Post your "American Moments" here.

[Doktor Howl]

Similar to "First World Problems", but instead of gripes, post something you saw or did that was uniquely American.

For example, I went to the gym yesterday, and the upper parking lot was full.  I found myself getting angry that I had to walk an extra 100 yards to get to the gym entrance, to get on the treadmill.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

Last Saturday I went to a chinese buffet that made me sick. It was terrible.
Then on Sunday I went to a different one to "make up" for it.

[Suu]

I won't go to the fast food places down the street from my house because I don't want to deal with the bums that hang out there looking for handouts. NOT because I don't like the food.

[Adios]

I saw a perfectly healthy person park in a handicapped space and didn't do a damn thing about it.

[AFK]

I packed a lunch today, but went out and bought lunch anyway. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

My housemate brought home two unopened cases of snack mix yesterday that were left over from Rose Festival, and were going to be thrown away.

[Jenne]

There's this pizza place I've discovered that makes the best fucking pizza EVAR.  I have been craving their "New Orleans" pizza for about 2-3 days now.  I was going to make it a b-day present to myself (I'm going to be spending it alone, working), but I'm finding the more I put it off, the more I REALLY FUCKING WANT THAT PIZZA.

So despite the fact I keep complaining about my ballooning weight, I am probably going to indulge myself, because, you know, you only live once, etc.  And I have a tendency to eat every other fucking thing to get away from the craving, anyway, which is a very unsatisfactory practice to begin with.  

[AFK]

"New Orleans" pizza eh?  Do they put extra oil in the pan when they cook it? 

[Jenne]

Dunno...but it's made with chorizo, red peppers and something else I can't remember BUT REALLY WANT IN MAH BELLEH

[Cramulus]

Even though I finished all my work at 11:30,
I still have to hang out here until 5 PM.   

[Doktor Howl]

Even though I finished all my work at 11:30,
I still have to hang out here until 5 PM.   

That's more of a first world problem, not a blatant act of America on your part (or the witnessing thereof).

[Requia ☣]

In the real America when you finish your work the boss fires someone so you can do their work too.

[Freeky]

I had enough money to gas up my truck, and there is a gas station only a few blocks away, but i made an extra-long trip to go to the bank to get 20 dollars just to buy a bag of rubber bands for less than a dollar.

[Jenne]

I had enough money to gas up my truck, and there is a gas station only a few blocks away, but i made an extra-long trip to go to the bank to get 20 dollars just to buy a bag of rubber bands for less than a dollar.

  Freeky, that's SOOO American. 


I will often go 5 minutes out of my way to get to a drive thru that sells food for $1 (like Taco Hell) if I'm in a "hurry" but STARVING and nowhere near home, while out doing errands (time is short between my shifts and getting my kids from school).

[Suu]

Dunno...but it's made with chorizo, red peppers and something else I can't remember BUT REALLY WANT IN MAH BELLEH

Chourico is not New Orleans! 


...But damn that sounds yummy, no matter what they call it.



...GODDAMNIT NOW I WANT TO GO TO FALL RIVER FOR CHOURICO AND PEPPERS! WOMAN!