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Disrespect toward service staff

in like restaurants or even hospitals not having respect for the people who are looking after them makes me quite angry it demonstrates that there's something fundamentally not...

Course: Inside British cultureSection: What makes British people angrySubtitles: en

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respected

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in like restaurants or even hospitals

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not having respect for the people who

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are looking after them makes me quite

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angry it demonstrates that there's

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something fundamentally not working in

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British Society potholes are a great

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signifier of exactly that there's a

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truth to the myth that Brits kind of

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sort of refrain from uh letting out

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their anger no I don't think that's

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that's true

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I think they go on demonstrations and

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they they go on social media what is it

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then about sort of not speaking up so

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much in public is that is that a thing

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is that is that sort of a stereotypical

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Bridge thing I think yeah I think it is

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yeah

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Brits are known for sort of keeping a

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stiff upper lip this phrase and keep

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calm carry on do you would you speak it

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out and how would you do it I I tend to

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say thank you

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oh so the sarcasm comes out that's

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sometimes worse which is very psychic

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you know which is a British trait isn't

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it do you speak it out no if you bite

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your lip but your lip getting more and

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more Angry inside that seems to be most

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people's answers they think they're

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they're like being really cool and

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you're like mate

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okay so you do speak it out then yeah

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yeah I remember

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