Before we get started, lemme tell you a couple stories

Story number 1:

So, Monday, I was at Target with the fam, and whenever I'm at Target, I have a tradition of running away from the fam while they're shopping.

So I did.

While I was walking through the aisles, there was a family, what looked like a mom, a kid, and a grandmother. And the mom looks at me and goes, "Oh, speak Spanish?"

So, obviously these people need help, and I felt really bad, but I don't know enough Spanish to converse with them and help them with whatever they needed.

I almost told them, "No habla español."

And I had to stop myself.

Because how hypocritical would it be to tell them I don't speak Spanish in Spanish?

Story number 2:

My sister ate my Cheezits.

Those were my breakfast.

So I'm leaving America and moving to Ontario.

Okay, on to what I actually wanted to say.

I was reading online, and I read a thing that said foreigners find it offensive that when they say thank you, and a American responds with "Mhm." It's considered rude, like we were expecting a thank you, so we dismiss it.

... Well, I can't speak for all Americans, but when I respond to a thanks with "mhm", it is NEVER meant like I was expecting you to thank me. It's more like "Oh, no problem!" It's almost like saying you don't really need to thank me, like it wasn't a being deal.

Speaking of people doing things they don't need to do, I think another thing most Americans do is refuse to let you buy them stuff.

That probably not uniquely American, and it doesn't apply to all of us, but yeah.

Like, part of me gets offended, like "You don't think I can pay for it myself?" But most of me doesn't want to inconvenience them, like I don't want them to waste their money on me.

A prime example is when my friends' parents offer to buy me fast food.

Them: Shelby, you hungry?

Me: *is starving* No, I'm fine.

Them: Are you sure? We can stop and get something. What do you feel like, McDonald's, Wendy's, Tacobell?

Me: *is actually kind of nauseous because I'm so hungry* I'm good, thanks.

Friend: GOOD GOD GET HER SOME MCDONALD'S PLEASE

And then comes the ordering. Their dead set on buying you food to the point where they'll sound stupid at the drive thru if I don't accept their offer.

So you order the cheapest thing you can think of.

Them: So, what'll it be?

Me: Um, just a double cheese burger and a small fry.

Them: Are you sure? Do you want something to drink?

Me: No, I'm fine. Really.

Them: ... Are you sure?

Me: Yep. I'm good.

Soooooo... Yeah that's it my friends.