Mhm! Exactly!

Yeah, that also bothered me as well

This weirds me out every time

Religion should have no room in politics anywhere. (But for positive values such as grace of charity.)

that's just SAD , very , very SAD

Anything about the so-called American health system is a mystery to the rest of the world.

Not only to Brits!

What an awful soulless place. And I'm guessing the only reason they give them what looks like expensive chairs is so they don't get sued for workplace injury.

We're horrified too . . . But we're also stuck:(

That is because the US has always been about making money - nothing else. US employers don't want to pay for health care because it costs money. US employers don't to give decent wages because it costs money. US employers don't want to give decent holidays because it costs money. US employers don't want to offer decent maternity leave because it costs money. Until the US figures out that money is NOT the be all and end all of life, they will continue to lick the bottom of the barrel where humanity is concerned.

I turn off my laptop every day at 4pm, get 5 weeks of holidays, unlimited paid sick leave, free weekends. Still I get paid just fine and my quality of life is great, because I don't have to worry about unemployment or medical bills. It really needs to be like this for everyone...

Encouraged is a poor word to use. Expected and/or demanded would be more like it. Rewarded? Hardly ever. In most cases any so called reward is time and a half for hours over 40 ( a Federal requirement for HOURLY paid workers only). And their reward for those higher wages? Higher taxes. Work enough hours and you'll actually walk away with less money than if you only worked 40 hours. Want to really be horrified, compare pay for the same job in the US and other countries.

It's rewarded? Where?! I live in Texas, and it is most definitely NOT rewarded.

depends on the company who the CEOs are

what do they think of Japan.?

If my boss wants me to do any OT, he knows I'm being paid time and a half or double time, we negotiate depending on time, day etc, and he would never assume, he will always ask first.

What is worse is when you have cubicle walls surrounding you. It is supposed to give you a false sense of privacy, but what it does is alienate you from others...and no privacy.

Never noticed.

How are you supposed to pay for you medical debt?

Part of the reason Britain no longer rules the US.

Are greeters real? I thought the Simpson's was exaggerating. I guess in a country so massive, you gta find a way to stand out? Still seems weird tho

This varies in the US too. In most cities it's normal not to have a car, but not in places where most people don't live within walking distance to anything.

not in the US.....

Americans love a good discount too.

We're not the only ones doing that. No one seems to blink at the audacity of the Miss Universe beauty contest, where Earth seems to win every time.

In the UK, a durex is (or used to be) a condom. In Australia, it's sticky tape. Best not to get them confused.

Again, horrifying everywhere in the world

This is horrifying for the rest of the world not just the UK!!

I would have been too!

Respect the queue! This should be everywhere!

On the tube, there's absolutely no reason to "hold the door". The next one will be in in a few minutes, and you will just be a little late. By holding, everyone on the train will be late, and there is actually a possibility that it travels down the line, delaying several trains.

That would be weird.

"supersize me"

What's particularly wrong with day drinking? I mean, night won't reduce your drunkenness

This happens in the UK too. I am a woman and I traveled by train with a suitcase too heavy for me to lift and always some lovely man immediately assisted me with getting on and off.

That's horrifying!

To me, this sounds like a good style. How would you address a stranger in the UK?

I fear this one may be culturally appropriated - I'm in the UK and have worked for people who have done this, and been "encouraged" to do this myself. I have offered once (but that was because it was a big, serious project, and my time off was looking after the MIL's house for two days and I was BORED!)

What else should we do with all this corn we grow? Feed the world? Bio-fuel these machines? Nope. Lets make something like sugar, but way worse for you.

Aussie, aussie, aussie, oi oi oi.

While talking about american cinemas, why don't they have seat reservation? In Sweden, we book in advance, choosing our seats by how many we are, where the screen is and availability.