During the initial transition into Euro from your country of residence, have you seen parallel pricing at stores? Like did they display prices in both currencies? What about job listings that advertise salaries or minimum wage, were those converted straight to Euro on day one?

Back then, were people paid in Marks before the transition? When Euro became the standard, did people’s salaries get converted overnight?

I’ve heard that in some American restaurants, the employer withholds the server’s entire tips (aka. owner robbing them of their money just to put in their own pockets) meaning the server gets nothing. That shit is illegal in the EU if one tries to pull that off.

How much are servers paid in Germany? Even if they received tips, is it tax free? I’ve watched a documentary where they discussed a waitress earning 2.13 USD per hour (I was like, WHAT THE FUCK! Are you for real! That’s more akin to a slave wage than a living one).