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Transatlantic Traveller Tip Sheet


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Food – Restaurant tipping guide


 
In USA
In UK
Terrible service   
15%
10p
Good service   
20%
10p
Excellent service   
25%
10p


Drink – Units of alcohol


 
In USA
In UK
3 pints   
Night out
Swift lunch
6 pints   
Trip to hospital
Few after work
12 pints   
Burial/cremation
Bit of a session


Dating – Manage your expectations


 
In USA
In UK
1st date   
Meal
Nightclub, then a shag
2nd date   
Movie
Nightclub, then a shag
10th date   
1st kiss
Meal, then a shag
1 year   
Engagement
Anal
2 years   
Marriage
Threesome


Manly chat – Never say . . .


In USA
In UK
“I really fancy a fag.”
“You’re full of spunk today.”
“Can I borrow your rubber?”
“Gee, my fanny is sore.”
“You must taste my spotted dick.”
“I feel so bummed.”



About the author - Craig Alan Williamson is the author of campus comedy novel ‘A Foreign Education’. His uniquely-English perspective on American college life was cultivated during a year spent studying abroad at the University of Colorado. He has since returned frequently to the United States and travelled extensively around the country. Visit Craig at www.CraigAlanWilliamson.com

A Foreign Education
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