“‘The Midwest’ of what, exactly???” —u/shelbywhore “I stopped at at a steakhouse in Frankfurt, and a salad came with my meal. They asked if we wanted Italian or American dressing. American was ranch.” —u/kelliwk —u/Sleeplesshelley “Are you me? This was my exact experience. We stopped at a little café in Marseilles, and it was sweaty and hot, so I wanted a lemonade and asked for ice. They did this little song and dance with the bucket and popped a single cube into my drink. I watched it melt in two seconds and just quietly said, ‘Merci.’” —u/aspidities_87 “This is what I was told when my brother and I went to England, Singapore, and Australia years ago. People all immediately identified me as American because of the baseball caps.” —u/Dcman333444 “Bruh, I’ve seen people carry huge backpacks just to the office and back. I don’t understand the phenomenon, but you’re right.” —u/dark_blue_7 “Yup! Went to Florida, and when I went shopping I was wearing a skirt, and a girl maybe a few years older than I was commented on how she loved my skirt. Would NEVER have happened in Denmark, that’s for sure.” —u/HeeseungsAce “In a museum in London where everyone is speaking quietly, and then BOOM, an American accent out of nowhere just catches you so off guard.” —u/aural89 “You hear most of them before you see them.” —u/ewoofk “I work in a hotel, and anytime I’m talking to the residents and I can clearly tell that they’re from America, I always ask them what state they’re from. And 99% of the time, they immediately ask what gave it away, and after I tell them it’s the accent, it’s usually followed by, ‘I don’t have an accent.’ Never fails to make me giggle.” —u/Firm_Knowledge_5695 “Every time I visit my relatives in Italy, they say, ‘Don’t ruin it for us.’ They don’t want the whole tipping thing to catch on.” —u/Maymundo “God, I was always so jealous of the people who could afford cute-ass fancy Bath & Body Works hand sanitizers that clipped to their backpacks. That shit was like $5 for the really chic small, glittery, cutesy ones all the popular girls had. You know what, Valerie? Screw you and your red velvet sparkle cake hand sanitizer backpack clip.” —u/Nexrosus
