Very often when I hear: “Poles can be so rude and way too direct!”, it may be the result of differences in language and the value we give to certain words (although we are direct indeed)
Prime american example is: “I asked for vegan option and waiter said they had only NORMAL ones/ only for NORMAL people”.
No bad feelings there. We use the word “normal” to refer to something common or popular, the basic option. Personally I avoid eating meat and I have huge respect for vegans but if someone was to ask me about vegan cheese/ soy milk and I wouldn’t have it, I’d also say I only have normal ones.
“Normal” is also almost the same in polish both in writing and pronunciation so it’s the word that comes to your mind first.