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smirkymonkey

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40. Do you mean like most Europeans find most Americans loud and obnoxious?

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 08:29 PM

Aug 2015

I do think some cultures are quieter than others, but it also has a lot to do with the amount of alcohol consumed.

Southern Europeans tend to be a little more raucous than Northern Europeans for instance.

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Black women �humiliated� after getting kicked off Napa Valley Wine Train For Laughing TOO Loud! [View all] kpete Aug 2015 OP

Why can't they be quiet drunks like the white people? TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #1

This costs upward of $125 a seat gollygee Aug 2015 #2

This is the sort of thing BLM is talking about. joshcryer Aug 2015 #3

Yep! But you gotta love the crowd that is DETERMINED to not see this Number23 Aug 2015 #48

But you don't understand leftofcool Aug 2015 #4

Boom! nt. nc4bo Aug 2015 #5

Boom x 2 Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #6

FB has more info than news sources: kpete Aug 2015 #9

Lisa gave an interview on the radio, I heard it on my way to work. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #21

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2015 #8

You don't think money makes a difference? Baitball Blogger Aug 2015 #12

It didn't keep them on the train gollygee Aug 2015 #14

Yes, we do face discrimination. Baitball Blogger Aug 2015 #16

Terms on the wine train... Stellar Aug 2015 #59

You're only reading that on DU in shit posts like the one you just put up. frylock Aug 2015 #20

Wow. Orrex Aug 2015 #28

Holy shit. joshcryer Aug 2015 #49

Do you think they'd have received a refund if they were not that well off? jeff47 Aug 2015 #11

+1 Baitball Blogger Aug 2015 #13

They still got kicked off the train gollygee Aug 2015 #15

You mean exactly what I said in the second paragraph? (nt) jeff47 Aug 2015 #17

Totally agree that racial justice combined with economic justice will Baitball Blogger Aug 2015 #18

This is blowing up solely because it went viral and it was filmed. joshcryer Aug 2015 #50

They got a refund instead of a "fuck you". jeff47 Aug 2015 #62

I think you put too much emphasis on their wealth. joshcryer Aug 2015 #68

Never said they were rich. I said they weren't poor. jeff47 Aug 2015 #70

one was on talk radio this morning.. said the vibe she got from the head maitre d was Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #32

kick Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #7

I sincerely hope they retain a lawyer and sue. Just getting their money back KittyWampus Aug 2015 #10

Did anybody complain? yardwork Aug 2015 #57

Xposted to California group KamaAina Aug 2015 #19

Is there a Cultural Decibel level like there is a Cultural Conversation Distance? One_Life_To_Give Aug 2015 #22

I'm married to someone with a higher decibel level than my ears like GummyBearz Aug 2015 #34

There is a polite decibel level when dining out. PADemD Aug 2015 #37

+1 AnPak Aug 2015 #64

Do you mean like most Europeans find most Americans loud and obnoxious? smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #40

DH and I flew to Amsterdam on a Dutch airline in 1996 eridani Aug 2015 #53

If the train has a history of kicking off loud and obnoxious drunks, then it's not racism FLPanhandle Aug 2015 #23

The company says they kick groups off about once a month Beaverhausen Aug 2015 #25

If the company regularly kicks off loud and obnoxious groups, I doubt this is racism. FLPanhandle Aug 2015 #31

The sincere mind would find objective methods to research it LanternWaste Aug 2015 #36

Without access to passenger lists or accounts of previous people who were and weren't kicked off mythology Aug 2015 #38

Agreed. As noted above, it's likely in their R&R WhaTHellsgoingonhere Aug 2015 #65

One thing to remember, the train is a high-end traveling restaurant NV Whino Aug 2015 #24

is this really national news? HFRN Aug 2015 #26

I agree. Polly Hennessey Aug 2015 #27

exactly - who here can say that they've never seen a group of obnoxiously loud people in public HFRN Aug 2015 #30

What are the odds equally loud white people have never been kicked off the train? hunter Aug 2015 #42

well, as I've never been on the train, or met the personel on it, or was there when it happened HFRN Aug 2015 #44

Truly. Some people don't seem to engage their brains when they are out and around, apparently. Judi Lynn Aug 2015 #46

It has the potential to be international news. kwassa Aug 2015 #45

BREAKING NEWS: Rich white people don't like black people. GOLGO 13 Aug 2015 #29

their yelp reviews are taking a hit Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #33

+1 Stellar Aug 2015 #61

Wine train has been on my bucket list for years Omaha Steve Aug 2015 #35

Karma will be one or more of these women is a lawyer realFedUp Aug 2015 #39

Affluent white Napa Valley is sort of creepy. hunter Aug 2015 #41

I think that the Wine Train Terms and Conditions are relatively non-descriptive. David__77 Aug 2015 #43

It doesn't help that wine, naturally, releases inhibitions. joshcryer Aug 2015 #51

Yeah David__77 Aug 2015 #52

Read the followups, they were given shit about being too loud before they had a single glass CBGLuthier Aug 2015 #54

I have, and a lot of the people were against the ejection. joshcryer Aug 2015 #55

The smart ass little shit in me wants to libnnc Aug 2015 #47

The attitude of the staff on that train LuvNewcastle Aug 2015 #58

Holy Rohrschach test. redgreenandblue Aug 2015 #56

That's how we roll here. Captain Stern Aug 2015 #60

And this is by far the most interesting, but sadly, not surprising... Mr_Jefferson_24 Aug 2015 #63

Hence, the company taking full responsibility and issuing an unqualified apology yesterday afternoon LanternWaste Aug 2015 #66

So would your "apology equals culpability" logic... Mr_Jefferson_24 Aug 2015 #67

Thanks. You're braver than I am Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #69