1. In a hotel anywhere in the world, one must hang the towel on a hook or fold the towel in a bathroom bar, while in America the bars at the hotels are wider than the towels, which by the way are bigger than usually anywhere else.
2. If you are going for an ice-cream in America, ask for only 1 (in words: only one) scoop, or --if you are really hungry-- 2. Once I asked for 3, and the seller said he cannot put 3 scoops in a cone, although the cone was really big. So I asked for 2 scoops. What was my surprise when I saw the huge ice-cream!
3. Small and medium cars like VW Astra, Toyota Corolla, Peugeot 406 are typical in Europe. In America, everybody seems to drive a car as big as possible.
4. Coffee may not be strong, but it goes in big quantities.
5. In fast-foods, you pay once for you drink and you can refill it as many times as you want.
However it may be misleading to think Americans make things big just because. They do things right, with professional excellence. Sometimes there may be a lack of aesthetic, but works are always well finished.
How can you call the dark drink served in many places "a coffee"????
ReplyDeleteAccording to a tv program that I saw on PBS a profit maximizing approach of the coffee producers changed the taste of the society.
Amico mio, have you already forgotten the taste of coffee?