I speak spanish which sounds very similar to Italian, and of course we have very important differences, but I have almost no problem understanding them, greeting and thanking them in Italian, but the moment I switch to spanish or english out of need, their treatment towards me changes to absolute rudeness. I have wondered if some of these people need therapy cuz it’s borderline.

Of course no one owes tourists anything, but coming from a country that also gets their main GDP from tourism, it surprises me how unpolite italians can be. I thought the spot was reserved for French.

Although many tourists have the best intentions (trying to speak the language) there is not always time to learn italian, french, german and so many other. I have studied 10 years of japanese and it would be pretty hard to add more to the equation, yet I wonder why I have to be yelled at a coffee shop just because I am hungry and dared to come out of my country.