Nationality forum idiosyncrasies

[HagarTheHorrible]

I, unfortunately, am rather limited, both in stature and intelligence (a too quick affirmation with regard to the second point, on your part, will definitely see you off my Xmas card list, be warned)

 

For you clever clogs out there though who speak more than one language and therefore follow the different nationality forums what, if any differences, do you notice between the groups ? Are certain nationalities whinier, shoutier, morose, positive, supportive, negative, melodramatic etc etc ?

[Rama]

Well, the different language forum sees each posters from different nationalities. The english-speaking forums receiving the more diversity (and quite and important crowd), so the differences between the groups will not be significants of nationalities behavior.

For the english-speaking forum, considering the diversity of the posters, it's quite normal that more missunderstanding and disputes happens there than in others language-speaking forums.

[Uufflakke]

To start with, you say you are limited in intelligence but in the topic title you use a word like "idiosyncrasies'. Not a word I use on a daily base and I had to look it up what it means.

I don't know if you talk about forum in general worldwide or just FlightSim, IL2 related or more specific the BoS forums.

 

If we stick to BoS take for instance this week's Dev Update #38:

A lot of negativity around on the English Forum. Embarassing.

But on Russian and German forum no drama queens. Founders look forward to the 12th of November early access and accept  the 72 hours playability.

 

I speak a few languages but for the Russian part I let Google Translate do the hard work.

[FlatSpinMan]

Yes, I don't know what accounts for the differences in response.

[Rama]

maybe the high diversity compared to the high number of posters.

No other specfic language-speaking forum has so much posters, except the Russian-speaking forum, which does not have the diversity and the possible missunderstanding generated by non-native english speakers.

 

But of course, this is juste a guess.

[LG1.Farber]

Yes, I don't know what accounts for the differences in response.

I think I do.  At least partly.

 

In America the service industry will bend over backwards and crawl up it's own back side in terms of standards.  Something that is evident over here in the UK ever more increasingly.  When I have been in mainland Europe its quite the reverse.  If you live in the UK and wish to see a little of this just pop into Lidl or Aldi instead of Tesco, Asda or Sainsbury's and ask them about absent stock or where a product is.  Its completely different, in Tesco the staff member will take you right to the item and if they dont have it, look in the warehouse and then if its still not there and it's on offer they might take you to customer services who will write you an IOU ticket for the offer.  Compare this to Lidl, where the staff member grunts they dont have any in today...   

 

The Service industry has created a monster out it's customers who now stamp their feet and throw a tantrum when they dont get icing and a cherry on top.

 

So basically us that live in the English speaking countries are mostly a bunch of over serviced nancy boys that expect allot for our money.  Face it, they dont make stuff for us cos they are our best friends they do it to take your money home and buy stuff they want...  Call me bitter, cynical and twisted if you want but it doesnt change anything.  Your never going to be 100% satisfied with what ever they do anyway.  - face it.

 

/rant

Edited October 27, 2013 by 5./JG27Farber

[ATAG_Slipstream]

QFT!

[HagarTheHorrible]

To start with, you say you are limited in intelligence but in the topic title you use a word like "idiosyncrasies'. Not a word I use on a daily base and I had to look it up what it means.

 

Sorry that was a typo, it should have read "idiots'n crazies"

 

maybe the high diversity compared to the high number of posters.

No other specfic language-speaking forum has so much posters, except the Russian-speaking forum, which does not have the diversity and the possible missunderstanding generated by non-native english speakers.

 

But of course, this is juste a guess.

 

 

That might explain the amount of emotion shown on the English speaking forum, lots of misunderstanding and misspeaking from non native speakers or even just different ways of saying things with certain emphasis (I certainly didn't make the mistake of calling my English speaking Italian girlfriend "a Bitch" more than once)

 

It seems a shame that two sides (Russian and Others) of, what is possibly a rather small community, don't really seem to know much about the other.

[Uufflakke]

yes you have to be carefull with internationality by english easy to learn difficult to master SOS PRONE TO MISSUNDERSTANDING

 

your with a nice woman by the sshore and she says to you so tell me darling how do you like this beach?

 

hell in english a woman cant say beach has to say shore coast sea side

 

yeah sea side where the sea men live

 

i think the fact english is chosen as the international language shows high humour from dont know who

 

 

Know this one 'The Italian Man Who Went To Malta'?

 

http://youtu.be/Rsvu5Sz8bTw

[Mastermariner]

Thank you Uufflakke, im still laughing a day later.

Master

[Rjel]

I think I do.  At least partly.

 

In America the service industry will bend over backwards and crawl up it's own back side in terms of standards.  Something that is evident over here in the UK ever more increasingly.  When I have been in mainland Europe its quite the reverse.  If you live in the UK and wish to see a little of this just pop into Lidl or Aldi instead of Tesco, Asda or Sainsbury's and ask them about absent stock or where a product is.  Its completely different, in Tesco the staff member will take you right to the item and if they dont have it, look in the warehouse and then if its still not there and it's on offer they might take you to customer services who will write you an IOU ticket for the offer.  Compare this to Lidl, where the staff member grunts they dont have any in today...   

 

The Service industry has created a monster out it's customers who now stamp their feet and throw a tantrum when they dont get icing and a cherry on top...

/rant

Having spent most of my working life working in a retail environment, I'd say you nailed it pretty well. But whatever service industry you might think of is slightly ahead of the curve where customer service is involved. After all, any business that needs to turn a profit is customer based in one way or another. Some just don't see it that way because they might not directly confront their customer. We all pay each others wage, directly or indirectly. And honestly, dealing with customer personalities is a great tool to learn how to judge character.