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Originally Posted by Jesus.H.Christ  I think the rudiest people i've met in Aberdeen are old pensioners. |
Amen Jesus. There are some right nasty old people nocking about. The other day me other half was in a shop with her philipino auntie, the auntie was returning a faulty item and complaining about it to the shop assistant. Some old biddy took it upon herself to tell my gf (Coz she's white and didn't appear to be 'with' her) that "they should send them all back" She was so shocked she couldn't spit out a reply and before she launched into a rant the auntie dragged her out the shop and explained that her experience has taught her just to ignore this kind of thing as she'd go mad if she didn't.
I can understand and accept the old colonial stereotypes and views still lingering in old people, like the army major in Fawlty Towers, but when it comes out as pure hate or spite it's a different thing entirely. Unfortunately Aberdeen is particularly bad for this.
That said, I find people in Aberdeen generally pretty nice and friendly. People in cities in the rest of Europe are a lot worse. Manners virtually don't exist on the continent. Nobody queues, its a free for all. And, the notion of holding doors open and other general pleasantries don't seem to be instilled in people.