American Appreciation Thread

Having operated there many times and continue to do so, I note continuously that there is no begrudging in a lot of things.

For example, I started up a business here in Ireland, its headquarters being in my home town - I being loyal to the place I was born in.
Instead of even an acknowledgement that I was creating employment opportunities for locals, all I got was "who does he think he is?"/"does he think he is something special to be doing his own thing?"/"How is it he can do it and we can't"/"He must be paying someone under the counter, to be able to do what he is doing" and so on.
The amount of begrudging and back-stabbing received back immediately (and that was just what I thought was good close family and friends) was unreal!

When I got to the states and continued on in my specialised field, it was like a complete world had changed, a total wipe clean of attitude and wonderful to experience.
They were appreciative of what I was doing, acknowledged that I was taking a chance and bended over in any way to help, acknowledged that I was bring work to them and not once - ever - was I "knocked" for my efforts at trying to be successful.

Returning back to Ireland each time, is like returning back to the dark ages with the stupid, banal, moronic attitude change that comes with dealing with those with still backward chips on their shoulders and still moaning about "well if I was him I wouldn't have done this/that/the other..."

Folk can knock America for many reasons but their attitude to respecting those that are willing to work hard, is breath of fresh air that we should be importing by the air-spray can load.