10 things we don’t understand about British People

It's something you will experience with the time, but when you move to another country you always start to compare all the things that are different back home.

Sometimes you feel like it’s better back home, sometimes not. But one question remain: How come Europe is so small and have so many differences between one country to another?

So because I traveled in UK, here is 10 things we don’t understand about British People:

1/Why do you like to queue so much? While French people enjoy complaining in a queue and try to sneak in the line without getting caught, British people seems to be used to wait.

Like when I was late one day and the bus arrived just as I was walking toward the bus stop. So when the driver opened the door I just jumped-in. WRONG! I could hear the people behind grumbling. And that is when I understood that EVEN TO TAKE THE BUS YOU NEED TO QUEUE! Basically the first one arriving at the bus stop is the first one getting in the bus...

In France you just let old people or disable people go first and then the fight begin!

2/Why do you love to wear UNIFORMS? From the first day at school, to the graduation day, and then at work, British people have a uniform for everything. 

Anyway French people hate it because after years of public school where people make fun of you for not wearing the right brand, and because you are not fashionable according to their standard, you become proud of not being like anyone else. Being grown up you can finally decide what you want to wear and have your own style. French people say they are “not part of the herd”.

But in UK it’s more like a way to bring everyone at the same level. Wearing a uniform makes you happy to take off your costume and relax at the end of the day. Also that’s probably why you love going shopping in Pyjama at 5pm or at 11am on Saturday morning. That’s also why you love fancy dress and are such Party Animals.

3/Why is it so complicated to see a Doctor? First you need to register and it always seems like they don’t have time for you. They also treat you like you are about to hurt them... Like being in pain make you a dangerous person. Then you need to wait for hours until they call you... (Remember French don’t like to wait!) And then whatever your problem is, if you are a girl and your belly hurts they assume you are pregnant. After the test result shows that you are not pregnant... (thanks, you knew that before and that not the reason you’re here) they tell you they don’t know what is wrong with you and give you pain killers. Pain Killers is their answer to all your problems!!!

The only way to get help is to CRY in front of them... And that’s what a British person told me to do!

4/Why you Girls wear so much make up??

Seriously, my mum who has more wrinkles than you doesn’t put on that much!! I’m sorry if that is going to sound mean to you but in France we say that basically they just pour a paint bucket on their face! Anyway girl: you are beautiful and you should realise that youth is not forever-lasting. Why not enjoy and let us enjoy your natural beauty for a while? You will have the rest of your old-days to hide under make up...

And also we don’t get why girls actually wear dresses that look like a T-shirt to us. And why when it’s - 2 degrees outside they walk bare-feet?

5/Why do you need to call everyone “Love”, “Honey”, “Sweetie”, “Darling”, “Mate”, “Man”, “Bro”, “Brotha’”?

 “- I don’t know you Man! “

6/Why your mum and dad still go at the Pub at 60 years old and have fun, while mine are “too old for this sh**!”?

7/Ok this one is just a request: PLEASE, Stop asking us if we eat frogs or snails because it’s the most old-fashion dish you could ask for in France. And to my opinion it’s yucky... And NO! We don’t all come from Paris and live by the “Tour Eiffel”. And Yes! We like to deep our toast/croissant in the coffee in the morning (or at least I do...).

8/Why Beer is on sale?

Really, beer is so cheap in UK it’s like going shopping!

“Hey, Let’s go to that Pub there is 2 pints for 4.60£ Every Tuesday!”

9/Why do you keep driving on the left just to say that you are not like the rest of the world? We got it! You don’t want to be part of Europe... But why not make it easy for everyone to travel in your country?

10/Well I could think about it all night but for now I can’t think of anything else that we don’t understand. I think you are People that know how to have fun and make fun of yourselves as well. And by the way British people are very different among themselves: You are Welsh, You are Scottish, You are Cornish, You are Cockney, Gordie, Indian , Arab, Polish, Irish etc... You are a small Country that just Welcome everyone else, and I guess that’s why we like it!

You make the Neverlanding Experience Possible!