What as a English man should I look out for on a trip to the USA.

  • Serinus@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    feel free to wow them with contactless payments

    This is quite dated. Per Forbes, "Nearly 90% of U.S. consumers now use contactless payments, "

    Tip at restaurants where they take your order at the table and bus your table, 15-20% of the total. Absolutely don’t tip at those kiosks at the counter. They’ll beg for a tip because software. You’re absolutely fine to hit skip or custom 0. Don’t normalize that shit.

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      1 day ago

      Cheers for the added advice.

      It was a bit over 18 months ago I was last in a CVS, but as has already been pointed out, the US is a huge place so there’s bound to be regional differences. Glad contactless payments (or is it tap-to-pay in the US?) has become the norm.