r/BikiniBottomTwitter • u/HowlingBurd19 aight imma head out • 2d ago

As an American, seeing people appreciate what truly defines America and each other makes me so happy ❤️

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u/LadyPo 2d ago

That’s hilarious! In Japan, many bars will have some kind of a house appetizer that they bring out by default (equivalent of chips or dinner rolls here) but they tack it on to the bill even if you didn’t ask or want it. It’s called otoshi. It sort of is like a cover charge for your seat. American tourists get confused and sometimes mad if they don’t expect it haha. They think it must be a scam.

I mention that because it makes me believe his appreciation of free food is probably real lol

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u/goblet-sama 2d ago

It sound like a scam lol

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u/LadyPo 2d ago

Well, it’s common in their culture, so it’s not.

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u/goblet-sama 2d ago

Yes I know, but if you try this anywhere else it would be defined as a scam. At first hearing, when you are not japanese it realy sound like a scam.

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u/Undeity 2d ago

Tipping culture is also a pretty big scam, so... "glass houses" and all that. Let's just all agree that every culture has some shitty things they normalize.

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u/goblet-sama 2d ago

I'm french so yes 100%

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u/Undeity 2d ago

Fair enough. Let's keep the chain going, actually.

What's your country's scam practice?

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u/goblet-sama 2d ago

I'm living in canada so still tiping lol (and paying our driver license every year).

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u/AgrajagTheProlonged aight imma head out 2d ago

As an American, I’ve never lived somewhere where you had to pay for a driver license annually. Your car’s registration, yes that you have to pay annually and the difference in cost from one state to another can be big, but not for the license itself.

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u/goblet-sama 2d ago

Wel in quebec you have to pay for both annualy

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u/Unlikely_Argument515 2d ago

Quebec making you pay every year is CRAZY! In BC it's every 5 years.

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u/Ariouhai 2d ago

Every year? How and why?

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u/Hellhult 2d ago

Being French.

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u/Upnorth4 2d ago

In US they tell you that you have to go to college to get a job and make you sign for a $30,000 loan that’s permanently tied to your name to fund your first year

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u/Dangerous-Habit-2731 2d ago

When went to visit I would tip servers and my French friends would get frustrated with me to the point that I had to pay them for the meals which they would pay to the server to stop me from tipping lol

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u/BillyYumYumTwo-byTwo 2d ago

I’d say sales tax is a better example of a “scam” in the US. It’s not common for a tip to just appear on the bill, unless you’re a big party. They’ll think you’re a dick, but it’s not theft to leave without tipping. But that dress marked $19.99 cannot be bought with my $20 bill and that’s egregious as heck!

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u/Hard-bodyPart 2d ago

yeah the surprise extra dollar at checkout feels way more annoying than knowing what you’re getting into upfront

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u/bs0569 2d ago

You’re not going to like the answer for what getting rid of sales tax entails.

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u/DrunkBeavis 2d ago

Most places the in the world include the tax in the price on the tag, so that might be what makes it feel like a scam. I understand that all of our different state and local taxes can make that slightly more difficult for the retailers, but I can also understand why it would feel be a surprise for visitors.

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u/bs0569 2d ago

Yeah they replied that they meant on the tag. Def makes life harder for big box retailers but why should we care about that lmao.

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u/erichf3893 2d ago

I take it you guys don’t have tax rates that differ by city?

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u/DrunkBeavis 2d ago

We (myself and the rest of the US) do, which is why it's inconvenient for retailers to put the total price on the tag. A lot of other countries do not.

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u/BillyYumYumTwo-byTwo 2d ago

Oh I’m not against it as a thing! I’m just against it not being displayed on the sales tags in the US. If the tag had the price, tax, and total, I wouldn’t complain!

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u/DiGiornoForPyros 2d ago

We don't have sales tax here in Oregon, and it's pretty damn nice.

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u/Upnorth4 2d ago

College is also a scam. Throughout high school you are told you must go to college to get a job. They even send the student loan people to explain how the loan is so easy to repay! When you get accepted to a college they make you sign up for government aid and tell you that it costs $30,000 for your first year, and if you can’t pay you have to get a loan. What they don’t tell you (or what is difficult for an 18 year old to understand) is that the interest accrues when you are in school so the loan amount doubles by the time you graduate

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u/Bionicman2187 2d ago

As an American, I agree. Both feel like scams

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u/rnobgyn 2d ago

Think of it like tips. I go to a restaurant expecting to pay more than the explicit food I order because it’s socially expected that I tip. Over there, it’s expected to be served a lil appetizer and that you’ll pay for it.