I used to work for one company from USA and when I asked my boss to take three weeks of vacation because want to visit a country in Asia, answer was no. Reason? If we can miss you for three weeks in a row, we can miss you at all and you won't work here any more. I was one of many workers there with no special position or responsibility. Thanks to that I got big motivation. Motivation to change my job.
@@sendittomik No, but it doesn't matter. If they had too many workers, they could fire us from other reasons. This is about we have to take four weeks. And I would understand they wont give it to me because other people would be away too in that time so in office would be only few people. But this was just about be away two or more weeks. That is all.
This is quite typical... i am willing to say even stereotypical behaviour in US. I wonder why you didn't knew before. Only way how to have long vacation is either gave own business, quit the job or much shorter often unpayed vacation.
Once I've heard an American told a Czech that we're complaining when it's hot and even when it's cold. The American asked what we actually want. The Czech answered: "To complain." 😂😂
@@ondrejcejka5705 Tak zrovna u té teploty je to pochopitelné, jelikož žijeme v místě s velkými teplotními výkyvy - v létě vedro, v zimě mráz. Kdybychom například žili někde, kde je celoročně teplota víceméně stejná, bylo by to jiné. I když narozdíl od tebe chápu, že to, co Marty napsal, bylo myšleno jako vtip 🤣
Did you know? Funny fact about Czech dogs In the United States, dogs trained in the Czech Republic are highly popular with law enforcement, who use the dogs from everything to tracking suspects to catching smugglers. The U.S. officers even have to learn some Czech terms like K noze (Heel),Sedni (Sit) or Štěkej (bark)
@@irena4545 Yep, one of the reasons is the fact that the dog is trained to react to commands in czech, so it will listen to the police dog handler and noone else
I live in Vancouver Canada and yes it’s the same here . Seems like we ( Czechs) are excellent in dog training. It might be because North Americans perceive dogs mainly as pets and tend to be too soft ( understandable) particularly when they are still cute puppies 🐶 that really need good training.😊
I'm Czech and I've got 6 weeks of paid vacation and cannot imagine my life without it anymore. And what's even worse..... I think it's still not enough for a good work-life balanced life :D. Crazy!
Yeah. Wage slavery gets to you at some point I guess. Sucks having to work 8.5h / 5 days a week just because if you didn’t you would be at risk of dying of poverty… what a world we live in
I like that when you come to a pub and order a beer, the waiter will bring you another one without you having to ask him for it. You don't ask for another beer, you only tell him when you don't want another one anymore. Although this is more of a small-town or village thing, not something you'd see in Prague easily.
My father once (accidentally) drove away from a gas station without paying, with my car no less (yay!). Well, about an hour later he received a call from the police (who tracked down him instead of me, wow). The station staff has a good track of the license plates of such cars and their drivers and immediately notify the cops if you drive away. It's not even punishable if you admit it was an accident and resolve the issue immediately.
To se stává. Bráchovi se to stalo několikrát a mně jednou taky, ale byla to benzina u nás na vesnici, takže mi nevovala policie, ale prodavačka, která mě zná...
Jste úžasná. Vaše videa mě moc baví, je z nich znát, že cítíte úctu k ČR, zemi, ve které žijete, a nahlížíte zpětně s despektem na věci americké, pro nás často nepochopitelné, ovšem tak, aniž byste ztratila úctu ke své rodné zemi, takže nám vše umíte i krásně vysvětlit, proč to u vás je tak a u nás jinak. Hned bych se stala vaší studentkou angličtiny... A děkuji za vaše videa.😊
V ČR jsou už platby předem na pumpě také. Ale jinak než v USA. Jsou samoobslužné a nemusím předem vědět, kolik budu tankovat. Zvolím částku (např. 2000 CZK), automat ověří, jestli je částka dostupná a zablokuje ji. Natankuju, kolik chci (řekněme za 1485 Kč) a z karty se strhne přesně tato částka, zbytek se odblokuje. Pokud se snažím natankovat víc, než jsem zvolil na začátku, tak tankuju jen do zablokované částky a víc ani kapku, pumpa se sama vypne. Využívám tohle velmi rád, protože to málokdo zná a jsou tam malé fronty (např. Makro v Praze na Černém Mostě - dlouhá fronta u stojanů, kde se platí po tankování u okénka a prázdno u tří stojanů s automatem).
Takhle to funguje na většině pump v USA a Kanadě. Buď se to za těch 10 let co je Jen v ČR změnilo nebo mluvila spíše o platbě v hotovosti. A hotovost se asi v USA používá více protože jsem viděl spoustu benzínek které měly levnější benzín při platbě v hotovosti.
Jen varování, tyhle samoobslužné čtečky karet na pumpách jsou alespoň v Americe jedním z nejčastějších míst pro krádež karty. Na rozdíl třeba od bankomatu bývá relativně snadné umístit skimmer dovnitř pumpy, kde ho zákazník běžnou kontrolou nezjistí, a kde zachytává údaje karty přímo z terminálu. Co s tím můžete jako zákazník dělat? Zásadně na takových místech platit bezkontaktně, je to bezpečnější, neposílají se přímo údaje karty, ale jednorázové kódy. Rozhodně tam nikdy neplaťte magnetickým páskem. Pokud to jde, používejte pumpy blíž k obsluze, nejčastějším terčem jsou ty vzdálenější, protože poskytují lepší šanci umístit skimmer nepozorovaně. U nás se to asi zatím moc neděje, ale jestli se takové pumpy rozšíří, rozšíří se i jejich zneužívání.
Its just so funny how you can perfectly describe the Czechs. The strategic window opening, sitting on cold floors and so on is so true. I cant tell you how many times i argued with my husband about not giving icy water to our child or not letting her outside when shes sick😀
We also like to pick mushrooms or berries in the woods and cook them home. Kids from young age commute by public transport to school or afternoon sports and club activities. Those that do so are much more mature, independent. Some kids cook their lunch while parents are at work, walk the dog. Czechs are mad about cycling, skiing, hiking and ballroom dancing. These are a must know, otherwise you miss lots of fun with your friends.
Cycling should be taught better tho.we have terrible cycling habits. Whenever I see a person taking the bike lane instead of slowing down the traffic, I almost want to applaud them. And when I see a bike on the road with a bike lane beside it, I get mad. When I don't see a nearby bike lane, it still pisses me off but thats on me and I let it slide. But cyclists do a lot of unpredictable shit and that makes them a hazzard on road. We should educate both drivers and cyclists so that it can work like germany or netherlands. Its a great mode of transportation, but the behaviour is awful most of the time
when i was about 7 we were visiting my american aunt in colorado, and when we went on a hike i saw some blueberries and started eating them, my aunt got soooo mad at me and was shocked that i would do such a dangerous thing, i was shocked that my aunt didnt recognize blueberries 😂 americans are very afraid of anything in nature because they just have no knowledge about it, i was told about the one poisonus plant that grows in the cz and you can mix up with blueberries at every school trip since kindergarden, there is already an expectation that kids will eat berries so we are taught to do it safely, americans are just tought fear of berries (abstinence 😂)
@@pyjnda americans don’t have attachments to nature at all. They buy everything from supermarkets. Once I went to pick some herbs for teas and they were looking at me like I am a crazy person😝
@@honzasenbauer612 Best long term solution for "bad cyclists" is just to build better infrustructure for them, not just painted lanes on side of big roads. With proper infrastructure (divided from main traffic flow) more people cycle, they don´t interfere much with motoring traffic and due to more people cycling, you have less people in cars, which is a win for those who have to drive. Great channel for comparisons is Not Just Bikes. Questions like "do people cycle in Switzerland to work, or only in flat countries?" and "why canadians cannot cycle in winter, but finnish people can?", "what are costs of cycling infrastructure upkeep vs. widening roads costs" etc. Interesting topic with lots of data background.
@@siriusczech I know about Not Just Bikes, great chanel. Yea I wish for better infrastructure, but we already have a pretty decent one. People just don't use it.
The American way of (not) getting/taking holidays is a cultural thing that has almost nothing to do with real work ethics and efficiency. In Germany, the system is very similar to the Czech Republic, yet I can confirm that most Germans are much more productive and effective at their jobs than Americans. Same with lunch breaks. Going to a caffeteria or restaurant with your colleagues is a big part of the company culture. But let's not forget that usually that doesn't count as a working time, so if you work, for example, 8 hours, it basically means that you'll spend at least 8.5 hours at work. Also, one hour lunch is a rather white collar thing, most blue collar workers would have a 30 minute lunch break.
Germany and Austria have culture of separation of life and work. My collegues from those countries are dilligent and do all the necessary work during working hours. However they do not take kindly to any “emergency call” or email at 8PM to be responded immediately - with a few exceptions of true emergencies couple times a year let’s say. Sadly in Czechia there are many branches of US companies which also bring their office culture. Managers there do petty stuff like watching when people leave and if you go 9 to 5:30 (or 8 to 4:30) you will be deemed as unmotivated. So you may as well take more and longer breaks and leave at 6:30 looking as hard worker who does “overtime”. The same goes for other “traps” like table tennis or video game room - nice idea, but if you use those amenities all you do is develop a reputation of slacker unless you do the overtime. Overall I prefer the German way of work/life balance for sure.
Note Jen's underlaying (conscious or not) notes: "your boss would think you are lazy". E.g. it doesn't matter how you feel... it does matter how world around you feels. Basically it doesn't really matter how much work you do... as long as people around you think you are extremely busy and hard working.
Souhlasím. Žiji v Bavorsku a máme dvě přestávky. Svačinu 15 v 8 hodin minut a obědovou 30 minut v 11.30 Samo se ten čas nepočítá do pracovní doby, ale začínáme v 6 ráno a tak já vlastně v 8 snídám v práci. Pivo se v Bavorsku nebere jako alkohol. Koupí si ho legálně už šestnáctiletí. Na odpolední jsme si k večeři občas dali nebo aspoň Radler. Navíc je tu povolen zbytkáč 0.5 promile. Ale běda jak zaviníte nehodu. Dovolené máme 30 pracovních dní z toho 15 jde na celozávodku v srpnu kvůli letním prázdninám. 7-10 na vánoční dovču a zbytek, když potřebujeme během roku. Dělat bez dovolené to už bych byla v 55. v rakvi. Jenny zapomněla na zdravotní a soc. pojištění, které je tu stejně jako v ČR povinné. My máme 6 týdnů 100% a pak 70% od zdravotní pojištovny. Amíci jsou tak konzumní společnost až z toho jde hrůza. Asi jim ještě nikdo neřekl, že žádný rubáš nemá kapsy.
I absolutely loved all the dogs I saw everywhere in Czech. From the big city of Prague to the smaller towns. They were everywhere! It was awesome! And they were all so well behaved! But after dating a Czech girl for a couple years, I understand why 😂
I see it differently - living in Prague and not being a dog person it is difficult having to constantly avoid dog droppings on the sidewalk (especially if you have kids). Also, I have been a witness to two dog attacks in a restaurant (one was my colleague, one was my daughter, who ended up in the quarantine bc of the danger of rabies).
Myslím, že by to takhle mělo být, ale co mám zkušenost ze zahraničí hlavně Kanada a Nový Zéland, tak češi jsou jedni z nejpracovitějších a nejobětavejsich pro svou práci narozdíl od místních. Tak mi tak někdy přijde že češi pracují daleko víc než je výše jejich platu
@@veronikakovacova15 Jo, ale je rozdil mezi Cechem, ktery zustane a pracuje v Cechach a mezi Cechem, ktery odjede do zahranici a pracuje tam. To jsou dva uplne rozdilne zivocisne druhy, které nemuzete srovnavat.
Having one hour lunch time with Pilsner beer isn't really usual... I would say that only the very minority of Czechs does it, others have strict 30 min break according to czech Labour code. And then you have time to eat only on your workplace or canteen, no pub usually. :D And what more - according to czech labour code you cannot be drunk on your workplace and during your worktime. :D
Depends on the job - where I work you can do either. We just have to alternate the timings so that there are enough people at the workplace at the same time.
@@luciejirakova1930 disagree in labour matter - there is zero tolerance :) Jinými slovy, nesmíte takzvaně nadýchat, a to ani trošku, zkrátka žádný alkohol v krvi, nemusí být mimo. :)
As a Czech living in US (Texas), can't more than agree 😅 I miss my country! And especially miss european walking/use public transportation to get somewhere. I live in Austin, capital of TX and I cant walk to grocery, post office, etc., I literally need to drive everywhere because there isn't any other way = no sidewalks existing 🤦🏻♀️
Great video. The one thing that I think the CZ does well (and most of Europe) is the availability and use of public transportation. The buses and trains are amazing, dependable, clean and always on time. I just don't see too many Americans getting on buses or trains to get around. Thoughts?
From what I understand public transport being private (as is almost everything in US) was pretty much bombed by car companies. I one of well known conspiracies the US car companies bought public transport companies in some cities (San Francisco is one of those if I'm not mistaken) and gradually removed lines from operation replacing them with roads. The US never recovered from car centric thinking also because it fits with their ethos of private ownership and personal freedom above everything else.
Public transportation can never work in US the way it works in Czech due to distances. It's huge and everyone goes somewhere else. However, in USA cities, public transportation works very well (NY, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, just to name a few).
@@katerinadehning1685 There are really just a very few examples of a well functioning public city transport systems. The safety, cleanliness, and the condition these systems is poor.
Velmi zábavné a poučné video a mohu potvrdit že většina z toho jsou pravdivá fakta i když to pivo při práci si mohou dát maximálně na stavbě 😃😎✌️Ahoj a pozdravuji z Prahy
The "paying for gas" thing surprises me. I've traveled throughout the US and the only time I've seen where you need to pay beforehand is if you're using cash, and even then it's not required every where. Otherwise, you use the credit card reader at the pump (if there is one) or you pump the gas then go in and pay.
Existuje způsob, jak udělat klimatizaci u amerických domovů efektivnější. U nás se hojně zatepluje, většinou z důvodu uspoření za vytápění, ale efekt to má i opačně. Pokud barák zateplím, zamezím výměně tepla mezi domem a okolím, tím pádem v létě udržím studený vzduch v domově (a A/C nemusí jet na plno celý den, ale jen v poledne) a v zimě udržím teplo uvnitř...
Mrkni na to video jeste jednou ... prakticky vsechny domy jsou kupovany na uver, zatepleni = znasobeni ceny = znasobeni splatek, a na to proste mit nebudou. Ty papiraky se tam totiz stavi predevsim proto, ze to je proste levne. U nas to zas tak levne neni prave proto, ze to tu izolaci mit musi - a tim musi myslim ze zakona, mas narizeny nejaky minimalni izolacni parametry.
bydlel jsem pár let v novostavbě v Česku a v létě nedýchatelno, co potom nějaké vaření, pečení..na zdechnutí. Potom starý dobrý panelák, nebo cihloák, udržuje přirozený chládek bez nutnosti A/C. Ale taky my tady nemáme 42° jak třeba někde v Californii..
@@iannickCZ Californie je přímořskej stát. 42°C v tamním vzduchu bude stejnejch jako 35°C u nás. Teda pocitově. Těch pár stupňů je hodně velkej rozdíl a to hlavně kvůli vlhkosti.
Ano, jak píšou i ostatní... jiné teploty v létě, jiné typy staveb... Jako jo, ale! Copak amíci měli vždycky k dispozic klimatizaci? Asi museli nějak přežívat i předtím, než klimatizaci vynalezli ne? Asi bych se zamyslela nad tím... Ale je možný, že se změnil právě styl baráků, které staví dnes a v minulosti a právě z těch finančních důvodů už by to nešlo snadno vrátit... Nevífm, spekuluju.... Ale je to fakt na hlavu, děsně neekologický...
WHAAAAAAT?!?! You should have mentioned the dog thing in your “why you should move to Czechia” video - I would have been sold weeks ago!!!!! 😂🤣😂 I’m already learning the language just to visit, but I think I might have to move there now! 😍😍😍
P.S. - My boss is cool & lets me bring my dogs to work, but only because we are a small office that doesn’t get a lot of visitors. I live in Florida ☺️
I would disagree that the "AC makes you sick" is just a myth, its the temperature difference that gets me every time Im in country with widely available AC where interior of every shop, house or car is set to mimic Artic winter and open door or window feels like run into brick wall of warm summer air. Just returned from hols in Spain and there we slept with AC on every night and after 2nd night I woke every morning with sore throat. And it took mere 2 days of being back in UK for my throat to feel like its normal self again( at least till flu season starts).
That is probably beause people are not used to it. We have an opposite problem here than americans do. We tend to have our homes heated to much. That high temperature is not great for immune system. And then you hit it with cold temperature and you catch a bug easily. Ever since I lowered winter temperature at home to 17°C ... I never get colds, not from low temperatures outside, not from AC....
@@jasonhamilton8562 even if its true it doesn't prove AC can't cause illness. Drugs are saving lives yet many ppl die from overdose every year. Just cos something is useful and beneficial in one situation doesn't mean it can't cause harm in others or when overused.
@NefruSimons We use the metric system alongside the Imperial system here in the US. You've been taught otherwise through ignorance. The only thing we don't use metric for is human body measurements and distances while traveling. Miles are superior to kilometers. Canada uses kilometers yet they are duped into driving slower than Americans because the higher number of kilometers per hour gives them the false illusion they are traveling at a decent speed when in reality they are just putting along like a 90 year old grandma.
I'm a Canadian born Czech. Great video, and nice job pronouncing your Ř :D One big contrast is perception and usage of public transit... Also the quality of the public transit!
As a Czech a can confirm. This is soooo accurate :D (except the thing about drinking a beer in the middle of a work day - 90% of employers would not tolerate any level of alcohol during the work). Also AC can make you sick indeed. There is an explanation for that. It has something to do with drying out your nasal cavities making it more prone to catching a virus. And that’s the reason I always get a cold and sometimes even sinusitis when summer starts and I use too much AC… thank you for this! 🇨🇿♥️🇺🇸
Where did you get the "ANY level" and "90% of employers"?? It entirely depends on the profession. Bus driver, hell yes they care. Journalist? Nobody cares.
Minimální dovolená ze zákona je 4 týdny (pedagogická zaměstnání 8 týdnů), ty je povinen zaměstnavatel poskytnout, ale i zaměstnanec je povinen do zákonem stanovené doby na ni nastoupit, jinak i on může být sankcionován. Ještě jsem nebyl v zaměstnání kde bych neměl alespoň 5 týdnů dovolené.
@@DreamPrague I pro Čecha pracujícího pro automotive firmu. Pauza na oběd je 30 minut a alkohol je nepřípustný. A dovolená 4 týdny v kuse? To je pohádka nebo mýtus. Neomezený přístup psů všude - Praha je v tomto ohledu liberálnější než jiná města.
@@DreamPrague A kdyz v té době člověk onemocní, tak se to automaticky do dovolené nepočítá. Jen bych to nerozhlašoval v USA nebo se uprchlická krize prohloubí 😂
We’re in the process of acquiring Czech citizenship and we live in California. I agree with almost all of your points. But I guess you haven’t been back in a while. Dogs are everywhere!! Even in grocery stores. You can’t go into Starbucks and not trip on everyone’s dogs. My kids happen to be terrified of dogs and it’s getting harder and harder to take them anywhere.
6:48 bcs it does!!! Especially if you’re really close to it and it’s blasting the cold air at you constantly. But we’re usually talking about getting a regular, slight cold
Pretty much all of USA is South of Czech Republic so I definitely don't blame Americans for using AC. It's pretty common at the South of Europe as well. And when I spend my summer vacation at such places like in Italy, I'm pretty happy if the AC is available because opening doors and windows won't quite cut it there.
Although the south-ness of the USA isn't _quite_ comparable to Europe, because Europe gets the Gulf Stream. I'd say the bigger difference may be that most of Europe has a mild, relatively ocean-influenced climate without big temperature differences, whereas a lot of the USA has continental climate with greater extremes.
@@beth12svist Golf Stream makes difference of between 10-15 latitudial degrees. 40 deg north in US (NY) is roughly comparable to 50-55 deg north in Europe.
Hello, fun video :-). We absolutely regulate the temperature in our home during summer by opening our windows from evening to morning and keeping them shut during the day :-D I will add my two cents to the corrections though. It is common to see someone having A beer with their lunch during the week and no one will judge them. It also probably means that either they're not working that day or their employer doesn't mind/take notice as long as they don't show up tipsy/drunk and they absolutely won't be driving (legaly) or it's non-alcoholic :-). Lunch time isn't paid and tends to be 30 minutes in most occupations (and it will most likely be beerless :-) ). I have not noticed dogs being as universally allowed inside or well behaved as you've described.
I married into a family of czec and polish I learned the language and learned all the cooking czech and polish food anyone can do .I did it to keep it in the family. Prauge is beautifull .
You should definitely mention our Czech maternity/parental leave! US 12 non/paid weeks (honestly, I dont know how American women can make it?!) versus Czech 80%of salary (incl.bonuses) for first 8months and then budget 300.000K for parental leave, depends how many months you decide to stay on parental leave, it is up to age of 4.
First 6 months 60% salary and then 10000czk/month till 3rd child's birthday. It's not too much for living. And almost impossible to get nursery for kids under 3 years old. There is almost no choice, if you don't have grandparents, they look after kids for free.
@@veronikakocianova5225 but you can always get back to work sooner than after 3yrs. Plus lot of my friends-mums in CZ work partialy from home during maternity/parental leave. Can you imagine returning to work after 12 (usually non paid) weeks of maternity leave like in US? Plus you have to pay insurance for kids in US. Kindregardens are not for free like in CZ (of course you pay for meals. Unless you find some private one). Lot of women in US rather ask their mums to retire and pay them some money (my hair stylist pays her mum $4,5k/month) to babysit their kid/s because its still cheeaper than day car/kindergarden.
@@lennachal I was sooner in work during every maternity leave. But there is almost no nurseries for kids under 2,5 year. And when you find such type of nursery, it''s not affordable for most of moms with part time job. I can't work from home, i'm cardiologist. I'm working nights and weekends. In the morning go home and look after my 3 kids. Most of jobs is impossible to do from home.
@@lennachal Kindergartem is not free in CZ, but is affordable. And only for kids older than 3 years old, no younger. And they are full, sometimes are place only for kids 5 years old, last year of education in kindergaten is mandatory.
@@veronikakocianova5225 I know kindergarden for 2yrs old kids 🤷🏻♀️ and you pay just for a food there. Anyway, I just wanted to say that maternity/parental leave/regular paid vacation in CZ is a luxury compared to US
Just to inform you, its not that people dont steal here, its that we actually try thinking about stealing, like if you are going to drive off without paying, they still have the description of your car and your number, so it just doesnt make sense, on the other hand if you leave your tv in your garden, you will lose it
I’m sure you can eventually post another video with even more cultural differences between Czechs and Americans. I feel that one interesting tidbit that is often overlooked is the practice of going to swimming pools. Americans pay to go to swimming pools to actually swim. Czechs pay to go to swimming pools to NOT swim. Especially during the warm months, it is extremely common to see the grass area around swimming pools crowded with people lying down. And that’s all they do, they just lie down! Out of every 10 visitors to a swimming pool in CZ, only 1 is actually swimming 😹
Ve fabrikách je pouze půl hodiny na oběd a neexistuje požívat alkoholické nápoje v průběhu pracovní doby. Někde se ani nesmí o přestávkách kouřit. Nejlepší variantou směnného provozu jsou 12ti hodinové šichty (dvě půlhodinové pauzy) - spousta osobního volna mezi nimi. Obvykle po odpracování tří směn máte tři dny osobního volna, které někdy vychází v pracovním týdnu a někdy o víkendech. O státních svátcích dostaneš příplatek 100 % k šichtě. Vyplatí se to. Zvířata do fabriky nesmí. Doplním ještě že zaměstnavatel má povinnost ze zákona kmenovému zaměstnanci hradit sociální a zdravotní pojištění. U tuzemských personálních agentur platí to samé. U těch zahraničních je to různé. A doplním poslední věc. manuální práci vykonávají mnohdy lidé se středoškolským a vyšším vzděláním. Důvod je jednoduchý. Vedoucích pozic je málo a ne každý má lidsky na vyšší pozici. Spousta lidí nemá vlohy k podnikání. Zajímalo by mě jak to funguje v v USA ve fabrikách.
Dělám ve fabrice vedoucího a normálně si tam lidi vodí psy, kouří, kdy chtějí a v kanclu rozléváme panáky :D Přestávku máme 15 minut ráno a 30 minut v poledne. Ale lze odejít do města tak nějak kdykoli a hodiny si nadělat.
Tak jasně, že se asi myslí "pivo v restauraci" během volnějších pauz, kde si i posedíte. Spousta profesí, které nejsou extra hierarchizované, to tak má.
@@Mashiro147 Tak až se bude v naší fabrice propouštět, jdu k vám pracovat. Ne kvůli alkoholu, kouření, nebo psům. Ale kvůli přestávce na WC. Můj manžel by rozhodně přestávku na svačinu ocenil. Ikdyž je dáno ze zákona přestávka na jídlo. On i ostatní prostě přestávku nemají. A zkuste si stěžovat. Už nikde na Severní Moravě práci neseženete. Ale myslím si, že kecáte. To co píšete, dlouhé přestávky, kouření a alkohol na pracovišti bylo do roku 1989.
Hi Jen Thanks for Your UA-cam Channel.Iam Czech man Iive in Manchester for 17 Years.For Me Is intersting observing What people do here everyday day.Life in abroad is funny.One thing what is special fór Czech folks is when finish drink from plastic bottle they crash thé bottle before put it to bin.Saving Space.Never seen do something like this here.
Jen, you're just awesome lady, I love your open and friendly attitude :) I know it was about the sponsor, but I agree that for learning any language it is highly important to converse in it. And I would even widen it to just using it in real situations. I was learning English for many years during my young-hood and it was ... well, I used to be among the best but still... when in real situation, it was still quite stressful and tough. Then, when I was 33, I started to date a guy from different country, who studied in UK for years. And we communicated only in English. We spent nearly 5 years together. During that time my skills in English literally sky-rocketed :D ... Well, now I work for 14 years in international company where most of my colleagues are foreigners, and that's another step, where it went even better.... You can "study" from books and in classes for years but... till you really practice your plain "knowledge" you move just nowhere :D Personal note.... I believe that grammar is not that important. I noticed (and not only I did) that my English grammar (as of a Czech native person) is often better than that one of native English speakers... Well, if they are not teachers of course :) ... I believe that what matters the most are rather the idioms, the way of thinking in the language, the way of expressing things,... Anyway... Thanks for the 6 awesome Czech "habits" :) ... I would like to hear similarly about some American things/habits which would probably never work here :) PS: Btw, Czechs should NOT drink alcohol during the lunch break either :D Enjoy your Czech summer here with us, girl! You rock! :D ❤️
I lived in Ostrava and Zlin and never heard of AC until I moved to Canada. But, living in the Great Lakes region, you better believe that we need AC here in the Summer!
Agreed, Czech here, had to learn how to use the AC while living in Ontario for 10 weeks in summer some years ago. Before going there if someone said Canada, I imagined endless mountains and trees, grizzly bears, lakes etc. Well, we had stayed in St. Catharines area between the two lakes (Erie and Ontario) and the heat was really immense (+ hot and humid).
@@goodstoryloverJa jsem z Britské Columbie , konkrétně z Vancouveru a musím říct , že za AC jsem vděčná , jak v obchodech , tak doma ,speciálně vloni. The temperatures were brutal 😒
@@goodstorylover I live in St. Catharines right now since 1981. I remember being so disappointed when I got here. Where are the mountains? Where is the culture? Where is the good food that I'm used to?
@@gr84all you’ll find all of those things in Canada, particularly in British Columbia. We have it all. The ocean, the mountains, beautiful rivers and lakes and excellent food including fresh seafood 🦞
Very nice and to the point! I would also mention free tuition. Our most prestigious universities are for free. You just have to pass a test to get there. Czech people also cook at home much more.
Thank you for this video. I as a Czech was always dreaming about USA, it was popularized in our, or all European countries as one of the best places to live in. As time flows, I graduated from high school and learn about various things, I am learning to appreciate my homeland more more, and I actually find it to be the best country for living. We are only very good at criticizing everything and know the best.
Hi Jennifer, Sir_Mac here, as always! 5) I suggest you to go shopping to Globus at Zličín, and near the mall, there is Globus gas station, 75% of the gas stands are "human operated", so you do everything you need to do on your own! :) 1) The dog thing - What about service dogs in the US? Dogs for blind people, dogs, who indicate any imminent health issue to the owner? They are also ommited from the public space, restaurants, work, etc.?
You can't simply drive off, gas stations here in ČR have camera systems constantly scanning your license plate. You'll get fined soon, if you drive off without paying.
All the stations where I live are pay first or pay at the pump. I used to work at a convenience store with gas pumps, and yes, lots of people drive away without paying.
I feel like not being Czech myself when hearing some of the stuff here. 1. A/C is mostly used in working areas, especially in industrial plants where machinery creates additional heat. In private, we mostly don't use A/C historically, not for cooling, neither for heating, for several reasons, none to be "not so hot weather". 1. Our buildings and houses are made solid, lately with very strong insulation, thus you save warmth inside better, and protect from it from the outside. 2. We accept less "comfort". We don't need 18*C inside when 30 outside. The same way we don't need 24*C inside when minus 15 outside. We are being explained that dramatic temperature changes are not good for your health. 3. We traditionally don't use A/C for heating. 2. Dogs Sure you don't normally take your dog inside magazines or restaurants. They are tolerated in outside places and inside only in special "dog-friendly" premises. But yes, we, as nation, live in very intensive relationship with dogs. In towns people have them mostly as companions, in family houses it is a protection thing. You don't put cameras around, you don't owe a gun. You have a dog instead. 3. Beer While Czechs are indeed incredible beer drinkers, they don't drink during working ours as any common thing. It is prohibited to work or drive with anything more than zero alcohol level. In many companies there are random alcohol tests, and when the Police stops you, they always test you. Punishments for working or driving with alcohol are serious, and very very serious when you get involved in any accident. Please, don't say we normally drink beer like this, it is simply not true. This has been the second time that I have watched your video, and for some reason it upsets me. I feel like there is some arrogance in them in order to be funny and subscribed. CZ is not only your expat bubble in Prague. There are indeed things different here, but I am surprised you don't mention those instead. Like taking shoes off at home. Like daily cooking rather than ordering or getting fast food. Like football (soccer) and ice hockey "mania". Like the whole towns on bycicles (i.e.Prostejov). Like mushrooming. Like cabins (chataření/chalupaření). Like herbs love (bylinkareni). Like mass weekends hikings (Sněžka etc). Like drinking "Turkey" cofee ( pití turka). Like home hospitality - no way you are not offered bunch of stuff when stopping by, which you don't need to announce in advance. Like summer stewing (zavařování)and "nakládání zelí"... Please, see to go more underneath the surface when describing the others.
Hello, you're at least partially being too harsh. She did mention, that our houses have thicker walls lessening the need for AC, also our weather IS milder and that contributes to AC not being used often in private residences. And this is just one video, it can't mention everything - I saw a few more and for example taking shoes of inside was mentioned, so was mushrooming. You have some good points though about the beer (she absolutely made it sound more common, than it is), dogs not being allowed inside and expected comfort in regards to temperature.
3) It depends on the workplace. If you work somewhere where driving or operating heavy machinery is not a part of your duties, there is a pretty good chance it will be tolerated if you have a beer with your lunch, especially if it's an office job. I know firsthand as I can literally have a beer in front of my boss (he's even offered me some on few occasion during my workday) - and I'm working for one of the biggest Czech employers... :D So while the official company policies have strict rules against alcohol in a workplace, I think it's actually pretty common for many workplaces in Czechia to not actively enforce them unless it creates a serious safety risk or someone gets totally hammered.
I think Jen is one of the most objective foreigners making videos about CZ that I have watched. if you go to her history, you realize that e.g. her historical facts are usually very well researched. She had also discussed above mentioned topics before (mushrooming, hiking, taking of shoes etc.). I do not take this video as a list of things which characterize Czechs as such, but as the ones they had struck Jen as the ones that would be the least acceptable in the USA in her experience. As for beer drinking, I go with my workmates to lunch to a pub several times a week (we have 30 minutes, but we manage) and most of the people there usually order small beers.
There are Tankomats on Makro gas stations. We use them when pumping in the middle of the night. Those work on paying some chosen amount as pending on your account, then pumping, then the pumped amount goes through.
When you keep a dog in your house all day they develop kind of like a psychosis. Not kind of, they literally develop a psychosis! Dogs need to use up their energy and see and interact with their owner for their mental health.
About the holiday and productivity. I do not know a more productive oriented nation than Germans. But at the same time, once your shift is over or you are on vacation, your boss is prohibited by law to contact you and ask anything related to your work. Applies to collegues too, they must let you rest. It is prohibited by law to require that you check your e-mails while on vacation or even on weekends. Your time off work is almost treated as sacred. Dogs: They are not allowed everywhere. Eg. cemeteries, some parks and monuments. When I take my dog to the city, I am quite limited to where I can walk with him. I guess most of the "no dog" areas are due to lazy owners who do not pick after their dogs or do not "control" their dog. Having a dog that does not behave is seen as the fault of the owner, not the dog. While not required by law, it is a social norm that if you decide to have a dog, you must commit to train it properly. If you do not train your dog and thus your dog behaves in a bad manner, you are being blamed for that.
Pay-at-the-pump payment terminals are available at 24h self service gas stations :) Globus should have it at every of their gas stations. It still works the same though, you pump first and then pay, obviously...
As much as you are trying to teach others about czech people and czech culture in your videos or to present american view on Czechs, you also open a door for me to learn each time thing or two about americans. Which is cool :-) Maybe not AC cool, but cool nontheless :-P
Tak samozřejmě pro velkou část zaměstnanců pivo k obědu nepřipadá v úvahu, ale u kancelářských krys, které nikdo nikdy na alkohol na pracovišti testovat nebude, to je celkem běžné.
I'm so grateful to be working for a European (Swiss) company in the States. 4 weeks vacation per year and we can take off for any amount of time. Don't know what I'll do if I have to go back to a true American company 😅
Hi Jen, I lived in the UK for 16 years so I sometimes find myself a little 'foreign' in my country, along with my Scottish husband. I guess I see things Czech people do..... well anyway, here's one for you: one thing that I see very often in the CR and would definitely not work in the UK:NOTICES - despite the official opening hours the shop owners, cafe workers and other service 'providers' like to put a notice on the door: BE BACK IN 10 MINUTES, BACK AT 14.30 etc. or simply just displaying a paper clock, hands of which show the time of the person's return. I find this unbelievable and funny, of course not so funny when the 10 mins they have for their break is the 10 mins you have to sort out your stuff. Once a cafe in Jihlava's shopping centre closed in the middle of lunch time! Of course, as you've probably sussed out through living here, Czech people don't complain to the owner but simply go away being happy to moan about another thing that's gone wrong that day. Love your programme. Best wishes.
I'm so old that I remember when an attendant filled your tank and you paid him less than $10 to fill up. Then we went to self-service. The reason we have to pay first is because so many people were driving off without paying. Pay at the pump came along when my son was a baby. It was so much easier than carrying him in to pay.
Presne tak. A rovnako nie všade je možné vziať psa. Myslím, že Jen je trošku v svojej sociálnej bubline . Nie som si istý ani pri dovolenkách. Američania by určite prijali viac plateného voľna. Veľa Američanov dnes už vďaka internetu vidí rozdiel medzi životom v US a EU, problém je, že stým nemôžu veľa urobiť.
Přesně a navíc hodinový oběd? Kolikrát člověk během 12 hod. nemá ani půlhodinu na oběd a jsou zaměstnání, kde je problém si zajít i na WC. Zajímalo by mě v jaké sféře Jen pracuje. Asi nemaká jako zdravotní sestra, prodavačka nebo dělník ve fabrice. Měla by si to holka vyzkoušet. Všude je chleba o dvou kůrkách.
@@marketapernicova8555 v predchozi praci jsem mela hodinovou pauzu na obed (bachoffice na zákaznickém servisu), byla to pro mě optimalni doba, abych nemusela do sebe jidlo hazet a stresovat se, ze se nestihnu najist, kdyz to obsluze trvalo déle. Ted mi to dost chybí.
4:40 We have self-service gas station in our city (Rakovník) where you pay by a card or money first and then pump the gas, its a gas station without any personnel.
We do not have a credit score in the same sense as you, but every bank institution (I do not count non-bank loans) verifies the creditworthiness and credit capacity of its clients. This applies not only to credit cards but also to consumer loans and mortgages. This calculation is based on income and expenditure and is influenced by many other factors. On the basis of this, a credit card, a higher limit, mortage or a loan can be rejected.
We do have pretty similar credit score system like the US has. The more you've borrowed and the better your payment habits, the better loan options you'll have. Various institutions use the following registries: Solus, BRKI and NRKI. There are also the government registries like CEE and ISIR I wanted to post a link, but apparently that's not allowed here and my previous comment disappeared. Anyway, the web skrblik has some good articles about it. Look for the headlines: "Bankovní půjčky: Těchto 6 věcí ovlivní schválení úvěru" and "Registr dlužníků: Jak vymazat Solus, BRKI, NRKI a další"
We also have telco score. Phone carriers evaluate you based on phones you use, how much you pay, if you pay on time etc. All three carriers do it and share the information with banks.
In Prague, near the "D1" highway is automatic gasoline pump. The automat tells you instruction and then offers you pay by credit card or cash in near window
Feels to me like the USA is the perfect country to get some IBD as soon as possible :(. I have it since last year and I live here in CZ, and doctors told me its because of stress. I CANT IMAGINE living in the USA then, I would probably didnt survive a day in work or school :X
I’m American and get 5 weeks of vacation and would never work on vacation. Pumping for gas and then paying inside after used to be very normal here, now I usually pay at the pump. How would you pay first and know how much it would cost?
I'm self-employed. So I also don't have any vacation. But I still take several weeks off, because i don't want to get burnout. Yes, vacation not only costs money, but I also loose income for that period, but I think about it as an important investment in my mental health. What's the point in focusing on work, when you get crazy, depressed and then spend thousands dollars for psychiatrist.
Yes, I totally agree with you. I’m I the same situation like you , currently home for a week,even though l have moments of guilt l still realize that my health should be my priority in order to do a good job. Take care 😊
I once met a guy from Sweden visiting Czech Republic for a few weeks. One of his strongest impressions was how unbelievably untrained and badly behaving our dogs are. And when I was in Sweden few years later I had to admit their dogs are a lot better. Mainly when it comes to barking at everyone and everything. So hearing your number 1 was kinda funny. I guess things tend to be relative. Also did people not live in the US before the AC was invented? Or did half of them die each summer or something?
I could tell you that without A/C in the Chicago area is not survivable. I feel like the humidity just sucks the life force out of you and I am not even talking about the fact that it is 40c outside and it doesn't get cooler at night. I don't know how people survived prior to 1950's - maybe it was cooler, maybe they were stronger, maybe they didn't know any better, but what I know from my experience is you turn on the a/C in June and turn it off in September when it gets nicer. You see in the news every year how many people (usually seniors) are found dead in their apartments because they had broken a/c. BTW, one of my top reasons to move, not even the heat (I could sort of deal) but the humidity.
Those dogs are very individual. I know a lot of well-behaved dogs around me - in the paddock, restaurants, etc. And also a lot of ill-mannered ones. Such a master, such a dog. ... From Jenny's point of view, I think that the cause of ill-behaved US dogs can be caused by their pampering, misunderstanding of dog mentality, etc. ... Which even some Czech dog walkers - especially smaller breeds - do not understand.
@@marias6583 Fan won't do anything for 90% humidity, it just feels like a gorilla is sitting on your chest. Cold baths, swimming, and any leisure activity doesn't correspond with 10 hour work day, also wearing a wet shirt to the office won't be a hit. And this is why southern countries have brick thick wall houses with small windows and most importantly siestas. However, the siesta system again doesn't go with all work no quit. Again Chicago's climate is +40c in summer and -40c in winter. You can't build brick houses there as you won´t be able to heat them and I am not even mentioning tornados. I kept saying for years - people were not meant to live in that until I couldn´t take it no more and moved. Also, I am noticing that people born into it are more comfortable with the humidity. One of my co-workers grew up in an Amish family and she loved the heat and humidity.
I finally understood how credit score works in the USA! I always see some travel tips with credit card and I was wondering how is that works, now I know. Thank you! The gas station, I think the best way is like in the north Europe: an automatic machine for cards and cash. You choose the amount, like 500 CZK, pay with card or cash, and then refuel the car. It won’t allow you to take more than you paid. I saw these at Globus gas station or Shell I think. So I hope that there will be more of them in the future. Cause sometimes when I drive at night, only a few gas station is open 24/7.
Ano my to máme nedávno zřízené na čerpačce Globus Schwandorf na karty. Už asi rok je to samoobslužné. Nejdřív karta a payback karta na body pokud jí máte a pak si člověk natankuje, co je třeba. Na mnohých pumpách v ČR jsem viděla předvolbu za 500, 1000 nebo 1500 CZK i když platíte u kasy. No budou ty nápisy vzhledem k cenám muset aktualizovat.
I LOVE your videos so much! 🙂 Every time I realize how Americans do see us 😀 I was in the USA twice and still can feel the difference, many of the facts have been mentioned in your videos and they are so true! 😀 But this video!!! It feels like the Czech Republic is the best country in the world! 🥰 I recalled this situation when I was in NY at Shake Shack, bought a can of beer... They had an outside seating so I decided to go out with my hamburger and this can of cold beer, prepared to enjoy my lunch outside looking at the buzzing city and suddenly they stopped me like if I was crazy? Explaining me that I had to stay in with alcohol 😀 Alcohol 😀 I only had a small can of beer (and I was 30) 😀 Also my English teacher from the US explained me later on how weird it is when we sit with a can of beer in parks here in Prague as if nothing happened 😀 Anyway, thank you for your amazing job! 😍 I look forward to every new episode 🤩
Hi Jen :) thank you for your video. It Is great. I have question. :) What do you think about the Czech custom take off shoes when they come home? I can't imagine not to take my shoes off and go to my living room or kitchen. :D maybe only on special ocassion. Do you think that this custom could work in America? :) Thank you.
Actually many homes in the US have already adopted the shoes off routine. I have even read articles about how much cleaner it is to do that. America is a big country and it’s really hard to make generalizations like that.
@@simonedaniek9878 yes :) thats true. Generalization Is not good, i am sorry. :) When I first found out about that lot of americans wear shoes at home I was suprise :) Now I am quite curious when It is start in the Czech republic...And is it custom also in others european countries? 🤔
@@kikineckal It is true that many Americans wear shoes at home but also many Americans don’t. And if I have friends over they usually take their shoes off without being told especially if the weather is bad outside. But…..I will say it is not the custom for everyone as it is in the Czech Republic.
I don't quite understand why Czechs bother to take their shoes off in the house if they have a dog. There's no way I'd wash off my dog's feet every time she came inside, so I don't bother to take my shoes off, either. I also wonder if we USians, in general, go in and out of the house more frequently, so changing shoes every time could be a hassle
Great work-life balance in the Czech Republic, the summers.....they're perfect, plus where we live in Prague the building is so well insulated we never have to turn the heating on in winter. Marvellous! Then there's the beer......................
Lovely video! But please where to get 8 weeks of holiday, do you have any tip? Probably only teachers have it during July and August. Working normal office job I always had "only" 5 weeks and felt like a queen that I have one extra week as a bonus from my employer. And my request for 3 weeks in a row was rejected so I only had 2 weeks for honeymoon :( Usually I take only one week in a row and need to align with coworkers if this fits their vacation schedule to avoid situation that no-one is present. This is hard especially during summer and Christmas time as everyone want time off. Regarding the lunch hour to make it fully transparent - this hour does not count to your working time. Dogs - we eve allow our coworkers to have children in the office if this is needed (school holiday, nanny got sick etc.). It is a fun to watch children and dogs always playing together in our office but I must say that in some cases they are noisy and are then forbidden to come again if they do not behave well.
Funny. During my trips to California I always pumped doest and then paid and Noone complained :) mayne they are used to deal with tourists from Europe nowadays :) I also like the system they have in Oregon where there is always someone filling the tank for you.. Cheers ;)
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Jen, super porovnanie. Este si zabudla fungujucu verejnu dopravu.
Nezapomněla, o MHD se zmínila už v několikrát v předchozích videích... Dokonce tolikrát, že nevím, z čeho je Jennifer v ČR víc nadšená, jestli z piva levnějšího než voda, nebo z jezdících tramvají!!! 😲🤔🍺🚋😂😉😄😆😛
We also have Credit score. If someone applies to the bank for a loan or mortgage, the bank will make them sign consent for the processing of personal data and start the process for calculating the credit score. But there is + your income, savings, outcomes, depts and also if you already have credit card you have credit score too.
Hlídanou půlhodinu na oběd mají jen lidi ve fabrice u pásu. V restauraci se oběd za půl hodiny nedá stihnout, ale chodí se s kolegy a stejně se nakonec řeší práce, takže jde o výkon práce z jiného místa 🙂. Nejde jen o kancelářské krysy, běžně vídám v obyčejných restauracích "lopaty" v montérkách a odchází až když se v klidu nají. A po malém pivu, nebo vinném střiku se ty excelové vzorečky fakt nepletou 🙂.
Vzorečky se nepletou, ale pokud by přišla kontrola z BOZP tak máš problém. Žádný zaměstnavatel ti nepovolí třeba "malé pivo", třeba ti to bude tolerovat, ale ze zákoníku práce je to jasné, alkohol je důvodem k OKAMŽITÉMU rozvázání pracovního poměru. To že "lopaty" se jdou v klidu najíst je dáno spíš tím, že mají danou práci tzv "v úkolu" takže to holt stihnou třeba za 6 hodin místo za 8.
@@badaxebadaxe2248 Toleruje se to proto protože to jedno pivo(zvlast mala desitka) se spatne dokazuje. A alkoholtester jeste neni důkaz. No a nez se dostane na krevni testy tak uz nenameri nic.
Lol. The forecast for tomorrow in Oklahoma and Texas it is 113F or 45C… it’s so unfair how hot it gets. I’m happy to have a 2 week trip in Czechia during this time
Ahoj Jen! Zajímavé video jako vždy. Jen nesouhlasím s tím pivem k obědu, když bych se pak měla vrátit do práce. Možná v Praze a hlavně u lidí pracujícich tam v kanclu se to tak nedodržuje ale jinde a na jiných pracovištích by byl alkohol v krvi jedním z možných důvodů k okamžitému vyhazovu nebo aspoň k upozornění na porušení pracovní kázně. Předsudky o klimatizaci nejsou předsudky ale fakta. Možná to souvisí právě s naším mírným podnebím. Jsou to ale opravdová lékařská doporučení a i naše zkušenosti. V létě klidně vyjdu ven s mokrou hlavou ale ke vzhledu vlasů to teda moc nepřidá. Muži to pokud vim dělají běžně. V létě. Mám moc ráda tvá videa a pokaždé se těším o čem bude to příští.
S klimatizací to je pravda. Člověku je chladněji, tak se mu stáhnou cévy a tím pádem tam moc nefunguje imunitní systém, takže například virus tam má klid na svojí práci a člověk dostane rýmu. A taky tím jak člověk chodí z horka do tepla, tak je to zátěž pro tělo, protože neustále musí regulovat teplotu a taky může tím pádem dojít k oslabení imunity.
A to "v Praze v kanclu" je úplně mimo. Na to, že někdo pil před prací, během nebo tam dorazil se zbytkáčem (a dokonce dojel autem) jsem téměř vždy narazil "na vesnici". Sám osobně takových lidí pár znám a to často i v provozech, kde je to zdraví nebezpečné. Naopak ve městě v kanclu, kde to nikoho neohrozí, to téměř nepozoruji a lidi tohle berou jako něco celkem společensky nepřijatelného. Pravděpodobně to bude souviset i s pracovní dobou ale to na pointě nic nemění, že ve městě je obecně společensky hůře přijímané pití přes den.
American living in Prague as well. Just learned that credit score is strictly a North American thing. Thanks for the video again Jenn. The thing that pisses me off about credit scores, besides how dystopian they are, is that nobody taught me about them when I was younger. As a kid/teenager, I was under the very rational impression that after I went to college, all I needed to do was get a job, pay my bills on time, avoid going into debt as much as possible, and I'd be fine. Then you get thrown into the deep end of adulthood and suddenly realize, oh wait, I can't get a car or an apartment because some mysterious number I know nothing about says I'm not trustworthy? So then you try to learn the rules and be responsible to build up your score, but it turns out that any random thing can mess up that number, and then it's too bad for you. Oh, you paid off your loans too early? Oh, the bank made a mistake and didn't send one of your payments through on time? Oh, you don't have enough credit cards? You can pay your rent on time every month for years, but one medical emergency and you're totally screwed. It's easy to call it Orwellian,
Fabrika, že? Mimo vaší bublinu fungujou někdy věci i trochu jinak. Nikdo například nemluví o pivu na pracovišti, ale o pivu k obědu v restauraci. To opravdu není nic výjimečného. A k tomu času... Pokud nemáte v práci kantýnu nebo hospodu přes ulici, tak se oběd za půl hodiny stíhá dost blbě, zejména ve městech.
Dnes to bylo zajímavé a i vtipné(moc se mi líbilo téma o psech),ale trošku nesouhlasím,že s debetními kartami nemají Češi tolik dluhů.Nadělají se ty dluhy jinak.Myslím,že nejsme příliš finančně gramotní,soudě podle počtu exekucí.Těším se na další video a přeji všem hezké léto.
Rozdíl je spíše to, že v USA pořádně nedostaneš větší půjčku, pokud jsi se dříve už nezadlužil přes kreditku a nemáš dobrý kredit score. U nás se hodnotí při půjčkách všechno možné a to jestli dříve člověk splácel půjčky, nebo ne, je jen jedním s faktorů. Pokud měl člověk dříve kreditku a splácel dobře, tak to asi pomůže, ale není to rozhodující faktor.
No jako úplné peklo mi v USA přijdou studentské půjčky - to je v podstatě hypotéka na krku, ještě než začneš vůbec vydělávat - takhle "daleko" tu naštěstí ještě nejsme... Věřil bych, že jsou tam opravdu lidé zvyklí žít na dluh ještě mnohem víc než u nás (byť i u nás se najdou jedinci, co si prostě "musí" půjčit na dovolenou all inclusive nebo nesmyslnou horu vánočních dárků).
@@strixcz Myslím, že studenská půjčka v U.S.A. jsou jediný dluh (kromě těch na daních/pokutách) co přečkají dokonce i osobní bankrot. I think student loan in the U.S.A. the only debt (except debts based on taxes/penalties) that survives even personal bankruptcy.
Nowadays, some gas stations in the Czech Republic allow to pay directly at a stand using a QR code and a mobile app provided by the company the station belongs to. Also, I think that the problem of taking off without paying at the gas station in the US might not be so big as gas stations in the Czech Republic tend to have surveillance cameras (and there's no reason to believe the US stations don't) so the police can track you down by your car's license plate. Unless you actually don't own the car as the cops will contact the car's registered owner. It's also one of the reasons sellers make sure to transfer the ownership to buyers by themselves when selling used cars. Buyers can do the transfer but it's not wise to allow that from the seller's perspective.
Hodinový oběd? Pokud pracuješ v kanceláři, možná. Pokud pracuješ třeba v supermarketu, tak jsi ráda za 30 minut pauzy. A hlavně i za to, že si můžeš skočit na záchod. Ve výrobě to bude podobné, i když spousta podniků nabízí zaměstnancům tzv. závodní stravování. :-)
Jo, nadnárodní korporace a fabriky se s tím bohužel nemažou - pro ty je člověk jen kolečko ve stroji - jeden z důvodů, proč bych podobnou práci nikdy nedělal (čímž se nevysmívám lidem, kteří se dostali do situace, kdy nemají jinou možnost - sám jsem si tím krátce prošel).
Pracuju ve státní správě a taky máme na oběh jen půl hodiny pauzu. Upřímně jsem zatím neslyšela ani nikde v nabídkce práce neviděla, že by někdo dával na oběd hodinu. Ale bylo by to fajn, ne že ne. :D
@@yonade6913 Do inzerátů se to asi běžně nepíše - je to spíš (na mnoha místech) běžně tolerovaná praxe než oficiální benefit, na který by zaměstnavatelé lákali už při náboru ;)
@@jirilisy8164 Mám to štěstí pracovat ve firmě, kde si ji naddělávat nemusím (ale taky je pravda, že hodinovou pauzu si nedělám pravidelně - někdy se vejdu i do té oficiální půlhodiny) - důležité je, aby to nebylo vyloženě na úkor zanedbaných pracovních povinností - když je udělaná práce, kterou je třeba stihnout, tak s tím u nás vedení nemá problém (a to někteří kolegové přetahují i déle).
Czech people are incredibly family orientated … I absolutely LOVE this Child have sleep overs parties or they visit to play board games together , like Dungeon and Dragons where their characters they’ve created go on adventures together using cards and dices There are plenty family venues and events for the whole family to enjoy … My kids go to fun fair events especially for Children only, to sell the things they’ve made with their own hands… This is extra pocket money … as appose to being glued to the phone or TV. They all Love it.. In most cases you don’t just have your kids you become part of a Bigger family …
I used to work for one company from USA and when I asked my boss to take three weeks of vacation because want to visit a country in Asia, answer was no. Reason? If we can miss you for three weeks in a row, we can miss you at all and you won't work here any more. I was one of many workers there with no special position or responsibility. Thanks to that I got big motivation. Motivation to change my job.
…and then, was he missing you❓
@@sendittomik No, but it doesn't matter. If they had too many workers, they could fire us from other reasons. This is about we have to take four weeks. And I would understand they wont give it to me because other people would be away too in that time so in office would be only few people. But this was just about be away two or more weeks. That is all.
loosen up a little ...
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This is quite typical... i am willing to say even stereotypical behaviour in US. I wonder why you didn't knew before.
Only way how to have long vacation is either gave own business, quit the job or much shorter often unpayed vacation.
As a Norwegian that sounds like something a slave owner could say to a slave. I think it might be remains of those old days in the American mentality
Once I've heard an American told a Czech that we're complaining when it's hot and even when it's cold. The American asked what we actually want. The Czech answered: "To complain." 😂😂
Yes this is how it is here.
@@ondrejcejka5705 Tak zrovna u té teploty je to pochopitelné, jelikož žijeme v místě s velkými teplotními výkyvy - v létě vedro, v zimě mráz.
Kdybychom například žili někde, kde je celoročně teplota víceméně stejná, bylo by to jiné.
I když narozdíl od tebe chápu, že to, co Marty napsal, bylo myšleno jako vtip 🤣
Sounds about right XD
Marty I take anything between 25-35°C (298,15-308,15°K) as ideal temperature here in Czechia.
@@deliq9607 I wear just t-shirt and shorts the whole year here in Czech Republic. I like hot and cold. 😁
Did you know? Funny fact about Czech dogs
In the United States, dogs trained in the Czech Republic are highly popular with law enforcement, who use the dogs from everything to tracking suspects to catching smugglers.
The U.S. officers even have to learn some Czech terms like K noze (Heel),Sedni (Sit) or Štěkej (bark)
Really? That's a pretty interesting tidbit!
Yes, Czech dogs are breed for USA president security also,usually Malinois and German shepherds
@@irena4545 Yep, one of the reasons is the fact that the dog is trained to react to commands in czech, so it will listen to the police dog handler and noone else
I live in Vancouver Canada and yes it’s the same here . Seems like we ( Czechs) are excellent in dog training. It might be because North Americans perceive dogs mainly as pets and tend to be too soft ( understandable) particularly when they are still cute puppies 🐶 that really need good training.😊
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I'm Czech and I've got 6 weeks of paid vacation and cannot imagine my life without it anymore. And what's even worse..... I think it's still not enough for a good work-life balanced life :D. Crazy!
Yeah. Wage slavery gets to you at some point I guess. Sucks having to work 8.5h / 5 days a week just because if you didn’t you would be at risk of dying of poverty… what a world we live in
Zcela chápu 🤣 já taky ne!
@@v.ra. Před týdnem mi přiklepli 3 měsíční dovolenou. Sice neplacenou, ale po návratu místo na mně čeká. Ale ano, peníze nejsou všechno.
I like that when you come to a pub and order a beer, the waiter will bring you another one without you having to ask him for it. You don't ask for another beer, you only tell him when you don't want another one anymore. Although this is more of a small-town or village thing, not something you'd see in Prague easily.
That sounds great
My father once (accidentally) drove away from a gas station without paying, with my car no less (yay!). Well, about an hour later he received a call from the police (who tracked down him instead of me, wow). The station staff has a good track of the license plates of such cars and their drivers and immediately notify the cops if you drive away. It's not even punishable if you admit it was an accident and resolve the issue immediately.
To se stává. Bráchovi se to stalo několikrát a mně jednou taky, ale byla to benzina u nás na vesnici, takže mi nevovala policie, ale prodavačka, která mě zná...
Jste úžasná. Vaše videa mě moc baví, je z nich znát, že cítíte úctu k ČR, zemi, ve které žijete, a nahlížíte zpětně s despektem na věci americké, pro nás často nepochopitelné, ovšem tak, aniž byste ztratila úctu ke své rodné zemi, takže nám vše umíte i krásně vysvětlit, proč to u vás je tak a u nás jinak. Hned bych se stala vaší studentkou angličtiny... A děkuji za vaše videa.😊
V ČR jsou už platby předem na pumpě také. Ale jinak než v USA. Jsou samoobslužné a nemusím předem vědět, kolik budu tankovat. Zvolím částku (např. 2000 CZK), automat ověří, jestli je částka dostupná a zablokuje ji. Natankuju, kolik chci (řekněme za 1485 Kč) a z karty se strhne přesně tato částka, zbytek se odblokuje. Pokud se snažím natankovat víc, než jsem zvolil na začátku, tak tankuju jen do zablokované částky a víc ani kapku, pumpa se sama vypne. Využívám tohle velmi rád, protože to málokdo zná a jsou tam malé fronty (např. Makro v Praze na Černém Mostě - dlouhá fronta u stojanů, kde se platí po tankování u okénka a prázdno u tří stojanů s automatem).
Na tohle jsem přišla u Globusu, příjemná služba!
Takhle to funguje na většině pump v USA a Kanadě. Buď se to za těch 10 let co je Jen v ČR změnilo nebo mluvila spíše o platbě v hotovosti. A hotovost se asi v USA používá více protože jsem viděl spoustu benzínek které měly levnější benzín při platbě v hotovosti.
Co si pamatuji od Globusu, tak se tam ani žádný limit dávat nemusel. Prostě se načetla karta a šlo se tankovat.
Je to fajn. Vím, že chci obětovat 500 a pumpa si to ohlídá.
Je to praktické, myslím, že se to rychle chytne.
Jen varování, tyhle samoobslužné čtečky karet na pumpách jsou alespoň v Americe jedním z nejčastějších míst pro krádež karty.
Na rozdíl třeba od bankomatu bývá relativně snadné umístit skimmer dovnitř pumpy, kde ho zákazník běžnou kontrolou nezjistí, a kde zachytává údaje karty přímo z terminálu.
Co s tím můžete jako zákazník dělat? Zásadně na takových místech platit bezkontaktně, je to bezpečnější, neposílají se přímo údaje karty, ale jednorázové kódy. Rozhodně tam nikdy neplaťte magnetickým páskem. Pokud to jde, používejte pumpy blíž k obsluze, nejčastějším terčem jsou ty vzdálenější, protože poskytují lepší šanci umístit skimmer nepozorovaně.
U nás se to asi zatím moc neděje, ale jestli se takové pumpy rozšíří, rozšíří se i jejich zneužívání.
Its just so funny how you can perfectly describe the Czechs. The strategic window opening, sitting on cold floors and so on is so true. I cant tell you how many times i argued with my husband about not giving icy water to our child or not letting her outside when shes sick😀
We also like to pick mushrooms or berries in the woods and cook them home. Kids from young age commute by public transport to school or afternoon sports and club activities. Those that do so are much more mature, independent. Some kids cook their lunch while parents are at work, walk the dog. Czechs are mad about cycling, skiing, hiking and ballroom dancing. These are a must know, otherwise you miss lots of fun with your friends.
Cycling should be taught better tho.we have terrible cycling habits. Whenever I see a person taking the bike lane instead of slowing down the traffic, I almost want to applaud them. And when I see a bike on the road with a bike lane beside it, I get mad. When I don't see a nearby bike lane, it still pisses me off but thats on me and I let it slide.
But cyclists do a lot of unpredictable shit and that makes them a hazzard on road. We should educate both drivers and cyclists so that it can work like germany or netherlands. Its a great mode of transportation, but the behaviour is awful most of the time
when i was about 7 we were visiting my american aunt in colorado, and when we went on a hike i saw some blueberries and started eating them, my aunt got soooo mad at me and was shocked that i would do such a dangerous thing, i was shocked that my aunt didnt recognize blueberries 😂 americans are very afraid of anything in nature because they just have no knowledge about it, i was told about the one poisonus plant that grows in the cz and you can mix up with blueberries at every school trip since kindergarden, there is already an expectation that kids will eat berries so we are taught to do it safely, americans are just tought fear of berries (abstinence 😂)
@@pyjnda americans don’t have attachments to nature at all. They buy everything from supermarkets. Once I went to pick some herbs for teas and they were looking at me like I am a crazy person😝
@@honzasenbauer612 Best long term solution for "bad cyclists" is just to build better infrustructure for them, not just painted lanes on side of big roads. With proper infrastructure (divided from main traffic flow) more people cycle, they don´t interfere much with motoring traffic and due to more people cycling, you have less people in cars, which is a win for those who have to drive.
Great channel for comparisons is Not Just Bikes. Questions like "do people cycle in Switzerland to work, or only in flat countries?" and "why canadians cannot cycle in winter, but finnish people can?", "what are costs of cycling infrastructure upkeep vs. widening roads costs" etc. Interesting topic with lots of data background.
@@siriusczech I know about Not Just Bikes, great chanel.
Yea I wish for better infrastructure, but we already have a pretty decent one. People just don't use it.
příště bych chtěl zase díl, jestli se něco najde:
"OHROMNÉ AMERICKÉ ZVYKY, KTERÉ BY V ČESKU NIKDY NEFUNGOVALY"
Super nápad. Na to bych se rád kouknul.
Neustále se vás někdo ptá , jak se mate ? Zdravím z Vancouveru 👋😉
@@miladabravenec14 Ve skutečnosti to tazatele vůbec nezajímá...
@@MartinProavis otázkou je, proč se ptá 😊
Tak třeba Halloween. Většina lidí by se bála, jestli se jejich děti vůbec vrátí.
The American way of (not) getting/taking holidays is a cultural thing that has almost nothing to do with real work ethics and efficiency. In Germany, the system is very similar to the Czech Republic, yet I can confirm that most Germans are much more productive and effective at their jobs than Americans. Same with lunch breaks. Going to a caffeteria or restaurant with your colleagues is a big part of the company culture. But let's not forget that usually that doesn't count as a working time, so if you work, for example, 8 hours, it basically means that you'll spend at least 8.5 hours at work. Also, one hour lunch is a rather white collar thing, most blue collar workers would have a 30 minute lunch break.
Germany and Austria have culture of separation of life and work. My collegues from those countries are dilligent and do all the necessary work during working hours. However they do not take kindly to any “emergency call” or email at 8PM to be responded immediately - with a few exceptions of true emergencies couple times a year let’s say.
Sadly in Czechia there are many branches of US companies which also bring their office culture. Managers there do petty stuff like watching when people leave and if you go 9 to 5:30 (or 8 to 4:30) you will be deemed as unmotivated. So you may as well take more and longer breaks and leave at 6:30 looking as hard worker who does “overtime”. The same goes for other “traps” like table tennis or video game room - nice idea, but if you use those amenities all you do is develop a reputation of slacker unless you do the overtime.
Overall I prefer the German way of work/life balance for sure.
Note Jen's underlaying (conscious or not) notes: "your boss would think you are lazy". E.g. it doesn't matter how you feel... it does matter how world around you feels. Basically it doesn't really matter how much work you do... as long as people around you think you are extremely busy and hard working.
@@j.vdubois5074 Exactly. Or let's say, the original European way :)
@@PetrSojnek That's exactly my feeling :)
Souhlasím. Žiji v Bavorsku a máme dvě přestávky. Svačinu 15 v 8 hodin minut a obědovou 30 minut v 11.30 Samo se ten čas nepočítá do pracovní doby, ale začínáme v 6 ráno a tak já vlastně v 8 snídám v práci. Pivo se v Bavorsku nebere jako alkohol. Koupí si ho legálně už šestnáctiletí. Na odpolední jsme si k večeři občas dali nebo aspoň Radler. Navíc je tu povolen zbytkáč 0.5 promile. Ale běda jak zaviníte nehodu. Dovolené máme 30 pracovních dní z toho 15 jde na celozávodku v srpnu kvůli letním prázdninám. 7-10 na vánoční dovču a zbytek, když potřebujeme během roku. Dělat bez dovolené to už bych byla v 55. v rakvi. Jenny zapomněla na zdravotní a soc. pojištění, které je tu stejně jako v ČR povinné. My máme 6 týdnů 100% a pak 70% od zdravotní pojištovny. Amíci jsou tak konzumní společnost až z toho jde hrůza. Asi jim ještě nikdo neřekl, že žádný rubáš nemá kapsy.
One other thing comes to mind: the typical combination you see in villages of sports ground + playground + pub. It's awesome
for a safety reason at least one pub on each side of the main street...so no need to cross it drunk in heavy traffic :D
You're the only expat, I know about, who can really find and compare those small nuances ... good work.
I absolutely loved all the dogs I saw everywhere in Czech. From the big city of Prague to the smaller towns. They were everywhere! It was awesome! And they were all so well behaved! But after dating a Czech girl for a couple years, I understand why 😂
Not only dogs are to be tamed in Czechlands...right? ;)
@@toruvalejo6152That's a fact! 😂
😂😂😂
Sure ! Even the boyfriend or husband needs to be disciplined 😉
I see it differently - living in Prague and not being a dog person it is difficult having to constantly avoid dog droppings on the sidewalk (especially if you have kids). Also, I have been a witness to two dog attacks in a restaurant (one was my colleague, one was my daughter, who ended up in the quarantine bc of the danger of rabies).
Správný čech pracuje jen do výše svého platu a funkce. Hlavní je pohoda, klídek, dlouhá dovolená a tož kurňa zítra je taky den.
Moje slova
Myslím, že by to takhle mělo být, ale co mám zkušenost ze zahraničí hlavně Kanada a Nový Zéland, tak češi jsou jedni z nejpracovitějších a nejobětavejsich pro svou práci narozdíl od místních. Tak mi tak někdy přijde že češi pracují daleko víc než je výše jejich platu
@@veronikakovacova15 Jo, ale je rozdil mezi Cechem, ktery zustane a pracuje v Cechach a mezi Cechem, ktery odjede do zahranici a pracuje tam. To jsou dva uplne rozdilne zivocisne druhy, které nemuzete srovnavat.
Having one hour lunch time with Pilsner beer isn't really usual... I would say that only the very minority of Czechs does it, others have strict 30 min break according to czech Labour code. And then you have time to eat only on your workplace or canteen, no pub usually. :D
And what more - according to czech labour code you cannot be drunk on your workplace and during your worktime. :D
Depends on the job - where I work you can do either. We just have to alternate the timings so that there are enough people at the workplace at the same time.
Having one beer with your lunch and being drunk are two very, very different things.
@@luciejirakova1930 disagree in labour matter - there is zero tolerance :)
Jinými slovy, nesmíte takzvaně nadýchat, a to ani trošku, zkrátka žádný alkohol v krvi, nemusí být mimo. :)
Well,for example I mustn't drink alcohol nor have any in my blood stream during the working hours. But I can take as much time for a lunch as I want.
Teda doufam, ze tech, co maji striktnich 30 minut na obed, je mensina.
So this is how the credit thing works in the USA, learning something new every day 😁 thanks for this cool and funny video ❤️
As a Czech living in US (Texas), can't more than agree 😅 I miss my country! And especially miss european walking/use public transportation to get somewhere. I live in Austin, capital of TX and I cant walk to grocery, post office, etc., I literally need to drive everywhere because there isn't any other way = no sidewalks existing 🤦🏻♀️
you can go home anytime then. No one is keeping you here.
It is incredibly sad. Very sad. And weird.
Tohle mne taky rozčilovalo v Houstonu.
Move to another city in another state. The US is far bigger than the state of Texas. Or stay where you're at and deal with it.
Great video. The one thing that I think the CZ does well (and most of Europe) is the availability and use of public transportation. The buses and trains are amazing, dependable, clean and always on time. I just don't see too many Americans getting on buses or trains to get around. Thoughts?
Public transportation is dismal in US. So are the airports. Just returning from Europe, and entering an airport in America is a depressing experience.
In Chicago, they have an elevated trains.
From what I understand public transport being private (as is almost everything in US) was pretty much bombed by car companies. I one of well known conspiracies the US car companies bought public transport companies in some cities (San Francisco is one of those if I'm not mistaken) and gradually removed lines from operation replacing them with roads.
The US never recovered from car centric thinking also because it fits with their ethos of private ownership and personal freedom above everything else.
Public transportation can never work in US the way it works in Czech due to distances. It's huge and everyone goes somewhere else. However, in USA cities, public transportation works very well (NY, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, just to name a few).
@@katerinadehning1685 There are really just a very few examples of a well functioning public city transport systems. The safety, cleanliness, and the condition these systems is poor.
Moc dekuji za video. Jsi krasna, bezvadna zena. Drzim Ti palce
Velmi zábavné a poučné video a mohu potvrdit že většina z toho jsou pravdivá fakta i když to pivo při práci si mohou dát maximálně na stavbě 😃😎✌️Ahoj a pozdravuji z Prahy
Many similar things with Croatia 😊 my mom most of the time takes 3 weeks vacation in summer, and leaves one week for Christmas
The "paying for gas" thing surprises me. I've traveled throughout the US and the only time I've seen where you need to pay beforehand is if you're using cash, and even then it's not required every where. Otherwise, you use the credit card reader at the pump (if there is one) or you pump the gas then go in and pay.
Existuje způsob, jak udělat klimatizaci u amerických domovů efektivnější. U nás se hojně zatepluje, většinou z důvodu uspoření za vytápění, ale efekt to má i opačně. Pokud barák zateplím, zamezím výměně tepla mezi domem a okolím, tím pádem v létě udržím studený vzduch v domově (a A/C nemusí jet na plno celý den, ale jen v poledne) a v zimě udržím teplo uvnitř...
Mrkni na to video jeste jednou ... prakticky vsechny domy jsou kupovany na uver, zatepleni = znasobeni ceny = znasobeni splatek, a na to proste mit nebudou. Ty papiraky se tam totiz stavi predevsim proto, ze to je proste levne. U nas to zas tak levne neni prave proto, ze to tu izolaci mit musi - a tim musi myslim ze zakona, mas narizeny nejaky minimalni izolacni parametry.
@@xbnlf pravda pravda, tohle mi uniklo. Děkuji
bydlel jsem pár let v novostavbě v Česku a v létě nedýchatelno, co potom nějaké vaření, pečení..na zdechnutí. Potom starý dobrý panelák, nebo cihloák, udržuje přirozený chládek bez nutnosti A/C. Ale taky my tady nemáme 42° jak třeba někde v Californii..
@@iannickCZ Californie je přímořskej stát. 42°C v tamním vzduchu bude stejnejch jako 35°C u nás. Teda pocitově. Těch pár stupňů je hodně velkej rozdíl a to hlavně kvůli vlhkosti.
Ano, jak píšou i ostatní... jiné teploty v létě, jiné typy staveb... Jako jo, ale! Copak amíci měli vždycky k dispozic klimatizaci? Asi museli nějak přežívat i předtím, než klimatizaci vynalezli ne? Asi bych se zamyslela nad tím...
Ale je možný, že se změnil právě styl baráků, které staví dnes a v minulosti a právě z těch finančních důvodů už by to nešlo snadno vrátit... Nevífm, spekuluju.... Ale je to fakt na hlavu, děsně neekologický...
WHAAAAAAT?!?!
You should have mentioned the dog thing in your “why you should move to Czechia” video - I would have been sold weeks ago!!!!! 😂🤣😂
I’m already learning the language just to visit, but I think I might have to move there now! 😍😍😍
P.S. - My boss is cool & lets me bring my dogs to work, but only because we are a small office that doesn’t get a lot of visitors. I live in Florida ☺️
I would disagree that the "AC makes you sick" is just a myth, its the temperature difference that gets me every time Im in country with widely available AC where interior of every shop, house or car is set to mimic Artic winter and open door or window feels like run into brick wall of warm summer air.
Just returned from hols in Spain and there we slept with AC on every night and after 2nd night I woke every morning with sore throat. And it took mere 2 days of being back in UK for my throat to feel like its normal self again( at least till flu season starts).
That is probably beause people are not used to it. We have an opposite problem here than americans do. We tend to have our homes heated to much. That high temperature is not great for immune system. And then you hit it with cold temperature and you catch a bug easily. Ever since I lowered winter temperature at home to 17°C ... I never get colds, not from low temperatures outside, not from AC....
Ok Jiri, I believe you. And sometimes even Honza claims that our fan gave him a sore throat at night.
104,000 Europeans died of heat exhaustion in 2018. In the USA it's about 100 people a year. AC FTW
@@jasonhamilton8562 even if its true it doesn't prove AC can't cause illness. Drugs are saving lives yet many ppl die from overdose every year. Just cos something is useful and beneficial in one situation doesn't mean it can't cause harm in others or when overused.
@@JanHurych But that is just what he was talking about - the temperature differences...
Moc děkuji za každé nové video tohoto typu, strašně moc si užívám Tvůj přístup s nadhledem, který si jako Češka vlastně vůbec neuvědomuju 😅🤣
9:38 Credit score is a number from 300 to 850.
Why that doesn't surprise me at all. Americans really don't like using 0-100 scales, do they? :D
17-55 Mars bars?
:D They just hate metric systems, even tho it makes everything way easier.
Americans can count higher than 100.
@NefruSimons We use the metric system alongside the Imperial system here in the US. You've been taught otherwise through ignorance. The only thing we don't use metric for is human body measurements and distances while traveling. Miles are superior to kilometers. Canada uses kilometers yet they are duped into driving slower than Americans because the higher number of kilometers per hour gives them the false illusion they are traveling at a decent speed when in reality they are just putting along like a 90 year old grandma.
I'm a Canadian born Czech. Great video, and nice job pronouncing your Ř :D One big contrast is perception and usage of public transit... Also the quality of the public transit!
As a Czech a can confirm. This is soooo accurate :D (except the thing about drinking a beer in the middle of a work day - 90% of employers would not tolerate any level of alcohol during the work). Also AC can make you sick indeed. There is an explanation for that. It has something to do with drying out your nasal cavities making it more prone to catching a virus. And that’s the reason I always get a cold and sometimes even sinusitis when summer starts and I use too much AC… thank you for this! 🇨🇿♥️🇺🇸
Where did you get the "ANY level" and "90% of employers"?? It entirely depends on the profession. Bus driver, hell yes they care. Journalist? Nobody cares.
@@paveladamek3502 with the exception of construction workers (and freelancers) I have never heard of people drinking at work.
the only thing about an AC that makes you sick is a dirty filter...just clean it once in a while
pump station payment .... here in czech I always pay by application. I fill tank (full), scan q-code by mobile and pay by fingerprint. I love it!
Minimální dovolená ze zákona je 4 týdny (pedagogická zaměstnání 8 týdnů), ty je povinen zaměstnavatel poskytnout, ale i zaměstnanec je povinen do zákonem stanovené doby na ni nastoupit, jinak i on může být sankcionován. Ještě jsem nebyl v zaměstnání kde bych neměl alespoň 5 týdnů dovolené.
To je pro Američana neuvěřitelné.
Bohužel ještě existují výjimky se čtyřmi týdny. V jedné takové firmě pracuju
@@DreamPrague I pro Čecha pracujícího pro automotive firmu. Pauza na oběd je 30 minut a alkohol je nepřípustný. A dovolená 4 týdny v kuse? To je pohádka nebo mýtus. Neomezený přístup psů všude - Praha je v tomto ohledu liberálnější než jiná města.
@@DreamPrague A kdyz v té době člověk onemocní, tak se to automaticky do dovolené nepočítá. Jen bych to nerozhlašoval v USA nebo se uprchlická krize prohloubí 😂
@@janresl1664 Ale celkem máš vetšinou 5 týdnů a pokud nejsi na údržbě tak celozavodka bývá 14 denní. Většinou ti dva až tři týdny v kuse daj.
We’re in the process of acquiring Czech citizenship and we live in California. I agree with almost all of your points. But I guess you haven’t been back in a while. Dogs are everywhere!! Even in grocery stores. You can’t go into Starbucks and not trip on everyone’s dogs. My kids happen to be terrified of dogs and it’s getting harder and harder to take them anywhere.
Já vážně neznám nikoho, kdo by pil pivo o obědové pauze. To je divné.
Dřív to dělali, cšichni si davali k obědu jedno pivo. Dneska už se bojí.
tiez nepoznam nikoho kto si da iba jedno, byvaju to dve a viac :)
6:48 bcs it does!!! Especially if you’re really close to it and it’s blasting the cold air at you constantly. But we’re usually talking about getting a regular, slight cold
Pretty much all of USA is South of Czech Republic so I definitely don't blame Americans for using AC. It's pretty common at the South of Europe as well. And when I spend my summer vacation at such places like in Italy, I'm pretty happy if the AC is available because opening doors and windows won't quite cut it there.
Although the south-ness of the USA isn't _quite_ comparable to Europe, because Europe gets the Gulf Stream.
I'd say the bigger difference may be that most of Europe has a mild, relatively ocean-influenced climate without big temperature differences, whereas a lot of the USA has continental climate with greater extremes.
@@beth12svist Golf Stream makes difference of between 10-15 latitudial degrees. 40 deg north in US (NY) is roughly comparable to 50-55 deg north in Europe.
AC is a must for certain states . Go to Vegas in August and try to survive
I 100% agree with this video. Truly not missing eating my lunch at the desk while still answering emails...
Hello, fun video :-).
We absolutely regulate the temperature in our home during summer by opening our windows from evening to morning and keeping them shut during the day :-D
I will add my two cents to the corrections though.
It is common to see someone having A beer with their lunch during the week and no one will judge them. It also probably means that either they're not working that day or their employer doesn't mind/take notice as long as they don't show up tipsy/drunk and they absolutely won't be driving (legaly) or it's non-alcoholic :-).
Lunch time isn't paid and tends to be 30 minutes in most occupations (and it will most likely be beerless :-) ).
I have not noticed dogs being as universally allowed inside or well behaved as you've described.
I married into a family of czec and polish I learned the language and learned all the cooking czech and polish food anyone can do .I did it to keep it in the family. Prauge is beautifull .
You should definitely mention our Czech maternity/parental leave! US 12 non/paid weeks (honestly, I dont know how American women can make it?!) versus Czech 80%of salary (incl.bonuses) for first 8months and then budget 300.000K for parental leave, depends how many months you decide to stay on parental leave, it is up to age of 4.
First 6 months 60% salary and then 10000czk/month till 3rd child's birthday. It's not too much for living. And almost impossible to get nursery for kids under 3 years old. There is almost no choice, if you don't have grandparents, they look after kids for free.
@@veronikakocianova5225 but you can always get back to work sooner than after 3yrs. Plus lot of my friends-mums in CZ work partialy from home during maternity/parental leave. Can you imagine returning to work after 12 (usually non paid) weeks of maternity leave like in US? Plus you have to pay insurance for kids in US. Kindregardens are not for free like in CZ (of course you pay for meals. Unless you find some private one). Lot of women in US rather ask their mums to retire and pay them some money (my hair stylist pays her mum $4,5k/month) to babysit their kid/s because its still cheeaper than day car/kindergarden.
@@lennachal I was sooner in work during every maternity leave. But there is almost no nurseries for kids under 2,5 year. And when you find such type of nursery, it''s not affordable for most of moms with part time job. I can't work from home, i'm cardiologist. I'm working nights and weekends. In the morning go home and look after my 3 kids. Most of jobs is impossible to do from home.
@@lennachal Kindergartem is not free in CZ, but is affordable. And only for kids older than 3 years old, no younger. And they are full, sometimes are place only for kids 5 years old, last year of education in kindergaten is mandatory.
@@veronikakocianova5225 I know kindergarden for 2yrs old kids 🤷🏻♀️ and you pay just for a food there. Anyway, I just wanted to say that maternity/parental leave/regular paid vacation in CZ is a luxury compared to US
Just to inform you, its not that people dont steal here, its that we actually try thinking about stealing, like if you are going to drive off without paying, they still have the description of your car and your number, so it just doesnt make sense, on the other hand if you leave your tv in your garden, you will lose it
I’m sure you can eventually post another video with even more cultural differences between Czechs and Americans. I feel that one interesting tidbit that is often overlooked is the practice of going to swimming pools. Americans pay to go to swimming pools to actually swim. Czechs pay to go to swimming pools to NOT swim. Especially during the warm months, it is extremely common to see the grass area around swimming pools crowded with people lying down. And that’s all they do, they just lie down! Out of every 10 visitors to a swimming pool in CZ, only 1 is actually swimming 😹
Má nádherný zuby.Vybělený.
Ve fabrikách je pouze půl hodiny na oběd a neexistuje požívat alkoholické nápoje v průběhu pracovní doby. Někde se ani nesmí o přestávkách kouřit. Nejlepší variantou směnného provozu jsou 12ti hodinové šichty (dvě půlhodinové pauzy) - spousta osobního volna mezi nimi. Obvykle po odpracování tří směn máte tři dny osobního volna, které někdy vychází v pracovním týdnu a někdy o víkendech. O státních svátcích dostaneš příplatek 100 % k šichtě. Vyplatí se to.
Zvířata do fabriky nesmí.
Doplním ještě že zaměstnavatel má povinnost ze zákona kmenovému zaměstnanci hradit sociální a zdravotní pojištění. U tuzemských personálních agentur platí to samé. U těch zahraničních je to různé.
A doplním poslední věc. manuální práci vykonávají mnohdy lidé se středoškolským a vyšším vzděláním. Důvod je jednoduchý. Vedoucích pozic je málo a ne každý má lidsky na vyšší pozici. Spousta lidí nemá vlohy k podnikání.
Zajímalo by mě jak to funguje v v USA ve fabrikách.
To by mě taky zajímalo ty fabriky.
Dělám ve fabrice vedoucího a normálně si tam lidi vodí psy, kouří, kdy chtějí a v kanclu rozléváme panáky :D Přestávku máme 15 minut ráno a 30 minut v poledne. Ale lze odejít do města tak nějak kdykoli a hodiny si nadělat.
@@Mashiro147 Mám vyzkoušeno odjinud a toto mi nevyhovuje. Každé zaměstnání má své pro i proti. Mám rád čistou hlavu. :D
Tak jasně, že se asi myslí "pivo v restauraci" během volnějších pauz, kde si i posedíte. Spousta profesí, které nejsou extra hierarchizované, to tak má.
@@Mashiro147 Tak až se bude v naší fabrice propouštět, jdu k vám pracovat. Ne kvůli alkoholu, kouření, nebo psům. Ale kvůli přestávce na WC. Můj manžel by rozhodně přestávku na svačinu ocenil. Ikdyž je dáno ze zákona přestávka na jídlo. On i ostatní prostě přestávku nemají. A zkuste si stěžovat. Už nikde na Severní Moravě práci neseženete. Ale myslím si, že kecáte. To co píšete, dlouhé přestávky, kouření a alkohol na pracovišti bylo do roku 1989.
Hi Jen
Thanks for Your UA-cam Channel.Iam Czech man Iive in Manchester for 17 Years.For Me Is intersting observing What people do here everyday day.Life in abroad is funny.One thing what is special fór Czech folks is when finish drink from plastic bottle they crash thé bottle before put it to bin.Saving Space.Never seen do something like this here.
Jen, you're just awesome lady, I love your open and friendly attitude :)
I know it was about the sponsor, but I agree that for learning any language it is highly important to converse in it. And I would even widen it to just using it in real situations. I was learning English for many years during my young-hood and it was ... well, I used to be among the best but still... when in real situation, it was still quite stressful and tough. Then, when I was 33, I started to date a guy from different country, who studied in UK for years. And we communicated only in English. We spent nearly 5 years together. During that time my skills in English literally sky-rocketed :D ... Well, now I work for 14 years in international company where most of my colleagues are foreigners, and that's another step, where it went even better.... You can "study" from books and in classes for years but... till you really practice your plain "knowledge" you move just nowhere :D
Personal note.... I believe that grammar is not that important. I noticed (and not only I did) that my English grammar (as of a Czech native person) is often better than that one of native English speakers... Well, if they are not teachers of course :) ... I believe that what matters the most are rather the idioms, the way of thinking in the language, the way of expressing things,...
Anyway... Thanks for the 6 awesome Czech "habits" :) ... I would like to hear similarly about some American things/habits which would probably never work here :)
PS: Btw, Czechs should NOT drink alcohol during the lunch break either :D
Enjoy your Czech summer here with us, girl! You rock! :D ❤️
Hello dear Jen and Honza and the Channel's Publikum! Thank you for the knowledges! Greetings from Central Asia.
I lived in Ostrava and Zlin and never heard of AC until I moved to Canada. But, living in the Great Lakes region, you better believe that we need AC here in the Summer!
Agreed, Czech here, had to learn how to use the AC while living in Ontario for 10 weeks in summer some years ago. Before going there if someone said Canada, I imagined endless mountains and trees, grizzly bears, lakes etc. Well, we had stayed in St. Catharines area between the two lakes (Erie and Ontario) and the heat was really immense (+ hot and humid).
@@goodstoryloverJa jsem z Britské Columbie , konkrétně z Vancouveru a musím říct , že za AC jsem vděčná , jak v obchodech , tak doma ,speciálně vloni. The temperatures were brutal 😒
@@miladabravenec14 S tím soucítím, já jsem tehdy byla dost zaskočená. Pořád jsme se jezdili dívat na Niagaru, abychom se zchladili :o)
@@goodstorylover I live in St. Catharines right now since 1981. I remember being so disappointed when I got here. Where are the mountains? Where is the culture? Where is the good food that I'm used to?
@@gr84all you’ll find all of those things in Canada, particularly in British Columbia. We have it all. The ocean, the mountains, beautiful rivers and lakes and excellent food including fresh seafood 🦞
Very nice and to the point! I would also mention free tuition. Our most prestigious universities are for free. You just have to pass a test to get there. Czech people also cook at home much more.
Thank you for this video. I as a Czech was always dreaming about USA, it was popularized in our, or all European countries as one of the best places to live in. As time flows, I graduated from high school and learn about various things, I am learning to appreciate my homeland more more, and I actually find it to be the best country for living. We are only very good at criticizing everything and know the best.
hi sir.. can i know your facebook? thank you
Hi Jennifer,
Sir_Mac here, as always!
5) I suggest you to go shopping to Globus at Zličín, and near the mall, there is Globus gas station, 75% of the gas stands are "human operated", so you do everything you need to do on your own! :)
1) The dog thing - What about service dogs in the US? Dogs for blind people, dogs, who indicate any imminent health issue to the owner? They are also ommited from the public space, restaurants, work, etc.?
You can't simply drive off, gas stations here in ČR have camera systems constantly scanning your license plate. You'll get fined soon, if you drive off without paying.
All the stations where I live are pay first or pay at the pump. I used to work at a convenience store with gas pumps, and yes, lots of people drive away without paying.
I feel like not being Czech myself when hearing some of the stuff here.
1. A/C is mostly used in working areas, especially in industrial plants where machinery creates additional heat. In private, we mostly don't use A/C historically, not for cooling, neither for heating, for several reasons, none to be "not so hot weather".
1. Our buildings and houses are made solid, lately with very strong insulation, thus you save warmth inside better, and protect from it from the outside.
2. We accept less "comfort". We don't need 18*C inside when 30 outside. The same way we don't need 24*C inside when minus 15 outside. We are being explained that dramatic temperature changes are not good for your health.
3. We traditionally don't use A/C for heating.
2. Dogs
Sure you don't normally take your dog inside magazines or restaurants. They are tolerated in outside places and inside only in special "dog-friendly" premises.
But yes, we, as nation, live in very intensive relationship with dogs. In towns people have them mostly as companions, in family houses it is a protection thing. You don't put cameras around, you don't owe a gun. You have a dog instead.
3. Beer
While Czechs are indeed incredible beer drinkers, they don't drink during working ours as any common thing. It is prohibited to work or drive with anything more than zero alcohol level. In many companies there are random alcohol tests, and when the Police stops you, they always test you. Punishments for working or driving with alcohol are serious, and very very serious when you get involved in any accident.
Please, don't say we normally drink beer like this, it is simply not true.
This has been the second time that I have watched your video, and for some reason it upsets me. I feel like there is some arrogance in them in order to be funny and subscribed.
CZ is not only your expat bubble in Prague. There are indeed things different here, but I am surprised you don't mention those instead.
Like taking shoes off at home. Like daily cooking rather than ordering or getting fast food. Like football (soccer) and ice hockey "mania". Like the whole towns on bycicles (i.e.Prostejov). Like mushrooming. Like cabins (chataření/chalupaření). Like herbs love (bylinkareni). Like mass weekends hikings (Sněžka etc). Like drinking "Turkey" cofee ( pití turka). Like home hospitality - no way you are not offered bunch of stuff when stopping by, which you don't need to announce in advance. Like summer stewing (zavařování)and "nakládání zelí"...
Please, see to go more underneath the surface when describing the others.
Hello, you're at least partially being too harsh.
She did mention, that our houses have thicker walls lessening the need for AC, also our weather IS milder and that contributes to AC not being used often in private residences.
And this is just one video, it can't mention everything - I saw a few more and for example taking shoes of inside was mentioned, so was mushrooming.
You have some good points though about the beer (she absolutely made it sound more common, than it is), dogs not being allowed inside and expected comfort in regards to temperature.
3) It depends on the workplace. If you work somewhere where driving or operating heavy machinery is not a part of your duties, there is a pretty good chance it will be tolerated if you have a beer with your lunch, especially if it's an office job. I know firsthand as I can literally have a beer in front of my boss (he's even offered me some on few occasion during my workday) - and I'm working for one of the biggest Czech employers... :D So while the official company policies have strict rules against alcohol in a workplace, I think it's actually pretty common for many workplaces in Czechia to not actively enforce them unless it creates a serious safety risk or someone gets totally hammered.
@@strixcz Well said.
I think Jen is one of the most objective foreigners making videos about CZ that I have watched. if you go to her history, you realize that e.g. her historical facts are usually very well researched. She had also discussed above mentioned topics before (mushrooming, hiking, taking of shoes etc.). I do not take this video as a list of things which characterize Czechs as such, but as the ones they had struck Jen as the ones that would be the least acceptable in the USA in her experience.
As for beer drinking, I go with my workmates to lunch to a pub several times a week (we have 30 minutes, but we manage) and most of the people there usually order small beers.
There are Tankomats on Makro gas stations. We use them when pumping in the middle of the night. Those work on paying some chosen amount as pending on your account, then pumping, then the pumped amount goes through.
When you keep a dog in your house all day they develop kind of like a psychosis. Not kind of, they literally develop a psychosis! Dogs need to use up their energy and see and interact with their owner for their mental health.
Many dogs in the US are on Prozac, as are their owners 😳
100% Mark.
Agreed. My best purchase the last few years was a doggy door. Wallace, my Scottie, gets outside whenever he wants now. Love it.
AC in America, yeah, it's absolutely needed in many areas, when it can get to 117°f during the summer with 100% humidity .
About the holiday and productivity. I do not know a more productive oriented nation than Germans. But at the same time, once your shift is over or you are on vacation, your boss is prohibited by law to contact you and ask anything related to your work. Applies to collegues too, they must let you rest. It is prohibited by law to require that you check your e-mails while on vacation or even on weekends. Your time off work is almost treated as sacred.
Dogs: They are not allowed everywhere. Eg. cemeteries, some parks and monuments. When I take my dog to the city, I am quite limited to where I can walk with him. I guess most of the "no dog" areas are due to lazy owners who do not pick after their dogs or do not "control" their dog. Having a dog that does not behave is seen as the fault of the owner, not the dog. While not required by law, it is a social norm that if you decide to have a dog, you must commit to train it properly. If you do not train your dog and thus your dog behaves in a bad manner, you are being blamed for that.
Pay-at-the-pump payment terminals are available at 24h self service gas stations :) Globus should have it at every of their gas stations. It still works the same though, you pump first and then pay, obviously...
As much as you are trying to teach others about czech people and czech culture in your videos or to present american view on Czechs, you also open a door for me to learn each time thing or two about americans. Which is cool :-)
Maybe not AC cool, but cool nontheless :-P
in USA dog training is huge. Im 72 and my mother who would have been 100 was a dog trainer. But I find you fun.
I disegree with the lunch beer. I've never worked in a job where I could do this. My exprerience is that alcohol is not allowed during working hours.
Tak samozřejmě pro velkou část zaměstnanců pivo k obědu nepřipadá v úvahu, ale u kancelářských krys, které nikdo nikdy na alkohol na pracovišti testovat nebude, to je celkem běžné.
And I guess Jen never heard about a two martini lunch.
@@Tomanprg já naopak pracoval jako pomocník na stavbě a pivo jsme si dávali furt xd a nejen k obědu, prostě chlazený pivko k práci v létě patří
@@Tomanprg pracoval jsem v kanceláři, ale pivo nešlo. Ale asi jsem ještě nenarazil na tu správnou práci no. 😀
@@ondra10192 Držím palce, treba to jednou vyjde 😀
I'm so grateful to be working for a European (Swiss) company in the States. 4 weeks vacation per year and we can take off for any amount of time. Don't know what I'll do if I have to go back to a true American company 😅
Actually, czech banks use something like credit score, but not aimed only at credit cards but on clients reliability overal.
Yes. Banks are more strict when they lend money here.
Hi Jen, I lived in the UK for 16 years so I sometimes find myself a little 'foreign' in my country, along with my Scottish husband. I guess I see things Czech people do..... well anyway, here's one for you: one thing that I see very often in the CR and would definitely not work in the UK:NOTICES - despite the official opening hours the shop owners, cafe workers and other service 'providers' like to put a notice on the door: BE BACK IN 10 MINUTES, BACK AT 14.30 etc. or simply just displaying a paper clock, hands of which show the time of the person's return. I find this unbelievable and funny, of course not so funny when the 10 mins they have for their break is the 10 mins you have to sort out your stuff. Once a cafe in Jihlava's shopping centre closed in the middle of lunch time! Of course, as you've probably sussed out through living here, Czech people don't complain to the owner but simply go away being happy to moan about another thing that's gone wrong that day.
Love your programme. Best wishes.
Wow that really makes me appreciate where I live ❤️
I live in Vancouver Canada. It’s not actually bad at all here. I’m originally from Brno.
I'm so old that I remember when an attendant filled your tank and you paid him less than $10 to fill up. Then we went to self-service. The reason we have to pay first is because so many people were driving off without paying. Pay at the pump came along when my son was a baby. It was so much easier than carrying him in to pay.
Nevím, kde Jen pracuje, ale pití piva k obědu je v práci v drtivé většině zaměstnání zakázáno :) Pokud se nebavím o nealkoholickém Birelu :)
Presne tak. A rovnako nie všade je možné vziať psa. Myslím, že Jen je trošku v svojej sociálnej bubline . Nie som si istý ani pri dovolenkách. Američania by určite prijali viac plateného voľna. Veľa Američanov dnes už vďaka internetu vidí rozdiel medzi životom v US a EU, problém je, že stým nemôžu veľa urobiť.
Přesně a navíc hodinový oběd? Kolikrát člověk během 12 hod. nemá ani půlhodinu na oběd a jsou zaměstnání, kde je problém si zajít i na WC. Zajímalo by mě v jaké sféře Jen pracuje. Asi nemaká jako zdravotní sestra, prodavačka nebo dělník ve fabrice. Měla by si to holka vyzkoušet. Všude je chleba o dvou kůrkách.
@@marketapernicova8555 v predchozi praci jsem mela hodinovou pauzu na obed (bachoffice na zákaznickém servisu), byla to pro mě optimalni doba, abych nemusela do sebe jidlo hazet a stresovat se, ze se nestihnu najist, kdyz to obsluze trvalo déle. Ted mi to dost chybí.
@@marketapernicova8555 hele a proč ji rovnou neposlat do kamenolomu, ne? :) Jen mluví o lidech pracujících hlavou, a těch už je u nás většina.
Přesně tak. Já si dávám (někdy) k jídlu dvojku červeného. Ale hodina na oběd mi přijde dost málo. Bych si uhnal žaludeční vředy.
4:40 We have self-service gas station in our city (Rakovník) where you pay by a card or money first and then pump the gas, its a gas station without any personnel.
No personnel! Interesting. They're giving all the jobs to robots!!!
@@DreamPrague In this case I think it's a ok, I can get 1 Kč cheaper gas :)
We do not have a credit score in the same sense as you, but every bank institution (I do not count non-bank loans) verifies the creditworthiness and credit capacity of its clients. This applies not only to credit cards but also to consumer loans and mortgages. This calculation is based on income and expenditure and is influenced by many other factors. On the basis of this, a credit card, a higher limit, mortage or a loan can be rejected.
We do have pretty similar credit score system like the US has. The more you've borrowed and the better your payment habits, the better loan options you'll have.
Various institutions use the following registries: Solus, BRKI and NRKI. There are also the government registries like CEE and ISIR
I wanted to post a link, but apparently that's not allowed here and my previous comment disappeared. Anyway, the web skrblik has some good articles about it. Look for the headlines: "Bankovní půjčky: Těchto 6 věcí ovlivní schválení úvěru" and "Registr dlužníků: Jak vymazat Solus, BRKI, NRKI a další"
@@dejfcold same as I wrote just with different words. Except your first sentence - credit score in US is not like our Solus and others.
We also have telco score. Phone carriers evaluate you based on phones you use, how much you pay, if you pay on time etc. All three carriers do it and share the information with banks.
In Prague, near the "D1" highway is automatic gasoline pump. The automat tells you instruction and then offers you pay by credit card or cash in near window
Feels to me like the USA is the perfect country to get some IBD as soon as possible :(. I have it since last year and I live here in CZ, and doctors told me its because of stress. I CANT IMAGINE living in the USA then, I would probably didnt survive a day in work or school :X
IBD - you mean "inflammatory bowel disease" ?
I’m American and get 5 weeks of vacation and would never work on vacation. Pumping for gas and then paying inside after used to be very normal here, now I usually pay at the pump. How would you pay first and know how much it would cost?
I'm self-employed. So I also don't have any vacation. But I still take several weeks off, because i don't want to get burnout. Yes, vacation not only costs money, but I also loose income for that period, but I think about it as an important investment in my mental health. What's the point in focusing on work, when you get crazy, depressed and then spend thousands dollars for psychiatrist.
Yes, I totally agree with you. I’m I the same situation like you , currently home for a week,even though l have moments of guilt l still realize that my health should be my priority in order to do a good job. Take care 😊
Im now in connecticut - outside is about 18°C and in seven apartment buildings in our area im alone with aircondition off and window opened :)
I once met a guy from Sweden visiting Czech Republic for a few weeks. One of his strongest impressions was how unbelievably untrained and badly behaving our dogs are. And when I was in Sweden few years later I had to admit their dogs are a lot better. Mainly when it comes to barking at everyone and everything. So hearing your number 1 was kinda funny. I guess things tend to be relative.
Also did people not live in the US before the AC was invented? Or did half of them die each summer or something?
I was thinking exactly the same as your last two sentences. Right? 😅🤷♀️
I could tell you that without A/C in the Chicago area is not survivable. I feel like the humidity just sucks the life force out of you and I am not even talking about the fact that it is 40c outside and it doesn't get cooler at night. I don't know how people survived prior to 1950's - maybe it was cooler, maybe they were stronger, maybe they didn't know any better, but what I know from my experience is you turn on the a/C in June and turn it off in September when it gets nicer. You see in the news every year how many people (usually seniors) are found dead in their apartments because they had broken a/c. BTW, one of my top reasons to move, not even the heat (I could sort of deal) but the humidity.
Those dogs are very individual. I know a lot of well-behaved dogs around me - in the paddock, restaurants, etc. And also a lot of ill-mannered ones. Such a master, such a dog. ... From Jenny's point of view, I think that the cause of ill-behaved US dogs can be caused by their pampering, misunderstanding of dog mentality, etc. ... Which even some Czech dog walkers - especially smaller breeds - do not understand.
I guess before AC if the weather was hot people would go swimming to cool down, take cold baths or wear a wet shirt. Fans. Things like that
@@marias6583 Fan won't do anything for 90% humidity, it just feels like a gorilla is sitting on your chest. Cold baths, swimming, and any leisure activity doesn't correspond with 10 hour work day, also wearing a wet shirt to the office won't be a hit. And this is why southern countries have brick thick wall houses with small windows and most importantly siestas. However, the siesta system again doesn't go with all work no quit. Again Chicago's climate is +40c in summer and -40c in winter. You can't build brick houses there as you won´t be able to heat them and I am not even mentioning tornados. I kept saying for years - people were not meant to live in that until I couldn´t take it no more and moved. Also, I am noticing that people born into it are more comfortable with the humidity. One of my co-workers grew up in an Amish family and she loved the heat and humidity.
I finally understood how credit score works in the USA! I always see some travel tips with credit card and I was wondering how is that works, now I know. Thank you!
The gas station, I think the best way is like in the north Europe: an automatic machine for cards and cash. You choose the amount, like 500 CZK, pay with card or cash, and then refuel the car. It won’t allow you to take more than you paid. I saw these at Globus gas station or Shell I think. So I hope that there will be more of them in the future. Cause sometimes when I drive at night, only a few gas station is open 24/7.
Ano my to máme nedávno zřízené na čerpačce Globus Schwandorf na karty. Už asi rok je to samoobslužné. Nejdřív karta a payback karta na body pokud jí máte a pak si člověk natankuje, co je třeba. Na mnohých pumpách v ČR jsem viděla předvolbu za 500, 1000 nebo 1500 CZK i když platíte u kasy. No budou ty nápisy vzhledem k cenám muset aktualizovat.
mě vždycky vrtá hlavou jak se v americe nepřezouvaní doma a jak lezou do postele špinaví a sprchují se až ráno, "pro den", že jim to nevadí 🙂
Však tam jde o to být čistý pro ostatní. 😁
Tak oni mají tu klimatizaci, tak nejsou večer tolik zpocení, ne?
Ve filmech je taky casto vidis v posteli jeste stale s tema botama na nohach 🤭🙄
Já se taky sprchuji až ráno. Taková studená sprcha hned probere. 🥶😂
Ty boty doma jsou pozůstatek od anglických kolonizátorů.
I have a teacher that has a dog and every time she teaches us the dog is always sleeping or just looking at us learning we can even pet the dog after
Once again absolutelly magical pick of wonderful things we take for granted :)) Nice!
I LOVE your videos so much! 🙂 Every time I realize how Americans do see us 😀 I was in the USA twice and still can feel the difference, many of the facts have been mentioned in your videos and they are so true! 😀 But this video!!! It feels like the Czech Republic is the best country in the world! 🥰
I recalled this situation when I was in NY at Shake Shack, bought a can of beer... They had an outside seating so I decided to go out with my hamburger and this can of cold beer, prepared to enjoy my lunch outside looking at the buzzing city and suddenly they stopped me like if I was crazy? Explaining me that I had to stay in with alcohol 😀 Alcohol 😀 I only had a small can of beer (and I was 30) 😀 Also my English teacher from the US explained me later on how weird it is when we sit with a can of beer in parks here in Prague as if nothing happened 😀 Anyway, thank you for your amazing job! 😍 I look forward to every new episode 🤩
Hi Jen :) thank you for your video. It Is great. I have question. :) What do you think about the Czech custom take off shoes when they come home? I can't imagine not to take my shoes off and go to my living room or kitchen. :D maybe only on special ocassion. Do you think that this custom could work in America? :) Thank you.
Actually many homes in the US have already adopted the shoes off routine. I have even read articles about how much cleaner it is to do that. America is a big country and it’s really hard to make generalizations like that.
@@simonedaniek9878 yes :) thats true. Generalization Is not good, i am sorry. :) When I first found out about that lot of americans wear shoes at home I was suprise :) Now I am quite curious when It is start in the Czech republic...And is it custom also in others european countries? 🤔
@@kikineckal It is true that many Americans wear shoes at home but also many Americans don’t. And if I have friends over they usually take their shoes off without being told especially if the weather is bad outside. But…..I will say it is not the custom for everyone as it is in the Czech Republic.
I don't quite understand why Czechs bother to take their shoes off in the house if they have a dog. There's no way I'd wash off my dog's feet every time she came inside, so I don't bother to take my shoes off, either. I also wonder if we USians, in general, go in and out of the house more frequently, so changing shoes every time could be a hassle
Great work-life balance in the Czech Republic, the summers.....they're perfect, plus where we live in Prague the building is so well insulated we never have to turn the heating on in winter. Marvellous! Then there's the beer......................
Lovely video! But please where to get 8 weeks of holiday, do you have any tip? Probably only teachers have it during July and August. Working normal office job I always had "only" 5 weeks and felt like a queen that I have one extra week as a bonus from my employer. And my request for 3 weeks in a row was rejected so I only had 2 weeks for honeymoon :( Usually I take only one week in a row and need to align with coworkers if this fits their vacation schedule to avoid situation that no-one is present. This is hard especially during summer and Christmas time as everyone want time off. Regarding the lunch hour to make it fully transparent - this hour does not count to your working time. Dogs - we eve allow our coworkers to have children in the office if this is needed (school holiday, nanny got sick etc.). It is a fun to watch children and dogs always playing together in our office but I must say that in some cases they are noisy and are then forbidden to come again if they do not behave well.
Funny. During my trips to California I always pumped doest and then paid and Noone complained :) mayne they are used to deal with tourists from Europe nowadays :) I also like the system they have in Oregon where there is always someone filling the tank for you.. Cheers ;)
Jen, super porovnanie. Este si zabudla fungujucu verejnu dopravu.
Nezapomněla, o MHD se zmínila už v několikrát v předchozích videích... Dokonce tolikrát, že nevím, z čeho je Jennifer v ČR víc nadšená, jestli z piva levnějšího než voda, nebo z jezdících tramvají!!! 😲🤔🍺🚋😂😉😄😆😛
We also have Credit score. If someone applies to the bank for a loan or mortgage, the bank will make them sign consent for the processing of personal data and start the process for calculating the credit score. But there is + your income, savings, outcomes, depts and also if you already have credit card you have credit score too.
Plus a Telco Score based on phones you use, how much you pay for phone bills etc.
Hlídanou půlhodinu na oběd mají jen lidi ve fabrice u pásu. V restauraci se oběd za půl hodiny nedá stihnout, ale chodí se s kolegy a stejně se nakonec řeší práce, takže jde o výkon práce z jiného místa 🙂. Nejde jen o kancelářské krysy, běžně vídám v obyčejných restauracích "lopaty" v montérkách a odchází až když se v klidu nají. A po malém pivu, nebo vinném střiku se ty excelové vzorečky fakt nepletou 🙂.
Vzorečky se nepletou, ale pokud by přišla kontrola z BOZP tak máš problém. Žádný zaměstnavatel ti nepovolí třeba "malé pivo", třeba ti to bude tolerovat, ale ze zákoníku práce je to jasné, alkohol je důvodem k OKAMŽITÉMU rozvázání pracovního poměru. To že "lopaty" se jdou v klidu najíst je dáno spíš tím, že mají danou práci tzv "v úkolu" takže to holt stihnou třeba za 6 hodin místo za 8.
@@badaxebadaxe2248 Toleruje se to proto protože to jedno pivo(zvlast mala desitka) se spatne dokazuje. A alkoholtester jeste neni důkaz. No a nez se dostane na krevni testy tak uz nenameri nic.
@@badaxebadaxe2248 Ale prd.
Lol. The forecast for tomorrow in Oklahoma and Texas it is 113F or 45C… it’s so unfair how hot it gets. I’m happy to have a 2 week trip in Czechia during this time
Ahoj Jen! Zajímavé video jako vždy. Jen nesouhlasím s tím pivem k obědu, když bych se pak měla vrátit do práce. Možná v Praze a hlavně u lidí pracujícich tam v kanclu se to tak nedodržuje ale jinde a na jiných pracovištích by byl alkohol v krvi jedním z možných důvodů k okamžitému vyhazovu nebo aspoň k upozornění na porušení pracovní kázně. Předsudky o klimatizaci nejsou předsudky ale fakta. Možná to souvisí právě s naším mírným podnebím. Jsou to ale opravdová lékařská doporučení a i naše zkušenosti. V létě klidně vyjdu ven s mokrou hlavou ale ke vzhledu vlasů to teda moc nepřidá. Muži to pokud vim dělají běžně. V létě. Mám moc ráda tvá videa a pokaždé se těším o čem bude to příští.
S klimatizací to je pravda. Člověku je chladněji, tak se mu stáhnou cévy a tím pádem tam moc nefunguje imunitní systém, takže například virus tam má klid na svojí práci a člověk dostane rýmu. A taky tím jak člověk chodí z horka do tepla, tak je to zátěž pro tělo, protože neustále musí regulovat teplotu a taky může tím pádem dojít k oslabení imunity.
A to "v Praze v kanclu" je úplně mimo. Na to, že někdo pil před prací, během nebo tam dorazil se zbytkáčem (a dokonce dojel autem) jsem téměř vždy narazil "na vesnici". Sám osobně takových lidí pár znám a to často i v provozech, kde je to zdraví nebezpečné. Naopak ve městě v kanclu, kde to nikoho neohrozí, to téměř nepozoruji a lidi tohle berou jako něco celkem společensky nepřijatelného. Pravděpodobně to bude souviset i s pracovní dobou ale to na pointě nic nemění, že ve městě je obecně společensky hůře přijímané pití přes den.
No, v některých více manuálních procesech se to, co já vím, občas toleruje.
Niceness!! Glad I found this!
American living in Prague as well. Just learned that credit score is strictly a North American thing. Thanks for the video again Jenn.
The thing that pisses me off about credit scores, besides how dystopian they are, is that nobody taught me about them when I was younger. As a kid/teenager, I was under the very rational impression that after I went to college, all I needed to do was get a job, pay my bills on time, avoid going into debt as much as possible, and I'd be fine.
Then you get thrown into the deep end of adulthood and suddenly realize, oh wait, I can't get a car or an apartment because some mysterious number I know nothing about says I'm not trustworthy? So then you try to learn the rules and be responsible to build up your score, but it turns out that any random thing can mess up that number, and then it's too bad for you. Oh, you paid off your loans too early? Oh, the bank made a mistake and didn't send one of your payments through on time? Oh, you don't have enough credit cards? You can pay your rent on time every month for years, but one medical emergency and you're totally screwed. It's easy to call it Orwellian,
Super video, k těm benzínkám, v Brně u Olympie je jedna samoobslužná, kde si předplatíte u stojanu kartou a pak si můžete natankovat.
10:47 hodinu pauzu mají jen lidi v kanceláři. Většina národa má jen půl hodiny.Jak dlouho tu žiješ holka?A pivo na pracovišti už dávno ne.
Fabrika, že? Mimo vaší bublinu fungujou někdy věci i trochu jinak. Nikdo například nemluví o pivu na pracovišti, ale o pivu k obědu v restauraci. To opravdu není nic výjimečného. A k tomu času... Pokud nemáte v práci kantýnu nebo hospodu přes ulici, tak se oběd za půl hodiny stíhá dost blbě, zejména ve městech.
@@jirik777 kancelářskej, že? máš si nosit svačinu, blbe :P
Řeč je o pivě k obědu. Takže v restauraci, ne v kantýně. A nějak nevím o tom, že by "většina národa" dělala ve fabrikách.
Made me love the country a little bit more. i would be moving there before the end of this year. love the country already😂
Dnes to bylo zajímavé a i vtipné(moc se mi líbilo téma o psech),ale trošku nesouhlasím,že s debetními kartami nemají Češi tolik dluhů.Nadělají se ty dluhy jinak.Myslím,že nejsme příliš finančně gramotní,soudě podle počtu exekucí.Těším se na další video a přeji všem hezké léto.
Rozdíl je spíše to, že v USA pořádně nedostaneš větší půjčku, pokud jsi se dříve už nezadlužil přes kreditku a nemáš dobrý kredit score. U nás se hodnotí při půjčkách všechno možné a to jestli dříve člověk splácel půjčky, nebo ne, je jen jedním s faktorů. Pokud měl člověk dříve kreditku a splácel dobře, tak to asi pomůže, ale není to rozhodující faktor.
No jako úplné peklo mi v USA přijdou studentské půjčky - to je v podstatě hypotéka na krku, ještě než začneš vůbec vydělávat - takhle "daleko" tu naštěstí ještě nejsme... Věřil bych, že jsou tam opravdu lidé zvyklí žít na dluh ještě mnohem víc než u nás (byť i u nás se najdou jedinci, co si prostě "musí" půjčit na dovolenou all inclusive nebo nesmyslnou horu vánočních dárků).
@@strixcz Přesně
Jde o credit score, které si lidi naopak dalšími půjčkami “vylepšují”.
@@strixcz Myslím, že studenská půjčka v U.S.A. jsou jediný dluh (kromě těch na daních/pokutách) co přečkají dokonce i osobní bankrot. I think student loan in the U.S.A. the only debt (except debts based on taxes/penalties) that survives even personal bankruptcy.
Nowadays, some gas stations in the Czech Republic allow to pay directly at a stand using a QR code and a mobile app provided by the company the station belongs to.
Also, I think that the problem of taking off without paying at the gas station in the US might not be so big as gas stations in the Czech Republic tend to have surveillance cameras (and there's no reason to believe the US stations don't) so the police can track you down by your car's license plate. Unless you actually don't own the car as the cops will contact the car's registered owner.
It's also one of the reasons sellers make sure to transfer the ownership to buyers by themselves when selling used cars. Buyers can do the transfer but it's not wise to allow that from the seller's perspective.
Hodinový oběd? Pokud pracuješ v kanceláři, možná.
Pokud pracuješ třeba v supermarketu, tak jsi ráda za 30 minut pauzy. A hlavně i za to, že si můžeš skočit na záchod. Ve výrobě to bude podobné, i když spousta podniků nabízí zaměstnancům tzv. závodní stravování. :-)
Jo, nadnárodní korporace a fabriky se s tím bohužel nemažou - pro ty je člověk jen kolečko ve stroji - jeden z důvodů, proč bych podobnou práci nikdy nedělal (čímž se nevysmívám lidem, kteří se dostali do situace, kdy nemají jinou možnost - sám jsem si tím krátce prošel).
Pracuju ve státní správě a taky máme na oběh jen půl hodiny pauzu. Upřímně jsem zatím neslyšela ani nikde v nabídkce práce neviděla, že by někdo dával na oběd hodinu. Ale bylo by to fajn, ne že ne. :D
@@yonade6913 My na oběd máme hodinu, ale samozřejmě jen půl hodina je ze zákona free. Tu druhou půlhodinu si pak naddělám.
@@yonade6913 Do inzerátů se to asi běžně nepíše - je to spíš (na mnoha místech) běžně tolerovaná praxe než oficiální benefit, na který by zaměstnavatelé lákali už při náboru ;)
@@jirilisy8164 Mám to štěstí pracovat ve firmě, kde si ji naddělávat nemusím (ale taky je pravda, že hodinovou pauzu si nedělám pravidelně - někdy se vejdu i do té oficiální půlhodiny) - důležité je, aby to nebylo vyloženě na úkor zanedbaných pracovních povinností - když je udělaná práce, kterou je třeba stihnout, tak s tím u nás vedení nemá problém (a to někteří kolegové přetahují i déle).
Czech people are incredibly family orientated … I absolutely LOVE this
Child have sleep overs parties or they visit to play board games together , like Dungeon and Dragons where their characters they’ve created go on adventures together using cards and dices
There are plenty family venues and events for the whole family to enjoy …
My kids go to fun fair events especially for Children only, to sell the things they’ve made with their own hands…
This is extra pocket money … as appose to being glued to the phone or TV.
They all Love it..
In most cases you don’t just have your kids you become part of a Bigger family …