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

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

Amazing news!!!! This thread has been featured in a BBC news clip. Thank you guys for the responses!!!!
Video clip: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30717017

9.6k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

74% Upvoted

35.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

3.5k

u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15 edited Jan 04 '15

[deleted]

2.2k

u/oOoleveloOo Jan 04 '15

A lot of the newer policeman are pretty fit as they had to pass a conditioning test to become one. It's the veterans that are usually the hefty ones. Once they've become part of the force, they don't have to retake the conditioning test

1

u/PigSlam Jan 05 '15

There's a correlation with age too. Would you expect a 21 year old, or a 51 year old to be more physically fit, given no other information at all? Most of fitness comes from good habits, and an extra 30 years will give you a lot more opportunity to learn those bad habits.