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Worked at a ski area in western NC and had a lady from Florida ask me what we did with all the snow in the summertime. Told her we trucked it all into a refrigerated cave and she bought it.

Kinnakeet , John Price Report

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332points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Haaaaahaha. Epic answer.

101points

I live in Taos, NM...as well as being a ski destination, there is a really, really old (still-inhabited!) pueblo. Lots of Native American people here.

And being NM, we get lots of Texans in the summer. My (Native) friend is a river rafting guide and shared this gem with me:

She was on a raft with a family...mom, dad, teenage son and daughter. Friend points out a bighorn sheep up ahead, everyone starts freaking out.

Texan Mom: "So since there's game, do you ever see the Indians hunting out here?"

Friend: "Excuse me?"

Texan Mom: "Like, the Indians. They still live out here, right?"

Teenage Daughter: (realizes my friend is Native) "MOM"

Texan Mom: "What, I'm just asking!"

Friend: "Actually, most of us just go to the grocery store."

Texan Mom: "Wow, you're an Indian? Your English is like, almost perfect!"

Teenage Daughter: "MOM!!!!"

VenomousJackalope , Pete Nuij Report

Final score:

332points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Texas. Sigh.

175points

To find out more about what it's like to live in a place that many of us have on our fridge magnets, we spoke with Kacie Burns, American actor, dancer and singer who moved to live in Florence, Italy. Kacie is now sharing positivity, travel, cultural differences and the quirks of life abroad with her thousands of social media followers, so you should definitely check her out!

When asked what it's like living in such a hot tourist destination like Florence, Kacie said that she lived in NYC for ten years, so she is used to living in a tourist destination. “There are definite pros—the scenery, the accessibility, the blending of cultures because there are so many people from all over the world that visit. However, at the same time, a big con is that it’s almost always very crowded and busy,” she said.

Canadian Rockies - Tourists who pull over on the side of the road to get close-up pictures of bear cubs. Mama bear is nearby and is ready to re-enact The Revenant with you.

GoTron88 , Connie Azak Report

Final score:

305points

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WildBerry 2 years ago (edited)

One of the winners of the official Darwin Award several years back was a guy who came across a bear during a hike. He tried to get a selfie with the bear! The bear was not amused and killed the guy. It's listed here in 2018. https://darwinawards.com/darwin/

109points

In Australia, for some unknown reason, tourists won't swim in-between the safety flags. It's like they think it's the bunny hill of the beach. It's not, the locals swim between the flags because we don't want to die.

Also, if I offer you sunblock and a hat, take it. This isn't Europe, I've gotten sunburnt in 15mims, you will bake regardless of your skin colour/nationality.

It's always so strange to me that Australia gets a bad wrap for all these things that are "trying to kill you" but I think sometimes tourist are just trying to get killed. Soooo many examples of this!

starcaster , Rob Deutscher Report

Final score:

278points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago (edited)

One of the top causes of tourist deaths (besides natural causes) in Australia is drowning. The flags are there for a reason so pay attention. Other top causes of tourist deaths, are accidents and heat stroke.

111points

Not a specific tourist destination, but I'm always amused by Europeans who can't comprehend how big Canada is.

I'll be in Niagara or Toronto, and they'll ask for directions to Whistler. "You're gonna want to go West for a long time"

"Like an hour? Two hours?"

"Try a week"

Mr_Nexxus , Suresh Report

Final score:

271points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Yeah, those huge countries are so vast. Drive a week in Europe and you can go through 8 different countries and hear 10 different languages..

127points

However, living in Florence as a local differs from staying there as a tourist. Kacie thinks that it’s because “it becomes your home—you pass the same beautiful buildings and streets every day, so it becomes easy to be desensitized to it all.” On the other hand, “you also begin to build a community here when it’s your home. You get to know the city and the people living in it like the back of your hand. You feel like you belong, which is an awesome feeling,” Kacie said.

It’s hard not to idolize such a beautiful old city with so much culture like Florence, especially when you’re a tourist. But according to Kacie, to a certain extent, everyone does that and she doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with that. “It truly is a beautiful place, and while—like everywhere—there are the not-so-great things about Florence, it’s hard not to idolize or romanticize a city when everywhere you look looks like a fairytale book,” Kacie concluded.

I find it super annoying when I see people parked on the side of the road trying to lure the Bears closer to their cars with food. Even worse when we pull up and warn them not to and their response is "chill out bro, it's only a bear" ........also, when people just decide to run up to baby deer and bother it, its mom is nearby and will go crazy. There's a reason why there are so many warning signs to not bother the wild creatures and to keep your distance. Oh and littering, take your damn food wrapper and put it in a trash can, a**hole. This is not only the animals' home but it's mine too so show some respect.

tazbunny Report

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266points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

ONLY a bear. It's a big wild animal with claws and teeth not a bloody plush toy filled with stuffing.

110points

Currently live in India / Sri Lanka - white people aka foreigners walking barefoot everywhere... Like Christ, I get you're on your big 'Indian adventure' but put on some shoes. Have you seen how much s**t is on the ground?!

Lyle-Z-Crocodile , Matt Byrne Report

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254points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Literally sh!t ....

92points

From Ireland. Had more than a few people ask about leprechauns. A friend actually convinced 2 Americans that they live in a commune in Donegal. They went straight out and bought bus tickets.

badgerbother89 , CGP Grey Report

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250points

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Julia Atkinson 2 years ago

Actually they live on reservations, like Vikings in Scandinavian countries

118points

#10

When I was a teenager, I worked at an airboat rental dock/alligator park near the Everglades. We'd always get a tour bus full of foreigners and yankees coming in from Miami every couple of days during snowbird season.

Had a f**king guy ask "Hey, are we allowed to swim in the water?" while he was standing in front of a 14 foot stuffed gator flanked by four 6 foot water moccasin skins. We'd also get people who'd complain about the heat and the bugs. Like...holy f**king s**t you just came to the largest wetland in the country, what exactly were you expecting?

My favorite was "can you turn down the fan, my children don't like the noise." Then don't sign up to take a ride on a boat that's propelled by a giant propeller.

ScramblesTD , Ronald Langeveld Report

Final score:

232points

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WildBerry 2 years ago

I had the privilege to ride one of those in the Everglades. They turn on a dime. Very cool

66points

#11

We had a Japanese couple put their toddler on the back of a baby black bear that was mulling about on the side of the highway.

Natural selection was unfortunately not invoked in this instance.

TL10 , Florida Fish and Wildlife Report

Final score:

206points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

Stupid f*****g parents. So dangerous for various reasons.

132points

#12

used to live in a very popular destination for exotic vacations. The one time that will always remember is the time I went to the local shopping mall and eavesdropped into a conversation with Asians showing safari pictures. They were showing pictures of them holding lion cubs. They were explaining how they saw baby lions without their mother and decided to get out of their car and pick them up for pictures. I cannot believe how stupid some people are.

willpunchyou , Miguel Alcântara Report

Final score:

185points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

How about the tourists in a safari park getting out of their car.... Ah, lion food!

84points

#13

My older brother lives in Celebration, FL. Back when it was first designed and built, people didn't seem to understand exactly what it was. Was it a tourist attraction? A park? A town?

Some of my brother's friends related a time when they were sitting down for dinner and, having forgotten to lock their front door, were greeted by some tourists who decided to just walk around inside their apartment. The visitors had to be told that, no, this isn't a tourist attraction. It's a real home and real people live here, so please leave.

interface2x , osseous Report

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173points

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Bart 2 years ago

Fortunately not my house but my garden in summer gets almost weekly family's picnicking because of the view and poorly indicated hiking paths. As long as they don't leave a mess we don't mind

75points

#14

Live in a ski town adjacent to Yellowstone National Park...

People have asked "At what elevation do the deer turn into elk" "Where do the moguls go in the summer?"

My favorite was when I worked at a lodge right in front of the Tetons during wildfire season...

"Can't you guys turn off the smoke? It's ruining my view and we paid way too much for this vacation and I can't even see the mountains." Yes, lady, it's all one big tv screen in front of our hotel...

shradicalwyo , hilary bird Report

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172points

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May 2 years ago

Mogul? I thought that was a super rich person?

42points

#15

Tourism in Iceland has been booming the past few years. There's always something in the news (and I have only lived here for about six months)

Dude just drowned here in Iceland because he climbed onto the rocks and was swept away by a wave.

apparently, tourists jumped on icebergs floating around

last summer there was a huge outrage about people relieving themselves in the wild x

And everyone complains that stuff closes at 10 with a few exceptions (one being where I happened to work) It's f**king Iceland people! 350,000 people on a f**king good day, for f**ks sake, there's no need for anything to be open late.

it's quite entertaining.

Horst724 Report

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170points

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MAL 2 years ago

Who jumps on an iceberg?! You're just asking to float to the middle of nowhere or drown in freezing cold water.

55points

#16

I work at a beach, and people always complain about the seaweed that washes up, and they believe me when I say that there's a seaweed filter in the jetty (which is a formation of huge rocks jetting out into the ocean to collect sand on one side) and that it was broken and it, instead of sucking the seaweed in, it's shooting it out and the part that would fix it comes from Japan and it's going to be fixed in 3 weeks. Tourists believe this every time.

creaghlj , Silas Baisch Report

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166points

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Sue Lynn Chan 2 years ago

But I like seaweed

27points

#17

When my family was in Scotland we met a family planning to travel to the US for a week. We asked where they were visiting and they planned to start in New York and drive across the country to Los Angeles hitting all the major sites in between. Let me reiterate, they planned to be in the US for a week. We tried and failed to convince them this was not going to work.

Green7000 Report

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165points

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Edward Monks 2 years ago

when i was young we did Boulder, Colorado to LA, stopping at all the tourist spots, and it took 3 weeks

57points

#18

When I was 14, I worked for the Parks Commission in Niagara Falls. I've been asked a lot of dumb tourist questions during my time there, but there are two that really take the cake.

"Does the Maid of the Mist ride up the falls?" Asked by a grown man. I could understand a 5 yr old child with no understanding of physics, but seriously no adult should ever ask that question.

"Which falls belongs to what country?" Asked by a large Texan (I could tell by the accent and the huge belt buckle). I told him that the Horseshoe Falls were in Canada and the American and Bridal Veil falls were in the US. "NO!" he shouts back to me. "The larger one belongs to the US because everything in the US is bigger!". "Umm ok" I squeaked out. He must have been looking for a fight.

Jebus905 , Olivier Guillard Report

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152points

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Jo Johannsen 2 years ago

Well, "Texan". **sigh**

83points

#19

I grew up in San Francisco which is kind of a tourist destination. I remember getting dinner somewhere touristy once and overhearing tourists complaining about all the hills and one of them hoping that the next earthquake would level the city so it would be easier to get around...

clear_7 , Ben Kim Report

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145points

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Jihana 2 years ago

Yeah, must be fun to walk among the post-apocalyptic rubble of what once was a city. The dead might stink a bit, but at least it's flat.

99points

#20

Okay here are a few for Australia:

Don't jump off that into the water - yes locals are doing it, but they've been doing it since they were 10

Wear proper shoes - if you're going for a bushwalk, wear the right footwear

You didn't just become a 4WD expert, maybe don't drive there

If you see a warning sign follow it - saw some people dip their kids into the water at a beach which is notorious for jellyfish, everyone else is wearing a stringer suit, except the 5year olds. Also, don't freaking fish there! There's a no fishing sign near my place, it's not to be a buzz kill. It's because the land near the water was used to produce Agent Orange. Those fish will kill you....slowly.

starcaster Report

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138points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

And don't touch the wildlife.

72points

#21

Another NYC one: Walking to work one day and I hear shouts of "OH MY GOD IS THAT JAY-Z?!?! GET A PICTURE QUICK"

No, midwestern tourists, that is not Jay-Z. That man looks nothing like Jay-Z. He's at least 150 pounds heavier than Jay-Z. Being a black dude in a Lambo doesn't automatically make him Jay-Z.

ParaTodoMalMezcal , guigzy Report

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131points

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Patti Vance 2 years ago

what is it with people being obsessed with celebrities? who cares what they are wearing, what they are doing, who they are hooking up with, etc.. they must have boring empty lives if they are concerned with what others are doing. especially the ones with no particular talent or purpose.....looking at you kardashians!

94points

#22

I used to be a street artist in the New Orleans French quarter. One day I'm sitting by my paintings, reading a book and some lady came up and put a dollar in my coffee. I guess she thought I was begging. Her heart was in the right place, but she ruined my coffee.

reddit , rsseattle Report

Final score:

131points

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Julia Atkinson 2 years ago

Many years ago my uncle, a farmer, was standing outside a bank in his scruffy work clothes whilst my aunt was inside. A woman came up to him, pressed a ten shilling note into his hand and walked away

62points

#23

Lived in DC and now in downtown Miami so I've gotten used to tourists and don't really mind them. One incident does still stick in my craw. 8:30 am. Dupont Circle station. I need to put 20 cents on my fare card. An entire troupe of boyscouts are at all of the machines trying to figure them out like it's some sort of complicated puzzle. They were spread out throughout the entire room so that there wasn't a single open machine. I almost killed children that day.

If you go to DC and are going to ride the metro and don't want to piss off locals:

If you have a big group, don't go during rush hour.

If you can't figure out the machines, just use one.

Stand on the goddamn right on the escalator.

Let people off before you get on.

Don't talk to me.

voice_of_craisin Report

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130points

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Jods 2 years ago

For the first time in a couple of years I visited the only bookshop in the town. Went back to one of the machines to pay for parking, but no slot for coins! That threw me. And that was the start of my meltdown. So flustered that I couldn’t remember my PIN for my debit card (I didn’t need it - I was contactless!). In the end I admitted defeat and cried. Thankfully there are still a few people round here who will offer to help you instead of laughing like a choking hyena.

27points

bouffanthairdo , Marjan Blan | @marjanblan Report

#24

I lived in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland for a while, and on my bus-commute home, I overheard an American woman trying to figure out if it was the correct bus to get her to the village where I lived, but she didn't know Italian and was holding up the line. So, just to be nice, I offered to translate for her and solved her problem. She didn't say thank you and sat down for the ride.

When we arrived, we started walking up the hill from the bus station next to each other, and I asked "so, where are you from, and why are you visiting my tiny village?". She responded "I don't talk to strangers" and sped up.

I just laughed at her and replied, "What, are you a 7-year-old little girl? I just helped you on the bus back there, and now you're being rude to me?" No response.

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129points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Some fu*kwits should stay home in sparrowfart sh!ttown.

74points

#25

Amsterdam: any tourist with a bike is a "damn tourist"

webdevop , Noralí Nayla Report

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117points

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Karin Jansen 2 years ago

Haha so true. Cycling is our main form of transportation and we're actually trying to get from A to B as quickly and efficiently as possible. So keep right so I can pass you, don't take up the entire road because you and your whole family want to cycle next to each other and for the love of God: eyes on the road people.

57points

#26

PHILADELPHIA IS NOT SMALL all those landmarks you want to see? The art museum, The liberty bell, The love statue, Market Street, South Street, The Macy store where Wanamaker was, independence hall, pat's and Geno's s**tties cheesesteaks? They have miles in between each other. You will not be able to walk that in a day. Also rocky wasn't real and that was a 20-mile MONTAGE that Sylvester Stallone ran. Good luck.

suitology Report

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113points

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Piet Puk 2 years ago

Rocky not real? Then who beat Drago??

34points

#27

Coastal Maine checking in - people lose their s**t over lobsters and shell out tons of money for anything with a lobster on it.

Cheap shot glass? Eh. Cheap shot glass with a lobster stuck on it? I'll give you $7.75 for it!

Lollipop? Whatever. Lollipop shaped like a lobster?! Definitely worth $5, better get one for each kid back home.

Normal pullover hoodie? Boring. Hoodie with a motherf**king LOBSTER embroidered on it at $50 a piece?!? Oh my GOD just take my money!!

gymger Report

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112points

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Bella10 2 years ago

Oh come on, kitschy souvenirs are the best! It happens all over the world, and lobsters are amazingly aesthetic

131points

#28

I work near Times Square (tourist capital). My biggest gripe is escalators. When exiting, FFS don't just stop and stand right at the bottom or top, then look surprised/annoyed when your getting shoved out of the way. If you haven't noticed, there are a lot of people here, some of which also need to exit the escalator.

Final score:

111points

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Dorothy Parker 2 years ago

That happens just about everywhere. Same for exiting elevators. Any change in altitude causes temporary decrease in brain power.

57points

#29

Anyone who comes to Los Angeles, assumes Hollywood and the actual Hollywood neighborhoods are the same. actors rarely hang out in Hollywood. that's where you find the heroin addicts.

rikjames90 , Gabriel Santiago Report

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110points

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Just JoLynn 2 years ago

Yes, you try and tell people it's a s**t hole and they insist on going, get there and everyone always comments on how dirty/scary it is.

44points

#30

I live near Niagara Falls, and it seems like every time I go there are a couple of people attempting to sit on, hang on, or even get past the guard rails for a better photo opportunity. Idk if they just don't realize how fast the water is actually moving or what, but I've had a panic attack for them every time I've seen this

BronusSwagner , Trae Gould Report

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108points

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David Martin 2 years ago

I saw much the same thing visiting the Grand Canyon, which actually has a shockingly low number of guard rails. EVERYBODY wanted photos as close to the canyon as they could get. The winner was a woman around 20, on one leg, leaning back slightly as if genuinely falling, all roughly six inches from the edge. My father and I were convinced we were going to witness someone dying that day

54points

Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

Oh no, no, no. I was terrified when I went to the Grand Canyon. I got that overwhelming urge to jump into it. Apparently it's quite common. I stayed a long way from the edge. It makes me sick just to think of it.

5points

Ishira Limaye 2 years ago

i was in yellowstone and we were on a hike. there was an absolutely massive waterfall and you could hike up the trail and be literally on a platform above the waterfall. along the way, there were many lookout points with incredibly steep and tall cliffs. as we were going back down, we saw a woman who had CLIMBED OVER the CLEARLY MARKED railing for a photo... and her MOTHER was taking the photo for her. we left quick, not wanting to see her fall hundreds of feet to her death

4points

Danielle Kelner 2 years ago

I lived in the Grand Canyon park for a while. They estimate about 300 people die there each year and they only are able to recover about half the bodies. The newest reason is due to people with selfie sticks walking backward while taking a shot. It ain't called the grand canyon because it's small....

0points

Helen Haley 2 years ago

Just let natural selection do its thing.

6points

Mazer 2 years ago (edited)

Warning signs are not a suggestion..Every year people die from falling off the massive granite monoliths in Yosemite ignoring warning signs. It’s heartbreaking and it really ruins a Park Rangers day and traumatizes everyone. I know people who refuse to go back to the park as a direct result of the trauma of seeing someone die like that.

5points

Mackenzie McLean 2 years ago

And if I remember correctly, if you go over and survive on the Canadian side they charge you with unlawful exhibition or something like that. Or that could just be a story my dad used to tell me.

3points

Rick Hoppenbrouwer 2 years ago

I'm at the point were I just allow nature to take it's course. 1 less moron.

2points

bob bruce 2 years ago

Railings should be prohibited in places like that. They're bad for both photos and the gene pool.

1point

Frank Hassler 2 years ago

That Niagara River is terrifyingly powerful. I’ve never seen such a large volume of water move so fast. Even without the fall it would kill you.

1point

Maggie Mee 2 years ago (edited)

When I was working as a pharmacist at a tourist spot in Singapore, someone approached me at my counter and asked me if I could speak English. She must have just landed, thinking that she was in rural China.

1point

Ryan C 2 years ago

Just for a photo?

1point

Lynn Morello 2 years ago

The temptation to push would be too much for me. You can't cure insanity.

0points

Riley Quinn 2 years ago

Panic attacks? Why? Simply observe these creatures to learn more about Darwin's theory.

0points

Carly Weber 2 years ago

Yeah, I've heard of people getting urges to jump from tall places if they get too close. Weird.

0points

TiffInTheUSA 2 years ago

Oh for sure. People underestimate the power of large bodies of water moving very fast. I live in Virginia right on the New River. Alot of people drown every summer. They over estimate themselves and under estimate the power of the river. Ego. Itll kill ya.

0points

robin aldrich 2 years ago (edited)

There's nobody representing Yellowstone where dumb tourists are always trying to take a dip in the Hot Springs.... Or get a selfie with a Buffalo

0points

Bluebird11 2 years ago

I've seen people jumping on the rocks beside the Yellowstone River in full spring flood stage. And left quickly to not have to testify at a coroner's inquest.

0points

Rob Davison 2 years ago

Every year they have a few hikers fall of the trails in the Columbia Gorge in either Washington or Oregon for that exact reason.

0points

MyOpinionHasBeenServed 2 years ago

Some people don't realize that water's heading towards a big whirlpool and people have nearly drowned in it.

0points

Thorfin Wolfsbane 2 years ago

Don't worry, Superman will save you if you fall!

0points

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#31

Former Floridian who worked at Margaritaville in Key West. It was an absolute cesspool of idiocy. There would be people who would get off the cruise ships (always Carnival) and ask what country they were in and refused to believe that KW was in the U.S. There were always new and crazy varieties of drunken nonsense: Public sex, lighting off fireworks in the middle of Duval Street on an average day, and more often than you'd think, robbing a bank and then going and sitting down at the bar for a beer.

MsSHRR , Steven Miller Report

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35points

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Sian Edwards 2 years ago

When the tourists want to be Florida Man...

19points

Wickedintheheights Report

#32

Not necessarily a holiday destination but I worked in a wildlife rehab park inside a national park in Bolivia that is quite popular. On more than one occasion I was out walking private trails with our resident puma and I had tourists run through the barbwire fences and keep out signs to get closer to her. Literally was only my quick reflexes that saved at least 5 people from death or serious injury

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Zena Marsh 2 years ago

She have let her enjoy herself with the stupid humans.....

19points

#33

I once overheard a tourist complaining that the paper map she was looking at didn't have a "you are here" thing on it.

NekoFever Report

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32points

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Shanaaia 2 years ago

She simply wasn't there

17points

#34

Living in Cornwall, UK sucks from May to September. Traffic is ridiculous, if you want to go anywhere you need to leave at least an hour for traffic. Roads are for driving on not for walking on especially when there is a friggin pavement for you! I don't know where in the world it's ok to walk in front of a car that is in motion but you see tourists (adults with their children) walk straight in front of a moving car (more so in the smaller seaside towns) and give you the death stare for daring to drive ON THE ROAD! The worst I've seen though was at Portreath beach last summer, the tide was coming in and there was this bloke with his kid's rock pooling, saw that the water was getting close but instead kept looking in the rock pools with his young children; my SO had to tell him that he was about to get cut off by the water if he didn't get off the rocks. Use some common sense, if you wouldn't do it at home don't do it on holiday!

chezziepops Report

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32points

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MAL 2 years ago

Having never experienced a tide, I'd probably be that idiot. LOL

6points

#35

My girlfriend and I live in a ski resort in Canada, the best ones we've seen so far: Crazy Asians running up to black bears to try and get pictures with them.

I've seen an American guy attack a vending machine because it wouldn't "take his goddamn American dollars"

My girlfriend worked in a hotel and a guest leave a note saying thank you for providing the baby black bears out the back of the hotel for our kids to play with.

Tourists manage to drive their cars through the pedestrianized village center and parking wherever the they please.

mossico Report

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30points

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ShadowLand 🇨🇦 2 years ago

Why is it always the bears? 🐻🤦‍♀️

22points

#36

Pumped gas in high school in a decently popular lake community. In the summertime, everyone would stop for directions. I once had a couple say they were looking for a popular city in Delaware. They saw a sign for a town with the same name. Had to explain that they were literally 200 miles away and to just plug it into their GPS. They then got gas and argued with me cause they wanted to pump it on their own. I said no, and they called the police. 5-0 came (my uncle btw) and told them that they were wasting his time. Guy argued and my uncle saw a pipe in their car. Found weed in the car and arrested him. It was Saturday and he couldn't get out until Monday. Pretty funny s**t. TL;DR Use your GPS, if in NJ let the people pump your gas, and don't leave your pipe out in the car.

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29points

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WildBerry 2 years ago

NJ law doesn't let you pump your own gas. And even so, NJ gas is cheaper than PA gas.

12points

#37

Mexico. We get lots of tourists at our ruin sites. Years ago, we could climb the pyramids at Chichen Itzá, I did when I was around 8 years old or so, I really don't remember.. But one day an old lady tourist decided she could climb it, despite being, what.. 99? and f**king fell down the stairs and died.

Now, absolutely every ruin is closed off and you're not allowed to climb up them anymore. I had the privilege of doing it and basked in the glorious view from the very top of many pyramids.. Kinda sucks to go back there and just stare at a pile of rocks now.

Doiihachirou Report

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29points

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Pungent Sauce 2 years ago

Tourists have ruined pretty much everywhere, with ‘influencers’ being the worst of the lot. Glad I traveled when I did.

24points

#38

In Seattle, we have the "Ride the Duck" tours that go on the road and in the water. The things have a PA system so everyone within a block can hear them. They constantly make remarks about people on the street and if I'm dressed a little weird, it's pretty damn awkward to have a group of tourists with duck whistles taking your picture from a boat on wheels while the announcer talks about the colorful Seattle culture in reference to me. A**holes.

PastelPastries Report

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26points

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Just JoLynn 2 years ago

This isn't the tourist fault though.

8points

#39

I live in a very rural, historic-colonial area of New England. Every fall we get hoards of leaf peepers. That's slang for people from the city (New York, Boston, etc.) who come up north to look at all the pretty colors as the trees change.

My town has one of the longest, oldest covered bridges in the country. It's still in use for road traffic and is one of the only bridges over Connecticut for a few miles.

The majority of leaf-peepers assume because the bridge is old, it's a historical landmark and is open for exploration. So many times I'll try to cross that bridge only to stop before a group of 5-6 people freaking out because they just assumed it's for foot traffic.

These same types of people, when they try to then cross that bridge with their cars after learning that's what it's for, will still almost cause accidents. It's an ancient wooden structure with minimal lighting and very narrow lanes. Tourists get nervous driving so close to the walls, so they drive down the middle and get stuck when confronted with oncoming traffic.

TL;DR; Historical structures that are still in common use bewilder and terrify people not familiar with this concept. Also, tourists will assume anything with a historical placard that isn't fenced off is fair game to climb all over.

desquire Report

Final score:

26points

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Pungent Sauce 2 years ago

As a professional driver, and as someone who used to live with a view of a parking lot, the amount of people who have no idea how much, or how little, space their vehicle occupies is a constant source of both bemusement and frustration.

8points

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#40

I was wakeboarding with a couple of buddies just last summer and a boat with 15 or so Asian people came right next to us. They looked at us like f**king Godzilla just rose from the ocean and in a couple of seconds, every single one of them whipped out their camera/iPad and started taking pictures. Then they just drove off.

Seriously, who would want to have pictures of some hairy wet dude in their vacation album

yabucek , Boost Kiteboarding Report

Final score:

25points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

How many hairy wet dudes do they have in Asia???? I get this. ;)

18points

#41

In Florida, I was swimming at the beach and a stingray decided to hang out with everyone. It was there almost every day I went to the beach and never bothered anyone. This family started screaming and kicking around (bad idea??) because of it. It was just chilling, man. Leave it be.

Lalagirl912 Report

Final score:

25points

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Ruby 2 years ago

People are so misinformed about a lot of animals. They will walk up and make selfies with animals with high attacking risks and scream about an animal that rarely attacks

20points

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#42

I'm in NYC. Couples weeks ago a load of Chinese teen tourists entered the rotating doors of Victorias Secret on 34th and just... stood there. They weren't stuck, it just took them a long time to realize that they had to push.

NY is very fast-paced and tourists just slow the whole operation down. Standing directly in front of subway entrances, walking downstairs and stopping at the bottom, etc. I am not a patient person but neither do I publicly confront people -- afraid of getting stabbed -- so I just get stressed out.

kpajamas Report

Final score:

22points

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Upstaged75 2 years ago

I once had an Asian man jump in to the same partition with me in a rotating door. LOL! I guess he didn't understand how it worked. It's a great way to get up close and personal with a stranger!

0points

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#43

New Orleans checking in. I suppose it's not the WORST thing ever, but the elevator in the parking garage I use for work had clearly been peed in since [Mardi Gras started]. Also, during Mardi Gras, the garage management hangs up "please don't pee in the lobby" signs. Sighhhh...

endolphining , Thomas Park Report

Final score:

21points

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Noah Ooi 2 years ago

"he, that thing is a elevator, not a bathroom so don't pee in it"-cave Johnson from portal 2

7points

#44

I stopped counting the number of times I've seen people go the wrong way around a roundabout.

BVsaPike Report

Final score:

21points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

AHUM, Caro mumbling "in south afrika I uhm well, sorry, lesson learned".

8points

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#45

My family has a house just a block away from a wide, spacious beach. Even at the peak of summer, there is plenty of room for tourists. Despite all of the space, we are constantly having to move our beach chairs and blanket because they always get uncomfortably close. And there is nothing tourists love more than feeding the seagulls! Sorry, I'd rather not spend my afternoon dodging bird s**t because you're trying to get a photo of a seagull with a Dorito.

housewife_by_day Report

Final score:

21points

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Chris Zaydel 2 years ago

We spend a week each summer in Ocean City New Jersey (Southern end, not like "Jersey Shore") And the town employs a few Falconers all day during the summer. The hawks are well fed prior and just the sight of that big preditor clears out the gulls.

5points

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#46

I've seen a whole group of Asian tourists taking pictures of the sky where the world trade center used to be. Yes, the sky.

ThePocketCat , Lucas Carl Report

Final score:

21points

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WildBerry 2 years ago (edited)

Maybe they saw something that you didn't.

11points

#47

Boston here - while I appreciate the fact that some visitors really do understand that if they're planning on staying downtown and only intend to visit downtown, NO CAR IS NECESSARY, I wish more visitors would take the time to familiarize themselves with how public transportation actually works.

Please don't ask the vehicle operators for directions, please don't board the bus or train while people are getting off, it's not a good idea to "surf" by standing and not holding onto a rail, please remove your gigantic backpack that doubles the amount of space you're taking up on a seriously crowded bus or train, and for the love of all that is good and true in the world, please either walk up the escalator or keep to the right so others can pass you. people say Bostonians are unfriendly, which is so not true. we just want to get where we are going with minimal interruption. we understand that you aren't super experienced with public transportation, just understand that when you fly home, another person who is also inexperienced is coming to take your place.

admiralfilgbo Report

Final score:

20points

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

You are surprised that in a country known for having horrible public transportation, that people don't know how to use public transportation?

18points

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#48

Had a group of American girls come into the university shop I was working at. They were over for a sport tournament I think and were staying in the dorms.

One of them asks if she can use a traveler's cheque to pay for her item, snack food, and some trinkets (about £20).

Ok says the manager and the girls pull out traveler's checks that are in dollars, not sterling. They then proceed to throw a massive hissy fit as 'you said we could use them'

It had apparently not occurred to the girls, their parents, or any of their chaperones that England and America had different currencies.

Edit to add these were not young girls they were in the 16-18 age group

lux_nox_ez Report

Final score:

20points

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

At 16-18 they've likely never left the country. There's a good chance their parents haven't either. It is widely believed that travelers checks are universal. This is an understandable mistake.

21points

#49

I live in the Dominican Republic. This time of year is CRAZY with drunken tourists. I went to the grocery store in town, which was packed, and on my way back, saw a guy laying in the middle of the road.

No one seemed concerned, and people were just swerving around him. I wasn't sure if he'd gotten hit, or what has going on. As I get closer, he stands up, and I see he has a bottle of rum in each hand. He takes a swig, yells "WOOO HOOO", bounces off my car, and then stumbles off the road.

I s**t you not, two days later, at night (I went out to party a little), my buddy was driving my car, and he came inches from running over a different guy, passed out in the same damn spot. Only this time, a couple of guys ran out and drug him off the road. And, he had a bottle of rum in each hand...

WTF.

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Final score:

20points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

I really hate this. Some tourists misbehave. Drinking and puking. Taking a pee next to your front door. Not being able to handle drugs AND freedom. Kids acting like morons.

3points

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#50

Seeing people drown pretty much all the time.

You never learned to swim, and you want to go jump in the ocean? Ever heard of a riptide, dummy?

FirstTimeLast Report

Final score:

19points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Asians in Aussie... all the time.

7points

#51

Driving 10 mph during rush hour taking pictures with their phones is the one that always pisses me off.

diegojones4 Report

Final score:

19points

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James 2 years ago

anything more than 10mph in rush hour seems ambitious!

13points

#52

working in beach tourist town

tourist: "which way is the beach?"

me: "what beach are you trying to go to?"

tourist (getting angry at me for not immediately answering): "Any beach it doesn't matter"

me: "well technically any direction you go you'll end up at a beach..."

aesthel Report

Final score:

19points

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Kyle D 2 years ago

Depending on the coast, either go east or west & you'll eventually hit a beach.

3points

#53

I work as a ski lift operator in Aspen. Had this one dad let his kid take a wiz right in the middle of the lift line. Had to shovel more urine than expected that day.

flooglehorn , Alexandra Luniel Report

Final score:

19points

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Otter 2 years ago

Dad wasnt gonna lose his place in line!

5points

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#54

I live in England (in a city that's about 150 miles from London) and tourists who end up here often seem perplexed at the fact that they are not in London. They don't seem to expect to see the countryside.

kersteelou Report

Final score:

19points

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Adrian 2 years ago

Most Americans equate London with England. And don't even begin to explain Wales, LOL!

8points

#55

I live in London. Millions of tourists, with large groups of European teens in matching rucksacks getting in the way. All of whom appear to be obsessed with buying shoes, loads of shoes. Like shoes don't exist in their motherlands

BadDiplomat Report

Final score:

19points

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May 2 years ago

I remember going to Camden st as a teen - and buying purple doc Martens. You could only get the standard black ones in Norway at the time, and they were much more expensive back home.

15points

#56

My dad was a bus driver in Wales and one of his regular routes was to the bottom of Snowdon, I'd get regular stories of tourists who were pissed off that the bus didn't go to the top of the mountain and he even had one ask him if they could get a bottle of champagne at the top.

Custard-donut Report

Final score:

19points

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CrunChewy McSandybutt 2 years ago

I think I should look up Snodon.

2points

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#57

I am an ex-pat who lives in Amsterdam. Getting stopped for directions is pretty common in my area, but the best was the American accented lady who stopped me for directions VERY LOUDLY AND CLEARLY.

Directions were given, as well as thanks from the lady, who proceeded to say "by the way, your English is great!" with the tone one reserves for small children and/or mental patients.

"Thanks!" I responded, "I'm American."

Andromeda321 Report

Final score:

18points

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Piet Puk 2 years ago

English is the official language for Amsterdam.

6points

#58

I saw an adult Chinese tourist help his child take a c**p on the grassy area of a parking lot not too far from the main door entrance of a kids toy store.

graynor Report

Final score:

18points

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Pungent Sauce 2 years ago

There’s a reason the “please defecate in the toilets” signs at the Louvre are in Mandarin.

19points

#59

London here. We have 270 underground stations and if you want us to know which one you're talking about, give us the proper name. You want to go to Notting? Can't help you. You want to go to Notting Hill Gate? Sure.

winch25 Report

Final score:

18points

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lara 2 years ago

The nicest people we met on our trips were the people in "the underground." They were so kind as to help us find our way around. We loved London.

6points

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#60

Segway tours. God damnit! You're taking up the whole running path!

Final score:

18points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Should be walking instead of using those things.

1point

#61

I live in wine country, where there are about 3200 wineries in the two counties. We have semi-serious issues with drunk driving tourists on the weekends here from about March through November.

dramboxf Report

Final score:

18points

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Otter 2 years ago

See you Thursday! I live an hour away, and have a spa appointment in Calistoga...

3points

the_almighty_cheese Report

#62

My parents used to run a semi-popular restaurant in Niagara Falls. Had some people from the southern states ask them where to go skiing... in Ontario... in August...

Final score:

18points

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Zena Marsh 2 years ago

Duh, words fail me...

2points

#63

I used to live in Vienna and my sister and I would lie in the grass in a park in front of a big, famous castle (Schloss schönbrunn) and somehow a group of Asian tourist starts to take photos of us.

Final score:

17points

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#64

On the top of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida, I saw these tourists in a convertible Mustang doing the most amazingly stupid thing. The driver was rolling along at about 40mph so that his passenger, who was standing straight up in the vehicle, could take photos.

TheAmazing148 Report

Final score:

17points

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Big Chungus 2 years ago

How?! That bridge is freaky to drive over, especially with it's past history of collapsing

2points

#65

A woman wandering around Penn Station shouting angrily into her cellphone that "I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE F**K THE F**KING GUIDEBOOK TOLD ME TO COME HERE TO GRAND CENTRAL THIS PLACE IS GODDAMN HIDEOUS"

ParaTodoMalMezcal Report

Final score:

16points

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Ronit Mohan 2 years ago

R.U.D.E

5points

#66

I live in one of the most boring states in America, but every year more and more people keep coming down for our beaches and tax-free shopping. No, I will not give you three gallons of free water ice so you can throw your daughter's birthday party in our tiny store. Get your twenty kids off my counters and out of my spoon cup. I don't care if the ice cream place on the boardwalk gave you a free milkshake.

I hate tourists. Don't even get me started on the driving.

varicoseveiny Report

Final score:

16points

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MizAdeleM 2 years ago

Delaware?

4points

#67

I live in a beach town. Worked at a convenience store as a teen. Had a French Canadian guy think 5lb bags of ice were free, and didn't get the concept that he had to pay for them. All while maintaining his exaggerated accent and speaking in broken English

vey323 Report

Final score:

15points

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Otter 2 years ago

Betcha he spoke perfect English...

10points

#68

I live near Loch Lomond and had an American couple ask if I've ever seen Nessie in the loch...

Also, there's only one road in and out of the area coming from Glasgow, without taking a 2-hour detour, so you know that gets packed with absolute c**ts towing boats every summer on the one warm day lol

Connelly90 Report

Final score:

15points

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elloelloello 2 years ago

I live in Glasgow near a random pond and a American tourist (feeding the ducks bread despite the many many signs may I add) asked me if Nessie lived there and if I had any photos. The pond was about a metre deep.

4points

#69

I grew up in Toms River NJ. Just outside seaside heights. The location of "Jersey Shore".

No, I do not know Snooki. No, I do not know the other ones. No, I've never been to those bars. No, I don't fist pump.

Those folks are referred to as Benny's. Which from what I gather, means Bayonne Edison Newark, New York.

Final score:

14points

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#70

Grew up in a College town that had not one, but TWO colleges (well it was a JC but amounted to the same thing). The year before I graduate High School, the town is listed in Playboy's Top 10 hottest cities. Go to sign up for classes at the JC and can't get any of my classes because douches from as far away as Maine (this is in California) are signing up for those classes.

And let's not forget how bad the surf spots get in Sept/Oct when everybody thinks they can surf. The spots get overcrowded and the kooks make the surf more dangerous. Just paddle over there and grab those s**t waves while you learn to stand up. It's been over 15 years and I'm still salty as f**k.

Zerod0wn Report

Final score:

12points

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MikeWheelerFan 2 years ago

I thought two colleges was normal?

3points

#71

Lived near Honolulu.

Tourists...you make a 14-minute trip take 2 hours. Get off my roads!

Final score:

10points

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Mazer 2 years ago

Average $17 billion in annual tourist money for Honolulu alone. I think you are going to be stuck with tourists for a long long time. PS - I miss KCs Drive In’s Ono Ono shakes and any meal from the Liliha bakery!! NO KA OI.🥲

3points

#72

Some lady parked her car in front of our house, took out a bunch of art supplies, and started painting a canvas of one of the old outbuildings. My place is on a scenic byway so we see lots of summer tourists, but that was...different. I mean, the house is right there, she could have maybe walked up and said hi or something first.

We also frequently get tourists stopping in the road during the summer to take photos of the deer and elk in the back yard of apple trees. We wave from the back porch.

pro_ajumma Report

Final score:

9points

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Cactus McCoy 2 years ago

Yeah. It's almost like tourists like to see wildlife. Strange, eh? Next they want to see whales when they are somewhere near where whales live. Come on, these kind of things is WHY we travel.

1point

#73

I live close to the Mall of America, and I hardly ever go there because of all the tourists. Some of them even bring their luggage to the mall with them.

They want to take pictures of everything, so you have to always keep watch to make sure you're not photo-bombing someone.

Then, there's the whole "lots of people from different countries bringing some sickness with them that I'm not immune to". It's not terrible, but it's a breeding ground for new illnesses and bad colds. I'm not saying that those from out of the country are all sick or anything, just that different countries have different sicknesses that not everyone is used to.

Because they haven't been to the mall before, they're slow walkers and take up the entire hallway so we locals can't get to the shop we want to.

It sounds like I'm some old curmudgeon, but on slower days, the mall can be quite nice. Great place to look for a gift, as there are soooo many stores there. Great place to go walking in the morning, and lots of good people-watching.

It's just the busy days or holiday season(s) that make me avoid the place like the plague.

CaughtInDireWood Report

Final score:

8points

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Jihana 2 years ago

"lots of people from different countries bringing some sickness with them that I'm not immune to" Well, that did not age well...

10points

#74

Down at the beach, see some very pasty tourists, probably from Iowa or Kansas or somewhere in the middle of a cornfield. They are completely confused about waves. Like, they're standing ankle-deep a few feet from the shore, a tiny wave ebbs up, they stagger back and yell something like "WOW!" or "OOOPS!". Wave goes away, they inch forward again. Mind you these weren't even waves, you could make bigger flows in your bathtub. And yet these people were completely astounded by the concept.

m_laria , John Schnobrich Report

Final score:

3points

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Gaby Almodovar 2 years ago

That's not a "damn"-thing, it's quite cute..

17points

#75

Living in NYC - tourists stop in the middle of the sidewalk to:

Look up at the tall buildings

Look at a map (it's a grid people, everything north of 14th is on a grid.

Stop to take pictures of stupid s**t (Gee, look honey at the statue of a fat Italian guy holding a pizza...)

Step to the side and let us people get to work - its very simple.

Tsquare43 , Gary McCabe Report

Final score:

-16points

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

So you're mad that people not from new york are impressed by the architecture, don't have the map memorized, and want to take pictures of things they don't normally see. You're jerk dude.

51points

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

Mixed bag. Some of it is tourists being jerks by not paying attention. Some of it was tourists being jerks because they feel entitled to be jerks. And some of it was people being jerks about the tourists just because the tourists didn't understand everything about the local customs and landscape.

27points

Jihana 2 years ago

Ok, some of those tourists are really dumb, but I honestly don't understand those people who complain that tourists exist in their country. Tourists bring a lot of money, most tourist hotspots are really wealthy BECAUSE of those tourists.

22points

Beth L 2 years ago

I can see people in big cities like New York and London that are otherwise self-sustaining being annoyed by tourist misbehavior that interferes with their commute or their private home, but if the major industry of your town is tourism, you kind of need to accept that the ice cream joint closest to the beach is going to be bustling with tourists.

14points

J.o. Hasselkvist 2 years ago

The tourism bringing in money doesnt give people the right to act like jerks. I hate when people say that, "tourism is good for your place, that gives me the right to do what I want". No you dont! Most of us who live in tourist hotspots doesnt even live of the tourism. You are visiting someones home. Behave!

1point

Bex 2 years ago

Yes! I now live right outside the "official" start of Cape Cod, and yes, summers get really busy with lots of traffic and tourists. But you just plan your days around that, knowing you live in a tourist hot spot. Most of the year it takes 20 minutes to get to work. In the summer it takes 45, so I leave 25 minutes earlier in those months. It's a small price to pay for living in such an awesome place!

0points

Zoe's Mom 2 years ago

San Franciscan here and San Francisco depends allot on tourist season. I've never had any sort of bad run in with tourist but I do remember one lady saying that they were cutting they stay short because Sf was so dirty. Sadly, certain areas are really dirty but she was referring to the tourist part of town. Fisherman's Wharf.

0points

Kenny Kulbiski 2 years ago

Yeah, I get it, some tourists are jerks. But when you're a tourist destination and advertise for tourists to come that's part of the price you pay. What do you expect? Tourists to stay home and just mail you their money?

13points

Irma 2 years ago

Well there is something in between. Some of these are tourists doing something seriously dangerous. Being a jerk is fine but thinking water or wildlife or whatever is safe while there are one thousand warning signs? Tourists here have died after they got warned. We locals do not see the warnings as a challenge either

0points

Kickin' Wing 2 years ago

Putting yourself or others in danger is never good. But most of these are just tourists being tourists. Tourism dumps a lot of money into local economies. Lots of places would probably cease to exist without the "annoying" tourists.

3points

Madzdad the bard 2 years ago

Colorado here. Tourists from low altitudes rush immediately to hike to the tops of 14k feet (4000m) peaks and get altitude sickness. Ski areas at 12k feet have an average of six people a year die from a combination of altitude sickness and alcohol and hundreds get ill. But still love hearing (in Denver, the "Mile High City" - "There's no air here!". Yes there is, but take at least a day to acclimate.

2points

Mazer 2 years ago

Yep, heart attacks happen all the time when flatlanders go to Tahoe or anywhere above 3000 feet. Putting tires chains on is apparently a popular way to induce cardiac arrest, as is jumping into Lake Tahoe it Donned Lake, which has water temps from 70 degrees to 40 degrees even on a hot summers day.

0points

Dasha Slepenkina 2 years ago

I currently live in London and oh my goodness I've never been bothered with tourists before but I am now. Don't get me wrong - I love travel and respect each individual's right to travel, but for some reason the tourists here have an odd habit of lining up their entire group in a single line on the pavement and walking really slowly while blocking pedestrian traffic for everyone else. And it doesn't matter how many times you apologise and try to get past; they just don't care. I think you can always tell who lives in London vs. who is just visiting because those of us who live here and are trying to get someplace are always standing behind a hoard of tourists going: "Excuse me. Excuse me. EXCUSE ME!" before we have to step off the sidewalk to walk around them. I don't think they're trying to be rude, but I wish people were more aware of others when visiting someplace - I've been hit by a vehicle before so I really don't appreciate having to go into the street just to get around.

2points

Anita Rapp 2 years ago

Americans tend to heel to the right, pass on the left. Confusion ensues.

0points

Lisa Shaw 2 years ago

My best tourist story is, we were in the north of Scotland, standing on a bridge looking at some scottish coos (cows) and an america couple walk up beside me and I hear the wife say to the husband, Ed look at the scottish buffalo, I was like 10 and i couldn't hold in my laughter! I know the cows there are big but they do not look like buffalo and they were grown ups!

1point

Vicky Z 2 years ago

I think i can make a whole post myself with crazy tourist behaviours!

1point

GirlFriday 2 years ago

I don't live in a tourist destination per se, but the largest and most famous auto racing event is held here every year. The roughly 1.5 million people that come from all over for that week are RIDICULOUS. I think they believe that because they are on vacation, laws (whether laws by the government or the laws of physics) don't apply to them. They drive slow on our roads and then get really mad when they get a ticket for it or cited for causing car accidents (we warn people to drive fast), fall while trying to climb The Monument (there are signs saying no to do this), they try to buy donuts with a credit or debit card. Their behavior is ridiculous! When someone mentions to me they are coming for the race for the first time, I go over all of the rules with them, sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't.

1point

Honu 2 years ago

If I lived there, I think that would be the week I went on vacation. The Super Bowl (big American football championship event for the non-US pandas) was held here some years ago. We left town for the week. We get some tourism regularly in the region, but not that much all concentrated in one spot near where I live and work.

0points

Enby.Minecraft.Bee. 2 years ago

The fact that most of these are people not respecting wildlife or the monuments

1point

Mazer 2 years ago

Spot on

0points

MikeWheelerFan 2 years ago

Maybe I’m the idiot tourist here but why does gas cost 10 cents more if you use your credit card in North Carolina?!

1point

Anita Rapp 2 years ago

Not unusual when credit cards are accepted. The merchant has to pay a % to the credit card company.

0points

Sivi 2 years ago

I have mainly met american tourists. One with thinking the ferry was any second going to dive under the fjord. Then after frozen it was question where you could ride reindeers etc. From viking village in Gudvangen I heard horror stories of tourists sneaking in and taking pictures of people sleeping in their tents, jsut cause we try and recreate viking life does not mean we are props. I did see some try and climb the fence after closing time. Miss Gudvangen.

1point

ZAPanda 2 years ago

I'd totally prank them. Tell them it is a viking ritual to do a human sacrifice at a seasonal change (and of course the season is changing now at midnight)... and usually you sacrifice a captive from another country... they can choose: burn on a longship or get a blood eagle.

1point

Stargazer66 1 year ago

#23: Used to work in DC 30 years ago and took the Metro in every morning. Hated tourist season. Missed many a trains in the summer because of some tourist standing in front of the tracks blocking my way to get onto the train before the doors closed again.

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Irma 2 years ago

When i was a child we had mainly Asian tourists here in the Netherlands. I am very blonde and have blue eyes. So are my sister brother. Asains aparantly found it strange or whatever and would randomly start taking pictures of us without asking.

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Irma 2 years ago

I live in the Netherlands which seems absolutely harmless. But if the coast guard or something advice you not to go swimming or surfing or go too far into the sea islys not a challenge... they do that when the water is actually dangerous. Everytime i heard that someone drowned near my area its a tourist and probably thought 'its just water'. The water drags you under or gets you tumbling under water so you dont know which way is which and you cant find the surface

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Lauren Christie 2 years ago

The Australian ones - we literally created an entire TV show that gets aired internationally just to try and get it into potential tourists heads that THE BEACH IS DANGEROUS DON'T BE A MORON AND DON'T GET IN IF YOU CAN'T SWIM. Also, for the love of all that is holy - you cannot do a multi-day bush hike through a national park in flip flops with a single 750mL water bottle and no sun protection. Nor can you cross the desert in a sports car with no water or GPS. We will be sending our search and rescue out after you, and we will be shaking our heads at your stupidity.

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

Wow… Black sand. I’m going to take some home.

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

Pele will find you wherever you are.

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Dana Thurmond 2 years ago

Had a tourist ask my friend (who worked at Disney) when they were "putting the dome up" because it was starting to rain. She actually thought Disney has a giant dome that covers the entire park...

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Lobo 2 years ago

You know, that wouldn't be a bad idea. Maybe not a complete enclosure, but a retractable type thing on tracks with supports placed along the outside of the park. And you know Disney could afford to build it..

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Christopher Dunne 2 years ago (edited)

The irony is that none of these places is a "sh*thole" as the comments say. Especially not Athens. But successfultravel demands a little imagination beyond reading what's in a guidebook. Part of that is choosing where to go. If you don't like malls, you don't belong in Bahrain.

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Erik Granqvist 2 years ago

Tourists climbing over the fence to caddie with the super cute baby cows. Mama cow does not know you, and she weighs in around half a tonne and can outrun you without even trying. Then said tourists get upset when they has to flee in panic. Well, mama cow has a right to defend her offspring. Just be gratefull she did not kill you. And yes, people get really hurt this way.

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Bex 2 years ago

I grew up in RI and I'll never get sick of tourists asking me where the ferry to NYC is. They constantly think the entire state is part of Long Island, NY, lol

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Barbara Roberts 2 years ago

I live in Alaska. I've driven to Alaska by way of the Alcan(Alaskan Hwy through Canada). I've had people ask what currency we use in Alaska and be shocked that I could DRIVE here. They wanted to know if there was a bridge. We're part of the US and, no, we're not off the southern coast of California. My favorite saying (actually on a touristy t-shirt) is step off the bus and into the food chain.

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Vincent Dacanay 2 years ago

The most common question tourists ask when they're at the beach in Hawaii is, "are there sharks in the water?". No...no sharks in the vast Pacific ocean.

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Red 2 years ago

That Canada Being Huge post reminded me of the time I worked as a travel guide. So, Brazil is also huge, as you all know, and we have very different climates, the south being the coldest. Lots of cruise ships port here for a couple days and this one time a lady was SHOCKED Brazil was cold. How? Was she lied to? How? She came on this cruise for the beaches and ended up at the North Pole (yeah... I don't think she knew about the South Pole.)Later on I was explaining how the beach is (it isn't) the largest sand strip in the world, there are some sporting events where people walk or run all the way to Uruguay... Same lady (complaining about the cold, big deal, huge beach but cold as heck...) asked me "how long do they take to walk the whole thing, three, four hours?" Try days lady. It's pretty much inhospitable. A couple lighthouses, there's a hermit that lives somewhere out there if i remember. A man got lost trying to complete the marathon earlier this year. 254km of sand and salt water.

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Tonk Terrier 2 years ago

Please do not come to New Zealand and "go for a walk" in the Alps. Or the bushland. Or anywhere without following rules for tramping/hiking. Every year quite a few die/vanish as they failed to check weather, wear shoes, bring jackets etc etc

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

I've worked in the tourist industry. My experience is that 90 percent of people are great, but unfortunately, the 10 percent are so bad, they outweigh everybody else.

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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 2 years ago

People come to the Canadian prairies from warm climates in the middle of winter and complain how cold it is. There's a reason Winnipeg is known as Winterpeg. And don't just go by the big temperature number. It's the "feels like" temperature that will give you a better indication how cold it is with the windchill. Dress for the weather, not for attention. You may see locals in shorts when it's below 0. Don't copy them. They're either trying to show-off how tough they are or just really acclimated, in which someone from the tropics is not.

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Chewie Baron 2 years ago

Used to live in Edinburgh, and one August (which the locals always called Stupid Season), I was walking on George Street. I got stopped by a big American family, who pointed towards Fife (which was easily seen across The Firth of Forth) and asked if that was Norway. Was in a bad mood so I fake smiled, said yes, and at the end of this street you can catch a bus to get there. They duly went that way.

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Jasam Nitko 2 years ago

We had a guy that got off the train, in the middle of the night, in the middle of the winter, because he wanted to see the arctic polar circle. See the polar circle. 😖 He was not dressed for arctic conditions but was found alive.

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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

Ok, but don't you take the time to learn something of the culture, geography, etc. of the country you're going to visit BEFORE you get there? Or am I just being unAmerican? ;-)

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

Fortunately don't work in the tourism industry BUT have met many tourists here. Mostly they're OK, and the americans are SUPER friendly and chatty but you do periodically get one who asks an ignorant question, or who misjudges the protocol. One thing that DOES serve americans well here is the thing of asking people how they are doing. We like that a lot and in fact most people here expect it. So the brits are perceived as rude because they jump straight to what they want, whereas the americans are like "Hey how are ya doin" etc. Simple advice for peeps coming to Africa: be unobtrusive; do not display valuables; bag in front on your lap always; DO tip, preferably 10 or more %; be super polite; ask people how they are; assume you know nothing and rather ask than pretend to know.

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

oh, and africa is huge so don't ask a Nigerian if he knows Mandela, that's like asking a Brazilian if he's met Trump. And don't touch the animals.

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Don't Look 2 years ago

I'm reminded of why I hate tourists.

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Brîndușa 2 years ago (edited)

Yeap, NO!There is a little bit of Australia here, UK there, but the the main problem is : the tourists in USA.I am moving on from here.Nothing new or interesting.

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Patti Vance 2 years ago

grew up on an island that was a tourist destination in the summer. we, as teens, hated them because they made the prices go up for the duration as well as swarm areas that had zero interest....like they had never seen a rocky beach or seen people catch salmon off a pier. got to the point that some of us got t shirts with the caption 'move! we're not tourist...we live here.'

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

they may have been paying your parents' salaries indirectly.. so yah. You kinda have to put up with them. Imagine if you will, living in a country famous for safaris.

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Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago

I live in Colorado and I can't keep track of how many times someone has asked where my horse is. My favorite WTF one was overhearing a tourist complain that someone must have turned off the oxygen in the unpowered outhouse that's just a hole at 11,800 ft.

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Don't Look 2 years ago

wait. I'm not going to go look it up but are horses a colorado thing? I wouldn't have thought so. I've seen more horses on the east coast than anywhere else I've been.

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Dynein 2 years ago

Myself, I once saw a group of students (teenagers) form a human chain to touch an electric fence... o.O Though they clearly knew exactly what they were doing. Sounded like it hurt more than they thought, though.

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Sue Lynn Chan 2 years ago

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WildBerry 2 years ago

I appreciated this thread!! Interesting stuff!!

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Dennis Mallory 2 years ago

Yes, we get it! Humans (especially most americans) are DUMBASSES!

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Becky Samuel 2 years ago

So. What I've learned from the comments on this article is that it's perfectly *fine* to be racist so long as it's against Asians. Because every other nationality or race are just sooooo perfect and never cause problems when travelling. Smh.

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Anita Rapp 2 years ago

Americans tend to heel to the right, pass on the left. Confusion ensues.

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Vicky Z 2 years ago

I think i can make a whole post myself with crazy tourist behaviours!

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GirlFriday 2 years ago

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Enby.Minecraft.Bee. 2 years ago

The fact that most of these are people not respecting wildlife or the monuments

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Mazer 2 years ago

Spot on

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MikeWheelerFan 2 years ago

Maybe I’m the idiot tourist here but why does gas cost 10 cents more if you use your credit card in North Carolina?!

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Anita Rapp 2 years ago

Not unusual when credit cards are accepted. The merchant has to pay a % to the credit card company.

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Sivi 2 years ago

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Stargazer66 1 year ago

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Irma 2 years ago

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Irma 2 years ago

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

Wow… Black sand. I’m going to take some home.

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

Pele will find you wherever you are.

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Dana Thurmond 2 years ago

Had a tourist ask my friend (who worked at Disney) when they were "putting the dome up" because it was starting to rain. She actually thought Disney has a giant dome that covers the entire park...

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Lobo 2 years ago

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Erik Granqvist 2 years ago

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Bex 2 years ago

I grew up in RI and I'll never get sick of tourists asking me where the ferry to NYC is. They constantly think the entire state is part of Long Island, NY, lol

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Barbara Roberts 2 years ago

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Vincent Dacanay 2 years ago

The most common question tourists ask when they're at the beach in Hawaii is, "are there sharks in the water?". No...no sharks in the vast Pacific ocean.

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Red 2 years ago

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Tonk Terrier 2 years ago

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

I've worked in the tourist industry. My experience is that 90 percent of people are great, but unfortunately, the 10 percent are so bad, they outweigh everybody else.

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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 2 years ago

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Chewie Baron 2 years ago

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Jasam Nitko 2 years ago

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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

Ok, but don't you take the time to learn something of the culture, geography, etc. of the country you're going to visit BEFORE you get there? Or am I just being unAmerican? ;-)

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

oh, and africa is huge so don't ask a Nigerian if he knows Mandela, that's like asking a Brazilian if he's met Trump. And don't touch the animals.

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Don't Look 2 years ago

I'm reminded of why I hate tourists.

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Brîndușa 2 years ago (edited)

Yeap, NO!There is a little bit of Australia here, UK there, but the the main problem is : the tourists in USA.I am moving on from here.Nothing new or interesting.

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Patti Vance 2 years ago

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

they may have been paying your parents' salaries indirectly.. so yah. You kinda have to put up with them. Imagine if you will, living in a country famous for safaris.

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Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago

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Don't Look 2 years ago

wait. I'm not going to go look it up but are horses a colorado thing? I wouldn't have thought so. I've seen more horses on the east coast than anywhere else I've been.

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Dynein 2 years ago

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Sue Lynn Chan 2 years ago

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WildBerry 2 years ago

I appreciated this thread!! Interesting stuff!!

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Dennis Mallory 2 years ago

Yes, we get it! Humans (especially most americans) are DUMBASSES!

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Becky Samuel 2 years ago

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Brîndușa 2 years ago

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