Sunday, July 13, 2008
Page 009
Those of you who live in a state that has an In n' Out: next time you go there or drive by, take a second to notice how many shiny luxury cars are in the drive thru.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Page 008
Most Obnoxious Tourist
I found this article to be very, very interesting. I was under the impression that people from the United States were the most obnoxious tourists, and it seems the writer felt the same way until they did the research.
This reminds me of a story that I heard from a sociology professor. He was in France(?) with his wife who was a professional volleyball player and they were living there for a little while and one of their acquaintances said that they could always tell who was an American tourist by their shoes. Apparently, many Americans wear tennis shoes when they go shopping as if they are going to the gym or something, as opposed to the local French and other Europeans who dress nicely when they go shopping.
I find that extremely amusing because it's true. When I go to a mall or somewhere, I often see people in sneakers and sweats and whatnot.
Perhaps that says something about them.
In any case, it looks like Americans are in the middle of the spectrum when it comes to tourist behavior. Not too bad I guess. And of course there's no surprise that Japanese top as #1.
I found this article to be very, very interesting. I was under the impression that people from the United States were the most obnoxious tourists, and it seems the writer felt the same way until they did the research.
This reminds me of a story that I heard from a sociology professor. He was in France(?) with his wife who was a professional volleyball player and they were living there for a little while and one of their acquaintances said that they could always tell who was an American tourist by their shoes. Apparently, many Americans wear tennis shoes when they go shopping as if they are going to the gym or something, as opposed to the local French and other Europeans who dress nicely when they go shopping.
I find that extremely amusing because it's true. When I go to a mall or somewhere, I often see people in sneakers and sweats and whatnot.
Perhaps that says something about them.
In any case, it looks like Americans are in the middle of the spectrum when it comes to tourist behavior. Not too bad I guess. And of course there's no surprise that Japanese top as #1.
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