It was major culture shock arriving at a hotel in the US and not having a kettle to boil water for tea. Finally worked out how to use the Coffee Thing to make hot water, which tasted like boiled jockstraps.

Another thing, kettles in the US are very slow because of the 110v power supply. In countries where you have 220v (and 240v in Australia), it's very fast to boil water, as for the same amount of electrical current, you get twice as much power.