24 Funny Illustrations That Show The Cultural Differences Between The East And The West Made By This Artist

Meanwhile in China: "Sorry, you're just not tall enough to get promoted "

Yeah Germany is eco-friendly

As a german I can deeply relate. Whats the thing about Smalltalk or talking around the bush in soooo many countries? If you have to say something then do it and not let me guess what you really mean.......why wasting time? *sight*

The Chinese line look like the line in my former school cafeteria

The Chinese version has me in a state of anxiety.🙈

But how do you know who's next? I feel bad for the cashier/ticket taker, etc.

If you're visiting the west, walk on the right. Don't walk on the left and bully your way through and refuse to move for oncoming walkers. It's considered rude.

china line looks like a forming blood clot.

In the US, we are trained our entire lives to cue up in straight lines. Not so much in some other countries. I have heard that when they built Disneyland in Paris, it was a confusing mess on opening day because the French do not cue. The park had to revamp how to let folks onto rides.

The Chinese line looks like the queue for the #30 Stockton bus in San Francisco. Don't try to be polite and let the little old ladies on ahead of you; they will elbow you aside and step on you. Just get on the bus!

Honestly

This is why amusement parks make me angry. Or waiting for the bus. We all have to go thru the same door, folks.

Blue straight line is the Only way to go in Sweden. If there is no line when queuing, for example where you sit and wait, we still remember who came before you and would Never cut ahead. Red cluster, pushing eachother, trying to get ahead, wouldn't happen even in a crisis...

I encountered the Chinese version often at the truck stop where I worked. A customer would push their way to the sales counter, dump all their purchases, & ask "How much?" before I even had a chance to ring up their purchase. On the whole, very pushy & rude!

I love a good British queue. They have to be grand champions of all those who queue after they long lines to pay respect to the beloved late Queen.

Lol this is spot on. I am UK born but Pakistani heritage and my partner was born in afghanistan, he cannot queue up! He gets really agitated (plus add adhd to the mix!) You get the picture 🤣

It's really hard to get off the bus when people are crowed like the red side.

Elderly Belgians like to jump the line as well. Its easy because the average Belgian will just mumble something but never speak out loud. Thats where the Dutch people come in. "oh i didnt see you!" sure, you just literally pushed me aside?!

I’m pretty sure this is Brits in blue and Americans in red. BET. I mean, come on. Google ANY pic of a train station right now literally anywhere in the world vs England for instance. Count the pics showing people lined up vs not and tell me England doesn’t win by like a gazillion.

"china" is how the dutch stand in line, especially at the metro

That's how we used to wait for a bus in Leeds, England. And everyone knew their position in the queue.

The one on the right is definitely Spain, no need to go to Asia to see this!

I totally disagree with this - the queues in Japan are very orderly

if the blue was the UK, that line would be ramrod straight with bigger gaps inbetween.

no way ! the line should have been drawn in the East. Have a look in Japan.

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This is so wrong. Germans have no understanding of how to form an old stand in an orderly line. Believe me, I've lived in Frankfurt for 12 months.

This is just straight up not true

We in Italy are part Chinese, so it seems

In the East ppl tend to give themselves the rights to go first/be first. In the West, it’s simply who arrived first.

In elementary schools here(Canada) we were always taught to walk on the right side of the hall. Single file. Only time people cluster like the right side is when there isn't room in a public area to single file

Same in Africa, but more complicated. You do lines where there are middle class people present or lining up to get on a bus, as the western habit is followed. However in a bar, sports event or club etc., not so much, then it's a free for all.

Nay, actually haven't noticed such stance in China.

In Beijing, someone pushed in front of the person who had pushed in front of me at the ticket window.

When I came back to Japan from China, I was bustling to get in the train like people at right, and then realized I'm in a whole different world

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Oh I want to be like Germany but am China

I don't like to admit it but I am like China

Why am I so much like China

I like the German one. Pictures aren't the same as seeing it

This is very ironic

*noise level everywhere in China. Chinese cities are full of sounds coming out of absolutely everywhere.

Doggio is better 100%

But rain is pretty

People, this isn't saying that Chinese have low self-esteem or don't value themselves. It's comparing the individualism of the West to the collective mindset of the East. To a westerner the self is the primary consideration; in the east the self is a small part of the wider community