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Originally Posted by jf9tp2wd40

It is nice to see people have the same view of edinburgers (is that the right word?) as me... i have always found edinburgh to be the rudest city in scotland by far, in contrast glasgow has to be one of the friendliest cities if have ever visited.

I have always found Inverness to be less friendly than the others

[Bigsby]

Originally Posted by Tam o' Shantie

Worse still, you hold a door open for someone and they walk through it...WTF?

I held a door for a wifie with a pushchair in the Trinity Centre, but i was clearly only doing the "hold it till they get there" thingy. I got a right barrage of abuse when I let go of the door and it swung straight into the buggy.

Thatcher's Britain.

[WoodyRATM]

Originally Posted by Bigsby

I held a door for a wifie with a pushchair in the Trinity Centre, but i was clearly only doing the "hold it till they get there" thingy. I got a right barrage of abuse when I let go of the door and it swung straight into the buggy.

Thatcher's Britain.

I get this quite alot.

Some massive fucking woman wacked me with her full basket in asda last night.
To the point it instantly bruised. She didnt even turn round to apologize.

Also people with buggys who think its okay to clearly try and run people over with the buggy. Oh sorry i'll walk even faster should i? When theres a damned old person going dirt slow in front of me.

Rudeness annoys me.

[Le Stu]

A lot of the time I can't tell if it's rudeness or more a case of stupidity or drunkeness.

Aberdeen is really bad for people lacking a sense of spacial awareness, personal space and good pavement/aisle skills, that's for sure.

And mobile mobile usage. Jesus, the amount of fucktards wandering around like Mr Magoo...

[Norseman]

Can't say I have ever had any problems with rudeness in general in either Inverness or Edinburgh though maybe the kind of places I go to/people I frequent with. Actually had way more bad experiences when I worked in glasgow (though not really rudeness issues, just idiots trying to give you a random kicking/stabbing). London was the worst but again you can always find lots of ameniable people. I think though in general cities where there is less of a "local" crowd and much more people in transit/tourists/rushing business folks then it will be a bit colder and less intimate. Aberdeen can be a bit hit or miss but since I moved here from the Dublin area (which can be very rude/cold at times) most folks have been fine but the chav numbers seem to have multiplied hugely in the 4 years I have been here.
Some of the small villages in Scotland can be a total nightmare though and I have had a lot of pub moments like a scene from American Werewolf in London. I find a lot that people can have very "coloured" opinions of Scottish cities dependant on upbring/place of birth/friends etc, what they might tolerate in one they would rant about in another, having a mum from Edinburgh, a dad from Glasgow and split polarised family in both cities can be an eye opener, especially at weddings and funerals! Football to seems to be a major definer for many and my cousin in Bellshill was very vocal about me going to live with the "sheepy scum" and he wasn't joking either.

[droid]

I lived in London for 15 years,never once did someone try to randomly try to kick me or stab me.But i'm always on edge in Aberdeen.

[Alan Cynic]

So were all those kickings and stabbings planned well beforehand, to target you personally ?

[droid]

Originally Posted by Alan Cynic

So were all those kickings and stabbings planned well beforehand, to target you personally ?

Eh!......

[Jesus.H.Christ]

I think the rudiest people i've met in Aberdeen are old pensioners.

[ca_gere]

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.