Person born in
Romania (Eastern Europe).
A few characteristics of Romanians:
- welcoming: when they invite you to their home, they expect you to come (usually, bring a
small gift, especially if you visit for the first time); when they ask you if you would like something to drink, or
eat, pick something, they'll bring you something anyway; if you refuse, they
will feel offended)
- sociable: they make friends very fast and would start a conversation from scratch
- fun to be around: the romanian humor is contagious; plus, they know a million ways to have fun
- feminine (women):
even those who don't have taste in fashion, are still wearing clothes that look feminine
- passive: not very
good at taking a stand; when problems appear, the first thing they want to do is to peacefully negotiate
- beautiful: the average
woman is an
8, on a scale from 1 (Quasimodo) to 10 (Victoria's Secret models)
- the average
man is 6.5 - 7, on the same scale ( in large cities, that are more developed, the grade ups a bit)
- naive: most romanians are not suspicious by nature
- not punctual: they have a saying about the time you should wait for a person: "the Academic quarter", which means that educated people wait for others not less, but not more than 15 minutes
- heavy
coffee drinkers: no morning without
coffee, whether it's espresso, latte, or any other type
- hard workers, heavy slackers: let's just say they know when to take their breaks
- show-offs: they tend to proud on the latest gadgets, expensive cars, exclusive watches or whatever "
precious" that they have
- rude retail service: when you buy something, if the change is less that 1
RON, don't expect it anymore (unless you're shopping in a franchise shop, where they have other standards)
- tip-oriented: it is considered very rude to not leave a tip in restaurants,
coffee shops, salons, taxis. the minimum tip is 10 percent of the service provided, but if the overall payment is small, then leave a bigger tip. (restaurants: for 50
RON, tip should be 10
RON; coffee shop: for 13
RON, tip should be at least 2 RON; salons: tip should be 30%; taxi: tip should be 15 - 20%)
- lazy: they don't do something unless they have to
