It pays to be grumpy and bad-tempered (2016)

Re:It pays to be grumpy and bad-tempered (2016) by BrandoElFollito on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:17PM (#23875013)

I am French and we will say that the meal was good even if it was not ("thanks, it was excellent" )

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Re:It pays to be grumpy and bad-tempered (2016) by refurb on Friday July 17, 2020 @05:19PM (#23875703)

What if the meal was actually bad? Would you still say it? Some (not all) Americans would.

Obviously it’s a generalization, but an observation I found interesting.

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Re:It pays to be grumpy and bad-tempered (2016) by BrandoElFollito on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @02:35AM (#23904780)

Yes I would,especially if I was invited and saw that someone made an effort but that are just not that talented.

So in a restaurant I wrote not say anything (and words not come back), if the meal was truly bad I woke say it was not good and probably leave some comments somewhere (I did it only once because it was really bad).

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Re:It pays to be grumpy and bad-tempered (2016) by Markoff on Saturday July 18, 2020 @02:05AM (#23879405)

I'm from grumpy part of Europe, I would say with specific disappointed expression "it was OK" meaning it was definitely not OK

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