Don't smile at people you don't know.
Don't say hi to people you don't know.
Don't say hi more than once a day to acquaintances you pass in buildings/on the street.
Don't eat while walking around the city.
Don't expect free water at a restaurant.
Don't ask for ice in your soft drinks.
If cooking, open windows so the "food smell" goes a away.
If there's a "food smell", spray something to get rid of it.
If the "food smell" is tangarines or oranges....well, just eating them in front of anybody but close family or friends gives you away as a foreigner.
Don't say "gracias" all the freakin time.
Don't wear a baseball cap unless you're going to get fully decked-out in yankee paraphanelia.
Don't look disheveled unless it's very well thought-out first.
Don't expect a woman on the street or one you haven't been formally introduced to look at you (unless you're really hot or are wearing nice clothes or are famous or look like a foreigner).
Don't ask out a woman on the street or one you haven't been formally introduced to (unless you're really hot (etc) or are prepared to do a mind-numbing amount of bullshitting).
Don't make conversation for no reason with strangers.
Don't act like a big softie.
Brush your teeth 3 times a day.
Plan on of taking your kids to DisneyWorld.
Think people from the US love DisneyWorld.
Learn how to save face gracefully. Not yours, but other peoples'. Giving a blunt no doesn't go over as smoothly as it does in the US.
Be cool and loyal to people you have formally been introduced to.
Don't be anal.
Repeat frequently how cold people are in the US.
Repeat frequently how hard it is to learn Spanish.
Repeat (albeit incorrectly) that Spanish has more words than any other language.
Repeat, whenever possible, supposed Argentine inventions: the ballpoint pen, dulce de leche, empanadas, milanesas, public buses, and the latest I heard, telos (pay by the hour motels).
Tell people how good the meat is here.
Consider people from the US culturally illiterate, brain-washed and junk-food eating.
Be trendy.
Like the Ramones, Rolling Stones, CCR, or Beattles.
Put your age and picture on your resume.
Don't be overweight.
Don't worry about saying excuse me to people you bump into while walking.
Drive within inches of pedestrians.
Love Brazil.
Talk about how easy it is to understand Portuguese.
Dream of going to Western Europe.
Get your EU citizenship.
Don't say hi to people you don't know.
Don't say hi more than once a day to acquaintances you pass in buildings/on the street.
Don't eat while walking around the city.
Don't expect free water at a restaurant.
Don't ask for ice in your soft drinks.
If cooking, open windows so the "food smell" goes a away.
If there's a "food smell", spray something to get rid of it.
If the "food smell" is tangarines or oranges....well, just eating them in front of anybody but close family or friends gives you away as a foreigner.
Don't say "gracias" all the freakin time.
Don't wear a baseball cap unless you're going to get fully decked-out in yankee paraphanelia.
Don't look disheveled unless it's very well thought-out first.
Don't expect a woman on the street or one you haven't been formally introduced to look at you (unless you're really hot or are wearing nice clothes or are famous or look like a foreigner).
Don't ask out a woman on the street or one you haven't been formally introduced to (unless you're really hot (etc) or are prepared to do a mind-numbing amount of bullshitting).
Don't make conversation for no reason with strangers.
Don't act like a big softie.
Brush your teeth 3 times a day.
Plan on of taking your kids to DisneyWorld.
Think people from the US love DisneyWorld.
Learn how to save face gracefully. Not yours, but other peoples'. Giving a blunt no doesn't go over as smoothly as it does in the US.
Be cool and loyal to people you have formally been introduced to.
Don't be anal.
Repeat frequently how cold people are in the US.
Repeat frequently how hard it is to learn Spanish.
Repeat (albeit incorrectly) that Spanish has more words than any other language.
Repeat, whenever possible, supposed Argentine inventions: the ballpoint pen, dulce de leche, empanadas, milanesas, public buses, and the latest I heard, telos (pay by the hour motels).
Tell people how good the meat is here.
Consider people from the US culturally illiterate, brain-washed and junk-food eating.
Be trendy.
Like the Ramones, Rolling Stones, CCR, or Beattles.
Put your age and picture on your resume.
Don't be overweight.
Don't worry about saying excuse me to people you bump into while walking.
Drive within inches of pedestrians.
Love Brazil.
Talk about how easy it is to understand Portuguese.
Dream of going to Western Europe.
Get your EU citizenship.
