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THIS! I remember a time that my dad had gotten laid off and my mum was dealing with health issues. They were simply down on their luck and filed for food stamps. Due to their Canadian pension they only qualified for $18 in food stamps a month and made too much to have health insurance, just adding to the health issues.

This! Pay everyone a living wage and do away with tips!

Oh, we Germans kinda do that, too, actually 😅

Everything in American-English too rather than British-English. things that are translated from almost any other language into American-English rather than British-English regardless of the subject matter

We’d call that indoctrination in the UK. I remember speaking with an elderly Italian man who was a child when Mussolini came to power. He told me they were forced to do similar things at school.

And lobby for laws that put more people in jail

Most Americans think they're ridiculous too tbh.

It's so much more than that. It's not that they dont want healthcare, they dont want to pay for SOMEONE ELSE'S healthcare.

Most places use chip-and-pin where they *have* to take the card at the table since you need to enter your PIN. USA credit card banks decided Americans aren't smart enough for chip-and-pin, so we just have chip and an archaic signature.

Yeah, the U.S. is just odd in that perspective

Once the server i had added a 1 in front of my tip on the receipt I signed after i had left. I noticed it on my bank statement. My food total was like $20 i left an 8 dollar tip but apparently that wasn't enough for her. I spoke to the manager of the restaurant and he verified that yes it showed 18 not 8 on the tip line. Super shady. I just pay with cash now.

This. When I went out (before the pandemic) with friends, I took cash, because I didn't want some stranger handling my card out of my view.

That's why debit cards are way more common outside US. They cannot charge you afterwards.

A related gripe-in 2000,was buying groceries with an American Express Travellers Cheque. When asked for I'D used Mt US passport-they wouldn't accept (maybe never seen? ),asked for,to them, the usual driving licence. As I don't drive had to leave the food behind-till person said foreign license also not accepted...suppose as apart fro Mexican ones people wouldn't know a fake from a genuine one !

Most banks have fraud alert and online banking. It’s easily traceable if they do anything that stupid

Wireless terminals are somewhat new, as well as many "new" credit cards scams

I would freak if they wandered off with my card!

It seems like the U.S. is better in this regard, since we don't ever worry about that? There's a fundamental level of trust in your server?

Well this was the norm in most countries, but we have since moved on with the advent of Chip-and-Pin. Last time I was in the States, they were still using the imprint machines to make an impression of the card on carbon paper and then got you to sign in - do they still do that?

Now that we have contactless payment in so many places around the world, do they bring the portable terminal?

At least the tip is optional

you do what you have to do

Perhaps it's more polite to assume that people are not thieves on every occasion.

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So let me get this straight...it's odd for Americans to trust their servers to not steal their credit card info? I fail to see how this fits with the rest of the America bashing in these comments. Come on Pandas, be consistent with your vitriol.

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Yeah, I kinda agree with this one.

This is sad

Add "who is paying their debt while also stopping treatment because they can't continue accruing more debt"

yeah...

i know- you can literally stare someone in the face while they are going to the bathroom

How else can they keep up the illusion that they live in a country worth celebrating?

Different taxes in different states. But yeah.

Work to live, don't live to work.

we get sooo many ads too; they're literally everywhere and most of them are attack ads with questionable information

it's disgusting the amount of money my school spends on sports, and we're not even remotely a sporty school

the meal in the picture is not an American one.

Yeah in my country, if you don't take your minimum of 5 weeks of holiday per year, it will be scheduled for you. Literally your manager will force you to relax :D.

Yeah it is pretty weird. Why not just say 9th, 10th , 11th, and 12 grade? Seems much more simple. I am going to be in high school next year and I am Indian but I live in America. I am used to saying junior, sophomore, etc. but my mom finds it really confusing. This seems so unnecessary.

I'm good with it being a weekday, but it should be a national holiday

This is a bad policy because everyone comes to work sick so they can still take vacation days.

Way too much religion everywhere and about everything.

It’s very annoying

Already noted. Pay everyone a living working wage (NOT $7.50/hr). Do away with tipping.

This, bigtime.

I live in Canada and one of my friends did a cross-country drive via the USA to take advantage of cheaper gas.

One of the primary concerns of using garbage disposals is that it puts excess strain on local wastewater treatment centers. All of the food solids in the wastewater must be filtered out. Those solids are used to create fertilizer or are sent to landfills.

the UK has limited ad amounts. theyre regulated, so you can only have 12 minutes of ads per hour. obviously in the US im guessing its not the same

I still dont understand why its played. Its a sporting event, a game, nothing more. Im a baseball fan & i can care less about it being played. I want to watch the game.

Can not disagree with that statement

yuppp they taste better for some reason just like a grilled cheese tastes better cut

But, but, but! Don't you want to know what I think?!

That's a bit vague. High schools have lessons across the world, are populated with hormonal teens across the world, have school meals across the world - there's certainly a difference in quality here, but it's not a weird American thing. So, everything else...?