Assignment 3 Garrett Peavler

         I have not been to many places outside of Kentucky and I have never been outside the United States. Most of the states I have been to have been in the Southeast, so they aren’t much different from Kentucky. So I don’t really have any odd cultural experiences. The furthest I have been from Kentucky is Chicago and one thing that I learned about the way things are there is that “excuse me” is far more important than “I’m sorry”. I learned this when I bumped into someone and I apologized, but this person was infuriated at my not saying “excuse me”. Each place in the United States has slightly different expectations, they all have similar etiquette rules, but the slight differences cause the misunderstandings that occur in social interactions within the United States. The thing is, I don’t know if there is any way to learn what these slight differences are other than to have these misunderstandings. The only way to find out things about other places is to go there yourself.