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This is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me. (lemmy.world)

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[–] esc27@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've worked in two U.S. buildings with Both ground and first floors. The buildings were built into a hill so street level entered the first floor, but parking entered the ground floor. Very easy to get confused until you figure it out.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

To add to your confusion, when you add a mezzanine floor to a UK building you get ground floor, mezzanine, first floor, second floor, so the lift buttons go G M 1 2 3...