[Phanuthier]

Same thing in Asia

Perfect example, when I went to China last year, going through customs, they had a quick little "rate my service" and the women had 2/4 stars. I waited about 10 seconds in line, it took her 4 seconds to process my papers.

Every time I go to the USA, or Western Countries in general, they ask me "Where did you go? Why did you go there? What is the purpose of your trip?" Take a guess, genius: business, visiting family or vacation. I'm there to spend my money on your country.

Flying in North America can be brutal sometimes. Calgary and Edmonton aren't bad, but Vancouver, Toronto and major US hubs like Denver are a nightmare. Slow, rude personal, people running around like their hair is on fire.

Transportation - victim of urban sprawling I guess. Hong Kong has the best transportation I've ever seen myself.

Services - I really don't care very much about services in restraunts, bars et al, but the USA has to be the worst. Whether I am a airport, US immigration office, fast food service, restrant, post office, or what have you, I just find Americans not to be polite. Could just be their society, who knows, but there's no thank you's, please or excuse me. For example, when I was at the bank a few weeks ago, I had just opened a account and did the whole registration process; at the end, the lady just goes "ok" and turns back to her screen and goes back to work; I was confused, so I ask "uh, are we done here?" Her response: "yup." No thank you, not even a bye. Canada, OTOH, is really good about these type of manners. Europeans seem to be the best for service industry manners.