Cultural differences really make waves. For instance, while the United States and the majority of Europe belong to the Western world, the two are still an ocean apart.
Redditor Comfortable-Use6239 asked everyone on the platform to name the things they believe are normal on the Old Continent but horrifying in America.
In less than a week, they have received nearly seven thousand replies. From tipping to the size of parking spaces, continue scrolling to see which have gotten the most attention.
#21
The Socialist Party winning a national election.
A coronation.
A restaurant that served fries smothered in mayonnaise.
A public restroom with squat toilets.
Seeing people under 21 drink alcohol in public. Legally.
Going into McDonald's and looking at the menu and seeing McFalafel, Croque McDo, and even beer.
A coronation.
A restaurant that served fries smothered in mayonnaise.
A public restroom with squat toilets.
Seeing people under 21 drink alcohol in public. Legally.
Going into McDonald's and looking at the menu and seeing McFalafel, Croque McDo, and even beer.
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35points
#22
Having to pay a fairly significant sum of money to become a licensed driver. Getting a regular license in Europe is way more expensive than in the US.
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35points
#23
Shutting down markets at sundays are perfectly normal in europe
it may cause public outrage at US.
it may cause public outrage at US.
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35points
#24
I would say is more a mediterranean thing but eat your lunch with a glass of wine or beer. When I do this in the US, I look almost as an alcoholic. Same about smoke on the workplace (not inside the office but on the terrace or outside the office with the colleagues).
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34points
#25
Leaving your baby in the stroller while you have dinner.
Normal in denmark(and a few other european countries), gets you arrested for child endangerment in USA
Normal in denmark(and a few other european countries), gets you arrested for child endangerment in USA
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30points
#26
Charging for water at a restaurant. Charging to use the restrooms.
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30points
#31
Going out on "THE SESH!", Americans dont comprehend how much we actually drink as Europeans, and we dont drink water down swill, its proper beer, larger and ale... we go big and then have no idea how we got home, and i think in america they would call that alcoholism but in the UK we call it Saturday night.
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26points
#32
Salaries. At least in my field, they appear to be 1/3 to 1/2 what an equivalent job would pay in the US.
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25points
#34
Eating dinner at 10 PM! In Europe, it’s just a normal night out but in the U.S., you’d be met with confused looks and a few “Are you planning to party with the vampires?”.
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21points
#36
Kids being left alone in homes for more than 15 minutes.
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20points
#38
Throwing dirty toilet paper in the trash can instead of flushing it down the toilet....
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14points
#40
I might be showing my age, but drowning unwanted pups was pretty common in Ireland back in the 80s. Horrible when you think about it.
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-10points