Initial List of Intriguing cultural differences. There are no toilet seat covers in LondonPeople walk much faster here :: Anthropology

Initial List of Intriguing cultural differences. There are no toilet seat covers in LondonPeople walk much faster here. There are no toilet seat covers in London people walk much faster here crossing the streets is extremely dangerous. People on the tube won’t acknowledge your presence everyone is an aggressive driver young children take the tube alone to school and back if you talk on the tube you receive dirty looks. In the first week or so I found some of my observations to be quite odd, and wondered how people were able to live with conditions such as these. As some time has passed I realized Londoners are used to way the things work here, and even after a few short weeks I became to understand, and in most cases appreciate them as well. The only exception would be the toilet seat covers, which I miss much more than California. Londoners tend to be very busy, especially during the week, and that is easily shown by their brisk walking pace. Theirannoyance is displayed everytime you can see them stuck behind peoplewalking slow and blocking their path. Crossing the streets is an adventure everytime, but after you know and respect the danger involved then it is not as dangerous as it first seems as long as you are cautious. Londoners on the tube will almost always completely everyone else and avoid eye contact at all costs. It is very hard to drive in London unless you are familiar with it. In some place the lack of traffic signs could make a defensive driver take an hour for a drive that should only take minutes. I was shocked when I saw young children taking the tube and walking the streets of London alone. I live in a very quiet small affluent town back home and children are seldomly seen crossing the street without an adult present. I have been nearly hit by cars/motorcycles a few times since I’ve been in London, so it concerns me that children who tend to have less of a sense of mortality than adults could be given such an enormous amount of responsibilty. Although I will never be completely comfortable with the notion of children having so much responsibil ity for their own safety in such a dangerous place, I understand they are quite familiar with the dangers involved and take the neccessary precautions. From the reactions of the surrounding people you would come to believe talking on the tube is a very serious crime.