▲ 292 ▼ World Cup fans frustrated by 'confusing and expensive' tipping culture in US (www.bbc.com) submitted 1 month ago by Veserr@sh.itjust.works to c/world@lemmy.world 147 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 31 points 1 month ago* (2 children) Most of the rest of the world expects that if you have 10 money, and see something that is advertised as costing 10 money, you can buy it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 child) I learned this at a kid in the US. This fast food place had cookies labeled "99¢!” so said "mom can I have a dollar for a cookie?" and she gave me one, as a treat. I hope to the register and the girl says "ok it's actually $1.06". I don't think I got the cookie that day. I don't remember it, but if I did it was soured by capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago The American bait n switch permalink fedilink source parent [+] architect@thelemmy.club -6 points 1 month ago* (2 children) Right and here in America we don’t piss on the streets as a matter of culture and toss trash out the window. Like a lot of the world. So, it’s bit like “the rest of the world” isnt a good metric. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago But “the rest of the world” has good metric permalink fedilink source parent [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago The US is known for the clean city streets and good access to free public toilets, after all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 child) I learned this at a kid in the US. This fast food place had cookies labeled "99¢!” so said "mom can I have a dollar for a cookie?" and she gave me one, as a treat. I hope to the register and the girl says "ok it's actually $1.06". I don't think I got the cookie that day. I don't remember it, but if I did it was soured by capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago The American bait n switch permalink fedilink source parent
[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago The American bait n switch permalink fedilink source parent
[+] architect@thelemmy.club -6 points 1 month ago* (2 children) Right and here in America we don’t piss on the streets as a matter of culture and toss trash out the window. Like a lot of the world. So, it’s bit like “the rest of the world” isnt a good metric. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago But “the rest of the world” has good metric permalink fedilink source parent [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago The US is known for the clean city streets and good access to free public toilets, after all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago But “the rest of the world” has good metric permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago The US is known for the clean city streets and good access to free public toilets, after all. permalink fedilink source parent