This is exactly why we like Brits to stay out of Amsterdam, they mostly walking around loud, stoned and drunk. We even have 'stay away' campaigns.
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Oh yeah, Brits on holiday are baaad. I say this as a Brit who cringes at this largely accurate stereotype.
I think it's the same to some extent for every nationality, but brits do have the worst reputation.
I talked to a Finnish guy who went from bartending in Estonia to bartending in Finland. He says he HATED having Finnish customers here in Estonia. Now in Finland they're all the nicest people and barely even get drunk.
We all just want to do abroad what we don't feel comfortable doing at home. Let loose like there's no tomorrow.
I think it's largely about the mindset that people have when going on holiday. Like Brits in Amsterdam, in the initial example, they're often there to get fucked up, which makes them bad even by tourist standards. Finns visiting Estonia have a similar reputation because booze prices are ridiculously expensive in Finland, so it's not uncommon for there to be a mini booze cruise over to Estonia and back, sometimes literally just to purchase the alcohol, and sometimes to get drunk and also bring some booze back.
Finland drinking culture reminded me of the UK actually in a few ways, in the prevalence of binge drinking specifically. Finns on average are less bad than Brits for this, but it's the mentality of the binge that's bad.
The whole aviation industry is coming apart, first the planes crash, then the doors fall off, now they run out of booze.
As a field service tech who flies to work most of the time I can accept many things. I know technical issues happen. But no fucking way I'm flying sober.
Our pets' heads are falling off!
The airline will turn 1/4 of cargo space to a bar backroom. Running out of booze is just leaving money on the table.
Not surprised. I was on a Ryanair flight to Budapest once and it was dry about an hour in.
Yes... they "ran out" of alchohol.
Legends.
So far this year that's 2 friends from Ireland & Wales whose planes have been delayed (1 with someone being removed) because of drunken twats.
It was a nice reprive the last couple years due to Covid and Brexit....looks like the honeymoon is over.