OT: Things More Disgusting than....

[uconndoit]

Btw - I'm working in Bangkok now. My first coup d'état!

Edit: on second thought a post like this might turn into a coup de thread!

 

[intlzncster]

IMO Chinese are the worst - and I mean Chinese nationals. There are endless stories - about tourists letting their kids poop in public places, hocking and spitting with abandon while on tour in Europe, professionals openly farting in meetings and just continuing to talk without even acknowledging it or getting red-faced. (I was filling out an immigration form in Kathmandu next to an Italian woman when a middle aged Chinese man just let one rip. He just continued filling out his form while the Italian woman and I looked at each other in shock. I said, laughing "It wasn't me!" She said, laughing "I know!") It's so bad their government had to do PSA for Chinese tourists about how to behave among Western people.

There's someone else in this thread who has a better idea about this than I - hopefully this triggers a nice list of disgusting anecdotes from him...

Don't you live in China uconndoit? I'm pretty sure it's somewhere over there. You must be in your ow personal hell.

Edit: I see you already answered that. Bangkok << worse than mainland for (not so) hygienic 'foibles' at least.

 

[intlzncster]

That's more of a cultural thing with the Chinese. It has nothing to do with race. My son has a friend of Indian descent. He's a great kid and I really like having him around but when he eats the noises that come out of his mouth are really disturbing. Turns out that making a lot of smacking noises and chewing with your mouth open is appropriate in India as a way to let the cook know the food is good and you are enjoying it. His parents are immigrants but he's just a regular American kid so it is a habit he needs to break. I would never say anything, I just try to avoid eating when he is around. My wife say's "he's never going to get a girlfriend and he'll have no idea why."

That last bit is hilarious. Cultures that don't support deodorant or regular bathing bother me to no end. Was stuck on the K1 gondola at Killington with a few of those guys this year. My buddy and I surreptitiously had our heads pressed against the air vent the entire time. Couldn't get out of that thing fast enough.

 

[rw005]

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