Personal experience: what our habits are considered rude in the USA

When we get to a new country, we meet new people, and very often their habits, behavior and mentality are significantly different from ours. Blog author Sergey Kurylenko on Yandex.Zen told by what habits one can easily recognize an American, even in a crowd of Russians.

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I don’t know about you, but I think that in the crowd of Russian people I definitely recognize the American by his appearance alone. But we differ not only in appearance, but also in behavior. Moreover, some of the usual American actions by us will be considered rude.

Do not disturb personal space

Let's start with the fact that in the states they do not like touching and close contact in general. The concept of “personal space” is highly valued there and is almost on the same level as private property.

This is more noticeable in small towns, because in some New York there are so many people on the streets that someone will violate your personal space not by will.

And all this is strange, because at first glance the Americans seem very open and welcoming, but even with close acquaintance they try to stay aloof, if only not to violate your personal space once again.

Whistling is rude

Remember how in childhood we were scolded if we whistled in the house? My parents forbade me to do this, frightening me with the fact that this is a bad sign and there will be no money in the house. The Americans are considered rude to whistle even on the street.

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A friend on this subject even told a case from life. Once he whistled to an American while working at a construction site, as it was very noisy there. It’s common for us, but then the American asked me not to whistle anymore, but rather shout if necessary.

Do not be greedy!

And lastly, but probably most importantly, in America it is considered unprecedented rudeness and even impudence if you do not leave a tip in a restaurant or even a small cafe. They take this very seriously there. So much so that you may even be put on a kind of “black list”. In any case, you should not return to the establishment if you did not leave a tip the previous time.

Original column published on the blog. Sergei Kurylenko on Yandex.Zen

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