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What Tourists Are Noticing About America · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: And Christine producer Christian producing in the background on this
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  Speaker 1: Monday morning, and the action doesn't stop in the biggest
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  Speaker 1: city in the world that the knick stuff is kind
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  Speaker 1: of wrapped up, but World Cup continues. Oh yeah, we
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  Speaker 1: got some excitement today. We got a match right across
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  Speaker 1: the river at eight o'clock tonight.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, and we have lots of tourists, lots of tourists
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  Speaker 2: in the US for the first time. And are you
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  Speaker 2: like I'm getting addicted to their videos on Instagram and
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  Speaker 2: TikTok where there where Europeans are discovering our stores and
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  Speaker 2: restaurants and food and our big portions and our giant portions,
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  Speaker 2: and they're loving it, like they're just like going crazy
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  Speaker 2: for it.
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  Speaker 1: But you have to tip guys, all right. I know
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  Speaker 1: you don't tip over there in Europe much. I get it,
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  Speaker 1: But Christine, you did a story in the news and
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  Speaker 1: we're trying to spread the word. That's how our servers
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  Speaker 1: here in America work different. They don't get paid a
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  Speaker 1: whole bunch of money, so they rely on tips. So
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  Speaker 1: tip if you.
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  Speaker 2: Can, right so over there over there, right, the salary
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  Speaker 2: is good, yes, you So you don't have to worry
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  Speaker 2: about tipping. But it's different over here. But we do
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  Speaker 2: have a cute list of like what World Cup visitors
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  Speaker 2: are noticing about America. What seems very different to them.
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  Speaker 2: They say, the fast food obsession. You know.
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  Speaker 1: Well, yeah they're everywhere, right, Yeah, every block there's fast
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  Speaker 1: food options.
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  Speaker 2: And now they kind of get why, they say, why
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  Speaker 2: why do people like fly into our countries and they
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  Speaker 2: flock to like McDonald's and Taco Bell. It's like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: that's what you're used to that it's one hundred degrees
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  Speaker 2: outside but sixty two degrees inside, and that's why we
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  Speaker 2: have a summer cold probably yes, hello, that nobody walks
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  Speaker 2: anywhere in Europe people walk two miles casually. Here we
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  Speaker 2: move the car to avoid walking across target. So true,
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  Speaker 2: ice in drinks, Yeah, they're getting brain freeze really bad.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's too much iceier for them.
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  Speaker 2: They don't even do like most of the time they
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  Speaker 2: don't even put ice. Yeah, yeah, like it's a big
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  Speaker 2: deal to get one or two cubes over there.
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  Speaker 1: I prefer light ice, to be honest, because you know,
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  Speaker 1: you get more of drink. So they overdo it on
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  Speaker 1: the ice.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, why are the fries enough to feed four people
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  Speaker 2: and Americans talk to strangers, especially in Texas. Cash your elevator,
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  Speaker 2: random line at Starbucks. They're, you know, bas friendly in talks.
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  Speaker 2: Everything closes weirdly late to them or stays open twenty
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  Speaker 2: four to seven. The fact that you can buy tacos
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  Speaker 2: at two am and a mattress at midnight. They're not
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  Speaker 2: used to this. This is new.
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  Speaker 1: I love that option. I do like having that availability.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, if you want a taco or a mattress,
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  Speaker 1: you can do it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, when you've traveled, right, if you don't get
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  Speaker 2: food by a certain time, you're out of luck.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, some shut earlier over there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, giant trucks, SUVs everywhere, tipping for everything, drive through culture, coffee, pharmacy,
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  Speaker 2: bank food. We refuse to leave the car. They love
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  Speaker 2: the refills, unlimited soda and coffee. Yep, why can have more?
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  Speaker 1: It's funny you said that, because when I've been to Europe,
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  Speaker 1: refills aren't a common thing. They are here. I notice that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, huge stores again, going back to like these videos
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  Speaker 2: of Costco and Walmart where they're just in amazement.
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  Speaker 1: They don't have like a lot of Costcos or BJ's
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  Speaker 1: or those big box stores.
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  Speaker 2: No, they don't have giant ones like that. And American friendliness.
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  Speaker 2: Some visitors love it. Something it's suspicious. Why is the
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  Speaker 2: stranger asking how my day is? No, we're just we're
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  Speaker 2: just trying to be friendly, that's all it is. I
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  Speaker 2: did see. I had to go to CBS on Saturday
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  Speaker 2: and the store was packed, and it like, if I
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  Speaker 2: tell you overrun by. I guess tourists, visitors, you could tell,
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  Speaker 2: oh yeah, And I could tell the employees were talking
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  Speaker 2: about it. They said you should have seen it at
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  Speaker 2: six this morning when it opened. Because I actually left.
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  Speaker 2: I was waiting too long, So I don't know what
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  Speaker 2: they were loving in CBS. I mean, I tend to
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  Speaker 2: love CBS too. There's a lot of fun. Yeah, but
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  Speaker 2: they like that's what I was trying to figure out
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  Speaker 2: what were they buying, but it was too much going on.
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  Speaker 2: I couldn't tell.
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  Speaker 1: I'm actually really curious if you're listening right now for
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  Speaker 1: the very first time, maybe you're visiting. I doubt we'll
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  Speaker 1: get you. Think we'll get one text at least.
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  Speaker 2: I would love to hear from someone.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, pick up your phone and send a message,
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  Speaker 1: and you can send it to four four three six three,
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  Speaker 1: although if you have an international phone, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: how to do it, but I guess you can still try.
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  Speaker 2: You've got the you can your local and it'll be
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  Speaker 2: fine four four three sixty three. Or maybe like you've
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  Speaker 2: got a relative who's visiting. Yeah, you know you can coach.
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  Speaker 1: Them impromptu poll all right. If you're a first time
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  Speaker 1: listener to LIGHTFM, maybe you're visiting a World Cup action
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  Speaker 1: later today