In the US I always had to specifically ask to not have ice in my drinks. That was one thing I could never wrap my head around. The other thing was the extreme

In the US I always had to specifically ask to not have ice in my drinks. That was one thing I could never wrap my head around. The other thing was the extreme use of AC. I can understand AC to an extent, but they were making it so cold I had to bring extra clothes just to go in the supermarket for example - what the heck?!