A Nigerian man has taken to social media to share the hilarious culture shock he experienced in Italy.
During his first week in Italy, he shared in multiple tweets on X (formerly Twitter) that a student had greeted him by pecking both sides of his cheeks.
According to him, the awkward incident happened in the lab, while his hand was still awkwardly outstretched, expecting a regular handshake.
It wasn’t until more lab mates arrived and greeted each other the same way that he realized it was just the norm in the Italian culture.
Embarrassed, he quietly excused himself to the bathroom, stared in the mirror, and whispered, “This thing you’re living is not life, sha.“
His tweet read;
“Culture shock crazy, gan. My first week in Italy, PhD final year babe in the lab, I was introduced to carry peck knack me both sides of my cheeks with my outstretched hand hanging in the air, anticipating handshake. Shock hol me. I carry phone WhatsApp my guy immediately: “Tunde, one of these babes don dey quickly love up sha” Mumu boy. Wasn’t until an hour later when other lab mates started coming in, I see all of them pecking each other in greetings.”
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