I counter with the American swap-the-fork-hand-after-you-cut thing. Diabolical.

bot403 12 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It's considered polite in American culture.

kibwen 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As an American, I don't think I have ever seen anyone do this.

gnabgib 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's like you've never met someone who's left handed

gavmor 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Really? You hold the fork with your dominant hand, and cut with your non-dominant hand?

	▲	kibwen 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Yes. For the record, Americans also don't wear their shoes indoors, except for maybe some people in extremely dry climates.

jnwatson 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Really? You don't know any Naval Academy graduates then.

dgxyz 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That’s just mental. Does my head in when I see it.

	▲	mlhpdx 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		American raised by a Brit here, and I was literally just doing this during lunch out. I consider the upside down fork just plain torture.