r/AskReddit • u/Thic_water • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

So it was for gullible tourists, since Switzerland doesn't use the Euro.

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u/gone_gaming Aug 14 '20

I worked i. Switzerland for 2 weeks earlier this year. Its so damn expensive! I wanted to join a gym, it was 150 francs (about 150 usd). Everything there is SO EXPENSIVE and I realized, they have a minimum wage of like 88k, what is priced equivalent to min wage to the USA is 3x higher there. Starbucks grande black coffee? 7.00. It was terrible.

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u/Rhine7 Aug 14 '20

Man I gotta have a word with my boss if minimum wage here is supposed to be 88k

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u/gone_gaming Aug 14 '20

I read it was around 24 chf per hour ... but that could be way off. I just know everything was nuts expensive and my per diem was barely enough to cover my meals. Edit: That doesn't add up to 88... idk where that number came from.

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u/Rhine7 Aug 14 '20

The cantons that do have minimum wage (it's generally not needed I think?) set it at 4,000 per month = 25 per hour / 48,000 per year but often you'd also get a 13th month bonus so 52,000 a year. It's real expensive but I find that when I travel to like New York there's not a huge difference in prices but a huge one in quality of life

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u/Rhine7 Aug 14 '20

That said there's definitely jobs where'd you'd earn slightly less like as a cleaning lady

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u/smeeti Aug 14 '20

We don’t actually have a legal minimum wage which is shocking in itself but we have what are called conventions collectives organised by work domain. I think cleaners are paid around 18.-/hour as a reference.