Hi guys we went to taiwan last october 24 just one week and here are some stuff thAt I find weird. They charge for a separate grocery bag in 711??? Is that normal??.I was out with my dad and we stayed at this plaza hotel near datong district. When we clicked down arrow on elevator coz we were on 3rd floor the elevator was already full a couple of times and the guys kind of laughed at me for wearing a rain jacket not sure why they were laughing. Is having wet hair when going outside considered ugly???. And also we were trying to find deodorant at 711 and familymart and we dont see anything there which was weird?!! And drivers dont talk either we were just communicating by use of english so i am not sure if they are being rude or just dont know how to use english??? And is it normal to walk A LOT in taiwan??? Got exhausted from all thr walking within one day lol! By the way asian here not white
hope you got over the shock already 
Yes
No idea
You didn’t look well
They don’t know
Yes
There you go 
Wait till you try to find sour cream. 
Common in many countries now. It is to encourage you to bring your own.
Many Taiwanese don’t have the stinky sweat gene and those that do don’t care enough to use deodorant.
95% of taxi drivers probably can’t hold a conversation in English. It’s not an official language here. If you can speak Chinese to them, they never shut up
Many drivers do not speak English. They are not being rude. They will happily have conversations in Chinese or Taiwanese.
It’s because they are official city trash bags which pays for garbage pick up.
That’s just in Taipei/New Taipei though. Shops in other cities also make you pay for bags and they are just regular bags. I think the idea is to cut down on plastic bag waste, stores in Taipei/New Taipei just give you the garbage bags cos if you’re gonna pay for bags, may as well give you a useful bag
I meant plastic bags and it was in taipei
Thank you
Not considered ugly, but nobody would go outside with wet hair. You were already at your hotel but still didn’t dry your hair or take an umbrella?
In Taiwan, if you can speak English then you don’t need to be a taxi driver. You can find a higher-paying job.
No. Taiwanese people usually ride scooters. All cities in Taiwan are designed for vehicles and not really designed for walking, so if you’re not riding a scooter then you’re going to be walking very long distances.
Your other questions have already been answered, and the answers were all correct except for the one about official city trash bags.
Thankss . No wonder we were so tired lol walking from one bus stop to another
Get beer and tea eggs at 7-11, deodorant at Watson’s. 
Which city on earth does not require walking? Can’t think of any major city that does require less walking than downtown Taipei. MRT station everywhere, Youbike stations everywhere, bus stops everywhere, taxis and Ubers everywhere. Also, places of interest for tourists mostly reachable by MRT (one exception National Palace Museum, but lots of buses from MRT Shilin Station to the museum).
Taxi and Uber drivers usually don’t talk here, English or Chinese, unless you start a conversation. Then it depends on their mood or personality. I don’t see it as a problem at all.
Some people think if you go out with wet hair you will catch a cold.
Should be able to buy deodorant at Watsons, Cosmed, etc. I do remember about 15 years ago not seeing deodorant in one of those kind of stores. It was not summer. The woman said we do not sell it in the winter because people do not sweat when it is not summer!
I walk a lot in Taipei especially now that it is not summer humid like weather. I do not have a motor scooter. Rely on public transportation and walking. Average Taiwanese not like that. They will get on a scooter just to go to 711 a block away
You said you were in Taipei, then get EasyCard that is sold at any convenience store and load it up with some money. You can use it for the MRT or YouBike rentals.
Hong Kong requires almost no walking at all. It’s a super dense city and MTR stations downtown are a 5-minute walk apart, which means a maximum of a 2.5-minute walk to your nearest station. Manhattan is similar.
Taipei is not as dense, the roads are super wide (thus taking forever to cross), and city blocks are long. Without a scooter, Taipei actually requires a lot of walking to get between the different modes of transport.