complaining

We all do it and everone knows that, we all complain. But being around Americans complaining and being around foreigners complaining is two totally different things. When a fellow American complains about their doctor you know that they're complaining about that individual and while you can see similarities maybe in that doctor and your doctor, or in a friend's doctor you know that the fellow American isn't making a generalization. Foreigners, on the other hand, have a problem with one doctor or one hospital and assume that the entirety of the American system sucks and that their countries' is obviously better.

You end up telling the same story over and over again. One foreigner tells you "American passenger train system sucks" and you say, hey, you're right! The second foreigner comes by and says "the American passenger train system sucks" and you say yes, but we are doing our best to try and fix it. The third foreigner comes by and says "the American passenger train system sucks" and you say yes, and this is the reason why, and Obama is trying to fix it. Sheesh!