I live in Georgia, your experience with Air conditioning, yeah, people just like it that cold, i hate it and wear a jacket all summer because of it, but that wasn't because of you, those people were probably feeling fine
I respect your opinion, but I don't agree with you, the people in the States just like feeling comfortable ! My AC stays on 68 degrees in the summer it's a comfortable temperature and that's the only reason Americans like feeling comfortable, if you went to India you'd die of a heat stroke lol,,, I was a US Marine for sixteen years and in the Middle East the temperature is unbearable ! Once I was 10 miles off shore at night waiting to assist other soldiers on land and it was 110 degrees at night on a ship in the middle of the ocean.... So yes we like our AC.....
Zavhytar do you believe in global warming ? I couldn't care less what people think or even scientists ! It's all about money, the weather has been changing since the beginning of time ! Why do you think there are so many animals or creatures that are extinct !!! A couple thousand years it's cold like the ice age, and then I go so hot that nothing was able to survive, think about it my friend you have a good night....
In Germany (at least) it goes like: "How are you?", "Oh, dont get me started. My back hurts for 4 weeks straith, my wife broke 2 of her nails trying to cut a flower, the neighbours cat just died 2 days ago, our useless son failed to pass his last exam....."
Yes in America it's just a greeting. It's just polite to say good how are you. If we say how are you, and you go into your life story. It's considered annoying and dramatic
People don't only bash you because they think "it's just different" but I see your point. I mean no one likes to get bashed for the country they live in but mostly I think it's a mean and a little less efficient way of constructive criticism. Would be easier for people to say it in a nicer manner without bashing the people as hard and more people would listen. Well I guess people like to argue. Just remember that most people don't mean too much of what they say.
I am american, but my British friend says it is odd here because you can't turn or look anywhere without seeing a flag, while in most countries, flags are only really noticible on national holidays. Is this true?
We Americans do have our nationalism. There's a code on how to hang The Flag and what do do if it falls down or another situation happens. Just some quotes about flag code. below. "It should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise. It should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free." "When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's left. When displayed in a window it should be displayed in the same way, that is with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street." " it is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flag staffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness."
WolfFang 735 many European countries have a stigma against national pride. often times it leads to wars and the like. I would assume that the only countries willing to do this would be those that are consistently on the correct, or at least victorious, side of history. anything else could lead to bad memories. I hear Germans don't want anything to do with national pride nowadays thanks to wwII, and have taken up regional pride instead.
Radicrash Here are some rules that I find to be interesting: "The flag of the United States of America, when it is displayed with another flag against a wall from crossed staffs, should be on the right, the flag's own right, and its staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag." "The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning." "The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling."
Wow, as an American I didn't realize these things were so out of the ordinary. Thank you for the highly informative video. I hope you will visit again ( so many different climates to choose from) thanks for your video, I am a new subscriber and liked this really interesting take on life in US.
Each state or region is very similar with only minor speech habits. It would not seem much different for a foreigner from a very different society. I have been in 90 countries and see more similarities between regions of the US than, say, regions of China which are much different. Regions of the EU are getting less and less different as time goes by which is really unfortunate that unique cultures are disappearing as are borders and laws.
In Europe we are taught English in school,as a requirement,that's why we speak more than one language I myself speak 3 am learning a fourth,to keep the brain active,lol
@ Nakul No, it just makes it feel too cold inside and even hotter outside. Maybe they don't make it as cool where you live, but I often wear a jacket in stores because it will be in the 60's. I like my AC at about 75 degrees. Maybe 80 if I'm trying to save on the electric bill.
I'm an American and usually if you ask someone "hey, how are you?" it's expected you respond with "I'm good thank you." Or "I'm good, how about you?" Even if you're not feeling well.
I'm also American and I'll admit that I have also always had difficulty responding to "how are you,' especially since i work retail and probably initiated the conversation with a simple "good morning," since I am required to say hello to every customer I meet. If they then respond with "how are you," I'm stuck with, "Fine thanks," but then feel the need to respond, "How are you?" and it's awkward.
I'm American as well, and I have always hated the how are you greeting. It always seemed so disingenuous. Most people don't really want to know, they aren't asking because they care, and if that is the case, they should just say hello and leave it at that. I always respond with "I'm doing well, thank you, and you?" and make a point to meet the person's eyes so that they understand that I am genuinely asking how they are. I typically get an honest response also. As for Philp Ahn Deese's question - I actually got heat from people when I said I was American while I was visiting Brazil. They didn't seem to like the fact that I was calling myself American and taking over the name of both the continents of North and South America. They consider themselves to be American because they are from South America, but this was very confusing to me and I asked (several people actually) why I couldn't call my self American or say I was from America. They said, I should say I'm from "The States" because we were all from America (meaning the names of the continents). I wonder if other countries don't realize that we aren't simply called the United States. That we are actually the United States of America. Mexico is actually called the United States of Mexico (in Spanish, of course), but they are called Mexican. Australia is actually the United States of Australia, but you don't hear them saying their from the USA. They are from Australia (which is also a name of a country and a continent). I don't understand why we can't call ourselves by the name of the country we are from without people from other countries getting annoyed at us.
what i find weird at americans is that men don't sleep in the same bed. there was an american in my group and we had to share a hotel bed and he said he feels awkward, and when i took my underpants off he said he wants to sleep on the floor. is this how americans are? or it was just an isolated case?
They may only pay 8 cents to make 2 liters, but they also have to pay for workers to manage factories, people to harvest materials, packaging, and shipping everything. Also the $2 you are paying for the soda doesn't go to the soda company, it goes to the retailer, the soda company only makes what they sell it to the retailer for, which is much less than what they're selling it for. In the end, they aren't making the $1.92 you think they are, but probably only around 10 cents
@@meesehead3202 Definitely not. As a former restaurant manager I can tell you that soda is a HUGE earner. A $2.50 cup of soda costs the restaurant about 2 cents out of pocket.
@@beatnickblanket But have you ever paid the monthly lease on a commercial property? The utility bills? The insurance? The payroll? The sales taxes? After all of that is paid, restaurants and retail outlets barely earn ten percent, if that... This nonsense restaurants earn over 90 percent is just that, utter nonsense... If that was the case everyone of us would have invested and would be operating a restaurant...
@@ronclark9724 Literally the only comment I said is that they earn a 90% markup on soda. That has nothing to do with what the final takeaway a restaurant has in total financials.
Why US Citizens are fat. (I'm American and I've been to Europe) - 24hr. stores - Portion sizes - free refills - Food combinations - Limited vacation days (lots of sitting) - High sugar diet
There is no fixed response, other than being short in you answer. Like; great, thanks or not feeling so well today, thanks for asking. The key is a short response, that you can say while passing!
I have 29 payd vacation days. And Every time I am sick I go on sick days and payd too, but little less. I don't understand how are you living the dream 🤔🤔 I live in Croatia, Europe
So in Brazil there are 30 days of paid vacation! just as in Germany, if you are sick, you can just not go to work and bring the doctors note on the other day. I made a surgery and stayed 15 days off and some months after that I got more 30 days of vacations
YesSiOui MC a lot of waiters here make shit money like $3/hr and rely on the tips. I used to work at a restaurant, during the week they may have taken home $50 a night in tips but could make like $200 on a good weekend night.
We have quick casual restaurants that basically are kind of cross between fast food / full dining. So if you visiting the US and are worried about tipping I would recommend these (QDOBA, Chipotle, Noodles & Company, Panera, etc...) Full service restaurants have tried getting rid of tips before (I think Joes Crab Shack was one chain that tried it) and paid their staff more. It doesn't work because you have more expensive food and worse service. Granted, maybe if servers had to be paid minimum wage, this would cut down on loosing a competitive advantage because of the more expensive food and worse service (as all restaurants would have to abide), but being at restaurants where servers are tipped vs. where they are paid minimum wage, the service is waaaaaaay better at restaurants where servers are paid in tips. Good servers can make good money, and therefore you get higher quality people serving (and not only bad but even mediocre servers end up quitting to work an easier job because they don't make good money). That being said, do remember that in the US, not only do servers make less than minimum wage (in my state they make $3.65 an hour), but they are making that little bit of money before the restaurant opens and after it closes, when they aren't making any tips and are cleaning / prepping. Also, at many restaurants servers have to "tip out" to give some of their tips to other staff such as hosts/bussers/bar tenders, etc.
YesSiOui MC I worked in a restaurant in California and earned $10/hr with tips being extra. It's always nice to have some cash on you at all times for gas/petroleum and such
When we say "how are you?" we still expect a respond. It is a question, used to greet someone. But we obviously want a respond like "I'm fine, thank you, how are you?"
Sergio Flores Yeah, that confused me. I have lived in America all my life and that greeting always requires an answer. What is weird though is "what's up?". That greeting goes unanswered a lot.
Albert Quigley A lot of times people say "hey what's up?" and people respond "hey I haven't seen you in a while, what's up?" and don't answer the question.
I live in Seattle and most of us do not have AC. It usually doesn't get hot enough for it. We have a few weeks were we do get a heatwave. Lots of businesses have it, but a lot don't.
In America, we want a response to "How are you?", but most people just say something along the lines of "I'm fine, how are you?" It's really just to be polite.
@@trainsplanesandotherthings5187 you get unlimited refills, and people like drinks cold. And because of the tipping environment, you get refills before your drink is even gone. Nothing absurd about it.
@@chexcollects True, I was thinking of the drinks given in drive thru, can't get refills that way. But yes in sit down restaurants with unlimited refills is not an issue.
I feel that the reason that is not common practice is due to different states charging different percentages in sales tax. Take for example Georgia and Florida that charge 7%, Massachusetts that charges 6.25%, and New Hampshire that has no sales tax at all. Not including sales tax in price tags on shelves is common practice for businesses that have branches in many states, as it would be difficult to change prices per store because of location.
southernbman That's not the reason. All stickers and labels are computer generated. Different locations have different prices. So calculating the price with the tax included is no big deal whatsoever.
We live in a world of computers and this can generate the correct price. It's a con, they don't display the full price because most things sell ending in 99for example $3.99,, why end with 99,,,, because it psychologically sound a better price than $4.26. The technology is there and the yanks keep making up excuses and don't want to believe they are getting ripped off. By the way i lived in the states for 5 years and it was Texas (the worst out of the bunch for changing things).
Haha, in Spain we have that too. Also, I'm curious if your countries have the classic "free buffets" too, like, you pay 12€ and you can eat and drink whatever until you leave. As it is very common here to have those with thematic restaurants, like for Japanese, Italian, Spanish food Many of the exchage students who come from Europe are like O.o
geminix365 we have Chinese and barbeque restaurants like that, but not much else. Also, the use of the term Chinese is a tad misleading as Chinese people call it American food. Lol
I make a strange link between tipping and the free refills. If they are really slow to refill when it's not busy they can't expect me to tip the most I'm willing to part with (25%) but if they don't water the drinks down and keep them filled at a decent pace then the rest of my meal can suck and I still tip that much. 😑 I eat too quickly to taste food anyway.
I lived in Germany when I was a kid and I learned to drink my sodas room temperature. Point number two: My dad told me before we went over there to remember that I was a guest in their country and to behave accordingly. Every country has it's own rules and customs. Respect them and you'll have a much more enjoyable visit.
Midnight soda costs next to nothing. I know a restaurant owner and he told me on a 2 dollar Coke they could give a customer 3 refills and still make plenty of profit. Their only real cost is the labor involved in the server pouring your drinks.
America is freedom. Including freedom of ridiculous requests like paying for each refill. I didn't drink much when I was in Europe just because they don't have Dr Pepper in most of it and that's what I like the most and I sure wasn't about to pour money into just water. Lots of money on wine and beer though, had to make it count!
We have free refills because because you high fructose corn syrup more than sugar. The rest of the world doesn't really care touch the H.F.C.S. and uses real sugar for theirbsoda. H.F.C.S. is terrrrrrible for you compared to sugar.
There is no greater beverage on the planet. It transcends mundane drinks and becomes so much more. Also, replace the standard rootbeer with alcoholic rootbeer (I recommend "Not Your Father's Rootbeer") and it positively sings to your soul.
In America if someone asks "how are you?" You just say good. You don't really have to answer the question. If you actually answer other than "good". The person asking is caught off-guard and it will get awkward because it's not really a question it's like an introduction.
thats not really correct, Crary strangers dont typically ask "how are you?" (unless its a waiter, waitress or someone else in the service industry). friends & acquaintances say it as a conversation starter and generally will care. ive *never* seen anyone "get awkward" if someone responds with something other than "good" unless the answer itself was outside cultural norms (ie: "my butt itches")
Where I live, people constantly say "how ya doing" "what's up? and other such things as a greeting. And even when someone has said something awkward, like "my butt itches," the other person usually just laughs it off and keeps walking. It is kind of funny to see someone respond to "how you doing" with another "how you doing" and that's it. Both parties walk off without the other knowing they were doing.
Here in America, we act polite, but we are impatient. That's why we ask "How are you?" when we don't care, and answer "Good" when we aren't. If you answer anything other than "Good" you'd better have something interesting to say.
I had a supervisee who requested to take off every other Friday instead of taking a week's vacation. It was so inconvenient to the team because we didn't always have a way to cover his work--but I always approved his time, because it was his. This was very early in my career, but I remember thinking, 'They don't take their career very seriously, being away this often.' I feel a lot differently now that I'm older and more experienced.
I’m South Korean. I was adopted by a Canadian-Frenchman. My wife is Italian. Our kids are Itasian. We speak English. Our cars are German. We live in the US. ☺️
And this is a great example of what an American is made up of. My father came from Sweden, and my mother is from German and English decent. So that makes me pretty much a mut. But they say muts make the best pets.
American here. Visited Germany and Finland about a month ago (first time outside the U.S.). So these are the things I thought were "weird" about Europe: 1) The water spraying wand in the restroom. Turns out it is not for cleaning the sink. 2) The fact that people will say "I'm going to use the toilet" instead of "restroom". This would be somewhat rude to say here. Also there is way less water in the toilet. 3) Sparkling water. If you order water, that is what they bring you. You have to specify "still" if you want regular water. 4) People in Europe smoke cigarettes a lot I think. They had entire rooms in the airport dedicated to it. 5) The machines that processes your credit cards work WAY WAAAAY faster than the ones in the U.S. 6) Saw full frontal nudity both male and female on a TV show. Just a normal show. In the middle of the day. 7) Grocery stores in Finland trap you inside them. 8) No ice cubes in the drinks. European Orange Fanta apparently has orange juice in it. It is a completely different color/taste than the orange Fanta here. 9) People park and drive on sidewalks. Very confusing. 10) A lot of cars shut off at traffic lights, cars are small and look similar to one another. 11) Europeans dress way better than we do. We look like slobs.
4) smoking is prohibited in many public places so you can smoke in designated smokerooms that have an airfiltering system-put in place in legislation to protect the personnel from second hand smoke-so people actually smoke less but you notice them in concentrated areas ;p. 10) modern cars have auto stop-start engines at trafficlights to save gas and pollution.
hkistreet, yes that is exactly what I mean. They have those little gates that shut behind you after entering. It's just...weird. I thought you had to buy something in order to leave. They also don't bag your groceries for you. My sister let them pile up because she didn't realize you were supposed to bag them yourself. The cashier thought she was stupid I think or maybe inconsiderate, but here they just do that for you so she didn't know what was happening
well they get a lil over 2 dollars an hour plus their tips... but if the 2 dollars an hour plus tips weekly doesnt equal min wage the company is supppsed to make up the difference tho alot of places dont kno or ignore it and they should be reported
If you don't tip, that's fine, but don't go back to the same place twice, or wear a disguise when you do, because the waitstaff knows if you are a bad or nontipper.
@@Smoer1 then you're just an asshole. Ultimately the consumer is the boss of every buisness, you're the one who pays, in resturaunts in the US you're just expected to pay the waiters directly rather than management. Without tipping the cost would be added to the bill instead. The advantage of ripping us it encourages good waiters and waitresses and can give raises and bonuses for job well done, failure is it can create an unreliable income.
Evelyn Saungikar: That is up to you..They have refill machines everywhere in the USA. The machine carries ice cubes separate from the drink.. You are one that decides how much ice you are putting in your cup.. I usually get more ice because I am used to drink everything very cold..
Fungus Chamber: I visited the Island of Puerto Rico and they also have free refills there.. They also use American $$$$..Many things that are expensive here like sea food is real chip there. It is a beautiful island and the people speaks English..
People tip so much in America because our servers are not payed decent wages. They live off of tips. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in Europe servers are payed fairly good wages.
We tip our servers to incentive them to do good service, If you pay servers with tips then they will get more tables done and be curious to the customers. Tipping is genius!
If everyone tips by default because it's expected that you tip (and sometimes they automatically add the tip) then it doesn't work in the slightest as an incentive. All it ends up doing is making it so that they barely get paid at all when no one's there, which is mostly controlled by the time of day.
Servers make the same wages as every other minimum wage employee, per federal law (if tipped wage + tips does not equal minimum wage, the employer must pay the difference). I don't see anyone rushing to tip the clerk at Walmart.
All that came about because there was a problem in the 80's with pharm companies not revealing all sources of information and all side effects and they passed laws requiring full disclosure for sources of information, whether the person was compensated for the commercial, or even if it is an actor. So, the pharm companies tipped the scales the other way because they are afraid of the lawsuits. When you see stupid shit like that in america it's because the lawyers ruined it for everyone. For example, at Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello in VA, no one is allowed in the second story. Do you know why? Because in the 1700s when the home was built, he didn't know that the Americans with Disabilities Act was going to pass in the mid 70's which required equal access for everyone, even those with disabilities. So, since not everyone can get up to the second floor, no one gets to go. #damnlawyers
dialogue in northern germany: Stefan: *eye contact* , *nod* Dieter: *nods in return* at most a "hey"/"hi" is exchanged, there is no reason to waste each others time/breath if you have nothing substantial to say
Bob: Hey how are you? Shaniqua'wana: I'm fine how are you? Bob: I just threw out my back so...can't complain! Shaniqua'wana: Great, see ya. Bob: See ya! But everything wasn't great, and Shaniqua'wana died later that day from a brain anuerysm caused by having a weird ass name.
People work themselves to death here. Everyone is terrified that if they take too much time off, the management will think they're lazy and fire them--management will think "you want to play around on vacation, not get down to business and WORK. We aren't paying you to play around on vacation." You have to always act like you're happy to work so much and you love being at work. Otherwise you're in danger of losing your job. I'm a senior copywriter, and I get 10 days off per year...plus 2 sick days. And I had to negotiate for that, because usually new hires only get 5 days off per year. We're off on Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. That's it. Christmas/New Year's Eve aren't considered holidays. Other days like Martin Luther King's birthday, Veteran's Day, President's Day (used to be separated into Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays....not anymore, and aren't days off anymore), Colombus Day....none are days off anymore unless you're in public school or work for the federal government (yup...the gov't gets those days off but nobody else does). Most retail stores now remain open on all holidays, including Thanksgiving, New Year's, and Christmas. So much for work-life balance. Forbes recently reported that less than 40% of Americans took off more than 3 days in 2017. We're working, stressing, eating, drinking, and drugging ourselves to death here. These things are all connected.
You know, you don't have to work there. I get eight paid holidays plus four weeks paid vacation. "But I'm a copywriter, I couldn't see myself doing anything but copywriting!" Then don't complain.
They're saying this is a problem around the country. By your logic, they'd have to leave the country or become homeless. Leaving the country would also cause you to have to work quite awhile to save up to do so. So really its be homeless or work at a job you don't get time off from really to enjoy the one life you get. Glad you enjoy your job though.
I'm You It’s NOTA problem around the country though. My husband is up to about 6 week paid time off per year. If he doesn’t take it, his employer pays him for it. So they pay either way.
+Mike Remuzzi & non-Americans: Arizona's is a dry, desert heat while in Atlanta, Georgia (where the UA-camr was) has *humid* heat. Humid heat is worse because one's body can't cool down by sweating -- the sweat won't evaporate. I've known of desert southwest folks who said the central Midwest and the southeast U.S.'s humid heat felt far worse than Arizona. And in Arizona it cools down at night. Not so in central Midwest and the southeast.
Mike Remuzzi California isn't so bad in comparison, but these past few years weather has been getting weird. A couple weeks ago, it was triple digit weather all week, AND it was slightly humid, which is basically unheard of considering we're technically a desert. And yeah, it definitely didn't cool down at night. AC is a lifesaver.
You have to try a Rootbeer float! The ice cream needs to be really frozen and the rootbeer really cold, otherwise it melts really quickly. It's the best thing to have in the summer. Also, A&W rootbeer is the best for floats if you have access to it. Thank you for the fun video!
chippychin +1 for a&w. By far the best for floats. Also, make sure the rootbeer is ice cold before adding the ice cream. It will hardly fizz and won't melt as fast. Also, haagendaaz for the creamiest flavor with a&w.
Specifically the A&W in Boonville, Missouri. For whatever reason they have the BEST rootbeer floats and freezes in the country. It's a hidden treasure.
@peanutbuttercracker1 stop ordering so much in a fast food place. you can order smaller sizes, or you can order just a burger, a small salad, etc. nobody is forcing you to order a whole bunch of food and then not eat it.
Q: How are you? or Hi!, how are you? A: - Good thanks. (just like that, no pause. Especially if it seems like they asked just to be polite or from habit) - Good and you? (same scenario) - Great! Nice day, huh? (If it's a beautiful day, weather-wise) - Good, how are you today? (if you genuinely care. Warning: many Americans will talk your ear off! Americans like foreigners.) - Not too good. (if you actually have a problem. Americans are very friendly and will probably try to help you. Really!!
Here in the UK, when I ask young people "How are you?", instead of "Very well, thank you," they say "I'm good" which tells me they are well-behaved and nothing about their health. I think it's the German influence on English in America.
On the friendliness part there is a common trend: farther south = more wholesome or just away from cities, down in places like Virginia there are some surprisingly nice (and talkative) people. Up north and in metropolitan places things are much better brief.
Aureon Smith Yup, people just choose to hate us... Idk why. We really arent that bad. Maybe its because its said we have " *_eXtReMe RaScIsM_* " but I treat Any other person the same as anyone else. Yes, America made blacks slaves, but that was 200 years ago! No one today has owned a slave or be treated like one.(In america) This guy was very nice and calm and not saying anything stupid. Props to him!
I think it's because of the American foreign policy that many people dislike the US and the Americans. I personally think that the American foreign policy is often very ignorant, egoistic, unfair and disrespectful towards other nations. For example the US are in war constantly and they are trying to sell it as some sort of altruistic behavior to the rest of the world which no one buys. You can't tell people that you're fighting for freedom and for what's just and right and simultaneously go to bed with Saudi Arabia. On the other hand I really like the American people. I think in general most of them are good and friendly people and I'm absolutely not having any grudge against them.
You really should try a rootbeer float, but don't use no cheap stuff. A&W Root beer, premium vanilla ice cream, a straw and a long spoon. I promise you won't regret it.
I'm from Finland and I honestly think there disgusting. First of all because the ice cream melts and then u can't even taste it anymore but the soda still tastes creamy and weird. Second if u think about it, how does ice cream and root beer even go together?!
The point is to eat a little ice cream and when it melts thats the best part. Maby ur Euro ice cream is better quality than ours but u should try it once. U won't know til you do
USA is cause of the various sales taxes and law suits. if you see something in the local paper, on tv or hear it on the radio and then go to the store in another town, townships, county and the price listed for it is not the same they company can get sued for false advertisement. so they lost what the company says it is and then add the sales tax at the end
In the usa we tax the raw materials, the processing, the marketing, the shop that carries them, and then the person who buys it. And still end up wasting all the money on really stupid crap. We should have roads made like airport runways.
I'm looking at people blaming the government and taxes while I was here sitting thinking that it falls into consumerism where stores use psychology on people in their setup- put the necessities and common stuff in the back so you have to see all the stuff on sale on the way, cereal mascot eyes angled to look like they're looking at kids passing by... and the whole thing that a lot of prices end with .99 instead of a flat/round number. They want you to buy more and not including the tax helps lull you into thinking you can buy a little more and stay within budget. People here are blaming the government, but I see the hands of businessmen at work here...
"How are you?" "Good, you?" "Good" That is how it goes, even if you aren't good just say you are, ya it's disingenuous and I personally don't like it but you get use to it. Ya, don't tip 20% unless the service was amazing. That is crazy. Ya the American dream is work till you die, most low skill jobs are 5 days a year if you are lucky 10 days.
It's strange greating ... If someone asks "how are you" my instinct is to say "I'm hungry/I am tired/etc" How about "good day" or "hello" How are you sounds like a question
shebvixen bruh.. no I didn’t see that lol. That sounds not good to me. But I’m almost weird and don’t like lobster . I only like fish . Like how the Hell people like crab?? It’s underwater spiders :|
As an American, the one that kind of shocked me the most was the idea that pancakes and bacon is weird to you guys. To me, they go together like peanut-butter and jelly. wait . . . don't tell me . . . Do you not do peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches either?!?
I don't think pancakes and bacon is weird in Europe. At least not here in the Netherlands. But yeah Peanut-butter and jelly is not a thing here :). Our peanut butter is very different from your peanut butter. It doesn't go together with jelly (or Jam for us) very well
Ok let me explain tipping from a server/waitstaff view. In the US we are paid on average (depending on the area - the coasts will get more I'm sure) $3.50 per hour (bartenders $5.00). The rest of our pay is from the tip (or gratuity). Now, we don't get all of that money either. In most cases we have to also "tip out" the busser(based on total sales), bartender(on bar sales) and, in some cases, the host/hostess (total sales). Plus don't forget those taxes! I think the national "average" is 18% but more and more 20% has become the norm. Believe me, as someone who worked in this industry most of my life, we would love to just get paid and not have to worry if serving a table may actually cost us money. It's not the best system, but it's the one we have. So, when going out to eat or to the bar, tipping should be factored into your expected cost. PS. please don't blame your server if your food isn't cooked correctly. That's the kitchen's job. Just nicely let your server know and we will get it fixed for you. We really do want you to have a good experience!
Hey. Its soon 2019. And you live in usa, not 3rd world country. You guys really should do something about changing labour law as usd2 or 3 or even 5 per hr salary just doesnt make sense. That is more of slavery. I think all of you should not tip (unless you wanna say thank you to your server), and it will be impossible to live with usd 2 or 5 or whatever an hr. Someone should come up and say its about time to fix that. Thank god i do not live there....
@@kimrena7452 usually wait staff will make more than min wage, its why its a popular job. However most of our earnings do not come from our employer but from the customers. An average tip is about 15-18% a decent tip is 18-20% a great tip is anything over 20%. Also some restaurants servers get 50% of the desert sales. Also restaurants are still required to pay their staff the fed min wage if the tips are below the 7.25 an hour wage. So if i make say 5 an hour including my tips my employer has to make up 2.25. But yes we do need to start paying living wages and benefits.
@@ExRev79 i do not live in the usa and i know it workd that way. But why should a customer pay the wage of the server in a name of 'manner'? A tip should be paid if i am happy with the service, and if i wish to pay, not a mandatory thing. In the end, the owners of the restaurants are the ones using the free labour. Isnt that so wrong???
@@kimrena7452 I am an American in the south and I very much agree with you. I hate the American way of mandatory tips. It is all so pretentious and deceitful. Why dont we just pay what we want to, that's what a 'tip' is supposed to mean, it's supposed to mean that we enjoyed the service; it's not supposed to mean that we are paying someone's salary!
Tipping is a big thing in America because waiters in most cases, get paid less than minimum wage($7 an hour) My brother got paid only $3 an hour at one place and he even helped complete contrustion for them to open.
Low wages for the bottom rung of society is the American Way. The trade off is low wages provide encouragement for people to work harder and get promotions. If you want better pay you have to earn it in America. No free rides.
See it the other way round. If tipping didn't exist, then managers would need to pay decent salaries to their waiters. Free market competition would stop menus from raising that much. We tip in salons or restaurant but not in places where workers offer an excellent service like supermarket cashiers so I don't see that they would do a bad job just because they would have no tips.
How about...ta da...avocados and bacon!!! I don't know why the thought had never occurred to me, but after I heard about it on some TV show, I thought, OF COURSE!!! Well, so much for that.It sounded like a great idea, but it just didn't work. True, I used a variety of avocado that I had never tried before, but I don't think a Fuerte or Hass would be any different. So, I can now say, forget about it.
I'm Australian and i was on the same page as you guys until i realized that you dont even ANSWER which was weird. Over here its common to respond with "Good thanks, you?" and leave it at that.
Strong Bad it depends on the type of person you meet in America, me as an individual I say, “how are you doing” and the person I’m talking with says something like, “great, tired, kind of feeling sick, etc.” But I live in Texas, I barely visit any of the other states.
Yet no one is expecting a life story lol .. just a "good" or "fine" or "ive been better"...but no explaination or details are expected otherwise it sounds needy. No one wants to hear how you are better then them... and they dont want you to bring them down with your problems. It is awkward when you dont get any response I want to hear a "Fine, how are you?" lol 1 might be 20 feet away in the opposite direction by then, so many times i dont have to reply at all because they wouldnt hear me even if I did yell from the distance "FIne Thanks!" ..and folks thats the American way!
@@MidranKidran I've only been confronted about a tip once in my life and it was by an Italian working at a chain restaurant. Other than that, I have no clue! I've probably pissed some people off by not tipping but it's my money and I'll do as I please. I use tipping more as a reward than as a necessity. There are plenty of restaurants I eat at regularly where I don't tip or tip "badly" (whatever that means) and it has never affected the service or meal quality.
@Romeo Tango Actually, 10% or less if you're cheap, but sometimes the service is just okay in which case it's perfectly fine to tip 10%. And some servers can make as much as $200 in a five hour shift so I don't think 10% is too bad, though I usually tip 20% or more, though only if the service is exceptional.
I HATE it that we have no sick days in America. I went to the emergency room and was there for 5 days, and was literally let go because of it. It's a very poor system in America.
I'm european, but as I know it was way different in the past in US. Ronald Reagon was weakening the social system and labor unions. In most european countries those systems are still strong. That's why you cannot get fired due to being sick. Even the 26 days paid vacation days he mentioned in the video are downplayed. The average is about 30 days in Germany and I believe german industry is running pretty well.
Same, I had to leave work immediately and was in the hospital for two days. With a doctors note and everything, I was told it was “unprofessional” to leave work immediately I got demoted and decrease in pay.
Americans keep the price you see on the shelf at a 99 cent value as a marketing technique to make the customer feel like they are paying less than they really are. An item would look much more appealing for $9.99 rather than $10.60.
GermanCurl tax is weird in the us each state has its own tax set but then you also got some cities having different tax so that’s probably the main reason they don’t put it on
in my state it’s 10 cents a dollar for tax. and i only know that because when i bought candy that was .99 cents it would come out to 1.09 lol weird sorry bye
They say that... but common I wonder if it really works? Because I always look at it and round it up anyways... I hate when they price things like that! Its like, how stupid do you think I am bro?
Yeah, I have a friend who came over from Europe. He’d always complaint that American restaurants serve tap water, since he’s used to bottled water being served in his home country. Then again, US have tighter water standards for tap water than bottled water (that’s right, tap water is safer).
Artem Bentsionov I dunno about that. I am in Spain (I’m American) and EVERYONE drinks tap, and I in America I NEVER would EVER drink tap. The tap water here is so much better. And also my German friend says a lot of Germans drink tap too?
Nice video. Thanks for making it. Just one correction. Here in American, you can drink any kind of alcohol if you're parents are present. When I was 12 years old and my father and I were visiting Washington DC, I ordered a mint sundae at a restaurant. I was shocked when the waitress then turned to my father and my father said it was alright. Never before in my life did I ever need parental permission to have a sundae and my father saw my confusion. He then told me that although on the menu the sundae was listed as a "Mint Sundae" and underneath in the description, it explained that the mint was actually creme de menthe. A hard liquor. That's when I learned what creme de menthe was. Oh, and it was mind-blowing fantastic as a mint sundae. Regular mint sundaes were never the same after that. Also, when my family traveled during the summer (my father was a professor and my mother was a teacher), we commonly took tours of breweries and wineries. At the end of the tours, the place always had a free taste sampling of all their stuff. Basically small shot glasses of their stuff so you don't get drunk by sampling it all. Every single time, the waiters deferred to my father and he would nod and us kids would get our own shot glasses of the stuff. Honestly, most of the stuff was horrible. I'd take a sip and pass the rest back to my father who would then finish it. Sadly, we never visited a pop factory. LOL And at family parties and dinners, it is up to the parents whether or not the kids can drink. When I was a kid, I had been at parties where the chief of police was attending and kids were drinking. Having said that, we were NEVER allowed to get drunk. The adults almost always heavily watered down the drink but for us kids, it was cool to be drinking with the adults without having to handle the harshness of what they were drinking. In fact, one of the fun things that adults did was allow their kids to taste their alcoholic drinks and when the kids reacted negatively to the taste, the adults would laugh.
Pretty interesting Jack. I thought you would have to be over 21 to drink in America and I'm an American! My parents would truthfully probably never allow me to drink because I'm in a Christian family but I didn't know you could drink if given your parents approval. Thanks for enlightening me on that subject.
You're welcomed. Oh, and I was raised in a Christian family myself and one of our best family friends was our minister, as in him hanging out and drinking with my dad. Now we were in the Lutheran denomination and not in an anti-alcohol Christian denomination, such as Southern Baptists, so alcohol consumption wasn't a big deal to us.
The thing about tipping is that during the great depression restaurants couldn't pay their servers, so the waiters would have to take tips (which at the time were more like bribes), but the whole notion of paying servers below minimum wage and depending on tips stuck, which is rather bad.
yeah, waiting tables is kinda an odd job here in america, especially when you compare it to other jobs. Its one of the few jobs you can pay someone under the minimum wage in most of the country, as long as they make enough in tips that night. I know here in California you still have to pay them minimum wage but they also still get tips. Its a weird thing that doesn't really get addressed
I think it's disgraceful too. Here in England we don't give tips unless the service is good. That's because the cost of a wage is already incorporated into prices. That said, more restaurants here include an automatic service charge in the bill, the way American restaurants do.
Yeah. Other countries around the world treat their workers with respect and basic human decency. It's to be expected when your own country cares about you.
Not sick days, paid vacation days. If you are sick you are sick. In Sweden you can be sick at home for 7days without a doctor's note. You will get 80% of your salary. I think the state pays your salary if you are sick longer.
MrVestek Productions FMLA guarantees employees 12 weeks of paid leave for medical or family emergencies. Every. Year. It's great for new parents and people actually hurt, but you also get people that "cash it in" as much as possible, shamefully letting their European heritage show.
As an American, I agree... root beer floats are delicious but every person from other countries I've ever known hate the taste of root beer. They all say it tastes like medicine so they have negative associations with the stuff. Too bad, right?
My German teacher told us about #1 many years ago and said the exact same thing. If you go to Germany and ask someone "How are you?" don't be surprised if you get a lengthy explanation as to how that person is in fact doing. To Americans, its a simply greeting not asked in a literal sense. To Germans it is a literal question.
Here in Brazil it is a little bit similar, if you say to some one "How are you ?" (in portuguese of course), usually the other person will say "fine", and nothing more.
eyeh8u1 Sometimes here in America it gets a little annoying, especially when teachers ask you. My Econ teacher on like the first day of school went around and asked everyone how they were and it was soooo annoying having to sit through it like 26 times....
How are you can be confusing. I like to stick to how you doing, what's cracking, what's up or how is it hanging for greetings. How are you sounds more serious, and it is taught as a more formal question for second language learners.
My German teacher (he teachers German he is not from Germany) told a story about how some German students came over to America and went to a buffet and it took them 30 minutes to understand the concept of "pay once, eat as much as you want". Also to let you know in almost every state there is no tax on food.
As an American from the Southern US (North Carolina) and who has lived in Germany for about 20 years altogether, you are right on. Even I have trouble when I go back trying to get on with all the choice and superficial friendliness. If you live in GA, then you will understand 'Have a goot one'. Thank you for your video.
In both Germany and some other countries (Poland for example) it's not what company you work for, but just labor law. In PL, if you have a normal working contract and you're university graduate, you have 20 days vacation a year (or rather you "earn" 20/12th of day every month you work), then after 2 years you go up to 26 days. Plus if you're a parent, additional 2 days as long as you have a kid under 14. Sick leave is not limited, but you have to get official doctor's note for it, and if you go over 30 days off in one block, you have to get official checkup to make sure you can go back to work. Maternity leave (up to a year now, I think) may be split with the father and dads get 2 weeks leave for a new kid just for themselves (all paid). Also father can take one or two days off for the birth. Also paid. And bank holidays do not deduct from our vacation days, and from what I read about US, they do there... So, yeah. Sweet sweet EUR labor laws :)
To be honest, I'm from Holand (the Netherlands) and I have eaten pancakes with bacon, however the pancakes that I'm used to are a bit different. They come closer to crepes than the fluffy american style pancakes. So not that weird, your views of reality are fine mate.
Not only the supermarket thing is different in Europe (not just Germany). Not showing the full price on the tag (including tax) is actually illegal in Europe.
In hardware stores they oftens show it without taxes, but they have to show it with small letters atleast what the full price is with taxes. That is because lots of companies buy from them, and dont have to pay taxes.
Sales taxes vary in the US from state to state, that's why it's never included in the advertised price. Some states don't charge tax on foodstuff, some do. Some have a small tax, some have bigger taxes, some tax sugary foodstuffs more than regular foodstuffs, some have a bottle water tax, there might be a county tax plus a city tax, or a luxury tax. Everything gets taxed here, or it doesn't, depending on the state, and it might change within a few years if the city sucks at budgeting. So it's easier for the stores to leave taxes at the end, plus then at the register the customer can be angry at the local government for the high final price not the store.
It helps to understand the regional differences within the United States when considering that the United States is very comparable in size to Europe which has vast regional differences. So comparing the United States to a particular European Country can be difficult.
About how much of a difference is their in both wages and cost of living between the cheapest and most expensive state in the US ? (In the EU, the difference in GDP per capita ranges from about 5000 (former yugoslavia) to 65000 (norway))
The U.S. GDP per capita is about $56,000. Minimum wage as of next year will range from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour. The median household income by city ranges from about $29,000 to $88,000. The cost per square foot for rental properties can range from 60 cents per square foot to $6.00 per square foot.
And the culture is different in many parts of the country too. Frankly, the south is my least favorite part of the country to travel through, and mostly that has to do with the culture.
No1HillBilly I almost never travel to the South because of politics. If that person knew my political views, they'd be yelling at me rather than helping me.
huh. Here in South Africa (at least the Afrikaans communities) we also ask how our counterpart is, and expect a full response if it's a family member or friend, or an at length response if it's a stranger. We typically use it to start the conversation, so something a little more than just ''good, and you?" is expected.
I think I'll never understand the vacations thing, it's so weird ! I'm french and here everybody has at least 5 weeks of paid vacations per year (and of course it doesn't count sick days)
Maïwen Bds Americans are such capitalists. Larger companies will look at it like "So, we have 100,000 employees, and an individual employee generates about $30,000 in revenue a day. All employees get 9 vacation/sick days a year. Any day they are not on vacation they are not generating revenue for us. Therefore, if we scale back to 8 vacation/sick days instead of 9 then that is one more day the employees can make us money. So (100,000 employees) × ($30,000 per day) × (1 former sick day) = $3,000,000,000 extra revenue if we give our employees fewer sick days." That's why Americans have so few sick/vacation days. Also, unless you have a REALLY good job in America we almost NEVER get paid vacation. Here if you want to go on vacation it's just wages lost.
Yeah I think it is like that in most of europe. 3 weeks summer Holidays and 2 weeks when you want to. Usually 1 of them in Christmas. Then there is all the other national days off also. Come on man. We are not on this planet to just work all the time.
Drinking age. I was a teenager in the US in the 60s. Being carded was so rare that if you were asked your age when buying alcohol, you must have pissed the clerk off. I remember buying liquor in Knoxville at 17 and the clerk had to know I was underaged, and I looked maybe 15. Things have changed radically since then.
There are still some places that won't question a teenager but usually it's small town and the bartender knows the kid is walking home. People in the cities are understandably paranoid as one teenager could shut down the whole bar if the powers that be caught wind. Also, kinda depends on your parents. I have some friends that have been drinking since 16, others 21, just depends....
+kolaida I dunno about that. I grew up in a town of less than 15,000, and under no circumstance would they serve anyone at a bar, liquor store, etc. without valid ID. It was, however, easy to go into a bar and pay someone of age to buy you drinks, since they usually didn't check IDs at the door. Personally, though, I think the drinking age should be lowered to 18, with 18-20 year olds only allowed to buy beer under 4% alcohol.
Richard Lawson I have lived in Kingsport Tennessee for 5 years now and had to get used to be carded (asking for ID when ordering alcohol) even though I'm 54 years old and obviously not under the legal drinking age of 21.it is required here in Kingsport to provide ID when buying ANY alcohol..( Beer wine and hard liquor) at grocery stores and in restaurants. Only recently has the sale of wine in grocery stores been legalized. When I lived in California I could buy hard liquor in any grocery store. I'm still trying to get used to going to package (liquor) stores.
Here in Poland it is 20 days per year unless you have 10+ years of registered work experience then you can have 26 days off. Fun fact is that if you have at least bachelor degree it will count as 8 years of experience, so you only need to work for 2 years after graduation to have maximum 26 days off :) Also he mentioned smth about sick leave counting as holiday leave. This is really weird, as here we have normal sick leave, which is a couple of more free days as long as you have a note from doctor. The only real downside of the sick leave is that you are being payed 80% of the daily wage for the days of absence. It can still be better, as I've heard that in sweden they only work for 6h a day instead of standard 8.
The 6 hour days have been tested but is not a common thing here in Sweden. And it seems to be just a test. Costs too much money. It's 8 hours 5 days a week that is working full time. so 40 hours a week.
Where I work right now in Spain I have 4 weeks off, the down side is that for me, weekends count as vacation days... You also have I think one day off for personal reasons and you can have two or three days off with a medical note. Spain also has 14 national holidays.
I have worked in some kind of service industry all my life and have never asked how are you without meaning it. I always like to hear the person that answers back living the dream!
um...everybody I know eats fried chicken and waffles separately, first chicken then waffles or first waffles then Chicken, you should never mix it. I go to Roscoe's a lot.
Christian kathryn Grimes I don't know what stores he went to but I've lived in America all my life and almost every store I've gone in tells you the tax right on the item.
I'm 27 and I remember being a teenager, 10-15 years ago, with my first debit card. It was very common to run into stores that required a minimum purchase amount with a debit card. Like 3-5 bucks minimum and sometimes more. Now it's quite rare.
I'm german and omg the refills, my mom always told me to not drink everything at once and when we moved in with my stepdad in New york she told me to not drink it all at once because I was and my stepdad went "oh she can take more" and my mom was about to fight because money and the moment he said they get refills I had like a happy anime ending
If you're in the midwest in the USA and you ask "how are you," you'll likely get an actual answer, especially if you're talking to someone a little older.
Phantasma Geist I live in the south, specifically North Carolina and I always answer and ask it back too, but I've encountered people who don't answer, but that's not common
I was waiting for you to say " In America you CAN WALK ON THE GRASS!"Interesting about pancakes and bacon with syrup. Its very common. Also most Americans do NOT get 10 days vacation. After 1 year you might get 7 days UNPAID! In some cases paid but mostly not. America is the new "Matt Hausen." Vacation time is not even mandatory in America. Germans and Italians have the best deal ever when it comes to work and vacation.
In Sweden you get 30 days paid vacation in row (you can take it in a full month off). 18 months parental leave and you still get 80% of your salary. When the child is sick there is no reason for the employer to not allow you not staying with a sick child. If the employer does that they will be in real trouble.
@@peeqa21 Sounds great to me. No wonder our government keeps trying to make you the enemy. They dont want us to know about things like this. Do you have a job for me camrade?
Our living spaces and consumption habits require us to work harder. It also varies widely from place to place because most of these laws are star based with relatively few being country-wide. This allows different places conduct themselves in a way that feels right.
Vacation depends greatly on the employer. I have worked at 2 different places in my life. First job was a week the first year, 2 weeks the second year and 3 weeks the 5th year. After that it was 1 day per year , so basically 1 week every 5th year to a max of 7 weeks. My current job I started with 2 weeks, got my 3rd week on my fifth year, I am now in my 10th year and have 4 weeks and 3 days. Both places, after getting 4 weeks encouraged you to take a least 2 weeks continuous once a year. Both places allowed you to carry over unused days into the next year. Neither place was under union contracts, just fortunate to work where they value the employee. Also work in a industrie with a high demand for the skill and few to fill the position.
I visited the South of the USA (Georgia)! Find my travel videos about it here: bit.ly/2v6awfp
I live in Georgia, your experience with Air conditioning, yeah, people just like it that cold, i hate it and wear a jacket all summer because of it, but that wasn't because of you, those people were probably feeling fine
Whales do that ! They have extra layers of fat and that's how they stay warm in fridge waters !!!
I respect your opinion, but I don't agree with you, the people in the States just like feeling comfortable ! My AC stays on 68 degrees in the summer it's a comfortable temperature and that's the only reason Americans like feeling comfortable, if you went to India you'd die of a heat stroke lol,,, I was a US Marine for sixteen years and in the Middle East the temperature is unbearable ! Once I was 10 miles off shore at night waiting to assist other soldiers on land and it was 110 degrees at night on a ship in the middle of the ocean.... So yes we like our AC.....
Zavhytar do you believe in global warming ? I couldn't care less what people think or even scientists ! It's all about money, the weather has been changing since the beginning of time ! Why do you think there are so many animals or creatures that are extinct !!! A couple thousand years it's cold like the ice age, and then I go so hot that nothing was able to survive, think about it my friend you have a good night....
And global warming is all about money !!!
In America it pretty much goes:
How are you?
Good. How are you?
Good.
Myah Victoria yup
Then maybe the occasional "that's good"
Or maybe a simple "scratch my butt"
Myah Victoria that's so weird and disingenuous
News flash: no one is good
in America it usually goes down like "how are you?" "good, how are you?" "I'm good" "that's good" even if you're not good
yup
In Germany (at least) it goes like: "How are you?", "Oh, dont get me started. My back hurts for 4 weeks straith, my wife broke 2 of her nails trying to cut a flower, the neighbours cat just died 2 days ago, our useless son failed to pass his last exam....."
Sometimes we just shorten it to, “Sup.”
Yes in America it's just a greeting. It's just polite to say good how are you. If we say how are you, and you go into your life story. It's considered annoying and dramatic
Pretty much. It takes ALOT for us to say we're anything but "good" or fine". I think it's because Americans are more private people as a whole.
I like this guy. He doesn't judge American's, he just talks about it.
Ben Franklin I agree
+Ben Franklin
I have to agree
Ben Franklin I agree! I can't stand when people bash us because things are different from their country, as if everything they do is the right way.
Rebekah McDermott Exactly! I was almost expecting that to happen in this video but it didn't at all!
People don't only bash you because they think "it's just different" but I see your point. I mean no one likes to get bashed for the country they live in but mostly I think it's a mean and a little less efficient way of constructive criticism. Would be easier for people to say it in a nicer manner without bashing the people as hard and more people would listen. Well I guess people like to argue. Just remember that most people don't mean too much of what they say.
You forgot this
USA: Month/Day/Year
Europe: Day/Month/Year
The German way is day.month.year
And then Asia: Year/Month/Day
Month is more important for American people.
@@dddhhh9884 Day is more used than the month unless you're really dumb and don't know in what month you're in.
Also in Australia it's day/month/year
I am american, but my British friend says it is odd here because you can't turn or look anywhere without seeing a flag, while in most countries, flags are only really noticible on national holidays. Is this true?
yeah, or sports events like football(soccer) because nationalism, especially in germany is connected with the Nazi stuff
We Americans do have our nationalism. There's a code on how to hang The Flag and what do do if it falls down or another situation happens.
Just some quotes about flag code. below.
"It should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise. It should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free."
"When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's left. When displayed in a window it should be displayed in the same way, that is with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street."
" it is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flag staffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness."
WolfFang 735 depends on the country, in Poland and many balkans countries they have just as many flags as in the US
WolfFang 735 many European countries have a stigma against national pride. often times it leads to wars and the like. I would assume that the only countries willing to do this would be those that are consistently on the correct, or at least victorious, side of history. anything else could lead to bad memories. I hear Germans don't want anything to do with national pride nowadays thanks to wwII, and have taken up regional pride instead.
Radicrash Here are some rules that I find to be interesting:
"The flag of the United States of America, when it is displayed with another flag against a wall from crossed staffs, should be on the right, the flag's own right, and its staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag."
"The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning."
"The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling."
Wow, as an American I didn't realize these things were so out of the ordinary. Thank you for the highly informative video. I hope you will visit again ( so many different climates to choose from) thanks for your video, I am a new subscriber and liked this really interesting take on life in US.
Each state or region is very similar with only minor speech habits. It would not seem much different for a foreigner from a very different society. I have been in 90 countries and see more similarities between regions of the US than, say, regions of China which are much different. Regions of the EU are getting less and less different as time goes by which is really unfortunate that unique cultures are disappearing as are borders and laws.
I lived in the USA all my life and never even traveled abroad, so I never knew these things were strange to outsiders. Thx for sharing.
always travel when you can and are able! it will be one of the things you will always regret not doing! safe travels to you!
+Absalom David he could be 6months old, he can't travel then
Just don't travel to North Korea...
They were bible thumpers thinking they could change those commie scum.
I've seen several people doing this kind of comparison video, and the thing that really strikes me is how well these folks speak English. Outstanding.
In Europe we are taught English in school,as a requirement,that's why we speak more than one language I myself speak 3 am learning a fourth,to keep the brain active,lol
Yeah. Around most of Europe- they speak multiple languages. It’s actually pretty interesting.
Try American movie theaters, then you will learn frigid AC.
Grocery stores during the summer. Talk about freezing.
K California I don't know why people complain about it. It fells good when it's hot outside
@ Nakul No, it just makes it feel too cold inside and even hotter outside. Maybe they don't make it as cool where you live, but I often wear a jacket in stores because it will be in the 60's. I like my AC at about 75 degrees. Maybe 80 if I'm trying to save on the electric bill.
Coming from a fellow cali resident everyone pretty much enjoys a cold theater especially when its hot just take a sweater.
K California
it's cold in movie theaters bc the temp keeps people awake
If you think bacon and pancakes are weird, wait till you try chicken and waffles
lol was funny to read your username after reading how you misspelled wait
MilkyTank thank you 😊
:P you're welcome?
The chicken and waffles thing is mostly a Southern thing(I believe it's considered "soul food"). It's so unhealthy, but so good.
there's an album called soul food by kognitif :P
I'm an American and usually if you ask someone "hey, how are you?" it's expected you respond with "I'm good thank you." Or "I'm good, how about you?" Even if you're not feeling well.
I'm also American and I'll admit that I have also always had difficulty responding to "how are you,' especially since i work retail and probably initiated the conversation with a simple "good morning," since I am required to say hello to every customer I meet. If they then respond with "how are you," I'm stuck with, "Fine thanks," but then feel the need to respond, "How are you?" and it's awkward.
T.K. Titanium I'm a pizza delivery boy and I almost always get people greeting me at their doors with "how are you today?" or "How's your day going?"
I'm American too
I'm American as well, and I have always hated the how are you greeting. It always seemed so disingenuous. Most people don't really want to know, they aren't asking because they care, and if that is the case, they should just say hello and leave it at that. I always respond with "I'm doing well, thank you, and you?" and make a point to meet the person's eyes so that they understand that I am genuinely asking how they are. I typically get an honest response also.
As for Philp Ahn Deese's question - I actually got heat from people when I said I was American while I was visiting Brazil. They didn't seem to like the fact that I was calling myself American and taking over the name of both the continents of North and South America. They consider themselves to be American because they are from South America, but this was very confusing to me and I asked (several people actually) why I couldn't call my self American or say I was from America. They said, I should say I'm from "The States" because we were all from America (meaning the names of the continents). I wonder if other countries don't realize that we aren't simply called the United States. That we are actually the United States of America. Mexico is actually called the United States of Mexico (in Spanish, of course), but they are called Mexican. Australia is actually the United States of Australia, but you don't hear them saying their from the USA. They are from Australia (which is also a name of a country and a continent). I don't understand why we can't call ourselves by the name of the country we are from without people from other countries getting annoyed at us.
what i find weird at americans is that men don't sleep in the same bed.
there was an american in my group and we had to share a hotel bed and he said he feels awkward, and when i took my underpants off he said he wants to sleep on the floor.
is this how americans are? or it was just an isolated case?
coke literally pays 8 cents to make 2 liters of soda, so paying two dollars for a cup with free refills is pretty generous
They may only pay 8 cents to make 2 liters, but they also have to pay for workers to manage factories, people to harvest materials, packaging, and shipping everything. Also the $2 you are paying for the soda doesn't go to the soda company, it goes to the retailer, the soda company only makes what they sell it to the retailer for, which is much less than what they're selling it for. In the end, they aren't making the $1.92 you think they are, but probably only around 10 cents
@@meesehead3202 Definitely not. As a former restaurant manager I can tell you that soda is a HUGE earner. A $2.50 cup of soda costs the restaurant about 2 cents out of pocket.
@@beatnickblanket But have you ever paid the monthly lease on a commercial property? The utility bills? The insurance? The payroll? The sales taxes? After all of that is paid, restaurants and retail outlets barely earn ten percent, if that... This nonsense restaurants earn over 90 percent is just that, utter nonsense... If that was the case everyone of us would have invested and would be operating a restaurant...
@@ronclark9724 Literally the only comment I said is that they earn a 90% markup on soda. That has nothing to do with what the final takeaway a restaurant has in total financials.
Dr Pepper costs 25 krones for a small bottle in Norway as almost no one buys it :/
Why US Citizens are fat. (I'm American and I've been to Europe)
- 24hr. stores
- Portion sizes
- free refills
- Food combinations
- Limited vacation days (lots of sitting)
- High sugar diet
briansmobile1 I'm American and I agree. I think each country has it's pros and cons.
Change it to why your average american is fat, not all.
briansmobile1 oh come on we arn't fat (stop faking you are not American) most if us are not fat hell most of us are more fit than there are fat.
briansmobile1 US has more obese AND more physically fit than most eu countries from what I've seen. just less of a middle ground
just to add. if you've simply travelled to a place for a short time, you shouldn't make assumptions
Basically, when responding to "how are you" just say good.
Even if you are dying in the inside.
Yeah, 'murica is based on lies in many aspects :D
I'm getting better about answering honestly. Sparing detail s except to those I know well.
You say "Good, and you?" even though they will just say good and so its actually pointless to ask in the first place
Okay im a triggered american now, its not good, its "Im doing WELL!" Sorry just need to vent about that.
There is no fixed response, other than being short in you answer. Like; great, thanks or not feeling so well today, thanks for asking. The key is a short response, that you can say while passing!
"Hey, how are you?" "Good, how are you?" "Good" "Good" ... end of conversation.
But how would you react if someone would say that they feel really shitty today ? I can imagine some weird looks....
I'm honest. If I'm tired, I say I'm tired. Some people are interested, some not.
HaZadeur1 If someone says they feel really shitty I would respond "that sucks".
I hate that too, What I do now is actually tell them how I'm actually doing, good or bad. Maybe next time they will think before asking.
Anna Reed Hah! In Finland, goes like this:
"Hey."
"..."
End of conversation.
26 DAYS OF VACATION? TWENTY-SIX DAYS?!?!? My mom’s an RN Nurse, and she’s only allowed to take 3 sick days off per YEAR.
most nordic contries has paid vacation laws
Mercy Ewoodzie I’d love to have 26 days. I get 5 vacation days and 3 sick days
I have 29 payd vacation days. And Every time I am sick I go on sick days and payd too, but little less. I don't understand how are you living the dream 🤔🤔 I live in Croatia, Europe
So in Brazil there are 30 days of paid vacation! just as in Germany, if you are sick, you can just not go to work and bring the doctors note on the other day. I made a surgery and stayed 15 days off and some months after that I got more 30 days of vacations
In Italy we usually have 3 months of vacations from school and 1/2 months from work
We went to europe a couple days ago (we're american) and my dad had no idea how to tip! He tipped 15% and the waitress thought he was crazy
Amelie D LMAO OMG I would think u were crazy 2.
YesSiOui MC a lot of waiters here make shit money like $3/hr and rely on the tips. I used to work at a restaurant, during the week they may have taken home $50 a night in tips but could make like $200 on a good weekend night.
We have quick casual restaurants that basically are kind of cross between fast food / full dining. So if you visiting the US and are worried about tipping I would recommend these (QDOBA, Chipotle, Noodles & Company, Panera, etc...) Full service restaurants have tried getting rid of tips before (I think Joes Crab Shack was one chain that tried it) and paid their staff more. It doesn't work because you have more expensive food and worse service. Granted, maybe if servers had to be paid minimum wage, this would cut down on loosing a competitive advantage because of the more expensive food and worse service (as all restaurants would have to abide), but being at restaurants where servers are tipped vs. where they are paid minimum wage, the service is waaaaaaay better at restaurants where servers are paid in tips. Good servers can make good money, and therefore you get higher quality people serving (and not only bad but even mediocre servers end up quitting to work an easier job because they don't make good money). That being said, do remember that in the US, not only do servers make less than minimum wage (in my state they make $3.65 an hour), but they are making that little bit of money before the restaurant opens and after it closes, when they aren't making any tips and are cleaning / prepping. Also, at many restaurants servers have to "tip out" to give some of their tips to other staff such as hosts/bussers/bar tenders, etc.
Amelie D Its because waitresses get a fair pay here, tips are just a nice extra :)
YesSiOui MC I worked in a restaurant in California and earned $10/hr with tips being extra. It's always nice to have some cash on you at all times for gas/petroleum and such
Bruh we don't understand our sizes either 😂😂
Em Plays Especially women's pants! Why do women's and men's pants have to be sized differently?!
eclecticaspie because they have different hips
Em Plays we certainly do not
Em Plays or metric system 😂
Jacob J
Nah, it's a marketing thing, nothing more.
“They have some weird combinations”
2019: KFC: COME GET YOUR CHICKEN DONUT SANDWICH!
XxNeedy xX Nope.
Or some of the wierdness that comes out of Taco Bell. It's like Frankenstein food.
When we say "how are you?" we still expect a respond. It is a question, used to greet someone. But we obviously want a respond like "I'm fine, thank you, how are you?"
Sergio Flores Yeah, that confused me. I have lived in America all my life and that greeting always requires an answer. What is weird though is "what's up?". That greeting goes unanswered a lot.
Yea or the classic "whats up." & responce= "whats up." certainly not a question...not even a rhitorical one. It is a long way of saying 'hi'.
Albert Quigley A lot of times people say "hey what's up?" and people respond "hey I haven't seen you in a while, what's up?" and don't answer the question.
Albert Quigley
Yeah it's less of a literal question and more of a read-between-the-lines positive conversation opening that functions as a greeting.
Well it's common curtesy it's a lot like shaking hands with someone.
The air conditioning made me laugh, "are you making it freezing because of me? " no brother, in the summer there's no such thing as too cold.
@Matthew A - Amen to that!!! (I live in FL) I was laughing when he thought they were turning the A/C lower for him as well.
Texas here and AC is life! I’ve driven a car for 4 years without it, and it suuuucks. Air-conditioner=civilization.
@@mr.purplet-rex2774 and then summer hits and bugspray is life.
I live in Seattle and most of us do not have AC. It usually doesn't get hot enough for it. We have a few weeks were we do get a heatwave. Lots of businesses have it, but a lot don't.
Yeah we use AC way too much.
In America, we want a response to "How are you?", but most people just say something along the lines of "I'm fine, how are you?" It's really just to be polite.
You're pretty
1:25 Being honest here, the amount of ice restaurants put into drinks is absurd.
Techhunter Talon I agree
*Laughs in loves eating ice*
Its done on purpose to save the restaurant money. The more ice in the cup the less soda you get. Displacement.
@@trainsplanesandotherthings5187 you get unlimited refills, and people like drinks cold. And because of the tipping environment, you get refills before your drink is even gone. Nothing absurd about it.
@@chexcollects True, I was thinking of the drinks given in drive thru, can't get refills that way. But yes in sit down restaurants with unlimited refills is not an issue.
Someone: Hey, how's it going.
American: Good, you?
and that's how it goes 99% of the time
on average we get 14 days paid vacation. and maybe a handful of paid sick days.
Darth Snow my dad gets almost 30
That is also here in Canada, except some people might add eh at the end of how's it going.
I earn 24 days per year and can accumulate 34.5 days before I start losing it. I tend to keep it around 25-30 days balance.
hey there bud hows it been eh
not bad bud pretty good
Right, there bud been doing good too
I agree with him, the US should have the tax already calculated into the price not at the register
they do in some states.
I feel that the reason that is not common practice is due to different states charging different percentages in sales tax. Take for example Georgia and Florida that charge 7%, Massachusetts that charges 6.25%, and New Hampshire that has no sales tax at all. Not including sales tax in price tags on shelves is common practice for businesses that have branches in many states, as it would be difficult to change prices per store because of location.
Also both prices and tax rates change all the time
southernbman That's not the reason. All stickers and labels are computer generated. Different locations have different prices. So calculating the price with the tax included is no big deal whatsoever.
We live in a world of computers and this can generate the correct price. It's a con, they don't display the full price because most things sell ending in 99for example $3.99,, why end with 99,,,, because it psychologically sound a better price than $4.26. The technology is there and the yanks keep making up excuses and don't want to believe they are getting ripped off. By the way i lived in the states for 5 years and it was Texas (the worst out of the bunch for changing things).
I laughed when he was amazed by the free refills...."Whats is this magic wonder land of free refills?" Ha! Awesome
Well I would have the exact same reaction as the dude. Free refills is unheard of here in the Netherlands.
I am having a lot of fun watching the "What other countries find weird about American things." videos on You Tube.
Haha, in Spain we have that too.
Also, I'm curious if your countries have the classic "free buffets" too, like, you pay 12€ and you can eat and drink whatever until you leave. As it is very common here to have those with thematic restaurants, like for Japanese, Italian, Spanish food
Many of the exchage students who come from Europe are like O.o
geminix365 we have Chinese and barbeque restaurants like that, but not much else. Also, the use of the term Chinese is a tad misleading as Chinese people call it American food. Lol
I make a strange link between tipping and the free refills. If they are really slow to refill when it's not busy they can't expect me to tip the most I'm willing to part with (25%) but if they don't water the drinks down and keep them filled at a decent pace then the rest of my meal can suck and I still tip that much. 😑 I eat too quickly to taste food anyway.
I lived in Germany when I was a kid and I learned to drink my sodas room temperature. Point number two: My dad told me before we went over there to remember that I was a guest in their country and to behave accordingly. Every country has it's own rules and customs. Respect them and you'll have a much more enjoyable visit.
We are a magical land of free refills damnit
Europe isn't much thinner, chummer.
Actually, the restaurant looses money on every refill. That's probably why we don't have it in Germany.
Midnight soda costs next to nothing. I know a restaurant owner and he told me on a 2 dollar Coke they could give a customer 3 refills and still make plenty of profit. Their only real cost is the labor involved in the server pouring your drinks.
America is freedom. Including freedom of ridiculous requests like paying for each refill. I didn't drink much when I was in Europe just because they don't have Dr Pepper in most of it and that's what I like the most and I sure wasn't about to pour money into just water. Lots of money on wine and beer though, had to make it count!
We have free refills because because you high fructose corn syrup more than sugar. The rest of the world doesn't really care touch the H.F.C.S. and uses real sugar for theirbsoda. H.F.C.S. is terrrrrrible for you compared to sugar.
*Don't you even dare start on our beautiful Rootbeer floats.*
A cream soda floats, and orange soda floats, or sherbet in fruit punch. They just don't know what they're missing.
lol
They're dElICIOus
There is no greater beverage on the planet. It transcends mundane drinks and becomes so much more. Also, replace the standard rootbeer with alcoholic rootbeer (I recommend "Not Your Father's Rootbeer") and it positively sings to your soul.
i am a fan of Boston coolers ginger ale and ice cream.
In America if someone asks "how are you?" You just say good. You don't really have to answer the question. If you actually answer other than "good". The person asking is caught off-guard and it will get awkward because it's not really a question it's like an introduction.
Kyle Crary I don't get why anyone would ask a question they don't want the answer for, like people don't really care how you are?
No...they don't...lol
thats not really correct, Crary
strangers dont typically ask "how are you?" (unless its a waiter, waitress or someone else in the service industry). friends & acquaintances say it as a conversation starter and generally will care. ive *never* seen anyone "get awkward" if someone responds with something other than "good" unless the answer itself was outside cultural norms (ie: "my butt itches")
Where I live, people constantly say "how ya doing" "what's up? and other such things as a greeting. And even when someone has said something awkward, like "my butt itches," the other person usually just laughs it off and keeps walking.
It is kind of funny to see someone respond to "how you doing" with another "how you doing" and that's it. Both parties walk off without the other knowing they were doing.
Here in America, we act polite, but we are impatient. That's why we ask "How are you?" when we don't care, and answer "Good" when we aren't. If you answer anything other than "Good" you'd better have something interesting to say.
I had a supervisee who requested to take off every other Friday instead of taking a week's vacation. It was so inconvenient to the team because we didn't always have a way to cover his work--but I always approved his time, because it was his. This was very early in my career, but I remember thinking, 'They don't take their career very seriously, being away this often.' I feel a lot differently now that I'm older and more experienced.
I’m South Korean.
I was adopted by a Canadian-Frenchman.
My wife is Italian.
Our kids are Itasian.
We speak English.
Our cars are German.
We live in the US.
☺️
Robert LeBlanc lol cool
Itasian...haha
🤣🤣🤣
And I gave 0 fucks😁
And this is a great example of what an American is made up of. My father came from Sweden, and my mother is from German and English decent. So that makes me pretty much a mut. But they say muts make the best pets.
"Hey! How are you?"
"Good! You?"
"Great! Thanks"
Moving right along.
👋😁
that's what we do in Australia
American here. Visited Germany and Finland about a month ago (first time outside the U.S.). So these are the things I thought were "weird" about Europe:
1) The water spraying wand in the restroom. Turns out it is not for cleaning the sink.
2) The fact that people will say "I'm going to use the toilet" instead of "restroom". This would be somewhat rude to say here. Also there is way less water in the toilet.
3) Sparkling water. If you order water, that is what they bring you. You have to specify "still" if you want regular water.
4) People in Europe smoke cigarettes a lot I think. They had entire rooms in the airport dedicated to it.
5) The machines that processes your credit cards work WAY WAAAAY faster than the ones in the U.S.
6) Saw full frontal nudity both male and female on a TV show. Just a normal show. In the middle of the day.
7) Grocery stores in Finland trap you inside them.
8) No ice cubes in the drinks. European Orange Fanta apparently has orange juice in it. It is a completely different color/taste than the orange Fanta here.
9) People park and drive on sidewalks. Very confusing.
10) A lot of cars shut off at traffic lights, cars are small and look similar to one another.
11) Europeans dress way better than we do. We look like slobs.
Kill Kitty o
so if i go to Europe, i should pack my suits & my nice slacks & shirts?
I think you should do what is comfortable and be prepared to feel embarrassed. haha.
4) smoking is prohibited in many public places so you can smoke in designated smokerooms that have an airfiltering system-put in place in legislation to protect the personnel from second hand smoke-so people actually smoke less but you notice them in concentrated areas ;p.
10) modern cars have auto stop-start engines at trafficlights to save gas and pollution.
hkistreet, yes that is exactly what I mean. They have those little gates that shut behind you after entering. It's just...weird. I thought you had to buy something in order to leave. They also don't bag your groceries for you. My sister let them pile up because she didn't realize you were supposed to bag them yourself. The cashier thought she was stupid I think or maybe inconsiderate, but here they just do that for you so she didn't know what was happening
We tip because it's the waiters main source of income. They are paid a lot less than the minimum wage because of this
well they get a lil over 2 dollars an hour plus their tips... but if the 2 dollars an hour plus tips weekly doesnt equal min wage the company is supppsed to make up the difference tho alot of places dont kno or ignore it and they should be reported
Problem of the system, not mine.
If you don't tip, that's fine, but don't go back to the same place twice, or wear a disguise when you do, because the waitstaff knows if you are a bad or nontipper.
@@Smoer1 then you're just an asshole. Ultimately the consumer is the boss of every buisness, you're the one who pays, in resturaunts in the US you're just expected to pay the waiters directly rather than management. Without tipping the cost would be added to the bill instead. The advantage of ripping us it encourages good waiters and waitresses and can give raises and bonuses for job well done, failure is it can create an unreliable income.
so it is a positive reinforcement. tip me because my wage is low - I can't get higher wages because my boss thinks I will be tipped.
The land of the the free (refills).
Fungus Chamber how is this not the too comment. Hahaha
Have to since it’s 70 % ice to begin with
I've also never seen a fast food joint get mad/kick out a homeless person who uses the fountain soda machine.
Evelyn Saungikar: That is up to you..They have refill machines everywhere in the USA. The machine carries ice cubes separate from the drink.. You are one that decides how much ice you are putting in your cup.. I usually get more ice because I am used to drink everything very cold..
Fungus Chamber: I visited the Island of Puerto Rico and they also have free refills there.. They also use American $$$$..Many things that are expensive here like sea food is real chip there. It is a beautiful island and the people speaks English..
People tip so much in America because our servers are not payed decent wages. They live off of tips.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but in Europe servers are payed fairly good wages.
kat H. yes. In europe nobody expect that you tip
We tip our servers to incentive them to do good service, If you pay servers with tips then they will get more tables done and be curious to the customers. Tipping is genius!
If everyone tips by default because it's expected that you tip (and sometimes they automatically add the tip) then it doesn't work in the slightest as an incentive. All it ends up doing is making it so that they barely get paid at all when no one's there, which is mostly controlled by the time of day.
Servers make the same wages as every other minimum wage employee, per federal law (if tipped wage + tips does not equal minimum wage, the employer must pay the difference).
I don't see anyone rushing to tip the clerk at Walmart.
Vaguenoodle This is not true. There actually is a seperate "minumim wage" for shopkeepers, waiters, etc.
I found prescription drug commercials on TV really weird.
Also that they don't have VAT.
I am an American and I do not approve of drug commercials ...
Yeah, that shit became legal in the 90's. I remember being in middle school and people being shocked by those commercials. Now we're used to it.
I'm American and I find prescription drug commercials ridiculous
All that came about because there was a problem in the 80's with pharm companies not revealing all sources of information and all side effects and they passed laws requiring full disclosure for sources of information, whether the person was compensated for the commercial, or even if it is an actor. So, the pharm companies tipped the scales the other way because they are afraid of the lawsuits. When you see stupid shit like that in america it's because the lawyers ruined it for everyone. For example, at Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello in VA, no one is allowed in the second story. Do you know why? Because in the 1700s when the home was built, he didn't know that the Americans with Disabilities Act was going to pass in the mid 70's which required equal access for everyone, even those with disabilities. So, since not everyone can get up to the second floor, no one gets to go. #damnlawyers
Dipping French fries in milkshake
Owen Prater dipping French fries in ice cream is the mother of all good snacks.
Love dipping my fries in my milkshake. Also like dipping them in Mayonnaise.
@@tinabarbour2568 Mayonnaise I understand. But that it completely different taste. I cant understand fried with milkshake.
It’s soo good and I’m not even natural born American
I'm 57 & have lived in the US all my life & I have never seen a person dip a french fry in a milkshake. Maybe it's a regional thing?
Dialogue should go as followed:
Bob: Hey, how are you?
Sarah: good, you?
Bob: good, thanks
Sarah: bye
Bob: see you later
Small talk at its finest
HeyitsPagers why Bob and Sarah? It's America so we have a lot divirsity stop being racist
3102540 You must be kidding...
dialogue in northern germany:
Stefan: *eye contact* , *nod*
Dieter: *nods in return*
at most a "hey"/"hi" is exchanged, there is no reason to waste each others time/breath if you have nothing substantial to say
Bob: Hey how are you?
Shaniqua'wana: I'm fine how are you?
Bob: I just threw out my back so...can't complain!
Shaniqua'wana: Great, see ya.
Bob: See ya!
But everything wasn't great, and Shaniqua'wana died later that day from a brain anuerysm caused by having a weird ass name.
Rikard Nilsson dialogue in ireland:Bob:"well"
Sarah:"Well".
People work themselves to death here. Everyone is terrified that if they take too much time off, the management will think they're lazy and fire them--management will think "you want to play around on vacation, not get down to business and WORK. We aren't paying you to play around on vacation."
You have to always act like you're happy to work so much and you love being at work. Otherwise you're in danger of losing your job.
I'm a senior copywriter, and I get 10 days off per year...plus 2 sick days. And I had to negotiate for that, because usually new hires only get 5 days off per year.
We're off on Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. That's it. Christmas/New Year's Eve aren't considered holidays. Other days like Martin Luther King's birthday, Veteran's Day, President's Day (used to be separated into Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays....not anymore, and aren't days off anymore), Colombus Day....none are days off anymore unless you're in public school or work for the federal government (yup...the gov't gets those days off but nobody else does).
Most retail stores now remain open on all holidays, including Thanksgiving, New Year's, and Christmas. So much for work-life balance.
Forbes recently reported that less than 40% of Americans took off more than 3 days in 2017.
We're working, stressing, eating, drinking, and drugging ourselves to death here. These things are all connected.
You know, you don't have to work there. I get eight paid holidays plus four weeks paid vacation.
"But I'm a copywriter, I couldn't see myself doing anything but copywriting!"
Then don't complain.
They're saying this is a problem around the country. By your logic, they'd have to leave the country or become homeless. Leaving the country would also cause you to have to work quite awhile to save up to do so. So really its be homeless or work at a job you don't get time off from really to enjoy the one life you get. Glad you enjoy your job though.
I'm You It’s NOTA problem around the country though. My husband is up to about 6 week paid time off per year. If he doesn’t take it, his employer pays him for it. So they pay either way.
No they don't stop over reacting you baby
Unfortunately true
why so many dislikes? this guy is friendly, objective and down to earth!
Because some people are sensitive af :D
Get Germanized true.
I would guess at least half of them didn't even watch it. The title kinda maybe could be read as America=bad, so downvote away
Very likable presenter.
Soterion Coil he's a simpleton, duh.
Not all states have taxes added to food.
Try coming to Arizona when it's 118 with no AC. You will appreciate it then.
Try the Gulf Coast and it will send you packing back to Arizona.
Try Michigan between Dec and Feb (can get as cold as -15 with a wind chill of -40) and those 118 temps will be appreciated!
+Mike Remuzzi & non-Americans: Arizona's is a dry, desert heat while in Atlanta, Georgia (where the UA-camr was) has *humid* heat. Humid heat is worse because one's body can't cool down by sweating -- the sweat won't evaporate. I've known of desert southwest folks who said the central Midwest and the southeast U.S.'s humid heat felt far worse than Arizona. And in Arizona it cools down at night. Not so in central Midwest and the southeast.
Or Duluth, Minnesota Dec-Feb. Sometimes down to -25 (Fahrenheit).
Mike Remuzzi California isn't so bad in comparison, but these past few years weather has been getting weird. A couple weeks ago, it was triple digit weather all week, AND it was slightly humid, which is basically unheard of considering we're technically a desert. And yeah, it definitely didn't cool down at night. AC is a lifesaver.
You have to try a Rootbeer float! The ice cream needs to be really frozen and the rootbeer really cold, otherwise it melts really quickly. It's the best thing to have in the summer. Also, A&W rootbeer is the best for floats if you have access to it.
Thank you for the fun video!
chippychin barq's root beer is better
If you put the glass mug in the freezer for a bit, that also helps to keep the ice cream from melting too fast. :)
chippychin +1 for a&w. By far the best for floats. Also, make sure the rootbeer is ice cold before adding the ice cream. It will hardly fizz and won't melt as fast. Also, haagendaaz for the creamiest flavor with a&w.
Specifically the A&W in Boonville, Missouri. For whatever reason they have the BEST rootbeer floats and freezes in the country. It's a hidden treasure.
Ghost Nappa I think you just gave me a new foodie travel mission.
The root beer float is good
I don't really like it to much
Yes it is !!
Athalstan?
With Barq's root beer. Yes
Justin Mckay I don’t like root beer
Honestly I am American and I still think it’s weird if I say “hi how are you?” And they just reply with hello and don’t answer the question
I just say good and go on with my life lol
I thought I was crazy.
soflo23 lmao gottem
It's actually a joke here to follow-up by burdening the person asking with all the details about how you actually are 😂
I won’t stop asking how you are until you answer.
Those portions are too big for us, too. That's why we take it home.
Lol not with fast food you don't. Who the fuck spreads McDonald's or Wendy's out over two sittings?
That's why you are so full of obese people.
same lol XD
peanutbuttercracker1 ... Raises hand
@peanutbuttercracker1
stop ordering so much in a fast food place. you can order smaller sizes, or you can order just a burger, a small salad, etc.
nobody is forcing you to order a whole bunch of food and then not eat it.
Root beer floats are awesome. Just go get some vanilla ice cream, throw a couple scoops in a glass, pour root beer to the top. nom nom nom
Rose C this is the best comment I've read so far. Go root beer floats! :)
root beer taste like toothpaste. it's disgusting. Most people in europe don't like that stuff
SigmaDraconis87 what tooth paste are you using I get that some people says it tastes close to medication but I’ve never hear toothpaste before
SigmaDraconis87 I'm an American and hate root beer
In Aus we call them 'spiders' don't know why but we know what it is so it works
Q: How are you? or Hi!, how are you?
A: - Good thanks. (just like that, no pause. Especially if it seems like they asked just to be polite or from habit)
- Good and you? (same scenario)
- Great! Nice day, huh? (If it's a beautiful day, weather-wise)
- Good, how are you today? (if you genuinely care. Warning: many Americans will talk your ear off! Americans like foreigners.)
- Not too good. (if you actually have a problem. Americans are very friendly and will probably try to help you. Really!!
Here in the UK, when I ask young people "How are you?", instead of "Very well, thank you," they say "I'm good" which tells me they are well-behaved and nothing about their health. I think it's the German influence on English in America.
Can confirm as an American that I like foreigners and would try to help out if I could.
On the friendliness part there is a common trend:
farther south = more wholesome
or just away from cities, down in places like Virginia there are some surprisingly nice (and talkative) people. Up north and in metropolitan places things are much better brief.
The last part is too true. We do that iconic "I have so much concern over your wellbeing" face and will get upset with you.
My reply to this is always, “ well, I’m still kickin ya kno?”
OMG! Root beer floats are the best!
Your observations and feedback of the US are so respectful and cute.
not sure if your sincere or sarcastc
Paige Miller I’m sincere... A lot of people that I have heard talk about Americans or the US often have rude things to say.
Aureon Smith
Yup, people just choose to hate us... Idk why. We really arent that bad. Maybe its because its said we have " *_eXtReMe RaScIsM_* " but I treat Any other person the same as anyone else. Yes, America made blacks slaves, but that was 200 years ago! No one today has owned a slave or be treated like one.(In america) This guy was very nice and calm and not saying anything stupid. Props to him!
Aureon Smith
I think it's because of the American foreign policy that many people dislike the US and the Americans. I personally think that the American foreign policy is often very ignorant, egoistic, unfair and disrespectful towards other nations. For example the US are in war constantly and they are trying to sell it as some sort of altruistic behavior to the rest of the world which no one buys. You can't tell people that you're fighting for freedom and for what's just and right and simultaneously go to bed with Saudi Arabia.
On the other hand I really like the American people. I think in general most of them are good and friendly people and I'm absolutely not having any grudge against them.
You really should try a rootbeer float, but don't use no cheap stuff. A&W Root beer, premium vanilla ice cream, a straw and a long spoon. I promise you won't regret it.
Justbeingme i fuckin know right? Root beer floats are to die for
I'm from Finland and I honestly think there disgusting. First of all because the ice cream melts and then u can't even taste it anymore but the soda still tastes creamy and weird. Second if u think about it, how does ice cream and root beer even go together?!
Eewwwkkkkkkkkkkk yo r nasty
The point is to eat a little ice cream and when it melts thats the best part. Maby ur Euro ice cream is better quality than ours but u should try it once. U won't know til you do
Nerf N' Stuff Do you ever drink creme soda? The ice cream just makes the rootbeer taste like creme soda
It blew my mind when I found out how other countries price tag items and I wish we did include taxs with it!
I dunno... I kinda like a business saying "this is what we charge... anything over that, blame the government for the excess."
But there is a tax, its called a VAT and is included
USA is cause of the various sales taxes and law suits. if you see something in the local paper, on tv or hear it on the radio and then go to the store in another town, townships, county and the price listed for it is not the same they company can get sued for false advertisement. so they lost what the company says it is and then add the sales tax at the end
In the usa we tax the raw materials, the processing, the marketing, the shop that carries them, and then the person who buys it. And still end up wasting all the money on really stupid crap. We should have roads made like airport runways.
I'm looking at people blaming the government and taxes while I was here sitting thinking that it falls into consumerism where stores use psychology on people in their setup- put the necessities and common stuff in the back so you have to see all the stuff on sale on the way, cereal mascot eyes angled to look like they're looking at kids passing by... and the whole thing that a lot of prices end with .99 instead of a flat/round number. They want you to buy more and not including the tax helps lull you into thinking you can buy a little more and stay within budget. People here are blaming the government, but I see the hands of businessmen at work here...
"How are you?"
"Good, you?"
"Good"
That is how it goes, even if you aren't good just say you are, ya it's disingenuous and I personally don't like it but you get use to it.
Ya, don't tip 20% unless the service was amazing. That is crazy.
Ya the American dream is work till you die, most low skill jobs are 5 days a year if you are lucky 10 days.
It's strange greating ... If someone asks "how are you" my instinct is to say "I'm hungry/I am tired/etc"
How about "good day" or "hello"
How are you sounds like a question
Wait till he descovers chicken and waffles
He was in Georgia. I'm surprised he didn't discover it!
Lol, did anybody else see the Red Lobster ads advertising Lobster and waffles?
shebvixen bruh.. no I didn’t see that lol. That sounds not good to me. But I’m almost weird and don’t like lobster . I only like fish . Like how the Hell people like crab?? It’s underwater spiders :|
mmm.chicken and waffles sounds good
we have to keep some things a secret man jeez, at least you didn't tell him about privatized healthca-
i've said too much
As an American, the one that kind of shocked me the most was the idea that pancakes and bacon is weird to you guys. To me, they go together like peanut-butter and jelly.
wait . . . don't tell me . . . Do you not do peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches either?!?
J'zargo nope
J'zargo I don't know why I laughed at your username and profile pic.
Probably because I've killed you least once.
I don't think pancakes and bacon is weird in Europe. At least not here in the Netherlands. But yeah Peanut-butter and jelly is not a thing here :). Our peanut butter is very different from your peanut butter. It doesn't go together with jelly (or Jam for us) very well
J'zargo I think I've read that the Japanese find peanut butter and jelly sandwiches a very strange combination.
aswtx75 Ah yes, Japan, a European country located in Eastern Asia.
Don't go to any sport event hungry in the USA eat beforehand cause a little basket of fries is like 6-7 dollars it's insane
Captain_Derps1 A basket! O-O
Leyends are true
Concerts / music festivals are even worse. I once bought a $9 beer. The most expensive at the venue were like $15
Nascar races... a water bottle is $4.00 USD... and a philly cheese steak was $9.00 (just the sandwich mind you)
yep... I went to a dirt bike event and they sold cocktails at $11.00 a drink. It was in Atlanta Ga.
nerdwithapurpose that's 7.83 in Australian.
Ok let me explain tipping from a server/waitstaff view. In the US we are paid on average (depending on the area - the coasts will get more I'm sure) $3.50 per hour (bartenders $5.00). The rest of our pay is from the tip (or gratuity). Now, we don't get all of that money either. In most cases we have to also "tip out" the busser(based on total sales), bartender(on bar sales) and, in some cases, the host/hostess (total sales). Plus don't forget those taxes! I think the national "average" is 18% but more and more 20% has become the norm. Believe me, as someone who worked in this industry most of my life, we would love to just get paid and not have to worry if serving a table may actually cost us money. It's not the best system, but it's the one we have. So, when going out to eat or to the bar, tipping should be factored into your expected cost. PS. please don't blame your server if your food isn't cooked correctly. That's the kitchen's job. Just nicely let your server know and we will get it fixed for you. We really do want you to have a good experience!
In the 80's, I was surprised to find out that a restaurant could count 60% of an employee's tips as salary. If that still true?
Hey. Its soon 2019. And you live in usa, not 3rd world country. You guys really should do something about changing labour law as usd2 or 3 or even 5 per hr salary just doesnt make sense. That is more of slavery. I think all of you should not tip (unless you wanna say thank you to your server), and it will be impossible to live with usd 2 or 5 or whatever an hr. Someone should come up and say its about time to fix that. Thank god i do not live there....
@@kimrena7452 usually wait staff will make more than min wage, its why its a popular job. However most of our earnings do not come from our employer but from the customers. An average tip is about 15-18% a decent tip is 18-20% a great tip is anything over 20%. Also some restaurants servers get 50% of the desert sales. Also restaurants are still required to pay their staff the fed min wage if the tips are below the 7.25 an hour wage. So if i make say 5 an hour including my tips my employer has to make up 2.25. But yes we do need to start paying living wages and benefits.
@@ExRev79 i do not live in the usa and i know it workd that way. But why should a customer pay the wage of the server in a name of 'manner'? A tip should be paid if i am happy with the service, and if i wish to pay, not a mandatory thing. In the end, the owners of the restaurants are the ones using the free labour. Isnt that so wrong???
@@kimrena7452 I am an American in the south and I very much agree with you. I hate the American way of mandatory tips. It is all so pretentious and deceitful. Why dont we just pay what we want to, that's what a 'tip' is supposed to mean, it's supposed to mean that we enjoyed the service; it's not supposed to mean that we are paying someone's salary!
Tipping is a big thing in America because waiters in most cases, get paid less than minimum wage($7 an hour) My brother got paid only $3 an hour at one place and he even helped complete contrustion for them to open.
XItaSasux4ever12 WHAT! Just $7 an hour! The minimum wage in Europe is €18 an hour, which is equal to $19!
I wish the wage was that high. But sadly, we have to work with what we have for the time being. ):
Low wages for the bottom rung of society is the American Way. The trade off is low wages provide encouragement for people to work harder and get promotions. If you want better pay you have to earn it in America. No free rides.
See it the other way round. If tipping didn't exist, then managers would need to pay decent salaries to their waiters. Free market competition would stop menus from raising that much. We tip in salons or restaurant but not in places where workers offer an excellent service like supermarket cashiers so I don't see that they would do a bad job just because they would have no tips.
XItaSasux4ever12 What state do you live in? Here in Florida the minimum wage is $8.50 but servers usually get paid about $5
I didn't realize pancakes and bacon was unique to America! I love it!
Morganachan It is not, American pancakes Maybe:)
Morganachan you're making me hungry
We have them in Norway also
How about...ta da...avocados and bacon!!! I don't know why the thought had never occurred to me, but after I heard about it on some TV show, I thought, OF COURSE!!!
Well, so much for that.It sounded like a great idea, but it just didn't work. True, I used a variety of avocado that I had never tried before, but I don't think a Fuerte or Hass would be any different. So, I can now say, forget about it.
It's not I'm American and i eat it as breakfast sometimes
It's ingrained in us sooo much that someone walking by me only says "Hey" and I respond "Good how are you?" 😂😂
It get's embarrassing.
That's like when you buy something and the cashier says "enjoy" and then you respond "you too"
Don't be embarrassed. They probably didn't even notice the difference. I do the same thing LOL.
The classic line for Australians is
“Hey, howya goin”
“Good, yourself?”
yeah awright.
id say howzit garn?
another reply might be, life is rocking on the ducks guts cos shit is fully sick at the moment!
dead set!!
I’m American (Born and raised) and when someone says “Hey how are you doing?” it still triggers a reaction.
Random Stuff same
I'm Australian and i was on the same page as you guys until i realized that you dont even ANSWER which was weird.
Over here its common to respond with "Good thanks, you?" and leave it at that.
In parts of New Jersey, the reply to "how you doin'? is "how YOU doin'?" There is no answer.
Strong Bad it depends on the type of person you meet in America, me as an individual I say, “how are you doing” and the person I’m talking with says something like, “great, tired, kind of feeling sick, etc.” But I live in Texas, I barely visit any of the other states.
Hey how are you doing?
Casual American greeting:
Hello! How are you?
Fine, thanks. You?
So you both ask a question without expecting an actual answer. . . seems exremely odd.
Yet no one is expecting a life story lol .. just a "good" or "fine" or "ive been better"...but no explaination or details are expected otherwise it sounds needy. No one wants to hear how you are better then them... and they dont want you to bring them down with your problems. It is awkward when you dont get any response I want to hear a "Fine, how are you?" lol 1 might be 20 feet away in the opposite direction by then, so many times i dont have to reply at all because they wouldnt hear me even if I did yell from the distance "FIne Thanks!" ..and folks thats the American way!
My favorite is the what up head nod it's easy and you don't have to say much ha ha ha!
Same in the UK lmao
"My grandma just died and I'm depressed."
"That's great! See you later!"
Yall come back now y'hear?
Y'all ain't goin' nowhere (I can make fun of southerners cause I'm southern)
Alabama boy born and raised.
South Carolina born and raised
15% is a good tip in america. 20% is if the service was really good.
Lol dude some places are expecting a 20% minimum tip these days. Insane!
@@BL-zi9wb Do they get mad if you dont tip?
@@MidranKidran I've only been confronted about a tip once in my life and it was by an Italian working at a chain restaurant. Other than that, I have no clue! I've probably pissed some people off by not tipping but it's my money and I'll do as I please. I use tipping more as a reward than as a necessity. There are plenty of restaurants I eat at regularly where I don't tip or tip "badly" (whatever that means) and it has never affected the service or meal quality.
@@BL-zi9wb Ohw ok, and i think the way you use tipping is good in my opinion
@Romeo Tango Actually, 10% or less if you're cheap, but sometimes the service is just okay in which case it's perfectly fine to tip 10%. And some servers can make as much as $200 in a five hour shift so I don't think 10% is too bad, though I usually tip 20% or more, though only if the service is exceptional.
I HATE it that we have no sick days in America. I went to the emergency room and was there for 5 days, and was literally let go because of it. It's a very poor system in America.
I'm european, but as I know it was way different in the past in US. Ronald Reagon was weakening the social system and labor unions. In most european countries those systems are still strong. That's why you cannot get fired due to being sick. Even the 26 days paid vacation days he mentioned in the video are downplayed. The average is about 30 days in Germany and I believe german industry is running pretty well.
FMLA. You possibly could have sued.
"Sick Days" vary from employer to employer. Do not, however, expect to get paid for doing nothing. This is not the Soviet Union.
you were in the emergency room for five days?!
Same, I had to leave work immediately and was in the hospital for two days. With a doctors note and everything, I was told it was “unprofessional” to leave work immediately I got demoted and decrease in pay.
Americans keep the price you see on the shelf at a 99 cent value as a marketing technique to make the customer feel like they are paying less than they really are. An item would look much more appealing for $9.99 rather than $10.60.
In Germany the prices also often end at 99 cents, but the tax is already on them.
GermanCurl tax is weird in the us each state has its own tax set but then you also got some cities having different tax so that’s probably the main reason they don’t put it on
not just each state, but even each county!
in my state it’s 10 cents a dollar for tax. and i only know that because when i bought candy that was .99 cents it would come out to 1.09 lol weird sorry bye
They say that... but common I wonder if it really works? Because I always look at it and round it up anyways... I hate when they price things like that! Its like, how stupid do you think I am bro?
Person 1: hey how are u
Person 2: good what about you (only tells how he actually feels if he is close to the person)
Person 1: good
if you are close it is mainly terrible, good, or still something vague that causes the friend or person close to ask you why you day was like that.
Hi Byw NO not matter what you say I'm fine doesn't matter who it is ESPECIALLY if you're dying inside lol
Hi Byw true
Hi Byw Same in Canada.
Yeah, I have a friend who came over from Europe. He’d always complaint that American restaurants serve tap water, since he’s used to bottled water being served in his home country. Then again, US have tighter water standards for tap water than bottled water (that’s right, tap water is safer).
Artem Bentsionov I dunno about that. I am in Spain (I’m American) and EVERYONE drinks tap, and I in America I NEVER would EVER drink tap. The tap water here is so much better. And also my German friend says a lot of Germans drink tap too?
Nice video. Thanks for making it. Just one correction. Here in American, you can drink any kind of alcohol if you're parents are present.
When I was 12 years old and my father and I were visiting Washington DC, I ordered a mint sundae at a restaurant. I was shocked when the waitress then turned to my father and my father said it was alright. Never before in my life did I ever need parental permission to have a sundae and my father saw my confusion. He then told me that although on the menu the sundae was listed as a "Mint Sundae" and underneath in the description, it explained that the mint was actually creme de menthe. A hard liquor. That's when I learned what creme de menthe was. Oh, and it was mind-blowing fantastic as a mint sundae. Regular mint sundaes were never the same after that.
Also, when my family traveled during the summer (my father was a professor and my mother was a teacher), we commonly took tours of breweries and wineries. At the end of the tours, the place always had a free taste sampling of all their stuff. Basically small shot glasses of their stuff so you don't get drunk by sampling it all. Every single time, the waiters deferred to my father and he would nod and us kids would get our own shot glasses of the stuff. Honestly, most of the stuff was horrible. I'd take a sip and pass the rest back to my father who would then finish it. Sadly, we never visited a pop factory. LOL
And at family parties and dinners, it is up to the parents whether or not the kids can drink. When I was a kid, I had been at parties where the chief of police was attending and kids were drinking. Having said that, we were NEVER allowed to get drunk. The adults almost always heavily watered down the drink but for us kids, it was cool to be drinking with the adults without having to handle the harshness of what they were drinking. In fact, one of the fun things that adults did was allow their kids to taste their alcoholic drinks and when the kids reacted negatively to the taste, the adults would laugh.
+Jack Decker Thank you, I didn't know! So interesting! ☺
Pretty interesting Jack. I thought you would have to be over 21 to drink in America and I'm an American! My parents would truthfully probably never allow me to drink because I'm in a Christian family but I didn't know you could drink if given your parents approval. Thanks for enlightening me on that subject.
You're welcomed. Oh, and I was raised in a Christian family myself and one of our best family friends was our minister, as in him hanging out and drinking with my dad. Now we were in the Lutheran denomination and not in an anti-alcohol Christian denomination, such as Southern Baptists, so alcohol consumption wasn't a big deal to us.
Josh Bray it's still illegal to drink until your 21 does not matter if parents aprove or not. at least in utah anyway.
Jack Decker it's still illegal until your 21 at least in utah even if parents aprove
The thing about tipping is that during the great depression restaurants couldn't pay their servers, so the waiters would have to take tips (which at the time were more like bribes), but the whole notion of paying servers below minimum wage and depending on tips stuck, which is rather bad.
yeah, waiting tables is kinda an odd job here in america, especially when you compare it to other jobs. Its one of the few jobs you can pay someone under the minimum wage in most of the country, as long as they make enough in tips that night.
I know here in California you still have to pay them minimum wage but they also still get tips. Its a weird thing that doesn't really get addressed
I work a little above minimum wage as a server. However, I don't get any tips.
Morangatang that's pretty interesting
I think it's disgraceful too. Here in England we don't give tips unless the service is good. That's because the cost of a wage is already incorporated into prices. That said, more restaurants here include an automatic service charge in the bill, the way American restaurants do.
I think the reason they tip less in Germany is because servers get paid more in general in Germany, and they (for the most part) enjoy their job more.
26 sick days a year? my god. here in the u.s you are expected to work unless you are basically on your death bed.
Yeah. Other countries around the world treat their workers with respect and basic human decency.
It's to be expected when your own country cares about you.
lol cause here in america half our workers aren't wimpy
Not sick days, paid vacation days. If you are sick you are sick. In Sweden you can be sick at home for 7days without a doctor's note. You will get 80% of your salary. I think the state pays your salary if you are sick longer.
MrVestek Productions
FMLA guarantees employees 12 weeks of paid leave for medical or family emergencies. Every. Year.
It's great for new parents and people actually hurt, but you also get people that "cash it in" as much as possible, shamefully letting their European heritage show.
And they say white people are lazy _people in my class say we're lazy cuz we hire mexicans cheap not lazy there's a difference)
This was positive. You're a nice person. I hope everyone treated you well and had a good trip,
Root beer floats are delicious.
Stop spreading these lies, Austin Blackburn.
Me too
As an American, I agree... root beer floats are delicious but every person from other countries I've ever known hate the taste of root beer. They all say it tastes like medicine so they have negative associations with the stuff. Too bad, right?
MrKErocks well I guess that means more for us
I don't like root beer, but root beer floats are fantastic. If you need to just swap for coke or something.
My German teacher told us about #1 many years ago and said the exact same thing. If you go to Germany and ask someone "How are you?" don't be surprised if you get a lengthy explanation as to how that person is in fact doing. To Americans, its a simply greeting not asked in a literal sense. To Germans it is a literal question.
yeah it's supposed to be short like I'm good or fine Xp
sometimes you can just say whats up? you dont even have to respond with an answer!
Here in Brazil it is a little bit similar, if you say to some one "How are you ?" (in portuguese of course), usually the other person will say "fine", and nothing more.
eyeh8u1 Sometimes here in America it gets a little annoying, especially when teachers ask you. My Econ teacher on like the first day of school went around and asked everyone how they were and it was soooo annoying having to sit through it like 26 times....
How are you can be confusing. I like to stick to how you doing, what's cracking, what's up or how is it hanging for greetings. How are you sounds more serious, and it is taught as a more formal question for second language learners.
My German teacher (he teachers German he is not from Germany) told a story about how some German students came over to America and went to a buffet and it took them 30 minutes to understand the concept of "pay once, eat as much as you want". Also to let you know in almost every state there is no tax on food.
pay once, eat as much as you like buffets exist here as well.. they were proably from a small town!
zeropoint Or the tax on food is much less than regular tax.
zeropoint Ohio doesn't tax drive thru or most groceries but does tax dine in.
In Oklahoma, food is taxed at the same amount as everything else.
don't think that's true. Germans know what all you can eat or a buffet is... we have it too, even in small towns. 😂
As an American from the Southern US (North Carolina) and who has lived in Germany for about 20 years altogether, you are right on. Even I have trouble when I go back trying to get on with all the choice and superficial friendliness. If you live in GA, then you will understand 'Have a goot one'. Thank you for your video.
26 days off?!?!?!? I need to move
Go for it :D
Seriously. Most companies give you 5-10 days vacation and may not give any sick time.
You're working for some crappy companies. 5 days your first year going up to 20 after 5 years, with 5 or so sick days is more like it.
Too bad the US is one of the only countries in the world that requires you to pay income tax while living abroad. So you essentially pay tax twice 🙂
In both Germany and some other countries (Poland for example) it's not what company you work for, but just labor law. In PL, if you have a normal working contract and you're university graduate, you have 20 days vacation a year (or rather you "earn" 20/12th of day every month you work), then after 2 years you go up to 26 days. Plus if you're a parent, additional 2 days as long as you have a kid under 14. Sick leave is not limited, but you have to get official doctor's note for it, and if you go over 30 days off in one block, you have to get official checkup to make sure you can go back to work. Maternity leave (up to a year now, I think) may be split with the father and dads get 2 weeks leave for a new kid just for themselves (all paid). Also father can take one or two days off for the birth. Also paid. And bank holidays do not deduct from our vacation days, and from what I read about US, they do there... So, yeah. Sweet sweet EUR labor laws :)
WAIT.......pancakes and bacon are weird to the rest of the world????? my life is a lie
NaterTots agreed
NaterTots ya I'm shocked that's weird.but I know some places they eat beans on toast for breakfast and that's not ODD for them.but is for me
To be honest, I'm from Holand (the Netherlands) and I have eaten pancakes with bacon, however the pancakes that I'm used to are a bit different. They come closer to crepes than the fluffy american style pancakes. So not that weird, your views of reality are fine mate.
Just wait until you find out with an English Breakfast is ;)
I'm American I never had that
Not only the supermarket thing is different in Europe (not just Germany). Not showing the full price on the tag (including tax) is actually illegal in Europe.
In hardware stores they oftens show it without taxes, but they have to show it with small letters atleast what the full price is with taxes. That is because lots of companies buy from them, and dont have to pay taxes.
I dont know if it is by law, but in Denmark all food also show the KG price of the item.
Sales taxes vary in the US from state to state, that's why it's never included in the advertised price. Some states don't charge tax on foodstuff, some do. Some have a small tax, some have bigger taxes, some tax sugary foodstuffs more than regular foodstuffs, some have a bottle water tax, there might be a county tax plus a city tax, or a luxury tax. Everything gets taxed here, or it doesn't, depending on the state, and it might change within a few years if the city sucks at budgeting. So it's easier for the stores to leave taxes at the end, plus then at the register the customer can be angry at the local government for the high final price not the store.
TheBarser yes the same in Sweden, its so you could compare different makes of tbe same stuff as they may have different amount of it.
Its not as if that matters. the price can just be added in the tag and placed it. its not hard.
Automatic responses and greetings can get cross-wired.
"How are you?"
"I'm fine, how are you?"
"Fine, how are you?"
It helps to understand the regional differences within the United States when considering that the United States is very comparable in size to Europe which has vast regional differences. So comparing the United States to a particular European Country can be difficult.
About how much of a difference is their in both wages and cost of living between the cheapest and most expensive state in the US ?
(In the EU, the difference in GDP per capita ranges from about 5000 (former yugoslavia) to 65000 (norway))
The U.S. GDP per capita is about $56,000. Minimum wage as of next year will range from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour. The median household income by city ranges from about $29,000 to $88,000. The cost per square foot for rental properties can range from 60 cents per square foot to $6.00 per square foot.
And the culture is different in many parts of the country too. Frankly, the south is my least favorite part of the country to travel through, and mostly that has to do with the culture.
No1HillBilly I went into a ditch during a snowstorm and three vehicles stopped to help me. And I live in upstate NY. /: Nice try though.
No1HillBilly I almost never travel to the South because of politics. If that person knew my political views, they'd be yelling at me rather than helping me.
In the south when someone says how are you, you say "good, how are you" rarely does someone say they are bad.
They don't reply like that up North?
Reply that way everywhere in US and Canada...
My head hurts and my big toe itches, like Monty Python's Complaints Dept.
Ashley Miller i said the south because I dont know about the north
huh. Here in South Africa (at least the Afrikaans communities) we also ask how our counterpart is, and expect a full response if it's a family member or friend, or an at length response if it's a stranger. We typically use it to start the conversation, so something a little more than just ''good, and you?" is expected.
When someone says “hey how are you” you’re supposed to say “I’m good how are you?” And then they’ll reply “I’m good” 😂
Rachel Marie actually-this is just how it works in America -and some places in Canada
Or, to be correct, you could say "I'm WELL thanks, how are you?" You're good? Good at what?
But beware - there will be people who say this to bait you....when you respond correctly and ask back...they go into their life story.
We don't have alot of sick days because someone has to pay for that free soda, and be at the 24 hour stores lol..
i'm always a lil more honest about that ^^;
In England we say
‘Hey, you aright?’
Yeah, you?
‘Yeah thanks’
Or simply ‘alright!’
‘Alright mate’
I think I'll never understand the vacations thing, it's so weird ! I'm french and here everybody has at least 5 weeks of paid vacations per year (and of course it doesn't count sick days)
Maïwen Bds Americans are such capitalists. Larger companies will look at it like "So, we have 100,000 employees, and an individual employee generates about $30,000 in revenue a day. All employees get 9 vacation/sick days a year. Any day they are not on vacation they are not generating revenue for us. Therefore, if we scale back to 8 vacation/sick days instead of 9 then that is one more day the employees can make us money. So (100,000 employees) × ($30,000 per day) × (1 former sick day) = $3,000,000,000 extra revenue if we give our employees fewer sick days." That's why Americans have so few sick/vacation days. Also, unless you have a REALLY good job in America we almost NEVER get paid vacation. Here if you want to go on vacation it's just wages lost.
Yeah I think it is like that in most of europe. 3 weeks summer Holidays and 2 weeks when you want to. Usually 1 of them in Christmas. Then there is all the other national days off also. Come on man. We are not on this planet to just work all the time.
Maïwen Bds 5 weeks and pay?!!!!!
Maïwen Bds Good employers will provide about that much vacation
America is the belly of the global capitalist beast. Work until you die from not affording health care
Drinking age. I was a teenager in the US in the 60s. Being carded was so rare that if you were asked your age when buying alcohol, you must have pissed the clerk off. I remember buying liquor in Knoxville at 17 and the clerk had to know I was underaged, and I looked maybe 15. Things have changed radically since then.
There are still some places that won't question a teenager but usually it's small town and the bartender knows the kid is walking home. People in the cities are understandably paranoid as one teenager could shut down the whole bar if the powers that be caught wind. Also, kinda depends on your parents. I have some friends that have been drinking since 16, others 21, just depends....
+kolaida I dunno about that. I grew up in a town of less than 15,000, and under no circumstance would they serve anyone at a bar, liquor store, etc. without valid ID. It was, however, easy to go into a bar and pay someone of age to buy you drinks, since they usually didn't check IDs at the door. Personally, though, I think the drinking age should be lowered to 18, with 18-20 year olds only allowed to buy beer under 4% alcohol.
Can't even buy a fucking lighter without an ID anymore
Richard Lawson I have lived in Kingsport Tennessee for 5 years now and had to get used to be carded (asking for ID when ordering alcohol) even though I'm 54 years old and obviously not under the legal drinking age of 21.it is required here in Kingsport to provide ID when buying ANY alcohol..( Beer wine and hard liquor) at grocery stores and in restaurants. Only recently has the sale of wine in grocery stores been legalized. When I lived in California I could buy hard liquor in any grocery store. I'm still trying to get used to going to package (liquor) stores.
Taylor Brock
Who the hell drinks 8 proof alcohol? That's a complete joke.
It always blows my mind as an American just how much time Europeans are able to take off work.
Here in Poland it is 20 days per year unless you have 10+ years of registered work experience then you can have 26 days off. Fun fact is that if you have at least bachelor degree it will count as 8 years of experience, so you only need to work for 2 years after graduation to have maximum 26 days off :)
Also he mentioned smth about sick leave counting as holiday leave. This is really weird, as here we have normal sick leave, which is a couple of more free days as long as you have a note from doctor. The only real downside of the sick leave is that you are being payed 80% of the daily wage for the days of absence. It can still be better, as I've heard that in sweden they only work for 6h a day instead of standard 8.
It`s actually even more than he said. Most people have about 30 days off a year. I even have 33.
Thats not even including the fact that taking your vacation in america can lead to you being replaced permanently.
The 6 hour days have been tested but is not a common thing here in Sweden. And it seems to be just a test. Costs too much money. It's 8 hours 5 days a week that is working full time. so 40 hours a week.
Where I work right now in Spain I have 4 weeks off, the down side is that for me, weekends count as vacation days... You also have I think one day off for personal reasons and you can have two or three days off with a medical note. Spain also has 14 national holidays.
I have worked in some kind of service industry all my life and have never asked how are you without meaning it. I always like to hear the person that answers back living the dream!
the bacon and pancakes thing being weird freaked me out. I thought that was normal.
I LOVE BACON ON PANCAKES ♡ and I live in the Netherlands. ♡
brook-is- a-penguin bacon and pancakes got me through college!
brook-is- a-penguin did ya say bacon pancakes?
In some places, they have fried chicken and waffles. Syrup all over the place!
um...everybody I know eats fried chicken and waffles separately, first chicken then waffles or first waffles then Chicken, you should never mix it. I go to Roscoe's a lot.
I am Australian and when ever someone says "how are you?" you usually just say "im good thank you, how about you?"
Kenuvi De Zoysa I'm American and that's what I do and that's what my family does.
Kenuvi De Zoysa Literally how small talk actually goes in the US.
I'm American and I do the same.
Yep, I'm American, and I just say "I'm good."
yeah, i can't imagine how saying "thank you" to a question could possibly be considered normal.
I wish American stores posted the price with the tax in it
It would not make any difference. Nowadays I can see tax paid on my recuit from the supermarket too in the Netherlands.
Christian kathryn Grimes you cant count 3 or 6 pennies
Christian kathryn Grimes they do
he said they didn't
Christian kathryn Grimes I don't know what stores he went to but I've lived in America all my life and almost every store I've gone in tells you the tax right on the item.
I'm 27 and I remember being a teenager, 10-15 years ago, with my first debit card. It was very common to run into stores that required a minimum purchase amount with a debit card. Like 3-5 bucks minimum and sometimes more. Now it's quite rare.
When someone says "how are you", you respond "Good, and you".
At least in Canada.
And if you're not?
If you aren't say "no" but expect for them to ask you why.
Ultrajuiced we say , "could be better"
Ultrajuiced If you're not, you say you are anyway.
Kelsie LeCrone
That's what I meant. :D
I'm german and omg the refills, my mom always told me to not drink everything at once and when we moved in with my stepdad in New york she told me to not drink it all at once because I was and my stepdad went "oh she can take more" and my mom was about to fight because money and the moment he said they get refills I had like a happy anime ending
Shimi69 I love the kitty in your profile picture!!!
If you're in the midwest in the USA and you ask "how are you," you'll likely get an actual answer, especially if you're talking to someone a little older.
That is, _more likely._ It's still rare though.
midwesterners are dickwads
Thank you! I live in south west Missouri and I always respond with an answer and ask it back,everyone in this area does.
Phantasma Geist I live in the south, specifically North Carolina and I always answer and ask it back too, but I've encountered people who don't answer, but that's not common
it's funny,it's almost as if along the way we got confused as to what those greeting really mean lol
I was waiting for you to say " In America you CAN WALK ON THE GRASS!"Interesting about pancakes and bacon with syrup. Its very common. Also most Americans do NOT get 10 days vacation. After 1 year you might get 7 days UNPAID! In some cases paid but mostly not. America is the new "Matt Hausen." Vacation time is not even mandatory in America. Germans and Italians have the best deal ever when it comes to work and vacation.
In Sweden you get 30 days paid vacation in row (you can take it in a full month off). 18 months parental leave and you still get 80% of your salary. When the child is sick there is no reason for the employer to not allow you not staying with a sick child. If the employer does that they will be in real trouble.
@@peeqa21 Sounds great to me. No wonder our government keeps trying to make you the enemy. They dont want us to know about things like this. Do you have a job for me camrade?
Our living spaces and consumption habits require us to work harder. It also varies widely from place to place because most of these laws are star based with relatively few being country-wide. This allows different places conduct themselves in a way that feels right.
Vacation depends greatly on the employer. I have worked at 2 different places in my life. First job was a week the first year, 2 weeks the second year and 3 weeks the 5th year. After that it was 1 day per year , so basically 1 week every 5th year to a max of 7 weeks. My current job I started with 2 weeks, got my 3rd week on my fifth year, I am now in my 10th year and have 4 weeks and 3 days. Both places, after getting 4 weeks encouraged you to take a least 2 weeks continuous once a year. Both places allowed you to carry over unused days into the next year. Neither place was under union contracts, just fortunate to work where they value the employee. Also work in a industrie with a high demand for the skill and few to fill the position.