Maybe I'm too cynical, but the reporters who were sent out on these "act like clueless tourists and see how nice the New Yorkers are to us" missions must have been pretty damn hot!
I'm sick of the B.S. that 9/11 made New Yorkers nicer people. Puh-lease, it's simply not true. New Yorkers are driven by self-interest, and that's all there is to it. The opportunity to talk with a hottie or land a new hook-up buddy (depending on the level of cockiness) must have prevailed in the reporters' execution of this optimistic study.
And so the story unfolds...
City passes our 'friendly test' -- June 20, 2004
We asked for directions. We asked to share your umbrella.
We even asked to use your (gasp!) cell phone.
Again and again, you answered, 'No problem.'
Out-of-towners come to New York expecting every native they meet will be a cross between Archie Bunker, Andy Sipowicz and Attila the Hun.
But a Daily News survey of hundreds of people in the five boroughs found exactly the opposite: City residents are shockingly friendly, helpful and polite.
Reporters were dispatched to every corner of the big, bad metropolis with orders to pose as tourists, stop passersby for help and be as pesky and clueless as possible...[click here for more!]
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That's funny .. and why I wish we still lived there. We used to live on 190th and b'way .. tons of "green" Israeli's in our building.. you know the ones? The ones that think they're here to conquer and get rich by tricking all these silly Americans? But I still love those guys and miss hanging out with them all. They're not all bad. ... I saw your comment at Jerusalem Wanderings and thought you might appreciate a comment! I know I do! Talk to ya later!
oh. p.s... did you see the story about the guy who tried to steal a train and had all these run-ins posing as a transit worker? that's crazy, nahon?
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