40 Things Americans Weren’t Aware Were So Blatantly American Until They Traveled Abroad

Cashiers and their machines fall squarely into the scope of European regulation ISO 14738:2002. According to the regulation a cashier is basically the same as a terminal operator, and as such it has to be provided a comfortable, adjustable and ergonomically adequate chair. Not any chair will do, the chair must follow two different regulations (EN1022:2018 and EN1335-2:2018). Most suppliers of workplace equipment are compliant, but if you want to use something like a folding chair or a stool that won't cut. If the grocery store do not comply with the regulation the worker can call in their union or directly the local health and safety inspector, who can send a written notice and later escalate to monetary sanctions.

Yes, they sit in the Netherlands as well. Why not?

same in the UK, most cashiers have seating.

Cashiers in Bulgarian grocery stores have chairs and sit in them most of the time.

I’m in Ireland. Worked in the hotel industry as a receptionist for four years. I was never allowed sit. A pregnant coworker had to argue for a chair for herself.

"Jacques, get the ketchup bottle. I just saw a baseball cap."

Because noone but an American would ever dare to deface french cuisine with something so vulgar as ketchup.

Nah, ketchup is awesome. Just ask any kid.

that's one bottle too many.

Spherical objects, weather you're talking about tomato sauce or ketchup. 12 years here old chap, in several departments, and it does exist. Though some restos you have to ask for it as being slightly different than tomato sauce. Sorry we backward Europeans don't always stock 100% US must haves! Weird i know, but more Europeans live here that like different grub. Frankly I find very little difference between French Tomato sauce, and the definition of US ketchup.

In my hometown, I can go to nearly all important/cool places on foot. There are just a few more distant areas, but there is public transportation, so I still have no reason to own a car.

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NYC is eminently walkable.

No one in my family has ever owned (or needed) a car. Everything I need is within a 10-30 min walking radius from me. The only thing justifying getting a car in my city is when one has a dacha (summer house). For everything else there's a taxi.

I don’t think you understand the premise of this post.

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what the hell are you talking about, have you been to texas. its a dystopian nightmare

In Europe, a nipple is more acceptable than violence on the screen. In the US, it's the opposite.

Free the nipples!!!

It's not even a sexual organ either. (note for others reading this: sexualised does not mean it is sexual)

I doubt you'll see a nipple in the middle east too

Because sex is evil and killing and maiming is just day to day life... for some USAers

I really wish we could at least fix this. It's wild to me that in the US if you find somebody bleeding in the street, you could ruin their life just by calling an ambulance.

When they say corporate America they mean it. EVERYTHING has a business angle, humanitarian efforts and philanthropy be damned. It really should be Corporate America, not United States of America.

This is dumb because people are afraid to go to doctor for minor things until they turn into big things costing even more. USA medical industry is just screwed up.

British health care is good, but overwhelmed and too slow. here in my adoptive France it is very good, but seen the slow decline in the past few years, and the usually for next to nothing Mutuelle health insurance slowly rise. Too many "liberal" docs and nurses, who don't accept the French state carte mutuelle, and charge for their time, most of which if not all not paid back by the stated or private health insurance. Free university and education, but claim not paid enough. Not the same student loan repayments as in the UK, Ireland or US. Many drop out, others go to other countries, like the US, rich middle eastern countries, or SE Asian enclaves, to make a fortune ignoring the country that nurrished them, and trained them. Only last 2 years I've started to pay unreimbursed consultions and ops, ditto scans/x rays, because of hospital staff shortages, filled by "liberal" staff - free to go to hospital to hospital, get superior pay, but not integrated in the team.

$6,000 wee woo wagon

For me as a European, it's exactly the same the other way around. Your bread is so sweet it's like cake to me

I have to disagree with this one. There is a lot of sugar in a lot of japanese food - it is just disguised much better. Diabetes is actually pretty prevalent in Japan and other Asian countries due to the high sugar consumption (high rice diet contributes to this). Side note: I am Asian.

I wish we actually had control of the amount of sugar that is just casually put into our bread, soups, ketchup, etc. I swear it's just to prop up the corn syrup industry.

I don't eat a lot of sweets because it is overpowering... I rarely ever ate cake on my birthday. I remember getting laughed at back in the day because I drank sparkling water or cut soda pop by 50% with it. It's way too much unnecessarily.