SURPRISES WHEN YOU VISIT THE U.S.

GIANT FOOD PORTIONS

Food portions in the U.S. are HUGE. Things like Large value meals,

super sizes are unheard of abroad.

POPULARITY OF PEANUT BUTTER

Along with hamburgers and pizzas, peanut butter can be considered an

American staple. While Americans love peanut butter and eat tons of it,

compared to people from many other countries, the sweet-salty

tasting spread may prove too much for them.

PICKLES OVER-CONSUMPTION

Pickles are popular in many countries all over the world but usually

people only eat them with specific meals. In the U.S. however,

foreigners tend to feel like pickles as they are given with everything.

LARGE GAPS AROUND TOILET DOORS

Answering the call of nature is something Europeans usually associate

with the utmost privacy, which is why American toilets (with huge

bottom and side gaps) seem so weird to some foreigners.

TOO MUCH WATER IN THE TOILET BOWL

Talking about toilets, there is one more thing some visitors from

abroad are not used to seeing – the amount of water in the bowl

(especially to those from countries where clean water is rare).

THE NATIONAL FLAG

The U.S. national flag is among the first things foreigners visiting

the U.S. usually notice. Naturally, it’s good to have some patriotism

but the prolific use of the national flag on just about every single corner,

building, window, etc. may seem a bit exaggerated.

CONFUSING PRICE TAGS

In most countries, what you see is what you pay when it comes to

price tags. However, in the U.S. the tax is not reflected in the price

which may be confusing to some foreigners.

WASTING

Dumping food that you don’t eat, throwing well-preserved sneakers

away just because they are not trendy anymore or getting rid of your

perfectly working iPhone 5 because iPhone 6 has just been released is

something people from many countries find particularly weird.

GUNS

The sheer number of gun stores and gun owners in the US is

beyond understandable to many visitors from other countries.