# I pit the Europeans I work with

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-europeans-i-work-with/516599>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 6, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-europeans-i-work-with/516599 "2009-11-06T17:11:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-europeans-i-work-with/516599/61 "2009-11-10T22:18:08Z")

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In that case: cheerfully withdrawn 🙂  
I thought your OP only mentioned the French and the Belgians, and no Germans.

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Dastardly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@Dick\_Dastardly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dick_Dastardly)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-europeans-i-work-with/516599/62 "2009-11-12T02:35:43Z")

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> [@otternell](#):
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> First of all, allow me to say, yes, I will officially now come across as an American Asshole. That’s why this is in the pit. You don’t like it - tough.
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> The Belgians and French that work in my company are such arrogant tools that there are days I want to fly over there and . . . and. . . I don’t know what I would do, but I am sure it would hurt.
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> There isn’t a single employee I have talked to at the Dept Mgr level or lower that doesn’t agree with me, and the 1 exec I talked with agrees too.
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> They are always right, we are always wrong. Even when it comes to cultural and legal conventions of the US, we are wrong, they are right. Even when we get a response from our local attorney “you want to phrase it **how**?”, we just say, “yep, do it that way, its what they (Belgians) want.” This is Mergers and Acquisitions, and some of their stuff is so foreign to business transactions in the US, that there isn’t a single banker I have worked with that hasn’t asked “WTF?” on at least one occasion.
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> I know - its not all Belgians and French people. But what the hell, am I supposed to believe that this particular company specifically looked for a bunch of arrogant pricks and those are the only ones they hired?
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> I will probably need to quit before I snap and do something stupid, but this isn’t a very good time for doing that.

It’s just possible they all think the same about your lot.

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