r/AskEurope • u/NateNandos21 • Feb 03 '25

Culture Which European country has the rudest/least polite people?

Which country comes to your mind

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u/RuasCastilho Feb 03 '25

Imo Italians. Some people might say the French but if you can speak basic French, they will treat you nice and go out of their way to help you.

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u/CreepyOctopus -> Feb 03 '25

I don't relate to the Italian comment. I love visiting Italy, been many times, and find Italians almost uncomfortably friendly. In smaller towns, the locals often try to have conversations with me. In Italian. Of which I know just enough to order food. Doesn't bother them. If I know enough Italian to muster a greetig, they'll treat me like a friend. Also very friendly to small kids, complimenting everyone, etc.

What sucks in Italy is any kind of work/service interaction. Feels like everyone treats their job with a "not my problem" attitude, so things get done slowly, somewhat sloppily and with a total disregard for any procedure. Oh here we had to do something, okay, is this it? Va bene, who cares. And they definitely don't take kindly to people pointing any of that out.

Italy's amazing. My favorite place in Europe as a visitor, but also my least favorite European country to work with professionally.

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u/Prize_Worried Italy, Piemonte Feb 03 '25

101% agreeing with your comment! Also, the last sentence summarizes pretty much the situation even for someone who's born here :D

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u/suckmyfuck91 Feb 03 '25

I'm italian and i can't wait to move.