Originally Posted by watterstide
i am from england, and i agree with you here..but,on the other hand..we have sat with total strangers to eat, when there was no other openings at the tables,when i was with my mum in england.
here, it would not go over so well. i have offered up our extra seats to people standing and waiting for a table, and you would think i had the measles!
so true. i admit i wouldn't want to be
forced to sit with people i didn't know, but if
they had extended the invitation, i'd be tickled pink to meet somebody new and so obviously nice. i've offered empty seats, too, in crowded restaurants. people almost never accept.
i showered, i promise. :lol:
Originally Posted by fliedermaus
Reading through this I can see a big difference between England and the US. Over here shop owners/workers rarely greet you and if you want help you have to seek it out. In the few stores that I have been in that do greet you and actively help I find myself going back. It's a real treat.
I guess we have the stiff upper lip/shyness/reservedness thing going on hahaha! :lol:
my grandparents came over from England. two generations later, the lips are just starting to "unstiff". it's a very misunderstood condition, isn't it? especially when you consider that British comedy usually makes me laugh until my sides hurt. :lol:
apparently we are not so different, after all. just like we Yanks, you prefer to spend your money in the friendly shops.