Here in Europe (Austria) If someone needs help and I don't call an ambulance, then I make myself liable to prosecution. I HAVE to call the ambulance. If I don't do that, I can be sued. Failure to provide assistance is punishable by law! What is it like in America?
Same in France. And if you're incompetent, you're also punished because honest people will try to help even if they do mistake and the government knows it and it helps raising funds. Sarcasm aside. There is a difference between emergency ambulances and "convenience" ambulances in Europe and everywhere in the world while in the US, you are outrageously charged whether on your death bed or just disabled and cannot go otherwise. "You'll die in 5 minutes but we have to check your insurance. It will only take 15 minutes; Sorry for the inconvenience".
@@to_loww "to assist", that's not the same goal and interpretation. The oath of hippocrates spread quite well over the world except in a few countries like the USA where the oath of hippocrates became the oath of hypocrits. The oath to treat first and promote health became an oath to check insurance bank accounts and promote drugs that will keep you sick and spend more.
The fact that you're charged ANYTHING for an ambulance is insane to me. Also, surely if you're unconscious then you can't consent to taking an ambulance, therefore, they can't legally charge you.
It costs money to get an ambulance in Australia as well, although the amount varies by state (it's free in Queensland) and some people are exempt. Generally you can expect to pay around a thousand dollars, but in NSW it starts at four hundred something and there's a per kilometre travel fee added to that that maxes out at just under $8000.
German here. We had an accident with our small child (no harm, luckily) but at that moment we didn't knew. They did send an ambulance, a helicopter with the Doc in it, a special ambulance for children and a team of paramedics specialized for poison treatment. The Helicopter wasn't needed at the end, the normal ambulance left, the special team left and my son got a small teddy from the ambulance for children. We payed 10 Euros for the transport to the hospital, which was just for one night for oversight... A few years later my mum had an accident, broke two legs. She was upstairs and it was not possible to get her out through the stairs without a lot of pain. So they (four paremedics and a doc) got a team of firefighters which closed the street with the help of three police cars (like 20 guys), they came with a big ass ladder truck with special equipment to rescue people through windows, even with a carrying bar, and it took multiple hours to get her out of one window. She payed 10 euros for the transport to the hospital... Damn I am so glad I am living in europe...
@@bezcennyargentynskikaktus In Italy also, we have exceptions where we pay for part of a helicopter rescue in a mountain rescue in some regions of northern Italy if, upon examination, it is deemed unnecessary. Personally, I joined CAI (Italian Alpine Club) so that I never have such problems because there is insurance include.
Sometimes I take leftovers from restaurant here in Germany. Usually the waiter takes the plate and returns with a take away box. You don’t put it in yourself
Hey! I lived in Switzerland, Portugal and now Denamrk. I have friends from all over Europe and NO ONE feels obligated to tip! 😅 But it's because we know waiters recieve adequate salary, so if we tip it means we enjoyed the service
I'm from the UK, tip is welcomed but not expected. Have noticed France is changing too, used to be expected to tip but now doesn't seem to be at all. Suspect paying electronically has helped the change, no spare cash to leave on the table. And obviously you know the waiter's getting paid - who knows in America.
@bvanderford what do you mean? Tips can be taxed, if paid electronically, but it's not necessary. Still, why the interest in getting untaxed money? We get enough to live comfortably in Europe, and it's fair for most of it to be taxed (again, tips are a grey area)
It's funny when you said that getting to a grocery store only took you 7 minutes, and by that you meant "7 minutes by car". In Europe, when someone says it takes 7 minutes, it means 7 minutes on foot. If it was by car, it would be specified. In the US, time is counted in terms of car minutes by default, you don't even need to mention that. So unlike Europe.
It's also funny anyone needs a car to go grocery shopping. We use a car when we buy food for several weeks, otherwise walking to the supermarket a few times a week is common. I live close to central Budapest, there are several supermarkets a few minutes' walk away, so driving there would be crazy. If you don't want to carry heavy stuff like mineral water or washing liquid, you can order from hypermarkets and they deliver it for you.
We do have some locations that are quite a ways away from stores. I know a couple of places where it takes the owner 30 minutes to an hour or more to get to because of how far they live out in the country. When my grandma was living out in Cherry Grove, Oregon, it would take us almost 20 minutes to just get into the small town with only a small gas/ grocery store. Or when my mom was a child, she originally could walk to her school, but they closed it down and so they needed to be bussed almost 30 to 40 minutes to get to high school and this was in the 70s. And it would take her even longer to get to college in Portland. At the time, there were no colleges in the Hillsboro area.
O menos. En mi zona hay al menos tres súpermercados en 5 minutos a pie y muchas tiendas pequeñas que venden verduras de temporada, pescado y carne fresca. Y hasta un mercado de productos congelados, y varios bazares y tiendas de ropa.
It depends where you live. If you live in the country side you will probably also think by car than by foot. Me living in a village would need a car to go grocery shopping or anything actually
Here in Germany if you want to take leftover food home from a restaurant they will take all the dishes back to the kitchen and return with the leftovers nicely and individually packaged (often in take out containers). They will also put them in a bag for you to carry easily. I've never experienced a restaurant that would expect you to pack up your own food. That's crazy to me.
Same in my country. Serbia. If we wish to bring food home, restaurant packs it nicely. and even when you open the box/container home, it is neatly aranged inside
I live in rural Scotland, my nearest hospital is 20 miles away. Last year I developed sepsis and was taken to hospital by ambulance. My treatment lasted just over a week and when I was discharged I missed the patient transport bus (due to a delay with my meds being sent up from the pharmacy) so the hospital paid for a taxi to take me home. All of this cost me nothing. OK we pay for services like this through our taxes but if you are hit by ill health at any stage of your life it is worth it. I had to take early retirement due to ill health after leading a very active life and have needed a lot of health care in the past 10-20 years. The treatment I have received far exceeds the amount I paid through taxation. Those who grumble about paying for other people might like to stop and think about the possibility of themselves being in an accident or developing some sort of condition as they grow older. If they really don't want to put into the communal fund they should just go private and shut up, the rest of us will look after each other.
many years back, my wife spent a week in hospital. the final bill was more than I bought my house for. - fortunately, my insurance hadn't found an excuse to cancel my coverage, yet.
The real kicker is that in the US, roughly the same amount of taxes (per person) is spent on healthcare as the UK. They have to pay insurance/cash *as well*. When medical care is treated like a business you gotta squeeze every bit of profit out
@@squidgiannasquidgianna8845 Yes, I was amazed by the very high monthly insurance payments that people agree to pay! Here in Finland and in other decent welfare countries, the health insurance payments included in our taxes are really peanuts in comparison. They're the tiniest fraction of my monthly pension, adding up to a moderate annual amount of a few hundred euros. And it covers everything, because you really only have to pay a nominal amount for visits to a hospital or consultation with a specialist, something like 45 euros, if I remember correctly.
I'm Irish and we have to pay for some stuff healthwise, but it's not going to leave me destitute. But I am happy to pay taxes for social insurance for me and everyone else that needs it. And not just healthcare. If someone manages to save 20 euro a week out of their unemployment benefit to go on holiday I say fair play to them. People should have a chance at being healthy and happy and I'm glad if I'm paying in to that.
I'll tell you something that will blow americans mind. My home town is Messina, Sicily, and my mother is from a small village up in the mountains of the nearby region called Calabria. There, to get down from the mountains and reach a hospital one would need to drive 1 hour on curvy mountain roads. That makes pointless to even call an ambulance in extreme emergencies. So what's the solution when someone needs to get to the hospital as soon as possible? Easy, a helicopter would take off from my town in Messina (remember, Sicily another region) and get to the mountains in Calabria within minutes, then taking the ill person back to the hospital in Messina. I personally knew an old man, our neighbour in Calabria who had to take that ride when he had a stroke. They saved his life with that. Almost forgot, the helicopter ride is totally free of course. Fun fact. When you get better and you leave the hospital you have a 2.5 hours trip to get back to the mountains in Calabria from Messina.
I went skiing with friends who came from different foreign countries (I am French) and an American in our group had a terrible fall that affected his spine (don't panic, he is much better today). The problem was that he could not move and we were going off-piste. So we had to call the emergency services who brought a helicopter (at a cost because skiing was not covered by our friend's insurance). The first thing our American friend said was "I can't afford a helicopter ambulance, what am I going to do?!" and he started to panic. We reassured him as best we could. Once at the hospital, when our friend was discharged, he received his bill... He started to panic again at that moment because he thought it was a payment in installments, and that he was going to have to pay for it for several years... The bill was around €700. Once he learned that it was THE bill, and not recurring payments, he started laughing like we had never seen before. He explained to us that in the US, it was about 4 times more expensive to just have an ambulance come to your house to take you to the hospital, and then you still had to pay the hospital bill… He couldn’t believe it. Since then, he has settled in France and wouldn’t want to go back to live in the US for anything in the world. 😅
You are not a loud US American yourself Ryan. You have a normal (to me as a Swede) talking voice. Many US Americans on youtube practically howl into their microphones
They speak like they are talking to someone in the next room, instead of just having a regular conversation. They also tend to over-act, pull faces, fake laugh at nothing funny, etc.
I live near Hanover, central Germany. The Netherlands are 3 hours away, Denmark, Belgium and Poland are 4, France about 5. Italy is eight to nine hours, if you are really feeling adventurous. It does blow Americans' minds when you tell them.
And you can go to most of those by train. Meaning you can read, sleep, talk with friends/family instead of driving .. Never understood the people taking a flight to see a city for a week end (like hong kong or Taiwan for ex) instead of enjoying time in a country a few hours away with it s own culture.
Once at the beach this American lady was refusing to go to the hospital (she had severe heatstroke, I am also very prone to it so I know the symptoms) and had to be forced into the ambulance and sent for treatment, she was convinced she would be charged thousands of Euro for treatment. She probably paid more or less what I pay, nothing for the ambulance and some 10 to 20 euros for treatment at the emergency services, its the average fee for a regular middle class income like mine (we have an income system of pay were you pay from 0 to an affordable tax and foreign tourists are usually charged in the average tax for these events). I think she would also be surprised to exit the hospital only if fully treated, with a copy of all the medical and nursing procedures she got, including any exams or doctor examinations. So please Americans, if you feel sick in Portugal, seek medical help, even private doctors are not extortion services, and if you are broke for any reason, like theft or something, just talk with a cop and ask for help.
@@susansmiles2242 Here and in most of Europe the "staple" payment is the medium point of said country for any services. So an ambulance ride wont be charged if made in those circumstances, emergency, and in the hospital she will pay said medium point that is, right now, around 18 to 20 something euro, and even if she could not pay it - it happens when people are victims of crime and are not nationals - she would still be treated. She paid, certainly, on the spot after being treated and received a recite printed reported of the medical acts and copies of any exams she made, and she left, this the norm, if needed with a prescription she could use in any pharmacy state wide for any additional treatment. So she would not have to involve her insurance in a matter between her and the Portuguese State, but many tourists simply do not look into it, a travel insurance is a correct thing to have, I have one whenever I leave the EU (have not done it for some time now) but we have a different policy when it comes to medical services, its considered a right and a duty of the State. With all the issues our NHS has, the truth is that many people complain for everything, and expect to book an appointment today and have it yesterday, since it actually works, like we saw with the pandemic where our figures where record low.
@@susansmiles2242 She didn't. It's not even a Portugal thing, it's a European thing. In Europe, "any and every person has a right to be treated," it's not about the money, they've kept that idea that medicine is first and foremost about saving lives. So even if you're broke and even if you got no insurances you will be treated. And your bill will be incredibly low AT WORST. For some you wouldn't even need to pay anything because as a tourist you are naturally covered by the country's healthcare system.
@@susansmiles2242 Probably not. It's built into the system. When I was in France as an American tourist I got a kidney infection. I saw a doctor and got antibiotics, and my total charge was $4 for the antibiotics.
5:47 wait, here in italy most people get to the grocery store in 7 minutes walking, i live in the countryside and i'm considered "isolated" by italian standard and i get to the nearest supermarket in 5 minutes of driving at most
In Germany walking five minutes to a supermarket is normal too. like depends one where you live too, I live in a city so I walk like 2-10 minutes depending on what store I want to go to (cause there are like 4 next to me) but when I lived in like a village/ small city I walked like 8 minutes. But also its very common in Germany that there are multiple stores on one spot (like sharing a parking space too) but yeah 7 minutes driving is considered far to me too😅
@@bvanderford in italy selection varies a lot, i can't complain, for wat concerne quality i've visited various country, no comparison, we are miles above, the only country that get close in my experience is France, and maybe Spain.
If you have a driving licence and you drove by a crash, in most European countries you can be legally charged if you didn't stop and didn't provide first aid help and assistance until paramedics arrived. Like CPR, checking for vitals, and if person is unconcious (and without noticable possibility of spinal injury), shifting them on side to prevent them from choking. Even immobilizing their broken limbs is considered preferable. On the passenger level this is not obligatory, but it is considered inhumane and indifferent and you could be publicly shunned.
Food boxes for left-overs in restaurants in my country (Germany, yes, they do exist, although some USA based channels try to claim otherwise): Exactly handled how the lady from Ukraine said. You ask for the food you couldn't finish to be taken home. Your plate will be taken away to the kitchens, the food on it discreetly tranferred into a box or any other container there, and brought back to your table already boxed. That's it. No awkward fumbling around with spoons and forks in front of all others to see at your table or the neighbouring ones. On the other hand - our portion sizes are not that large in most cases and most of the time people are able to finish what they have on their plate.
The reason North American restaurants let the customers put their own food in the containers is a lack of trust issue. Too many customers accusing the restaurant of shenanigans.
A convenience store that's a mile away isn't very convenient. I've got one roughly a block and a half away, but for me it might as well be on the Moon because I'd have to cross an extremely busy intersection that has no traffic light, and the door there is too narrow to get my walker through it.
You can't in the US. I'm a European, I don't even drive, my life's all about walking, biking, taking the bus and the subway. I've tried it in the US, they make it impossible for you. There are HUGE roads with several lanes even near residential areas, people don't stop to let you cross, the sidewalks take long detours in order to have cars prioritised, some areas you literally have nowhere to cross, etc., AND they sell most stuff in giant bulks. Their cities aren't walkable at all. Even their big ones which actually have a lot of pedestrians aren't that walkable compared to Europe or East Asia.
@@Shan_Dalamani huh, i mostly go to supermarkets about a mile away, 1 to 2 km somewhere, when i need several things. I have a 'local' small supermarket only 800meters away, but it's the opposite , for that i need to cross a busy road via red lights :), and it only saves 5 min on the trip.. for paying easely 20% more for the same thing.. so i mostly never choice that option, but choice between 4 different supermarkets, that are all around a mile away, and i go to them by bike :-) , spended bike 'highway' that has bridges over more the half of the roads, so i only really need to pay attention at some intersections, so not stressfull ;)
It's disgusting that you have to pay up to $3,000 for an ambulance. American citizens are seen as a commodity a means of turning a profit. America is the only country on the planet that puts a price on human life.Things that's a basic human right in Europe and the rest of the world are seen as a benefit in America. If your taxes went towards supporting its citizens instead of its military.A 20% reduction would benefit Americans greatly. However, unfortunately this would never happen because politicians haven't got the balls to do it .
it gets worse: the US government spends more money on healthcare than any other government. yes, you read that right. not only do we have to pay for services, we STILL have to pay more taxes than people who get the services for free.
As an American, allow me to explain. Let us say you need a procedure in the UK, cannot wait for the NHS and go to private healthcare. This costs you about £1,200 which is what it would cost the NHS and have two weeks off from work at full pay to recuperate. In the USA, your company takes $500 a month from your paycheck for insurance, when you have the same procedure it cost you $1,800 and your insurance pays a further $7,200. Then you have four days to recuperate. If you do not return to work despite needing the “sick time”, you lose all your income for the remaining ten days. You also most likely lose your job and cannot get unemployment benefits because you have been terminated under the “no show” policy. Therefore you go back, work sick and take months to properly recover. That is why once an American has a bad job and horrible working conditions they keep that job, because to lose a job is a recipe for bankruptcy, which happens anyway when the medical bills are not paid by the insurance company over a technicality which is all too common and legal.
@@gregorybiestek3431 no wonder American UA-camrs I watch are always so shocked if someone non American on a show is like hey I'm unemployed. Losing your job has a much dire consequence over there.
I loved the how the Ukranian girl was saying when she wants to take the leftovers in a restaurant they will only give her a box and Ryan says "What else would they do? Are you saying the restaurant should put it in the box for you?". My automatic response was "Yes!? They should?!" I have worked 10 years as a waitress in Spain and NEVER gave a box to client and force them do the work themselves :') That was such a big mindset difference I genuinely laughed a lot. God I WISH I could just give them boxes and let them serve themselves. And we do NOT get tips unless the client wants to leave a tip, which is guess what, almost never.
As someone from Ukraine I'm genuinely surprised it's a thing we have. Both me, kids my age and my parents were always told to finish our food and I don't think anyone ever considered being able to take it with you.
It's no exaggeration to say that, on certain subjects you're already aware of, the Brits (for a start) feel like America is a country of people who spent their childhood running head-first at concrete walls. Because it feels like the only rational explanation for the acceptance of it. It is (as our Scottish neighbours might say) beyond our ken. But it's not unexpected. We live, if you like, in a kind of wary acceptance of each other. Depending on the political cycle.
In Czechia the average for a month’s salary is 44 383 CZK. You say you have to pay 2000 USD for calling an ambulance. I checked the exchange rates and 2000 USD is currently 46 860 CZK. So that means one ride with an ambulance would cost more than one month’s salary here. For me the cost seems mind blowing and the idea itself that you have to pay money for calling emergency services is ridiculous.
@@kenbrown2808 In Spain minimum wage is also €15,376 per year. But cost of living is roughly ~85% of Germany. So we're definitely poorer. The -bad- WORST thing about Spain is that salary gaps between non-skilled and skilled, blue-collar and white-collar jobs, are extremely tiny. Engineers, teachers or even doctors barely make €25k-30k a year, half of Germany, a third of Denmark AFAIK. You need to be into management staff to reach €40k.
Also people who only make minimum wage in my state you are considered below the poverty line so you get free insurance from the state. I have given birth 4 times and never received a hospital bill for me or my children.
@WolfHeathen that comes to $30.00 an hour assuming only 2 weeks off per year. That may be the average yearly income, but that isn't what the average worker earns in a year.
WITH insurance it "only" costs about 1000 for an ambulance?!?! SERIOUSLY?!? I called an ambulance once and it costs me exactly nothing. The hospital cost me nothing. The MRI scan I needed cost me nothing and they even arranged to have me brought home for nothing AFTER being treat, you guessed it, for nothing. (to be clear I have mobility issues but, still...) What the hell?!
Many British people would have versions of this story of course. I had a kidney stone issue once, called the non-emergency NHS number, described my symptoms, they agreed I should go to the hospital but wouldn't need treatment _en route_ so I should pack a bag and they'd send a cab. Seven minutes later, there was the car outside, the driver knew my name and where I needed to go. No charge. Hospital fixed me up in a couple of days. No charge.
last 3 times in an ambulance, i never heard from the Red Cross or the hospital again!... but i am European, for traveling in the USA, i got a extra health insurance...they will get me home if i need it for nothing to pay and pay for the horrendous US hospital bills! but i am avoiding the USA for years now, they are to strange for my taste.... i met there to many stupid people to see the need to go back there!
@@etienne8110 but they pay tax in the US too, when you add up all their local taxes, sales tax etc., they pay more tax than many Europeans. What do they get for it? Missiles and the joy of helping Israel bomb children?
I'd love to run my business in the USA. No sick days, very few days off for my workers, no maternity leave.... Sadly slavery was abolished in my country long long ago. 😢
UK here - My youngest son is asthmatic. He suffered an attack when he was 8 years old, called 999 and an ambulance took him and my wife to the children's ward at a nearby hospital in the morning. That evening, he surred a severe attack, collapsed lung, and was put into an induced comma for transport to the specialised children's hospital (again with my wife) where he was on assisted breathing for 36 hours until he recovered. Then both were transported back to the local hospital where he was on 24 hour observation for the next few days. He came out of hospital after 7 days with new drug prescriptions. The cost to us was only the food my wife had during the 7 days she stayed with him in hospital. The medical costs were NOTHING. OK, I pay our national insurance contributions via my salary but the fact that I knew there was going to be NO ADDITIONAL COST is a confort. I have heard that in the US, children with asthma die because parents cannot afford the repeat medication and US private health insurance will only pay for some of it, probably only up to the point where the insurer is still making a profit
as a Ukrainian, I'd agree with our girl: when we are with friends we usually just buy each other coffee because, idk, it's a sunny day, we're in a good mood, and just want to show our appreciation :) we're kind-hearted and welcoming in general ) It's not about being too rich; people with low incomes do that, too. And if a friend later asks you to transfer back the money for the coffee she/he offered you, it looks weird to us, kind of too materialistic. as for the restaurants - yes, we're spoiled by our service level - if we ask to pack the food, they do it for us. we usually tip like 10-20%. thanx for the video, it was interesting to watch :)
That sounds weird to me too but I know french culture is kinda weird on that subject too... we tend to want to pay for friends... and it will often get into a friendly contest as to who pays first. Growing up, I thought it was ridiculous when I saw ma parents doing it... and I have found myslef doing it recently. Culture is a powerful thing.
On the other hand, maybe Americans are used to pack their food since you don’t know who or how is packing your food? Maybe I will reveal you a secret, but normally it is waiters packing the food and their hands are not always clean (and I would laugh out loud if you think they always use gloves).
same in Germany. Or at least in my friend group. If theyre your friends you know that some day they'll buy you a coffee so you're even that way :) But if you don't know a person that well its not that common I'll say. Like on a first date the bill is usually split. But id say in general you would ask your friend if they want the money back and they'll tell you no or that you can payback by buying them a coffee sometime
You get on a train in the UK or in France, it's absolute silence.. You can hear a pin drop.. In Spain and Italy on the other hand, it's a different story!
I've never been on a train in the UK where it's total silence. Usually there's the low chatter of people, the sound of the train itself, the sound of automatic doors between carriages opening and closing, the occasional scream when somebody is murdered 😂
German here. When my mother had a ruptured heart valve on Christmas Eve, the emergency people came with a helicopter (which had the emergency doctor in it) AND an ambulance (which eventually took her to the hospital). We did not pay anything for the helicopter or ER doctor to do the first inspection; we payed 10 Euros co-pay for the ambulance and then 10 Euros per day of staying in the hospital (including open heart operation, medication, intensive care, food, and regular hospital bed stay) nor for the rehabilitation facility afterwards (I may be wrong, possibly my father had to co-pay 10 Euros per day for this as well - whatever - peanuts!). Everything else was covered by the health insurance in which, by then, she was a member for 78 years, since birth…
Yeah, that's how it should be when your country cares about its population. And tax money is used in the right way. And then the insane thing it that the USA pays more per person for healthcare costs, than the Netherlands, and I bet Germany, Money which is all spend on regulations and what not, but clearly not to heal people.
On tuesday afternoon (5 days ago) i fell of my bike, some 7 cm lasceration on my right calf needed stitches. Sooo i called the ambulance. They arrived in like 8 min or so, grave me first aid and took me to er. They stitchted me on the spot asked for my id asked me what else is hurting me, i've told them that my ribs om my left side, took me to the xray and voila: 4 broken ribs. Them they did me a sonar to check my internal organs. The doctor couldn' t see my spline properly so they gave me a CT scan with some contrast solution injectet in my blood. The organs were ok. Now i'm at home for 1 months atleast with payd sick days. I have to go check again in 10 days with my doctor. I paid some 40'ish $ for medication. I live in a small village, near a small town some 40k people, it all took place at that hospital. PS: i live in Romania believed or not.
@@LechzPola And that's why you should take sick leave every now and then so that it's worth it😂 If I tell my doctor on the phone that I have a stomach bug, I don't even have to go to the doctor and he even sends the sick note to my employer 🤣💪 I love it
Same here in Dorset, England, on the south coast. I can't begin to imagine what living in the States must be like ... he'll on earth, I am thinking! 🙋♀️🇬🇧🤗
I live in Perth Australia and it takes depending on what groceries you are looking for Coles are 10 minutes by car if I whst Contanatel meats it's 1/2 hour both ways. Shades the US.
It takes me about five minutes to get to two closest supermarkets. Most of this is spent in elevators or waiting for one. The fact that Americans effectively don't even comprehend the possibility to convenient walking to get the groceries is baffling. Or if they have heard of it, they think it's a conspiracy run by the Illuminati and Bill Gates to exterminate the humankind and American freedom. You know, what could be more evil than a "fifteen minute city." I find it extremely convenient.
Yeah. I live in a Polish city of about 150 thousands inhabitants (Zielona Góra). My nearest tiny grocery store is 2 minutes by foot. A bigger one, about 7 minutes by foot. A big mall with multiple stores and other services is 12 minutes by foot.
3:35 It's weird that in the US dead bodies are transported in ambulances. In this corner of the world there's a separate service running hearses for that.
Yea you are. But maybe its my bias showing. I find the suthern europe loud to be more fun or at least not as abbresive as american lound. Maybe cuz the language is nicer to hear
I used to live in Spain and love travelling there. Yes, Spanish people are loud! I could here the neighbours on the other side of the valley having a conversation. 😅
Yeh, no offence man but the Spanish do have a bit of a reputation here for being loud. A lot of Spanish students come to Ireland to learn English over the summer, and they're known for being very very loud, especially on a bus, large groups of Spanish kids roaring loudly across the entire bus... I'd actually say worse than Americans but it could be just the numbers of them, being in a big group plus immature kids
As the woman in the video says, in the UK, we generally get around 28 days, possibly more if you're a senior manager, plus we get around 8 to 10 public holidays per year. Where I work we get up to 6 months sick leave, (full pay), and months on half pay. Women can get up to a year maternity leave, and new dads can get paternity leave, (I don't know how much it is). Plus, you can't be sacked just because your boss is having a bad day. You can only be sacked for Gross misconduct, and that will be spelt out in detail in your contract.
And this video didn't even talk about sick time and sick pay from work. I've worked at jobs that have 5 sick days for the year. And if you're sick 3 days more than that you're fired.
I live in The Netherlands and work in construction, I have 49 days off a year, including 8 senior days (because I’m over 57years old). We also don’t have many public holidays and some of them can be in the weekend. We have New Year’s Day, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday, King’s Day (April 27th), Ascension Day (Thursday), Pentecost Sunday, Pentecost Monday, First Christmas Day and Second Christmas Day, so we have 9. Every 5 years (for civil servants every year) also Liberation Day (May 5th), so next year it will be an extra day off for me, unless it is in the weekend. Depending on the calendar Christmas, New Year’s Day and King’s Day can be in the weekend also, in that case we have less than 9 public holidays on a workday.
A lot of Americans don't actually seem to process that 28 days assumes a 5 day working week. Its actually 5.6 weeks off (which for someone working a 5 day week = 28 working days)
In Australia, we typically get 4 weeks paid holidays, 10 days paid sick leave and about 10 public holidays(which are either paid days off or paid to you as a higher rate, eg 250% for my last job) We also have paid maternity/paternity leave.
@@squidgiannasquidgianna8845 28 working days would be a lot for us, we only get 22 in Spain 😅 But also we have 14 days of public holidays along the year, so it compensates.
Why do you have to pay for ANY medical bills if you have insurance??? We have free healthcare for everything. I had surgeries which would cost 6.6 million in America (I have checked) and that was not included hospital stay, overnights. Just for the surgery. Why would you pay for insurance, and then still pay? They should cover it. Wtf is wrong with USA?
Here in Austria you have to pay a deductible (out of pocket, insurance pays most of it), the amount depends on your insurance plan. So you always pay a percentage of the cost. 6.6 million? I've never heard of such an expensive surgery but then again I study veterinary medicine :)
@@stephenlee5929 Well in Austria many politicians are starting to think like this, to get a system more similar to America's but cheaper overall. The problem is that in the case of Denmark the system is overused.
Nothing is free, we pay our healthcare, schools, elderly care, daycare with our taxes. 33 percent of taxes is not so much if you think about what we get. 🇸🇪
Well for instance in Germany if you're privately insured you have to pay your medical bills and you then get reimbursed by your insurance (unless the practice/hospital has a deal with your insurance i guess). It's one of the reasons I'm sticking to public even if it's a bit more expensive, it's just more convenient.
Regarding leftovers.. Yes, true, restaurants in Europe don't do it the same way as in the USA - if you didn't eat all your food, you can ask a waiter to pack the leftovers and they will do it for you. Sometimes, if you have a lot of it left on the plate, and you don't say anything, the waiter would ask - Do you want me to pack this for you? It's not happening too often, since, I guess, the portions are smaller (read - normal), and people here would eat almost everything of their plate.
Im from Slovenia and Id like to comment on several things: 1. I have a relative in LA. And She told us that ever since the end of the cold War things have been going downhill for the lower class. Back in the day goverment and big corporations had a bit of a fear of a workers revolution backed by USSR and so they were a bit more carefull about not abusing workers to the fullest. But since then every year there were tiny changes for the worse that are only noticable over a decade. 2. Here We travel to work around 30-45 mins on average. There are those that take more and those that have jobs realy close. For my shopping time I need to drive 5 mins to the nearest mall and to work it takes me 7 mins. Not everybody is that lucky and I use to drive to the capital which took me betwen 20-30 mins. And of course that can change in the future. 3. Leftovers are usuly packed in aluminium foil so they are kept warm on Your trip home. 4.Vacation time is mandatory and how many days You get depends on Your job and if You have kids... I get bare minimum which is 20 days. But that means 20 working days off. So If I take 9 days off from Saturday to next Sunday, thats 9 days of which only 5 vacation days is spend the other 4 are weekend days which dont count toward vacation days. And it gets better if there are any Holidays on Mon-Fri casue those dont count either. I usualy take 20 days off in Summer that "cost" me half of my vacation days and spend the rest through the year.
That part made me pause and say "but that's what an ambulance is for". I live in canada, and where I am it's $45CAD for anything medically necessary, with lots of exceptions. If you can't afford it, it's free I think.
If your going to need surgery you would take the ambulance, your going to hit your deductible and you would hit your moop so it wouldn’t matter the cost.
I live in an Italian suburb and it also takes me a couple of minutes to get to the nearest grocery. Except it's on foot. And before I get to the subway stop I will walk past another. And a couple non food shops, a bakery, three cafes, a bank, a clothing store, an optician, a newsagent, and a pharmacist.
Maple Syrup or any other types of Syrup goes on everything in the US. In Eastern Europe people very rarely mix up sweet and sugary syrups onto meat products. It goes with coffee, ice cream, some desserts or with sweet breakfast (pancakes, blinis, crepes) and so on.
Sweden here. For any full-time (~168-184hr/month) job, a minimum of 25 days of paid time off is required by law. Not uncommon to see 30-35 days for people who have been doing their job for a long time, are above a certain age, or work in certain fields. People who are paid by the hour are given a "vacation replacement" once a year instead, which is basically a salary bonus equivalent to ~13.5% of the last 12 months salary.
To be honest, taking some of your food from the restaurant is extremely rare in Europe. Probably related to portion sizes. It's more a question of am I gonna get cheese and/or dessert, or just a coffee. But I've never personally seen someone leave with a doggy bag. But yeah if you still had to much want to take the rest home, restaurant will pack it themselves for you. Not expecting you bring an empty container at the restaurant. And especially not at your table in front of other customers. That'd be weird and rude for everyone.
I've only had a doggy bag once in Scotland and that was from a Chinese restaurant. We knowingly ordered far too many dishes as we wanted to try them all. Our choice to do so, but the waiter happily offered to pack the leftovers. They were removed to the kitchen and each dish was put in an individual container, so we left with what looked like a takeaway meal to reheat the next day!ordered
In Canada if you want to take the leftovers home, the server will take your plate to the kitchen and they will pack it up for you and bring it back to your table in a bag.
In Belgium some chefs will feel offended if you want to put their so carefully prepared food in a plastic bag. Even more so if you say "it's for the dog". Besides, Belgians have learned to "empty their plate" and if they can't someone else at the table will do it instead.
@@flitsertheo I meant they put the box that they put the food in a bag. Taking left overs home is commonly called a "doggy bag". lol side note: plastic bags are banned here so it has to be a paper or fabric reusable bag.
You are not stupid, you are fighting the odds having to explain/justify the inexplicable/unjustifiable about the US. You simply can't sell it to us, but we can admire your courage/resolve in facing it, (with humour thrown in amongst the tears). I love your reactions, Ryan, I just keep hoping that you and your family could just escape to .... anywhere, other than the States 🙋♀️🇬🇧🤗
My impression is most European people delight in the horrible state of existence in the USA. Smug and condescending towards the victims of a cruel system. Thus trumps winning rhetoric about ending nato and freeze without energy and crushing your economy is so popular. No American will ever fight for European freedom. Let the Muslim and Africa have the place.
Canadian here: Restaurants used to box up our Togo food for us, until the pandemic. Now, we box it ourselves and it doesn't look like that is going back the way it was.
You're not stupid at all. On the contrary, I appreciate your style and your contents. I believe you're one of the good ones. If there are Americans like you, I think there's hope :) I honestly believe we have a lot to learn from each other (Americans & Europeans).
Ryan, good morning. I am old enough to remember when the server that you received your food from at a restaurant would take your food and bring it back to you in a box if you wanted to take your uneaten food with you. When the practice changed and they just dropped the container on the table, you might well look at the server thinking: Are you kidding? What do I do now? That may be before your time. This was so interesting. To be honest, as an American I certainly encounter the things these folks were referencing and I can't believe we have to endure it either. I guess that is why millions of Americans emigrate to other countries to find better lives. I personally have a lot of friends who have done so. Peace
Yeah here in Denmark, the not only bring your plate the kitchen to wrap up your food they also package it in individual containers, so it doesn't all get mushed together, and put the containers in a bag so it's easy to carry. Customers are also welcome to stay at their table after finishing their meal. I'm told that in USA you're expected to leave when you're finished. Americans often say that customer service is bad around here and that in the U.S. the customer is king. But it seems like they just want the waiters to hover around their table and give them fake smiles until they leave. I wouldn't want that, but each to their own I get guess.
Half the reason we have large portion sizes is the leftovers. I mean one of the main reasons people like thanksgiving is just because you get to make leftover sandwiches.
In Portugal, we also have to first call our family doctor or local regional health center, and then they will either make an appointment for a specialist (which will take several months or years for the consultation) or analyze you in the moment and give you prescriptions if needed. But you can also go straight to a private hospital/clinic or the hospital (if it's serious). But we also have a number we can call to evaluate if our condition deserves going to an hospital or not. I guess that's good 🤷
German-Mexican here: I grew up and was raised in Germany, and I learned it is a human right to have health care. Also the system (still) doesn't leave people out. A lot of fellow German will say, yes but it's getting worse etc and also I see that some things that we had in the 80s and 90s are vanishing. But still I believe in what I was taught, that a rich country is a country who also cares for their people. Because without health there is nothing. And regarding to the Ucranian, is what they wonder here in Germany too. Here kicks in my Mexican part, it's a hospitality thing among these countries to pay here and there for little things and to share. The mindset kind of is today you tomorrow me, we help each other. While Germany's mind set is: I respect your money and be of help not being a burden for you, taking away what has cost you. And yes, for example at work if somebody pays for something he gets to the cent the exact amount back. And you don't have normally to remind them. I think it is similar to what I learned living in my both countries: Germans keep you at distance and check you out if your trustworthy over time, Mexicans pull you in give you a lot and you can show in shorter time if your trustworthy or not, if you deserved the hospitality and kindness.
I'm from London, years ago while visiting Amsterdam I met a group of New Yorkers, we got on so well, they were very chilled, cool bunch of people, then a group from LA turn up and join us all, it was weird, the Californians were nothing like the ones from NY, almost like two different countries! The NY people being quiet, laid back and chilled found the LA ones highly irritating, loud and obnoxious.
I remember reading that some Americans, when they have a medical emergency, call the fire department instead of calling an ambulance. Because the fire department comes for free and they are also trained + have the equipment to deal with some medical emergencies.
There's not a separate emergency number for the fire department. The emergency number connects you to a dispatcher who determines your need (i.e. police, fire, ambulance, etc.) The dispatcher send out the necessary resources based in the circumstances. The ambulance usually managed by the fire department or private company contracted by the local government.
Here in Brazil, if you want to take leftover food home from a restaurant they will take all the dishes back to the kitchen and return with the leftovers nicely and individually packaged (often in take out containers). They will also put them in a bag for you to carry easily.
In Ukraine in 60% of the cases you can visit your doctor within 3 hours after needing them, 30% within 1 day, 7% within 3 days and 3% 3 or more days. Also you don't have to meet with your family doctor(gp) if you know who you need. You just directly go to the doctor you need and it takes usually the same time to meet with them as with family doctor(eg usually just a few hours or days after calling them). That's why she was confused because in other countries you have to wait a week or two just to meet someone who will refer you to another doctor
@@pleegjepleegje this is not entirely true, you can visit specialised doctors in private clinics or by just giving them money. You'll need to have a contract with your GP to receive a treatment after our latest medical reform. But private clinics are cheap and if you are not super poor - you could just go there and pay 10-20 bucks for visit. But if you think that Ukrainian health care is good - please don't think so. Any specialised treatment will cost you money, and if you don't have one you could just simply die. It's not as bad as in US, but still it's not even a system, there are just a set of private cheap clinics and state hospitals where you usually have to pay (unofficially)
@@vadym8713the system is in the process of developing. The state provides the guaranteed medical care package, you can always check what the state is paying for, and the package is getting bigger every year. It’s far from perfect,but you definitely don’t have to pay for ambulance
Things so good and cheap there you don’t need USA help for anything. Hey America Europe doesn’t need or want you here there or anywhere. We are waking up to that fact.
In Denmark the ambulances are not affiliated to a specific hospital. They’re obliged to respond to accidents and in most cases take you to the nearest convienient hospital. Minor traffic accidents and broken bones will usually be taken to the nearest hospital with an emergency ward and more critical issues such as heart attacks and major traumas will be taken to larger hospitals with that type of equipment and specialists. But the ambulances are contractly obliged to do service to the state and region. Not hospital.
@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 The biggest provider of ambulances in Slovakia is actually a Danish private company Falck, they cover 40% of the country. Some of our providers are state organizations, others are private, but there is no real difference between them and they are all free.
Because the americans lack a 'national health service'. In some states, it's private companies, in others, fire fighters are cross-trained.. they don't really have professional paramedics.
Belgium here, why would they always need to be affliliated to a hospital? even the onces that are, don't always take you back to that specific hospital, given exceptation injuries they could choose a further hospital with a more specialised departement , like it you have severe burns... Besides those rare exception, an ambulance will always take you to the nearest hospital, so not related to where the ambulance home base would be.. had to look it up, appearantly the ambulances are linked to the firezone for logistic planning , so they often have a place at the hospital, but don't fall under hospital management at all, they provide the ambulance service in first place to their accorded firemans zoning :). or whenever emergincy calling service judges that ambulance would probably get a bit faster to a certain urgent patient :). a lot are to extreme urgent, like not getting good up after a fall, better that a medical trained comes to place, but it does not matter much to be 5 min later in those cases :)
In Germany calling an ambulance if somebody is hurt or sick is usually fully covered by the (statutory) health insurance - you'll get no invoice at all. Scheduled patient transportation e.g. to therapy (for people who can't go or drive alone because of their illness) is another thing - if you respectively your doctor or the hospital not observes all bureaucratic rules (to get approval in advance by the insurance) it can add up to about 150 Euro per ride (and you'll get an invoice after the end of the quarter for all the rides your health insurance refused to pay). Most ambulance services in Germany are provided by one of the big four: DRK (German Red Cross), Malteser (established by the Military Order of Malta, which was founded by crusaders), Johanniter (established by the Order of Saint John, the Protestant branch of the Order of Malta), ASB (Workers' Samaritan Federation, founded in 1888 by six carpenters from Berlin, co-founder of Samaritan International). There are also some smaller organizations and a few privately owned providers; many fire departments also have rescue vehicles and provide ambulance services, but not scheduled patient transportation (afaik).
As for the free days in Europe it of course varies in different countries, but for example, in Poland you have 26 days of vacation (paid 100%) and 13 days of national holidays (paid 100%). If you have kids under 14 you also have optional +2 days off (paid 80% of your regular salary). As for the maternity leave, it's 20 weeks for mom (paid 100%). After that you can take optional additional parental leave up to 41 weeks (can be split between mom & dad, and paid 70%).
UK here. Holidays one shocked me, "they don't have to give any holiday... If they do it's a benefit to entice you to get the job". Wild! I know being paid to have time away from work seems just as wild but in a positive way... But most people would essentially not see it as affordable to take holiday if they didn't get income... And burnt out/mental health is so common place and important... Like if you don't give holiday to your staff then you are basically treating them like donkeys/mules you see on charity adds... Over worked and under nourished until they collapse, can't work/function or just die because that's the only choice they have. Like look into why time off is so important and the benefits that come from it... Treat your working humans better please, if possible see them as the equal person they are, equal to any celebrity/CEO... Just as deserving if not more so of all the luxuries a lucky born person has. Work towards equality please 🙏
11:44 It's weird, because in the rest of the world, portion sizes are designed to be finished at the restaurant (a normal sized, maybe a bit bigger, dinner), whereas in the USA, portion sizes are designed to last you five years! [Exaggeration] They designed the portion sizes to be so big that you're very unlikely to finish them in one go, making doggy bags the norm. In the rest of the world, if you can't finish your food, that's a you problem and you're sometimes even chargd extra, because you wasted food. Think about it for a second, honestly: Isn't it weird to have "we're giving you so much food that you can't finish your meal" as the *norm*?! Murica is the weird one here.
I visited the US and some American colleges took me to a Mexican restaurant. I ordered some tortillas and the waitress asked me how many. I said “two”The others, completely aghast said “no, dude you want at least four!” And I said ok, I’m not paying, four it is. Guess how many I could actually eat…yep, two.
Some Canadian restaurants have gigantic portions as well. I went to the Chinese place at the food court at the local mall this afternoon. They have a combo where you get rice, 3 other items, plus a spring roll for a bit less than $15 CAD. The portions are so huge that this will do me for about 3 meals. So you'd better believe that I take it home. It's easier and more relaxing to eat at home, when I want, at the pace I want, rather than sit in a crowded, noisy food court.
It is weird. Portugal's like that too (or was, it's been starting to change). Portions so huge their normal portion is called a "half portion" ... Their portions are so huge that when my mom and I had went to a chicken restaurant to order some food to take home we bought a "half portion" for two and still had leftovers for an extra meals. Ridiculous. Cultures where it's all about the quantity, like pigs stuffing their face, make me lose my appetite.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone taking leftovers from a restaurant even though wasting food is generally something people don't wan't to show others. It's kind of shameful.. Portions aren't really that large here. I live in Finland.
In the UK, I have never in my 70 years seen anyone taking home the remains of their food. The food will surely be congealed or spoilt in many cases and not at all appetising. Isn't it better to eat freshly cooked food? If I were a chef, I would not been keen on people warming up leftovers of meals I had freshly prepared days earlier.
Thanks for your videos, I enjoy them a lot. Chilean over here (Chile is a country 😂). I would also be impressed by the amount of money the system can charge for an ambulance, and if I understood well, no vacations. We get at least 15 working days, plus a lot of long weekends. The leftovers at restaurants are always delivered in a box, but not everybody asks for it because it can be shameful, like you're saying "I don't have food at home". Also, we enjoy inviting our friends for a coffee, it's the way we express love or gratitude, so if a Chilean invites you, please don't insist on paying your coffee or meal, because it can be interpreted as rejection. Better say "Ok, thanks, but next time it's on me", so you are also saying that you enjoy the friendship. There will be a next time.
Regarding packaging of takeaway food - it probably depends on the country and restaurant. In Poland, the waiter will usually take your plate from you and in the kitchen the food will be packed into a regular container with a lid or it will be packed into a vacuum-sealed tray.
In New Zealand if you live in Wellington its free (Wellington free ambulance) the rest of New Zealand we have St Johns ambulance and we pay $98 for a family of 5 per year. I used it 4 tines in 4 weeks after suffering a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in lung) after surgery. I worked in the ambulance area in govt and the reason ambulances arent fully funded like our health system is that these are independent companies that offer these services and if they accepted 100% funding from the govt they lose control of their spending priorities.
huh, wait, you pay 98 for a famely of 5? so like some kind of insurance contribution to cover ambulance cost to be all free should you need it? never heard such a thing :)
People called an ambulance for me in two situations. I don't remember ever seeing a bill. Here in the Netherlands you pay about 130 a month por insurrance. A lot of things are fully covered, some you have to pay. But you only pay about 350 euro maximum every year. It's called 'own risk'. If you've paid 350 in medical bills already in that year, the insurrance pays everything.
17:30 I don’t you were stupid in this or any of the videos I seen with you. I feel that you have an open and curious mind and the dialog you have with us as you see new things in interesting and I hope you keep it up! I learn things too - that’s why I watch! ❤❤❤🇸🇪
Onion rings gross? Yeah, she's not speaking for us Europeans, some people over here think just because they are some way, everyone in Europe is like that, it isn't. But yeah, if you are in a restaurant, and you want to take the leftovers home, they will take your plate to the kitchen and arrange it in a take-out box neatly, I would saying doing it yourself at your table in front of everyone would not be a good look for anyone involved.
@@stephenlee5929 Correct me if I’m wrong, but do I understand this correct, that if someone mistakes you for being in need of an ambulance and call one, and it turns out to be a false alarm - you’ll get the bill and would need to sue the person that made the call? Provided you’re not going bankrupt and can’t affotd a lawyer?
@@stephenlee5929 Ah yes I forgot Americans loves to sue for what ever reason. In Canada you are not allowed to sue for an accident. If something happens to you and you can't work or become disable you have a provincial insurance (In Quebec) I don't know about the other provinces.
I've got 30 days off plus the 24th and 31st of december, plus 12 public holidays (in case they fall on a working day). And I'm already struggling with scheduling my trips!
@@Chuulip we always have 26th December off in U.K. its called Boxing Day. And of course 1st January. But many people end up with a least a week off over Xmas and New Year. Many 2 weeks, depending if Xmas falls on a Weekend . I cannot imagine having a few days off a year. I’d leave the country.
Funny thing in Portugal about putting the food on the box is that, outside cities the restaurant will most likely add some more sides in the box just so it looks better 😂 like rice, potatoes, etc
13:55 - "you wait for a specialist for about a week or two and by then you might die" guuurl in Poland you wait for a specialist appointment for a year if you're lucky 😂
Many years ago I did the municipal census questions over the phone. In addition to the usual questions of name, address, number of people living there and their ages, they had an additional question: How far do you have to travel for work? I had a home business at the time, that I operated out of a spare bedroom. So the census clerk was rather surprised when my response to the question of how far I have to travel to work was "About 15 feet." That was the distance from my bed, across the hall, and across the other room to sit down at my computer.
I'm Portuguese I have a Portuguese friend that moved to a small town in Georgia, she has to take her car to even to do a few meters. No sidewalk, no pedestrian crossings and the streets have a metal barrier separating the two ways of the street. That's a car centric country
Well, they are entitled to ask some money for it as running an ambulance service costs money too. Though you shouldn't get the feeling that you are contributing for a fully equipped brand new ambulance.
@@nenadf124 In 40 of the 50 USA states it is very much legal for ambulance companies to obtain full reimbursement for services. For example in Oregon the charges are $1,375 for basic life support (BLS), $1,850 for advanced life support (ALS) plus medicine. If you do not pay the company can have a legal judgement entered against you to seize your wages, assets, or property to pay the amount PLUS court cost, PLUS lawyer fees. So if you do not pay the ambulance company when you get the bill you could end up paying $10,000 in total costs after judgement.
And who is going to carry all your shopping ? A 6-pack of 2l bottles can be very heavy. My supermarket is only 500 m away but I couldn't manage without a car. Also the way back is uphill.
@@flitsertheo I'm in the Netherlands there are very creative modes of transportation here like a cart on which you load more than a car, and then you do gymnastics for 300 meters, you can always borrow a cargo bike and fit it almost like a truck besides that, I go to the store every day, so I only buy what I need for the next 1-3 days, I don't buy a month in advance
In Poland we pay 9% health care insurance with the salary (kids health care is free). The system is far from being perfect but you can call an ambulance, go to ER, talk to the specialist or have a surgery for free. If you are in the hospital, they will do all the tests and surgeries. However, if you want to see the specialist and this is not urgent - you can wait months or years. That is the reason why we have private health care but this covers only visits to the specialists (there are private hospitals but they are providing only basic surgeries and are not that popular). Most of the big companies provides private medical insurance to their employees as a perk. We have 20-26 days holidays (depending on your experience). We also have 12 months 80% paid maternity leave (or 100% for first 6 months and 60% in second half of the year).
I have had soooo many ambulance trips I get recognized by the ambulance staff, in the UK the ambulance staff work for a hospital. The ambulance people are amazing friendly and wonderful also funny. I was in a ambulance and for a laugh the staff pointed out some of the cubby doors were CAT FLAPS (saving money) with repurposing cat flaps.
@Leenapanther The minimum of 30 days is an EU legislation. However, how it is implemented is country-dependent. Some say Christmas etc are included in those 30 days. Others don't.
In Spain they are 30 "natural days" (aka a month including saturdays and sundays) + bank holidays but I think is not the same in all Europe. For example the UK girl of the video said she has 28 days + bank holidays.
Imagine someone bleeding out and the person is like: If i am calling the ambulance, i can shoot myself on the spot. Call Uber instead. Man, this shit is wild.
Not stupid Ryan. Nz is very small - 8 hrs from auck to wellington lol, but as I live in our biggest city Auckland, you definitely need a car to get places. Very suberbia here. While i can walk to the dairy (convenience store) in like 2 mins, the supermarket is about 5-7 mins away ( traffic included). We pay back our friends for getting us coffee or say we will shout if not planned to do so. Leftovers in restaurants is mixed. In nz we ask for "a doggy bag" meaning a box or bag for our leftovers. While the restaurant may offer to bag for you, it would not be unusual to bag yourself. 2 wks leave sucks though. We get 4 weeks by law and u have to take 3 minimum and be paid out 1 week (5 days) if u dont take the full 4 weeks. We also have to book in an advance for a doctor. 1-2 wks is not unusual. Although healthcare is free, we have a shortage in docs and nurses (low wages compared to how aussie pays). An ambulance call out is like 80 bucks. Im also a loud kiwi,but yeah you do hear americans way before u see them most of the time!
I live in the Czech Republic. Healthcare is free in here, you have to pay health insurance monthly (usually it goes straight out of your wage, but if you’re self-employed you obviously have to pay it yourself). If you need to go to the emergency room, you pay less than 4 bucks and that does not apply in some cases (when you’re admitted to the hospital etc.). You just risk being scolded by a grumpy nurse if it doesn’t look all that serious on the outside as the hospitals are quite often understaffed or the nurse just doesn’t like her job all that much. Calling an ambulance does not cost you anything, only if you would misuse it, then you would pay a fine. You are legally bound to perform first aid and call an ambulance in case someone has a serious health problem. We have 20 days of paid leave guaranteed by the law - more is a work benefit (I had 25 at my previous job). Some companies also have sick days to top it off. We can attend important family events (funeral etc.) and have it paid. A father of a newborn can take two weeks long and partially paid leave. We also have a long maternity leave - up to 3 years depending on your own choice. To sum it up - I think we are really lucky in many ways and have a really decent social security, yet there’s a lot of Czechs always complaining, not aware of the conditions in other countries. I think they should learn more about the world and see/appreciate the positives more.
Can I offer a slight counterpoint to free ambulance? In my state Queensland Australia, Ambulances are free. My wife worked in the emergency department at a local hospital and told me of the constant abuse of this by people who believe that they can somehow jump the queue if they called an ambulance rather than just get triaged at emergency like everyone else. As much as I like the idea of free ambulances, I think there should be a little disincentive for those who attempt to abuse the system.
In Italy when you call emergency, a car with a doctor shows up alongside the ambulance,and if the doctor says that you have to go to ER the ambulance is free. If there's no need to go to the hospital there's no ambulance trip.
Having last resort option to charge for ambulance can limit number of such calls (it definitely helped locally where they charge ~60 EUR in case of obvious). Sure, there still will episodes that could be totally fine but many people deal with "emergency" 1st time at some point in life and shouldn't say "this looks fiiiine, I won't call" - most times you can quickly tell if story was fake or person was actually worried about serious situation.
@@elmurcis1 my first ambulance was just panic without good reason. I mean from parents perspective it was a really good reason to panic. I was in pain and we had no idea why. But when ambulance arrived they took a look, explained what it is and that's all.
in Ukraine people will call ambulance if your child is having a high temperature. What doctors tend to do is to get them to state hospitals after that. Why is it bad you think? State hospitals are just like horror movies and full of people with actual deceases, so people do not like to be there, additionally, it's really hard to go out of hospital
Where I am, ambulances only get priority if their cases are more urgent, which is common tbf. If the person didn't need an ambulance to get to the hospital, there is some type of penalty. But regardless, if the person had an accident and can't walk, but their life is not in danger, they are put in a place to wait too. The case of your state sounds like a problem from the hospitals, assuming that ambulances are priority by default. That's not right :/
Nope. I'm Canadian, my grandfather was born in Norway, and I love Norwegian pastries. I'm not into bacon with maple syrup, though. Maple syrup belongs on pancakes, not bacon.
well, extreme bacon love is extreme anglosaksen ;-). i know i once saw numbers about it.. but beside being the biggest meat eater per head, americans are specifically big in eating so much bacon.. i understand quite often for breakfast? witch, beside english and their english breakfast, most europeans i thing would way to fatty and heavy as meal to start the day on :)
9:52 as a Canadian (east coast) this does not compute. Generally here if someone announces that they're going on a coffee run it's implied that they are paying. Someone else may join in and offer to get donuts/snacks, but the overall consensus is that someone else will get the next one and so on.
Dutch here: My base vacation days is 23, but, I also have 6 ADV days, which means you get paid less hours than you work, but it’s compensated with time off. In my company, you also get more days, if you don’t pull sickies (like the oh, I went too hard in the weekend), when you’ve been with the company for 10+ years, and over 45 years old. So I have 38 vacation days, and because I always aim to have 5 days over at the end of the year, I start the new year usually with 43 vacation days. Mind you, here in the Netherlands, we’re stingy, as the absolute minimum that employers must give their employees, is the equivalent of 4 work weeks. Full time (8/day) hours, = 160 hours = 20 vacation days).
"A commute of 20 minutes is a long time and I'm absolutely exhausted now" Poor love. I wonder how she would feel about a commute of an hour, going by bus, then changing for tram, then a 10 minute walk. I did that both ways for around 10 years. Another job I had, used to take me, *on average* 2 1/2 hours each way by public transport, including a half hour walk at either end.
I live in the UK and had a commute of one and a half hours to get to my work from the south east of England into London. Then the same journey back. Gladly now retired ❤. Don’t know where she lives, but if she’s only 20 minutes from a different country she’s in a border county somewhere. To get from even the Midlands to central Scotland, for instance, that’s a lot more than an hour.
I’m in the UK, but I cannot get to a different country in one hour. The TikTok girl is ignorant about the UK also. I’m guessing she lives in London where there is plenty of public transport, but she cannot get to another country in an hour without a helicopter or a private plane ready to go.
Depends how you look at it I guess. Strictly speaking, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are countries. So then an hour is feasible for a lot of British folks.
@@vadym8713 If you're in Cornwall, you're probably 4 hours from Wales, but from there France would be closer, but still more than an hour away, and for the most part probably 2+.
@rjmac3095 welll, Cornwall is in very specific place of England but one hour is obviously an exaggeration. Still it's possible to do a day's long trip from Midlands to Wales or Scotlan and it's great 👍.
Sweet syrup on bacon... only in America folks, only in America... maybe Canada, too. Generally, the idea of taking whatever food you didn't eat, home with you IS unusual in Europe. Work... In America workers have benefits. In the civilised world, we have rights.
Taking uneaten food is unusual in Europe but it's not something I wouldn't expect to be possible. I mean it was a normal thing for at least 3 EU countries
@@TukikoTroy Belgians have their own apples/pears/dates syrup commonly known as "sirop de Liège" and we put it on pancakes or bacon (as a more elaborate sauce). The Dutch they just throw everything together.
Canada is obsessed with bacon. Even our pizza restaurants have several varieties of bacon-flavored bread sticks. It's gotten to the point that the only bacon-flavored thing I eat is bacon-flavored potato chips (those are yummy). I draw the line at bacon-and-maple flavored toppings on donuts. That's disgusting.
The health care situation feels quite similar to what it is over here in Bulgaria. I don't think you pay anything for an ambulance but I might be wrong. But if you need medical attention then you must make an appointment with your family doctor and that probably won't be on the same day. It will usually be the day after or even later that the week or the week after. It is heavily recommended that you find yourself a family doctor but you can only have one if you have insurance and you will still pay them a small amount of money every time you visit them. So either they will prescribe you something or they will refer you to another specialist. They might also refuse to give you a reference. Assuming you have a reference you can go to the other specialist and you will also pay them a small amount for their services. Or you will pay them a lot because they might say that the reference doesn't cover everything. If you don't have a reference or a family doctor you are still allowed to go to any doctor but then it's called going in "private". Because you don't have a reference you will have to pay a lot. We don't really have urgent cares so we can directly go to the ER and depending on if you have insurance or not you will either pay a small amount or a lot. Some doctors work only privately and do not accept references or care about whether you're insured so if you go to such a doctor you will always have to pay a lot. I've never known a dentist who accepts references. They all work privately. The only way you don't pay anything or maybe pay just for a bed in the hospital is if they use something called a medical path. That way they take the money from a medical fund paid with taxes/insurance. But there is a ton of corruption going on with that with hospitals admitting people only on paper and still getting the money or doing medical procedures again only on paper but still getting the money for them from the fund. But most people don't care because they aren't getting charged out of pocket for whatever they went to the hospital in the first place even if the hospital is stealing from that medical fund. And of course in all those situation you pay yourself for any medication. Only if you have a more serious condition and you get approved the fund might pay for an essential medication you need.
I live in the U.S. and have insurance. I’ve called the ambulance for my wife many times over the past 37 years due to her chronic illness. I’ve never seen a bill, so I have no idea how much it cost. A quick internet search says the average cost of an ambulance call without insurance is $500 to $3500 depending on the type of care and duration for travel, with insurance it’s $250 to $1500. In either case it doesn’t cost ten grand. The cost of care at the hospital will be more, but what you pay will vary depending on your insurance plan.
Here in Europe (Austria) If someone needs help and I don't call an ambulance, then I make myself liable to prosecution. I HAVE to call the ambulance. If I don't do that, I can be sued. Failure to provide assistance is punishable by law! What is it like in America?
I like that, I'm happy helping and I want others to help me too in need
Same in France. And if you're incompetent, you're also punished because honest people will try to help even if they do mistake and the government knows it and it helps raising funds.
Sarcasm aside.
There is a difference between emergency ambulances and "convenience" ambulances in Europe and everywhere in the world while in the US, you are outrageously charged whether on your death bed or just disabled and cannot go otherwise.
"You'll die in 5 minutes but we have to check your insurance. It will only take 15 minutes; Sorry for the inconvenience".
I think this is an EU directive.
The same true for Hungary as well.
@@Anduci78 The duty to rescue is way older than the EU. It's dates back to the French Revolution AFAIK. Also: Sweden doesn't have it.
@@to_loww "to assist", that's not the same goal and interpretation.
The oath of hippocrates spread quite well over the world except in a few countries like the USA where the oath of hippocrates became the oath of hypocrits.
The oath to treat first and promote health became an oath to check insurance bank accounts and promote drugs that will keep you sick and spend more.
The fact that you're charged ANYTHING for an ambulance is insane to me. Also, surely if you're unconscious then you can't consent to taking an ambulance, therefore, they can't legally charge you.
True: there is no contract between the parties.
I imagine they would charge you and you would have to take legal action to avoid paying..
@@99mm66 Ignore the bill and let them sue you is easier.
It costs money to get an ambulance in Australia as well, although the amount varies by state (it's free in Queensland) and some people are exempt. Generally you can expect to pay around a thousand dollars, but in NSW it starts at four hundred something and there's a per kilometre travel fee added to that that maxes out at just under $8000.
I'm guessing you could try suing the ambulance company for abduction?
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German here. We had an accident with our small child (no harm, luckily) but at that moment we didn't knew. They did send an ambulance, a helicopter with the Doc in it, a special ambulance for children and a team of paramedics specialized for poison treatment. The Helicopter wasn't needed at the end, the normal ambulance left, the special team left and my son got a small teddy from the ambulance for children. We payed 10 Euros for the transport to the hospital, which was just for one night for oversight... A few years later my mum had an accident, broke two legs. She was upstairs and it was not possible to get her out through the stairs without a lot of pain. So they (four paremedics and a doc) got a team of firefighters which closed the street with the help of three police cars (like 20 guys), they came with a big ass ladder truck with special equipment to rescue people through windows, even with a carrying bar, and it took multiple hours to get her out of one window. She payed 10 euros for the transport to the hospital... Damn I am so glad I am living in europe...
In Poland you don't pay at all. Is 10€ a standard in Germany?
@@bezcennyargentynskikaktus In Italy also, we have exceptions where we pay for part of a helicopter rescue in a mountain rescue in some regions of northern Italy if, upon examination, it is deemed unnecessary. Personally, I joined CAI (Italian Alpine Club) so that I never have such problems because there is insurance include.
@@bezcennyargentynskikaktus Yes, unfortunately here (Germany) we have to pay 10% of the costs of the transfer but max 10€ (and minimum 5€)
@@Thomas-r6o I feel like it's a good price, symbolic one, but it's going to deterr some prank calls.
@@bezcennyargentynskikaktus In Hungary we don't have to pay either, this is why we pay the health insurance every month.
Sometimes I take leftovers from restaurant here in Germany. Usually the waiter takes the plate and returns with a take away box. You don’t put it in yourself
Same in the UK.
Same in Portugal and Luxembourg
Same in Australia- its called a 'doggy bag' hahaha
@@trish5111 In Spain too! :D
Same in the Netherlands too.
Hey! I lived in Switzerland, Portugal and now Denamrk. I have friends from all over Europe and NO ONE feels obligated to tip! 😅 But it's because we know waiters recieve adequate salary, so if we tip it means we enjoyed the service
I'm from the UK, tip is welcomed but not expected. Have noticed France is changing too, used to be expected to tip but now doesn't seem to be at all. Suspect paying electronically has helped the change, no spare cash to leave on the table. And obviously you know the waiter's getting paid - who knows in America.
How do people earn money without it being taxed?
@bvanderford what do you mean? Tips can be taxed, if paid electronically, but it's not necessary. Still, why the interest in getting untaxed money? We get enough to live comfortably in Europe, and it's fair for most of it to be taxed (again, tips are a grey area)
Working in grey area, but it's been fought. Nobody wants having no insurance ;).
@@aleksandrakowalczyk6043 ok, I can undesrtand that. I myself never had it, except when it was mandatory
It's funny when you said that getting to a grocery store only took you 7 minutes, and by that you meant "7 minutes by car". In Europe, when someone says it takes 7 minutes, it means 7 minutes on foot. If it was by car, it would be specified. In the US, time is counted in terms of car minutes by default, you don't even need to mention that. So unlike Europe.
so true it takes me around 2 min to get to my grocery store by car and like 12ish min by foot
It's also funny anyone needs a car to go grocery shopping. We use a car when we buy food for several weeks, otherwise walking to the supermarket a few times a week is common. I live close to central Budapest, there are several supermarkets a few minutes' walk away, so driving there would be crazy. If you don't want to carry heavy stuff like mineral water or washing liquid, you can order from hypermarkets and they deliver it for you.
We do have some locations that are quite a ways away from stores. I know a couple of places where it takes the owner 30 minutes to an hour or more to get to because of how far they live out in the country.
When my grandma was living out in Cherry Grove, Oregon, it would take us almost 20 minutes to just get into the small town with only a small gas/ grocery store. Or when my mom was a child, she originally could walk to her school, but they closed it down and so they needed to be bussed almost 30 to 40 minutes to get to high school and this was in the 70s. And it would take her even longer to get to college in Portland. At the time, there were no colleges in the Hillsboro area.
O menos. En mi zona hay al menos tres súpermercados en 5 minutos a pie y muchas tiendas pequeñas que venden verduras de temporada, pescado y carne fresca. Y hasta un mercado de productos congelados, y varios bazares y tiendas de ropa.
It depends where you live. If you live in the country side you will probably also think by car than by foot. Me living in a village would need a car to go grocery shopping or anything actually
Here in Germany if you want to take leftover food home from a restaurant they will take all the dishes back to the kitchen and return with the leftovers nicely and individually packaged (often in take out containers). They will also put them in a bag for you to carry easily.
I've never experienced a restaurant that would expect you to pack up your own food. That's crazy to me.
Same in Scotland everything wrapped individually and you are not made to feel bad
Same in my country. Serbia. If we wish to bring food home, restaurant packs it nicely. and even when you open the box/container home, it is neatly aranged inside
Same in austria and i am a chef in a hotel too so i know haha
Thats the same in India
Same in Croatia! ❤️
I live in rural Scotland, my nearest hospital is 20 miles away. Last year I developed sepsis and was taken to hospital by ambulance. My treatment lasted just over a week and when I was discharged I missed the patient transport bus (due to a delay with my meds being sent up from the pharmacy) so the hospital paid for a taxi to take me home. All of this cost me nothing. OK we pay for services like this through our taxes but if you are hit by ill health at any stage of your life it is worth it. I had to take early retirement due to ill health after leading a very active life and have needed a lot of health care in the past 10-20 years. The treatment I have received far exceeds the amount I paid through taxation. Those who grumble about paying for other people might like to stop and think about the possibility of themselves being in an accident or developing some sort of condition as they grow older. If they really don't want to put into the communal fund they should just go private and shut up, the rest of us will look after each other.
many years back, my wife spent a week in hospital. the final bill was more than I bought my house for. - fortunately, my insurance hadn't found an excuse to cancel my coverage, yet.
Hamasu you don't expect the USA to be socialy minded as Scotland
The real kicker is that in the US, roughly the same amount of taxes (per person) is spent on healthcare as the UK. They have to pay insurance/cash *as well*.
When medical care is treated like a business you gotta squeeze every bit of profit out
@@squidgiannasquidgianna8845 Yes, I was amazed by the very high monthly insurance payments that people agree to pay!
Here in Finland and in other decent welfare countries, the health insurance payments included in our taxes are really peanuts in comparison. They're the tiniest fraction of my monthly pension, adding up to a moderate annual amount of a few hundred euros. And it covers everything, because you really only have to pay a nominal amount for visits to a hospital or consultation with a specialist, something like 45 euros, if I remember correctly.
I'm Irish and we have to pay for some stuff healthwise, but it's not going to leave me destitute. But I am happy to pay taxes for social insurance for me and everyone else that needs it. And not just healthcare. If someone manages to save 20 euro a week out of their unemployment benefit to go on holiday I say fair play to them. People should have a chance at being healthy and happy and I'm glad if I'm paying in to that.
I'll tell you something that will blow americans mind.
My home town is Messina, Sicily, and my mother is from a small village up in the mountains of the nearby region called Calabria. There, to get down from the mountains and reach a hospital one would need to drive 1 hour on curvy mountain roads. That makes pointless to even call an ambulance in extreme emergencies. So what's the solution when someone needs to get to the hospital as soon as possible? Easy, a helicopter would take off from my town in Messina (remember, Sicily another region) and get to the mountains in Calabria within minutes, then taking the ill person back to the hospital in Messina. I personally knew an old man, our neighbour in Calabria who had to take that ride when he had a stroke. They saved his life with that.
Almost forgot, the helicopter ride is totally free of course.
Fun fact. When you get better and you leave the hospital you have a 2.5 hours trip to get back to the mountains in Calabria from Messina.
Why would that blow out minds?
I think free is not free. Someone paid. You paying taxes paid for it. Question? Do you give free healthcare to immigrants washing up on your shores?
Being raised in the 70’s and 80’s… helicopters weren’t a thing, my family lived so far from a hospital that our vet took care of us !!!
I went skiing with friends who came from different foreign countries (I am French) and an American in our group had a terrible fall that affected his spine (don't panic, he is much better today). The problem was that he could not move and we were going off-piste. So we had to call the emergency services who brought a helicopter (at a cost because skiing was not covered by our friend's insurance). The first thing our American friend said was "I can't afford a helicopter ambulance, what am I going to do?!" and he started to panic. We reassured him as best we could. Once at the hospital, when our friend was discharged, he received his bill... He started to panic again at that moment because he thought it was a payment in installments, and that he was going to have to pay for it for several years... The bill was around €700. Once he learned that it was THE bill, and not recurring payments, he started laughing like we had never seen before. He explained to us that in the US, it was about 4 times more expensive to just have an ambulance come to your house to take you to the hospital, and then you still had to pay the hospital bill… He couldn’t believe it. Since then, he has settled in France and wouldn’t want to go back to live in the US for anything in the world. 😅
Is she an actress, or something? She is so good-looking!
You are not a loud US American yourself Ryan. You have a normal (to me as a Swede) talking voice. Many US Americans on youtube practically howl into their microphones
They speak like they are talking to someone in the next room, instead of just having a regular conversation. They also tend to over-act, pull faces, fake laugh at nothing funny, etc.
They weren’t taught as children to use their indoor voice. 😅😅
@@nolaj114 Next room ? With their cardboard quality walls the neighbours 2 houses away can hear them.
Thas so crazy😭@@flitsertheo
@@valeriebrown4769 They were.. they weren't inside when that video was taken.
I live near Hanover, central Germany. The Netherlands are 3 hours away, Denmark, Belgium and Poland are 4, France about 5. Italy is eight to nine hours, if you are really feeling adventurous. It does blow Americans' minds when you tell them.
And you can go to most of those by train.
Meaning you can read, sleep, talk with friends/family instead of driving ..
Never understood the people taking a flight to see a city for a week end (like hong kong or Taiwan for ex) instead of enjoying time in a country a few hours away with it s own culture.
@@etienne8110 I live in Warsaw and I would mostly choose plane for my travels. But to be fair 9 times of 10 it's either weekends or island
@@stannumowl You could take a train to an island, the UK. But no EU citizen goes there anymore unless he really has to.
And most of those countries have different languages as well. Even more mind blowing.
@@flitsertheo yep. But we don't have trains neither to Canary Islands nor to Cyprus
Once at the beach this American lady was refusing to go to the hospital (she had severe heatstroke, I am also very prone to it so I know the symptoms) and had to be forced into the ambulance and sent for treatment, she was convinced she would be charged thousands of Euro for treatment. She probably paid more or less what I pay, nothing for the ambulance and some 10 to 20 euros for treatment at the emergency services, its the average fee for a regular middle class income like mine (we have an income system of pay were you pay from 0 to an affordable tax and foreign tourists are usually charged in the average tax for these events). I think she would also be surprised to exit the hospital only if fully treated, with a copy of all the medical and nursing procedures she got, including any exams or doctor examinations. So please Americans, if you feel sick in Portugal, seek medical help, even private doctors are not extortion services, and if you are broke for any reason, like theft or something, just talk with a cop and ask for help.
I wonder if she had travel insurance because it’s not something Americans think about
If not she probably did get a hefty bill
@@susansmiles2242 Here and in most of Europe the "staple" payment is the medium point of said country for any services. So an ambulance ride wont be charged if made in those circumstances, emergency, and in the hospital she will pay said medium point that is, right now, around 18 to 20 something euro, and even if she could not pay it - it happens when people are victims of crime and are not nationals - she would still be treated. She paid, certainly, on the spot after being treated and received a recite printed reported of the medical acts and copies of any exams she made, and she left, this the norm, if needed with a prescription she could use in any pharmacy state wide for any additional treatment. So she would not have to involve her insurance in a matter between her and the Portuguese State, but many tourists simply do not look into it, a travel insurance is a correct thing to have, I have one whenever I leave the EU (have not done it for some time now) but we have a different policy when it comes to medical services, its considered a right and a duty of the State. With all the issues our NHS has, the truth is that many people complain for everything, and expect to book an appointment today and have it yesterday, since it actually works, like we saw with the pandemic where our figures where record low.
@@susansmiles2242she didn't. In Portugal even non-emergency uses of ambulances costs at most 20€.
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She didn't. It's not even a Portugal thing, it's a European thing.
In Europe, "any and every person has a right to be treated," it's not about the money, they've kept that idea that medicine is first and foremost about saving lives. So even if you're broke and even if you got no insurances you will be treated. And your bill will be incredibly low AT WORST. For some you wouldn't even need to pay anything because as a tourist you are naturally covered by the country's healthcare system.
@@susansmiles2242 Probably not. It's built into the system. When I was in France as an American tourist I got a kidney infection. I saw a doctor and got antibiotics, and my total charge was $4 for the antibiotics.
5:47 wait, here in italy most people get to the grocery store in 7 minutes walking, i live in the countryside and i'm considered "isolated" by italian standard and i get to the nearest supermarket in 5 minutes of driving at most
In Germany walking five minutes to a supermarket is normal too. like depends one where you live too, I live in a city so I walk like 2-10 minutes depending on what store I want to go to (cause there are like 4 next to me) but when I lived in like a village/ small city I walked like 8 minutes. But also its very common in Germany that there are multiple stores on one spot (like sharing a parking space too) but yeah 7 minutes driving is considered far to me too😅
I question the quality and selection of your grocery stores.
@@bvanderford in italy selection varies a lot, i can't complain, for wat concerne quality i've visited various country, no comparison, we are miles above, the only country that get close in my experience is France, and maybe Spain.
If you have a driving licence and you drove by a crash, in most European countries you can be legally charged if you didn't stop and didn't provide first aid help and assistance until paramedics arrived. Like CPR, checking for vitals, and if person is unconcious (and without noticable possibility of spinal injury), shifting them on side to prevent them from choking. Even immobilizing their broken limbs is considered preferable. On the passenger level this is not obligatory, but it is considered inhumane and indifferent and you could be publicly shunned.
Food boxes for left-overs in restaurants in my country (Germany, yes, they do exist, although some USA based channels try to claim otherwise): Exactly handled how the lady from Ukraine said. You ask for the food you couldn't finish to be taken home. Your plate will be taken away to the kitchens, the food on it discreetly tranferred into a box or any other container there, and brought back to your table already boxed. That's it. No awkward fumbling around with spoons and forks in front of all others to see at your table or the neighbouring ones. On the other hand - our portion sizes are not that large in most cases and most of the time people are able to finish what they have on their plate.
The reason North American restaurants let the customers put their own food in the containers is a lack of trust issue. Too many customers accusing the restaurant of shenanigans.
Same in Australia. The server does it for you. Its called a 'doggy bag'.
It's the same way here in Brazil.
Same in México
The fact that Ryan thinks it's only a minute to go the one mile to his convenience store - means he can't compute travelling anywhere NOT by car....
A convenience store that's a mile away isn't very convenient.
I've got one roughly a block and a half away, but for me it might as well be on the Moon because I'd have to cross an extremely busy intersection that has no traffic light, and the door there is too narrow to get my walker through it.
The nearest grocery store is five minutes away, by foot. But Europe doesn't have American style suburbs at all.
You can't in the US.
I'm a European, I don't even drive, my life's all about walking, biking, taking the bus and the subway. I've tried it in the US, they make it impossible for you. There are HUGE roads with several lanes even near residential areas, people don't stop to let you cross, the sidewalks take long detours in order to have cars prioritised, some areas you literally have nowhere to cross, etc., AND they sell most stuff in giant bulks. Their cities aren't walkable at all. Even their big ones which actually have a lot of pedestrians aren't that walkable compared to Europe or East Asia.
@@Shan_Dalamani huh, i mostly go to supermarkets about a mile away, 1 to 2 km somewhere, when i need several things.
I have a 'local' small supermarket only 800meters away, but it's the opposite , for that i need to cross a busy road via red lights :),
and it only saves 5 min on the trip.. for paying easely 20% more for the same thing..
so i mostly never choice that option, but choice between 4 different supermarkets, that are all around a mile away, and i go to them by bike :-) , spended bike 'highway' that has bridges over more the half of the roads, so i only really need to pay attention at some intersections, so not stressfull ;)
I have at least 4 convenience stores 5 min walking away. I live in vienna ^^
It's disgusting that you have to pay up to $3,000 for an ambulance. American citizens are seen as a commodity a means of turning a profit. America is the only country on the planet that puts a price on human life.Things that's a basic human right in Europe and the rest of the world are seen as a benefit in America. If your taxes went towards supporting its citizens instead of its military.A 20% reduction would benefit Americans greatly. However, unfortunately this would never happen because politicians haven't got the balls to do it .
it gets worse: the US government spends more money on healthcare than any other government. yes, you read that right. not only do we have to pay for services, we STILL have to pay more taxes than people who get the services for free.
As an American, allow me to explain. Let us say you need a procedure in the UK, cannot wait for the NHS and go to private healthcare. This costs you about £1,200 which is what it would cost the NHS and have two weeks off from work at full pay to recuperate. In the USA, your company takes $500 a month from your paycheck for insurance, when you have the same procedure it cost you $1,800 and your insurance pays a further $7,200. Then you have four days to recuperate. If you do not return to work despite needing the “sick time”, you lose all your income for the remaining ten days. You also most likely lose your job and cannot get unemployment benefits because you have been terminated under the “no show” policy. Therefore you go back, work sick and take months to properly recover. That is why once an American has a bad job and horrible working conditions they keep that job, because to lose a job is a recipe for bankruptcy, which happens anyway when the medical bills are not paid by the insurance company over a technicality which is all too common and legal.
@gregorybiestek3431 you forget to add that it is likely to take longer to approval from your insurance than it takes to wait for the NHS.
@@gregorybiestek3431 no wonder American UA-camrs I watch are always so shocked if someone non American on a show is like hey I'm unemployed. Losing your job has a much dire consequence over there.
@@bunn228 That's right. Unemployment in the USA can literally be a sentence to a poverty ridden terminal illness in some circumstances.
I loved the how the Ukranian girl was saying when she wants to take the leftovers in a restaurant they will only give her a box and Ryan says "What else would they do? Are you saying the restaurant should put it in the box for you?". My automatic response was "Yes!? They should?!" I have worked 10 years as a waitress in Spain and NEVER gave a box to client and force them do the work themselves :') That was such a big mindset difference I genuinely laughed a lot. God I WISH I could just give them boxes and let them serve themselves. And we do NOT get tips unless the client wants to leave a tip, which is guess what, almost never.
As someone from Ukraine I'm genuinely surprised it's a thing we have. Both me, kids my age and my parents were always told to finish our food and I don't think anyone ever considered being able to take it with you.
It's no exaggeration to say that, on certain subjects you're already aware of, the Brits (for a start) feel like America is a country of people who spent their childhood running head-first at concrete walls. Because it feels like the only rational explanation for the acceptance of it. It is (as our Scottish neighbours might say) beyond our ken. But it's not unexpected. We live, if you like, in a kind of wary acceptance of each other. Depending on the political cycle.
In Czechia the average for a month’s salary is 44 383 CZK. You say you have to pay 2000 USD for calling an ambulance. I checked the exchange rates and 2000 USD is currently 46 860 CZK. So that means one ride with an ambulance would cost more than one month’s salary here. For me the cost seems mind blowing and the idea itself that you have to pay money for calling emergency services is ridiculous.
our minimum wage pays about $16,000 US dollar per year. - IF the person works 40 hours every week with no time off.
@@kenbrown2808 In Spain minimum wage is also €15,376 per year. But cost of living is roughly ~85% of Germany. So we're definitely poorer.
The -bad- WORST thing about Spain is that salary gaps between non-skilled and skilled, blue-collar and white-collar jobs, are extremely tiny.
Engineers, teachers or even doctors barely make €25k-30k a year, half of Germany, a third of Denmark AFAIK. You need to be into management staff to reach €40k.
Also people who only make minimum wage in my state you are considered below the poverty line so you get free insurance from the state. I have given birth 4 times and never received a hospital bill for me or my children.
The average salary in the US is $60,000 a year. It's three times higher than it is in the Czech Republic.
@WolfHeathen that comes to $30.00 an hour assuming only 2 weeks off per year. That may be the average yearly income, but that isn't what the average worker earns in a year.
WITH insurance it "only" costs about 1000 for an ambulance?!?! SERIOUSLY?!? I called an ambulance once and it costs me exactly nothing. The hospital cost me nothing. The MRI scan I needed cost me nothing and they even arranged to have me brought home for nothing AFTER being treat, you guessed it, for nothing. (to be clear I have mobility issues but, still...) What the hell?!
you are communist (by USA) 😁
Many British people would have versions of this story of course. I had a kidney stone issue once, called the non-emergency NHS number, described my symptoms, they agreed I should go to the hospital but wouldn't need treatment _en route_ so I should pack a bag and they'd send a cab. Seven minutes later, there was the car outside, the driver knew my name and where I needed to go. No charge. Hospital fixed me up in a couple of days. No charge.
last 3 times in an ambulance, i never heard from the Red Cross or the hospital again!...
but i am European, for traveling in the USA, i got a extra health insurance...they will get me home if i need it for nothing to pay and pay for the horrendous US hospital bills!
but i am avoiding the USA for years now, they are to strange for my taste....
i met there to many stupid people to see the need to go back there!
It costs you taxes. be it the ones you pay, your employer pays etc...
But socialisation makes it cheaper overall anyways.
@@etienne8110 but they pay tax in the US too, when you add up all their local taxes, sales tax etc., they pay more tax than many Europeans. What do they get for it? Missiles and the joy of helping Israel bomb children?
I'd love to run my business in the USA. No sick days, very few days off for my workers, no maternity leave....
Sadly slavery was abolished in my country long long ago. 😢
Classic. Love it.
I think irony is wasted on USAmericans. They're not educated enough.
It was never totally abolished in the US, not even on paper.
@@withag And you forgot, day off are unpaid!!!
@jcanonmercadotube I did forget. I'm glad I moved to Canada where we get 3 weeks plus a number of three day weekends and 12 months maternity leave
UK here - My youngest son is asthmatic. He suffered an attack when he was 8 years old, called 999 and an ambulance took him and my wife to the children's ward at a nearby hospital in the morning. That evening, he surred a severe attack, collapsed lung, and was put into an induced comma for transport to the specialised children's hospital (again with my wife) where he was on assisted breathing for 36 hours until he recovered. Then both were transported back to the local hospital where he was on 24 hour observation for the next few days. He came out of hospital after 7 days with new drug prescriptions. The cost to us was only the food my wife had during the 7 days she stayed with him in hospital. The medical costs were NOTHING. OK, I pay our national insurance contributions via my salary but the fact that I knew there was going to be NO ADDITIONAL COST is a confort. I have heard that in the US, children with asthma die because parents cannot afford the repeat medication and US private health insurance will only pay for some of it, probably only up to the point where the insurer is still making a profit
as a Ukrainian, I'd agree with our girl:
when we are with friends we usually just buy each other coffee because, idk, it's a sunny day, we're in a good mood, and just want to show our appreciation :) we're kind-hearted and welcoming in general )
It's not about being too rich; people with low incomes do that, too. And if a friend later asks you to transfer back the money for the coffee she/he offered you, it looks weird to us, kind of too materialistic.
as for the restaurants - yes, we're spoiled by our service level - if we ask to pack the food, they do it for us. we usually tip like 10-20%.
thanx for the video, it was interesting to watch :)
That sounds weird to me too but I know french culture is kinda weird on that subject too... we tend to want to pay for friends... and it will often get into a friendly contest as to who pays first. Growing up, I thought it was ridiculous when I saw ma parents doing it... and I have found myslef doing it recently.
Culture is a powerful thing.
On the other hand, maybe Americans are used to pack their food since you don’t know who or how is packing your food? Maybe I will reveal you a secret, but normally it is waiters packing the food and their hands are not always clean (and I would laugh out loud if you think they always use gloves).
In Norway We always pay for our own things
@@Al-jw5kf Well the waiters initially put your food in the plate, so either way they can mess with it.
same in Germany. Or at least in my friend group. If theyre your friends you know that some day they'll buy you a coffee so you're even that way :) But if you don't know a person that well its not that common I'll say. Like on a first date the bill is usually split. But id say in general you would ask your friend if they want the money back and they'll tell you no or that you can payback by buying them a coffee sometime
You get on a train in the UK or in France, it's absolute silence.. You can hear a pin drop.. In Spain and Italy on the other hand, it's a different story!
I haven’t been on the train in Italy since the 70s, but they were totally silent then.
In Ireland you hear gentle conversations on the train for the most part. You'll also hear hearty laughter. I think to hear only silence is weird.
Grazie! Avevo proprio bisogno dei soliti stereotipi..
I've never been on a train in the UK where it's total silence. Usually there's the low chatter of people, the sound of the train itself, the sound of automatic doors between carriages opening and closing, the occasional scream when somebody is murdered 😂
@@ClaireQuinn566 Perhaps it was because it was a small carriage with Italians and 2 x 19 yr old -year-old English backpackers
German here. When my mother had a ruptured heart valve on Christmas Eve, the emergency people came with a helicopter (which had the emergency doctor in it) AND an ambulance (which eventually took her to the hospital). We did not pay anything for the helicopter or ER doctor to do the first inspection; we payed 10 Euros co-pay for the ambulance and then 10 Euros per day of staying in the hospital (including open heart operation, medication, intensive care, food, and regular hospital bed stay) nor for the rehabilitation facility afterwards (I may be wrong, possibly my father had to co-pay 10 Euros per day for this as well - whatever - peanuts!). Everything else was covered by the health insurance in which, by then, she was a member for 78 years, since birth…
Yeah, that's how it should be when your country cares about its population. And tax money is used in the right way. And then the insane thing it that the USA pays more per person for healthcare costs, than the Netherlands, and I bet Germany, Money which is all spend on regulations and what not, but clearly not to heal people.
On tuesday afternoon (5 days ago) i fell of my bike, some 7 cm lasceration on my right calf needed stitches. Sooo i called the ambulance. They arrived in like 8 min or so, grave me first aid and took me to er. They stitchted me on the spot asked for my id asked me what else is hurting me, i've told them that my ribs om my left side, took me to the xray and voila: 4 broken ribs. Them they did me a sonar to check my internal organs. The doctor couldn' t see my spline properly so they gave me a CT scan with some contrast solution injectet in my blood. The organs were ok. Now i'm at home for 1 months atleast with payd sick days. I have to go check again in 10 days with my doctor. I paid some 40'ish $ for medication. I live in a small village, near a small town some 40k people, it all took place at that hospital. PS: i live in Romania believed or not.
People in Europe are not aware how much they pay in taxes for healthcare. In Germany it's about 17%
@@LechzPola And that's why you should take sick leave every now and then so that it's worth it😂
If I tell my doctor on the phone that I have a stomach bug, I don't even have to go to the doctor and he even sends the sick note to my employer 🤣💪
I love it
Every euro you didn't pay, someone else did with their taxes.
It takes me 2 min get me to the nearest grocery story in Denmark (on foot). And 5 min for the next. And no, I live outside copenhagen.
Same here in Dorset, England, on the south coast. I can't begin to imagine what living in the States must be like ... he'll on earth, I am thinking!
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I live in Perth Australia and it takes depending on what groceries you are looking for Coles are 10 minutes by car if I whst Contanatel meats it's 1/2 hour both ways.
Shades the US.
Yup same here in the Netherlands. 👍
It takes me about five minutes to get to two closest supermarkets. Most of this is spent in elevators or waiting for one. The fact that Americans effectively don't even comprehend the possibility to convenient walking to get the groceries is baffling. Or if they have heard of it, they think it's a conspiracy run by the Illuminati and Bill Gates to exterminate the humankind and American freedom. You know, what could be more evil than a "fifteen minute city." I find it extremely convenient.
Yeah. I live in a Polish city of about 150 thousands inhabitants (Zielona Góra). My nearest tiny grocery store is 2 minutes by foot. A bigger one, about 7 minutes by foot. A big mall with multiple stores and other services is 12 minutes by foot.
I really like how you go beyond to learn and explain. I really appreciate your point of view.
3:35 It's weird that in the US dead bodies are transported in ambulances. In this corner of the world there's a separate service running hearses for that.
It's basically wasting an ambulance
Everywhere in the world has coroners and hearses. In uk theres even private ambulance for dead bodies that doesnt have flashing lights
"Me, a Spaniard, realizing we are apparently as loud as Americans..."
As a Dutchie learning Spanish, I guess I need to learn to be more loud. 😂😂
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I always seem to get on a Spanish bus where a lady sitting at the back has a very loud conversation with someone at the front! Love Spain though 😀
Yea you are. But maybe its my bias showing. I find the suthern europe loud to be more fun or at least not as abbresive as american lound. Maybe cuz the language is nicer to hear
I used to live in Spain and love travelling there. Yes, Spanish people are loud! I could here the neighbours on the other side of the valley having a conversation. 😅
Yeh, no offence man but the Spanish do have a bit of a reputation here for being loud. A lot of Spanish students come to Ireland to learn English over the summer, and they're known for being very very loud, especially on a bus, large groups of Spanish kids roaring loudly across the entire bus... I'd actually say worse than Americans but it could be just the numbers of them, being in a big group plus immature kids
As the woman in the video says, in the UK, we generally get around 28 days, possibly more if you're a senior manager, plus we get around 8 to 10 public holidays per year. Where I work we get up to 6 months sick leave, (full pay), and months on half pay. Women can get up to a year maternity leave, and new dads can get paternity leave, (I don't know how much it is). Plus, you can't be sacked just because your boss is having a bad day. You can only be sacked for Gross misconduct, and that will be spelt out in detail in your contract.
And this video didn't even talk about sick time and sick pay from work. I've worked at jobs that have 5 sick days for the year. And if you're sick 3 days more than that you're fired.
I live in The Netherlands and work in construction, I have 49 days off a year, including 8 senior days (because I’m over 57years old). We also don’t have many public holidays and some of them can be in the weekend. We have New Year’s Day, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday, King’s Day (April 27th), Ascension Day (Thursday), Pentecost Sunday, Pentecost Monday, First Christmas Day and Second Christmas Day, so we have 9. Every 5 years (for civil servants every year) also Liberation Day (May 5th), so next year it will be an extra day off for me, unless it is in the weekend. Depending on the calendar Christmas, New Year’s Day and King’s Day can be in the weekend also, in that case we have less than 9 public holidays on a workday.
A lot of Americans don't actually seem to process that 28 days assumes a 5 day working week.
Its actually 5.6 weeks off (which for someone working a 5 day week = 28 working days)
In Australia, we typically get 4 weeks paid holidays, 10 days paid sick leave and about 10 public holidays(which are either paid days off or paid to you as a higher rate, eg 250% for my last job) We also have paid maternity/paternity leave.
@@squidgiannasquidgianna8845 28 working days would be a lot for us, we only get 22 in Spain 😅 But also we have 14 days of public holidays along the year, so it compensates.
Why do you have to pay for ANY medical bills if you have insurance??? We have free healthcare for everything. I had surgeries which would cost 6.6 million in America (I have checked) and that was not included hospital stay, overnights. Just for the surgery.
Why would you pay for insurance, and then still pay? They should cover it. Wtf is wrong with USA?
Here in Austria you have to pay a deductible (out of pocket, insurance pays most of it), the amount depends on your insurance plan. So you always pay a percentage of the cost. 6.6 million? I've never heard of such an expensive surgery but then again I study veterinary medicine :)
Well, if they did not charge 'Copays' the cost of insurance would be even higher, also people might overuse the system. 🤔🤔
Apparently.
@@stephenlee5929 Well in Austria many politicians are starting to think like this, to get a system more similar to America's but cheaper overall. The problem is that in the case of Denmark the system is overused.
Nothing is free, we pay our healthcare, schools, elderly care, daycare with our taxes. 33 percent of taxes is not so much if you think about what we get. 🇸🇪
Well for instance in Germany if you're privately insured you have to pay your medical bills and you then get reimbursed by your insurance (unless the practice/hospital has a deal with your insurance i guess). It's one of the reasons I'm sticking to public even if it's a bit more expensive, it's just more convenient.
15:25 in italy the minimum for certain works is 30 days, im an engineer and I have morelike 45 days a year
3:59 immediately lying. Most Americans do not have insurance and most of the insured Americans don’t get coverage anyways
Regarding leftovers.. Yes, true, restaurants in Europe don't do it the same way as in the USA - if you didn't eat all your food, you can ask a waiter to pack the leftovers and they will do it for you. Sometimes, if you have a lot of it left on the plate, and you don't say anything, the waiter would ask - Do you want me to pack this for you? It's not happening too often, since, I guess, the portions are smaller (read - normal), and people here would eat almost everything of their plate.
Im from Slovenia and Id like to comment on several things:
1. I have a relative in LA. And She told us that ever since the end of the cold War things have been going downhill for the lower class. Back in the day goverment and big corporations had a bit of a fear of a workers revolution backed by USSR and so they were a bit more carefull about not abusing workers to the fullest. But since then every year there were tiny changes for the worse that are only noticable over a decade.
2. Here We travel to work around 30-45 mins on average. There are those that take more and those that have jobs realy close. For my shopping time I need to drive 5 mins to the nearest mall and to work it takes me 7 mins. Not everybody is that lucky and I use to drive to the capital which took me betwen 20-30 mins. And of course that can change in the future.
3. Leftovers are usuly packed in aluminium foil so they are kept warm on Your trip home.
4.Vacation time is mandatory and how many days You get depends on Your job and if You have kids... I get bare minimum which is 20 days. But that means 20 working days off. So If I take 9 days off from Saturday to next Sunday, thats 9 days of which only 5 vacation days is spend the other 4 are weekend days which dont count toward vacation days. And it gets better if there are any Holidays on Mon-Fri casue those dont count either. I usualy take 20 days off in Summer that "cost" me half of my vacation days and spend the rest through the year.
yes, that's how they used to do it: small changes for the worse over longer periods of time. it's a 'boiling frog' effect.
"You just don't get ambulance".
- sir, you lost your leg!
- i'm fine, don't call an ambulance
That part made me pause and say "but that's what an ambulance is for". I live in canada, and where I am it's $45CAD for anything medically necessary, with lots of exceptions. If you can't afford it, it's free I think.
Sadly, that's actually how it is. Seen many people who need an ambulance, refuse the ambulance.
insane.
If your going to need surgery you would take the ambulance, your going to hit your deductible and you would hit your moop so it wouldn’t matter the cost.
1:06 You can actually fly to Europe 1st class for $2.5K (and then call an ambulance for free) 🙃
love your thinking 😁
It's horrifying to even think that this wacky idea is way cheaper
I live in an Italian suburb and it also takes me a couple of minutes to get to the nearest grocery. Except it's on foot. And before I get to the subway stop I will walk past another. And a couple non food shops, a bakery, three cafes, a bank, a clothing store, an optician, a newsagent, and a pharmacist.
1:20 how do people survive...... "just don't get a abulance....." 🤣
American way of livin is so foolish n they think it’s normal
land of the free,land of the brave pffffffffffffffffffffffffff ima happy living in Belgium
Belgium is being taken over by Islamists.
Belgium, the land of the coalitions 😁
Nice ❤
Happy with that many Muslims?!
@@PriscillaA95 and Muslims.
Maple Syrup or any other types of Syrup goes on everything in the US. In Eastern Europe people very rarely mix up sweet and sugary syrups onto meat products. It goes with coffee, ice cream, some desserts or with sweet breakfast (pancakes, blinis, crepes) and so on.
Even in canada, we only really have maple syrup on pancakes/waffles/French toast
I liked this format a lot! Bring on those question answering any time!
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Sweden here. For any full-time (~168-184hr/month) job, a minimum of 25 days of paid time off is required by law. Not uncommon to see 30-35 days for people who have been doing their job for a long time, are above a certain age, or work in certain fields. People who are paid by the hour are given a "vacation replacement" once a year instead, which is basically a salary bonus equivalent to ~13.5% of the last 12 months salary.
To be honest, taking some of your food from the restaurant is extremely rare in Europe. Probably related to portion sizes. It's more a question of am I gonna get cheese and/or dessert, or just a coffee. But I've never personally seen someone leave with a doggy bag. But yeah if you still had to much want to take the rest home, restaurant will pack it themselves for you. Not expecting you bring an empty container at the restaurant. And especially not at your table in front of other customers. That'd be weird and rude for everyone.
I've only had a doggy bag once in Scotland and that was from a Chinese restaurant. We knowingly ordered far too many dishes as we wanted to try them all. Our choice to do so, but the waiter happily offered to pack the leftovers. They were removed to the kitchen and each dish was put in an individual container, so we left with what looked like a takeaway meal to reheat the next day!ordered
You also have plenty of time to eat and digest in Europe. In America it’s like a conveyor belt, you’ve got to eat and be out of there immediately!
If you are sitting with one or more Belgians at your table you can forget the plastic bag. Guaranteed no leftovers. Unless the food was bad.
In Belgium, no matter how much or how little we eat, there is always a "spot" left for desert, and for coffee as a digestive.
@@flitsertheo absolutely. Even the term doggy bag is gross.
In Canada if you want to take the leftovers home, the server will take your plate to the kitchen and they will pack it up for you and bring it back to your table in a bag.
It starts to change though. In Quebec the waiter brings you a recyclable plate and you put your leftovers yourself to bring home.
same in uk. always used to take some home for my dogs when i had them. :D
In Belgium some chefs will feel offended if you want to put their so carefully prepared food in a plastic bag. Even more so if you say "it's for the dog".
Besides, Belgians have learned to "empty their plate" and if they can't someone else at the table will do it instead.
@@flitsertheo I meant they put the box that they put the food in a bag. Taking left overs home is commonly called a "doggy bag". lol side note: plastic bags are banned here so it has to be a paper or fabric reusable bag.
Same here (Portugal). But I must add it's a relatively recent habit to tale leftovers from restaurants (didn't exist when I was young).
You are not stupid, you are fighting the odds having to explain/justify the inexplicable/unjustifiable about the US. You simply can't sell it to us, but we can admire your courage/resolve in facing it, (with humour thrown in amongst the tears).
I love your reactions, Ryan, I just keep hoping that you and your family could just escape to .... anywhere, other than the States 🙋♀️🇬🇧🤗
My impression is most European people delight in the horrible state of existence in the USA. Smug and condescending towards the victims of a cruel system. Thus trumps winning rhetoric about ending nato and freeze without energy and crushing your economy is so popular. No American will ever fight for European freedom. Let the Muslim and Africa have the place.
Canadian here: Restaurants used to box up our Togo food for us, until the pandemic. Now, we box it ourselves and it doesn't look like that is going back the way it was.
You're not stupid at all. On the contrary, I appreciate your style and your contents. I believe you're one of the good ones. If there are Americans like you, I think there's hope :) I honestly believe we have a lot to learn from each other (Americans & Europeans).
A rare take, judging by the comments on a lot of these videos, refreshing to see
Ryan, good morning. I am old enough to remember when the server that you received your food from at a restaurant would take your food and bring it back to you in a box if you wanted to take your uneaten food with you. When the practice changed and they just dropped the container on the table, you might well look at the server thinking: Are you kidding? What do I do now? That may be before your time. This was so interesting. To be honest, as an American I certainly encounter the things these folks were referencing and I can't believe we have to endure it either. I guess that is why millions of Americans emigrate to other countries to find better lives. I personally have a lot of friends who have done so. Peace
Yeah here in Denmark, the not only bring your plate the kitchen to wrap up your food they also package it in individual containers, so it doesn't all get mushed together, and put the containers in a bag so it's easy to carry. Customers are also welcome to stay at their table after finishing their meal.
I'm told that in USA you're expected to leave when you're finished.
Americans often say that customer service is bad around here and that in the U.S. the customer is king.
But it seems like they just want the waiters to hover around their table and give them fake smiles until they leave.
I wouldn't want that, but each to their own I get guess.
and you have to pay 20% for that? this is just crazy.
In the Netherlands we have normal portion sizes, so we don’t need doggy bags.
Same here in the UK.
Who wants to microwave their restaurant food later anyway?
Half the reason we have large portion sizes is the leftovers. I mean one of the main reasons people like thanksgiving is just because you get to make leftover sandwiches.
@@MollB-d6g I'd rather have a smaller portion, that's just enough, and pay less instead.
Yes, it seems extraordinary that I would order more food than I wanted to eat when I visit a restaurant.
"I have to pay $2000 to $3000 to go to the hospital! HAHAHA oh my god, it's so funny." So happy to be Canadian.
900 euros for 2 month in intensive care in france
Why is that funny? You should feel ashamed of yourself.
@@gio-oz8gfoh f off. Its funny cuz its so absurd that that is even true and some people still defend it. Its bloody absurdity at its peak.
Do you have to tip the Ambulance driver and nurse?
What a sad state of things for the USA that people have to plead NOT to call an ambulance...
In Portugal, we also have to first call our family doctor or local regional health center, and then they will either make an appointment for a specialist (which will take several months or years for the consultation) or analyze you in the moment and give you prescriptions if needed.
But you can also go straight to a private hospital/clinic or the hospital (if it's serious).
But we also have a number we can call to evaluate if our condition deserves going to an hospital or not. I guess that's good 🤷
German-Mexican here:
I grew up and was raised in Germany, and I learned it is a human right to have health care. Also the system (still) doesn't leave people out. A lot of fellow German will say, yes but it's getting worse etc and also I see that some things that we had in the 80s and 90s are vanishing. But still I believe in what I was taught, that a rich country is a country who also cares for their people. Because without health there is nothing.
And regarding to the Ucranian, is what they wonder here in Germany too. Here kicks in my Mexican part, it's a hospitality thing among these countries to pay here and there for little things and to share.
The mindset kind of is today you tomorrow me, we help each other. While Germany's mind set is: I respect your money and be of help not being a burden for you, taking away what has cost you.
And yes, for example at work if somebody pays for something he gets to the cent the exact amount back. And you don't have normally to remind them.
I think it is similar to what I learned living in my both countries: Germans keep you at distance and check you out if your trustworthy over time, Mexicans pull you in give you a lot and you can show in shorter time if your trustworthy or not, if you deserved the hospitality and kindness.
I'm from London, years ago while visiting Amsterdam I met a group of New Yorkers, we got on so well, they were very chilled, cool bunch of people, then a group from LA turn up and join us all, it was weird, the Californians were nothing like the ones from NY, almost like two different countries! The NY people being quiet, laid back and chilled found the LA ones highly irritating, loud and obnoxious.
I’m from north east Scotland. You should probably be thankful it wasnt the Texans tbh
If you are a foreigner travelling in the US, you usually have a travel insurance that covers everything regardless of hospital/insurance network etc.
well, if you bought it than yes ))
I remember reading that some Americans, when they have a medical emergency, call the fire department instead of calling an ambulance. Because the fire department comes for free and they are also trained + have the equipment to deal with some medical emergencies.
There's not a separate emergency number for the fire department. The emergency number connects you to a dispatcher who determines your need (i.e. police, fire, ambulance, etc.) The dispatcher send out the necessary resources based in the circumstances. The ambulance usually managed by the fire department or private company contracted by the local government.
3:10 "if unconscious then yes" so....financial r*pe .got it.
Oh.
Here in Brazil, if you want to take leftover food home from a restaurant they will take all the dishes back to the kitchen and return with the leftovers nicely and individually packaged (often in take out containers). They will also put them in a bag for you to carry easily.
In my country too, I mean, we paid for it no?
In Ukraine in 60% of the cases you can visit your doctor within 3 hours after needing them, 30% within 1 day, 7% within 3 days and 3% 3 or more days. Also you don't have to meet with your family doctor(gp) if you know who you need. You just directly go to the doctor you need and it takes usually the same time to meet with them as with family doctor(eg usually just a few hours or days after calling them). That's why she was confused because in other countries you have to wait a week or two just to meet someone who will refer you to another doctor
You were answering my question at the exact same moment I was asking 😂
That's amazing! Thanks!
@@pleegjepleegje this is not entirely true, you can visit specialised doctors in private clinics or by just giving them money. You'll need to have a contract with your GP to receive a treatment after our latest medical reform. But private clinics are cheap and if you are not super poor - you could just go there and pay 10-20 bucks for visit. But if you think that Ukrainian health care is good - please don't think so. Any specialised treatment will cost you money, and if you don't have one you could just simply die. It's not as bad as in US, but still it's not even a system, there are just a set of private cheap clinics and state hospitals where you usually have to pay (unofficially)
@@vadym8713the system is in the process of developing. The state provides the guaranteed medical care package, you can always check what the state is paying for, and the package is getting bigger every year. It’s far from perfect,but you definitely don’t have to pay for ambulance
Things so good and cheap there you don’t need USA help for anything. Hey America Europe doesn’t need or want you here there or anywhere. We are waking up to that fact.
the ambulance are private company not always affiliated with the hospital? wtf? how? why?
In Denmark the ambulances are not affiliated to a specific hospital. They’re obliged to respond to accidents and in most cases take you to the nearest convienient hospital. Minor traffic accidents and broken bones will usually be taken to the nearest hospital with an emergency ward and more critical issues such as heart attacks and major traumas will be taken to larger hospitals with that type of equipment and specialists.
But the ambulances are contractly obliged to do service to the state and region. Not hospital.
@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 The biggest provider of ambulances in Slovakia is actually a Danish private company Falck, they cover 40% of the country. Some of our providers are state organizations, others are private, but there is no real difference between them and they are all free.
Because the americans lack a 'national health service'. In some states, it's private companies, in others, fire fighters are cross-trained.. they don't really have professional paramedics.
@@ESCLuciaSlovakia Falck is making inroads into America, too.
Belgium here, why would they always need to be affliliated to a hospital?
even the onces that are, don't always take you back to that specific hospital, given exceptation injuries they could choose a further hospital with a more specialised departement , like it you have severe burns...
Besides those rare exception, an ambulance will always take you to the nearest hospital, so not related to where the ambulance home base would be..
had to look it up, appearantly the ambulances are linked to the firezone for logistic planning , so they often have a place at the hospital, but don't fall under hospital management at all, they provide the ambulance service in first place to their accorded firemans zoning :). or whenever emergincy calling service judges that ambulance would probably get a bit faster to a certain urgent patient :).
a lot are to extreme urgent, like not getting good up after a fall, better that a medical trained comes to place, but it does not matter much to be 5 min later in those cases :)
In Germany calling an ambulance if somebody is hurt or sick is usually fully covered by the (statutory) health insurance - you'll get no invoice at all. Scheduled patient transportation e.g. to therapy (for people who can't go or drive alone because of their illness) is another thing - if you respectively your doctor or the hospital not observes all bureaucratic rules (to get approval in advance by the insurance) it can add up to about 150 Euro per ride (and you'll get an invoice after the end of the quarter for all the rides your health insurance refused to pay).
Most ambulance services in Germany are provided by one of the big four: DRK (German Red Cross), Malteser (established by the Military Order of Malta, which was founded by crusaders), Johanniter (established by the Order of Saint John, the Protestant branch of the Order of Malta), ASB (Workers' Samaritan Federation, founded in 1888 by six carpenters from Berlin, co-founder of Samaritan International). There are also some smaller organizations and a few privately owned providers; many fire departments also have rescue vehicles and provide ambulance services, but not scheduled patient transportation (afaik).
As for the free days in Europe it of course varies in different countries, but for example, in Poland you have 26 days of vacation (paid 100%) and 13 days of national holidays (paid 100%).
If you have kids under 14 you also have optional +2 days off (paid 80% of your regular salary).
As for the maternity leave, it's 20 weeks for mom (paid 100%). After that you can take optional additional parental leave up to 41 weeks (can be split between mom & dad, and paid 70%).
UK here. Holidays one shocked me, "they don't have to give any holiday... If they do it's a benefit to entice you to get the job". Wild! I know being paid to have time away from work seems just as wild but in a positive way... But most people would essentially not see it as affordable to take holiday if they didn't get income... And burnt out/mental health is so common place and important... Like if you don't give holiday to your staff then you are basically treating them like donkeys/mules you see on charity adds... Over worked and under nourished until they collapse, can't work/function or just die because that's the only choice they have. Like look into why time off is so important and the benefits that come from it... Treat your working humans better please, if possible see them as the equal person they are, equal to any celebrity/CEO... Just as deserving if not more so of all the luxuries a lucky born person has. Work towards equality please 🙏
12:20 - In Portugal it's the same, unless the customers especifically tell the waiter/waitress that they want to do it themselves.
11:44 It's weird, because in the rest of the world, portion sizes are designed to be finished at the restaurant (a normal sized, maybe a bit bigger, dinner), whereas in the USA, portion sizes are designed to last you five years! [Exaggeration] They designed the portion sizes to be so big that you're very unlikely to finish them in one go, making doggy bags the norm.
In the rest of the world, if you can't finish your food, that's a you problem and you're sometimes even chargd extra, because you wasted food.
Think about it for a second, honestly: Isn't it weird to have "we're giving you so much food that you can't finish your meal" as the *norm*?! Murica is the weird one here.
I visited the US and some American colleges took me to a Mexican restaurant. I ordered some tortillas and the waitress asked me how many. I said “two”The others, completely aghast said “no, dude you want at least four!” And I said ok, I’m not paying, four it is. Guess how many I could actually eat…yep, two.
the American perception is, the more food you're served, the better the bargain. so restaurants set portion sizes accordingly.
Some Canadian restaurants have gigantic portions as well. I went to the Chinese place at the food court at the local mall this afternoon. They have a combo where you get rice, 3 other items, plus a spring roll for a bit less than $15 CAD. The portions are so huge that this will do me for about 3 meals. So you'd better believe that I take it home. It's easier and more relaxing to eat at home, when I want, at the pace I want, rather than sit in a crowded, noisy food court.
Around here so can you get a box for leftovers in most fast food places like for Kebab or Pizza.
It is weird. Portugal's like that too (or was, it's been starting to change). Portions so huge their normal portion is called a "half portion" ... Their portions are so huge that when my mom and I had went to a chicken restaurant to order some food to take home we bought a "half portion" for two and still had leftovers for an extra meals. Ridiculous.
Cultures where it's all about the quantity, like pigs stuffing their face, make me lose my appetite.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone taking leftovers from a restaurant even though wasting food is generally something people don't wan't to show others. It's kind of shameful.. Portions aren't really that large here. I live in Finland.
We do that in France, but it's not very often that people can't finish their plate.
Never seen it in France.
Portions are just what people need and even small eaters don t ask for their leftovers.
Belgians have a healthy appetite so no portion is ever too large.
Europeans have food portions that will fit in their mouths , just like Americans.
In the UK, I have never in my 70 years seen anyone taking home the remains of their food. The food will surely be congealed or spoilt in many cases and not at all appetising. Isn't it better to eat freshly cooked food? If I were a chef, I would not been keen on people warming up leftovers of meals I had freshly prepared days earlier.
Thanks for your videos, I enjoy them a lot. Chilean over here (Chile is a country 😂). I would also be impressed by the amount of money the system can charge for an ambulance, and if I understood well, no vacations. We get at least 15 working days, plus a lot of long weekends. The leftovers at restaurants are always delivered in a box, but not everybody asks for it because it can be shameful, like you're saying "I don't have food at home". Also, we enjoy inviting our friends for a coffee, it's the way we express love or gratitude, so if a Chilean invites you, please don't insist on paying your coffee or meal, because it can be interpreted as rejection. Better say "Ok, thanks, but next time it's on me", so you are also saying that you enjoy the friendship. There will be a next time.
Regarding packaging of takeaway food - it probably depends on the country and restaurant. In Poland, the waiter will usually take your plate from you and in the kitchen the food will be packed into a regular container with a lid or it will be packed into a vacuum-sealed tray.
11:33 In Germany, it's actually the case that the restaurant packs up your leftovers. You don't have to do that yourself.
In New Zealand if you live in Wellington its free (Wellington free ambulance) the rest of New Zealand we have St Johns ambulance and we pay $98 for a family of 5 per year. I used it 4 tines in 4 weeks after suffering a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in lung) after surgery.
I worked in the ambulance area in govt and the reason ambulances arent fully funded like our health system is that these are independent companies that offer these services and if they accepted 100% funding from the govt they lose control of their spending priorities.
huh, wait, you pay 98 for a famely of 5? so like some kind of insurance contribution to cover ambulance cost to be all free should you need it?
never heard such a thing :)
People called an ambulance for me in two situations. I don't remember ever seeing a bill. Here in the Netherlands you pay about 130 a month por insurrance. A lot of things are fully covered, some you have to pay. But you only pay about 350 euro maximum every year. It's called 'own risk'. If you've paid 350 in medical bills already in that year, the insurrance pays everything.
385 euro... it's never been 350. Also, insurance for 130.... you're not going to find that anymore next year.
@@nagranoth_ Yeah I sais 'about 350'.
17:30 I don’t you were stupid in this or any of the videos I seen with you. I feel that you have an open and curious mind and the dialog you have with us as you see new things in interesting and I hope you keep it up! I learn things too - that’s why I watch! ❤❤❤🇸🇪
I had to take an ambulance this summer and I'm already upset about the €10 extra payment😅
Greetings from Bavaria 🖐🏽
Onion rings gross? Yeah, she's not speaking for us Europeans, some people over here think just because they are some way, everyone in Europe is like that, it isn't. But yeah, if you are in a restaurant, and you want to take the leftovers home, they will take your plate to the kitchen and arrange it in a take-out box neatly, I would saying doing it yourself at your table in front of everyone would not be a good look for anyone involved.
I think she meant onion rings with maple syrup
@@isalablomma oh shit, it did not sound like that but if that's that case then, yeah, that's nasty.
Onion rings with mapple syrup, she said.
oh shit. I guess that sounded way too nasty for my brain to accept it
I'm Ukrainian, we do eat a lot of onions ourselves, she war referring to onion rings with maple syrup. This just sound soo wrong )
1:45 Follow-up question. If you have an accident through no fault of your own and you call an ambulance, do you still have to pay for it?
Yes, but you then need to sue someone whose fault you think the accident was, or at least someone who can be blamed for it.
Yes, you always have to pay
@@stephenlee5929 Correct me if I’m wrong, but do I understand this correct, that if someone mistakes you for being in need of an ambulance and call one, and it turns out to be a false alarm - you’ll get the bill and would need to sue the person that made the call? Provided you’re not going bankrupt and can’t affotd a lawyer?
@@stephenlee5929 Ah yes I forgot Americans loves to sue for what ever reason. In Canada you are not allowed to sue for an accident. If something happens to you and you can't work or become disable you have a provincial insurance (In Quebec) I don't know about the other provinces.
@@stephenlee5929 So even if someone hits me in a car accident, I call the ambulance, I have to pay and then try to get the money from them?
I've got 30 days off plus the 24th and 31st of december, plus 12 public holidays (in case they fall on a working day). And I'm already struggling with scheduling my trips!
@@Chuulip we always have 26th December off in U.K. its called Boxing Day. And of course 1st January. But many people end up with a least a week off over Xmas and New Year. Many 2 weeks, depending if Xmas falls on a Weekend . I cannot imagine having a few days off a year. I’d leave the country.
Funny thing in Portugal about putting the food on the box is that, outside cities the restaurant will most likely add some more sides in the box just so it looks better 😂 like rice, potatoes, etc
13:55 - "you wait for a specialist for about a week or two and by then you might die" guuurl in Poland you wait for a specialist appointment for a year if you're lucky 😂
Yesterday I saw a video on Tik Tok of an American guy going to work. He got into his car and drove 150 meters to get to work
its been maybe 200m...its a distance no American can walk...
He did probably have an armoured car not to be shot.
His mobility scooter was probably having a service and had to use the car.
Many years ago I did the municipal census questions over the phone. In addition to the usual questions of name, address, number of people living there and their ages, they had an additional question: How far do you have to travel for work?
I had a home business at the time, that I operated out of a spare bedroom. So the census clerk was rather surprised when my response to the question of how far I have to travel to work was "About 15 feet." That was the distance from my bed, across the hall, and across the other room to sit down at my computer.
I'm Portuguese I have a Portuguese friend that moved to a small town in Georgia, she has to take her car to even to do a few meters. No sidewalk, no pedestrian crossings and the streets have a metal barrier separating the two ways of the street. That's a car centric country
3 grand for an ambulance? And you keep quiet about this blatant robbery? Ambulance is for free!!!
Well, they are entitled to ask some money for it as running an ambulance service costs money too. Though you shouldn't get the feeling that you are contributing for a fully equipped brand new ambulance.
@@flitsertheo thats why we pay health insurance. Thats the most basic service they have to give
@@nenadf124 In 40 of the 50 USA states it is very much legal for ambulance companies to obtain full reimbursement for services. For example in Oregon the charges are $1,375 for basic life support (BLS), $1,850 for advanced life support (ALS) plus medicine. If you do not pay the company can have a legal judgement entered against you to seize your wages, assets, or property to pay the amount PLUS court cost, PLUS lawyer fees. So if you do not pay the ambulance company when you get the bill you could end up paying $10,000 in total costs after judgement.
5:52
I need a 3-minute walk to the supermarket, I don't even need a car 😁
And who is going to carry all your shopping ? A 6-pack of 2l bottles can be very heavy.
My supermarket is only 500 m away but I couldn't manage without a car. Also the way back is uphill.
@@flitsertheo I'm in the Netherlands
there are very creative modes of transportation here
like a cart on which you load more than a car, and then you do gymnastics for 300 meters,
you can always borrow a cargo bike and fit it almost like a truck
besides that, I go to the store every day, so I only buy what I need for the next 1-3 days, I don't buy a month in advance
I have asked in a restaurant in Finland to take leftovers home. Waiter took the plate to kitchen where she put leftovers in box and brought it back.
In Poland we pay 9% health care insurance with the salary (kids health care is free). The system is far from being perfect but you can call an ambulance, go to ER, talk to the specialist or have a surgery for free. If you are in the hospital, they will do all the tests and surgeries. However, if you want to see the specialist and this is not urgent - you can wait months or years. That is the reason why we have private health care but this covers only visits to the specialists (there are private hospitals but they are providing only basic surgeries and are not that popular). Most of the big companies provides private medical insurance to their employees as a perk.
We have 20-26 days holidays (depending on your experience). We also have 12 months 80% paid maternity leave (or 100% for first 6 months and 60% in second half of the year).
I have had soooo many ambulance trips I get recognized by the ambulance staff, in the UK the ambulance staff work for a hospital. The ambulance people are amazing friendly and wonderful also funny. I was in a ambulance and for a laugh the staff pointed out some of the cubby doors were CAT FLAPS (saving money) with repurposing cat flaps.
In Europe you have the right on at least 30 days. However, this includes some fixed days like Christmas.
You can't generalise. Not true for every country. In Switzerland it's 4 weeks minimum. Most people get 5 weeks though.
@Leenapanther The minimum of 30 days is an EU legislation. However, how it is implemented is country-dependent. Some say Christmas etc are included in those 30 days. Others don't.
In Spain they are 30 "natural days" (aka a month including saturdays and sundays) + bank holidays but I think is not the same in all Europe. For example the UK girl of the video said she has 28 days + bank holidays.
If ambulances are that expensive, do people sometimes use taxis instead then?
Do people sometimes die?
uber
@@CodeNascher_ Same thing
Imagine someone bleeding out and the person is like: If i am calling the ambulance, i can shoot myself on the spot. Call Uber instead.
Man, this shit is wild.
@@SaithMasu12 As if that Uber driver will accept someone destroying the interior of his car.
Not stupid Ryan. Nz is very small - 8 hrs from auck to wellington lol, but as I live in our biggest city Auckland, you definitely need a car to get places. Very suberbia here. While i can walk to the dairy (convenience store) in like 2 mins, the supermarket is about 5-7 mins away ( traffic included). We pay back our friends for getting us coffee or say we will shout if not planned to do so. Leftovers in restaurants is mixed. In nz we ask for "a doggy bag" meaning a box or bag for our leftovers. While the restaurant may offer to bag for you, it would not be unusual to bag yourself. 2 wks leave sucks though. We get 4 weeks by law and u have to take 3 minimum and be paid out 1 week (5 days) if u dont take the full 4 weeks. We also have to book in an advance for a doctor. 1-2 wks is not unusual. Although healthcare is free, we have a shortage in docs and nurses (low wages compared to how aussie pays). An ambulance call out is like 80 bucks. Im also a loud kiwi,but yeah you do hear americans way before u see them most of the time!
I live in the Czech Republic.
Healthcare is free in here, you have to pay health insurance monthly (usually it goes straight out of your wage, but if you’re self-employed you obviously have to pay it yourself). If you need to go to the emergency room, you pay less than 4 bucks and that does not apply in some cases (when you’re admitted to the hospital etc.). You just risk being scolded by a grumpy nurse if it doesn’t look all that serious on the outside as the hospitals are quite often understaffed or the nurse just doesn’t like her job all that much. Calling an ambulance does not cost you anything, only if you would misuse it, then you would pay a fine. You are legally bound to perform first aid and call an ambulance in case someone has a serious health problem.
We have 20 days of paid leave guaranteed by the law - more is a work benefit (I had 25 at my previous job). Some companies also have sick days to top it off.
We can attend important family events (funeral etc.) and have it paid. A father of a newborn can take two weeks long and partially paid leave. We also have a long maternity leave - up to 3 years depending on your own choice.
To sum it up - I think we are really lucky in many ways and have a really decent social security, yet there’s a lot of Czechs always complaining, not aware of the conditions in other countries. I think they should learn more about the world and see/appreciate the positives more.
Can I offer a slight counterpoint to free ambulance? In my state Queensland Australia, Ambulances are free. My wife worked in the emergency department at a local hospital and told me of the constant abuse of this by people who believe that they can somehow jump the queue if they called an ambulance rather than just get triaged at emergency like everyone else. As much as I like the idea of free ambulances, I think there should be a little disincentive for those who attempt to abuse the system.
In Italy when you call emergency, a car with a doctor shows up alongside the ambulance,and if the doctor says that you have to go to ER the ambulance is free. If there's no need to go to the hospital there's no ambulance trip.
Having last resort option to charge for ambulance can limit number of such calls (it definitely helped locally where they charge ~60 EUR in case of obvious). Sure, there still will episodes that could be totally fine but many people deal with "emergency" 1st time at some point in life and shouldn't say "this looks fiiiine, I won't call" - most times you can quickly tell if story was fake or person was actually worried about serious situation.
@@elmurcis1 my first ambulance was just panic without good reason. I mean from parents perspective it was a really good reason to panic. I was in pain and we had no idea why. But when ambulance arrived they took a look, explained what it is and that's all.
in Ukraine people will call ambulance if your child is having a high temperature. What doctors tend to do is to get them to state hospitals after that. Why is it bad you think? State hospitals are just like horror movies and full of people with actual deceases, so people do not like to be there, additionally, it's really hard to go out of hospital
Where I am, ambulances only get priority if their cases are more urgent, which is common tbf. If the person didn't need an ambulance to get to the hospital, there is some type of penalty. But regardless, if the person had an accident and can't walk, but their life is not in danger, they are put in a place to wait too. The case of your state sounds like a problem from the hospitals, assuming that ambulances are priority by default. That's not right :/
I'm Norwegian and I have never been to the USA, but I love bacon with maple syrup and I love onion rings as well. Something wrong with me? 😂
Nope. I'm Canadian, my grandfather was born in Norway, and I love Norwegian pastries.
I'm not into bacon with maple syrup, though. Maple syrup belongs on pancakes, not bacon.
well, extreme bacon love is extreme anglosaksen ;-).
i know i once saw numbers about it.. but beside being the biggest meat eater per head, americans are specifically big in eating so much bacon.. i understand quite often for breakfast? witch, beside english and their english breakfast, most europeans i thing would way to fatty and heavy as meal to start the day on :)
Never tried it. So, I wouldn't be able to comment on bacon and maple syrup until I had tried it.
28 days are actually working days, so it's amounts to 5 weeks and 3 days off work ....
You meant 5 weeks and 3 days off? I have 25 working days vacation in Austria...
@SuperHawk0413
you are right....
Plus all the national holliday days..
9:52 as a Canadian (east coast) this does not compute. Generally here if someone announces that they're going on a coffee run it's implied that they are paying. Someone else may join in and offer to get donuts/snacks, but the overall consensus is that someone else will get the next one and so on.
Dutch here:
My base vacation days is 23, but, I also have 6 ADV days, which means you get paid less hours than you work, but it’s compensated with time off.
In my company, you also get more days, if you don’t pull sickies (like the oh, I went too hard in the weekend), when you’ve been with the company for 10+ years, and over 45 years old.
So I have 38 vacation days, and because I always aim to have 5 days over at the end of the year, I start the new year usually with 43 vacation days.
Mind you, here in the Netherlands, we’re stingy, as the absolute minimum that employers must give their employees, is the equivalent of 4 work weeks. Full time (8/day) hours, = 160 hours = 20 vacation days).
"A commute of 20 minutes is a long time and I'm absolutely exhausted now" Poor love. I wonder how she would feel about a commute of an hour, going by bus, then changing for tram, then a 10 minute walk. I did that both ways for around 10 years. Another job I had, used to take me, *on average* 2 1/2 hours each way by public transport, including a half hour walk at either end.
Yeah, poor baby. She should try Canada, where the distances are even longer.
I live in Madrid and it takes me 90 minutes of subway just to cross the city, which is 30 kilometres (18 miles) wide.
I live in the UK and had a commute of one and a half hours to get to my work from the south east of England into London. Then the same journey back. Gladly now retired ❤. Don’t know where she lives, but if she’s only 20 minutes from a different country she’s in a border county somewhere. To get from even the Midlands to central Scotland, for instance, that’s a lot more than an hour.
I’m in the UK, but I cannot get to a different country in one hour. The TikTok girl is ignorant about the UK also. I’m guessing she lives in London where there is plenty of public transport, but she cannot get to another country in an hour without a helicopter or a private plane ready to go.
An hour wouldn't even get me to London (even without traffic jams...) Though I could get to Wales in 30 minutes, does that count?
Depends how you look at it I guess. Strictly speaking, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are countries. So then an hour is feasible for a lot of British folks.
in theory you can go to Wales or Scotland if you live in England, but most probably on two hours or so
@@vadym8713 If you're in Cornwall, you're probably 4 hours from Wales, but from there France would be closer, but still more than an hour away, and for the most part probably 2+.
@rjmac3095 welll, Cornwall is in very specific place of England but one hour is obviously an exaggeration. Still it's possible to do a day's long trip from Midlands to Wales or Scotlan and it's great 👍.
Sweet syrup on bacon... only in America folks, only in America... maybe Canada, too. Generally, the idea of taking whatever food you didn't eat, home with you IS unusual in Europe. Work... In America workers have benefits. In the civilised world, we have rights.
Pancakes with bacon and syrup are a very traditional Dutch delicacy. It's also a combination that is used in some traditional bean stews.
@@quinob Ahhhhh, so it's the fault of the Dutch. 😁
Taking uneaten food is unusual in Europe but it's not something I wouldn't expect to be possible. I mean it was a normal thing for at least 3 EU countries
@@TukikoTroy Belgians have their own apples/pears/dates syrup commonly known as "sirop de Liège" and we put it on pancakes or bacon (as a more elaborate sauce). The Dutch they just throw everything together.
Canada is obsessed with bacon. Even our pizza restaurants have several varieties of bacon-flavored bread sticks. It's gotten to the point that the only bacon-flavored thing I eat is bacon-flavored potato chips (those are yummy).
I draw the line at bacon-and-maple flavored toppings on donuts. That's disgusting.
The health care situation feels quite similar to what it is over here in Bulgaria. I don't think you pay anything for an ambulance but I might be wrong. But if you need medical attention then you must make an appointment with your family doctor and that probably won't be on the same day. It will usually be the day after or even later that the week or the week after. It is heavily recommended that you find yourself a family doctor but you can only have one if you have insurance and you will still pay them a small amount of money every time you visit them. So either they will prescribe you something or they will refer you to another specialist. They might also refuse to give you a reference. Assuming you have a reference you can go to the other specialist and you will also pay them a small amount for their services. Or you will pay them a lot because they might say that the reference doesn't cover everything. If you don't have a reference or a family doctor you are still allowed to go to any doctor but then it's called going in "private". Because you don't have a reference you will have to pay a lot. We don't really have urgent cares so we can directly go to the ER and depending on if you have insurance or not you will either pay a small amount or a lot. Some doctors work only privately and do not accept references or care about whether you're insured so if you go to such a doctor you will always have to pay a lot. I've never known a dentist who accepts references. They all work privately. The only way you don't pay anything or maybe pay just for a bed in the hospital is if they use something called a medical path. That way they take the money from a medical fund paid with taxes/insurance. But there is a ton of corruption going on with that with hospitals admitting people only on paper and still getting the money or doing medical procedures again only on paper but still getting the money for them from the fund. But most people don't care because they aren't getting charged out of pocket for whatever they went to the hospital in the first place even if the hospital is stealing from that medical fund. And of course in all those situation you pay yourself for any medication. Only if you have a more serious condition and you get approved the fund might pay for an essential medication you need.
I live in the U.S. and have insurance. I’ve called the ambulance for my wife many times over the past 37 years due to her chronic illness. I’ve never seen a bill, so I have no idea how much it cost. A quick internet search says the average cost of an ambulance call without insurance is $500 to $3500 depending on the type of care and duration for travel, with insurance it’s $250 to $1500. In either case it doesn’t cost ten grand. The cost of care at the hospital will be more, but what you pay will vary depending on your insurance plan.