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The United States attracts many visitors. For example, in 2019, over 79 million international tourists came to the country, making it the number-three most popular choice, behind only France and Spain.

But whether we're talking about natural parks or busy cities, there are some "unwritten rules" that everyone should know. And that includes travelers, not just locals. So it pays to do your homework.

For our first assignment, let's go through the comments under a post on the subreddit r/AskAnAmerican, where a now-deleted user asked people to share these customs.

#1

30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Don’t get sick. Our healthcare will cost you a fortune.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Do not cut in line. We are not British, we won't just shake our heads and mutter under our breath. Americans will absolutely start a fight over line cutting. It will become a whole big thing, people will film it on their phones, and boom! There you are all over [internet], getting beat up because you couldn't just wait your turn in line for a few minutes

iamnoking , Melanie Pongratz Report

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Jayne Kyra
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Internet? The original says "Reddit". At least acknowledge when taking content from other sites. Edit: For those confused, I am talking about this specific image where they replaced the word "Reddit" with the word "Internet".

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Don't wear the red hats.

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Thorfin Wolfsbane
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually we prefer they wear them. It helps us identify who the easily duped morons are.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans The word c*nt is lot more offensive in the US (and Canada) than in other English-speaking nations. Don’t use it casually

Aceofkings9 , Chandra Oh Report

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Shane S
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also calling someone a pedo. I see that a lot in British tv and movies and of course it’s an insult, but here it has serious implications. If you call someone that, you truly mean it and it can get someone beat up or attract the attention of law enforcement. It’s never said as an offhand comment here.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans That whole trespassers will be shot thing is not a joke

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Leo Domitrix
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Since someone commented: What, nobody ignores fences? LOL. Yeah, no. They do. They also ignore no-jaywalking signs in other places.

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Susan Egan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jaywalking? I've never been anywhere in the USA where people do not Jaywalk unless it's a risk to life and limb not to.

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High Mamii Melo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've seen neighbors on my Ring app where people have encouraged the shooting of kids when their Halloween decorations and things are taken. It's gross to know that ADULTS advocate this over lawn ornaments they admit themselves are usually under $25.

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Mark Jaress
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was a kid, I read those signs that said "Trespassers will be prosecuted" as "Survivors will be persecuted"

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Id row
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's because we have a lot of thieving and dangerous idiots living among us.

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ellie angel urban
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes the dangerous idiots are the ones aiming guns at people from their own property and they get charged with misdemeanors and then get pardoned by the Governor. Like Mark and Patricia Mccloskey of St. Louis, Missouri.

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June Gem
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And don't forget in the south there's a few states that have conceal carry a gun in a car and some businesses without a permit bs. So freaking stupid and scary I unfortunately live in one of these and they wonder why we have an increase in road rage shootings and robberies

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BasedWang
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean we can do this in Illinois too. but if people are gonna take part in criminal activity, they are gonna find a way to get what they want. I know one of the gangs around me with a grenade launcher

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Data1001
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Come on now. Yes, there is certainly a very tiny percentage of homeowners who will shoot trespassers, but such a thing is not at all common. I will also go so far as to say that the vast majority of people who put up signs saying that "tresspassers will be shot" would never actually follow through on that, but put up such a sign to try to scare those away who might think they would do so.

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Grace Noyes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Texas, trespassers will be--and often are--shot. Everybody and their dog has a gun here. It's a great place to live./s

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Salty Wild Hair
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also know that sometimes maps have references to areas that look like roads, but are not made for rental vehicles. I know if it shows up on a map at all in Europe, they consider it a road, but the American desert is no joke. You can find yourself easily trespassing without realizing it due to the sheer size of the land.

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Susan Egan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No trespassing is pretty firm. No one wants strangers wandering around on their property. You will see those signs on state, county and business land as well. Getting shot? In most areas it won't happen but you may be picked up by the police and fined, or worse.

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Nancy Lynch
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you see purple on fence posts, it also means no trespassing.

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Thomas Sweda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a sad, sad truth ! A teen aged, foreign student on Halloween a few years back.

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K Ann
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I grew up thinking farmers shot if we went into their field and was terrified of them lol. I'm in the U.K. we have no fear of being shot anywhere

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Brandon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's fine. But in America, it's not really a problem if you mind your own business and don't go stomping on other people's land. They own it.

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Thomas Turnbull
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the uk trespassing is not a crime except for military bases and government places so can be (un) safely ignored

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GeeGee
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep. We own guns. If we didn’t, we’d still have a British accent

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Alicia M
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sad but true. Stepping on land that's not yours should never end in injury or death.

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Britton Raymond
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It absolutely should. people need to mind their business and go about their own merry way. It is wrong to just go and shoot somebody. But if they ignore your warnings to leave , that's different.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here's an announcement: Yolo swaggins has received an IP ban. Bored Panda advises if he shows up again to immediately report him.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please continue to report the racist misogynistic Trump Trash trolls. They have ruined so many websites~they are not going to ruin this one.

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Steve Fischer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And people who jaywalk are subject to being run over and killed.

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Mike Loux
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be shot again."

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Melissa Rodriguez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Renisha McBride. A teenager seeking help after a car wreck murdered for daring to ring a stranger's doorbell. Yeah forgive me for not thinking it's ok to shoot people for walking on your property.

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Chris Zaydel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

being shot while trespassing is statistically non-existent.

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WilvanderHeijden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She was part of a mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump who attacked the Capitol Building seeking to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. A terrorist who got shot. She got what she asked for: Justice.

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yeehaw. well then put fcukign fences around your properties like normal people.

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#6

30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans The price marked on the shelf does not include taxes. What you see is not what you pay.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except in Oregon! I just moved here a few months ago and was pleasantly surprised to find that there is NO sales tax on anything! The price on the shelf/sticker/menu etc. is what you actually pay. It's pretty sweet

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans 21 is the Legal Drinking Age. Don't try to reason convince the bartender that it's 18 back "home". It's not that they're being difficult just to be difficult. Their jobs and possibly the liquor license of the establishment (which is super extremely incredibly crazily difficult to get in some places) could be revoked over something as small as this.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I visited the US at the age of 18 and saw a girl my age take a sip of beer from her older friend at a concert. She was led outside. I turned to my bf and said, "This feels crazy to me. Back home I would be legally allowed to buy alcohol and drink myself to coma at the age of 16 and here I couldn't even take a sip if I wanted to." Not that I think it's a great idea to sell alcohol to 16-year-old. It just felt crazy.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Don't dine at a sit down/table service restaurant and not tip just to make a point.

Not the way things are done in your country? Great! Part of the fun of travel is experiencing other cultures. You should embrace the opportunity to experience our primitive way of life first hand.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fact is that it's not just the 'culture' but it's also (mostly?) the fact that servers and waitstaff SURVIVE on those tips because of screwed up laws allowing food service businesses to pay them super-low wages (like $2.00/hour).

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Back in my MMO days a scottish friend of mine went to Atlanta once and called a black guy 'boy'. I guess you just call people boy in Scotland?

Yeah but do not call black people boy. Its perceived as racist / talking down to them and its a good way to get in a fight. Especially in the South

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, as a black American, I can tell you that calling a black man "boy", however innocent it may seem, can cause some problems. Best to avoid it.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Don't take selfies at memorials honoring the dead.

I just about threw up from all the selfie sticks at the world trade center memorial in NY.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans NEVER pass an unloading school bus. When those stop signs flap out, you've got to wait until those little crotch goblins get off the bus until you even think of moving again. Whether it's hitting a pedestrian child, getting a nasty ticket, or just the absolute looks of disgust you'll warrant, it won't be worth it.

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Wang Zhuang
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes! Many tourists may not realize this, but it's very important. Traffic on both sides of the street must stop when a school bus flashes its lights and the stop sign on the side of the bus pops out. This is to ensure children's safety.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Don't complain that taxes aren't included in the price. I know it's annoying, but the poor souls who have to work retail didn't set U.S. tax policy.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is due to in the olden days before computerized inventory systems you had to calculate federal, state, and local taxes. It was easier to calculate after total purchase than before. We just havent changed

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans If you're driving and get pulled over, DO NOT get out of the car. Roll down your window and wait for the police officer to walk up to your car. Keep your hands visible (resting on the steering wheel).

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely. They will think you are coming after them with a weapon or something (which of course does happen). I made the mistake of getting out once and got his gun drawn on me pretty quickly.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Don’t f**king use racial slurs. Good lord, I work in the service industry with lots of people from China and they’ll just say the N-word with the hard R (or just s**tty racist stuff in general) and will be confused as to why people get pissed off.

While America’s race relations are strained at best, it’s completely unacceptable to voice your racist opinions in public. If you choose to do it anyway, you will be completely ostracized - and any people who are accepting of it are probably s**tty racists themselves. Yikes.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Chinese guys may have been using the Chinese word “那个” instead of the N word It sounds similar but there’s absolutely no connection

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Treat wildlife with respect, you will see it everywhere and it is generally dangerous or can kill you.

Dont try a selfie with a Bear or Buffalo

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

shhhhhh don't give it away we are trying to thin out their numbers - dumbasses i mean.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans There's 330 million of us. Saying something like "I heard Americans like/dislike," is almost always going to be met with a grain of salt/resentment

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Don't talk down to people in service industries. They work for the company and not for you. They are not servants, and they deserve respect and decency

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

From all the US-based stories floating around online, I think it's your fellow countrymen you need to tell this to, not foreigners.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Don't go to dangerous neighborhoods because you saw them on TV.

Not a foreign visitor, but a naive friend from Colorado came to visit in California and wanted to see the gangs on Crenshaw in South Central L.A. because he'd seen it on some cop show.

Yeah, no, we're not driving through the 'hood so you can take pictures of the thugs and poor people. He's a Latino guy, too, so the last thing I needed was someone thinking he was cruising and looking for a fight.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poverty tourism... rather disgusting concept, like you think you are on a safari or something.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Smell bad. It sounds like a joke, but Americans are really unaccepting of any type of BO. We (probably) won’t actually say anything to you, but we will automatically dislike you.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans I spent a bit of time abroad with people foreign to the US

Pointing is VERY rude! My one friend (from Thailand) would always point to people when speaking about them. It was just very uncomfortable and I didn’t realize it was part of the social structure here until she was doing it everywhere lol. Don’t point at complete strangers and talk about them, you may end up starting a fight

The American South, while known probably to some for being racist, is VERY VERY big into politeness and manners.

Generally do things like hold the door open for others, a cashier may ask you “hi how are you” just answer “good, how are you?” Or “I’m okay, how are you” but whatever you answer remember to return the ask. Always say please and thank you. If you make eye contact with a stranger give a smile and a nod. Unless they say hi, then say hi back. I also tend to end conversations with people by saying “have a good one” if meeting somebody (more of a professional thing) when shaking hands, let the person who initiated the handshake introduce themselves first.

Also Americans tend to be very friendly and will strike up conversations with people, don’t be afraid to chat, just don’t bring up politics

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am so damn tired of ya'll bashing the American south about racism. We can be talking about fried chicken and you all can still somehow manage to bring up racism. We are talking about manners and the first thing yall bring up is racism. We are not all racist and we are tired of being labeled as such. We do have some racist people down here, but so does every place on the planet.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Don't sit around for hours in a restaurant after eating. The wait staff get fussy

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One reason why I hate dining out in the US. The staff will bring the bill the minute they see you chew the last bite. It is so rushed und uncomfortable. Plus it‘s expensive and tax and service are not even included yet.

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Americans are about personal bubbles. If you're a stranger, keep an arms distance when conversing with an American. If you are familiar with them, keep an elbows distance. And lastly, unless you are extremely familiar with them, do not touch except for a handshake. We're like the Swedish, but louder.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Goes double for braids/dreadlocks/spikes. DO NOT EVER feel someone's hair. Don't even ask. It's crazy rude here.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Don’t try to make it cross country in a day. Especially during extreme weather

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Especially during extreme weather"? As if it's some remote possibility otherwise but the weather makes it a 0%? It's more 2700 miles. Even driving for literally every single second, "cross country in a day" would require an *average* speed of around 115 miles per hour - that number goes up with stops for gas, food, toilet breaks, etc. The Cannonball run record - i.e., the stupidly illegal trip undertaken by people pouring significant resources into it (at least in the modern attempts) is 25 hours 39 minutes. Literally no one has ever done that in a 'single day.'

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans You can buy alcohol in any store in town but you will get the long d*ck of the law if you open that puppy up in public

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What about if it's wrapped in a brown paper bag, like in the movies?

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans If you are driving, don't forget that you can make a right turn on a red light, and if you get pulled over by a cop, being friendly/respectful can go a looooooong way

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When pulled over by a cop, roll the window down and keep your hands on the wheel where they can see them. Be polite. I would go as far as saying “my license/registration/insurance” or whatever they are asking for are “in my wallet/glove compartment” etc, “may I reach out and get those?”

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans Restaurants and stores will take your cards. I know, it is weird. You lose sight of it. If you do not want that to happen have cash prepared.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans We Americans love foreign visitors and we will pepper you with questions, ask about your language, culture, almost really intrusive questions. Some might even try to relate to you on some level because we Americans are taught that the United States is a melting pot and we all have distant relatives in other countries. For the Irish, English, Scottish, and German; do not be shocked or offended if an American says "Oh! I'm insert heritage too!"

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you said 'I have Irish heritage too!' there wouldn't be an issue. The fact that you mostly say it as 'Hey, I'm Irish too!' is the offensive part. You're not Irish. You're American. Your great-great-granddaddy was Irish. (Edit: Changed 'English heritage' to 'Irish heritage' as people really seem to be misunderstanding what I'm saying and this is the only thing I can think might be tripping them up)

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For the love of god please just go the speed limit, and NEVER stop in the middle of the road no matter where you are

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In America is best to think of the speed limit as the slowest you can go without being a nuisance.

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30 Things You Should Never Do In The United States, According To Americans A few from personal accounts of people I know.

Do not think it's acceptable to bribe someone in authority. It's not even a joking matter in the U.S. I grew up in a country where it was an unwritten rule that these things could be "negotiated" and there were tell-tale signs to know whether said authority was open to it.

Coworker of mine knows a guy (comes from a European country where this is common place) that was in the U.S and had to be escorted out of a shopping mall because he cat-called a group of girls... who also happened to be underage. Yeah, that's a no go here. Maybe it will be tolerated at a night club, but in public? You'll likely face repercussions. It's just not culturally acceptable. (Note: that's not to say it doesn't happen in the U.S - as I know it's a problem in a lot of major cities).

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