Said I was craving hushpuppies at work today and my coworker asked me what those were. I asked around and literally no one knew what hushpuppies were. Didn't even realize they were a southern thing. It pissed me off so much I had to clock out early
I'm literally a server in NYC and today I had an British man get angry at me because his home fries werent french fries (we don't serve french fries for breakfast) and then he left me a quarter as a tip, but sure Tom
Tom Holland reveals how Americas/New Yorkers talk to each other disrespectfully unlike the Englands who are very respectful
Tom Holland: One of the things I find really difficult is a lot of Americans, New Yorkers especially, when they're ordering food, it's very different to how we order food. In England, it says, "Please may I have the burger with number two, thank you so much, please, let me thank you, thank you, thank you." And in America, it's totally fine to be like, "I'll have the number two" and just leave it at that.
Amy Poehler: Especially on the East Coast.
Tom Holland: Totally. And I would be doing scenes and my dialect coach would come in and be like, "Stop saying please."
Amy Poehler: Ooh!
Tom Holland: Like, a kid from New York's not going to say please if you're asking for a burger. So I, you can see it, there's a moment in this movie where someone asks me for a coffee and I just go, "Sure." And even through the suit, you can see like, I'm like, "My dad is going to be so disappointed in me!"
Sometimes I wonder if I'm on the wrong side of the political spectrum, but then I'll go through T*rning P*int's posts to see which of my mutuals liked it and it's literally just this girl from church camp who married a guy 40 years older than her, so I'm probably fine