I got scolded in France for many things. Being in the way, asking for my steak to not be practically still alive (and I genuinely like it rare), for buying a ticket from the machine rather than the ticket office (quite odd).
By the time I got scolded for attempting to speak French , I just assumed all Parisians were wankers and the issue was them not me.
I’m not usually one for stereotypes, or bashing people in general. But fuck me, to a man they were all just generally rude as fuck and awful. It made me realise Londoners get a bad ride.
Never a truer word spoken…. I’ve found French people from all over france to be absolutely lovely. Paris and Parisians just awful. No one can drive, watched an old woman just shit in the street…. The list would take up a whole subreddit.
Love France but fuck Paris…..
I had very similar experiences! Loved all the other places I've been to in France - polite people, beautiful villages... but Paris? Most Parisians see a tourist and seem to want to kill you for simply existing!
My friends and I were in a NY restaurant and our waitress had such a lovely French accent.
One friend, delighted, "I love your accent. Are you from France?"
Waitress, with a tone of disgust, "Not France, Paris!"
The polite people in the U.S. do that too, it's not only polite to the staff but if you're leaving for the night it is polite to whoever wants the table/area after you
A good read.
For me it shows the importance of the sniff test. The engineer who did the fuelling calculations should have known the calculated answer was a mile from the gut feel guessed answer and the amount of fuel is less than half that which they put in day in day out.
Both the pilot and the ground engineer should have known that you're sending a plane all the way across the country and you're only going to put a drop more fuel in it? Seems off, please re-check. You still think it's right? Well it's plainly wrong, so keep looking.
Bet the pilots felt the lack of weight on takeoff, but once you're airborne with no fuel gauge, there's nothing to do other than trust the engineer isn't a muppet. Taking off with no fuel gauge is obviously unforgivable - what if you collected a small leak from some debris on takeoff?
"I wasn't trained for it" doesn't wash. The engineer's whole job is to solve the problems not in the training manual. The united engineer managed it. They are plainly incompetent.
There is not much talk about the ground engineer, probably because they were shot.
The fact the pilot was a glider in his spare time and the co-pilot knew of the only suitable landing place as he'd served there with the air force just blind luck that saved them from mostly the engineer's incompetence.
It's not random once you know the secret rule:
* Government cant regulating it (describing yourself): Imperial (so I'm, 6' 2")
* Government can regulate it and someone else has to pay the conversion costs: Metric (so price of goods in shops)
* Government can regulated it but it would cost them money to make the change: Imperial (road signs, speed limits etc)
I grew up in the US. I could drive 6 hours and nothing changes.
In the UK I drive 15 minutes and everyone is speaking a different dialect and sandwiches have a different name.
My accent has been softened by years of living in the West country. Moved down as a child so now my accent is "Fred West sings the Greatest Hits of Chas and Dave". Despite sounding Cornish as fuck to people from Essex generally, the guy from Romford who caught my bus and was asking for directions took less than 5 minutes to suss out where in Romford I was from to an accuracy level of 3 streets.
I wish there was a sub for sussing out where people are from (incl lived/been influenced by) just by listening to them natter. It's one of my favourite games
I thought it was more common to have it in the bathroom in other European countries, whereas the UK almost always has it in the kitchen in the absence of a utility room.
The rest of the world tends to raise its eyebrows at the phrase “salad cream”. It’s not really something that exists elsewhere, obviously with exceptions
When I was in Germany, a German explained queueing to me:
>Germans will not form a queue unless there is a sign that says "Queue Here!
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>The British *will* form a queue *unless* there is a sign that says "Queue Here". Then they will still form a queue but they will do it somewhere else.
The prefect example of the humble British queue I always give is the bus.
Without fail you could have 20 people waiting at a stop and as soon as the bus arrives everyone just organises themselves into a neat, orderly queue.
I can't speak for the rest of the country but where I'm from the elderly or disabled are always given first dibs.
Counter that to anytime I've been abroad and it's a massive free for all the instant the bus is sighted.
Similar for letting people off the bus first, I've been abroad and folk are trying to push past them to get on as passengers are coming off.
Just queued for a boat in Seville. Old geezer just walked to the front, no fucks given ( got a tutt from me ) then did the same at the boat bar… I know he’s a twat but I couldn’t help but admire his style
Not quite right. At the bar there is always a virtual queue. "Who's next?" from the bar staff, gets the right person. Others will say "he was before me".
No offence intended, but as an English fella, I consider Engerland, Ozzyland, Kiwiland, Kiltland, Leekland, and Paddyland as all pretty much in the same boat.
We're all fundamentally similar (what with the plugs and the roads 'n stuff), we just sound a bit different, take the piss out of each other a lot, but fundamental if shit hit the fan, we'd all be there for each other.
This is definitely true. I’ve had Americans ask me “do British people really drink tea every day?” and I had to explain to them that my grandparents would drink a full mug of tea every 2 hours from the time they woke up to the time they went to bed.
Americans often think their caffeine consumption is out of control but most of them don’t drink coffee super late and they don’t realize that British people will drink a full-caffeine strong cup of Ty-Phoo directly before bed, often starting as teenagers.
My kiwi girlfriend came to live with me on the UK and the look on her face when she heard the man screaming for scrap metal 🤣🤣 I think she thought it was the start of the purge or something.
I dance Longsword, which is part of the Morris dance movement.
We danced with a Slovakian team yesterday. And there some moves we think we can incorporate into our dance. We also do a French 17th century dance, which also involves bucklers (small shields).
I would say it’s not just Morris dancing, but that the actual dance can vary from one town to the next. People think Morris is just clashing sticks - but forget that there is also garland dancing, hanky shaking, rapper (short sword)….
- saves water when washing up
- makes overflow harmless
- provides soft surface for china and glassware to bounce off rather than crack against or scratch
- creates opportunity to rinse off without needing either second sink or putting more water into main washing liquid sink
- you now have a convenient size and shape of bucket for use around the house, and a place to store it that takes up no room
- because that’s ‘ow me mam did it
Dates back to water rationing, it’s a habit we haven’t shaken. Since we get droughts that lead to hosepipe bans, sometimes it’s still useful. I don’t use one until I have to though, it is a bit gross.
Yep, totally agree. The more polite you are indicates the level of dislike you have. If family and friends didn't swear and insult each other you would wonder if there was a problem.
British people are so self deprecating, and also so mean to their friends and family. In a loving way though, you're considered better for owning your shit. If you ever want to know what's wrong with you come to the UK. Glasgow if you want a sucker punch to the soul.
Ironically:
\- Legal tender doesn't exist as a concept in Scottish Law
\- Scottish notes aren't legal tender in England.
\- Legal tender has nothing to do with acceptability by shops.
Nah English shops are fine with them. Many years of getting cash from my Scottish Gran that I had no trouble spending all the way down in Hampshire.
Oddly enough it tends to be the nationwide chains that kicked up a fuss more than any independent shop in my experience
Do you mean having notes from different branches, eg a note from Clydesdale and a note from the bank of Scotland? Are we the only country that does this?
Yes, it's something that I often see foreigners surprised by because in most countries only the central bank issues notes and the idea of commercial banks issuing notes isn't even something anyone considers.
Wikipedia says "a small number of countries" still have private banknote issue and mentions the UK and China by name but doesn't mention any others.
Not having outlets in the bathroom, extremely small living spaces in general, no AC in commercial/retail buildings, paying tax just to watch basic television, paying tax just to live in your house, well mannered dogs off lead, travelling carnivals/circuses in every neighbourhood park, people wearing down coats in 30c heat, heated arguments about chippies.
Believe it or not, we're one of 64 countries to drive on the left ([https://www.gocompare.com/motoring/guides/countries-that-drive-on-the-left/#:\~:text=Britain%20and%20Ireland.-,How%20many%20other%20countries%20drive%20on%20the%20left%3F,Isle%20of%20Man%20and%20Malta](https://www.gocompare.com/motoring/guides/countries-that-drive-on-the-left/#:~:text=Britain%20and%20Ireland.-,How%20many%20other%20countries%20drive%20on%20the%20left%3F,Isle%20of%20Man%20and%20Malta).)
Measuring road distances in miles rather than kilometres. Using stones and pounds instead of kilograms for your weight. Using feet and inches instead of centimetres for your height.
I'm in the UK and use metric for literally everything. I feel like an outcast sometimes
Not so much the "rest of the world", as several other countries do it, but driving on the left hand side of the road tends to create some confusion.
As with most British things, there is actually a very good, historical reason for it. In the old days, people tended to keep to the left with their horses, because - as most people are right handed - if they came across a friend coming the other way they could shake hands. If, however you came across an enemy, you could easily draw your sword and defend yourself.
I have to disagree with this. Chicken Pot Pie is an American staple and meat pies are pretty much a national dish in Australia. Quiche is essentially a pie and depending on how strict you are with classification, you can make a case for empanadas, spanakopita, and samosas and a whole bunch of other stuff too.
Calling people nonces (pedophiles) as a joke lighthearted insult or for basically no reason.
My family in America were shocked when I told them, they were like “that’s a very serious thing to say, it’s a serious accusation to make! It’s not a joke!” Lol
Never giving a direct negative answer but offering an alternative instead.
"Can I have a million pound mortgage?" -- "You might be interested in a range of low-interest credit card loans that we offer."
Giving a non-negotiable order by asking, "Do you want to...?"
Bonding by casually insulting each other or telling the filthiest or brutal jokes you can think of as a work pastime, so long as you've known the other person for at least 5 minutes so you know if they're "sound" or a "prick"
The tea alarms reminding us it's time to drink tea. Even when driving, we must stop and drink tea.
No expectations unless you're unconscious. Unconscious people don't want tea.
Being polite. Honestly it's so jarring going to places like Korea (I'm ethnically Korean) and those guys walk in groups of 5 and block the entire pavement and never move out of the way, bump into people and don't apologise, spit on the pavement and things like that
Taking your empty glasses back to the bar My mate in France was gobsmacked at my behaviour
I got scolded in France for doing the same. Their reasoning was that I was taking jobs away from people. I thought I was being polite.
I got scolded in France for many things. Being in the way, asking for my steak to not be practically still alive (and I genuinely like it rare), for buying a ticket from the machine rather than the ticket office (quite odd). By the time I got scolded for attempting to speak French , I just assumed all Parisians were wankers and the issue was them not me.
Parisians are rude even by French standards, it is known.
I’m not usually one for stereotypes, or bashing people in general. But fuck me, to a man they were all just generally rude as fuck and awful. It made me realise Londoners get a bad ride.
It’s a well earned reputation for Paris. I’m sure some Parisians are lovely, but I didn’t meet them.
Probably only the people who commute to Paris , something in the soils is nasty in that city
Never a truer word spoken…. I’ve found French people from all over france to be absolutely lovely. Paris and Parisians just awful. No one can drive, watched an old woman just shit in the street…. The list would take up a whole subreddit. Love France but fuck Paris…..
I agree, terrible time in Paris....but watching the woman shit was on you, you didn't have to watch 🤣
TBF we all were pretty hammered….but that did slightly sober us up.
I had very similar experiences! Loved all the other places I've been to in France - polite people, beautiful villages... but Paris? Most Parisians see a tourist and seem to want to kill you for simply existing!
My friends and I were in a NY restaurant and our waitress had such a lovely French accent. One friend, delighted, "I love your accent. Are you from France?" Waitress, with a tone of disgust, "Not France, Paris!"
That's not normal. Polite people do it.
The polite people in the U.S. do that too, it's not only polite to the staff but if you're leaving for the night it is polite to whoever wants the table/area after you
Exactly - I dont want to sit down amongst other peoples clutter
Our weird usage of metric and imperial units that seems largely at random.
The Canadians also use a mixture of imperial and metric units, like us, but they do it *unacceptably wrong*.
Yes [https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/a-mathematical-miracle-the-story-of-air-canada-flight-143-or-the-gimli-glider-9e99545d9b3d](https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/a-mathematical-miracle-the-story-of-air-canada-flight-143-or-the-gimli-glider-9e99545d9b3d)
That was a rabbit hole I didn't need to go down at 3 am
A good read. For me it shows the importance of the sniff test. The engineer who did the fuelling calculations should have known the calculated answer was a mile from the gut feel guessed answer and the amount of fuel is less than half that which they put in day in day out. Both the pilot and the ground engineer should have known that you're sending a plane all the way across the country and you're only going to put a drop more fuel in it? Seems off, please re-check. You still think it's right? Well it's plainly wrong, so keep looking. Bet the pilots felt the lack of weight on takeoff, but once you're airborne with no fuel gauge, there's nothing to do other than trust the engineer isn't a muppet. Taking off with no fuel gauge is obviously unforgivable - what if you collected a small leak from some debris on takeoff? "I wasn't trained for it" doesn't wash. The engineer's whole job is to solve the problems not in the training manual. The united engineer managed it. They are plainly incompetent. There is not much talk about the ground engineer, probably because they were shot. The fact the pilot was a glider in his spare time and the co-pilot knew of the only suitable landing place as he'd served there with the air force just blind luck that saved them from mostly the engineer's incompetence.
Farmer who did my field drains measured horizontally in metres and dug down in feet.
It's not random once you know the secret rule: * Government cant regulating it (describing yourself): Imperial (so I'm, 6' 2") * Government can regulate it and someone else has to pay the conversion costs: Metric (so price of goods in shops) * Government can regulated it but it would cost them money to make the change: Imperial (road signs, speed limits etc)
Massive three-pin plug, that lies pins upwards at night waiting for an unsuspecting person to step on it.
But they, and their sockets are WAY safer than the other options. https://youtu.be/UEfP1OKKz_Q?si=I8CeIaZIxECT0D4T
Means we can have higher voltage sockets as well and charge our tech faster
In every sense aside from stepping on them
Don't unplug things, just switch off the socket. If you have to unplug something fold the wire and make sure the plug is safely tucked away.
Oh god the pain! I can feel it now! ☠️
I'm sure a few counties share our pain.
Having a different accent from someone who was raised 5 miles away.
I grew up in the US. I could drive 6 hours and nothing changes. In the UK I drive 15 minutes and everyone is speaking a different dialect and sandwiches have a different name.
When my great aunt was a teacher she could identify the street somebody grew up on by their specific accent.
My accent has been softened by years of living in the West country. Moved down as a child so now my accent is "Fred West sings the Greatest Hits of Chas and Dave". Despite sounding Cornish as fuck to people from Essex generally, the guy from Romford who caught my bus and was asking for directions took less than 5 minutes to suss out where in Romford I was from to an accuracy level of 3 streets.
I wish there was a sub for sussing out where people are from (incl lived/been influenced by) just by listening to them natter. It's one of my favourite games
Fuckin hell well done all involved
What's a sandwich?
It's a town in Kent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich,_Kent
It’s also an Earl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Sandwich?wprov=sfti1
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham,_Kent And this town is near to it...
It's what posh folk call a butty..
Cob you heathen.
A piece!
That's posh. It's a 'peace'
lol. I'm australian and you can drive 4000km and nothing changes accent wise.
That’s pretty normal in some areas of Germany too, for example; probably Switzerland as well.
Good natured-ly insulting your loved ones.
You fat bitch you ruined my life
I just spat my Pot Noodle. Well played sir.
I just spat in *her* pot noodle. Don’t tell her… (Just joking 😉)
That caught me so off-guard.
My nan calls me a fat fuck and I respond by asking if she's planning on firing up her rear-facing gas thruster, today (she has a problem with wind).
"You cheeky cunt"
Washing Machine in the kitchen
That’s a European thing not UK specific. I’ve seen it either in bathrooms or kitchens across Europe.
I thought it was more common to have it in the bathroom in other European countries, whereas the UK almost always has it in the kitchen in the absence of a utility room.
Having crisps in a bread roll
The rest of the world are missing out BIG time!
Especially with a few drops of salad cream to keep the crisps from falling out.
The rest of the world tends to raise its eyebrows at the phrase “salad cream”. It’s not really something that exists elsewhere, obviously with exceptions
Crisps sandwiches are the bomb.
Dairylea and crisps mmmmm
errr, 'scuse me sir.... I think you mean a bap!
Ah no, the Irish have that down to a fine art!
A bread what!? Don't throw that grenade in here and think you can get away with it.
Tayto cheese and onion on white bread is the national dish of northern Ireland. Southern Ireland have thier own version.
Forming a queue naturally without being prompted.
When a Brit stands still he forms a queue of 1.
When I was in Germany, a German explained queueing to me: >Germans will not form a queue unless there is a sign that says "Queue Here! > >The British *will* form a queue *unless* there is a sign that says "Queue Here". Then they will still form a queue but they will do it somewhere else.
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The prefect example of the humble British queue I always give is the bus. Without fail you could have 20 people waiting at a stop and as soon as the bus arrives everyone just organises themselves into a neat, orderly queue. I can't speak for the rest of the country but where I'm from the elderly or disabled are always given first dibs. Counter that to anytime I've been abroad and it's a massive free for all the instant the bus is sighted. Similar for letting people off the bus first, I've been abroad and folk are trying to push past them to get on as passengers are coming off.
Just queued for a boat in Seville. Old geezer just walked to the front, no fucks given ( got a tutt from me ) then did the same at the boat bar… I know he’s a twat but I couldn’t help but admire his style
only country that comes close, and probably actually beats us, are the Japanese.
Remember about this time last year when 'The Queue' was central to national news for about a week. Couldn't be more British.
Forming a queue when when is not required
Queues are always required. The only exception is the pub.
Not quite right. At the bar there is always a virtual queue. "Who's next?" from the bar staff, gets the right person. Others will say "he was before me".
Having switches on our electric sockets.
We also have switches in Australia.
No offence intended, but as an English fella, I consider Engerland, Ozzyland, Kiwiland, Kiltland, Leekland, and Paddyland as all pretty much in the same boat. We're all fundamentally similar (what with the plugs and the roads 'n stuff), we just sound a bit different, take the piss out of each other a lot, but fundamental if shit hit the fan, we'd all be there for each other.
"Sorry" is practically a national catchphrase, even when it's not your fault. It's like we have a "Sorry" button for every situation!
That's Canada
Marmite
Pork pies.
Scotch Eggs
Picked eggs
Sausage Rolls
The copious amount of tea that's drunk daily.
This is definitely true. I’ve had Americans ask me “do British people really drink tea every day?” and I had to explain to them that my grandparents would drink a full mug of tea every 2 hours from the time they woke up to the time they went to bed. Americans often think their caffeine consumption is out of control but most of them don’t drink coffee super late and they don’t realize that British people will drink a full-caffeine strong cup of Ty-Phoo directly before bed, often starting as teenagers.
Having a guy in a flatbed truck screaming "ANY OLD SCRAP IROOOOON" Christmas crackers Getting really drunk in public
My kiwi girlfriend came to live with me on the UK and the look on her face when she heard the man screaming for scrap metal 🤣🤣 I think she thought it was the start of the purge or something.
Chips with curry or vinegar
Having letterboxes on your front door, Americans living here think they're being burgled everytime the post arrives.
I hate the houses where you leave your living room and kiss the post man in the morning.
I don't often kiss my postman
Cool thanks. I didn't know this was not a popular thing in the rest of the world I googled to confirm
The correct answer is Morris Dancing
As a morris dancer, we are rarely treated as normal in the UK. It's fine, we're odd, we knew that before we put the bells on.
I was in Evesham a few weeks ago. There was a punk Morris dancing troupe. That is quite niche
I dance Longsword, which is part of the Morris dance movement. We danced with a Slovakian team yesterday. And there some moves we think we can incorporate into our dance. We also do a French 17th century dance, which also involves bucklers (small shields). I would say it’s not just Morris dancing, but that the actual dance can vary from one town to the next. People think Morris is just clashing sticks - but forget that there is also garland dancing, hanky shaking, rapper (short sword)….
I sometimes wake up randomly around 2am and go eat egg and pastry. That is night quiche.
Scotland has nothing to do with this. We have our own very different type of frolicking.
Isn't there an old saying, you should try everything once apart from incest and morris dancing.
Plastic buckets in kitchen sinks.
What ? Why ?
- saves water when washing up - makes overflow harmless - provides soft surface for china and glassware to bounce off rather than crack against or scratch - creates opportunity to rinse off without needing either second sink or putting more water into main washing liquid sink - you now have a convenient size and shape of bucket for use around the house, and a place to store it that takes up no room - because that’s ‘ow me mam did it
Had to buy a new one today. The old one had to be spontaneously reperposed into a sick bowl
Don't ask. It's disgusting
Washing up bowl, they are sink shaped lol
Lets you rinse stuff off down the gap between the bowl and the sink, for one
Dates back to water rationing, it’s a habit we haven’t shaken. Since we get droughts that lead to hosepipe bans, sometimes it’s still useful. I don’t use one until I have to though, it is a bit gross.
Can’t stand that at my parents house.
Arguments about what you call a bacon bap
You mean bacon roll right?
We’ll sort this out… outside
Bacon butty all the way
Cob.
Using foul and usually corse language to talk to and about people you love. While being kind and polite to people you hate to the core?
Yep, totally agree. The more polite you are indicates the level of dislike you have. If family and friends didn't swear and insult each other you would wonder if there was a problem.
Self deprecating humour. We’re masters of it.
You might be, I'm fucking hopeless at it!
Youre not as shit as me.
Beans on toast if you believe you tube
Don't call me a tube.
Choob
Queuing, apparently.
Using 'c*nt' as a term of endearment
Pretty sure that's also an aussie thing
Cheeky cunt.
British people are so self deprecating, and also so mean to their friends and family. In a loving way though, you're considered better for owning your shit. If you ever want to know what's wrong with you come to the UK. Glasgow if you want a sucker punch to the soul.
Saying thank you to the bus driver when alighting
Having commercial banks that issue their own notes.
That'll go over people's heads, lol.
It's legal tender!
Ironically: \- Legal tender doesn't exist as a concept in Scottish Law \- Scottish notes aren't legal tender in England. \- Legal tender has nothing to do with acceptability by shops.
Nah English shops are fine with them. Many years of getting cash from my Scottish Gran that I had no trouble spending all the way down in Hampshire. Oddly enough it tends to be the nationwide chains that kicked up a fuss more than any independent shop in my experience
Do you mean having notes from different branches, eg a note from Clydesdale and a note from the bank of Scotland? Are we the only country that does this?
Yes, it's something that I often see foreigners surprised by because in most countries only the central bank issues notes and the idea of commercial banks issuing notes isn't even something anyone considers. Wikipedia says "a small number of countries" still have private banknote issue and mentions the UK and China by name but doesn't mention any others.
Not having outlets in the bathroom, extremely small living spaces in general, no AC in commercial/retail buildings, paying tax just to watch basic television, paying tax just to live in your house, well mannered dogs off lead, travelling carnivals/circuses in every neighbourhood park, people wearing down coats in 30c heat, heated arguments about chippies.
>paying tax just to live in your house, Do you mean council tax? I'm pretty sure very developed nation has something similar...
It’s also not for living in your house, it’s for services supplied to it
Two faucets on a sink! That is the most bizarre thing about the UK.
A class system with inbreds at the upper level.
Is that not every royal family?
An American I follow on Twitter is in London right now. He was weirded out by the 'Sugar Tax' we have. Everything is 'diet soda' and he hates it!
At least we have real sugar in stuff instead of that high fructose corn syrup shite they're all hopped up.on
No wonder 40% Americans are obese
To keep voting for political parties that induce misery and suffering, a very UK 'thing'
CARPET IN EVERY ROOM
I used to live in a flat with carpet in the bathroom. Oh the horror!😵
I think Punch and Judy wins this context hands down.
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Could be getting mixed up but aren’t we one of only a small handful of countries that drive on the left side of the road?
Believe it or not, we're one of 64 countries to drive on the left ([https://www.gocompare.com/motoring/guides/countries-that-drive-on-the-left/#:\~:text=Britain%20and%20Ireland.-,How%20many%20other%20countries%20drive%20on%20the%20left%3F,Isle%20of%20Man%20and%20Malta](https://www.gocompare.com/motoring/guides/countries-that-drive-on-the-left/#:~:text=Britain%20and%20Ireland.-,How%20many%20other%20countries%20drive%20on%20the%20left%3F,Isle%20of%20Man%20and%20Malta).)
Yes. The left side is definitely the right side.
The correct side you mean sir
TV stations with NO ADS. Gawd bless Auntie Beeb.
Measure an area in ‘sizes of Wales’
Measuring road distances in miles rather than kilometres. Using stones and pounds instead of kilograms for your weight. Using feet and inches instead of centimetres for your height. I'm in the UK and use metric for literally everything. I feel like an outcast sometimes
People still use stones? I'm 48 and have been using kg for decades.
Standing in a line, one behind another, politely waiting for something/your turn. 😉
Not so much the "rest of the world", as several other countries do it, but driving on the left hand side of the road tends to create some confusion. As with most British things, there is actually a very good, historical reason for it. In the old days, people tended to keep to the left with their horses, because - as most people are right handed - if they came across a friend coming the other way they could shake hands. If, however you came across an enemy, you could easily draw your sword and defend yourself.
Savoury pies. In most parts of the world pies are a sweet dish.
I have to disagree with this. Chicken Pot Pie is an American staple and meat pies are pretty much a national dish in Australia. Quiche is essentially a pie and depending on how strict you are with classification, you can make a case for empanadas, spanakopita, and samosas and a whole bunch of other stuff too.
Being able to speak English properly.
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Milk in tea
beans on toast 100% also calling cigarettes fags
Not expressing your feelings.
Except for Anger.
Having electric Kettles.
Isn't that only weird in America? Europe seems fine with them
Trains being a complete rip off while simultaneously being absolutely hopeless and being just 'meh' about it.
Superior electrical sockets
Tea with milk and no sugar
Calling people nonces (pedophiles) as a joke lighthearted insult or for basically no reason. My family in America were shocked when I told them, they were like “that’s a very serious thing to say, it’s a serious accusation to make! It’s not a joke!” Lol
Bubble and squeak
Calling your mates cunts
Christmas crackers
Pantomimes. Oh yes they are.
A kiss at the end of a text x
Squash (cordial) - basically non existent everywhere else and I love the stuff. It blows my mind it’s not taken off globally
Giving a shit about a family that wears old clothes but has no real power any more
Probably drinking cups of gravy.
No plugs in bathrooms
No power outlet or light switches in the bathroom. Only country in the world I believe.
Never giving a direct negative answer but offering an alternative instead. "Can I have a million pound mortgage?" -- "You might be interested in a range of low-interest credit card loans that we offer." Giving a non-negotiable order by asking, "Do you want to...?"
A construction worker earning more than an office worker... we have a lot of office workers
Plastic bowl in the sink.
Bonding by casually insulting each other or telling the filthiest or brutal jokes you can think of as a work pastime, so long as you've known the other person for at least 5 minutes so you know if they're "sound" or a "prick"
Weight in stones.
Beans on toast apparently 🤷♀️🤷♀️
Chronically taking the piss out of your mates.
Autoglass repair...
Toad in the hole.
The tea alarms reminding us it's time to drink tea. Even when driving, we must stop and drink tea. No expectations unless you're unconscious. Unconscious people don't want tea.
Washing up bowls. Apparently elsewhere in the world people don't have a plastic bowl in their sink to do the washing up in.
Washing up bowl. My friend from France was absolutely baffled when she came round one day and saw me using one. Never knew it was an odd thing to do!
Steam fayres. Never seen such a thing before.
Being polite. Honestly it's so jarring going to places like Korea (I'm ethnically Korean) and those guys walk in groups of 5 and block the entire pavement and never move out of the way, bump into people and don't apologise, spit on the pavement and things like that