I'm not racist but….

The vast majority of Russian holidaymakers that I encountered on holiday in Goa last week were a bunch of arrogant, rude, disrespectful, (to the locals) robbing barstewards. Horrible people.
Not surprisingly, very few Goan people like them!

I’ve heard from a few sources that the Russian presence has ruined Goa 🙁

That sort of thread title will have people pointing fingers at you….

Xenophobic?

I’m not racist but….

You’re right. You’re not. 😀

You’re talking about spoilt, rich idiots ruining a particularly nice holiday destination.

Ever been to Abersoch? 🙂

Many of them aren’t spoilt. From what I have heard, they are pimping, drug-pushing, local-abusing bullies.

Like some of the Muslims you get over here. 😯

Oh dear 😕

So, just like the Brits in Spain in the 80/90s.

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Surely not worse than the yanks holidaying in Mexico or the Dominican Republic?

The vast majority of Russian holidaymakers that I encountered on holiday in Goa

Are, as you seem to have recognised from your wording, not the same as “the vast majority of Russians” so you may get away with that comment.

Many years ago when I worked in a casino, the people who came in who were Chinese (okay, looked Chinese and had accents) were without exception rude and arrogant. After a while I realised that I was developing racist views towards Chinese people (i.e. including Chinese people I encountered other than over a roulette table). I had strong words with myself. I’m a sanctimonious guardian reader with white middle class guilt aplenty but still found it ridiculously easy to veer into irrational stereotyping. Scary really.

I believe some of the skiers returning back from European destinations are finding the new wave of tourists from the Eastern bloc quite hard going too. 😐

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Yeah, it’s probably heading that way.

I believe some of the skiers returning back from European destinations are finding the new wave of tourists from the Eastern bloc quite hard going too.

Courchevelski and all that

Because everybody love the english tourists. 😯

I’m not sexist but… Deleted so cougar doesn’t ban me

* waves at cougar*

New Money does that to people.

*waves at emsz*

Fun game.

I believe some of the skiers returning back from European destinations are finding the new wave of tourists from the Eastern bloc quite hard going too.

Queing you say… nope, survival of the fittest / rudest when it comes to European Ski resort apparently.

The vast majority of Russian holidaymakers that I encountered on holiday in Goa last week were a bunch of arrogant, rude, disrespectful, (to the locals) robbing barstewards. Horrible people.

Sure they were Russians?
I’m only asking because it’s quite easy to roll up inhabitants of most of the former Eastern bloc as ‘Russians’. They sound, and, to a degree, look similar.

EDIT: Actually, they were probably Israelis

Its the rise in post Communist Bloc ‘chavism’ .
Many of us Brits ( myself included) always surptised that there are others who are as equally badly behaved as we can be when abroad, another unique trait lost forever.

When did you get promoted Hun?

Or have I just not noticed? ( prolly that, I’m in a little pre valentines bubble ATM)

Few days ago. We had a party, there was cake.

or

The swear filter prevents me from responding appropriately to that.

And I wasn’t invited?

*sulks*

Congrats anyways ( maybe not though, don’t envy your job 🙂 )

I’m gonna check my history make sure I’ve never been rude to you LOL

Because everybody love the english tourists.

Was my first thought too.

Because everybody love the english tourists.

IME most Goan people do, in general, & lots of Goan people have UK friends.
We even got an invite to a taxi drivers house, which was a brilliant experience!

Stoner > I have that very tee-shirt.

Congrats anyways ( maybe not though, don’t envy your job )

Thanks. I’m not sure I do either, you’re a moany-arsed lot.

I have that very tee-shirt.

I’d never have guessed…. 😉

* pushes teeshirt under bed with foot*

Game tees are for nerds

Geek, dear, geek.

Don’t make me get out the Venn diagrams.

Had a few holidays in Turkey and there are Ruskis aplenty there. They treat the Hotel Staff like sh1t. My Mate once said to this particularly overbearing, arrogant, rude Russian……’You’ve managed to learn every word in the English language except please!’

The response was’ why should I say please to these people….they are scum!’

ever dived in Sharm el Sheikh? Their tourism board courted the Russians when the Italians stopped coming after the bombings, and it is to them exactly what Spain was to brits (cheap sun please, no foreign culture thanks) and is suffering some of the same results (though Sharm looks like its always appealed to that sort of market, all TGI Fridays, Hard Rock Cafe etc)

Loads of stunning Russian girls there. Most of them available at affordable rates 🙄

I believe some of the skiers returning back from European destinations are finding the new wave of tourists from the Eastern bloc quite hard going too.

It is a bit weird being in Austria and 90% of the people are Russian. Mind you I don’t like being in resorts with loads of British people either.

Supposedly they tried to put a quota on how many Russians could come to Kitzbuhel as it was spoiling the experience for other nationalities.

I’ve spent a bit of time on every foreign trip telling people I’m not english, I’m scottish- you lot aren’t that well regarded either.

And yes I am a racist 😉

i think the salient fact here is the op encountered some arseholes. the fact that they were russian arseholes isn’t important.

if the op worries that he feels guilty because he doesn’t like arseholes, i’m here to tell him that he shouldn’t.

if the op worries that he feels guilty because he doesn’t like russians, i’m here to tell him that he should.

i’m here to tell him that he should.

phew, thank god for that. The OP nearly got away with it there.