Long story, but I often have to deal with americans who blithely assume that I know how to read dates like 12/25/2010, work in their wacky units, know what their timezones are and so on, and don't seem to get it into their heads that not everyone is part of their culture. Winds me up.
I don't find this specific to Americans; most people tend to assume the world revolves around their own country's national peculiarities and forget to think that other people might not have the same default settings (which is unsurprising, as they're default settings and taken for granted). Some people are better at not making these assumptions than others but I've found it to be a universal problem.
I've found that Brits assume that Foreigners will be Weird and Unfamiliar. They are in ignorance, but at least have knowledge of it. My family in France, like the Americans it must be said, blithely assume everyone is the same as them -- my grandmother used to regularly ask, to the infuriation of my mother, about my Bac exams which of course I did not have.
But Americans do it in a particularly annoying way, and in jobs where they are in CONSTANT CONTACT with people from other countries, and still manage not to be struck with the clue stick.
Brits deal with more foreigners than America; it's an unfortunate geographical fact that America is isolated. Also huge, so it's hard to get a sense that there's a big world out there, because it's so big itself.
And clarification: I realize that Americans frequently do things that actively inconvenience you regarding time zones, but having different speech patterns and customs? Not wrong, just different.
Anyway, whatever; I'm clearly not the best person to talk to you on this subject.
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But Americans do it in a particularly annoying way, and in jobs where they are in CONSTANT CONTACT with people from other countries, and still manage not to be struck with the clue stick.
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And clarification: I realize that Americans frequently do things that actively inconvenience you regarding time zones, but having different speech patterns and customs? Not wrong, just different.
Anyway, whatever; I'm clearly not the best person to talk to you on this subject.