In what Russia is ahead of the USA: a Russian-speaking immigrant named 7 things

Everyone knows that the United States is a developed country. Few people know that even here there are oddities that are hard for our immigrants to get used to. Author blog "50 shades of New York" on "Yandex.Zen" talked about how the United States lags behind the post-Soviet countries.

Banking service

It has already become normal for us to open an account, order a card or a certificate from a bank through a mobile application, but this is not the case in the USA. It is necessary to come personally to the bank, stand in line and then do everything necessary.

Money

Again, due to the lack of mobile banks, it is impossible to make a transfer without a visit to the office. But that's not all the inconvenience.

Plastic cards with a chip in the United States have appeared only recently and are still not widely used. Until recently, everyone used magnetic stripe credit cards, which are less secure from fraud.

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Many stores still have old terminals. So, if you have a new card, payment will not be accepted everywhere, you have to carry cash with you, which is not always convenient and unsafe.

communication

Surprisingly, many organizations still use faxes. This communication tool is especially popular in medical institutions. Thus, hospitals are trying to prevent the leakage of their clients' personal data.

Of course, the faxes themselves are not the same as they used to be, they have a built-in copier and printer. But the very essence of a fax is connecting to a telephone line. It would be much more convenient to send everything over the Internet.

Corporate email-login

In post-Soviet countries, many issues can be resolved using e-mail. But in the United States, documents and invoices are still sent in ordinary envelopes.

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Of course, the American postal service is several times faster than the notorious Russian post. There are no queues and the self-service system is very well established.

School buses

The buses themselves are old and very rarely updated. In the near future, to solve this problem, it is planned to produce electric buses.

Advertising at home

Due to the fact that Americans are used to using mail, advertisements are also sent using it. Because of this, mountains of unnecessary leaflets constantly accumulate in the box.