Brits are worlds 2nd biggest complainers (Canadians 4th)

No we bloody are not!!!!

--excuse the rather obvious pun

It's just ghastly really

(I just wanted to say "ghastly" )

So now is the time to state your gripes (as in the end of that article). What are you complaining about?

I'm complaining about the Social Work prof I'm working with who takes forever to send me content so I have to scrounge around for something to do while I'm waiting.

Otherwise I don't have much to complain about! Like the Phillipino guy said in that article "Canada's a beautiful country with beautiful people so I'm not complaining."

Will think of more later, I'm sure... Oh, I'm annoyed that diet coke/pepsi with splenda isn't available in Canada and I can't find a way to contact the company to tell them to sell it here (because their websites are so freakin' unusable). I'd like to complain to the company about that. Might have to (gasp) write a snail mail letter!

No wonder were always complaining it never stops raining over here. there are flood warnings evrey 5 mins and birds bringing a rare type of flu and foot and mouth and the postal service and tornadoes destroying bermingham. I mean so were a little pesamistic. I think we have the right to be

I wonder where the US fell on that list?

I read another aritcle that said they were tied for 5th with Brazil and one other country which I forget.

Who would have thought it eh? What I love is the fact that it pees down with rain all winter (see comment about flood warnings), then we get the sodding hosepipe ban during the summer. How the Hell did they work that out - summer only lasts for two weeks in this bloody country!

And while we're on the subject, who wrote that ghastly article? Thought they'd try out the infinite number of monkeys in a room trick I suppose. Typical!

Anyway, this is all bilge! Look at the criteria:

Quote: NOP World, a British market research company, asked more than 30,000 people in 30 countries if they had lodged a complaint against a company or organization in the past year.

Right so it's based on the number of people who've made a complaint, there's no adjustment made for how crap the companies are. Simply, our companies are awful (anyone here ever had to ring British Telecom?) so we have to complain in order to get anything done! Simple!

Do you hear me complaining in this post? Do the British rant on about the weather? Of course not!

Anyway, I have some Swedish friends who'll be absolutely mortified to hear that they complain the most! In fact Megan, expect a letter of complaint in a couple of weeks time... Complaining indeed!

Roflmao :roll:

People need a little humbling now and then... I guess after working in the Middle East for a few years, I find myself complaining very little about anything when at home... the trees and vegetation for one, but the basic humanity and respect found in the USA is actually quite impressive. Seriously... especially in the Midwest though.

"At the bottom of the NOP's list of malcontents were China, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan." These people are least to complain where their governments control their day-to-day activities. It seems freedom ties into the authors idea of "complaining". Saudi for example, I know many, many women with plenty to complain about there... they are drapped like a hidden, disgraceful part of society and not allowed to do basic things - like drive a car... also probably not allowed to partake in a "complaining" survey.

I don't think the free world is necessarily complainers... they just know to well how to voice their opinion in a free society. In that respect, if I was Canadian - I'd deffinity be complaining aboooot the weather!

YIKES Megan,

You sure struck a cord with some brits with that comment. So If Brits are worlds 2nd biggest complainers. What would be the 1st biggest complainers. My guess is the Liberals in the United States.

William

We're kidding, really

I'm not! If I wasn't so busy writing complaints to other companies I'd be seriously complaining here and probably sending an official letter of complaint to Megan!

Of course we're only messing around WJ, personally I found that article very funny!

Canadians have plenty to complain about in politics too. Our ruling party is corrupt and there's not much we can do about it (because the conservative values aren't too popular here and the left wing isn't trusted yet). They actually got caught shuffling money to all their rich friends (of course, the conservaitves would give money back to the corporations and the left wing to their "welfare buddies"* so there's no way around it really ) We can't seem to find anyone to run the country competently (or the province, or the municpality...) But that seems to be a common problem these days.

Our weather is always wrong. It is always either too hot or too cold. And of course, we have no culture of our own. It's all imported from someplace else. That's why Canadians are so mad about hockey - it's the only thing we've got of our own So if we don't win the gold medal(s) again in Turin this winter we will have no reason to exist as a nation.

* That's just what people say, in case anyone was offended

Three winkies in one post, is that enough?