27 Ways To Embarrass Yourself In Front Of A Torontonian
Be ashamed.
November 17, 2014, 10:47 AM
September 24, 2021, 10:12 AM
Photo cred - S. Awan
When everyone in your city is as put together as Torontonians are, there's a lot more opportunity to make a complete ass of yourself. There's the standard stuff, like not knowing that Toronto has an island next to it, and there's the more complex, nuanced stuff, that says something about you as a Torontonian. Then there's the stuff that anyone who spends any time in this city should just get.
1. Call it "To-ron-TOE"
2. Not know where the Cameron House is
3. Get really hype about the CN Tower
Photo cred - Nick Redhead
4. Go shopping for Uggs on Queen West
5. Invite them to karaoke anywhere other than Bloor
6. Push the "Stop request" button for a bus that's about to enter the subway
7. Not know that ILoveMakonnen was discovered by Drake
8. Be unable to name a restaurant in Kensington Market
Photo cred - It_paris
9. Not be a fan of Chinese food
10. Make a crack joke about Rob Ford
11. Go to Trinity Bellwoods without a drop of alcohol on you
12. Live here for years and not know what U of T is (or Ryerson, Humber, George Brown, or York)
13. Be afraid of jaywalking
Photo cred - Jason Verwey
14. Be rude to a tourist who's asking for directions
15. Get lost in the Eaton Centre
16. Be surprised that it snowed yesterday
17. Go out to eat in Yorkville and have only $20 on you
18. Being bad at the side-eye
Photo cred - Bobby Jones
19. Visit your Toronto friends without bringing along cheap beer
20. Hate Honest Ed's
21. Get wasted and puke at the Green Room
22. Claim that Dominos is better than Pizzaiolo
23. Stop to check your phone in the middle of the sidewalk on Bay and Richmond
Photo cred - Toronto Public Consultations Unit
