How to piss off the locals: Top 10 faux pas in Prague
April 14, 2009 | Posted by admin Things not to do, unless you like dirty looks
By Adam O’Brien
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9. Stand at a supermarket register, waiting for the cashier to bag your groceries.
8. Hold up your index finger to indicate you want one of something.
7. When offered Budvar decline, saying, “I can get Budweiser at home.”
6. Wear in public any t-shirt bought in Prague 1.
5. Stand on the left side of the subway escalators.
4. Call the metro the subway.
3. Ask people very slowly, at the top of your voice, “MLU-VI-TE AN-GLIT-SKY?”
2. Talk about this off-the-beaten-path restaurant you found…on Wenceslas Square.
1. Complain loudly and drunkenly about how hard the cobblestones are on you and your stilettos.
Adam O’Brien is a third-year student at New York University studying English literature and anthropology. He is from Long Island, New York.
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