30 Global Traditions To Make You Wonder Why We Don’t Do Them Everywhere

We have this in the Netherlands as well. My neighborhood has several AEDs placed strategically and there are more than 20 trained first responders. My neighbor is a first responder and has a AED almost directly outside his house. He was the first on the scene to an incident involving our other neighbor across the road, arriving in less than 3 minutes and performed CPR until the ambulance arrived. She survived the original incident. He said it was the most difficult and rewarding thing he has ever done in his life.

It is amazing. My mother had a heart issue last year and we called an ambulance. They live in a small village far from the ambulance station, but within five minutes a retired doctor and his wife showed up, gave her oxygen, and calmed everybody down. They were super nice and when first the ambulance doctor and then the ambulance arrived we we all much calmer and they could do their thing and get my mum to hospital.

A friend of mine works in a casino and they had just received training on how to use the new auto defibrillators. A client on the black Jack table had a heart attack. He managed to get they clients heart beating. The ambulance arrived and as they were taking him out on a stretcher in to the ambulance the tried to get up to go back to the table because he was on a winning streak.

This is actually awesome!

It exists in the US. It is called PulsePoint. Your local Fire/EMS provider has to sign up with the system, so it is not everywhere. For example, it is available in Los Angeles and not available in New York City.

This should be much higher. Imagine how much better the whole world would be if religion held no power.

Keeping in mind the efforts the far right is making in almost EVERY country to reverse the last century of progress to bring religion back into government. The effort is massively multiplied by things like Russian media farms and the American MAGA movement. These people just lie and manipulate and get away with it every time and you see it taking over places like Argentina, Turkey, Italy, and Canada... We're moving backwards

Genuine question here: where is this place? I live in a Northeuropean country that states to have separated church and state. In reality? More like 90% on a good day. In dictatorships religion is historically replaced by a "dictator cult" where you worship the great leader and what he stands for. It may not be a religion with some invisible supernatural entity, but there are still clear religious rituals, items, and celebrations. It may be because it's getting late and I'm really tired, but where is that place with complete separation between religion and state?

In EVERY country in the world!

"Congress shall make no law regarding the establishment of religion, nor the free exercise thereof" (1st amendment, bill of rights)

Totally agree. Pay workers a decent wage and save tipping for voluntary rewarding excellent service.

US problem.

The UK just introduced laws that mean that staff take home 100% of their tips.

I agree with this, just practice caution when not tipping. You not tipping the server only makes them lose money and does nothing to prove a point to the owners/bosses. Now, encourage a server union, then that may work.

I think the wage system of getting paid a pittance(seen mainly in wait staff positions at restaurants) per hour with the workplace assuming that customers' tipping will make the wages reasonable and liveable.That's not individual restaurants or corporate chains making this up, it's an old idea of wages set by our govt. Additionally, tips don't always automatically go to your wait staff. The tips might get shared with bar staff, cooks, bussers, even restaurant managers.

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In Italy there Is a radio system in every beach (in Emilia Romagna) trasmitting music, when a child get Lost they trasmits a message with the same sistem with the name and description of the kid and in wich beach you can find the kid (every beach/bath has a Number)

We do that in Brazil too. It really works

If a lost child approached me in USA - I'd jump up and down keep yelling "Where's her mother? I never touched her!" until some lady came to rescue (her/me).

They're free in the UK - usually with a voluntary donation

All the Smithsonian museums in America are free to enter

Our state museum used to be free but then they renovated and expanded it and they charge now.

Education should be free for everyone. Not as a privelage but as a basic human right. Free public libraries, schools and museums will help educate everyone

Same in Australia. Taxpayers paid once. No entry fee

See, this is how I can't get over people complaining in these posts on BP about rude customers. In Australia, there are none--and if there are, they're gone. The whole shop chimes in!

My kids learned this at kfc. Be rude you wont get your order and could even get a visit from the police when you lose your cool.ZERO tolerance. Who cares if you paid. Get out

Many years ago visiting Australia, we were on Bondi beach queuing at an ice cream stand and in front of us was a couple with 5 children, they order their ice cream and the seller asks if the all the kids are theirs, they say yes and the seller replies: Wow! You've been busy. They were not amused while my wife and I are trying to not laugh our arses off.

Yeah. It's incredibly disappointing how much we get screwed in Canada. Most employers offer about 1 day/month for your first year, then 2 weeks/year after 3 years. The sad part is most people switch jobs due to economic reasons and constantly have to start again. It's a much worse problem for younger generations. Or in places like Alberta where 30% of employees are contractors who get even less...

4 weeks are the absolute legal minimum if you are working a five day week in Germany. If it is six days, the number is 25 days. Most people have around 30. And none of those have to be spent for sick days, as those are unlimited (if medically prescribed) and also paid. Also, holidays are work-free by law (exceptions do of course apply, but are usually paid well), which is not mandatory in the states. Oh, and did I mention healthcare is not tied toi the employer, and it is nearly impossible to get fired?

Vay-kay-Shun? Haven't heard that name in 7 years

Same here in Brazil. We also have basically unlimited sick days, 4 to 6 months paid maternity leave, an extra monthly pay every year in December and a 30% bonus when you take your vacation days off