okay, so i'm not alone!
i live in NE tennessee for the person that asked -about 1.5 hours from knoxville and close to the VA border.
when i've visited in the north, i always thought it was so weird when i would walk into a restaurant and the cashier would just stand there staring at me - expressionless.
here, it's usually, "hi, can i help you?"
when i would go into gas stations and say, "hi, how are you?" the grumpy looking ladies would light up and be like, "where are you from?!" like they aren't used to speaking - it's totally normal to go through an entire transaction without speaking a word. so weird! i worked in a restaurant in high school and i would be fired if i didn't greet the customers and tell them to have a nice day at the end - literally fired.
driving is different too. nothing will make someone more mad around here then letting someone cut into traffic and not getting "the wave."
if i don't get the wave, i automatically think, "they must be from the north." |