USA CULTURE SHOCKS 🇺🇸

[smpoe]

Don’t worry, the bathroom stall cracks bother us too

[aristos]

i went to europe to visit a friend and i was so shocked that the bathroom stalls were basically like a room with a toilet… there was 100% privacy and i was so amazed by it

[orbitaldumpsterfire]

I feel like the thing that gets glossed over with foreigners when they go to restaurants in the States is that nobody really expects you to eat all that food. There is a reason why we're so good about letting you take food home. Do I have any idea why it's that way? No, but if it means I don't have to cook for another night, I'm not complaining.

[joo]

For those that don't know: Reverse culture shock=This woman grew up in the US and then moved abroad so she forgot that these were things that happen in the US when she came back.

[realmommee]

Yeah the bathroom cracks have always irritated me. One time a little kid just stood staring. Dude go with your mom! I understood struggle taking your male kid in bathroom w/u but take him in your stall & turn his azz around & not leave him out to stall around the cracks!!

[stangerthings]

Dawg the bathroom cracks at my school are so big, my friend was in the stall and I was looking in the mirror fixing my outfit and I could literally see her shitting on the toilet, and then she waved at me, I waved back, and we moved on with our day.

[laurend]

That was actually quite a small bathroom stall crack, in my experience lmao

[myBquest]

In Mexico, cards can't be taken away from the customer's sight. They charge everything in front of you.

[Beandal]

American public bathrooms are like those in my nightmares. I couldn't believe they were something real. I truly thought it was me and my nightmares

[jessmacdd]

the bathroom stall cracks baffle me. a little kid once stared at me through the crack and got scared when i said 'NO' firmly at them LMFAOO they spun around so quick

[scz]

I came back from England and got so overwhelmed by how big a Target was that I cried in the cereal aisle 😂

[caki]

As an American the worst feeling is checking if someone is in a stall and making eye contact. The second worst is using a stall and someone checks if it's in use and you make eye contact

Just gonna edit to say last time I did that was in elementary after the eye contact. Now I just nudge the door or assume it's used if it's closed no matter what, knocking is even weirder tbh

[heatherfroman]

We had 2 foreign exchange students, one from Thailand and the other from Italy. The Italian couldn't believe we lived so far from stores that we had to drive everywhere. She said everything was in walking distance. Girl from Thailand couldn't believe that cell phones were so cheap here.

[Authorsuzannemeadows]

You get a "box" and take the rest of the food home for lunch the next day 😋 Most of us can't finish the huge portions either.

[mesa.amaroq]

I was using a public restroom and literally a whole German Shepherd just crawls into my stall 😂😭 why is there no privacyyy

[Djkennad]

“There’s just so much of everything” is really the best way to define USA

[alimeadozen]

Those cracks in the door in public toilets are BIG. I felt so exposed. I was only 16 when I visited the US, and it was a big culture shock to make eye contact in the mirror with the person washing there hands 😮

[thespiritqueen]

Agh it’s the most awkward thing just accidentally seeing someone doing their business when looking for an available stall 😭

[RM-nles]

In a bathroom at a sports arena these sisters (or friends idk) were arguing “no ain’t watching ya baby” “neither am I”
They had put their maybe 6 month old baby on the filthy bathroom floor. How do I know? Because suddenly I see a baby under my stall door. Just stared at me until one of them finished up and dragged the baby out by her legs. This was years ago and I still think about that baby crawling under the stall door.
Dear bathroom floor baby, I hope you’re okay because you clearly have an unfit mother.

[kaelynnelsonvideography]

I was in Germany for three months last year and as an American, noticed right away that out in public, everyone dressed nice. (American version, which basically means you’re wearing jeans). I really liked that because I never wear athleisure wear ever, so I finally felt normal lol. The cultural differences of European countries and the U.S. are crazy, especially because I always thought they’d be super similar until I visited Europe.