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What I Learned From Europe


Things the United States needs to import from Europe

  • Public transportation
  • People respect left driving lane more
  • Semis always stay in right lane
  • Option of a half flush on a toilet
  • Bike lanes / Bus lanes
  • Paying for parking before you leave the lot
  • Pay-for-use Breathalizer built into bar
  • Clean pay-for-use bathrooms
  • Use of 1 and 2 dollar coins
  • Tax is always included in the price of a product
  • Roundabouts
  • Orange kissed cola / bionade
  • 0.5 liter and liter beers
  • A Yellow light warning you that the light is about to turn green
  • Things the United States needs to export to Europe

  • Discrete tipping and you tip on quality of service
  • Multiple beer choices / styles in bottle and tap
  • Getting tapwater for free with your meal
  • Labeling streets
  • Right-turn on red light
  • Street lights on opposite side of the intersection
  • Instances of things I disliked in Europe

  • What I call "front-loading toilets". You basically go on a plate and it just sits until you flush the toilet and it washes it out. They smell and are just weird.
  • Waiter response time and some waiter's attitudes
  • Waiters not offering your bill until you ask for it
  • Certain shopowners, for no reason, giving you the cold shoulder and generally appearing as though they don't appreciate your business
  • Tickets issued for speeding through the use of radar
  • ATMS often spit out large chunks of money in a single large bill
  • Obnoxious techno music as the default music selection
  • Aussie tourists are everywhere. They don't learn the language and are just there to get drunk.
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