American habits?

Question

I'd like to know why in most american movies we almost never see people rinsing after brushing their teeth. And sometimes the same thing happens when they do their dishes: they wash the dishes in water and detergent and then put them to drain the excess liquid without passing them through running clean water. Why is that? Is that normal in the USA?

Answer 1

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.......we brush and rinse out teeth here, and wash AND rinse our dishes.  If I believed everything I saw on TV I would believe Brits are downright nasty (from HOW CLEAN IS YOUR HOUSE) and never use a brush on their teeth, much less rinse from the sight of most of their teeth on Bargain Hunt and that Spiderman, Superman and Santa are real.  I wouldn't get too wrapped up in what American films are portraying, since most of them have women as hookers, drug addicts, and Desperate Housewives and men as silly nits like Homer Simpson, Al Bundy and James Belushi, or hicks like Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy and the like.  Its not real life!  Its ENTERTAINMENT, like a book, but with more moving parts!  LOL!  Hope this helps you!  Good luck!

Answer 2

No, just the movies!  I'm American and I make sure my things are clean! I'm a very tidy person and don't slack on brushing my teeth. I think the American film directors like to make light of hygeine in films. Maybe you shouldn't focus as much on those parts because they weren't meant to be too important. Good observation though!

Answer 3

Of course it is normal.

Answer 4

Not normal at my house. I always rinse.

Answer 5

Not normal to me.i always rinse my teeth after brushing..and NEVER do i leave soap suds on my dishes..actually i was shocked for a flew a lady i know  down from warwick,warwickshire to stay and "kik it" a few months and she washed the dishes and didnt rinse them lol..I asked her if all brits did this..I know here if you don't rinse the soap off your dishes you will have a good marathon "trotting" back and forth to the bathroom..I have never seen an american that didnt rinse thier dishes?I thought it was a uk thing

Answer 6

hahaha..... I haven't noticed but, I guess it's quicker for the filming. You can rest assured Americans, at home in their daily lives DO NOT do that....I'll have to watch more closely.

Hmmmmm, Come to think of it I've YET to see any 'Non-American'/Foreign  films where they WASH their dishes, let alone  even  BRUSH THEIR TEETH! (hint, hint)

Answer 7

no director is going to plot a whole seen of a rinsing things. do British people sit on there but all day drinking hot tea with crumpets?

Answer 8

No, it isn't normal. Other things you see in the movies that aren't normal are people who hang up the phone without saying goodbye, people in big cities who always find a parking spot when and where they want one, entire police departments staffed with young good-looking cops, and ordinary wage-earners who live in big apartments in New York with lots of trendy furniture.

Answer 9

It's not normal at my house.  I rinse my teeth and my dishes.

Answer 10

Gosh, I'd hate to think people judge us by movies and TV shows.

Actors in movies do what the director says.  All of them have "people" for ordinary things, I suppose :-)

Answer 11

Please don't believe everything you see in movies.