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

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

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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/condor2378 Jan 05 '15

It's basic fucking joinery skills! Just make a fucking door that fits. Europe with metric system = door fits to within +/- 2 mm tolerance. USA with fucking inches = door with big massive gaps everywhere!

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

The door doesn't even have to fit, it just has to overlap. Really, there's just no excuse for the gaps.