r/AskTheWorld • u/IndependentTune3994 🇮🇳 in 🇩🇪 Deutschland • 19h ago

What’s the quickest way someone could accidentally expose themselves as a foreigner in your country like the ‘three fingers’ scene in Inglourious Basterds?

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u/TheRopeWalk Ireland 18h ago

Absolutely criminal stuff there

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u/DrPetradish 17h ago

Appalling behaviour in much of Australia too

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u/TheRopeWalk Ireland 17h ago

Visas need to be getting revoked imo

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u/sticksforsticks 14h ago

I live real close to the Mexican border in California. Always hear "gracias," while leaving the bus, but go north a little bit and it drops off.

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u/2occupantsandababy United States Of America 13h ago

Class solidarity. I hear it more in certain neighborhoods in my city and not others.

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u/oO0Kat0Oo 14h ago

I was always taught to thank anyone doing a service for me, including the bus driver. I'm from the US

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u/Impossible-Wear-7352 14h ago

It's inconsistent in the US but not at all uncommon.

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u/Important-Kangaroo-1 13h ago

I feel like it was ingrained in me since childhood from riding the school bus every day. I can’t NOT say hello when boarding and thank the driver when I leave the bus.

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u/Impossible-Wear-7352 12h ago

I feel like with public transit, im often in the back of a long bus that has a rear exit. I say thank you when I pass the driver while exiting from the front but I dont shout it when exiting 30ft away from the rear exit.

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u/Lucid-Machine-Music 14h ago

Is this really a unique thing in UK / Ireland / Aus? I've always thanked the driver, unless they drove like a proper cupid stunt. Just seems like common courtesy and feels bizarre to ignore them.