Viral Twitter Thread Reveals How Super Entitled American Tourists Behave In Other Countries
You can’t rule out the inherent sense of entitlement that being an American citizen brings.
Some travelers blend in anywhere, and others make it obvious they think every country should work like home. A viral Twitter thread about American tourists behaving badly abroad landed squarely in the second category, and people had plenty to say about it.
Comedian Ginny Hogan kicked off the conversation with a post about entitlement overseas, from expecting businesses to take American dollars to acting surprised that local customs exist at all. That sparked a flood of replies from Twitter users sharing their own awkward, funny, and frustrating encounters with Americans traveling abroad.
The thread took off fast, and the reactions only got more pointed from there. Read on.
Comedian Ginny Hogan went viral after posting this
ginnyhogan_Other Twitter users responded, sharing their own amusing and peculiar encounters with American tourists. Some also shared their stories regarding American tourists' behavior while traveling abroad.
Here is a selection of their comments below.
This is where the thread really starts to pile up.
1. You are in Canada right now
agwon792. We are in Canada, and we use Canadian currency
awitsjocelyn
3. What this commenter saw in a Paris airport
LTatyella
4. One American said we had to adapt to the world's coin
julen_n
5. Having to explain to Americans that we don't celebrate the Fourth of July
araashaw
6. Although it's amusing to mock foreign visitors from the United States for believing they are the center of the world, this is not always the case
bencpye
7. Your husband is taking a job from a Thai person
flockofwords
This heated Europe trip argument over an uneven travel expense split is basically the same mess as the “we use Canadian currency” crowd.
Uneven Split of Travel Expenses Leads to Heated Argument: AITA?8. Americans standing in the EU and UK line
damilolly
9. To the Spanish, the United States is just one country among others
adamkotsko
10. The Canadian border gun confiscation
davidandrews808
11. A group of American tourists at the resort
GT_Numble
12. One reason for this phenomenon is that...
Liberonscien
13. Don't they have maps in your schools?
mattbirtisatwat
14. There was an exchange rate for US dollars
SnodV
15. Thanksgiving in Scandinavia
LokeeArt
16. When a package comes from the USA...
reverhaus
17. Moving to the US from Quebec
TigerDzheims
18. This is Canada and not the US
BalurCDN
19. In Europe, it's totally different
sentientnerd
20. Languages can be learned
candy_voodoo
21. A veteran discount
EisenGewehr
Because of the size and population of the United States of America compared to other countries, there will definitely be more Americans who haven't traveled outside the USA, so they are likely to behave with such a sense of entitlement. However, you can’t rule out the inherent sense of entitlement that being an American citizen brings.
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Some threads just confirm what everyone was already thinking.
Want the same “entitled” energy, see how one person changed shared vacation costs without consulting everyone.
Unfair Split: AITA for Changing Group Vacation Costs Without Consulting?
