- opening a gift immediately after receiving it – after you accepted a gift, in many Asian countries, such as India and China, it is a sign of greediness to open a gift a few seconds after receiving it;
- slicing or biting into a baguette – according to the French etiquette rules, it’s considered impolite to use utensils to cut the bread or to bite straight into it. Instead of that, you should tear up the bread with your hands, because just like French people say, “On ne coupe pas le pain, on le rompt” (We don’t cut the bread, we break it).
- smiling at strangers – in Russia, smiling is seen as an intimate gesture of affection and if you smile at people that you don’t know, they will find it insincere;
- honking – in Norway, drivers only honk when it is an emergency, not because of the traffic. This is why unnecessary honking could make the other drivers around you panicked and angry.
17 thoughts on “22 Ways You Are Being Rude Without Realizing It”
Sounds like Japan needs to get a real life,
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.
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.
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.
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?
WOW WOW
If I traveled a lot…GOOD STUFF TO KNOW.
Thanks
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.
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
GOOD ADVICE HERE –BUT i DO MANY OF THESE THINGS ALREADY !
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A better title for this article would be 22 ways you are being rude when traveling abroad – not everyone travels.
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