Kantor on 20 October 2009
| damkira said: Living in an area with a high concentration of British people and talking to them daily, there are a few things I've noticed which are very different between British and American people. I've always wondered why British men insist upon wearing capri pants? It looks silly and gay at that. I'm gay and it took me back a bit to find that all these people are not homosexuals but British tourists. Its also strange to me that British people call Sprite lemonade. I wonder if they don't have real lemonade in the UK? Its delicious and easy to make... but the only thing that really bugs me about British tourists is that they don't seem to know how to tip correctly.. I mean, if the service is terrible then a bad tip is fine but an 5% tip on excellent service is insulting. I'm sure British people could go on and on about the foibles of American tourists, too.. and the above post wasn't meant to insult anybody. |
What on earth are Capri pants? I've never heard of them.
Tipping isn't overly prevalent in Britain, many restaurants have a compulsory/optional service charge. This is the same in much of Asia.
And I have never met anybody who calls Sprite lemonade. Nobody really drinks lemonade here, though.
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