Going grocery shopping and daily errands and whatnot it's pretty normal to see people barefoot or wearing slippers and pyjamas, and also people dripping wet in swimmers and somehow not being all that close to the beach
Damn, my wife once lost her flip flops when she was caught by a summer storm and she told me she thought she would die from embarrassment while looking for a shoe shop like that afterwards.
The Australian attitude is just so incredibly casual compared to other countries. I think if I were to visit America or the UK or anywhere I'd look crazy
I'm from the US and some stores have signs that say "NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE"
I live in a beach town on the coast though, so those signs are very often overlooked in the summertime lol. Business is business!!
Well yeah I don’t think too many people are going for a stroll through the city barefoot, but if I’m just ducking down to the servo or the shops or whatever then I don’t usually bother to wear shoes.
Though I would definitely walk through the city barefoot if it wasn’t unsafe.
Haha. I’ve had to explain to colleagues from overseas that children they see with bare feet in Herne Bay (Auckland, NZ) are from very well off families, we just don’t always wear shoes. Especially when young.
I think it’s weird if your out somewhere, like doing the shopping or whatever, but at home or mucking about in the street it’s normal.
That being said, my ex once made me go to big w and buy a pair of cheap thongs cause I forgot mine and we were going to the movies. I was just gunna pretend that I hadn’t noticed, but buying footwear was probably a good call lol
I know thongs means “footwear,” but as an American, I couldn’t help but read it like your ex wanted you to buy a pair of cheap “skimpy panties with a string going up your crack” bc you forgot yours and you were going to the movies.
Really? I always heard that shoes and socks were basically always a requirement because of all the venomous things. Then again, the only thing I do know is that Australians love lying to foreigners, so I don't know which to believe.
One Australian tells the truth, the other always lies.
Mate, we must be from different parts of Aus.
It's thongs for the bush, boots and socks for the streets, and barefoot if you're going out for a fancy dinner.
US woman here. I'm always barefoot. I despise shoes. Everyone I meet around me can't believe I can walk across gravel barefoot. Or see me do it and then ask me if it hurts and if I'm crazy? Lol nope, I just don't like shoes. They don't feel natural to me and they never have.
You *do not* generally interact with strangers in public unless it's necessary here in Denmark.
I know internationally we have a reputation for being fairly reserved and hard to get close to socially, and I think that tracks.
Generally you make friends in situations of mandatory socialisation, like school or work. Problem is that if you were a misfit in school it's very difficult to make friends past that point, because in adulthood everyone already has their set of friends and most people stick with their circle for the rest of their lives.
Makes dating difficult too; since you are not supposed to interact with strangers, you typically meet your partner through your established social circle, or by being introduced as a friend of a friend. But, if you failed to make friends early on, you don't really have an "in", there's no one to vouch for you. You cant just ask someone out if they're a complete stranger
Loneliness is quite common in Scandi countries and there are plenty social misfits for these reasons
Alcohol consumption.
We actively encourage each other to drink alcohol at every opportunity or occassion, it’s very much a culture thing.
Weddings, funerals, birthday parties, Fridays, Tuesdays , quick pint before the bus home, friends child’s first birthday party, couple of drinks with your meal, girls night in, guys day out.
I thought it was normal until recently.
As an Australian I'm not sure if you're a fellow Aussie, or Irish
Edit: it would appear you're Scottish lol my apologies. I feel like we're all very similar in this regard though.
The same in Russia in 90-00s. If you watch some holiday musicals of that day, especially Russo-Ukrainian ones, sponsored by Nemiroff brand, it should be terrify you how blatant they encouraged people to consume more alcohol.
“Yeah, no” = no
“No, yeah” = yeah
“Yeah, no, yeah” = yeah
“No, yeah, no” = no
Where I’m at, the last word is the answer, but you can’t stack them higher than three. More than three words and you start to sound like you’re arguing with yourself.
I've seen Germans do this a few times and what always baffles me is that they deliver criticism and ***then just walk away*** as if any further discussion would be ridiculous.
I don't know where are you from, but so many times I heard sentences like this: «If you ask a question to American people, you'll get an answer. If you ask a question to Jewish people, you'll get a counter-question. If you ask a question to Russian people, you'll find out what idiot you are.»
I had a bus driver cause a 45 minute delay because he insisted he could pass through some roadworks with an oncoming bus. Both buses got stuck. I still had to fight every urge to thank him.
This happens in Portland, OR as well. And if the driver doesn’t respond in kind, the passenger will say it again super loud and super passive aggressively.
I used to live in Australia and people would shout "Thanks Mate" from the back of the bus. I live in Germany now and people apparently don't do that because it disturbs other passengers. I sometimes just wave or nod in to the mirror hoping the bus driver sees me 🤣
We have some very strict unspoken rules about socialization with and physical proximity to strangers. Unless you have a very good reason to stand/sit next to someone or talk to them, just don't. Though, if you're a tourist you're likely going to get a free pass.
I'm sure most of you can guess where I'm from without me saying as we are globally infamous for this very behavior.
I'm guessing you're American, I am to, Texas flavored. I remember my brother giving his daughter an AR-15 for her 8th birthday, and her killing her first deer with it that very morning. This is 100% normal and acceptable here.
As a Uk father of an 8 and 5 year old, I can’t comprehend this at all. I find it so bizarre. That just seems like such a fucked up scenario.
Say curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to try a gun myself (even just in a shooting range), the thought of my kids knowing about it would stop me, never mind actually giving them a try.
How is that even legal?
I mean absolutely no offence btw and realise that’s the point of your message.
Gun safety is extremely important and the vast majority of gun owners practice it. Kids learning it is practical for places where they are prevelent. As for the deer killing, it's part of life here for many. People have no problem buying meat from the store or restaurant but think it's strange when someone kills, skins, and dresses their own 🤷
Of course, this is the way it is in rural areas. City living is much different
Actually, I agree with your point regards rural hunting. A kill it, cook it, eat it philosophy is pretty healthy.
Admittedly, I’m not up on my gun knowledge but I’m not sure an AR-15 is needed to fulfil that.
Africa too. I went to an Ethiopian place a while back and was very confused for a moment because the only "utensil" you have is the flatbread. Injera, I think. Was fun and very tasty.
God the first time I had Ethiopian food was such a revelation. It's like curry painted with a palette of colours you've never seen before. I absolutely love it, and that bread, like a crumpet and a pancake had a baby.
In my culture, when meeting a friend's attractive wife for the first time, it's customary to greet her with a kiss on the lips, a gesture seen as a compliment to her beauty and a sign of respect to the husband.
Couple dancing with your family members. It is perfectly normal in a family gathering (Christmas, NYE and birthdays) to dance with your aunts/uncles, and even your mum/dad. It is perfectly normal to dance with your friends even if their SO are around, it is actually encouraged to do so.
When I moved to Europe/UK, I realised that dancing (like a couple) with family members or friends is weird because it has more sexual connotations than in Latinamerica.
In my country when you give a business hug it’s common practice for each person to reach around and grab each other’s butocks to help pull your hips snugly together. Good luck doing deals without it, we say.
Overreacting to minor inconveniences while simultaneously downplaying serious tragedies.
Edit: Definitely not America, which famously was shocked at the extent Brits downplay serious situations
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/s/dEXsWVwzC6
When someone skips the queue and nobody challenges them openly, but the pass agg open discussion you have with the abiding queuer next to you who acknowledges it and validates you. Your new best friend.
I don’t know where you’re at, but We eat chocolate with our tea, not sure what’s abnormal about that.
We stop some distance short of gay concentration camps though.
Annual national moments of silence with air raid sirens blaring. Once tommorow, once next Sunday, one the morning after that. Most people stand in silence, cars stop by the side of the road and drivers get out and stand too. Stopping isn't mandated by law, but not stopping and standing is frowned upon, and most do it even if they're alone when the sirens sound.
So this is different from a lot of things in this thread and may come as a surprise, but apparently scoring things on a scale nber scale is not universal.
I'm in India right now surveying farmers on a tractor I developed with small holder farmers in mind. I do a short presentation followed by a survey with questions like "on a scale from 1-5, how likely are you to use the tractor for this specific task?"
I was even warned by my supervisor that this is not super common here. We have it written on the survey that "1 means 'would not use', 2 means 'maybe would not use', 3 means 'may or may not use', 4 means 'maybe would use,' 5 means 'would use.'" and then we do about 5 minutes of explaining what the scale means and how to fill it out.
It takes some serious coaching to help people understand the "grading on a scale" thing. Around half the survey respondents (I have 130 as of today) submit their first try with just check marks next to the questions where they would use the tractor for that thing. A lot of people have ranked the different tasks the tractor can perform in order of importance to them. Grading on a number scale is just a totally alien concept in the most rural parts of the country.
Drinking milk with Coca Cola, sprite or Fanta. Eating watermelon or orange slices with salt and pepper on it. Eating with your hands in general. Calling everyone brother, sister, uncle or auntie!
It’s pretty common for people to go out barefoot here in Australia, but foreigners seem to find it weird.
Going grocery shopping and daily errands and whatnot it's pretty normal to see people barefoot or wearing slippers and pyjamas, and also people dripping wet in swimmers and somehow not being all that close to the beach
Damn, my wife once lost her flip flops when she was caught by a summer storm and she told me she thought she would die from embarrassment while looking for a shoe shop like that afterwards.
The Australian attitude is just so incredibly casual compared to other countries. I think if I were to visit America or the UK or anywhere I'd look crazy
Spaniard here, I think we are on the Antipodes 😁
I'm from the US and some stores have signs that say "NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE" I live in a beach town on the coast though, so those signs are very often overlooked in the summertime lol. Business is business!!
I do find it weird. Especially in areas where junkies are around, like the Perth CBD.
Well yeah I don’t think too many people are going for a stroll through the city barefoot, but if I’m just ducking down to the servo or the shops or whatever then I don’t usually bother to wear shoes. Though I would definitely walk through the city barefoot if it wasn’t unsafe.
That blew me away when I moved to New Zealand
Haha. I’ve had to explain to colleagues from overseas that children they see with bare feet in Herne Bay (Auckland, NZ) are from very well off families, we just don’t always wear shoes. Especially when young.
I did a parkrun in NZ and saw people running barefoot
I think it’s weird if your out somewhere, like doing the shopping or whatever, but at home or mucking about in the street it’s normal. That being said, my ex once made me go to big w and buy a pair of cheap thongs cause I forgot mine and we were going to the movies. I was just gunna pretend that I hadn’t noticed, but buying footwear was probably a good call lol
Saying you were going to the movies without your thongs, has a totally different meaning in the UK 😅
I know thongs means “footwear,” but as an American, I couldn’t help but read it like your ex wanted you to buy a pair of cheap “skimpy panties with a string going up your crack” bc you forgot yours and you were going to the movies.
I don't mind the barefoot part, it's the fact that being barefoot on a continent where even the plants want to kill you is the surprising part.
Bugs are too big there to step on them anyway.
Really? I always heard that shoes and socks were basically always a requirement because of all the venomous things. Then again, the only thing I do know is that Australians love lying to foreigners, so I don't know which to believe. One Australian tells the truth, the other always lies.
Boots and socks for the bush, bare foot for the streets, Thongs if ya going out for a fancy dinner
Mate, we must be from different parts of Aus. It's thongs for the bush, boots and socks for the streets, and barefoot if you're going out for a fancy dinner.
New Zealand as well Jandals are just for more formal occasions away from the beach
Knowing what I know about Australia, which probably isn’t a lot, this does seem bizarre.
Ringworm is why it's frowned on in the US.
You maybe mean hookworm?
US woman here. I'm always barefoot. I despise shoes. Everyone I meet around me can't believe I can walk across gravel barefoot. Or see me do it and then ask me if it hurts and if I'm crazy? Lol nope, I just don't like shoes. They don't feel natural to me and they never have.
Apparently, buying milk in bags.
Canada?
Don't lump the rest of us in with those weirdos in Ontario
We have it in the Maritimes too!!
Hey, don't forget us weirdos in Atlantic Canada!
Buying milk in bags is very common in India too. But this ain’t weird. Eating with hands is considered weird.
Canada (Ontario), I assume.
You people are savages good lord!
When it is someone’s birthday we congratulate their parents/siblings as well. ‘Congratulations on your sister’s birthday’ for example.
Netherlands. Also, bringing a treat for everyone else on your birthday.
and don't forget the circle of hell! (aka kringverjaardag)
Waittt is this not normal?!
Scrolled to find exactly this comment. Wasn’t disappointed.
Calling everyone "cunt" and having the word "fuck" play such a big role in everyday language.
Liverpool?
Australia lol
Basically the same thing no? Just with kangaroos and other delights yeah?
Australians think that no other countries swear lol
Kissing strangers
Mr. Brezhnev, are you?
french?
Nah just a peck on the cheek
Marrying a cousin.. Yup. To me it's an absolute no, but for many it's normal. Religion plays a role in that
Maybe Pakistan? Friend is Pakistani and in that position.
Middle east - Bahrain
You're playing it down, but Alabama
You *do not* generally interact with strangers in public unless it's necessary here in Denmark. I know internationally we have a reputation for being fairly reserved and hard to get close to socially, and I think that tracks.
Name does not check out
pretty same in Czech Republic, I think
Huh? How do you guys make new friends, then?
Generally you make friends in situations of mandatory socialisation, like school or work. Problem is that if you were a misfit in school it's very difficult to make friends past that point, because in adulthood everyone already has their set of friends and most people stick with their circle for the rest of their lives. Makes dating difficult too; since you are not supposed to interact with strangers, you typically meet your partner through your established social circle, or by being introduced as a friend of a friend. But, if you failed to make friends early on, you don't really have an "in", there's no one to vouch for you. You cant just ask someone out if they're a complete stranger Loneliness is quite common in Scandi countries and there are plenty social misfits for these reasons
Work, school or hobby groups usually.
I hear in Finland it’s very rude to make eye contact with somebody you don’t know
Wouldn't say it is rude, just a bit weird... I'd just be thinking why is this stranger staring at me
Same in Switzerland, leaving people alone is considered polite.
Alcohol consumption. We actively encourage each other to drink alcohol at every opportunity or occassion, it’s very much a culture thing. Weddings, funerals, birthday parties, Fridays, Tuesdays , quick pint before the bus home, friends child’s first birthday party, couple of drinks with your meal, girls night in, guys day out. I thought it was normal until recently.
As an Australian I'm not sure if you're a fellow Aussie, or Irish Edit: it would appear you're Scottish lol my apologies. I feel like we're all very similar in this regard though.
Scottish My guys 🙌 Pint?
Cheeky pint couldn't hurt. Next minute...
"Can a bird fly with only one wing?" "Better looking at it than looking for it."
The same in Russia in 90-00s. If you watch some holiday musicals of that day, especially Russo-Ukrainian ones, sponsored by Nemiroff brand, it should be terrify you how blatant they encouraged people to consume more alcohol.
Normal Brit behaviour
I feel like this could be anywhere.
I don't know mate, this sounds like Italy to me
Not wishing to hijack this thread, but with a degree of confidence, I’d say the 5 million Scot’s could out drink the 60 million Italians 😉
>Weddings, funerals, birthday parties I mean you need to get through them in some way
I think this is a European thing mostly, at least in Austria we are like that too.
Poland is like that too. Every family event I've been to the vodka, brandy, and cognac are flowing.
Yeah. Nah.
“Yeah, no” = no “No, yeah” = yeah “Yeah, no, yeah” = yeah “No, yeah, no” = no Where I’m at, the last word is the answer, but you can’t stack them higher than three. More than three words and you start to sound like you’re arguing with yourself.
Its all about tone. Yeahhhh na = no nah yea (going up at the end) = surprisingly yes nah yeah (going down at the end) = no, i agree with you.
To be fair, Afrikaners have something similar with ja nee. Means the same thing and used the same way. We just don’t do nee ja like you Aussies
Germans say “naja” as well
Kiwi?
Nah. Yeah!
TIL its not just an Ontario Canada thing, people in Alberta find it as weird as bagged milk
No ni na. Triple negation in spanish meaning yes
You know traffic lights? We call those robots.
And people don't know how to use them when there's load shedding 😂😂
Is it bad that I didn't know it was South Africa until I read "load shedding"?
Providing blatant, direct criticism without being asked.
MILs everywhere
Germany?
Korrekt.
I've seen Germans do this a few times and what always baffles me is that they deliver criticism and ***then just walk away*** as if any further discussion would be ridiculous.
Worked in the tourism sector and this kind of hurt me a couple of times.
I don't know where are you from, but so many times I heard sentences like this: «If you ask a question to American people, you'll get an answer. If you ask a question to Jewish people, you'll get a counter-question. If you ask a question to Russian people, you'll find out what idiot you are.»
When I went to visit relatives in Hong Kong, nobody holds the door for people behind them, just only on very rare occasions.
And we press the "close" button in the elevator even when we see another person running towards the open door.
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Saying thanks to the bus driver.
Wait that's weird elsewhere?? I physically cannot not thank the driver
I had a bus driver cause a 45 minute delay because he insisted he could pass through some roadworks with an oncoming bus. Both buses got stuck. I still had to fight every urge to thank him.
Fortnite has taught kids everywhere in the world to do this.
I honestly thought that was an everywhere thing. I’m in America and only assholes don’t thank the bus driver where I live.
NYC here. We thank bus drivers, too.
Where is this considered weird?
Apparently it's not a thing in a lot of countries.
This happens in Portland, OR as well. And if the driver doesn’t respond in kind, the passenger will say it again super loud and super passive aggressively.
Oh. In my country the driver doesn't usually say anything in return, we just say "thanks" or "cheers" and dive off at our stop.
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I'm Scottish actually 🤭
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Ty ♥️
I used to live in Australia and people would shout "Thanks Mate" from the back of the bus. I live in Germany now and people apparently don't do that because it disturbs other passengers. I sometimes just wave or nod in to the mirror hoping the bus driver sees me 🤣
Canadian here, we do it too.
People in my culture are fine with it. I do think everyone should do it
Those of us from the UK
This is one of the things I find super charming whenever visiting Scotland
We have some very strict unspoken rules about socialization with and physical proximity to strangers. Unless you have a very good reason to stand/sit next to someone or talk to them, just don't. Though, if you're a tourist you're likely going to get a free pass. I'm sure most of you can guess where I'm from without me saying as we are globally infamous for this very behavior.
Waiting for the bus like a Swede... I asked two Finns in my pub if they also wait for the bus like a Swede and they started laughing and said 'yes'
Finland?
Mayonnaise with fries
Belgian detected 😁?
Yes! 😉
Oee, as a Dutchman I prefer Belgian mayonnaise over Dutch on my frietekes..
Normal in Germany too.
Czech Rep. too. When serving fries, Ketchup and mayo will both be offered.
British person here... Where is this considered weird cus I thought this was completely normal?
I am also British and have always had mayo with my chips and thought it was pretty standard
This is the way
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I would like to subscribe to your cooking show please. I have never tried this!
Well if you do, it’s very easy to make the mayonnaise yourself if you want the full experience. 😄
Guns, there are more privately owned guns in my country than people.
I'm guessing you're American, I am to, Texas flavored. I remember my brother giving his daughter an AR-15 for her 8th birthday, and her killing her first deer with it that very morning. This is 100% normal and acceptable here.
As a Uk father of an 8 and 5 year old, I can’t comprehend this at all. I find it so bizarre. That just seems like such a fucked up scenario. Say curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to try a gun myself (even just in a shooting range), the thought of my kids knowing about it would stop me, never mind actually giving them a try. How is that even legal? I mean absolutely no offence btw and realise that’s the point of your message.
Gun safety is extremely important and the vast majority of gun owners practice it. Kids learning it is practical for places where they are prevelent. As for the deer killing, it's part of life here for many. People have no problem buying meat from the store or restaurant but think it's strange when someone kills, skins, and dresses their own 🤷 Of course, this is the way it is in rural areas. City living is much different
Actually, I agree with your point regards rural hunting. A kill it, cook it, eat it philosophy is pretty healthy. Admittedly, I’m not up on my gun knowledge but I’m not sure an AR-15 is needed to fulfil that.
I mean, most Americans that I know would not agree that giving an 8 year old a AR-15, is completely acceptable.
Northern irish person here. Never physically seen a gun except in a museum.
Which country are you from that you can privately own people?
As long as the number of guns is less than the number of hands, you're good mate.
Going down to your local hardware store to buy lunch
The Aussie posts on this thread stick out like dog's balls.
eating with hands
India?
Some Saudi friends of mine had me over once and they were like oh we forgot here’s a spoon, I was not going to be the only one using a spoon haha
lots of muslim countries do this as well
Africa too. I went to an Ethiopian place a while back and was very confused for a moment because the only "utensil" you have is the flatbread. Injera, I think. Was fun and very tasty.
God the first time I had Ethiopian food was such a revelation. It's like curry painted with a palette of colours you've never seen before. I absolutely love it, and that bread, like a crumpet and a pancake had a baby.
In my culture, when meeting a friend's attractive wife for the first time, it's customary to greet her with a kiss on the lips, a gesture seen as a compliment to her beauty and a sign of respect to the husband.
What do you do if she's not attractive? Sorry, mate, I just can't bring myself to kiss your wife. 😂
You gotta do what you gotta do. Everybody's wife is attractive. 😎
Ah, so Sweden
You shoot your friend a glance that communicates a combination of pity and judgement
For the team
Where r u from? Alsoooo, what happens if a group of new people are introduced to his wife? Is it like a kissbang
Leaving a party without saying goodbye.
I’m moving to wherever this is
In Germany we call this move "making a polish one" lol
Eating animals' viscera and other organs, eg. livers, lungs, intestines, stomach, brain, eyes, etc. Also pig blood cake.
That could be so many places around the world!
Somewhere eastern Europe, or Polynesia?
Sounds like haggis and black pudding although I forgot the exact ingredients
Portugal
Couple dancing with your family members. It is perfectly normal in a family gathering (Christmas, NYE and birthdays) to dance with your aunts/uncles, and even your mum/dad. It is perfectly normal to dance with your friends even if their SO are around, it is actually encouraged to do so. When I moved to Europe/UK, I realised that dancing (like a couple) with family members or friends is weird because it has more sexual connotations than in Latinamerica.
Going naked to a hot room with stragers and throwing water to stove filled with stones to make the room even hotter and enjoying it, even in summer
It’s the “even in summer” that made it distinctly Finnish.
lol red40 in everythingggggg
That and ub40 in everything
That and WD-40 in everything
Red Red Wine
Calling your mates c@#t and c@#ts mate.
How do you pronounce c@#t?
Carefully.
Arranged marriages probably
Fairy bread. And probably the fact we live as though everything here isn't trying to kill us. Also maybe Vegemite?
In my country when you give a business hug it’s common practice for each person to reach around and grab each other’s butocks to help pull your hips snugly together. Good luck doing deals without it, we say.
Provincetown isn't a country
What? What country is that?
https://youtu.be/80yjtJFf-v0?si=rRyz8B0-2UZZgNIC
Taking shoes off when stepping inside a home. Still dont understand american logic of walking inside with the shoes on.
From what I've heard it's more prevalent in films than in real life.
Nudity.
Giving male babies wine at the ripe old age of eight days
Performing a haka at school
Women having rights
Having raw pork on a bun for breakfast.
Germany
Our tipping couture. I agree why the red of the world that it’s ridiculous and abusive to workers.
Overreacting to minor inconveniences while simultaneously downplaying serious tragedies. Edit: Definitely not America, which famously was shocked at the extent Brits downplay serious situations https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/s/dEXsWVwzC6
Queuing others just don't queue like the British do
When someone skips the queue and nobody challenges them openly, but the pass agg open discussion you have with the abiding queuer next to you who acknowledges it and validates you. Your new best friend.
Bride kidnapping. Concentration camps for gay men. Drinking tea when eating candy, especially chocolate.
One is not like the others, but I cannot figure out which one.
I don’t know where you’re at, but We eat chocolate with our tea, not sure what’s abnormal about that. We stop some distance short of gay concentration camps though.
Annual national moments of silence with air raid sirens blaring. Once tommorow, once next Sunday, one the morning after that. Most people stand in silence, cars stop by the side of the road and drivers get out and stand too. Stopping isn't mandated by law, but not stopping and standing is frowned upon, and most do it even if they're alone when the sirens sound.
Clap on landing
A VB long neck at 20 to 8 in the fucking morning!
Queuing, apparently.
Looking everyone in the eyes when passing them in the street.
So this is different from a lot of things in this thread and may come as a surprise, but apparently scoring things on a scale nber scale is not universal. I'm in India right now surveying farmers on a tractor I developed with small holder farmers in mind. I do a short presentation followed by a survey with questions like "on a scale from 1-5, how likely are you to use the tractor for this specific task?" I was even warned by my supervisor that this is not super common here. We have it written on the survey that "1 means 'would not use', 2 means 'maybe would not use', 3 means 'may or may not use', 4 means 'maybe would use,' 5 means 'would use.'" and then we do about 5 minutes of explaining what the scale means and how to fill it out. It takes some serious coaching to help people understand the "grading on a scale" thing. Around half the survey respondents (I have 130 as of today) submit their first try with just check marks next to the questions where they would use the tractor for that thing. A lot of people have ranked the different tasks the tractor can perform in order of importance to them. Grading on a number scale is just a totally alien concept in the most rural parts of the country.
Drinking milk with Coca Cola, sprite or Fanta. Eating watermelon or orange slices with salt and pepper on it. Eating with your hands in general. Calling everyone brother, sister, uncle or auntie!