So now I've been a fully fledged American student for a week now, and I'm beginning to notice a few things which mean that the US not quite as good as the UK.
Here are my observations so far!
- People often say that Americans have no idea about what constitutes as real bread, cheese or chocolate. Luckily, San Francisco is actually famous for sourdough bread and Ghirardelli chocolate, but those cheese singles...ew.
- You have to buy your stamps at a Post Office - none of the corner shop malarky we have in Britain. It's most inconvenient!
- TV is truly terrible (with the exception of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, a terrific show) - infomercials, too many ad breaks and a LOT of Spanish-only channels. It's SO hard to find a decent programme!
- Duvets and duvet covers do not exist. Everyone has sheets and 'comforters', which is basically a thick blanket. But surely they would sell duvets in Ikea...?!
- Tax is added on to items at the till, rather than before like it is in the UK. So when you go, 'Oh! 10 dollars! Great, I have a 10-dollar bill (not note).' You go to the till and the cashier says, 'So, that's $10.17 please.' Argh.
- Floor numbers are counted with the ground floor as 1. So if you have a class on the 2nd floor of a building, it's only one flight of stairs up. Just WHY?!
- Tax is added on to items at the till, rather than before like it is in the UK. So when you go, 'Oh! 10 dollars! Great, I have a 10-dollar bill (not note).' You go to the till and the cashier says, 'So, that's $10.17 please.' Argh.
- Floor numbers are counted with the ground floor as 1. So if you have a class on the 2nd floor of a building, it's only one flight of stairs up. Just WHY?!
Of course, there are a few things which are actually BETTER here (I know it's hard to believe). Coming soon!
No comments:
Post a Comment