19 Embarrassing Moments All Americans Experience In London

    Do I want to know what a "bubble & squeak" is...?

    1. When you go out to a pub with people, and realize that food is not a priority for them.

    2. Trying to cross the street and accidentally looking the wrong way, because ROADS.

    3. When you go to order an English breakfast and become overly concerned when you see "bubble & squeak" listed in the ingredients...

    4. When you ask "Where's the bathroom?" and then you're led to a room without a toilet.

    5. When you need to go to a pharmacy and someone tells you to go to "Boots". (?!?)

    6. Having every British person around you giggle when you say "poop," because they call it "poo."

    7. When you're ordering food and they ask if you want it for "takeaway," and your brain goes blank for the smallest of seconds.

    8. When you accidentally assume that a British person is automatically from England, and you get called out for it.

    9. Accidentally trying to enter an escalator on the right side, like you do in America, only to realize far too late that you've fucked up.

    10. Going to open a door, and realizing you have to push a button first.

    11. Going to order a regular coffee, and having no one understand what you want, because English people call it "filtered coffee."

    12. And THEN, trying to buy an iced coffee, and getting a bunch of blank stares instead.

    13. Londoners will ask, "Are you alright?" which in America means, "What the fuck is wrong with you?" but is really just their way of saying, "How are you?"

    14. When you realize that you'll be washing your clothes in the kitchen, since that's where the machines usually are.

    15. Often not being able to understand someone with a British accent, but still being inexplicably attracted to that accent.

    16. Getting confused when someone asks if you have an "oyster card" for the tube.

    17. Trying to get used to the idea of not tipping at restaurants, and inevitably tipping on accident.

    18. When you get judged for calling digestives a cookie instead of a biscuit. (Even though it's definitely a cookie.)

    19. And when you're leaving London and don't know whether to hug or give a kiss on the cheek, so you just awkwardly do it all.