Some light competition between Britain and the US is nothing new, but an American expat has revealed all the British customs that have his blood boiling.
Mark Cole, who currently lives in Scotland, used TikTok to reveal the multitude of things about the British Isles that are driving him around the bend.
Among his extensive list of grievances are Britons not celebrating Thanksgiving or July 4, America’s Independence Day.
But his annoyances don’t stop there: Mark says that everything in Britain is ‘small’.
Whether it’s the sinks, the living rooms or the showers, Britain doesn’t do it as big as their friends across the pond, according to TikToker.
An American living in Scotland – Mark Cole (pictured) – was baffled by our strange parking habits
But the complaints about the housing did not stop there. Despite being miffed about typically rainy summers, the American was left baffled as to why many homes don’t have air conditioning.
While the sinks, rooms, and houses may not be the size of a grandiose Calabasas mansion, the size of the spiders is apparently something to behold, according to Mark.
Another aspect of British life that left the American perplexed was driving, and no, it wasn’t the roundabouts, it was actually the parking lots.
Mark was also baffled by Britain’s lack of air conditioning, while also lamenting our long rainy summer months
Posing next to a row of cars next to a residential road, the stunned American said, “Brits just park on the side of the road.”
Mark, who has nearly 5,000 followers on TikTok, stated that Britain was not the neatest country.
According to Mark, ‘everything looks like it needs a power wash’ and the British love throwing their rubbish everywhere.
And while the island has many American imports such as McDonalds, KFC and Taco Bell, that’s not enough for the American, who sees the lack of iHop, Cheesecake Factory or Target as a disadvantage.
Like a pair of feuding siblings, both American and British viewers took to the comments to debate who was better.
While Mark argued, “They (Britain) don’t fall like the US,” one Brit joked, “We don’t fall because it’s called autumn.”
Another added: “It’s almost like being in another country.”
Others rushed to the British defenses saying, ‘We’ve got Greggs’, while another added, ‘Yes, but we’ve got Tesco.’
Some supported the American in his British exasperations, writing: “I am British and complain about all the same things except the rain, the heat drives me wild.”
Others were unimpressed by his desire for air conditioning, but also complained that it always rained, to which Mark replied, ‘It can still be hot when it rains’.
And many offered to help Mark pack his bags, with one woman summing up many feelings by saying, “Close the door when you go out.”