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Opinion: 5 American habits an immigrant should adopt

'30.07.2020'

Source: Yandex Zen

Each country has its own characteristics. With the move, whether you like it or not, you start to adopt something, because this is how adaptation takes place in a new country, writes the author of the blog "Alphabet of an Immigrant" on Yandex Zen. Next - from the first person.

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What immigrants stop doing and what new habits do they develop shortly after moving:

Don't give your mobile phone number to everyone

In the United States, a cell phone is commonly referred to as a cell-phone. Due to the fact that no one refused city phones here, there is a fundamental difference in which phone to call a person. First of all, here they call home / city. And only the closest ones - on a mobile. So it turns out that if you make a new contact at work, you only give a work phone number. Even business cards often indicate a work number, a mobile phone is extremely rare.

Don't be late

I've never had the habit of being late - I don't allow myself that. But in the United States, being late is a sign of unprofessionalism and bad form. Of course, one of the reasons for this attitude is the hourly wage system. However, the need to arrive on time here, rather, is laid down at the level of education and culture. Even traffic jams are not always considered a good reason to be late. Only in exceptional cases.

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Buy a lot

The fact that the United States is a country of consumption is beyond doubt. At first in the USA, I was still surprised by the carts with the “mountain” in supermarkets. And now I myself am already shopping. There are advantages to this: less often you have to go shopping, in addition, large volumes allow you to save money.

Do not be rude on social networks

There is a joke about this. If you go to an English-speaking group / forum and ask a question, you will be answered. If you entered a Russian-speaking group, then instead of answering the question, you will receive a ton of negativity that you are an idiot, you don't understand anything, and it was not worth asking your question at all.

Do charity work

My friend Irina has been living in the USA for 5 years. Married. She gave birth to a child. Pay the mortgage. So she told me that in the first two years she did not buy any things at all - she used what people gave away for free. There is even such a group on FB - “Give it for free”.

With my move to the States, something changed too: if someone needs help, you need to help. I'm not talking about homeless people who “earn” like that for years. You can donate things that you no longer wear, equipment, etc. to charities, volunteers or to the church. It's better than just throwing away or cluttering up your apartment. And someone really needs it.

Original column published on the blog. "ABC of an Immigrant" on Yandex Zen.

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