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wutwudGsusdU wrote:

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OhManImScrewed wrote:

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I'm not sure I understand which point you are making. I didn't say American way is the only way. But we are IN America, so we are allowed to judge by our standards. We don't have to tiptoe around and say they aren't rude to us just because it's a cultural thing.

My point is that we are judging them by our American standards and we sometimes expect a little too much from people who came from a very different way of life and attitude which is ingrained in them. So, when immigrants do something we would consider rude, I wish people would understand that it's not always intended that way. Sometimes foreigners just don't know any better. In the same token, if one of us were to go to a foreign country and didn't know everysinglething about the culture and ways, I'm certain that there'd bound to be opportunity to unintentionally offend folks. In some countries, it's rude to not take your shoes off before entering someone's home. My old psych prof said something about how once someone from another country came to his home and put their shoes or feet up on his table and my prof was so offended but then later realize that in that man's country, this is the custom and was appropriate. He just didn't know it was considered rude here. Never meant any ill. I'm not saying we should tiptoe around it or not be bothered at all if you repeatedly notice this kind of behavior, I'm just saying for people to try not to let it get to them. Try to put yourself in their shoes. It's probably not intentional. Whoever said "it is a cultural thing. I wish more people would grasp this concept and not be so quick to make generalizations about other races" had it right. Not that you did. I just mean in general.
FWIW, I was pretty much agreeing with you said before It might not have come out that way.