I’m an American tourist in the UK & thought everyone was meant to be overly polite, I’m surprised by how wrong I was
A REDDIT user has shared how they once thought British people were overly polite, but have since changed their mind after coming across a white van.
Taking to the social media page to share their unexpected experience while on a work trip in the UK, the person, (@PriyaKhalifaX), posted a photo of the van in question.
Parked slightly outside of the lines of a busy spot, someone had used their finger to write: “MOVE OVER C**T” onto the back of the grime-covered vehicle.
Over this, the user wrote: “I’m here in the UK on a work trip. I love how us Yanks think you guys are “Too Polite”!”
People were left in hysterics over the photo and couldn’t help but comment on how accurate a depiction they felt it is of the country.
“Us Brits suppress a lot of emotion and anger as we are a decent, polite country yet every now and then we have an almighty urge to let off steam and this is the way we do it.” one person wrote.
Another person argued: “We’re not actually that polite we just over use please and thank you”.
A third shared how they saw a similar scene when they came across a van that had dirt all over it too. On the back, someone had written: “Also available in white”.
“We may appear polite on the surface, but underneath we are full of passive aggressive rage,” a fourth explained.
While a fifth added: “I remember years ago an American friend thinking a similar thing, and then watching an episode of the original Shameless, messaging me in shock to ask how accurate it was.
“And honestly, for all that it’s exaggerated for comedy, a lot of it is pretty spot on”.
But some shared how they never thought British people were overly polite and, in fact, felt the opposite could be true instead.
“As an American I can assure you I’ve never thought the British were polite but that might be because I started playing Runescape in 2002 and had a lot of contact with Brits as a young teen lol,” [sic] one person shared.
And a second agreed: “Generally speaking, I find folks are friendlier and more polite in their everyday interactions in the US than the UK…
“I think America was sold a stereotype and bought into it big time, we’re a bunch of scrotes a lot of the time.” [sic]