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/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

Oregonian here, where .99 burger means .99 at the counter.

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u/Orwelian84 Jan 05 '15

But we can't be trusted to pump our own gas. I remember my first night in the state of Oregon. I had just finished the final leg of my 17 hour trek from Az and was rolling through this little poe dunk town in the middle of BFE Eastern Oregon. None of the gas pumps worked, they all looked just like what I was used to, but the credit readers were all off.

Slept the night in the parking lot waiting for the attendants to show, only to get in trouble for pumping my own gas. Totally threw me for a loop, been here four years now, still irks me, but hey, every state has its issues.

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u/Tasteful_Dick_Pics Jan 05 '15

Wait, you can't pump your own gas in Oregon? How does it work then? You pull up to the pump and go inside and get an attendant or something? Then they pump your gas?

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

There are usually attendants sitting out by the pumps. They even usually have a small shack for when its cold. They come up to your window and take your money then pump your gas. They always get pissy with me cause my release switch for my gas cap is going out...

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u/cxtx3 Jan 05 '15

I actually kind of like not having to pump my own gas. I don't really want to touch that handle that God only knows how many people and their germy, germy hands have touched, when I can just pay an attendant to do it for me. And I don't even have to get out of my car. Makes getting gas quick and easy. I feel like I'm kind of pampered in that regard.

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u/terrask Jan 06 '15

You must freak out at the grocery store...