30 Peculiar Things That Seem Normal In Some Countries But Not In The Rest Of The World

Do you mean to say you love Canada and it is beautiful? Thank you!! What part did you visit? What beautiful place did you visit from?? 🙃

That's only in one province, Quebec.

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You "loved" Canada, it "was" beautiful. I live in Canada, I feel the same way ever since the current government got into power. Canada used to be beautiful, I used to love it. Thanks a lot Trudeau. 👎👎👎

My husband and I left Quebec (province) when they had a referendum to separate from Canada and the results were 49/51; they lost but it was too close. All my family are separatists except me and my late mother (she was an American). That language police is really bad, they even got "Second Cup" a Canadian brand, to change its name for a French one!!! "BAF claimed it had targeted the stores because of the company's use of its incorporated English name "Second Cup" demanding inclusion of French in the name of the business. After the media coverage of the fire bombings, many Second Cup locations in Quebec changed their signs to Les cafés Second Cup."

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Nah, that’s not really that dramatic. You see, Anglophones repressed and assimilated Québec for 2 centuries and we have tried leaving Canada twice to find an out. In the last 60 years, we have been treated well, so now we are okay with it. We are just trying to make our language survive of all the Anglophone nations around by making it language of work, it is still welcome.

I spent two weeks in Montreal, and while English isn't my primary language, it was my language while I was there. My French is very poor, and more so, I have a very difficult time with French Canadian on top of that. Everybody I met spoke perfect English. Perhaps in other places in Quebec this is true, but Montreal is a such a cosmopolitan city.

American here, I've been doing that since I was a kid, it's so good!

I'm so confused because I'm American and most kids I knew growing up also do this. Both my parents do it. I actually see it a lot here lol

We do that here in America too. We call them chips.

American. Its awesome!

Aussie here, salad roll with salt and vinegar chips / crisps is the best.

wisconsin resident here (U.S.). Can confirm. That and chocolate covered crisps.

Not a Brit but yes, can also confirm 😃

Not a Brit but can also confirm it's really good!

I was going to say this is not just in Ireland. It's done in most of the UK.

I second this, Crisp Butties are my guilty pleasures

South African here. Can confirm too.

Cape town that is weird. Had a chip butty in england. Weird too

it really is

American, did this all the time as a kid…

Also, putting fries (chips) on burgers is the best!

I’ve always done this and I live in America! Yum!!!!

Poland too! Although some think it's crazy - I actually love it, the spicier cripsps the better :)

Kiwi here, I too have been doing this with vegemite.as well.

Is that butter on the bread?

I'm an American and I love putting crisps in my sandwiches.

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Yep I used to live in UK. And a loot folks eat like that. Tried once. Big no for me. But i guess it's matter of taste.

It almost seems like America's 24/7 system is the exception not the rule.

Don´t forget the Kioske at every corner!

Thank goodness there is option for emergency shopping. I was concerned until I saw this. It is the same in Aus for holidays here (Christmas, Easter, etc.)

It took a while to get used to Sunday shopping in the UK - but having come back from holiday on a Saturday and needing groceries, it's definitely useful. Also a chance for lower-paid shop workers to get a bit of extra cash.

Poland has introduced something similar a few years back, though the shops are doing what they can to find loopholes. For some time every other shop was a postal service facility, despite actual postal offices being closed on Sundays. Now everything is an atheneum. Like I saw a hardware store with a sign saying "we are open on Sundays because we are an atheneum".

Same be worldwide

Or train stations for travelers..👍

Esso!

Slightly is a euphemism

Except for the people that have to work at the places you are are going to use to recharge your body and soul. It's not really a day of rest and recharge for quite a lot of people. Not that I'm disagreeing it's a good idea, because I do think that a bit more down time would serve most people quite well. Just that, only those who don't work in all the entertainment/emergency/utility/etc.. industries get that opportunity. There are probably just as many, or close to, working on Sunday as there are that aren't.

Thank you! It doesn't make sense to me. People who work M-F have a two-day weekend to buy groceries ... and on one of those days supermarkets are closed? It's honestly annoying. Can't some market workers take Monday off instead?

If you have good scheduling laws why can't you go shopping during the week?

Everyone working the week and saturday has a free day during the week and can take of everything then. Even better with doctor apointments or official business who's offices usually close at 12 am on friday...