Visiting China and Europe taught me so much about how good America is.
I expected to be overwhelmed by China and realize they were going to overtake the US. I visited Shanghai and in their largest mall their escalator banks were all screwed up meaning the people going up/down had to shift from the right side to the left before getting on the next bank of escalators. Just now a real deep understanding of fire to do things right. This was omnipresent.
In Europe we spent all day on trains to get to some church that my European family wanted to see. After hours and hours of travel we were on a bus that broke down probably 2 miles from the church. We could see it. The bus just offloaded us and left everyone to fend for themselves. They decided just to go back home. I couldn't understand accepting failure like that. Get an Uber. Finish the job. I didn't even care about the church but let's do this. Then go home. But instead they just sit at train stations smoking, waiting for the late mass transit.
Haha sounds like a crappy Church outing. Go back to Europe, especially Italy. Just do random stuff, eat and enjoy cool history & hang out. Helps if you can afford more that $1/day tho.
I went to Munich on business a couple of months before the world ended, and rented a car to get to some of the more out there places. It went very well - I went to Neuschwanstein Castle. Didn't get to go inside because Chinese tourists bought up all the tickets, but I got to take the classic picture from the bridge.
Many people there were complaining that they had to leave soon because it took 3 hours to get there by train (It's an 80 mile drive). Remember, this is in Germany, which generally has good trains, but not to out of the way places. It took only about an hour to drive there...
Ironically, most of the people who were complaining about this were American liberal exchange students...
You say that because you're an American. You get it. We (mostly they) wanted to do this. Let's fuckin roll. But I think in Europe the attitude is different. They're used to just taking shit and not getting their way. It's sad, I hope they can change.
Visiting China and Europe taught me so much about how good America is.
I expected to be overwhelmed by China and realize they were going to overtake the US. I visited Shanghai and in their largest mall their escalator banks were all screwed up meaning the people going up/down had to shift from the right side to the left before getting on the next bank of escalators. Just now a real deep understanding of fire to do things right. This was omnipresent.
In Europe we spent all day on trains to get to some church that my European family wanted to see. After hours and hours of travel we were on a bus that broke down probably 2 miles from the church. We could see it. The bus just offloaded us and left everyone to fend for themselves. They decided just to go back home. I couldn't understand accepting failure like that. Get an Uber. Finish the job. I didn't even care about the church but let's do this. Then go home. But instead they just sit at train stations smoking, waiting for the late mass transit.
Americans would never tolerate that.
The last time I was in Europe, I was thinking, "Shit, my bathroom is bigger than your kitchen, or any of your bedrooms."
Haha sounds like a crappy Church outing. Go back to Europe, especially Italy. Just do random stuff, eat and enjoy cool history & hang out. Helps if you can afford more that $1/day tho.
That was Italy, lol. I'll go back someday, I still had a good time. I just want to steer the ship, we shouldn't have given up.
I went to Munich on business a couple of months before the world ended, and rented a car to get to some of the more out there places. It went very well - I went to Neuschwanstein Castle. Didn't get to go inside because Chinese tourists bought up all the tickets, but I got to take the classic picture from the bridge.
Many people there were complaining that they had to leave soon because it took 3 hours to get there by train (It's an 80 mile drive). Remember, this is in Germany, which generally has good trains, but not to out of the way places. It took only about an hour to drive there...
Ironically, most of the people who were complaining about this were American liberal exchange students...
Hell, 2 miles? Just walk lol.
You say that because you're an American. You get it. We (mostly they) wanted to do this. Let's fuckin roll. But I think in Europe the attitude is different. They're used to just taking shit and not getting their way. It's sad, I hope they can change.