After a night of yummy food and drink, we reluctantly woke up early this morning to board the train for a 4 hour trip back to Hamburg, Germany. All was going well till the two obnoxious Americans came on board 2 hours into the trip. Here is my letter to them that I wrote as I sat there(pardon the language):
Dear Rude American Couple (i.e. jackasses),
There is nothing more annoying to me than a rude American in a foreign country. It makes me so embarrassed for the rest of us Americans who come and visit. You (wearing your Megadeath t-shirt) and your female companion (wearing an old German military jacket-really????!!!!) came on the train as if you owned it. When you saw that someone else was sitting in your assigned seat you did not politely say "Excuse me I think that is my seat" (as most evolved humans would do). OH no- that was not the way you showed your superiority- you decided to say in a very loud voice (perhaps because the noise blasting from your headphones caused some permanent hearing impairment) "THAT'S MY SEAT...YOU NEED TO MOVE!".
After you were seated you then proceeded to loudly make comments on the smell of the sandwiches the people around you were eating(why cause it wasn't McDonalds????). Not only were you making faces (like a 5 year old) but then you proceeded to hold your nose and make loud obnoxious comments (so that the whole train compartment could hear) such as "I'm going to throw up" and "I was hungry....now I am not". And my personal favorite "I am going to need a shower at the hotel after sitting here smelling this".
After you were seated you then proceeded to loudly make comments on the smell of the sandwiches the people around you were eating(why cause it wasn't McDonalds????). Not only were you making faces (like a 5 year old) but then you proceeded to hold your nose and make loud obnoxious comments (so that the whole train compartment could hear) such as "I'm going to throw up" and "I was hungry....now I am not". And my personal favorite "I am going to need a shower at the hotel after sitting here smelling this".
I am only sorry that you were surrounded by kindly (English speaking may I add) German people who were too gracious to give you the time of day and kick your ass off the train. They were kind enough to ignore you.
P.S.- That goatee you are growing down to your chest looks about as "rocker" as your middle-aged beer belly.
Sincerely,
An American who thinks you suck
You said suck! ;-) (But yes, when you go to a foreign country, you should be polite and/or accepting of different cultures. That's one thing that really bothers me. Not everyone is (thankfully!) the same, and it's not going to be like the US everywhere you go.)
ReplyDeleteI know it's going to be hard to come back and leave your family/friends in Germany/Poland. But I can't wait to see you when you get back!
hahaha this is great Sandy....and I totally agree with you...when I was in Istanbul, there was an American tour and Emre jokingly said to me, hey, wanna go say hi to your fellow Americans??? and I said, No thanks, those people are embarrassing me with the way they are walking around thinking they own the place....when will Americans EVER learn?????
ReplyDeleteYou must have contained yourself because of CJ and Olivia.......the Sandy when we backpacked would have thrown them off the train!!!!!!!:). I like the blog approach! Love and miss u guys so much!!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the letter! Remind me to tell you the story about the table of people whom we nicknamed "Jersey Shore" while we were in Sorrento. It was equally embarrassing.
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