The Survey on the World of Courtesy was quite a surprise for the Dutch population here in Amsterdam. (ahem...ahem...throat clearing...But, not for us!) They could not believe it, so the local TV station AT5 ran its own survey. No surprise there, the results were no different. They had no idea that people in Amsterdam could be so rude to visitors just asking for directions (ignoring them) or completely ignore someone who had dropped papers on the street (walking around them). The filmed results were hilarious and shameful.
Thanks to Timothy Evans for this photo.
World of Courtesy: Ranking of 35 Cities
"Below is a ranking of the most courteous to the least courteous -- 35 major cities included in RD's Global Courtesy Test. Figures reflect the percentage of people who passed in each city. When multiple cities had identical scores, they are listed in alphabetical order.
1. New York USA 80%
2. Zurich Switzerland 77
3. Toronto Canada 70
4. Berlin Germany 68
5. São Paulo Brazil 68
6. Zagreb Croatia 68
7. Auckland New Zealand 67
8. Warsaw Poland 67
9. Mexico City Mexico 65
10. Stockholm Sweden 63
11. Budapest Hungary 60
12. Madrid Spain 60
13. Prague Czech Republic 60
14. Vienna Austria 60
15. Buenos Aires Argentina 57
16. Johannesburg South Africa 57
17. Lisbon Portugal 57
18. London United Kingdom 57
19. Paris France 57
20. Amsterdam Netherlands 52
22. Helsinki Finland 48
23. Manila Philippines 48
24. Milan Italy 47
25. Sydney Australia 47
26. Bangkok Thailand 45
27. Hong Kong 45
28. Ljubljana Slovenia 45
29. Jakarta Indonesia 43
30. Taipei Taiwan 43
31. Moscow Russia 42
32. Singapore 42
33. Seoul South Korea 40
34. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 37
35. Bucharest Romania 35
36. Mumbai India 32
There's a nice article in the English Times online with a bit of discussion.
Tags: culture, behavior, survey, cities
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