Question on Quora about some “cultural faux pas” in L.A.!
Answers from Jane Chin, Nicolas Berube, David Mickler, Lisa Borodkin, Joseph Kim, Matt Schiavenza, Jeremy Miles, and Colin Jensen.

A faux-pas would be asking, “hey are those real?”
[if they don't slug you, the follow-up would be, "who did you go to and can I have his/her name."]

Another one is name-dropping, “oh yea, {hot shot star} lives on my block and our kids go to the same school (or date the same nannies).”

Finally, “lemme guess, you’re an actor/screenwriter/model?” (then giving a lousy tip!)

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