Bad habits / customs of your country

[Boudica]

My bad habit: Smoking

My countries bad habit: Eating fast food and turning into sows. At Mcdonalds they now have a 40 piece chicken nugget meal.. Yea..

[Falkata]

Speaking loud
Unless you go to expensive restaurants, in cheap ones, bars... the noise is really annoying. When I leave the place after spending 1 or 2 hours inside I feel liberated and in peace. Fortunately smoking is not allowed anymore

[The Ripper]

Speaking loud
Unless you go to expensive restaurants, in cheap ones, bars... the noise is really annoying. When I leave the place after spending 1 or 2 hours inside I feel liberated and in peace. Fortunately smoking is not allowed anymore

Watching Los Serrano gives me a headache.

I think Italians are also quite loud, judging by their television.

[Aramis]

Swearing (mostly directed towards mothers and the divine; basically anything that's holy) drinking, spitting etc. Aggressive and intolerant behavior in general

[Bard]

Watching Los Serrano gives me a headache.

I think Italians are also quite loud, judging by their television.

You are right, especially southern italians.

Here in the north-eastern part of italy we have some problems with blasphemy, we tend to swear a lot putting in our sentences "god" "the holy mary" and nearly every element of the catholic religion.
It's a very widespread phaenomenon, but it's also considered taboo. So nobody would ever dare to swear in such a way during formal events, it is regarded as a much worse thing than simple swearing.

[Peyrol]

I think Italians are also quite loud, judging by their television.

Not "their", but "its".
Is quite different.

[Treffie]

If you don't swear where I live, people either think there's something wrong with you or that you're trying to act posh.

[The Ripper]

If you don't swear where I live, people either think there's something wrong with you or that you're trying to act posh.

I'm criticizing the inability to talk without swearing, not swearing per se.

[Aramis]

Bottom line: Swearing is an integral part of European identity.

[Laubach]

Corruption, Apathy,Poor and Violence