22 'Normal' Things in the U.S. That Are Weird to Everyone Else | What Visitors Find Odd in the US!

It's interesting when you see a different culture and way of life. However, have you ever wondered what others think of our culture and lifestyle in the US? In this video, we review 22 odd and weird American habits that baffle most visitors to the US.
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[rwilks]

Taxes at Grocery store check out! In the EU, the taxes are already included when you purchase something. It makes it so much easier to calculate how much your groceries will come to.

[TripAstute]

Is anything in this list surprising to you? What are other quirky things about the US? 😄

[RemcoAlexanderPhD]

In traffic, right turns on red are pretty weird, as well as having the traffic lights on the far side of the junctions. But coming from Europe myself, I think both of these are pretty awesome! In the Netherlands, half the time you can't see the traffic lights because they're hidden behind your roof, door or mirror!

[davidchilton]

Good list - having lived in Germany for 4 years and discussed the differences with friends these are many of the things that came up.

[Franklin-fpnk]

I´ve never been to US before, but honestly I would have freaked out if the waiter at the restaurant asked to take my credit card away to process the payment, thx for your content, learned many new things !

[RemcoAlexanderPhD]

Another one: saying "excuse me" when you step in front of someone's line of sight, for example in the supermarket. Very polite and I really like it. In other countries people sometimes even bump into you and don't say a word.

[ChrissyGutierrez]

Am I the only one that noticed the Chase ad on the post about eggs?! lol

[darealphantom]

This is a good list I really didn't know some of these things aren't normal outside of the US

[martinjohnson]

As a brit' wanting to visit the US soon i find the information and clarity of presentation of your videos excellent...thank you! Regarding tipping i would much prefer a service charge is built in rather than at the discretion of the customer. I wondered whether there was a 'standard' tipping % in the states? (10%? or dependent on what item/service you are buying).

[jgulinello]

We love wearing our shorts and baseball hats. Don’t see much of that overseas.

[yorkshirecoastadventures]

Yep we certainly do call Stella wife beater here in England. Its usualy on a good offer in supermarkets, making it as cheap as chips.

[IkaikaArnado]

KFC and McDonald's is actually good overseas though.

Haha, but yeah, when you start going over seas you see how crazy America is.

[mengchou]

Here in the US, you can live without cash for days; you can’t live without some kind of debit/credit card for a day. We are nuts about having plastics!!! (Or metal I guess).

[Kevin_Finch]

These are very good! I imagine you could do a whole video on weird US street signs.

[sylviamortgat]

Hummm! I’ll have to pay more attention next time I travel! 🙏🏼 thanks.

[Annakikonishvili]

Putting gas in a car yourself, instead of the gas station worker doing it for you; Taxes at the grocery store checkout; Turning right on red;

[JagyaTyarthiBhagya]

Very nice video. In US we change time twice a year for daylight saving 😊.
In US some people are over obsessed with tattoos 🇺🇸

[davepatton]

I’m not shocked by this since I was born in the USA and got use to it

[andyhutchinson]

Alcohol related, not sure how specific to North Caroline this one is, but have heard it may not be that uncommon. Lived for a while in Asheville with ex. First time (day) I was there her sister took me down for some snacks and booze. Local Walmart, typical Brit reaction, why are there so many guns on sale in a supermarket, you don't think about it really until you come face to face with it. But anyway, we bought the snacks and beer, but wanted a bottle of brandy. This was the really weird bit. Off down the road to this other shop where we had to go, one at a time through a security door into a small space between two doors. the outer door locked then the inner door opened and let me in. Then repeat for sister in law. Same thing on way out. Obviously over here i could have just bought the Brandy in the supermarket.
Trying to rationalise the security on the booze compared to the guns was, and still is to this day, a head scratcher. At the time I worked IT for an airline and accessing the shop was about one step below accessing a data centre never mind the fact that the building looked like it was designed to withstand a small tactical nuke.

[davidrock]

Hope you can visit Taiwan someday. It’s a great country worth visiting