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Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? (lemmy.world)

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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Interestingly enough that's mostly in the Northern states I live in the south east and we split all the checks every time we go out. Whenever I go to new York the waiters get all pissy though like it's some monumental task. They couldn't even manage to keep their trash in trash cans until recently though so maybe they will catch up one day.