I've recently come back from my holidays and I am loving being back! People think I'm crazy being this excited after languishing in the California sun. But despite enjoying my holiday (I had a fab time, honest!!), I am happy to be back in the cold, dark skies of Manchester.
Why, you wonder? Well, these are at least 10 reasons why I'm happy to be back in Manchester, the heart and soul of the United Kingdom:
1) I'm back to shop assistants who don't ask how I'm doing in a sugary sweet, obviously false way. Brit shop assistants are for the most part friendly, efficient and know customers don't want to wait in long queues uncessesarily so they don't talk all sorts of crap to you pretending to be interested when they clearly aren't.
2) I'm back to eating in restaurants where I get served by people who don't expect a minimum 15% tip for the pleasure of serving you. They serve me because that's their job, and they actually like what they do.
3) I'm back to driving in smooth motorways, clearly signed junctions and slip roads, with drivers who know how to drive properly and know all about road courtesy.
4) I'm back to normal-sized food portions, where a small meal IS a small meal, and where a sandwich is less likely to have GM products that would turn me yellow.
5) I'm back to prices that are the same from when you pick them up until it gets rung at the tills. I hate it when I think I'm buying something for 99 cents, when it actually is $1.09 because of sales tax!
6) I'm back to 'Have I Got News For You', Brit soaps, The Royle Family, Little Britain, The Office, Shameless, etc. American telly is so full of rubbish!
7) I'm back to stylish yet affordable clothing. In America, it's either one or the other.
8) I'm back to fry-ups, beans, cheese on toast, fish and chips and a good old Sunday roast.
9) I'm back with a people with a dry, sarcastic sense of humour, and who don't take themselves too seriously.
10) And last, but not the least, I'm back to a proper cup of tea!
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