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50 facts about the US and Americans through the eyes of Russians

'31.05.2017'

Source: Liveinternet

Blogger Zaneta talks about his experience of living in the United States and communicating with Americans

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  1. Even if you buy one banana in a supermarket, they will put it in a plastic bag or paper bag. And maybe even two. As a result, a huge amount of both is constantly accumulating in houses.
  2. If you ask an American where he comes from, he will first tell you what state or city he was born in, even if he was taken out of it in infancy and he never went there again. In addition, Americans love to list what percentage of what nationality is present in their pedigree.
  3. You can return almost everything you bought back to the store, saying that it “didn't suit you”. You will receive either money back or a purchase loan. I personally saw one woman bring a huge bag full of used makeup without a receipt and receive $ 300.
  4. The system of intermediaries or snitching is unusually developed. For example, if a “No smoking” sign hangs in a public place and someone starts to smoke, none of the visitors will personally reprimand the smoker. They will go and complain to the manager.
  5. Bouquets of flowers are sold for a penny in all supermarkets, but men rarely give them to women. A bouquet brought on a date will induce the girl to think that the guy is a loser and is desperately trying to win her favor.
  6. Americans are incredible workaholics. If you come to the office at 6 in the morning or stay at work until midnight, no one will appreciate it. That is how many work.
  7. If you want to really make someone feel very guilty and apologize to you, suffice it to say that their words or actions hurt your feelings. "Hitting someone's feelings" is a very serious offense in the United States.
  8. Americans know how to make money on the most incredible and even idiotic idea. One, seeing dentures in the dentist's office, molded crooked teeth in plastic houses to scare his friends, and became a millionaire, putting this production on stream.
  9. Americans are not taken to meet on the street. If someone approached you, get ready to hear a foreign accent.
  10. For Americans, potato chips are considered part of the dish - a side dish, like fried potatoes among Russians.
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  11. The Russian dish aspic makes Americans surprised, or rather, carefully hidden disgust. Jelly here can only be sweet.
  12. In America, the concept of “no prophet in his own country” does not exist. Americans take pride in and trumpet it at every angle if their fellow countrymen are successful abroad. In the same way, they make a fuss if someone from abroad gets into trouble.
  13. Not only does the American military pay well and provide numerous benefits, parents themselves send their teenagers there to be "turned into men." The result is usually very impressive.
  14. Suing some company for a completely idiotic reason is a favorite way of income for Americans and resembles a national sport. Sometimes a person gets involved in a collective court by accident: several times I received a piece of paper in the mail with a request to confirm my desire to participate in a collective court and receive compensation. It turns out that someone didn’t like the purchase (or service) and decided to sue, as well as involve another hundred people who bought goods there at about the same time. The irony is that the real money is made by lawyers, because they get a percentage of every person involved, and you will be sent twenty dollars divided by a hundred people.
  15. American girls are very independent and confident from an early age. It is difficult to imagine a young American woman trying to win the favor of her parents or those around her by obedient behavior. The famous Russian remark “well, you’re a girl” has no equivalent here. Appearance and especially thinness, here are in the first and all other places.
  16. American boys will do whatever they can to get a girlfriend as early as possible: no matter how many boyfriends you have or whether you do well in sports, if you don't have a girlfriend, you're a failure. When you have a girlfriend, your buddies automatically think that you are having sex (which does not necessarily correspond to reality), which means that they are incredibly cool.
  17. Until recently, the buyer was asked his postcode at the box office to find out where else a new supermarket could be built, but someone sued and now it is forbidden for companies to find out such personal information.
  18. American husbands often repeat the saying “happy wife, happy life,” hinting that you shouldn't argue and contradict your wife, it's better to agree right away, you will still lose. American fathers have no objection to take out credit cards when their daughters want to buy something or spend the day at the salon. Fathers are much more strict with their sons, and in general, they treat boys - friends of their daughters with great distrust.
  19. While traveling to other countries, Americans never try to learn a local language. They do not understand why the French refuse to accept their order in English, believing that they simply show off and create unnecessary problems. The whole world already speaks English, what's the problem?
  20. Americans are not interested in foreign films and celebrities. Only when a European star moves to the United States can newspapers write something about her, but otherwise the Americans are completely indifferent to foreigners.
  21. Living with parents or relatives is not accepted here and happens only if the person has no money at all. But a huge number of Americans rent their house rooms or rent houses with perfect strangers, whom they have found out by the announcements. There are cases when lonely people take lodgers in order not only to save money, but also to avoid loneliness.
  22. Americans go crazy about pets and often treat them better than their family members. The hostess of the house can not bother cooking dinner for children and her husband, while zatarivayas with a variety of canned food and mixtures for a dog or cat.
  23. If you do something with your own hands, no matter how crooked and oblique it is, Americans will admire and advise you to start your own business. To loudly applaud the homebrew singer, even if the bear has crushed his ear, is normal. Therefore, the screens often show off in complete confidence in their talent indescribable mediocrity.
  24. Americans are not very superstitious. Apart from “knocking on wood,” I cannot remember a single superstition. Going to fortune tellers and fortune tellers are mainly engaged in by emigrants. But all as one believe in the 2012 Apocalypse and the existence of UFOs.
  25. Higher education in the United States is considered the key to a successful career. At the same time, the majority of billionaires and truly wealthy people either never crossed the college threshold or earned their money on something to which their diploma has nothing to do. Graduates of universities before retirement pay loans for studies and wait for old age with fear.
  26. American women consider a lost day if they have poorly styled hair and are generally very sensitive to haircuts. They can walk in sweatpants and a T-shirt, but with great hair, high-quality makeup, and generally very well-groomed.
  27. Work as a service staff is not considered shameful. But gardening is done only by Hispanics. The worst thing you can do for your reputation is to use government assistance.
  28. Americans love to read and buy a huge number of books every year. At the same time, the majority of people cannot correctly write half the words of the English language and does not know the meaning of the other half. It is not uncommon for professors in class to write something on the board and they are corrected by students. Errors in spelling are not considered a cause for embarrassment.
  29. Americans do not hesitate to talk about sex and the anatomical structure of both women and men, as if it were a conversation about the weather. All the non-destructive designations of the genitals have long been included in everyday speech, and menstruation, members, vaginas, and sexual acts are quietly being watched on television. Also, for some reason asshole always dubbed on television as well bitch or son of a bitch no.
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  30. The worst structure in the United States is not the police or the courts, but the tax authorities. The defaulter will be taken out of the ground, and a specific guard will come. Although they do not play with the police either - it will not work to dodge the fine on the road. Maybe toko if you are a pretty woman.
  31. In America, there are bars and clubs only for black. Only for whites have I not seen yet and most likely such a bar will have to frequently change the glass in its windows.
  32. Feast marked only narrow family holidays and dinners in the White House. In all other cases, the meeting is likely to be held either in a bar or restaurant, or at home there will be a buffet and no toast.
  33. Americans don't write birthday and holiday poems. A postcard for the occasion with a ready-made text is bought in the store, a signature is put and presented most often without a gift. The most popular birthday greetings are “Happy Birthday!”.
  34. Americans do not like to openly disagree and say no. When they refuse, they are more likely to say “yes, maybe, maybe”. You need to get used to reading these signals and not insist or accidentally mistake “maybe” for agreement.
  35. In schools, no one learns in the same 10 class for years, as well as in universities, they meet with certain people in certain lessons. Americans remember the school with dislike, and some with hatred. Constant clashes between teenagers, jokes between girls. Constant competitions, who has more money, who is better dressed and who has a better boyfriend (girlfriend).
  36. Americans rarely travel. Canada and Mexico are not even considered “abroad”. Those who have rested in France are considered to have seen the world.
  37. Bargaining in America is not accepted, but if you find any defect in the product, you can be given a discount. Sometimes 50%.
  38. Cars drive everything, and even driving stereotypes exist:
    if there is a car in front - Asian;
    if there is a car in front with the turns on - a pensioner;
    if you are overtaken with tinted windows - Iranian or Russian;
    if there are 25 people in the car - Mexicans;
    if music rumbles and car doors shake - African American.
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  39. It is very easy to register and open your own business - you will not find much paperwork on your way.
  40. Americans do not take offense at all when someone speaks negatively about their country. They will even agree that their president is laughing at the hens, democracy is not real, and that all over the world they are laughed at or hated. At the same time, almost no one would think to try to emigrate somewhere.
  41. According to the incredibly popular site where you can order a letter from Santa for your child, his office is in Texas. This is another example of the entrepreneurial spirit of Americans - someone came up with the idea to write wishes from Santa on beautiful paper and sell them for 10 bucks. The founder's annual income is in the millions.
  42. Enjoying a leisurely lunch in the middle of a working day is not a typical picture for the United States, and even snoring for a quarter of an hour sounds unrealistic. Mostly people grab sandwiches and eat them at their desk.
  43. Taking pictures for Playboy magazine is not considered something shameful. It is a shame to post your nude photos from the back taken at home.
  44. Americans love to sell their junk by posting sale advertisements and displaying old things, furniture, and whatever else near garages. The people are buying up - only the noise is worth it.
  45. Losing weight in the United States is considered an achievement more important than success in business. If any fat businessman with his millions loses weight to normal size, more will be said about this than about his business.
  46. All modern houses and apartments are designed with mandatory built-in wardrobes. Usually they have sliding doors that can be replaced with mirrored for an additional fee.
  47. It is not uncommon for the children of wealthy parents to work at Starbucks. Parents 'money is not automatically considered the inheritance of children, and the latter often make their way on their own, counting on the parents' education and acquaintances, but not their money.
  48. Couples "aged woman - young man" have become commonplace.
  49. Crying in a public place is not accepted. Swearing loudly on the phone, discussing intimate details - all the time.
  50. Americans can easily part with friends and just as easily find new ones. It is not customary to ask friends for money, salt, or children.

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