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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:59 PM Original message |
Just met some German tourists. Please, please make foreign visitors feel welcome. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm from Miami where German tourists are lucky if they don't get car jacked, robbed and assaulted |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I graduated HS in Miami... |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. Oh absolutely! Being hospitable will translate to more touri$t dolla$. nt |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. I would be afraid of giving them false hope about Americans (LOL). n/t |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. LOL! (Ain't it the truth?) |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Tourists in Tallahassee? |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Would you consider a visit to the ruins in Greece? |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. What does Greece have to do w/German tourists |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Well...what do you know, anyway? |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Live in GA. Not from GA |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Ummm...no grief given. |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Years ago, when the wife and I lived in Florida ... |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I don't believe a word of that story. |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Dutch was just a guess |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. I love when I meet foreign visitors in my neck of the woods |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Hell, I do that to Americans! |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. We feed them to the alligators. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. It's the cured meats. n/t |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. I know when we are in Europe they show us great hospitality |
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devils chaplain (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Absolutely... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. +1 |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Yeah, same here, in fact nicer than parts of America. n/t |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. I always make foreign visitors feel welcome - Unlike C&BP & TSA |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. You're right about rudeness here. I just read a response where a poster says he has told |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Umm....that was me....and I was being facetious |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. All righty then - |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. You're confused by the CB lingo. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. I was taught that a good writer does not use jargon unless the piece being |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. I have EU friends who used to visit and do business here. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. It absolutely is costing us money AND goodwill. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. And it is costing us big money. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. We are becoming a pariah state. |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. I was born in Germany |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. Just don't bring up the war. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. LOL! Well played. You win the thread. n/t |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. it's not only the right thing to do, it's a great way to let people from other countries know... |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. There ya go! |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm always friendly to tourists... |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. It always bugged me when I happened across tourists sporting a compound bow and arrows |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. That's weird |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Please refrain from raping tourists. |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Does that send |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. Each time my BIL's relatives (Dutch) come to |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. That can't possibly be as much fun as getting shot at though. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. We volunteer at a state park.... |
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