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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsScott Brown: still an a-hole.
A U.S. ambassador told a server she should cash in on her looks. An official inquiry followed.Brown told many of the people at the function that they looked beautiful, according to the Associated Press. And he told one server in particular that back in the United States, she could make hundreds of dollars in the hospitality industry.
Now, four months into his ambassadorship, Brown finds himself playing defense.
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The State Department and the embassies in New Zealand and Samoa didnt immediately respond to requests for comment about the investigation.
In the interview, Brown said after the inquiry that he was told: "'You know, listen, youre not Scott Brown from Rye, New Hampshire, any more. Youre an ambassador, and you have to be culturally aware of different cultures, and different sensitivities, and I'm always welcoming that kind of advice.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/10/25/a-u-s-ambassador-told-a-server-she-should-cash-in-on-her-looks-an-official-inquiry-followed/?utm_term=.f27f6979d6c1
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Scott Brown: still an a-hole. (Original Post)
Voltaire2
Oct 2017
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Eliot Rosewater
(32,176 posts)1. America is now an international joke.
matt819
(10,749 posts)2. Yes.
And to remind: Hes a Massachusetts asshole, not a New Hampshire asshole.
SharonClark
(10,194 posts)3. Now he's trying the excuse that it was a cultural misunderstanding
Another Trump appointee embarrassment.
JI7
(90,100 posts)4. Look up scott brown and andrea tantaros
He defended himself from sexual harassment accusations by saying he was too hot to need to do that.
UTUSN
(71,917 posts)5. His name is "Treasure Trail"
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)6. I wonder if there's a New Zealand senate seat he can run for
rickford66
(5,607 posts)7. I was stationed in NZ while in the US Navy.
Before leaving the US, we were given literature and attended mandatory lectures about the cultural differences and sensitive things to avoid. We wanted good relations. Remember, NZ isn't a third world country and they know more about us than we know about them, so we were careful to be polite. Scott Brown would have to have had the same information available. I did see a few civilian "ugly Americans" when I was there and it was embarrassing.