55 Shocking Moments When American Tourists Took Cultural Clashes to a Whole New Level
“IS. THAT. SAMMICH. MADE OF CROY-SANTS? OR A NORMAL BUN??”
“Erm, it is a normal wheat, erm, flour bread.”
“IT GOT TOMATOES??”
“Erm… yes.”
“NO TOMATOES! COMPRENDE??”
“Oh, sure. Okay.”
He was an overweight sunburned redneck right out of Nebraska with a Harley Davison tee shirt and long hair. After he went to the other side of the counter, waiting for his order, I leaned to the girl and said, “as an American, I am so sorry about that guy. We’re not all like that.”
She blushed and said it was okay, it was not a problem. But when I got my order, I got an extra sweet bun added onto it for free.
In a survey, around one in four Europeans admitted they aren’t big fans of American tourists. About 36% said that Americans behave way worse than any other visitors.
Europeans also think Americans are ridiculously loud — 70% called out the noise level, and, surprisingly, almost as many Americans agreed.
However, they did give credit where it’s due, calling US travelers super friendly and curious.
Interestingly, Americans are way harder on themselves than anyone else is. Over half think foreigners view them as arrogant, but only 27% of Europeans actually felt that way.
“I am american” -every american
So what, like being american is a big deal outside of america.
I/we dont care if you are american, you are in our country now so behave by our laws and ways.
It is hilarious and frustrating in the same time when Americans think that just being from there gives them some special status or immunity.
Second thing:
In local huge smoke sauna an american woman were amazed that we have same trees as well.
And she were amazed that “this smoke feels so soft”, it is water steam you moron, not smoke!
Name “smoke sauna” comes from a way how it is warmed, no shimney, room is full of smoke with open windows while it is warmed and then fire ends and all smoke is let out before humans get in.
How the hell she thinks we could breath smoke?
As compliment i threw loads of water to make it super hot.
-Finland man.
“We’re going to get a hotel at Alice Springs and do day trips to all the cities in Australia.”
No. You’d think with all the “America is such a big place” stuff you see on Reddit, they’d have understood just how far away Alice Springs is from everywhere, but no. They would have passed away in the desert, hours from anything, had someone not corrected them.
In Canada. Woman was puzzled that the change I handed her had the Queen of England on it. Became even more confused when I explained that Canada is still a part of the Commonwealth.
Others have insisted on speaking to me in broken French, even after I informed them that English is my first language.
The truth sits somewhere in the middle.
Because the country is so massive, millions of citizens grow up with a baseline assumption of what normal looks like — huge portions, endless personal space, ice-cold water, and blasting air conditioning everywhere.
At the same time, they’ve often been accused of living in a bubble.
A 2019 survey by the Council on Foreign Relations and National Geographic found that Americans answered only about half the questions correctly on geography and world affairs. Only 6% scored 80% or higher, even though most say global issues matter to them.
At a market in Mezin, France a few years back we heard a woman yell across to her husband in a Texas drawl “Earle, how much is that in real money?”.
Not in my country, but when I was living in Japan.
At one of the local banks there was an American couple yelling at the local staff demanding that they speak to someone in “American”.
Another survey found that more people could name characters from The Simpsons than the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.
“The US is isolated from the rest of the world, with direct contacts with only Canada and Mexico. This makes travel to other countries difficult. Only 20-some percent have passports to visit other countries, and those with passports tend to be those who go on cruises or to all-inclusive resorts,” says George A Barnett, PhD, a professor of communication at the University of California.
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