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    Laurie

    posted by  Big D in Germany forum 

    i have been to the states. in a bigger city nobody smiles and greets you all the time. after half an hour you could not take it anymore to smile and greets hundreds of people. are you talking about the countryside? well it's the same in germany. when i visited my friends on the village as a child, i was always wondering why they greet everybody. they told me on the countryside that's what you do. but not in a metropolitan area. also it is not "german" not to greet or to smile. i have been all over europe and partially south america. never witnessed this behavior anywhere.
    do you think, everybody smiles and greets in bangladesh or tokio? im not talking about store associates. im talking about the regular person on the streets. i work on a military post in germany. i never counted but i would say at least 50 percent of the people do not smile and greet. i had a particularly rude experience with two american women just recently. they work with me in the same building and know people in my department. i met them twice on the street walking together. both times i said goodmorning. both times no response, just stares...does that mean americans are rude?

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