Things Americans Assumed I Knew… But I Had NO IDEA! 🇮🇪

Why do American mailboxes have little red flags? What's a dry county? And why do so many Americans enter their houses through the garage? 🇺🇸🇮🇪 As an Irish girl, I thought I knew quite a bit about American culture. Apparently not! Today I'm discovering 8 everyday American things that people assumed I'd already know. From electric shopping carts in supermarkets and restaurants singing Happy Birthday to garbage disposals, yard sales, different laws across state borders and those mysterious mailbox flags, some American customs are a complete culture shock when you're not from the USA! **Americans, which of these did you assume everyone knew?** And if you're watching from outside America, which one surprised you most? WATCH NEXT: 🇺🇸 Things Americans Have That the Rest of the World Doesn't: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-IS3rnGZ84 🇺🇸 Lies I Believed About the USA Before I Visited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBXPmOW9F7k Subscribe for more Irish observations, American cultural differences and reactions! ▶ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dianejennings ▶ Buy EDITOR DIANE a Coffee: https://www.paypal.me/DianeJennings ▶ Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCep4XCEgpz2TZJkbk-rf5Pw/join ▶ Merch: https://diane-jennings-shop.fourthwall.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA: ▶ Instagram: http://instagram.com/dianodrama ▶ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dianodrama ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dianodrama ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/LtLz9iTQhJfmJMZe/?mibextid=LQQJ4d ---------- I always check comments in the First Hour Club, the first hour after I upload below! So let me know what you’d like to see on the channel + FEED THE ALGORITHM MONSTER! ---------- Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Dianodrama-ID #AmericanCulture #IrishGirl #CultureShock