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What seemed weird when I visited your country
Metope:
Ha yeah I've talked to people who moved to Norway and they're all 'IT'S SO COLD'. ....yes. You're in Norway, it's cold.
And the sales tax thing is so weird, my boyfriend asked if we don't have in Europe, and when I said we do, it's just that it's included in the price that is shown so that it's easier to know how much money you're spending, he was like 'huh, oh yeah that makes much more sense, good idea.', as if no one had ever thought of doing that before.
Kugai:
Great Southern Land ;D
LTK:
--- Quote from: LeeC on 03 Nov 2013, 12:13 ---nah, each state has their own sales tax, its easier to price things as a distributor with the general price and have the local stores apply their local tax when checking out. sales tax may be high in California but non existent in Delaware. When they get priced there's really no telling where the actual product will end up from the distribution center.
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Yeah, like Jimmy says, that still makes no sense. In our supermarkets, the price tags of branded goods are on the shelves, not on the products - with the exception of freshly packaged goods like vegetables and meats that are always of the store's brand. The supermarkets compete with their prices, especially on branded goods, so it would be pointless for a distributor to start putting prices on them.
LookingIn:
--- Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 03 Nov 2013, 11:11 ---Second weirdest thing was whenever we went to a cafe I would try to order a chocolate milkshake. Not a big deal in Australia, in fact very standard. In the US we could not find a cafe that did milkshakes and I have no idea why. Every waitress looked at me like I just asked to lick her eyes. Eventually we figured out that you have to go to like, diners and specific kinds of restaurants but it was weird.
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You were in the wrong state :D Cross over into Connecticutt and the other New England states and find an ice cream parlor. Every one that serves them does so with the intent that they make the best...just make sure to call them "frappes" not milkshakes- we get defensive about the name even if it's ridiculous to do so.
Loki:
Speaking of foreign countries, I am just coming back from Bavaria. :-D
People there have a cute accent which reminds me of Swiss. And really everything is closed on Sundays, unlike some fast food places in where I live.
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