An American woman has revealed a giant cultural difference between Aussies and Americans when it comes to escalators.
On Wednesday’s episode of The Kyle and Jackie O Show, a US-born caller said she observed a particularly Australian etiquette on the moving staircases.
‘People here get the s**ts if you don’t move to the left. It’s an unwritten rule…in the States, they don’t really have that. You don’t see that tension when you have to move,’ the listener said.
‘It is an unwritten rule,’ agreed host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, 48.
The woman then added that most Americans ‘don’t go up escalators, they just sit and wait.’
An American woman has revealed a giant cultural difference between Aussies and Americans when it comes to escalators. On Wednesday’s episode of The Kyle and Jackie O Show, a caller said she observed a particularly Australian etiquette on the moving staircases
‘People here get the s**ts if you don’t move to the left. It’s an unwritten rule…in the States, they don’t really have that. You don’t see that tension when you have to move,’ the listener said. ‘It IS an unwritten rule,’ replied host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson (pictured with co-host Kyle Sandilands)
Jackie admitted, ‘That’s frustrating for us because for Australians, if we want to go faster, that right lane needs to be clear. It’s so annoying if someone’s just standing in the right lane.’
‘Yeah so I always tell Americans you got to move to the left,’ said the caller.
Jackie then mused how curious it was that keeping to the left was similar to the way Australian road rules work.
The woman then added that most Americans ‘don’t go up escalators, they just sit and wait’
‘Isn’t it funny how the walking direction mirrors the driving direction?’
The discussion comes just a day after Jackie’s co-host Kyle Sandilands sensationally walked out of the studio after only 11 minutes on air.
The radio star, 52, angrily left the studio after clashing with co-host Jackie while discussing Covid-19 live on air.
Jackie expressed her shock: ‘That’s frustrating for us because for Australians, if we want to go faster, that right lane needs to be clear. It’s so annoying if someone’s just standing in the right lane’
The argument sparked when Kyle revealed NSW Premier Chris Minns had cancelled his appearance in the studio after testing positive to the virus.
Kyle grew irritated when Jackie downplayed the seriousness of Covid, describing it as being ‘just like the flu’.
He told Jackie she would probably still isolate if she had the virus as she had been extremely cautious in the past, which led Jackie to shoot back, ‘I’m allowed to change my opinion’.
The riveting discussion comes just a day after Jackie’s co-host Kyle Sandilands sensationally walked out of the studio after only 11 minutes on air. Newly-minted $200million radio star Kyle Sandilands stormed out of the studio after a huge argument with co-host Jackie O Henderson
The argument sparked after Kyle revealed Premier Chris Minns had cancelled his appearance in the studio after testing positive to Covid-19
Kyle then argued that she should have some ‘consistency’ in her opinions about the virus, before abruptly declaring he was going home and leaving the studio.
‘Well that escalated quickly,’ a stunned Jackie said after Kyle’s exit.
Executive producer Pedro Vitola then confirmed Kyle had gone home.
Jackie continued: ‘What’s happening today? I’m telling you this full moon, it messes with people.’
She later revealed Kyle had apologised to her for the outburst and blamed it on medication he was taking to deal with a rotator cuff injury.
