Respect: A Simple Word

[Sazhka]

lol ask any waitress, customer service employee or cashier and see what they say of the majority of us americans

[Gramul]

lol ask any waitress, customer service employee or cashier and see what they say of the majority of us americans

I'd say the good outweigh the bad. But the few bad tend to be really bad. Usually a result of many small things going wrong and your minor mistake being the last of a great deal of straws.
Most people will be quiet and polite. Blending into the the ebb and flow of the day. Not daring to add any more complexity to their lives just as busy as our own.

While we're at it, most people from other countries are probably too busy to mind where you're from. But because they're part of the expected good, we don't pay them as much mind. We grow paranoid of the wrong and see it all around us, not bothering to enjoy the peace that's already there.