[Closed] Russian people, in general?

your thoughts first please

Cool hats.

Anna Chapman FTW (don't google at work)

The two I've met recently were quite different from each other. One had breasts while the other didn't. Weird.

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

oooh...well I've just come back from 2 weeks in Egypt, and the resort was 80% Russians..

My observations from this experience (which are simply observations of behaviours shown):
-unable to queue
-very able to push
-drinks/food are asked for without please and thankyou, or smiling (i appreciate it's a foreign language, but I learnt my P+Qs in French and German, didn't you...)
-wear tiny bikinis

That is all...

DrP

They speak Russian (mostly).

Jeez, try and define 'British' people in a singular way. We're a hell of a lot smaller than Russia.

Today's award, for most apposite username, goes to....

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Judging by the ones in Egypt last year, shocking dress sense, women have bad hair, no concept of queuing, they just go for the gap.

oooh...well I've just come back from 2 weeks in [s]Egypt[/s] Leeds, and the resort was 80% Yorkshiremen..

My observations from this experience (which are simply observations of behaviours shown):
-unable to queue
-very able to push
-drinks/food are asked for without please and thankyou, or smiling (i appreciate it's a foreign language, but I learnt my P+Qs in French and German, didn't you...)
-wear tiny bikinis

That is all...

i was gonna say just a tad rude.

Yorkshiremen in tiny bikinis? Must be getting ready for the TdF.

I met a few over the years in Ski Resorts but did not have much to do with them so can't comment on them whilst on holiday

Currently sat next to a lovely Russian girl in my office and she is great fun and very hard working. Very polite too.

She makes a crap cup of tea though.

So, all in all my thoughts about Russians.... Lovely people but can't make tea for toffee.

Ace driving skills, especially at traffic lights. Brits just don't get anywhere.

i was gonna say just a tad rude.

Then get a bigger bikini fella. Nothing worse than spilling out the sides. 😉

What DrP said.

Have encountered many skiing (and know several). Brits and French teenage locals who have just learned to smoke can easily beat "Russians" on the rudeness scale in the lift queue.

* by "Russians" I mean anyone who sounds Eastern European, since those complaining about them just use the word "Russian", when the other party could in fact be Ukrainian, Belarussian, Polish, Slovakian,...

Better change the thread title to "Russian people who go on all-inclusive package holidays".

I've just come back from 2 weeks in Egypt, and the resort was 80% Russians..

How did you know they were Russians? Did they have snow on their boots?

Great moustaches.
The ones that I have worked with have been fine ,but they took no prisoners at '5 a sides' 😯 🙂

From experience in ski resorts; the material that they most favour for skiwear construction is binbag.

My other half is Russian.
I fear for my life daily.

How did you know they were Russians? Did they have snow on their boots?

Two ways...
1 - The manager said "the resort is now 100% full, 80% of them are Russian guests".
2 - When Shady and Tito (the ents guys) were rallying the crowds at the evening disco, the lame "yay" the Brits gave out when he called out the different nations was swamped by the upmighty roar that was bellowed when they calle out "Roo-see-ya".....!

DrP

I'm sure some can ride a bike.

The one thing that really ticks me off about Russians is their inability to post in the correct forum.

Is this the thread for 'UKIP voters' to come out publically then?

Given the rep of the British abroad, this is a bit sad, go and watch one of those fly on the wall brits abroad programs and have a think about it.

There's a Latvian lass at my work and she seems decent. Don't know any actual Russians though.

The one thing that really ticks me off about Russians is their inability to post in the correct forum.

Tsk. You're such a purist.

shocking dress sense

The Land that Style forgot.

Slight in stature, very quiet, nice enough, just left and obsessed with cars, based purely on the one that I've knowingly met.

From observations at a Black Sea resort in Romania.

a) The blokes favour large German cars with blacked out windows, shiny suits with conspicuous gun-shaped lumps underneath their jackets, and never ever smile.
b) The hookers are numerous, very easy on the eye, but look very expensive (I didn't ask)

Heard a story about the Russian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" - basically, the audience were always rooting for th contestant to lose, cheering when he got questions wrong, etc. Their mentality was that the contestant was sealing their opportunity.

Had similar experiences myself. with that kind of "every man for himself" type attitude that seems to prevail - having been to Russia not long after the wall came down and seen what things were like over there, it's an attitude I can easily understand. They had a rough time for a long time.

Then get a bigger bikini fella. Nothing worse than spilling out the sides.

*vomits*

Then get a bigger bikini fella. Nothing worse than spilling out the sides.

*unzips*

no concept of queuing,

This from somebody who has no concept of parking correctly in the vicinity of schools 😡

Like to take endless group photos of each other
(When wearing tiny bikini in Egyptian resorts)

****ers (probably, I've never met one but they look the sort)

We sacked our Russian cleaner because she would take hours to hoover every room
Turns out she's a Slovack............

😆

Storing that one away for future use.

I've only dealt with a couple of Russians so it wouldn't be fair to stereotype a whole nation based on them but they were slow to settle their debt and had an astounding sense of entitlement.

The one I know is hard working.

Generally they are good laugh if you know them ... until they start drinking ... 😆

Because they are always in a hurry?

I'm not Russian, I'm taking my time.

Do they wear gloves?

The only Russian I have ever worked with was very hard working, he could drink his weight in Vodka on a daily basis and had shocking dress sense.

i know a few russians and they're all lovely. They all left Russia when they were teenagers and are mostly appalled by what's going on back in Russia.

Turns out she's a Slovack............

🙂

Of the Eastern Europeans I know and talk to daily

The 2 Romanians are like Italians only Cheaper, very very racist towards the Roma, other than that fine, the Latvians and Lithuanians are fine, normal, no real hang ups, laugh at our notion of Winter, the Bulgarians both speak Russian, don't like them very much, hard working v serious. The Ukranian is very Pro Russian, worried for her mum. The Finish... "Good morning" is a conversation

Based on those I have met it must be an extra-ordinarily wealthy country. Many more women than men I am told.

Bikebouy - Member
oooh...well I've setup windsurfing resorts in Egypt, and the clientelle have been/was 80% Russians..

My observations from this experience (which are simply observations of behaviours shown):
-unable to queue/first to the front
-very able to push/barge/shove/manhandle/swear/stare down
-drinks/food by the bucketload, are demanded without please and thankyou, or smiling
-can't rig sails
-won't rig sails
-sometimes return kit
-most of the time leave it on the beach 200mtrs away
-breaks kit in large doses
-breaks kit then throws it on the beach instead of returning it
-breaks kit and jumps up and down on it
-breaks kit and shoves it in your face whilst grimising
-breaks kit and shoves it in your face and demands new kit
-breaks kit and shoves it in your face and threatens you
-wear tiny bikinis
-have blond hair
-wear large shades
and the women
-wear pieces of string as bikinis if you are lucky
-have blond streightend hair
-wear enormous shades

That is all...

Bikebouy

Three Russians are brag about sons. “My son is soldier. He have rape as many women as want,” say first Russian. “Zo?” second say, “My son is farmer. He have all potato he want!” Third Russian wait long time, then say, “My son is die at birth. For him, struggle is over.” “Wow! You are win us,” say others. But all are feel sad.

Just on the way back from Greece.

The girls wear next to nothing. All of them are rude and disgusting habits like blowing there nose in to the swimming pool when walking past, even spitting in to it.

Arses the lot of them.

Of course I also work with a Russian, and have a couple of Russian friends and they are just like the rest of us.

Two Russians look at sun. Is not sun, but nuclear reactor meltdown. Russians happy because maybe now warm enough to plant potato.

No idea. Don't care, as long as they keep producing:

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I find the ones on Building sites some what arrogant
Useless/inept and ok for lifting things
Smoke and drink to much Alcohol

More like what men thought what a man was in this Country some 30 years back

Polonium tea

TomW - WTF dude.

I don't know about the Russian people in general, but Russian Generals have some snazzy uniforms.

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TomW - WTF dude.

You're offended by those dark jokes when theres actual racism in this thread?

Those were actually told to me by a Latvian of Russian descent, whilst she was living up to a stereotype and downing a bottle of vodka.

Hmm, a good point I guess.

I especially didn't like the first one though.

I am a bit over sensitive today 😉

Have got lots of Russian friends though work. The rich ones can be a PITA. Generally though, they're lovely friendly people.

You have to understand though that a Russian's method of gaining respect, in their mind, is to scare the living daylights out of you. As my good friend Sargay demonstrates here:

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and again:
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Cool hats.

Well, at least they can dance better than us brits

They're a crazy bunch!

and..

😆

They're all a bit 'Life on Mars' the way we were in the seventies, haven't been 'liberalised' yet, I'm sure the tree huggers will get them all eventually.

Until then they remain friendly unreconstructed humans pretty much the same as us except with more guns.

They like drinking vodka, driving badly and dangling from cranes.
Some also wear funny hats.

The ones I've met - have been to Moscow and St Peterburg a couple of times - show no emotion for the first hour or so after that they warm up a bit.
The thing with all nations is that what may be culturally the norm for one can be rude for another and doesn't necessarily reflect the underlying character of the individual. It's the same with Americans, many of them on appear awful from the outset with their brash unreserved ways but get to no them and they are just the same as others.

Edit: One stereotype that is true about Russia - or Muscovites at least - is that most of the women under 30 are drop dead stunning.

I work with a fair few of them. On the whole they are much like everyone else:

Some are smart, bright and hard working, generally likeable.
Some are stupid, work shy muppets, generally disagreeable.

ALL of them will argue about politics, so don't enter into any discussions about it.

Agreed that they all like their food and drink, putting in a lot of time and effort to make the most of what is offered.

Dez - that video made me Chuckleovski!

DrP

The ones I met in the Dominican were some of the rudest people I've ever met.

I don't all Russians cab be that bad?

I am a bit over sensitive today

Nahh it's no problem if your upset by the part that I think you are.

Fair play, hope all is well with you.