22 Ways You Are Being Rude Without Realizing It

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  • exposing the soles of your feet – in many Arab, Muslim, Buddhist, and Arab territories, feet are believed to be the part of the body that is the dirtiest. This is why you should never sit with your legs so high, that the soles of your feet can be seen;
  • blowing your nose – people that live in Japan, Turkey, France, Saudi Arabia, and China, consider that blowing your nose in public is repulsive and disrespectful;
  • eating in public – people from Japan find it disrespectful when someone eats in a public area unless there is a sign that says it is allowed to eat and drink there;
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17 thoughts on “22 Ways You Are Being Rude Without Realizing It”

  1. I asked for a coke with lunch in Amsterdam. I was told by my host that coke is normally given to children and adults do not drink coke with a meal. It was a surprise to me.

  2. This article is misleading. These are things you can do in other countries that are rude there. They are not rude here. I think the article needs a different title.

  3. I was in Lagos Nigeria and tipped the driver of the security van. Later I was told one I over tipped and two it was rude to do so. I felt terrible.

  4. There are enough interesting places to go, things to see, and people to meet right here in my country, that there is no conceivable reason to travel outside the United States of America.
    What you may wish to do is publish this article overseas, so that when people come here it doesn’t feel to us that the interlopers are defecating on our wives’ dining room table.
    How about that?

  5. There are so many, and such intrusive ads superimposed on the story here as to make opening any of your posts obnoxious.

    I was interested in the piece, but gave up on the unreadable presentation.

  6. This is so BS. Blowing your nose? Would they prefer that we let snot drip down our lip and lick it off? How repulsive would THAT be? I just made myself gag, eww

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