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[jazzmaster]

Seems like Canadians aren't as well liked as they think they are.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/03/07/im-canadian-f-you-how-boorish-utterly-wasted-tourists-are-rewriting-the-treasured-myth-of-the-nice-canuck/

"He has spent much of his professional career steeped in Canadian studies, and after four decades “I see no sign that Canadians are thought of as quiet or nice.”

"Tensions are not quite so fever-pitched in New England, although Canadians—and particularly French Canadians—have developed a nasty reputation for stingy tips. In Burlington, Vermont, fed-up restaurants have begun emblazoning their menus with the message “tipping is not just something you do in a canoe” or even tacking on Canadian-specific surcharge."

"Inevitably, online reviews of Mexican and Caribbean resorts have begun complaining of the rash of “drunken Canadians,” “disrespectful Canadians” and “utterly wasted Canadians.”"

"The Prime Minister needn’t have worried. As per a 2003 survey by the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center, more Canadians were convinced of the superiority of their nation than almost any other citizenry on earth."

[rainman3277]

[augustine]

You caught one already, nice snag. I'll roll with this even though it's going to be deleted by the Canadian mod squad. Honestly, I don't know where that country gets its ego from, they've never really done anything and nobody even thinks about that frigid tundra nation. What it said about tipping is gold to me since I ALWAYS hear groups of them arguing over how much to put in when paying the check, and don't have to wonder anymore why I get thanked profusely for my 10-20% or even anything extra at all. Gotta save those loonies! I was also getting a sandwich to go the other night and this group of two couples kept telling the waiter how horrible AmericaNS were, how he should never go there, and then, oh, yes, how Canada was better because they won that hockey game! It's a script, like koreans do, that's why they fit in so well. I was sitting there waiting for my goddamn BLT and resisting the urge to walk up and rub one of those moose stuffers' fettuccine alfredo in their face, but they were like 60. I still feel ashamed because I had every opportunity to say something and there was no one else in there except for this poor waiter listening to their cretin propaganda, but I didn't. I used to really like Canadians and spent months traveling with a few of them in Europe and Africa back in the day. But, now... eh, I refrain from communicating with them as much as possible unless they've been proven to be more intellectual than the average person from our Northern Mississippi region. On to my objective spin, I don't think they're disrespectful people who walk around drunk causing problems, or more than anyone else, and I think they're generally pretty nice and easy going. Just... simple in the mind.

[misher]

Augustine,

You live in Korea long term as a westerner. Canadians that do so (not all but most) tend to be losers of the losers. Scraping the bottom of the barrel if you will. The same could be said of other nationalities living in Korea more than overstaying their welcome (i'm not excluding guys married to locals either..very few upstanding individuals there). But I guess you are one of the ole exceptions yes?

Point is, you met so many dick Canadians because of where you chose to live out your years as an american. Wanna meet decent Canadians? Meet them in Canada or like you say backpacking. Heck, my Korean experience made me despise Canadians but the others from English speaking countries were generally cut from the same cloth so I despised them too. You want to meet an avg person from X English speaking country?

Korea won't exactly have the cream of the crop.

[augustine]

I was talking about mexico and the Canadians here. I don't live in Korea anymore and have no plans to return. I wasn't very close to many Canadians in the two years I lived in itaewon, but the ones I did know I never recall having much of a problem with if any. This group I'm talking about are well off tourists living or vacationing in mexico, and by all means they shouldn't be classified as losers. Or should they as well?

[No_hite_pls]

[young_clinton]

Canada is a nice country like every other country, nothing more, nothing less.

[Smithington]

[Stan Rogers]

OP that bait isn't very good. You're going to have to do better than that.

[SeoulNate]

While most of the article was pretty crappy news, this always makes me curious:

[schwa]

[SeoulNate]

[misher]

[Captain Corea]

These topics are so strange for me. I never really encounter these types of people.

I train on base quite often, and once in a while someone will do a doublet take and ask if I'm Canadian (from hearing me speak, I'd presume), and then ... that's it. My American buds and I joke about beavers invading the US and such, but it never gets serious.

So who the heck do you guys hang around that goes like this?

[Underwaterbob]

I've met a couple idiot fellow countrymen who are all "Rah rah hockeymolseneh?", but I don't think it's anywhere near as prevalent as the OP suggests. Just a vocal minority making the rest of us look bad. Much like the American bible belt, only far fewer.