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Interesting facts about Americans’ Life style
1.
Night clubs and bars
close at 2am. You can't go clubbing until the sun comes up.
2.
No driver drives past
a red traffic light.
3.
The prices displayed
in supermarkets don't include tax. The tax is calculated just before you pay so
you need to carry a calculator when you go shopping.
4.
Alcohol is terribly
expensive. When you get into a bar, a beer can cost up to ten times the price
you would normally pay in other country for that brand.
5.
People don't assume
you're christian or that you go to church.
6.
If you get a checking
account (a type of bank account), you don't pay transaction fees whenever you
swipe your card.
7.
Poor people have cars.
These people were being given food hampers because they were poor but they
drove cars. Some of them had very nice cars too.
8.
It's not illegal to
own a gun in America. The right to own a gun is enshrined in the American
constitution.
9.
People actually leave
a tip when they eat in a restaurant. You're expected to tip 15% to 20% of the
money you spend in a restaurant. Now in place such as D.C., some restaurants
and bars will put the tip as one of the items on your receipts (so it's part of
your total) - so it's not optional.
10.
The customer service
is generally excellent - people who serve you in stores and restaurants are
generally nice.
11.
Houses generally have
no fences or Dura walls
12.
Unless they are very
wealthy most people don't employ house maids and gardeners.
13.
Americans don't have a
culture of corruption so people in public service generally don't expect you to
pay bribes.
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