35 Of The Most European Things, According To Americans

The average salary in Spain for a waiter is 1575€ after taxes. That is higher than the average salary for an office worker (1400€) and for the average employee (including both blue collar and white collar jobs, at 1375€). Spanish wages are low, but so is cost of life.

Altea, saludos desde Pego 😊 Unfortunately I can confirm this. Working 60-80 hours a week, especially in summer season, is quite normal. And the tips are much lower than in US.

Try Portugal... even worse...

And this is why they're shortstaffed now.

in italy too

Como lo sabes.

Altea: Thank You for the honest and informative info, but you are Not playing the game right. You're Supposed to say, "this is why Europeans are #1 and the US sucks" ... (Yes, I am being a little sarcastic, but, it's also the reason these posts exist) . . . . . For evidence supporting the truth behind my assertion, take a look at Bernd Herbert's quote on #2? below regarding Universal Healthcare (its a reply to the top comment) where he says ... "And also on top of that: The American is a highly egoistic one". ... He looked forward to waking up this morning and being a Troll ... and BP set him up to do just that. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To those who disagree: I Welcome your reply (and your evidence).

That would be cultural offensive in some countries.

The first time I learned healthcare wasn't a universal thing in every country I was shocked. I still don't get why this isn't a thing in the US. Do people like to suffer and have crippling debts? That can't be a choice anyone wants, right?

If my fellow Americans were free from the influence of misinformation, the majority would be all for universal care and an end to the private health insurance racket. But even then, our government is subverted by corporate interests, so we seem to be stuck with this insanity.

It isn't that we can't afford it. It's that Republicans won't allow funds to be taken away from their precious military to pay for it as long as they have enough representation in Washington to prevent it. They'll spend billions to kill, but not a penny to cure.

We got no money for healthcare, we got bombs to build and prisons to run.

People don't get the fact that it would cost LESS. The money their employers and they put towards it now would pay for universal care, for less money.

In the US, we have a long history of Corporate America convening the citizenry to work against their best interest. It's done by pitting groups without power against other groups with no power. It's amazingly effective.

The healthy rich people refuse to pay for poorer people in bad health.

Yes, we need ppl with platforms to call this out more! The death panels are real and they work at every "inurance" provider.

No, you're all wrong. There's just no tradition for or reason to use HFCS in Europe. It's not banned, it's just not used.

It was never a thing here. It's only big in the states because of the corn lobby.

I can only speak for Germany, but from what I heard in most European countries "sweet" tasting bread for breakfast is just... not a thing. We eat jam, Nutella, you name it - but unless it's Easter or Christmas, our bread itself is not sweet. So no corn syrup.

It would, it would, sadly though, it’s not actually banned anywhere.

Hi neighbor! And yeah, the NY/NJ watershed has amazing quality water, and a high density of folks who are great bakers. Having grown up used to amazing fresh bread, I was honestly disappointed in every piece of bread I ate in England and Ireland 🤷

In most cities and some towns in the US is "old town", "shopping district" the walkable part of the area. Very expensive to live in but usually the most picturesque part of the area

We also tend to have better public transport. Probably because we're not quite so "democratically" enslaved to the oil industry.

Just use a bike

Mixed neighbourhoods are literally banned through zoning in many US cities. It's those suburb sprawles where you can only have a single family house everywhere and therefore, everything is far and without a proper public transportation infrastructure and/or safe biking lanes, you're dependent on the car. Very depressing.

Every suburb where I live has grocery stores or convenience stores within a short walk or a 5 minute drive. I can walk a mile in any direction and be at the grocery store. Many cities in the US are laid out different in the older parts than they are in the suburbs. Suburbs were created by private developers who bought the land, paid to have the utilities installed underground, and then built and sold the houses. Their main focus was to squeeze as many homes as possible onto that piece of land so retail space wasn't their main focus. The older parts were developed when walking and horseback were the main modes of travel. Granted much of it has been updated or rebuilt, but it was done in the same fashion as the cities grew it was just spread out more. Home, retail, and schools were all fairly close.

Yeah, we have those convenient stores here. The shop owners go to the grocery stores to buy the stuff they want to sell then resell it for a lot more to make a profit. So many of them pop up in residential areas that make it more tempting to just go there for a few things, like milk, sugar or a treat, than going all the way to the grocery store.

Add the weather and most places would be walkable maybe a couple dozen days a year.

there are areas that dont even have sidewalks...