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Originally Posted by Charlatan
We get a lot of tourists here but most of them are Asian so I can't tell if they are being more or less obnoxious than ordinary as I am not familiar with the various Asian stereotypes (can you tell me how a Burmese tourist differs from a Philippino one?).
I do see a number of western tourists here, and have helped any number of them find their way. They have ranged from backpackers to business travellers and they have all been rather pleasant. Perhaps the greater distance to get here keeps bar high in terms of quality of tourist.
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I think the closeness of my local to the US and Canada creates an opposite effect, so I think you could be onto something there. The stuff the tourist do and say here blows me away. Some of my favorites are "How much is that in real money?" and "This would be a nice beach if it weren't for all the Mexicans."
But I have to admit I've said and done some pretty stupid things while on vacation, hopefully not as bad as the ones I've posted above. I think it's easy to just put your brain in sleep mode while vacationing. Kind of like for 48 weeks out of the year you're "on duty," suddenly you're not. Suddenly you're carefree... and it shows.
I was at Yellowstone National Park one time and heard a lady ask a ranger "what time at night do you put the animals away?" I thought she was joking, she wasn't.