Comment on What are some of the things someone permanently relocating away from the US should be aware of?
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
- This depends on your destination, but you may need to unlearn the habit in tipping, as wait staff salaries are reasonable. Where I live it is common to enable the option for various services, but you’re never really expected to. I might tip if something was far beyond expectations with staff going above and beyond what is expected of them, but I usually don’t.
- Extremely simplified/rounded metric: 1 meter = 1 yard or 3 feet
- 1Kg = 2 pounds
- 1 gallon = 4 liters (a standard serving of beer is 0.5 liters. Sometimes 0.33)
- Almost everything carries some sort of tax. This is usually included in the price tag.
- 50mph = 80kmh
- most intersections don’t have a stop sign. Held for anyone entering from your right hand side (unless you’re in the UK or Ireland, where it’s opposite)
- Learn the difference between Europe, EU, EEA and Schengen Area. In most cases you may be safe presuming they’re the same, but there’s a difference that may be relevant if traveling between European countries.