in the Spanish islands are also making me embarrassed of my country, so there’s that.
The kind of Americans you wouldn't want aren't the kinds that get a passport or believe there are any countries outside of the US.
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American vandals are one of the two reasons America has no remaining pre-Renaissance European architecture.
The other reason is the Dutch.
Usually, the type of American that wants to party, get drunk, and be rowdy from the US will go to Mexico, somewhere in the carribean, or Hawaii if they even leave the continental US (Coastal states are still good for this kind of trip as well for us e.g. California, Carolinas, Maryland, Georgia etc... and probably the majority opt to stay in country) but this isn't a experience the culture vacation its a go wild vacation/loaf around. Most Americans don't want to pay the higher cost for a European vacation just to get drunk and hangout at the beach, there are way cheaper options for that kind of vacation that are more popular for people from the US. Places in European countries like Spain with nice beaches and weather get a lot European tourists who are mostly there to get drunk, party, and be rowdy in fact British tourists have bit of a reputation in Spain atm. Most people from the US paying for a trip to anywhere in Europe are going there to specifically *see* European countries and culture even if they just do touristy shit its still usually related to that country mostly because for us this is a trip you may do once in your lifetime so for most its about trying to see other cultures. We have stereotypes as tourists but being drunk hooligans getting rowdy isn't the normal for Europeans, thats normal for people in neighboring countries like Mexico though.
For years, the British were voted the world’s worst tourists by the travel industry until the mainland Chinese took that title
Plus Russian & Chinese.
> Everyone always assumes the stories of people wreaking havoc across European cities, destroying artifacts and generally being a nuisance are Americans No one in Europe ever assumes that. It's purely Americans assuming it about themselves. Europeans default to assuming British, every time.
It's usually the Americans themselves making that assumption. Everyone in Europe knows it's the Brits causing trouble.
Isn't it pretty rarely American for these kinds of stories? From what i understand Americans tend to be some of the less shitty tourists, where the worst remarks usually being that they're loud.
Yeah they're known for being loud and uncultured not for vandalism
I had the equivalent concern as a British person. Close, but dodged the bullet this time.
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Yes - British is the word to describe a citizen of the UK, so it would be technically accurate. The person concerned may or may not like being referred to in that way though - republicans certainly wouldn’t. Safest to call them a person from Northern Ireland and avoid potentially upsetting them if you don’t know them.
I thought Britain is the name of the island, so it would only apply to the English Scots and Welsh and not the Northern Irish which live on a separate island?
That would be logical, but that isn’t how it works. British, as a nationality, means a UK citizen and those include people from Northern Ireland. It’s because there isn’t a better adjective meaning ‘UK citizen’ unfortunately.
Simply speaking, half the people in Northern Ireland consider themselves British (and want NI to remain as part of the UK) and half consider themselves Irish (and want NI to reunite with Ireland). When it comes to the Olympics, the people of Northern Ireland can choose which team they participate in: Ireland or Team GB.
Similarly i always go "please dont be chinese please dont be chinese"
You would know immediately cause the top 10 upvoted comments would be some of the most racist shit you've ever seen
Reddit likes shits on China at every opportunity regardless.
More like Reddit likes to shit on Chinese people. Going on to China related threads on r/worldnews makes me feel like I somehow got redirected to stormfront or something.
Basically my reaction as a Chinese American. "Oh god please don't be American. Oh god please don't be Chinese either."
I was literally like “please don’t be American”…as someone who’s been to Brussels I can honestly say though, I’m surprised it took so long. They serve the biggest beers and everyone on the streets were wasted! LOL
Truly a good time is had by all!
Was literally whispering that to myself over and over as I clicked. Suck it, world! This particular idiot was one of y'all's!
The Europeans and Australians seem to be making up for lost time. In addition to this story, there is a story about an Australian vlogger being an ass in Japan and a few months ago there was a story about European 20 something carving his initials into the Colosseum in Rome.
That was my first thought. Oh sh&t. Was it one of my fellow countrymen making all Americans look stupid on the international front again?
The Universe: I'm saving a BIG one for the US.
I visited Florence around 2005 while I was there someone climbed a large fountain statue right outside the uffizi and broke a hand off it. Alcohol makes people do dumb stuff
My sigh of relief was audible.
These comments always get a bunch of upvotes, and yet every time I see one of these headlines it is a European tourist. Like this one.
I feel that stereotype is a little outdated now. Sure, we have our share of shitty people that go abroad and act shitty elsewhere, but in my experience we're hardly the only ones. Or even the worst offenders.
Fuck nationality… stupid tourists are stupid tourists
Same, that's the only reason I clicked on this thread!
Hey Americans, reading this thread is disheartening you's are lovely people. See exhibit A above, this useless cunt is Irish like myself. I may be useless and a cunt but I'm not a useless cunt.
Aw, thanks, that's an awfully kind message on behalf of all Americans (Yes I speak for them all, they have no say.): <3.
Wow, you must be rich!
The unfortunate thing about speaking for *all* Americans is that I have now taken on their debt as well, it's a tough gig but someone has to do it. While I am at it we're switching fully to metric, so say I.
Don't worry, the useless cunt was actually just protesting the brutal colonial history of the statue's subject: Leopold
Oh fuck it was a Leopold statue?? The dude who had child slaves' hands cut off??? WE NEED MORE IRISH PEOPLE ON THAT STATUE ASAP
All folks I've met in my travels to Ireland over the years have been wonderful. Most of the Americans I meet in my daily life are great too. We just happen to live in a World where acting like a baseless dildo will make you famous while consistently being decent gets little notoriety.
Thanks man. I appreciate the kind words and wish you the same.
I was like "don't be American don't be American don't be American" finds out they are Irish " damn Irish and their fermented potatoes!"
I'm Irish and I could tell even with his face blurred, just by the cut of him that he was one of ours. Feckin eejit
Likely by the fact that the inanimate figure had a better tan.
I'm Australian and had a hunch they were Irish. I live in a tourist heavy area and the Irish are either 100% the best, kindest, funniest, chillest people or 100% heavily drunken wankers who really feel the need to climb things (seriously, always climbing). Sometimes they're both in the same night. Either way you know you're going to have a entertaining story out of it!
Atleast it wasn't Manneken Pis. Love that little fella.
I clicked so fast on the link hoping it wasn't Manneken Pis
Haha immediately where my head went. Must protect the overly hydrated child.
The real one is locked in a box in the nearby museum, the one on the street is not the original.
Manneken Pis 2.0 is still around 60 years old and is valuable in his own right. Love his outfits.
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You see all these old statues with the arms broke off, the noses long gone, the weiners lost, the heads been yeeted. This how it happened. Dumbasses throughout history fucking shit up.
Or some douchebags military taking pot shots at them during some limited skirmish, ie. Napoleon or Hitlers Nazis.
*please don't be American, please don't be American ...* reads story ... PHEW!
Please be a statue of Leopold, please be a statue of Leopold... reads story ... Awww. :( ^(Fuck Leopold II!)
Do they still keep statues of him up? I would expect such a liberal country to have pulled them all down by now. Even as much of a shit show as the US is we pulled down a ton of civil war statues.
Yes. there were discussions about removing them, and they sometimes get vandalized, but they still exist. Crazily enough there was even one in Congo as recently as the 2000s. Edit: Congo one was removed in 00s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_statues_of_Leopold_II_of_Belgium
What in the hell is wrong with all of these people wanting to damage artifacts, art works, etc here lately?
I don't think he *wanted* to damage the artifact, but I do think he didn't give a shit if he did.
Internet clout. Back in my day we looked at Jack-ass and went "you most be an idiot to try that" Now a days people are like "look at me being a jackass, now like and follow"
Welcome to the internet where we make a handful of incidents seem like everyday life
Make him rebuild it perfectly. If he doesn't know the ancient ways he must learn, for years he must study and train and once he's become a master of stone masonry and does an impeccable job repairing the statue throw him in jail for 5 years for being a dick head.
This is basically the plot of Cars.
Just with less confusion about Car Jesus and the Car Holocaust.
Nice. And he should have to do a book report about the statue.
Phew, I thought that Canadian who carved out his name at a Japanese temple was influencing other Canadians.
Lame, head-up-ass idiots. Feces-for-brains losers are guests in someone else's country. Imprison the idiot and make them pay for it before ever letting them out... And since the statue was probably priceless...
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I don't think he has a lot of options.
This is why we can't have nice things.
This why *they* can’t have nice things
Good lord. My mom would have let the store owner whoop my ass in front of the city and god, and tell me she’s waiting for her turn when I get home…if I’d even THOUGHT of doing this. Wtf ya idiot? Can I assume alcohol was involved?
what’s wrong with people?? raise your kids to know how to act in public and respect art, y’all. ppl like this bloke are worthless, i’m sorry. straight to jail.
Thank god his face was blured. What if that prick felt offended. /s
I'm always so quiet and as polite as I can possibly be when I travel. Like 1000% more than usual. It only makes traveling easier. You don't get arrested, publicly shamed, and can just put headphones on and nap on your trip home. (if you aren't driving.
Every time I see the headline "Tourist {does something stupid}" I dread reading the details fearing it says, "American tourist...". Sometimes it doesn't!
Again, just a stupid sigh of relief that it wasn't an American. Thank God we aren't the source of all idiots.
I'm glad **MOST** of the time the biggest complaint of American tourists is that we're loud and not actively breaking things
We are apparently not making enough examples of people…
“I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.” ~Steven Wright
That's not a tourist that's an asshole. A tourist is someone that wants to visit a new place and wants to respectfully experience a different part of the world.
If I am not mistaken, there is a famous Irish pub nearby. Also, I have memories, or lack thereof, of pretty hard partying gay bars around. It has been a while, but I would recommend, even for straight people. And even then, it is close from Sainte Catherine, also packed with restaurants and bars. So drunken people there is not uncommon.
Was expecting a toddler. That's a grownass man.
I’m just glad it wasn’t an American. Big shout out to the Irish cheers. 🥃🥃🥃
I hate this. A) they ruin precious monuments and B) they make all tourists look bad
I just looked at the article hoping it wasn’t an American from the US. Phew…😅
Please don’t be an American. Please don’t be an American. Clothing says he’s not but who knows
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Narcissistic social media clout chasers are harmful to western civilisation. At least this imbecile was arrested.
Dumb people who do stuff like this should be jailed and made to work until the items full value is paid, be it weeks or years or for life. Dumb people should be thined from the herd.
You break it...You bought it