Au contraire ( I've got a bit of a French thing going on at the moment)!

I think we are looking at one of our good qualities here. And I think we do complain about poor food and service, but we do it in a polite and non-arrogant way, unlike some of our closest neighbors. We also show a level of tolerance and understanding which should not be universally dismissed as being wimpish.

It's one of the reasons we are generally welcomed in other countries as opposed to our friends across the water!