Kuala Lumpur - 3rd Rudest City in the World
I am not surprised at all!!!
Rude cities: KL ranks third (taken from the The Malay Mail)
21 Jun 2006
KUALA LUMPUR: It wouldn’t surprise anyone who drives, parks, shops or uses public transport here, but Malaysia’s capital city has emerged the third-worst in the world for sheer rudeness.
Only Bucharest and Mumbai are worse when it comes to common courtesy, a Reader’s Digest survey of 35 of the world’s capitals has found.
Asian cities generally fared poorly in these rankings, eight of nine of them in the bottom 11, raising the notion that what is considered courtesy in the West — holding doors, helping strangers, service with a smile — is culturally alien in Asia.
The Times of London reported that Reader’s Digest magazine sent reporters into the principal city of each of the 35 countries in which it publishes to conduct a survey of local politeness. Three tests were employed: Dropping papers in a busy street to see if anyone would help; checking how often shop assistants said "thank you"; and counting how often someone held a door open.
London and Paris came a disappointing joint 15th, beaten by such cities as Berlin, Warsaw, Madrid and Prague. New York came top in the survey, with a score of 80 per cent, compared with 57 per cent for London and Paris.
Ed Koch, a former mayor of the city, said: "Since 9/11, New Yorkers are more caring. They understand the shortness of life."
The rudest city in the world, according to the survey, is Mumbai, which is even ruder than Bucharest, judged the rudest city in Europe, where door-holding, paper-picking and thanking the retail customer are not part of the culture. The Romanians are, the results show, much surlier than even the French.
Citizens of Zagreb, in Croatia, are the most willing to help you to pick up a pile of papers; one man insisted on helping despite arthritis and a bad back. The shop assistants of Stockholm are the most polite, unfailingly thanking customers for making a purchase.
In São Paulo, Brazil, even the criminals are civil; the researchers were attempting to buy sunglasses in an illegal market when the police arrived; the stallholder said "thank you" as he fled.
Moscow, meanwhile, is a very rude place indeed, with a score of only 42 per cent.
One woman, refusing to hold a door open, sneered to a Reader’s Digest researcher: "I’m not a doorman; it’s not my job to hold doors. If someone gets hurt, they should be quicker."
Courtesy is not big in Asia, either. Every city on that continent tested, with the exception of Hong Kong, finished in the bottom 10.
ROLL OF HONOUR1. New York (80%)
2. Zurich (77)
3. Toronto (70)
4. Berlin (68)
5. São Paulo (68)
6. Zagreb (68)
7. Auckland (67)
8. Warsaw (67)
9. Mexico City (65)
10. Stockholm (63)
11. Budapest (60)
12. Madrid (60)
13. Prague (60)
14. Vienna (60)
15. Buenos Aires (57)
16. Johannesburg (57)
17. Lisbon (57)
18. London (57)
19. Paris (57)
20. Amsterdam (52)
21. Helsinki (48)
21. Manila (48)
23. Milan (47)
23. Sydney (47)
25. Bangkok (45)
25. Hong Kong (45)
25. Ljubljana (45)
28. Jakarta (43)
28. Taipei (43)
30. Moscow (42)
30. Singapore (42)
32. Seoul (40)
33. Kuala Lumpur (37)
34. Bucharest (35)
35. Bombay (32)
posted by jasonjay @ 11:39 AM
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4 Comments:
ur right .. i can easily pin point what class or race or ethnic groups but then i keep that to myself for now ...
I am not sure how much i agree with the result based on personal experience. One of experience was in Stockholm (10th) last year. I bought a postcard, and went to counter to pay. There are 2 counters there, went to the lady cashier, and without any sign of off-duty or break, she was talking to another employee and i was waiting patiently for her. When she saw me, and without any words, just pointed to another cashier for signalling i should pay there. Well, the story did not end there. After i paid for the postcard, the guy left the postcard on the table, and just looking at me, who looked bizzare at that moment too. I was like blank for 5 seconds or something like that, that's it? No receipt, no beg for postcard, no words (I did not expect any thank you by the way), nothing. Does KL do worse than this?
In anywhere around though, at least not all, most Malaysians are like that. This does not go specifically to such race. I've talked to the indians, malays and chinese. They're all the same.
It's their mentality of a third world country. This does not end there. At all times, you will see how impolite they really are on the roads. People with big cars, speeding, no signal lights whatsoever (THIS OFTEN HAPPENS!!!!!!!), a sudden change of lanes...often happens in the Malaysian roads. What is wrong with THESE Malaysian people? I have already talked about these people in my blog, titled "Malaysian Drivers are RUDE". They really are, at least not all, but more often than not.
Malaysians HATE giving signal lights, that is FOR SURE. They don't care AT ALL people behind them. This really means they don't really care about other people's asses. They drive freely with their own passion.
This same thing complies with todays Malaysian. Duh, there's too much to mention here. I'm not happy with them at all. Poor mentality of a third world country. The rich with lots of money, not all but, they are cocky and very selfish on foot and even in the car. Hotel counters, receptions and all, it's hard to find them smile as if they are taking a shit. No, seriously. I have to say it because they pictured themselves like that.
It's hard to find them PROFESSIONAL because they are obviously NOT PROFESSIONAL at giving answers to strangers. This is so terrible news. It is sad and awfully crap. I don't they even care what I'm writing right now. So I will just end here.
Peace all. 1 Malaysia. Duh', save it.
I live in Washington State and I vote these 4 cities as the rudest to live in and just to visited. Why because I have lived in all of them at one time.
1.Bremerton,WA 2.Tacoma,WA
3.Fife,WA 4.Parkland,WA
please list the cities you think are the rudest to live in or visited.
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