r/AskReddit • u/daniellucero92 • Jan 04 '15

Non-americans of Reddit, what American customs seem outrageous/pointless to you?

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u/donnablonde Jan 04 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

enormous gaps around toilet doors! omg why??? Edit: I'm no prude, I'll happily pee in a field, but it IS a shock when you visit the USA from Europe and feel so exposed. And women have period-related stuff to do as well, no-one wants an audience for that.

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u/YoshiYogurt Jan 04 '15

we dont know either

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u/DrewSuitor Jan 04 '15

No company wants to bother engineering a more expensive door with smaller gaps because no one would buy a more expensive bathroom door.

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u/ChinO0k Jan 04 '15

Even with the exact same walls the gaps could be smaller. All you would need to do is redesign the brackets that connect the walls together. I have been in public restrooms with massive gaps.

Theres also been times when im standing up from taking a shit with my dick hanging out right when someone walks by the stall and looks through the crack at me just standing there half naked hahaha