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[jazzy1]

arghhh I knew this would happen soon.
Been here since wed last week and I knew it wuld be too good to be true.

I was standing at Orphinedes waitng behind some men wanting to weight their fruit and veg, when along comes a women and plonks her fruitbag on the till infront of them, they did not batter an eyelid and the lady carried on weighing there fruit. When she has finished, i thought ok, this lady that has just gone in front of me has only one thing and i have 5, so i will allow her to go infront.

Then someone queued the other side of the ladt in front of me, and I thought oh ok I am queing the wrong side, so I walked behind the lady on the other side and waited.

THEN.......A long comes lady number 3 and plonks her stuff right in front of me at the scales...... er hello... excuse me I said, I am next....
she says to me..yeah yeah whatever go on then, you are standing there doing nothing so you know....

er no, I am in the queue waiting for the lady in front to finish. that is what a queue is for.

yes terrible isnt it she replied, how disgusting that we just push in front of you, just disgusting.

well needless to say at this point i realised that she was acting like a complete child (although she was 50 odd id say)
and had to have the last word, and reply to everything by saying, yes disgusting isnt it, that I just got my things weighed and moved on....

ohhh I was soooo annoyed!!!!

is it just me, is it not rude!!!!!

But normally this sort of rudness would frustrate me for the rest of the day, however I remembered advice given on here.

You can never change the greeks, so just go with them!!!!
xx

[andri_cy]

My advice would have been to say something at the first instance. you let one go by and they all thought they could walk over you.

[unique_earthling]

well consideration for others has never been a cypriot trait, now has it????

[anastasiaC]

haha the little things that will start to get to you.......its all very normal
It took me 6mnths to adjust and start accepting people's ways.....back then it was even worse especially at places like the post office or the bank....no order at all!

[andri_cy]

well consideration for others has never been a cypriot trait, now has it????

I guess they learned that from the British people. You guys are good at teaching lessons, now arent you?

[anastasiaC]

well consideration for others has never been a cypriot trait, now has it????

you cant say that - not everyone is the same
I have many considerate family over there that would do anything for me if I ever needed it.....

[unique_earthling]

Family maybe... But lets take a look at consideration for those that are not family... absolutely no consideration for other drivers, no consideration how their lives may affect others. ie; dogs barking all night, loud music blaring, children screaming outside. raised voices shouting down phones. Rubbish thrown everywhere, building materials dangerously left lying around. paths in a state of decay. inadequate lighting. Disabilities of others ignored. Cars parked in dangerous places for other road users and pedestrians. Its all a me first attitude, sorry but i have to agree with jazzy, They dont care about others outside of their family.. And yes you have to just let go and accept that is the way they are and put up with it.

[anastasiaC]

yeah but thats life everywhere its not just Cypriots that are like that- u have considerate people who try to make life good for everyone
and inconsiderate arseholes who dont give a rats....... but what can u do??

[reportfromcyprus]

It's the invasion of personal space I don't like. I once let a woman pass me in a queue in a bank because she was standing so close to me she was touching me. I hate that - a complete stranger jostling into me like that.

I don't care if she jumped the queue, I was happy to get her literally off my back.

If I can be bothered at that time, I always say something if someone tries to jump the queue. They back off pretty quickly.

[alexISS]

Family maybe... But lets take a look at consideration for those that are not family... absolutely no consideration for other drivers, no consideration how their lives may affect others. ie; dogs barking all night, loud music blaring, children screaming outside. raised voices shouting down phones. Rubbish thrown everywhere, building materials dangerously left lying around. paths in a state of decay. inadequate lighting. Disabilities of others ignored. Cars parked in dangerous places for other road users and pedestrians. Its all a me first attitude, sorry but i have to agree with jazzy, They dont care about others outside of their family.. And yes you have to just let go and accept that is the way they are and put up with it.

At least if someone gets stabbed in the middle of the street (not too common in Cyprus, but an everyday thing in England) people WILL care. Unless they are british tourists.