What Dutch REALLY Think About Americans 🇳🇱🇺🇲

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• Hahaha that last couple is a hoot and a half! Americans aren’t naturally fake. It’s our culture to be warm, friendly and greeting one another at work or social settings. At work, like in a shop, they’re instructed to do that to make the customer feel welcome. While this is foreign to the Dutch, it can (and is intended to be) reassuring that we’re here to help you with whatever we can. Niceties and politeness aren’t inherently fake lol. Also, many Americans, because we attempt to make friends and know people at almost every stage of life, it can also be genuine when we meet someone the first time and see them a second time time somewhere and are reminded of their kindness or our interactions and therefore do feel close and comfortable and want to greet them with a hug and open arms. Typically, Americans mean well with this behavior and it isn’t fake in general, just being polite and flexible. When Americans are being fake, it’s very obvious. But, you don’t have to like us lol - we’ll like ourselves and you at the same time 😂

• I remember I went to an international meetup in Amsterdam. And the host asked if I was going to stay longer. I wasn't sure. And out of no where he says just say you are going to go and leave. I was like wow, I hadn't even made up my mind yet and was just chilling. So I was like ok I'm getting the hell out of here! I love scenery and language but the Dutch can be off putting. Had the best kiss of my life there from a Dutch man though.😅

• I would say clerks in American stores do genuinely care how you’re doing. Especially if you’re foreign, they would love to get to know you. As an American, I often say how ya doing in passing without any real intent to know how their doing, it’s a formality we say when in passing but want to evoke the same feeling of caring nature

• Walmart opened a shop in Germany. It was not a success. One of the many causes was that Germans found the greeters creepy.

  • @@Anonymous-lu7xrpeople from the EU can’t even practice basic hygiene

  • Americans are creepy anyway

  • Hahaha

• The second guy is absolutely gorgeous

• We are nice, warm and inviting in the US , these people are cold fish

• My wife and i visited Austria and Bavaria this summer and loved our interactions. We made great conversation on the trains and it was quite easy to take down their tough exterior. My wife and I are Americans but we speak spanish to each other quite often (Im Mexican American and my wife learned throughout her life). Right away, this peaked Austrian's interest to see Americans speak a language other than English. Then they realize that we are quite intelligent and we have deep conversations. It was pretty awesome.

• The last couple is very judgmental. We all have our different cultures. Americans are not fake. They are friendly and caring. I will say. In shops the employees are told to say hello, how are you.
  During my travels I learn about the cultures. I accept different ways people are.

  • @@jeanjacqueslundi3502 Welcome to the real world where people wont always have nice things to say when you criticize their culture.

  • @@jeanjacqueslundi3502it’s not criticism, it’s just grumpiness

  • Welcome to the real world where people won't always have nice things to say about your culture. Unless you believe you are flawless...you oughta learn to take some criticism.

  • Fake just like their "constitution"

• An introvert here... Yeah, I can say being nice is actually good, but I can observe Americans tend to 'overdo' it to the point that it is overwhelming, annoying, and sometimes 'too-much-to-be-believable'. Like, I admit, I found their on-the-top friendliness to be suspicious and sometimes even scary. No offense...

• How sad that friendliness has no chance in Europe... where the so called directness, for me purely rudeness, is valued so much. I prefer the "fake" how are you instead of the European disastrous customer "service"...