Re-Americanized

For weeks I have been dying to write about the funny things we have come to notice after spending 2 years living outside the States. I'll get to it more, I hope, eventually. But for now I found this at www.whynot.net - a hilarious website with all kinds of ideas, thoughts, and why not(s)? They've hit a few of them right on the nose!

1. Only in America......can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
2. Only in America......are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.
3. Only in America......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
4. Only in America......do people order double cheese burgers, large fries, and a diet Coke.
5. Only in America......do banks leave both doors to the vault open and then chain the pens to the counters.
6. Only in America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
7. Only in America......do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.
8. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
9. Only in America......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.
10. Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.

A few quick ones of my own:
We are fine with letting people through a door ahead of us into the store. But would never do so in line.
We say excuse me even if we are passing by someone 12 feet away from us.
There's a gym on every corner, everyone has a membership but the gym is always empty.

Number 1, sad but true. Last night I ordered a pizza online and got a status update on who was putting my pizza in the oven and when. Also, when it was in the car for delivery and who would be delivering it!

Honestly never thought about #2. Number 4 is classic! And very true! (I worked in a coffee shop, I know!)

I'm sure I could add more to this list...maybe later. How I missed home! :)