People Are Sharing Stories About Entitled American Tourists Not Realizing They're The Foreigners While Abroad (20 Tweets)

As the world reopens after COVID-19, we’ve all come to embrace travel: it’s important to get out of our little bubbles and it’s very important to experience other cultures.

But as we all start to zip around the globe once more, it’s important to remember that you are a guest in another nation. And while Americans are by no means the only nation to send forth its citizens only to pay no mind to the social norms of the culture they visit, we sure are an easy punching bag.

A now-viral Twitter thread from comedian Ginny Hogan has people sharing some of the most entertaining times Americans didn’t realize they were foreigners. Here are some of the best.

1. Extra clarification

2. Canada

3. Dude, you’re in Canada!

4. Paris!

5. We don’t celebrate the 4th.

6. The world is not Europe. Take dollars.

7. Oh boy.

8. Same vibe, but for England.

9. Just one nation

10. Oh, Americans.

11. Vacation. In Mexico.

12. They never write the nation

https://twitter.com/reverhaus/status/1536892199274676225?s=20&t=vVYLWERIWdVzammV3e0GXg

13. Sir, this is Canada

I was flying between two Canadian cities a couple months ago. Security guard was telling someone to put on a mask… Who starred to rant about the supreme Court blah blah blah.

Really tired security guard with all the patience in the world "Sir this is Canada"

— Balur (@BalurCDN) June 15, 2022

14. There, there, dummy

A man from the US once asked me where I was when I told him I was also an american. When he understood Chile is also in America and is a totally different country, had no idea why I spoke in english. He didn't knew that languages can be learned.

— nosoyfashionista🐕 (@candy_voodoo) June 14, 2022

15. You didn’t fight here.

Reminded me that once an American veteran asked for a veteran discount… in Australia

— Gök the Turk (@EisenGewehr) June 14, 2022

16. Many quesitons

my grandmother's parents moved to the US from Quebec and she didn't know Canada was a separate country from the States until a year ago

— wet and zesty (@TigerDzheims) June 14, 2022

17. Thanksgiving

My brother studed in America for a couple of years, and his classmates legit asked him how we celebrate thanksgiving in Scandinavia…..

— Lokee (@LokeeArt) June 14, 2022

18. To be fair, it’s huge

Well, compare the size of the USA with the size of most other nations. Most people in the USA will never leave the USA whereas in other nations it’s a lot more likely that you’ll get to see other nations. That’s just one reason for this phenomenon.

— Liberonscien (@Liberonscien) June 15, 2022

19. Change in CND

I had a store in Old Montreal for a decade and Americans got so mad when we told them there was an exchange rate for US dollars and we legally had to give them change in CND money. SO SO MAD.

— Vee Champoux (@SnodV) June 14, 2022

20. Guns at the border

Wait til you find out how many guns Canadian border agents confiscate from Americans who don’t realize it’s a whole separate country with different laws every year.

— Chopper (@davidandrews808) June 13, 2022

h/t: Bored Panda

People Are Sharing Stories About Entitled American Tourists Not Realizing They’re The Foreigners While Abroad (20 Tweets)