5 strange habits of Americans who will surprise any Russian
'31.05.2021'
Source: 161.ru
To get into one of the foremost world powers - the USA - today not every Russian man manages to. About the life of Americans, we often know only from American films. In the Russian view, there are a lot of stereotypes about how people live in the country across the ocean. We think that they eat burgers, live in large beautiful houses with lawns, constantly drink coffee, take a taxi and, in general, live well. However, the real life of the United States, which is not surprising, differs from the movie.
Enough weeks of living in an American family to see the features and traditions that seem both amazing, strange, useful and stupid. Returning from America, Anna Yolkina decided to describe what she saw and heard for 161.ru.
Drink ice water even in cold weather
“Would you like to add ice?” The flight attendant asks me in an airplane. At this time I am sitting in a jacket, my head is wrapped in a scarf, and my legs are covered with a rug. It was very cold in the cabin of United Airlines according to my feelings. Then, by the way, they carried ice cream.
Then this ice met in all the cafes and restaurants, where I happened to be. With that, the weather outside was autumn-cold and cold. Such is the habit number 1, which caught my eye. Right after her, people in T-shirts and shorts, dresses on the street, when we, who came from Yaroslavl, went in insulated jackets, caught my eye.
“We already have a whole generation grown up under air conditioners, which always work around + 16 ... + 18 degrees,” says Kate Schubart, in whose house I lived for a week. “And we have no cold weather concept.” Everyone feels the onset of cold in their own way.
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Kate lives with her husband Bill Shubart in the suburb of Burlington, Vermont. They have their own large three-storey house with a pond and a forest around. She is the creator of the local independent media VTDigger, and he is the writer and presenter of her own radio speaker.
Hang the flag of his country wherever possible and not very
Star-striped American flag can be found in any state and any city tens and hundreds of times. Americans hang the flag on their private houses and sites, on cemeteries, on buildings of office centers, on roofs, paint it on walls, print on clothes.
- He is beautiful. And we love our country and its flag, ”says Kate Schubart.
Hate the president
In this case, it is even difficult to say "do not like" or "do not sympathize." I have not met a single American who would have said at least one kind word addressed to his president, Donald Trump. Moreover, the image of the head of state is printed in a ridiculous way on souvenirs and even on toilet paper.
- He makes too harsh statements. Sometimes even racist. It is impossible to agree with this, says the writer Bill Schubart.
Also, residents of America believe that President Donald Trump may have had connections and support from Russia during the election campaign. Despite the fact that in Russia this idea is refuted, Americans are very concerned about this issue. On this occasion, in the United States is still under investigation at the state level.
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They also have bad roads
In particular, they differ in the northern state of Vermont. Local authorities blame the difficult weather, high humidity and mountain climate, destroying the road surface. Every year, the state spends a lot of money on road repairs. A familiar story, right?
“A significant part of the city budget of Burlington is annually spent on road repairs,” said city deputy Adam Ruf at the meeting.
However, bad roads are not spoken here. Maybe because most Americans in Vermont have SUVs in their garage that are not afraid of bumps. And I didn’t see any holes about the size of craters.
Drink good coffee
In the capital - Washington - every third person on the street goes with a cup of coffee. Here they drink it in unbelievable quantities. Coffee machine is probably in every office. With such a popularity of this drink, it turned out to be very strange. Probably because freshly brewed it is not drunk here very often. In the USA, special thermoses are widely distributed in which coffee is stored and heated. Can you imagine a drink that has cooled and then reheated it again? The taste is not coffee, but something strange and bitter. Save this coffee can only generous portion of milk in the dilution of 50 / 50.
Freshly brewed coffee was prepared every morning by the host family. That's when we were able to fully experience the taste of good coffee, which is in America.
