People Share 30 Things That They Think Are Normal In Europe But Horrific In America

my house was built in 1677

Favorite metric system quote is by Josh Bazell. “In metric, one milliliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade—which is 1 percent of the difference between its freezing point and its boiling point. ... Whereas in the American system, the answer to ‘How much energy does it take to boil a room-temperature gallon of water?’ is ‘Go f**k yourself,’ because you can’t directly relate any of those quantities.”

This! When I was a nanny in the US, the family I worked for was always nagging me for using public transport. I never unederstood what the big deal was.

And then we have our beloved bored panda censure... s**t!

Rested and healthy employees = higher productivity. Who'd have thought?

What???

Or, at least partially in Germany, leaves it with a neighbour.

I'd rather not have muddy footprints/ dirt from outside around the house.

They should make this a European thing.

I think they meant: While it is normal for Europeans to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue, Americans are not expected to speak any other language than English.

At least where I live in Germany it’s NOT usual to be naked in parks or bathing naked in crowded places, except they’re designated as nude areas. Topless is tolerated in most urban parks, if you don’t Walk around. Otherwise it’s a "Public nuisance", which is an administrative offense and is punished by a penalty fee.

Seen as lazy, huh? So the management only have standing desks?

Of course not. I am on VACATION.

In the UK we normally describe properties as 1 bed, 2 bed etc. and give a separate count of other rooms. Studio is normally used to describe rooms of mixed use. So a 1 bed studio apartment will normally be a combined kitchen, living and sleeping space with a separate bath- or shower-room.

I remember one work trip where I was in Germany, just over the border from France. All the staff were French and commuted across the border daily. Hell, we even went back across the border for lunch each day!

I love being Scottish, I love living here, the people (mostly), the accepting and open culture, the sarcastic swearing humour, that we can take the piss out of ourselves - but I don't feel the need to fly a flag on my doorstep or cover myself in Scottish symbols and scream about my freedom and rights and chant some verse every morning - im sure there are plenty of Americans who also think that the stereotypical over the top patriotic American is as odd as outsiders do - but they do tend to be the loudest

Fun fact: These are all things that Unions achieved and next the government made them law. Some Americans would go bat shyte crazy over that. "The government has no right to force 25 mandatory vacation days on me!!!!"

Absolutely, what's acceptable in Spain wouldn't fly in Denmark and vice versa. All countries have their own cultures. The first time, years before the internet through reading American magazines, I came across 'Europe' being referred to as a homogeneous whole I was extremely confused. I was also highly entertained by all the adverts stating 'Everyone in Europe is using this product' for something I'd never seen in my life.

It prevents them from copying you card information and using them to commit fraud by buying stuff online with your creditcard information. In fact I think we ought to memorise the control numbers on the back of the card and then remove them for the card. Having them there is like writing the pin code on the card with a marker, it is just making abuse way too easy.

This is Rule 1 of the London Underground

True. Topless is normal.

You mean normal portions.

I am in the Netherlands and almost every kid I know does some kind of extracurricular sport. There are also special subsidies to make sure every kids even from low income families can participate. But we dont tend to get obsessive parents here.

Not smiling all the time, too.

what about mayonnaise AND ketchup??

Personally, I dislike automatics. It makes me feel like I'm driving a go kart. If you're going to drive a car...well...drive it!

In Norway you'll get tap water when you ask for water, and that's free.

The only really gay thing I know is falling in love with someone of the same gender as yourself. If cleaning your ass after you've been to the toilet is 'gay' to you, you have some real issues.

Once you use a bidet, you'll never want to do without it again. A clean bum is a happy bum!

I'm a dude with a bidet. Much better than tp

In Uruguay near 100% of the houses have bidets. You first clean your bum with toilet paper and then a second thorough clean with water, cold of warm at will, and with soap if you want. It makes you feel a lot clean and better the whole day.

We installed bidets on our toilets in our Home (US) and let me tell you, I will never go back to not having one! Way less TP waste and feels way cleaner. Now when I have to poo elsewhere it just doesn’t feel right.

I would like a bidet, one day I will have one.

I'm Italian and here alll of us use Bidet. Before you use igienic paper to clean and after you clean better with water till you feel all is ok

It would take a fire hose to clean off all the crud stuck to my starfish after a good dump.

Why would you not want to clean your bits after going to the toilet ???

TRUTH!!! Love mine.

Garden hose works better.

As a woman, I would prefer guys get their undercarriage pressure washed after 'mudding'! SKID MARKS ARE NOT A F*****G BADGE OF HONOR!!!!🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩 I personally enjoy a shiney clean giney over TP but bidets in the US are far and few between. 😕 And props Ole Peder, for reminding us that wiping our ass does not define one as gay!!👍

After traveling to Italy, where everyone has a bidet, we had to get a bidet seat for our toilet. Can't live without it now.

They have a very bad rep in Spain but I feel that our bidets are very different from the ones used in Japan or USA. They are sort of a basin with a tap snd a drain so it’s very unhygienic because all the bacteria would accumulate there. If they are connected to a toilet they seem very nice.