South Carolinians are known for being gracious hosts. We have to be since much of our economy depends upon tourism dollars. But there are some sure-fire ways to upset even the hospitable people of the Palmetto State. Take a look.
- Plan your wedding or other important event on a game day.
Flickr/Walter You may have noticed…we love our football here in the Palmetto State. Make us miss the game? Well that’s just not fair.
- Honk your horn when the light turns green.
Flickr/Florent Le Gall We have eyes - and our own time table. Slow down, enjoy life a little.
- Ask us which team we root for, Clemson or Carolina.
Flickr/charamelody Don’t assume we’re for either. There are other schools in the state. But one thing you can be sure of is that we’re rooting for someone.
- Park that mammoth dinosaur of an SUV you drive next to our car.
Flickr/Jim Culp This is especially upsetting when every other spot in the lot is open and you squeeze your massive vehicle in to the end spot.
- Poke fun at our family.
Flickr/Mulvenna Family Family is big here in South Carolina. Attack one of us and you’ll have to deal with all of us.
- Assume we all live on a (tobacco) farm.
Flickr/Gerry Dincher If we don’t say we live in one of the five big cities in the state, then don’t assume we all live in the country on a farm.
- Tailgate to try to make us go faster than the speed limit.
Flickr/John S. Quarterman Locals know the speed limits - and we also know where there might be a “trap” or camera. But most of the time, we just like to obey the law.
- Don’t pick up after Fido drops on our lawn.
Flickr/Tony Alter For Pete’s sake, bring a grocery bag or something and pick it up.
- Run out of sweet tea.
Flickr/Ron Dollete Or worse still, don’t serve sweet tea at all. What planet are you from?
- Assume we’re all rednecks.
Flickr/Tjflex2 It’s true that we like our off-road sports, but that doesn’t mean we’re a bunch of uneducated, back-woods lovin’ folk.
- Whip past us on the highway like you’re headed to a fire.
Flickr/Phil Crisologo Unless you’re really headed to a fire, there’s no reason to put us all at risk so you can get somewhere three minutes earlier.
- Cut line at the grocery store.
Flickr/Márcio Cabral de Moura Jumping line at the store so your vacation beer won’t get warm before you get to drink it is a big no-no in the Palmetto State. You’ll have the eyes of umpteen thousand angry moms with hungry and cranky kids spying you.
- Say you don’t like our bar-b-que.
Flickr/lesleyk Even worse, say you like North Carolina’s bar-b-que better. We take our bar-b-que seriously here in South Carolina, so don’t mess with it.
More and more people are moving to South Carolina because it’s an amazing place to live. We’re a proud and diverse society and much patience for newcomers. Usually if you upset a South Carolinian you’ll be surprised at the amount of resolve we have to restrain from reacting. But there are just some things we can’t help getting upset over. Are there other sure-fire ways to upset you in South Carolina? We’d love to know in our comments.
Flickr/Walter
You may have noticed…we love our football here in the Palmetto State. Make us miss the game? Well that’s just not fair.
Flickr/Florent Le Gall
We have eyes - and our own time table. Slow down, enjoy life a little.
Flickr/charamelody
Don’t assume we’re for either. There are other schools in the state. But one thing you can be sure of is that we’re rooting for someone.
Flickr/Jim Culp
This is especially upsetting when every other spot in the lot is open and you squeeze your massive vehicle in to the end spot.
Flickr/Mulvenna Family
Family is big here in South Carolina. Attack one of us and you’ll have to deal with all of us.
Flickr/Gerry Dincher
If we don’t say we live in one of the five big cities in the state, then don’t assume we all live in the country on a farm.
Flickr/John S. Quarterman
Locals know the speed limits - and we also know where there might be a “trap” or camera. But most of the time, we just like to obey the law.
Flickr/Tony Alter
For Pete’s sake, bring a grocery bag or something and pick it up.
Flickr/Ron Dollete
Or worse still, don’t serve sweet tea at all. What planet are you from?
Flickr/Tjflex2
It’s true that we like our off-road sports, but that doesn’t mean we’re a bunch of uneducated, back-woods lovin’ folk.
Flickr/Phil Crisologo
Unless you’re really headed to a fire, there’s no reason to put us all at risk so you can get somewhere three minutes earlier.
Flickr/Márcio Cabral de Moura
Jumping line at the store so your vacation beer won’t get warm before you get to drink it is a big no-no in the Palmetto State. You’ll have the eyes of umpteen thousand angry moms with hungry and cranky kids spying you.
Flickr/lesleyk
Even worse, say you like North Carolina’s bar-b-que better. We take our bar-b-que seriously here in South Carolina, so don’t mess with it.
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