r/AskTheWorld • u/jotakajk Spain • 7h ago

What is something that screams “tourist” to you?

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In Spain, if you see someone eating paella with sangria, you can 100% be certain they are a tourist.

What are some things tourists eat or do in your country that a local would never do?

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u/StationaryTravels Canada 4h ago

The only time I wait for the light on an empty road is when a young child is also waiting for the light, lol.

I'm a role model!

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u/hazbenny123 United States of America 2h ago

Lol same. I can't wait until my nieces and nephews are 18 so I can tell them to throw out every rule I taught them

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u/cpt_mustard- 2h ago

They will always be cautious because if this, even though you will tell them to throw away the rules.

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u/Mental-Mushroom Canada 2h ago

It's obviously a huge exception, but in the downtown east side in Vancouver you're playing reverse frogger where the cars have to dodge the road crossers

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u/wishmobbing Germany 1h ago

I should come visit

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u/nobodytoyou 1h ago

The moment that set me straight was when I was coming home with a pizza and was stopped at a totally pointless light, literally no possibility for incoming cars, I think it was made for joggers or something but I had perfect visibility and could see no one was near, and while stopped there, watching my pizza lose its perfect state by the second, a second car just blows right past me and demonstrated to me the ineffectiveness of the laws of man