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Americans, what is something that Europeans have/do that makes no sense to you? (programming.dev)

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[-] forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world 74 points 11 months ago

Specific to Germany, but when a second cashier opens up, it's a first come first serve rush for it, rather than letting the person next inline at the original cashier take the first spot in the new one.

[-] warlaan@lemm.ee 20 points 11 months ago

Completely agree. I am German and it's utterly ridiculous.

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

Demanding to have another cashier is so rude yet so many do it all the time.

[-] zammy95@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Oh my god I love this. Let the chaos begin

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

The Brits would never.

Queuing is a national pastime.

[-] lars@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

When I visit, I looooooove the civilized queues, but I can’t for the life of me understand why the slow lane on escalators is on the right (like you might find in big American cities) instead of the left (like you might find on a British highway).

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Hun barbarism! Do Germans not know how to queue?

[-] buzziebee@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

They do not

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

From what I heard about queueing practices in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, no, not at all. For example, a long-time queue doesn't need people, it just needs some belongings queued.

[-] SkinnyTimmy@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

German here, it's slowly getting better. Slowly.

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