A culture shock in the UK
This story is the time when I was travelling in the UK.
I enjoyed travelling and I've got an experience what I had been really shocked by a woman's behaviour.
I was sitting on a seat in a bus. The woman got onto the bus and sit on the seat behind me.
I had been enjoying seeing the view from the window before she did an action.
Suddenly, I heard the sounds what I've never heard before.
I thought "What the hell is this annoying noise!?? ".
It was the sounds she blew her nose.
I have no idea why she had blown her nose even though she was behind me.
After that, I had supposed that this happening was coming from a difference of each culture.
In Japan, people are taught to blow near someone is rude behaviour.
Even if people having a runny nose want to blow, they should distance themselves from others.
However,acording to some sites what I googled then, people recognise that to sniff is rude in some Europe countries.
It says in one of sites "People would rather blow even if it makes noise than sniff.".
I've been careful not to sniff in other countries, especially in Europe, since then.
I've witten this story as well as I can, but sometime I was really confusing about some tenses in my writting.
I would appriciate if you collect my writting. Thank you for reading.
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「A Culture Shock in the UK
This story is about the time when I was traveling in the UK.I have enjoyed traveling, however there was one time when I was really shocked by a woman's behavior.
I was sitting in a bus and a woman got on and sat on the seat behind me.
I had been enjoying the view from the window before she did anything.
Suddenly, I heard a sound that I've never heard before.
I thought "What the hell is this annoying noise!?? "
It was the sound of her blowing her nose.
I have no idea why she had blown her nose even though she was behind me.
After that, I thought that this had happened because of a difference in culture.
In Japan, people are taught that blowing your nose near someone is rude.
Even if people have a runny nose and want to blow, they should distance themselves from others.
However, according to some sites that I googled, people considered sniffing to be rude in some Europe countries.
One of sites even said, "People would rather blow even if it makes noises."
Since then, I've been careful not to sniff in other countries when I need to blow my nose, especially in Europe.
I've written this story as well as I can, but sometimes I get confused about some tenses in my writing.
I would appreciate if you correct my writing. Thank you for reading.」
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>>曾思瀚（Francisco Tsang）
First, thank you for asking some questions. I'm going to answer your questions.
1, In my opinion, if I were in like that situation, I would sniff many times until I arrive at a place where I can blow my nose without bother to someone. Of course, I should try to make some noise as less as I can.
2, I think Japanese people don't mind if people having a terrible cold blow their noses as long as they try to make some noise as less as they can.
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I think to blow nose with making sound near someone is rude. But if you don't scrub your snot with tissue or noserag, that might be much ruder. I have 2 questions,
1. In a crowded circumstance, e.g. subway carriage or bus, if your snot is about to burst out of your nose, how can you move to a place where you wouldn't influence any others?
2. What would you Japanese do if you are with a bad cold, especially in public places?
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