Why You'll HATE Living In Poland 🇵🇱 

I can understand that

I can understand your opinion on small talk. For me I like small talk as long as it’s respectful and technically I’m extroverted so it works in a favour for me. Polish culture is always like a London culture but different and differ from people where small talk is non existent.

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@@LMB222😂😂

I spent most of my life abroad, now living in Asia. I do hate "how are you". I heard thousands of conversations between "westerners" and in 99,999999% of cases the answer is: great, awesome etc. So why are they asking? I know if someone asks me this question they would expect such an answer....

Agreed 💯

No need to be rude though

​@@-_Blitz_-Not rude but neutral. When someone smiles at you in Poland, you know it's real and not fake.

no one is authentic, dont fool yourself that polish people arent fake

Polish people aren’t cold and rude. Polish people are actually very nice

As a foreigner in Poland I consider myself a guest in the country (even I don't need visa here to live), and in public I talk when I am talked to. And when I need something I make the effort to talk Polish. It is exactly how I want to be treated if it were the other way around.

I did and often do. But most of my society quickly reminds me that I should hate life... The reason we are so grumpy is because most people agree that we should be and it's difficult to stay positive when you're judged by everyone... This is the true reason

You're saying to it to the guy who wants to learn russian. Apparently in Poland people are required to speak English, meanwhile spreading russian imperialism and adjusting to russian colonialism is ok

Thank you. This would require a mature mindset to understand, which he doesn't seem to have.

@@ravenswood118 Why did you have to go to respond rudely under a comment that went out of their way to be polite and educational? He's a foreigner in Poland, coming from a different culture, biased towards that culture. One could say that he should 'learn the culture' he's going to, but reality is such that to really learn a culture you have to PARTAKE in that culture. And within that culture, to be taught of it. The commenter you responded to did just that. Try to teach somebody that was not aware of what they misunderstand. You on the other hand are just demeaning the creator of this video for not having the luck of meeting somebody that could have taught him that which he's lacking. So between the two of you, you had proven much more to lack mature mindset. Because a mature person doesn't consider lack of knowledge a slight, but an opportunity to teach.

Not really... I'm Polish and it has always bothered me how closed we are to meeting new people. It's really a closed-mindedness more than "respect". There is nothing disrespectful about talking with someone as we are one society... yet act as if we are indifferent to another. Many times Polish people help but rarely when you *really* need it like when you're treated unfairly or attacked... this shows me very clearly that it's a fake "respect" and more about "what people think". Many Polish people are simply unfriendly and stuck-up - not taught how to connect positively, many people become arrogant instead of admitting they don't know how to enjoy unexpected situations. Most seem to prefer everything to be the same as always... aka. boring. Many polish people are bad at dealing with unexpected situations and interpret them as hostile, disrespectful etc... tell me: how respectful is it to be told to go to a mental hospital just because you're trying to lighten a situation? Of course not all of them... but our lack of communication I find much more fake than a smile you give someone simply because you wanna have a nice interaction. "Oh we don't do that 'positivity' thing here. Being angry at life and escaping from talking with people by going on Facebook is so much more genuine...". Bullshit. Nobody who is even remotely genuine would purposefully try to ignore others when theyre right in front of you 😂

Very true, as a husband of a polish woman and have few polish friends, whenever i entered the house of the in laws or a friends house i was treated like a king

That doesn’t happen as often as it used to.

lmao no, I'm Polish as well. Just cross the border and you'll see the difference. Also you're tripping with this BS about treating guestes 🤣There soooo many much more hospitable countries than Poland will ever be. Travel the world first, then leave silly comments

@@TheAleksandros przynajmniej w mojej rodzinie tak jest oraz w rodzinach moich znajomych. Jak każdy, dobry obyczaj, ten też prawdopodobnie wymiera i nie jest przekazywany z pokolenia na pokolenie. Ale ja tak się wychowałam. I tak jestem też traktowana przez innych. Pozdrawiam

@@slaviapolandia7541 Jeśli się przejedziesz po bałkańskich krajach, jak np. Serbia, Czarnogóra, Macedonia albo nawet znacznie dalej np Wietnam, nierzadko się zdarza, że ludzie oferują nocleg obcej osobie w ramach gościnności - może nie w stolicach i wielkich metropoliach, ale w mniejszych miejscowościach i owszem. Mówię z doświadczenia bo osobiście mi się zdarzały takie rzeczy. Nawet jak pojedziesz do sąsiednich Niemiec - w małych miasteczkach jest normalne, że obce osoby witają się i pozdrawiają na porządku dziennym, gdzie w Polsce jak mówisz komuś "dzień dobry" to polaczki rzucają wzrok jakby chciały Cię zabić xD Zgodzę się poniekąd, że z pokolenia na pokolenie wymiera to trochę wszędzie i ludzie są coraz bardziej zabiegani, ale biorąc ogół rzeczy w kupę Polska nigdy wcześniej ani życzliwym, ani gościnnym krajem nie była - chyba, że myślisz, że imieninki u cioci to jest coś xD

well, any post communistic country will have this issue. It's trust issue

Im polish however I’ve been living in Ireland for a good 11 years now. It is common for people to say “how are you?” As a greeting. Every. Single. Time. Till this day it gets me thinking on it having to remember it’s just how they say hi

Definitely ruder than normal. All my friends from other countries say the same thing

@@WheresWes its because you don't want to accept the cultural differences. You cannot apply your cultural patterns to our culture which is different, and people behaves in different way. But I understand it can be difficult to switch.. You can not go to another country, different culture, much older than USA and expect that people will behave like americans or Italians or Even Germans which are much more similar, but also very superficial like most Anglo-Saxons. For us for example it could be rude when some one who we don't know is asking "how are you". This is rude, because in our culture it is intimate personal thing. Moreover Americans are not interested in how are you in a fact, this is only superficial question , no one expect true answer. This would be also considered as rude in our culture. Because if you ask, you should be interested in. But we don't say that Americans are rude, because this are just different cultural patterns. And for you it is rude, no we have just different culture. Do you know that when somebody on the street Poland is smiling to strangers, in our culture it is not normal guy, he is considered as mentally ill. Did you know that? Ok, at the times tpical Pole will think "mentally ill" or tourist from west 🤣. Seriously. So how we can smile? I Poland friendship is something really important, not like in US for example. First you need to deserve for friendship, then you can benefit from it. And you know what, I'm proud that we are like this, because we are true, not superficial, this is for m a big value. IMHO when when you want to assess people, rather you should look how they hospitable they are, how helpful they are, how they behave towards their friends, how strong friendship is, how you can rely on people you know. I all of this competition Poles win with Americans or Germans. Italian or Spanish people can be more similar in this field. In Poland we have proverb "don't judge book by its cover". In other words saying this you show that you didn't get to know yet Poles enough well.

Jak to polish are not rude???A Tusk???

Rudeness is subjective. That's one of the key differences between cultures. They might be rude by our American standards, but, as an American who hates small talk, I find it more rude to pretend to care about a stranger you couldn't care less about than to be direct and to the point until you get to know somebody.

@@WheresWes Maybe they're rude to you because you expect them all to speak English instead of learning their language, while in their country.

hahaha

They are kind people but definitely not the most friendly. Being kind and nice and two different things, people are conflating the two

@@WheresWeswell not your stereotypical American friendly but friendly enough to actually ask for directions and then after that nothing happens so really depends I guess. Polish people can be cold but when you get to know them they can be nice and friendly to you. It just they take longer to warm up and sometimes they don’t either so I wouldn’t really take personally and at least they straight up honest and polite not the fake politeness you get in Uk but you get what I mean.

@@WheresWes And from what I'm getting, you're nice but not kind.

@@WheresWes You are also conflating 'friendliness' with 'openness'. Friendship from which the 'friendliness' comes is something earned. Strangers aren't friendly. Strangers can only be open/outgoing or closed. That's what makes them strangers. Polish people certainly are rather closed. However, if you DO have business to interact with them (new people in a workplace, classmates, regulars at some place etc., service workers), then Polish people DO tend to be friendly. Western culture had watered down the concept of a 'friend'. If you consider yourself to have dozens (or more) of 'friends', then by Polish standards, you maybe have a few actual friends. The rest are just associates. Learning this difference will help you greatly with cultures that attach emotional value to 'friendship', like the Poles do, instead of just using it as a less official word for someone with whom you talked with or just work/study together with.

@@MissusChanandlerBong oh it’s warm from where I’m at in the uk. Try 0’C and you would see the difference 😂.

Wielokrotnie słyszałem opinie ( porównanie Ukraina Polska ) od Ukrainek, Ukrainców i you tuberów którzy zamieszkali w Polsce że ludzie w Polsce są bardziej grzeczni uprzejmi od ich rodaków , to im imponuje chcieli by naśladować itp

Basic manners are what I'm used to. And people not interacting is fine but sometimes Poles can be extra rude

@@WheresWes I love this Western-centricity where a different approach to life immediately equals a lack of manners. A real lack of manners is being fake like you.

@@WheresWes My dude, you think you have basic manners but you expect Poles to learn to speak English to accommodate foreigners like you, instead of learning Polish when staying there for an extended period of time. You wouldn't even learn Polish for a Polish partner. Please sit down.

@@WheresWes ...like many other people around the world....and what's wrong with you ? :-) ...just a mirror . Take care.

and f...k small "little" talk

lol you misunderstood i said British are worse

Really, a guy would think another man is gay for smiling at them?

@@Nativgod If smiling for no reason - yes.

​@@Nativgod Yes.

​@@Nativgodcertified gay

still here, i'm quite happy in Poland

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Because he likes many things here in PL too, they are mentioned in different video.

Latin southern countries are the friendliest. Always will be.

Idk man, the American south is pretty friendly.. Everyone makes you feel like a family member

yah. the problem is brown people.

Fair comment, I've heard that from other Poles as well

same feelings here. unfortunately.....

True, but not if you bother them on a street

Eastern Europe*

lol chill I love Poland, but nowhere is perfect

This is what he meant that some people are rude. The fact he comments on what is not cool doesnt mean you have to kick him out of PL. Not Wes's fault that he landed in Kraków, the capital of British stag parties. I think Wes should stay and realize that rudeness is first impression and vomiting is mainly Kraków thing

@@karolbialas6380 Don't call me rude, don't call me rude! (Wężykiem, wężykiem). They come from God knows where and from the very start they treat Poles as some underdeveloped autochtonous tribe and want to civilize us. So why do they come here in the first place? I hate this patronizing tone of some of them.

I've been. Guiness from Ireland is undefeated

We are not similar, what a bullshit. Better stay where you are.

@@tommypreludio6566 I acknowledge you as a master of rhetorics and I will indeed change my mind and stay where I am

They are all different. Ukraine, for example, was extremely friendly

@@WheresWes they just wanna rob you, fake smiles, oh look up there, and your wallet is gone! ;)

Because being slavic is linguist thing, not cultural or genetic, of course some countries are similar to each other, for example Poles, Czechs and Slovaks are quite similar because we are neighbours, but balkan slavic countries are way more friendly, the same with russia ukraine or belarus.

@@gonzommz1739 Slavic is definitely a cultural thing. Some Poles are so ashamed of being Slavic and don't want to be. It's odd. There's nothing to be ashamed of, it's a very interesting culture.

going at the end of the month

More like you are just racists.

Been taking dance classes here. Most of the people who talked to me are non Poles. Ukrainians, Belarusians. Poles seem to not very interested in other people but their own. Just my observation

@@chrisnguyen8788 Nah your right dude I understand, same experience here as a British-Filipino growing up in London. Most EEs are generally fine, but a lot of them are just plain grumpy & on "work-mode" 24/7. As a Brit, its not the sort of working environment you wanna be in long-term.

What you're complaining about is strange, I'm Polish and I'm not interested in talking to foreigners or even people I don't know. I have my own life and my surroundings and they are the ones that interest me, why waste time on stupid small talk, it only takes away the energy needed at work or in my private life.

Coming in a future video

Mainly cause of the visa situation

Better quality of life

This is true, & I'm sorry you had to experience that. As much as people (ourselves included) love to sh*t on the US & UK - at least our countries are diverse & idealistic, no matter how bad or corny or "progressive" things seem. Unlike in these post-communist countries where the mentality is just different & these people don't really "get" us. Think Apollo Creed vs Ivan Drago in Rocky 3, it really be that way sometimes.

Hiding behind and American base while Ukraine fights to protect you. Yeah... some real "ass kicking"..

bro wtf