Things I've learned in Ireland

SO what was realized/reconfirmed about Ireland/Europe after 1.5 days in Cork.

1. The Europeans have it down right. Tax is included on all prices so you don’t get things costing you 5.76 and need to get 24 cents in change!
2. Restaurant prices include tax AND tip…..no more wasting precious time arguing “is 15% normal or should I tip 18% or maybe 20%...no more ‘double the tax to get your tip’ using your cell phone as a calculator”
3. Just about everyone has a STUDENT DISCOUNT, from museums to sporting events to bus fares. And they even give it to me when I show them a student card from an American university they’ve never even heard of. Why can’t America be like this when the cost of college is way more than the Euro schools?! And no a 1$ discount for children 13 and under at the Maritime Aquarium doesn’t count!
4. European public transit is so much better than America’s (aside from NYC, DC and a few others)….but you knew that already.
5. No bathrooms have paper towels, just those dumb air dryers that don’t work. Minus one for Europe.
6. When you buy things you think, nice I saved some money, only 50 euros…and then you realize that’s 60 dollars. Minus one more but Europe still wins.
7. The Irish love their pubs.
8. In Cork they love their sports. There’s a surprising number of Turkish stores/restaurants in Cork.
9. The Irish love playing U2 on every sound system.
10. Oh yeah, they love beer. And pubs…
11. The Irish are really nice people…seriously.
12. Everything is in Irish as well as English. Except no one speaks Irish…do they even bother reading the Irish writing?
13. The drinking age is 18…that was too obvious though, wasn’t it?
14. There's a pub in every town no matter how small..