World's Most Dishonest People = Britons

[Tornado]

I posted this in here as not to offend

Allwhite darlin ave I got a deal for you, its only a monkey

Britons are among the world's most dishonest people, according to research that seems to undermine the country's long-held reputation for fair play.

British people are more likely to steal hotel towels and make false insurance claims than any other nationality, says the study, which puts us at the top of an international league for unethical behaviour. Restaurants, shops and workplaces are also fair game for dishonesty.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_brit...sp?story=546773

[andyinkat]

A small new item on the BBC news today - a leading bookmakers loses 80,000 of their little biros every day!

It is a relief to know how far standards are in Blighty from the global norm.

[Wolfie]

Problem is, Briton has more "non" british in it than "british" (or thats how it feels sometimes)

So its those theiving barstewards that get let into the country that are nickin everything.

Send em to Australia i reckon

[snoophound]

Problem is, Briton has more "non" british in it than "british" (or thats how it feels sometimes)

So its those theiving barstewards that get let into the country that are nickin everything.

Send em to Australia i reckon

Aus now has the criminal set from just about every country in the world now

We have the Greeks and Itals in Melbourne shooting each other

We have the Lebs ,and chinese in Sydney stabbing each other

We have the Russian Mafia well and truly ensconced now.

I think the Pommies dont have a chance

[Wolfie]

We have the Greeks and Itals in Melbourne shooting each other

We have the Lebs ,and chinese in Sydney stabbing each other

We have the Russian Mafia well and truly ensconced now.

And this is a bad thing?

[andyinkat]

Oh here's a novelty - let's all have yet another racist rant and blame everything on immigrants. Yawwwwwwwwn.

[Tornado]

A small new item on the BBC news today - a leading bookmakers loses 80,000 of their little biros every day!

It is a relief to know how far standards are in Blighty from the global norm.

I think the biros are used to fill in the fraudulant insurance claims

[elsie]

No one talks <deleted> about my beloved Poms. I mean, no one! :D

[Spee]

Britons are among the world's most dishonest people, according to research that seems to undermine the country's long-held reputation for fair play.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_brit...sp?story=546773

According to results of recent research, it has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that my f*rts don't stink.

See results at http://news.independent.nostinkyf*rts.co.co

Please forgive my sarcasm, but what other kind of response can be warranted when we see this kind of "research" that "proves" something and makes these wacky all-encompassing generalized "conclusions."

[Mr_Pedantic]

"Those questioned were given 11 scenarios and asked to indicate the strength of their approval or disapproval. These included drinking a can of drink in a supermarket and not buying it; reporting a lost item as stolen to an insurance company to collect the money; changing price tags in stores; using an employer's telephone to make private calls; not saying anything when charged too little in a restaurant; taking towels from hotels; and renting a double-bed hotel room and using it for more than two people. The majority of British consumers said it was OK to cheat in eight of the 11 scenarios."

Hardly like robbing banks and mugging people.

1. Drinking a can of drink in a supermarket and not buying it;

Ok Dishonest but who can drink a can of drink all in one go anyway.

2. Reporting a lost item as stolen to an insurance company to collect the money.

Lost! How do you know it hasn't been stolen and what about that £50 excess before you get a penny.

3.Changing price tags in stores.

What price tags would those be then supermarkets all use barcodes, all items come up as full description these days making it silly to change tags.

4.Using an employer's telephone to make private calls.

Who doesn't? If you ask they will generally say yes anyway.

5.Not saying anything when charged too little in a restaurant.

Yeah Like anyone would really notice. Usually it's the restaurant that makes mistakes and add extras.

6.Taking towels from hotels.

Yes bit naughty, but hotels have a budget for lost towels anyway and usually reflect this in the room price.

7.Renting a double-bed hotel room using it for more than two people.

Yes nice little scam that is - for the hotelier. Hey I paid for the room I can have as many people as I like to sleep in it. Just like good old Thailand..

[Spee]

"Those questioned were given 11 scenarios and asked to indicate the strength of their approval or disapproval.

The majority of British consumers said it was OK to cheat in eight of the 11 scenarios."

Hardly like robbing banks and mugging people.

Here is even more from this smelly cesspool of a product, fruited from the loins of 4 career academics, who by no surprise are completely inbred with each other's research specialties, professional ladders and academic journals.

Only 6 countries were studied: Austria, Brunei, France, Hong Kong, the UK, and the USA.

Why these countries?? Well go figure ... these are the only countries in which these professors had previous academic research experience.

The lead professor is on the editorial review board for the academic rag in which this trash was published. What conflict of interest?

One professor in particular appears to have made a career out of trashing the average UK consumer, trying to paint them as someone hellbound to rip off every retail establishment that they enter. It's even scarier that he is a professor at a major UK university.

Another's research has so influenced her thought process that in one article, she claims that American's buying of wide varieties of t-shirts and trinkets is the modern equivalent of a rare Native American practice of taking scalps. Pretty racist stuff, not to mention just plain bizarre.

Saving the best for last, a direct quote from the abstract:

“Nationality is found to be a significant predictor of how consumers view various questionable behaviors. Gender is not a significant predictor, while age and religious affiliation are found to be significant predictors of consumer ethical perceptions.”

Nationality is a "significant predictor" of behavior viewpoints in their research. Yet it doesn't state whether people interviewed in each country were of a particular nationality. What kind of utter nonsense is this!?!?

Everyone has their "pet peeves" and this is definitely one of mine. It's bad enough when people publish this kind of limited research and then proceed to make these sweeping conclusions about huge masses of other people. But it is even worse when people suck this rubbish up like it is chapter and verse from the Almighty.

But geez ... enough ... it's pure gigo .. garbage in, garbage out.

Word to your "koon mae!!"

[Martin]

Agreed, Spee.

Now that the academic world is a world of 'Publish, or perish!', it would be better for a lot of the real world if many who publish were to perish.

And Tony Blair wants 50% of British youth to be students of academics like these!

Is he wanting to sink Britain even faster than the natural development of the world is doing anyway?

Weren't we 'oldies' lucky to be brought up in the days when lads could escape from being schooled at 14, and start getting their education----one-to-one in the cab of a long-distance lorry.

[Spee]

Now that the academic world is a world of 'Publish, or perish!',

I'm not 100% hard core down on academics. I used to work closely with many different kinds of scientists. Many of them did excellent productive research.

On the other hand, one scientist with whom I used to work, had a great sense of humor and he always used to tell me:

PhD stands for "Piled Higher and Deeper"

[Martin]

Yes, when I was a young engineer in Canada, they reckoned that:

BS, MS, PhD means "Bull Siht, More Siht, Piled Higher and Deeper".

[Pink Mist]

The one thing safe from theft in a hotel by the poms (welsh included) is the soap

[lemel]

'The one thing safe from theft in a hotel by the poms (welsh included) is the soap'

Yaaaaaaaaaawn!!