Is this just British people or... ?

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I'm in a deep depression. Going from very angry to very upset. And I'm fairly sure much of it is to blame on the national characterictics embedded in the typical British person. Before I set this conclusion in stone I'm consulting with you all to ask if in your country people behave like this too.

So here we are. I went drinking last night in a bar and all the staff were rude to me. They were my age and all of them asked me what I wanted abruptly. Because I sat at the bar alone one or two of the staff repeatedly looked over at me in an aggressive and suspicious way. I went drinking today and I was very sad and wanting someone to talk to and I'm sure I had a visibly sad face. The barmaid asked me what I want with a stuck up emotion-less British accent and then when she'd slammed it in front of me, asked with a mindless po-face, "Do you want anything else?"

Are people in other countries just as bad or are the British uniquely alien to emotion?

Apparantely British people aren't supposed to show emotion. And we have to always act a certain way which is what I don't like about this country, how everything must be a certain way and how were supposedly better than all the 'foreigners'. I can't stand it.

The British unemotional behaviour is just a stereotype that died in Victorian England; if it ever existed at all. There are happy people and miserable people worldwide. Happy employees with a smile and those that don't give a sh** and are just there for the pay cheque hoping the day goes fast.

I'm sure there are such bars as the one described all over the word. (I'm English by the way).

Unfortunately rude people exist everywhere.

I have been to most parts of Britain and found the South East to be the most unfriendly.I found the people of the west and south west to be the friendliest.
When I lived in London old people would be found dead in their flats (apartments) many months or even years after they died-no neighbour cared whether they lived or died.
Only the stench of decomposition would get someone to contact the authorities.I heard one Londoner on the radio saying that if a neighbour spoke to her she would call the police!

Do not worry about your problems in being stereotyped. I can assure you mine are far greater.

-an American.

How RUDE!! !

Interesting... As a Latino currently in Britain, and having lived in several other countries, these are my impressions:

-Regarding rudeness and feelings of superiority towards foreigners, if you think Britain is bad, go to Paris one day. (there is a high degree of self-segregation in Britain, though - if you were born and raised in the UK or another Western country, you're part of the club, but not otherwise. Still, my experience of Britain, esp. Scotland, sure beats that of France)

There are rude people everywhere. It is definitely not only a British thing.

I found the south especially nearer london much ruder than the north. When I came from Bedford (South East) to Leicester (East Midlands) all the staff seemed much politer. I was flabbergasted when a bouncer atually aplogised to me at one point!

It's not just a British thing. Rude people are everywhere. But that place you went to sounded really bad.

It's not just a British characteristic that's just a stereotypical view. There are friendly and rude people evrywhere. The bar you went to obviously had some very rude and impolite staff. It'll serve them right if a similar thing happens to them.

I know too much about bars and bartenders and
it often has to do with how long the person have
been behind the bar - how tired she/he is before
you come along. Bartenders usually have people
skills, its a part of the job to have a little outgoing
attitude. But after 10 hours of dealing drinks some
might get a little short in their answers. Especially
in crowded places with alot of drunk people, i`ve
been on the bartenders side of the bardisk many
times on such nights and it can be really really
tiresome. But that doesnt mean they should have
been rude to you of course, human error i guess.

edit--
sounded like i have been a pro bartender or something,
thats not it, i just ended up in such places through other
people i knew

Scotland was fun. I was there for three weeks and people were really nice. I had no problems with rude people. I have had problems with rude people in every state I've lived though and I've lived in four states: GA, OR, CA and NC.