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Americans in America are great. Very friendly, very hospitable. All round, some of the very nicest people in the world. And I've travelled a lot. Indeed, in some ways their friendliness and good nature is almost off-putting. Mrs Mephisto and I have often been stunned by, what in other countries or circumstances would be considered false and over the top, friendliness. I guess that, in some ways, "foreigners" are not used to it.
Americans outside of America are painful. They tend to be loud, self-centred, ignorant, insensitive and pushy. They think that if you talk LOUDLY AND S-L-O-W-L-Y at someone, then they will understand "American". They do not try to learn the local language, even if it's only a few phrases.
It's a strange dichotomy really. Americans in America = good. Americans outside America = bad.
The above comments are generalizations and stereotypical, but like all stereotypes have their basis in fact.
Mr Mephisto
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