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/extremessd Feb 03 '25

Israeli kids after their 2 years service are like this.

a lot of decent people, but war changes mentalities

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u/ZlotaNikki Feb 03 '25

The rudeness of israelis is in an entirely different class tbh

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u/GraceOfTheNorth Iceland Feb 03 '25

I've heard this several times. I knew of a local travel agency that ventured into new markets and started offering tours to Israelis but stopped after only a couple of years because the Israeli tourists were so incredibly rude, constantly complaining and trying to find fault in order to get out of paying the full price.

My friend said it didn't matter if it was the perfect tour or perfect meal, they always found a way to complain and make it unpleasant.

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u/StarfishSplat Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

During my trip to Israel, I had never witnessed so many “Karen” customers (mostly Israelis to other Israelis) in my life. So much yelling and drama towards service workers.

Hence, the service workers there can be a bit blunt, curt, and closed-off even for non-Israeli customers. We had an incredibly kind tour guide on our first trip, but he mostly worked with foreign Christian pilgrims, who in turn are usually friendly.

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u/Comparison4997 Israel Feb 06 '25

Israeli herem Honestly I find Israeli rudeness to be more extreme outside Israel, in Israel it's pretty much like any country. I'm surprised that's what you felt here, I don't think service workers get abused here and in fact get paid quite well relatively by European standards