Pubs are the cultural epicentre to most villages/towns in the UK, where most events are held and whole families regularly meet up as a frequent social interaction. Pubs or Bars/Taverns in the USA are portrayed very differently, it seems like they are adult-only areas usually seen as a place used exclusively by alcoholics/drunkards/down and outs. Is this what they really are like?
Do you have no drinking culture over there at all? Of course in the UK we are famous for our binge drinking antics, which is nothing to be proud of, but the US seem to take this to the opposite extreme. College students are seen to be getting wasted in films all the time but the middle-aged family man is depicted as a stay at home beer drinker having a few on a weekend may be having a few friends round to watch "the game". In the UK it is more likely that these middle-aged family men would still go to pub to watch the game with their friends and usually take their kids with them. This seems a big no-no in the USA?
We have sports bars, but we also have tailgates
We pregame at home because it’s cheaper, then have a few drinks out.
To some degree it depends where you live, but mostly: No
Is it rude to not leave a tip? EXTREMELY
How much should you tip? If I just buy a pint of beer, what would I be expected to tip? Leaving one dollar equating to circa 25% of the full price seems a lot? Whereas tipping $10 dollars after a full night and an $80 tab feels sufficient? How do you tip now everything is paid by card?
15% for average service; 20%+ for good service. There’s a line on the receipt for you to write the tip for credit payments. You sign here after handing the server your card. ID theft via this method is extremely rare— to the point of being basically nonexistent. But you write the amount for the tip and sign. It’s easiest just to round the price to the nearest thing it’s easy to take 10% of; then double that. So, for a $27 tab, I’d probably leave $6 tip, but $5 would be fine too.
They’re about the same, probably. This also depends where you went to school; not every school district has the same curriculum here.
Americans didn’t think Europe’s constant bickering should be our problem
And is motoring that cheap in the US that even the youngest drivers can afford to buy and run a Sedan/Saloon as their first car? A used one, yes
Do you even have super-compact and cheap cars like Smart Cars?
Clown cars are for circus performances here.
Yes
Sales tax varies from state to state, county to county, and even within a city. I just pay the price shown at the register. It’s not as hard as it must sound
HVAC systems are the norm here
Do you actually get houses with tents over them in order to fumigate pests?
Is Thanksgiving as big a family event as Christmas Day?
Yes
No; those are legal pads. Notebooks usually have white paper
It’s not. I don’t know why y’all think this— did you try all two hundred brands of bread available here when you visited? Did you buy the prescliced stuff or go to the bakery section?
Some people do; I don’t
We also don’t make judgmental proclamations about what should and shouldn’t be a condiment. But you can get Brown Sauce for $9 on Amazon
No
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