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Tipping culture basically only exists in America. If you try to tip while traveling the globe, servers will give you weird looks for leaving cash out on the table all
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Even though Starbucks has proliferated basically the whole world, we're the only country that doesn't sit down and enjoy our coffee. Always on the move, American bring their to-go cups
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on the train, to their meetings, during their walks with their dogs...
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If you've ever wanted to hear what the explicit version of your favorite song sounds like, go to any country in Europe. Radio stations there are a lot less heavy-handed
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with their bleeping than U.S. based radio. European TV is also much less trigger happy when it comes to censorship. After certain hours, you can see nudity on their basic
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Money makes the world go round, but in other parts of the world have a lot less basic forms of currency. Other countries have plenty of different colors of paper
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money, and even different sizes to distinguish the differences. All of our dollar bills are green, the same size, and feature dead white dudes.
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If you order water in a foreign country, prepare yourself for fizz before drinking. Americans mainly consume flat water, while other countries prefer mineral or sparkling water.
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America's strict drinking age laws mean that if you want to buy a bottle of Two Buck Chuck or order a cocktail at your favorite restaurant, you're probably going to
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have to show your ID. Other countries set their drinking ages as low as 16 and use ID checks much less often.
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The tag on that gorgeous dress says it's only $50! But when you get to the register, you pay almost five bucks more than the marked price. This is because
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for whatever reason, stores in the U.S. only display prices before tax.
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No matter what the temperature is outside, every single restaurant or store you enter in America will have the AC blasting.
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Nothing screams "America" like a big ass truck. And that's because big ass trucks don't really exist outside of America.
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Seriously, nowhere else in the world can you get a six foot long party sandwich.
As Americans, we tend to think of other countries' quirks as weird. But little do we know we're actually the weird ones. There are a ton of things us Americans do that people around the world totally don't get.
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