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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
When I was in Vietnam to meet my wife's family I had some interesting experiences just walking around the touristy areas. I must look a bit slavic, as several times some vendor would come up to me and start speaking Russian trying to sell me something. But as soon as I would say "Not Russian, Canadian" they would get excited and switch to English, and immediately rant about how much they hate Russians. They're tolerated because of the amount of money they bring in, but any local I've spoken with in that area want nothing to do with them aside from the money
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When I was in Mamaris, Turkey, we went into a jewelry store and my wife picked up a necklace to try on and the lady working in the store came over screaming at her to put it down and not touch anything. We were kind of shocked and said sorry, then she paused and looked really apologetic. She said "you are not Russian?", and we said no, Canadian. Then she apologized, said she loved Canadians, and that we try on anything we want. Then she also went on about how Russians are always stealing and breaking things, but never buy anything. And yeah, the city had a lot of Russian tourists and ex-pats living there.