I can understand you people!

I am greek male 29 years old, I live in Greece and I have no friends here! You should know that greeks can not tolerate anything different. This does not necessarily mean being a foreigner -which of course is a very good reason to isolate you. It also means having different beliefs, interests than the average no matter if you are a greek native!
I can understand how you feel, we had some foreigners in a previous job I did and greeks really want to have company only with co-patriots. With the foreigners their relationship was strictly professional. Of course guess who is the prime suspect to be blamed for a mistake and for backstubbing!
I also agree with some comments made above. We certainly more rude than average and we tend to blame others for our mistakes as a rule. The drawback is we can not change easily. If you -the foreigners- voice some complaints about their behaviour the most possible answer you will have is " if you don't like us then go back to your country!". That is almost the same answer that a native greek has when his beliefs contradict with the entrenched greek norms even if they are unreasonable or supress the freedom of thought, choice etc. "If you don't like it here, the go to an other country!" is the answer, respectively.
My advice to you who emigrated here is not to try desperately to make greek freinds. As many of you have already realised is sth really difficult. Have company with your co-patriots or other immigrants, do your job, enjoy the sun and the sea and try not to be affected so much by greeks. That's the key to survive here!
Thank you for listening, hope I haven't make you tired!

grM29 29 Apr 2009, 10:38 - Report

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