Culture Shocks: Cultural Things That Are Weird In Other Countries

Waving At Drivers 

When I was a teenager, I visited Ireland with my family (from the US). My dad noticed that other drivers were waving to him as we drove through various small towns and bits of the rural countryside. 

He started waving back and made a big deal out of it to the rest of us in the car. He was really proud of himself for “fitting in” or something along those lines. He’d cracked the code of the local customs and was giddy about it. I remember sitting in the back seat as an angsty teen, thinking, “What’s your deal, dad? Nobody cares.”

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