culture shock

Patel’s presence at the bureau has been something of a culture shock for a buttoned-up workforce, used to wearing suits and ties.

It was the biggest culture shock of my life.

But at a recent gathering she had a "culture shock" when she realised she was actually the oldest attendee.

“I think it was a bit of a culture shock for me… I remember thinking how the people in Virginia just talked different.”

You grew up in South L.A. and Harbor City, and then you went to college in UC Santa Barbara; definitely a culture shock in terms of diversity.