Current Events > Which of these foreign ways of doing things would you like America to embrace?

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1. It being legal to drink alcohol outside or in public places, so long as you are not behaving in a disorderly way
2. Electric kettles that can boil water quickly, rather than using the stove or a microwave
3. Wait staff are paid a higher minimum wage that means you are not expected to tip them
4. Using the metric system for all measures
5. Sales tax is included in the price of items on store shelves, so the price displayed is the same as you pay at the checkout
6. All areas in a town or city are accessible by sidewalks, making it easier to walk anywhere
7. If a home has washers and/or dryers, they are kept in the kitchen or bathroom rather than a utility room
8. Having the legal age at which someone can buy and drink alcohol set at 18
9. The government calculating your tax and automatically deducting it from every paycheck, meaning employees don't have to fill in tax returns every year
10. Not having gaps down the sides of toilet stall doors that mean the person inside the stall can be seen from outside
11. Much greater use of traffic circles or roundabouts instead of traffic-light
12. Not having prescription-drug advertisements on TV
13. A national minimum paid-vacation allowance, on top of federal holidays
14. Being able to easily send people money directly from your bank account to theirs using your bank's website or app, rather than using payment apps like Venmo or writing checks
15. Smaller portion sizes at restaurants and fast-food outlets
16. Using a bidet to clean yourself after having used the toilet

Electric kettles that can boil water quickly, rather than using the stove or a microwave

Using the metric system for all measures

boil water quickly, rather than using .... a microwave

It being legal to drink alcohol outside or in public places, so long as you are not behaving in a disorderly way

Electric kettles that can boil water quickly, rather than using the stove or a microwave

I remember seeing this on Twitter. I was surprised at how many Americans supported number 6 considering were a bunch of fat asses who will circle a parking lot for minutes on end to get a good spot.

Whatever Japan does

Electric kettles that can boil water quickly, rather than using the stove or a microwave

Being able to easily send people money directly from your bank account to theirs using your bank's website or app, rather than using payment apps like Venmo or writing checks

3. I stopped reading your list at 3, but it's 3. And without raising the cost of everything.

y'all can't do that??? or is the issue here "easily"?

The only option for person to person payments is venmo/cashapp/PayPal, cash, or wire transfer.

There's no equivalent to eTransfer.

Adapt Singapores style of healthcare and retirement. That alone would open alot of our federal budget for so many better things.

how do you pay bills???

1. It being legal to drink alcohol outside or in public places, so long as you are not behaving in a disorderly way
2. Wait staff are paid a higher minimum wage that means you are not expected to tip them
3. Sales tax is included in the price of items on store shelves, so the price displayed is the same as you pay at the checkout
4. All areas in a town or city are accessible by sidewalks, making it easier to walk anywhere
5. Having the legal age at which someone can buy and drink alcohol set at 18
6. The government calculating your tax and automatically deducting it from every paycheck, meaning employees don't have to fill in tax returns every year
7. Not having gaps down the sides of toilet stall doors that mean the person inside the stall can be seen from outside
8. Not having prescription-drug advertisements on TV
9. A national minimum paid-vacation allowance, on top of federal holidays
10. Using a bidet to clean yourself after having used the toilet

Kettle's not being popular is because American power outlets are 120 Volts limited usually to either 15A or 20A, whereas the UK has 240 Volts limited to 32A per ring main circuit and then further limited to 13A, which gives you a theoretical 3120 Watts (Most Kettles sold in the UK are 3000W), compared to America's 1800Watts, which means even in a best case scenario the UK's Kettle will boil almost twice as quick as the America one.

Video Demonstrating this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTaf0n8YcHs

Wait staff are paid a higher minimum wage that means you are not expected to tip them

I feel like most people who are against the tipping system have never actually worked a tip-based job

definitely an anti-worker take here

anyway, most of the others are good

I feel like most people who are against the tipping system have never actually worked a tip-based job

definitely an anti-worker take here

anyway, most of the others are good

What.

As a non American, I was under the assumption that its employers who are anti-worker because they can pay their staff below minimum wage since tips make up for it.

Sales tax is included in the price of items on store shelves, so the price displayed is the same as you pay at the checkout

The government calculating your tax and automatically deducting it from every paycheck, meaning employees don't have to fill in tax returns every year