Random encounters 20 minutes apart:

"Y'all have a good day, hon."

"Thanks, man, I appreciate you."

After more than three decades in the UK, whenever a stranger is kind to me I instinctively reach for my pocket to make sure I still have my wallet.

#reversecultureshock

#ReverseCultureShock #expat #backhome #USA

Day 70-something back in 🇺🇲:

Not me spending way too long trying to decide between ketchup with no added sugar and ketchup with no added sweeteners like...

I lost my previous #reversecultureshock posts about being back home, due to the #migration, and I'm feeling too lazy to re-type them, so here's the TL;DR:
✔️ I am like the only one masking and it's weird
✔️ Jetlag sucks
✔️ I don't take off my shoes before hopping on the waxing table?!
✔️ My spicy-level tolerance has seriously decreased and I'm pretty sure my ancestors are weeping
✔️ What even are ounces? Can't visualize it to save my life. I'm used to everything being in milliliters and I miss it.

Puh, ich muss uns echt mal nen Plan machen, welches Geschäft wann öffnet, schließt, Pause macht. Was ein Flickenteppich, ganz schön anstrengend. Selbst im Einkaufszentrum lauter unterschiedliche Öffnungszeiten.
#ReverseCultureShock

Zweiter Anlauf: Anmelden am neuen Wohnort. Gestern nach 1,5 Stunden abbrechen müssen, da anderer essentieller Termin. Gestern immerhin schönes Wetter, heute steht der hintere Teil der Schlange buchstäblich im Regen.

Der Staat verlangt von mir, meiner Meldepflicht innerhalb von 14 Tagen nachzukommen, Feiertag und Wochenende inklusive. Ansteckend krank? Pech. Termine gibt es - wenn überhaupt - frühestens in 51 Tagen.

#Willkommenskultur? Nein. #ReverseCultureShock

Meet the Germans: Culture shock works both ways for a Malaysian in Germany

https://www.dw.com/en/meet-the-germans-culture-shock-works-both-ways-for-a-malaysian-in-germany/a-64652366?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#cultureshock #reversecultureshock #Malaysia