TwigNov 24

I'm in a hotel in America with no kettle in my room, if I want tea I have to microwave it.

https://sopuli.xyz/post/37174194

I'm in a hotel in America with no kettle in my room, if I want tea I have to microwave it. - Sopuli

cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/casualuk/p/425035/i-m-in-a-hotel-in-america-with-no-kettle-in-my-room-if-i-want-tea-i-have-to-microw [https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/casualuk/p/425035/i-m-in-a-hotel-in-america-with-no-kettle-in-my-room-if-i-want-tea-i-have-to-microw] > Wtf do I do? I’m only here for one night thank fuck but it’s still very hard.

Show threadxxce2AAbNov 24

Yup, welcome to the US.

(I’m Danish, we have kettles, obviously - I just watched a YT video about how Americans don’t just days ago - the poor bastards)

Show threadtruthfultemporarilyNov 24
Because of lower voltage in the US, total available power of a wall socket is lower. So kettles take forever.
Show threadfakeman_pretendnameNov 24
I think it’s 50% this, and 50% “boiling water repeatedly all day is simply less important to them”.
Show threadkaki
Kettles are common in Japan despite having an even lower voltage than the US. So I think it’s mostly the latter.
Nov 24 at 10:54amWeb
Show threadOptionalNov 24

There’s probably other differences too. Lack of KitKat flavor variants, for example.