When I was 16, working my first job as a dishwasher, there was this lady from Britain, about mid 30's named Liz. She was constantly complaining about the US and even told me that the Americans "screwed up" the D Day landings. She complained about almost everything to do with the US. She said we had a crappy police force, had a bad address system, and on and on. She really almost never stopped.
I was pretty shy back then, and being only 16 felt a little intimidated by Liz. One night as we closed, she started again about the current US invasion on Grenanda.
I asked Liz why she chose to live here if she hated it so much. No answer. Even today that lady gets under my skin. Nothing but complaints for the nation she chose to live in.
Also had a German boss, Richard, when I was 20.......he was in the Hitler Youth as a kid. He would ***** all day long about how crappy things were in America compaired to Germany, yet where did he choose to live? He loved American country music though...
I actually really liked him and respected him though....and he liked me. I learned a lot from him. He had many interesting stories and insights. He was very smart, yet could be so dumb at times. He actually said that Hitler was a great man..... that Hitler was just the loser of a war in which the victors write the history of.
I tend to think that a lot of people from other nations really do admire the US, but they do not always want to openly say that.
Oh well, rant over
