American Journeys. Mortification by me, 1991 (age 25) PART 1

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Originally Posted by Alex

It is always interesting to see the mundane things that strike people from outside the culture as comment worthy.

That's the thing that fascinated me too, re-reading it all these years later.
Tipping, Toilets, Mr coffee (that's coming up), water on the tables at restaurants... all of this classifies as culture shock to those not from the USA (not that we don't have toilets down here, mind)