my house was built in 1677

Favorite metric system quote is by Josh Bazell. “In metric, one milliliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade—which is 1 percent of the difference between its freezing point and its boiling point. ... Whereas in the American system, the answer to ‘How much energy does it take to boil a room-temperature gallon of water?’ is ‘Go f**k yourself,’ because you can’t directly relate any of those quantities.”

This! When I was a nanny in the US, the family I worked for was always nagging me for using public transport. I never unederstood what the big deal was.

And then we have our beloved bored panda censure... s**t!

Rested and healthy employees = higher productivity. Who'd have thought?

THIS! As an American ex-pat living in Belgium, I love the time off to travel around the EU.

When I first started work in Netherlands, I stayed late to finish something. Totally normal in US. Got to talking with the janitor and come to find out what I was doing was illegal. Had to leave the building by certain time.

We have new laws in the UK that if you are off sick your company asks why. Not because they are trying to catch you out but in case it is recurring and being caused by something at work like too much heavy lifting, a bad chair or environmental. If it is then they must do something about it.

I think most people would definitely want this

I wish this was a thing in the US.

American people would love that

I’d be willing to relocate…

In the Netherlands you must take 14 consecutive days of holiday at least once a year, a law!

And don't forget "Long Service Leave". Work ten years for the same employer and get 2 months paid leave.

Dream work n family balance life. I'm looking for a job in Germany and learning German

It is a concerted effort over time by the Republican party to be anti-union, pro business.

I'm sure the idea to make the Israelites make bricks without straw came from Rameses II's American management consultants.

How quaint.

To quote Wikipedia: "In the majority of nations, including all industrialised nations except the United States, advances in employee relations have seen the introduction of statutory agreements for minimum employee leave from work—that is the amount of entitlement to paid vacation and public holidays." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_by_country)

25 days a year? That is insane! How do you pay the bills for an entire month!!??

why is everyone wearing shorts in that picture,,,strange

I haven't had a paid vacation in over a decade.

Our government doesnt want us rested, it means less tax money for them to steal.

Same here in most places where you work in Australia. And paid sick leave. And long service leave and unpaid pregnancy leave where your job is held for you for 12 months.

All of which are about to get killed off in the UK>

This has a historical reason. Communism was a bigger threat in Europe than America, so european capitalist countries had to give their workers more benefits to make communism less appealing.

Out of the “44 countries” mentioned, only 5 have productivity higher than The U.S. So it appears unions aren’t making the other 39 countries more productive.

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Unions in Amerika were started and controlled (still) by communists...and trust me, it shows!

What???

Or, at least partially in Germany, leaves it with a neighbour.

I'd rather not have muddy footprints/ dirt from outside around the house.

They should make this a European thing.

I think they meant: While it is normal for Europeans to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue, Americans are not expected to speak any other language than English.

At least where I live in Germany it’s NOT usual to be naked in parks or bathing naked in crowded places, except they’re designated as nude areas. Topless is tolerated in most urban parks, if you don’t Walk around. Otherwise it’s a "Public nuisance", which is an administrative offense and is punished by a penalty fee.

Seen as lazy, huh? So the management only have standing desks?

Of course not. I am on VACATION.

In the UK we normally describe properties as 1 bed, 2 bed etc. and give a separate count of other rooms. Studio is normally used to describe rooms of mixed use. So a 1 bed studio apartment will normally be a combined kitchen, living and sleeping space with a separate bath- or shower-room.

I remember one work trip where I was in Germany, just over the border from France. All the staff were French and commuted across the border daily. Hell, we even went back across the border for lunch each day!

I love being Scottish, I love living here, the people (mostly), the accepting and open culture, the sarcastic swearing humour, that we can take the piss out of ourselves - but I don't feel the need to fly a flag on my doorstep or cover myself in Scottish symbols and scream about my freedom and rights and chant some verse every morning - im sure there are plenty of Americans who also think that the stereotypical over the top patriotic American is as odd as outsiders do - but they do tend to be the loudest

Fun fact: These are all things that Unions achieved and next the government made them law. Some Americans would go bat shyte crazy over that. "The government has no right to force 25 mandatory vacation days on me!!!!"

Absolutely, what's acceptable in Spain wouldn't fly in Denmark and vice versa. All countries have their own cultures. The first time, years before the internet through reading American magazines, I came across 'Europe' being referred to as a homogeneous whole I was extremely confused. I was also highly entertained by all the adverts stating 'Everyone in Europe is using this product' for something I'd never seen in my life.

It prevents them from copying you card information and using them to commit fraud by buying stuff online with your creditcard information. In fact I think we ought to memorise the control numbers on the back of the card and then remove them for the card. Having them there is like writing the pin code on the card with a marker, it is just making abuse way too easy.

This is Rule 1 of the London Underground

True. Topless is normal.

You mean normal portions.

I am in the Netherlands and almost every kid I know does some kind of extracurricular sport. There are also special subsidies to make sure every kids even from low income families can participate. But we dont tend to get obsessive parents here.

Not smiling all the time, too.

what about mayonnaise AND ketchup??

Personally, I dislike automatics. It makes me feel like I'm driving a go kart. If you're going to drive a car...well...drive it!