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Hello

But it is ok - to the Spanish. They will often  hold the bus driver up for a few mins, while they chat, & I'm thinking "Oh just sit down so we can go"  haha,  chatting is  part of daily life in my adopted country, so I just  live with it. ..it's a small price to pay.

Imagine some of the english idiosyncracies people have to adapt to,

 when moving to England.

Tranquillo

Elinspain

Sorry your missing the point, she was rude, being Spanish does not give her the right to be rude, chatting for a few minutes no problem, being rude to your face is rude.

What don't you understand and again please I have not just arrived in Spain so I understand what goes on about leaving, but being rude is being rude in any language. 

You can say what you like , you were not there on the day, and the Merry Christmas after the insult remark, say's  more about you than me. 

Why not have a glass of something nice, chill out a bit and count your blessings? We have so much to be thankful for. The sun is out and we're here to enjoy it. There are thousands missing a loved one today and many truckers spending Christmas day alone in their cabs missing Christmas with their families. 

A missed parcel, a rude Correos person, not the end of the world is it?

Hello,

 In that post you quoted,  I  was replying to Pix Elateds comments

Elinspain

Very patronising you know nothing about me, fantastic roads, where are they? the roads where I live are more holes than road, low crime rate? I was subject of a GBH assault by a Spanish yob, health service not used it so can't comment.

You may be happy with this slipshod approach but I'm not.

So what I find curious is that you are apparently still here, as, from most of your comments on various threads, it would appear that you really don’t like it very much?

And to return to the OP remarks re rudeness; some of this is a cultural construct, with various actions/words being interpreted differently according to various nationalities and norms. What may be perceived as deliberate rudeness by British people need not necessarily be meant as such and may simply be a way of speaking. Where we used to live in UK, there was an institution for the purpose of teaching businesspeople who had to travel to other countries and to instruct them in local norms and ways of thinking and accepted behaviour. It was so successful that even the police started to use it where officers were deployed to different cultural areas.

Hallo Pix Elated,

I come over 50 years in Spain. I travelled all the world.

Now i decided to live here on a more permanent base as a resident.

I must say, having lived in many countries this is country is totally different!  what makes the differennce here is that i never before met such a lot of:

Rudeness, unpoliteness,disrespect,lack of service,lack of knowledge, lack of working motivation and lack of capacity and lack of an attitude that you could call customer centred. It is AMASING! 

There are some advantages, which are mentioned in this topic and in a way to a certain extend they compensate partly.

The covid situation makes things more difficult.

If it was not for covid one could travel the world and come back  home once in a while.

This is typically a country to leave once in a while and than come back, for me .

And in the meantime I  try to get used to this country. I don't think they will change,ha,ha. I have to get accustomed to their attitude and find a a way to manage it.

When in Rome act like a roman is not the way. Maybe trying to adjust to the ''romans'' can be the way.

Ronald

2 parcels coming to us through SEUR. 😂 Both never arrived.

At risk of throwing coals on the fire, I just wonder if the Brits complaining on this thread attempt to speak Spanish and adopt the Spanish way of life?  We have found both help.

Rudeness is inexcusable, good manners cost nothing.  The original poster may consider making a formal complaint if he is so put out by the employee's behaviour.  On the other hand he might try a little empathy, there may be a genuine reason for constant tardiness and the need to finish work on time.