Whats Considered Acceptable and Otherwise Normal?
• Meeting new people and asking their age or marital status • Spitting and coughing up phlegm in public • No seat belts in the backseat of a car/taxi • Smoking indoor restaurants and bars • Riding motorcyles/bikes with no helmets • Motorcycles/buses run red lights • Heterosexual women holding hands • It is acceptable for heterosexual men to be touchy with each other (kindof like a football or sports team…) • Not apologizing for bumping into people (this isn’t rude, it’s just crowded…think of living in NYC) • You don’t leave tips (we have to tip at restaurants/bars/hair salons in Canada) • The elderly get free subway tickets and will reach over you to get a ticket even if you’re in the middle of paying • Excessive drinking • Fish at a restaurant is never de-boned • If you’re out with your boss or someone much older, wait for them to eat first before starting •
