An obnoxiously ungrateful date.

[HunterM]

"In my country, you have to suck my cock after I paid for your dinner...Now, open wide."

 

[AlmondMilk]

Yeah, I'd be pissed as well. In your country, those are the manners, but you're not there anymore, so the manners are kind of different. I mean, it would be nice for him to share that at another time, but that night when you just took him out, it's pretty rude.

 

[Sam Blum]

Really depends where in France. The french will only be nice to you if you are nice to them.

Now, the germans will definitely say something about you, they are more direct so they will say whatever is on their mind.

Well, I'm a German Australian and while it's true that both Australians and Germans are typically well known for a forthright attitude, it isn't true that we are rude. Manners and expectations are different in every country. Germans have a very intricate social system of etiquette and although there are always exceptions, most people in my circle of friends, family and acquaintances in Germany (and for that matter in Australia - although to be honest, these are mostly Germanic) would never sit down before a guest, nor order without consulting each other, and never begin eating before wishing the others "Guten Appetit!" To do less is to behave quite poorly and to fail to take the advice is to be obtusely ignorant and arrogant. Again, expectations are different from country to country and from community to community. I would walk away if you sat before me after inviting me out, and ate without waiting or without wishing me a good appetite.

Also, it is a rather lopsided and edited version of events that we read here, clearly, and before we take as gospel that word of a man who doesn't respect his date, let's take a step back and consider the possibility that there is more to this than reported.

It surprised me to read so many responses that suggest you'd all be happy to date a man who would not even show you simple courtesies! But then I have just re-read your responses and the fact that so many wrote such vile suggestions as to how to respond when one feels slighted suggests to me the reasons.

 

[Telstra]

^ Thats what i said from the beginning.
Something is missing and only one sided story.

 

[blackbeltninja]

Australian manners

Don't you guys call people "cunt" as a term of endearment?

-d-

 

[rjmrjm21]

Well, I'm a German Australian and while it's true that both Australians and Germans are typically well known for a forthright attitude, it isn't true that we are rude. Manners and expectations are different in every country. Germans have a very intricate social system of etiquette and although there are always exceptions, most people in my circle of friends, family and acquaintances in Germany (and for that matter in Australia - although to be honest, these are mostly Germanic) would never sit down before a guest, nor order without consulting each other, and never begin eating before wishing the others "Guten Appetit!" To do less is to behave quite poorly and to fail to take the advice is to be obtusely ignorant and arrogant. Again, expectations are different from country to country and from community to community. I would walk away if you sat before me after inviting me out, and ate without waiting or without wishing me a good appetite. Also, it is a rather lopsided and edited version of events that we read here, clearly, and before we take as gospel that word of a man who doesn't respect his date, let's take a step back and consider the possibility that there is more to this than reported. It surprised me to read so many responses that suggest you'd all be happy to date a man who would not even show you simple courtesies! But then I have just re-read your responses and the fact that so many wrote such vile suggestions as to how to respond when one feels slighted suggests to me the reasons.

I suggested that he should not date foreigners, especially those that raise the trashiness level and bicker over something so small. That would be the best advice. Far worse to do as the foreigner did, freeload, and not offer to pay for dinner.

 

[Sam Blum]

I suggested that he should not date foreigners, especially those that raise the trashiness level and bicker over something so small. That would be the best advice. Far worse to do as the foreigner did, freeload, and not offer to pay for dinner.

1/ The man he seems to have invited out was not foreign in Australia where the 'date' took place - he is an Australian, you wally!
2/ What the hell is wrong with you to suggest that 'foreigners,' whatever that term may refer to or suggest, are a different group of people, another 'class,' perhaps, to you or to him?
3/ The GUEST who had been treated very rudely apparently did not "bicker," but instead attempted to make light of the ignorance of his HOST by joking, hence the laughter.
4/ A GUEST is not a "free-loader," he is a guest, and in my country - AUSTRALIA - the socially acceptable thing to do when inviting a GUEST out to dinner, is to provide that person with dinner! There is no quid pro quo, no expected return nor payment - the 'dinner' is the HOST'S opportunity to show how cultured he is, how delighted he is that his GUEST or DATE has sacrificed an evening (when that person could have been doing something else) to spend the time getting to know the HOST. If the HOST is an idiot who doesn't know enough (having been raised by wolves) to be incredibly respectful and polite in order to impress, then he certainly ought not be surprised that some comment or allusion to his ignorance is made. How generous it was of that particular guest, to have made the comment in good humour! I can assure you that if you were to be rude to me it would not pass unremarked - in any circumstance.
5/ I don't recall any mention having been made that the man invited out to dinner was required to pay or that he didn't pay, or indeed any other reference to payment.
6/ Pity the man who accepts your invitation to dinner! You'd better warn him beforehand so he is informed and given a chance to escape.