You Know You Have Lived in America Too Long When…

Posted on May 5, 2013 in Culture Station | 0 comments

 

• You wear a T-shirt even in winter
• You blow your nose in public
• You feel you’re lucky when the train has arrived 5 minutes late
• You think it’s natural to say thank you to a cashier in a supermarket
• You use paper napkins like water
• You are not surprised when you see a very fat person, and you feel you are slim
• You don’t mind using a dowdy umbrella
• You don’t even carry an umbrella
• You feel uncomfortable when a shop staff bows to you
• You go across a street when the light is red but there are no cars
• You’re able to drink blue or green colored soft drinks without hesitating at all
• The fact that your waitress is wearing shocking pick nail polish doesn’t surprise you one bit
• You receive compliments from others you’re not humble at all and just say “thanks”
• You’re not excited or impressed at all when you see a real gun
• You’re amazed at the cleanliness of the toilets in Narita Airport
• You don’t think anything of young girls wearing camisoles that completely reveal their bra straps. To the contrary, when you let your guard down you find yourself doing the same as well
• You see a size 30 cm women’s shoe in the shoe store and you don’t even respond, “Geez that’s huge!”
• You leave a space of about 50 cm between you and the person lining up in front of you at the supermarket
• Your “skirt to pants” ratio becomes 1:4 (meaning you own 4 times as many pants as you do skirts, for girls of course)
• You you have completely lost the habit of dividing up your trash