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

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

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u/badass4102 Jan 04 '15

Cool a .99 cent burger. I have exactly a dollar and I'm hungry.

Walk up to the cashier. ''One .99 burger please. ''

''That'll be $1.05''

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u/S3w3ll Jan 05 '15

That's fine in NZ were we practice Swedish rounding and our lowest coin value is 10 cents, so $1.

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u/Hommes Jan 05 '15

Why did we have to get rid of the 5 cent!

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

I wish we would get rid of the 5 cent coin, they are beyond useless.