Saturday, March 04, 2006

tourists


Since i live in busy Amsterdam i see all kinds of people. The junkies, the import yuppies, the walking artworks ( dragqueens, she-males from Thailand, a man on rollerskates in a g-string or just girls with too much make-up) and the people who come here to find not their "American " dream but their "Dutch" dream. As you can see all kinds of people, but.. im almost forgetting 1 big group they are good for our fun and economy!
the tourists!!

we have:

  1. the english: they love to come with easy jet flights in big groups.. and somehow they always forget their coats. Because winter no winter they wont wear an coat. And you can find them all in the redlight district..
  2. the italian: they love to show their Gucci, Armani, Versace, Dior, Dolce & Gabana, Chanel sunglasses even if there's no sun and think Italian is an world language. they come in 2 classes: 1. the stoners and 2. the upperclass...
  3. the german: they have the same habit as the italian and think german is an world language.. my remedy is: just talk back in dutch..
  4. the spanish: they are an mix of the german and italian..and the come in the same 2 groups (see italians)
  5. the french: sometimes real arrogant, act like the german only they dont wear lederhosen ( traditional german outfit) but they wear La Coste or some other french brand..
  6. the unisex: couples who wear unisex clothes because they are afraid to loose eachother in wild wild amsterdam. to find eachother they wear this neon green coats who will blind everybody except the italians..
  7. the japanese/chinese: huge groups, always bring the latest gadgets with them.. im so jelous..
  8. the canadians: they wear the canadian flag right in your sight so you have no excuse to mix them up with americans.. ( did it once.. never ever had an dirty eye like that)
  9. the americans: dont know where to start.. they try to impress us with their german.. but dear people we speak dutch! think they can pay with US $ but we have our own euro's.. some are really lost and think they are in germany and tell me how they like it here in germany... dear god its THE NETHERLANDS or HOLLAND as most people call it.. These aren't just incidents no it actually happends on a daily base...

un petit story about one of those americans...

my friend and i waiting for the tram and an american man comes..

man: excuse me do you speak english?? ( as if we are deaf and we have to read lips)

us: yes

man:oh that's great (ADHD) do you know the way to leidseplein?

friend: yes, 1st street to the right and straight ahead..

man: ok thank you... so you girls from " here"?

us: yes sir, born and raised..

man: so it must be nice to live here in DUTCHLAND?

us: ....total silence... we started to laugh real hard and told the dear man. buy a lonely planet about amsterdam..

ofcourse i know not everybody is the same atleast i may hope so.....

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Isreali´s: The world was made by God and named it Isreal. Suddenly it became this one tiny country in de middle east... But evenso, it´s necessary to make this point: Isreali´s are superior and especially if you work in a shop, ISREALI CUSTUMOR IS KING OF THE WORLD!!

(beautiful people though)

Anonymous said...

another petit history about americans:

With an arrogant tone and superior face-expression:

But Gouda cheese is from the US, not from the Netherlands!!!

ruth.r said...

hahahahahaha...some people are just too funny

ruth.r said...

and yes iraeli guys can be sexy like the guard from the rosj pina school

ruth.r said...

aman..weet je deze nog van raphael?

my bro used to work at mc donalds schiphol airport..a situation with an american customer..
ac = american customer
r = raphael ( bro)

ac:Well thats allot in dollars!!
r: uhmm sir, its in euros
ac: Oh?! and why is that?!
r: welcome to amsterdam sir....