The French as a whole are rudER than most. That doesn't mean all French are a-holes.

That's certainly a common "Stereotype".

However, after living in France for quite a few years, I found the locals there to be no different than most other countries.

Some here have said "New Yorkers" others have stated it depends.

I'd not point any fingers. I've had good and bad experiences in every country I have traveled to.

Rule of thumb:

Rude people will find rude people much of the time wherever they go.

Polite people will find polite people 99% of the time wherever they go.

Nailed it. ^

+1

(and somehow, I think that some of the responses here prove my point in post #4 on the thread) ;)

I lived in America for more than 40 years, and still hate that one.

That said, I find huge regional variation across America in what is considered polite behaviour. In no part of the country I have found, though, does that include vacating the passing lane of the expressway when you are not passing anyone.

BAH HAHAHAHAHAH! :D^

My top pet peeve as I drive the Nation's Highways. Get OUT of the darn PASSING LANE if you are NOT PASSING! It's NOT a CRUISING LANE!

On the Autobahn, there is a very firm law "Rechtsfahren". Get right and stay right unless passing.
I love it, and would be totally in favor of such a law rigorously enforced here...sans heavy congestion areas like LA where nothing moves anyway.

Try getting on the Bahn and putting along at 60 MPH in the left hand lane.
It will cost you big time... if you don't get run over.

Is this a joke? A list of rudest countries that includes Thailand and Canada! As well as "other" in the top 10? Journalism is truly dead.

I never realized "skyscanner.net" was considered a source of reputable journalism.

Indeed.

I'm no literary expert, but I'd dare say that's not what most would consider "Journalism".

New Yorkers are, let's say, to the point! But after getting stuck in NYC on 9-11 I'd have to say under the sterotype they are the most caring people. Being invited in to people's homes, offered rides and really looked after as 2, by the afternoon of that day, quite nervous UK tourists - they can do wrong in my eyes.

Now as for people from the UK being rude - well if you think that, you can just £$$£^%@$^@^$£$@%^$£%.

Oh and I want the French to be rude! It's what I expect and why I love France so much. I want a Gallic shrug and I want waiters in Paris to look down their nose. Not having that would be like being driven in a Rome taxi and not screaming. And where's the fun in that.

I thought the people in Bangkok and Phuket were some of the nicest I've ever met. I have no clue how Thailand ended up on that list.

Some of the rudest, IMHO, are the Italians.

As a German having to drive here in the US, I cannot tell you enough how much I agree with that sentiment. It's incredibly inconsiderate. And the laws for it are different in every state.

The other thing is that passing on the right is allowed in many states. While this is not directly rude, it is very dangerous to allow passing from both sides. I am quite certain that the US would be able to have fewer traffic accidents, less road rage and less congestion if they introduced these two European rules, for they are not only German, even though they matter more in Germany because if you make a mistake at 120mph that is going to cost everyone very dearly.

Till

+100. Is that allowed on the Internet? :)

Really, I am an American who took French in high school and remembers enough to say to a waitress "Je parle Francais seulement un peu." I have invariably received gracious responses and offers to help me with the menu if necessary. This has been true not only in Paris, but also in Montpellier which I have been to on three occasions for conferences.