Most British people find the American style of 'meet and greet' style sales people extremely annoying and intrusive. They just want to browse in peace and will ask if they want any help. I know this from experience having worked in a shop that tried to import this behaviour including being shouted at for being intrusive when my manager specifically motioned me to greet a couple and having people walk out complaining that they would never shop with us again and somehow the manager thought it was 'music to his ears'.
I totally agree it is annoying almost annoying as those who catch you on the way out of the store and want to sell you solar panels or something. When at college I used to work at a furniture store and yes I did greet many customers when they walked in. However, I just welcomed them and told them where to find me if they needed any assistance and then walked away. I didn't offer assistance at the time unless they requested it and certainly didn't keep watching them as that is very off putting.
Yep that's a big one, before the age of 5 I needed people to try and help me when I was attempting something beyond my capabilities, after the age of 5 I learned to communicate if I needed help. In America it feels to me I'm being treated like a toddler when somebody approaches me with a high pitched voice and a fake smile offering help, so far none of them have ever tried to play peekaboo thank god
True story - British people are not used to greeters when you enter shops. When a Disney store opened in my city they had greeters at the door. After a few days a customer entering the store punched the greeters because he found him so annoying. The store stopped the greeters 🤣
haha the amount of times I've wanted to do this on the rare occasions some shop person does bother me when I'm trying to go about my business. I usually just walk out the shop, swearing under my breath!
10:47 if there's anyone on the door at all, it's usually the security guard. Overenthusiastic greeters would put a lot of Brits off going into the store so we don't have them 😂
14/15 seems very late to me. I was having beer and wine with some family meals from age seven. By 12/13 I was making my own homemade wine and beer from kits and instructions from a homebrew guide that I bought through the school.
I were 13 the first time, seeing as I was a teenager now and likely gonna start drinking anyway, my dad wanted to introduce me to it in a controlled environment. Throughout my teens I only drank on special occasions with family such as birthday parties. Mind you tho, football matches also counted as a special occasion so it wasn't all that rare aha
Growing up from the age of about 12 to 18, I would have a small glass of wine with my Sunday lunch. The purpose of my parents allowing me to do this was to condition me towards responsible drinking. Now, at the age of 46 I am virtually tea total and on the rare occasion I do consume any alcohol it is always a glass of wine drank in conjunction with a nice meal.
I have family members who have been Vegan/Veggie for years. All UK supermarkets cater for them these days. Schools cater for vegan/veggie kids as well. We want to be left alone in a shop to look at stuff. If we need help we will ask. Otherwise just leave us alone ! The 2021 Census showed that 86.5% of Brits hold a passport.
I think we all need to travel & explore other cultures. I’m in the UK but I’ve travelled the world not just Europe. As most Brits have travelled. I’ve done Africa Australia far east etc etc seeing & enjoying other cultures is amazing. And I feel personally a must! Xx
Me too, the only regions I've unfortunately missed are Africa and South America, but I've been pretty much else, US, Europe, Middle-East and Asia. I've met wonderful people and we are more alike as a world than we think. We just want to be free to live our lives according to our cultures and be respected for this.
@@robcrossgrove7927 I agree so if you can then definitely travel. I understand both about finances & someone to go with. I did all this travelling when my husband was alive & we saved to go away. Now I can’t afford it. So glad I got the opportunity to x
@@cececox6399 I definitely always loved coming home! That’s just normal though. I’ve lived abroad & came back. Would live abroad again. Maybe for retirement. Just sell up & go. I’m definitely thinking about it! X
The most recent stats showed that 10 percent of Brits are vegetarian, compared to 5 percent in US, 8 percent in Canada, and 12 percent in Australia. For vegans, its just 2 percent in UK & Australia, but it's more in US at 3 percent, and in Canada where it's almost 4.5 percent. 🥦🌽🥑🍅🍎🍌🍓🥥
When people come up to me to help in a shop univited I tend to immediately think "Do you think I am too stupid to navigate around your shop?" If I need help I'll ask for it damn it! In UK I've never been in shops where people are that intrusive. I think that is why tourists think our shops have bad customer service; ironically it is good customer service to be left alone, in the UK. :D
Legally in UK the drinking age is 18 in public establishments (pubs or bars). 16 if served with food (e.g., pubs or restaurants), 5 at home or private establishments.
I agree with the customer service. I would rather them ignore me and leave me in peace tbh, a simple smile is all that’s needed (in the Uk)Theres a cosmetics shop called lush and they literally follow you around the shop talking the whole time. It’s extremely annoying to the point I’ll only shop online there now. My sister once did an induction for a job there and she was physically exhausted by the fake friendliness she had to display lol.
I had my first legal drink in a pub aged 16. We were having a meal in the pub and my dad bought me a beer to go with it. Completely legal and law still in force today. At sixteen, someone over 18 can buy you a beer or wine if it's accompanying a meal.
No Tyler thats a cop out and you know it when you say Americans don't travel to other countries because its too far because Europeans also fly to America which is still an 7-12hr flight for us!
I think the fact that most Americans have hardly any paid leave also has a lot to do with why they don't travel much, they just don't have enough time to do it.
I agree the, “too big” thing is a cop out. I agree that part of it is more than that most US Americans don’t get enough paid time off and also a lot of Americans historically never earned enough money to travel. I’m a U.S. American and I speak from personal experience. I barely had any time off when I was working, retired now, and with all the expenses of a family I lived paycheck to paycheck so there was no travel money available. Sadly I didn’t get a passport until 2018 and I was 67y.o. by then😣. But I’ve done a fair amount of travel since I got it and I’m also an emigrant to Mexico now for more than three years. I think many Americans wait until they retire to travel, I did not by choice, but because of circumstances, still it’s never too late as long as you’re healthy. Have a lovely day all!😊
The funniest thing is when a USA chain opens in the UK for the first time and for the first few months they are so in your face at the door with the customer service and then over time it dies down. I think in the UK if it's USA style (OTT for us), it probably deters customers rather than gets them sales. An example is I remember when the Disney store opened in the UK, everyone was talking about this, and now if you walk into a Disney store there is none of this.
Vegans/Veggies? We have a few shouty types - probably more common in London than anywhere else? This Brit? I'm about to have a bacon sandwich for lunch, and will be cooking chicken casserole this evening. Meat-eaters still far outnumber non-meat-eaters
Complaining that Americans don't travel abroad is because of the size of the country is a a lame reason. Look at Australia. Austrailians have to travel greater distances to get to another country and they travel everywhere in the world. It's probably more to do with the lack of vaction time and paid vacation time.
I think its quite sweet when you say you have a rant, I don't see that, you always respond very kindly and put thought into your replies. Not a vegetarian🤮 Wasn't really a big drinker, and stopped back in the 80's. Hate annoying shop greeters, we have a few American stores where I live in our city centre, first time I was asked I said no thank you, next time I just turned around and walked out😂, it feels like extra pressure on you ...if you say you are looking for a particular thing they "escort" you to it then hover making you feel obliged to buy. Just leave us alone, we can navigate a shop and have a tongue in our head to ask if we need help. Some British don't like being called European...myself included, I'm British 😊 I don't eat a lot of meat as its heavily processed and I like to know what's in my food, so I eat a lot of fish, vegetables, fruit, herbal tea etc. Also exercise a few times a week, walking is an excellent form of excersise.
Went shopping in another country this morning it took 90 minutes for the round trip. US high drinking age due to Regan's action to bring down the drunk driving figures. Real problem: can't walk to the pub/restuarant, lack of public transport.
I think the age limit on drinking was an attempt to rollback towards prohibition. For a freedom loving country, they really do like to interfere in their citizens' private lives.
My friend went to the states for her 21st birthday, and the barman wouldn’t serve her alcohol until midnight when she turned 21 even though she had been drinking alcohol for 3 years in the UK lol
I get USA is big and not surrounded by as many countries as most in Europe. But what about south/central America? The Caribbean? Also a lot of people from Europe go travelling to Asia, Australia etc
A lot of people in the United States take small vacations to Mexico and the Caribbean Islands. Remember this guy is sheltered and not much experienced in life, although his twin brother took a trip to the Dominican Republic. The issue is vacation days. Most have only 2 weeks vacation and they spend some of those days staying at home to do work around the house. That leaves spending money on airfare (not all Americans have money for tickets for a whole family) for a shorter trip than Europeans typically do.
The weather isnt the same in the UK anywhere you go actually. London area don't get much rain at all compared to the Northwest England where it rains much more! and the SouthEast is 4. c higher than the North and can be 8.c higher sometimes..
Sorry I do not think the distances involved in travelling outside the US holds any sway at all that is just used as a common "excuse". The British travel the globe and not just around Europe I mean with a 10 hour flight we can be in the US. I am sure many Americans drive for lot longer to different parts of the US or even state on a semi-regular basis. We like to experience different cultures and environments, perhaps this is a hangover from our empire days, who knows, but many Europeans are the same too. I think that the vast majority of Americans probably aren't so interested in other cultures which is fine and your choice but please don't use distance as an excuse. Air travel has come along way since the Wright Brothers days you know.
Tyler, a lot of us Brits don't understand why you people in the U.S.A. are able to vote at age 18, legally purchase and own firearms at that same age, drive a car at age 16, serve in the military without parental consent at age 17 and yet you're unable to legally purchase and drink alcohol until age 21. Such ridiculous laws as those need to be standardised in the U.S.A. and at age 18 you should be considered to be an adult and not treated like a child until you reach the milestone age of 21. As regards so many Americans not owning passports and being able to travel abroad, i.e. outside your country's borders, it does negative things to their whole perception of how we non-Americans really are and how we actually live. They're far too set in their ways and anything that they don't agree with, in other words things that challenge their insular American lifestyles and don't fit into your country's perception of how you live are considered to be 'socialism' and by default Communism therefore they should be avoided at all cost. Even those Americans that hold passports and venture across the Atlantic and around the rest of the world have the nerve to demand that we should be like them and that they have the right to ignore all of our different cultures, traditions and laws. Let's not mince words about it, far too many of your fellow Americans live in a fantasy world based on ignorance and they've obtained most of their perceptions about how the rest of the world is courtesy of your own U.S. media corporations and through completely inaccurate depictions of how we are supposed to be simply to pander to the tastes and sensibilities of their own American audiences. Most of those perceptions come from your own so-called 'news' corporations who pump out endless right-wing nonsense 24 hours a day / 7 days a week as well as from Hollyweird where they think nothing of rewriting our entire history simply to make money by pandering to your country's audiences. Those same perceptions, misconceptions, myths and lies of how we are have never changed amongst most Americans over the years and decades and that's why a lot of us Brits get annoyed with you. All of you Americans need to get it into your heads that there are countries outside of your borders and we dislike constantly hearing from you how great America is especially when it really isn't, is it? Incidentally, your excuse of the U.S.A. being too big is quite pathetic especially when you consider that you have the second largest country in the world across your northern border and most Canadians have no problem travelling abroad, do they?
@@wallythewondercorncake8657, so when was the last time that you saw an 18 year-old British person stop off at their local supermarket and pick up a handgun, an AR-15 or an AK-47 along with the rest of their groceries?
@@timothyreel716, how would you know what we do here in the U.K. especially with the vast majority of you Yanks being stuck in the U.S.A. without a passport?
OMG I soooo agree with her about the annoying, over-intrusiveness of anyone who comes up to you in a shop. If I want your help I'll ask, if you bother me it's completely counterproductive as I'll turn right around and go OUT of your annoying shop, muttering under my breath as I go! So if it's 100 times worse in America it would drive me insane and I'd be shopping online 100%.
I think a lot of American meat production - factory farming, pumping farm animals full of antibiotics, for example - contributes to the pervasive unfiness and obesity problem in the USA. I'm a veggie but I have nothing against carnivores. The only thing I would say to them is, in that case eat good meat - and you don't need a tonne. In fact, it is probably not good for you to eat too much meat. Veganism: oh, they do preach, these vegans! I think it's possible to be healthy as a vegan, but very difficult. And it's not always cheap - *and not always ecologically sound*. For example, trees being ripped up to make way for soya - not good. Also, in Britain, our climate means one of our crops of choice is grass. Therefore, we need some sheep and cows to turn this into something we can digest. Also veganism: medics say you should not be vegan before the age of eight. You can be vegetarian before this age, and you should drink full-fat milk before the age of five. Alcohol: any parent who allows a five-year-old to drink alcohol is guilty of child abuse.
It's not that easy to just eat good quality meat though, it's more expensive unfortunately I'm my experience. I have however cut down a lot myself on processed stuff and always eat veggies with meat.
Another reason why Americans don’t travel abroad as much is due to work vacation conditions. Americans don’t get as much vacation time and it is in most cases not paid vacation. Most European countries give their employees 20+ paid vacation days, so it is easier to take time off and travel. Distance is not valid as we travel to the U.S. and Canada or to Asia and Australia. Yes, having a very diverse country also contributes to many in the U.S. vacationing at home and trips to Disney Land/World or Vegas etc.. are big trips. It is harder for many Americans to save up money and time to travel overseas and as said, it is a big issue.
There is some argument to the size of the US being a barrier to traveling abroad but then look at Australia. Not only huge but surounded by water and they are some of the most well travelled people in the world. The big reason the majority of Americans dont go abroad more often is because EVERY other country mandate paid annual leave. Where as in America it is ONLY if it is offered as a part of the jobs benefits and it is rarely more than 10 days. Also as there is no mandate sick pay many Americans will use some annual leave to cover periods when they cant work due illness so have little left to be able to travel.
Australia is a lot more empty tho and most people live on the coast, moreso than in the US. Plus Australia isn't exactly isolated, lots of islands around it
@@wallythewondercorncake8657 Regardless of where in Austrailia they live they still go a lot further a field than your average American. Many more aussies come to Europe and the UK in proportion to population than Americans and it is between double to 3 x the distance for them. So it does boild down to they time they are given to travel as i raised in my comment
Owen is spot on - the vegan vegetarian stuff is absolutely nonsense, they are using anecdotal info from their community and blanketing that over the country as a whole. Half of this video isnt factual about the UK, it mote of tge opinion of an upper middle classed couple in London - which is fine, theirs nothing wrong with that, its just not the average, eg we are the 2nd fattest country in Europe - not as healthy is they are making out.
Owen British premier league clubs are owned by Foreigners, managed by them, and played by them. Does that satisfy you as I see you're a keen football supporter????? Football is just MONEY MONEY MONEY and also games are won by cheating like playing hurt in the penalty area. A sport for losers in my view.
Thank you. Please check the Law on alcohol drinking. While there is a national minimum legal drinking age, many states have exceptions for children being supervised by their parents or guardian that allow drinking at home exactly as British law does.
As a child in the 1970's we did have guns in the village and a puma sightings were not uncommon around the tiny very rural farming village i grew up in, this was in Essex
Vegetarianism and veganism is quite popular in Australia also. So is exercising and not smoking. It's popular to look after your health. A lot of people go to a naturopath rather than a doctor where there is a choice according to their illness. Shopkeepers here will say hi but it's a genuine greeting and it does feel fake when in the States everybody gets a 'have a nice day' in an over-the-top voice. Australia is a huge country with heaps to see and it's a huge distance to travel overseas but most of us have passports and travel overseas. It might be more due to the little time you get off work for a holiday to make it worthwhile?
A decilitre isn't one of those units we really use. Most people would say 100ml. It's just over ⅕ US pint, or ⅙ Imperial pint. (Yes, 3 US pints are almost exactly 2½ Imperial pints).
The early alcohol drinking age derives from when water was not particularly safe to drink,women and children would usually drink the second brewing known as light beer,now its down to parents decision, also in france where they will add water to the wine.
Started drinking regularly in a pub when I was about 15 or 16 back in the seventies. Used to go to a Jazz club in a pub, even though initially, I wasn't overly keen on the music genre, just the beer. I presume the bar staff thought I was older as, what 15 year old would want to go listen to Trad' Jazz? "Great"!!!
I remember when I was young (about 40 years ago) meeting people who were vegetarians but they were very much on the fringes of society food wise. Nowadays a lot of people one meets are vegetarian or even vegan, and the amount of foods aimed at this sector of consumers has grown hugely! I think I am like a lot of people - I still eat meat several times a week but also have 2-3 non-meat meals a week, which would have been surprising in my youth. In the Uk, if you step into a small one-person staffed store and no-one else is in there you will be greeted in a friendly manner. But in larger stores with multiple staff members, we would rather sneak in unobtrusively and decide, whilst browsing, whether we are likely to want to engage..... Like the girl on the video, on being leapt upon by an enthusiastic staff member, we Brits would turn tail and leave the store at once! The discussion here- from the Brits and yourself - was very interesting. More like this please.
I'm in the hospitality industry and 18 year olds in the UK from the USA just love the fact they can legally buy a beer. In the same way that the USA service men loved to buy and smoke Cuban cigars here, I think that law might have been relaxed since but this was when it was a definite no, no.
As an American, with a family and career, I can say that we would LOVE to travel outside of the country for vacations… but it’s almost impossible. For my family, there are 5 of us. The cost of a passport is $160ish. My husband and I would have it for 10 years each, and the kids for 5 years each. So, that’s $800 just for the ability/permission to take the trip. Then, my husband and I have to coordinate our work schedules and vacation days, for which I get 2 weeks, but cannot take them consecutively and he gets 2, and can take them back to back. So. I’d have to get permission from my boss to have them together. That’s 14 days to fly 10-18 hours there, wherever there may be, then 10 or so days in the location, and 10-18 flight hours home- leaving a day to recoup before heading back to work. Tiresome but do-able. But, then, there’s the cost. International flights, times 5, is prob $2,000 minimum, so we’re already at $3k and haven’t even paid for the hotel and car rental yet. Plus food, spending money, etc, and we’re spending $10k for an exhausting 2 weeks that we may or may not even be getting paid vacation time for… and Brits wonder why Americans don’t just pop over to France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain?
I'd never be a veggie. Steaks bloody...yum. I once asked an American colleague who was visiting our facility in the UK if this was his first time in the UK. He said it was. In fact, it was his first time in Europe. I asked was there any reason for this, and he responded by saying that within the USA you can ski, surf, climb mountains, hike or just chill on a beach, no need to go elsewhere. Fair point. But it does make Yanks very parochial and inward looking. Being an island nation we've been exactly the opposite.
First section, I wouldn’t say vegetarianism or veganism is popular yes there are people that are but not the majority by a long shot but as they proved by their lecture about giving up meat or cutting down it’s definitely being pushed on the British people hard but most just ignore it and mock the constant nagging
I think the main thing (in the UK) is most eateries (cafes, restaurants, even burger vans) you can get a vegetarian option (may be Vegan), I think this has changed in the last 10 years and continues. There are few wholly Vegetarian or Vegan eateries.
it's a growing movement. regardless of the reasons for being vegan, I am for health reasons. ingesting animals makes me seriously ill as in 'need an ambulance' ill. so I get happy knowing there's vegan items out there that don't make me feel excluded. vegan for 12 years since having gallbladder removed. the fact that there is as much choice as there is is phenomenal! and I'm going to say it, but, vegan ice cream is amazing! and you should try it at least once. there's a vegan cake shop in town here and it ends up selling out of everything by lunchtime 6 days a week. we also have a vegan supermarket - it's full of amazing things. fruit and veg that are not easy to find in your regular big name supermarkets. it's more about expanding your tastebuds and embracing things with flavour without including animals. not forgetting that there's a ton of things out there that are 'accidentally vegan' - you'd be surprised at the amount of things that are by accident of design, vegan.
@@audiocoffee My point exactly, being lectured and having it pushed hard on the people. You don’t need to defend being vegan that’s a choice people can make, I’m happy to hear you have been well from being vegan since your operation and of course I don’t mind having vegan options available. You do not need to try and convert people let people live the lives they want to, if they want to be vegan they will be vegan if they want to eat meat they will eat meat it’s a choice people will make themselves
@@7200932 I think there needed to be the effort to push 'benefit', 'moral case' etc to alter the status quo, which meant getting vegan or vegetarian food in public was difficult in UK (1990's), I think the point the video was making is that status quo (from the UK 1990's) is how it appears to be in the US now.
@@stephenlee5929 And what’s wrong with that, if there are vegetarian and vegan options in America then people will chose to eat them if they wish. It’s the same in the U.K. we have the choice. if people chose to eat meat that is their choice, I am happy there is the choice but it’s the constant lecturing to give up meat that people are fed up with
made me smile that Europe is closer so travel is easy/cheaper...im sure theres a wee place called south america not sure on how safe travel is but a flight from miami to Bolivia is under £400. about 500 dollars.....you have an whole continent to explore and im guessing not many have travelled passed mexico...
I started drinking about 13-14 in the uk , neither of my parents drink , so i would sneak off with my friends , i went a bit overboard for a while till i was 20 . I very rarely drink at all now .
As someone from Plymouth so I eat a lot of pasties as I go to Cornwall all the time, there are some tasty veggie options too as although the cheese and onion option (which I do love) is maybe not as impressive as the usual, I had a pretty great veggie Dahl pasty the other day so I recommend giving them a go if you like pasties and you’re ever curious :)
I think most Brits do or certainly would travel around the world and not just Europe if it is within their means. I think part of the reason Americans don't travel as much as others is the lack of paid annual leave. We get far more paid holiday and therefore more freedom to travel further afield or for longer periods. I actually have my childhood penpal from the US coming to stay with us next week! It will be her first time ever travelling out of the country. We plan to take her and her hubby all over the place and show them the sights. Im so excited! I agree that there are far more vegetarians and vegans here too and you can find whole aisles of products in the supermarkets now aimed at veggies and vegans. We are much more environmentally conscious I feel , apart from all the bloody plastic packaging on everything that is ( really really annoys me) Also, I think we are hopefully becoming more aware of the cruelty that is involved in factory farming and I for one pray that practice stops sooner than later. I am vegetarian, my daughter is and I would say a high percentage of those I know are too now., for various reasons. Cant be doing with the meet and greeters either! It just puts me off going in the shop.
It can also be quite a lot cheaper to fly around the world from the UK compared to the US - closer to cities that have direct flights regardless of where you live.
Do you know who has the lowest rate of teenage alcoholism? Its France because they are raised as children drinking wine with a meal. It's alike to prohibition, cause and affect.
That's mainly an North US thing on fake service from corporate America, but in the South, we have genuine greeting as we don't like the fake service either
The drinking age in the US is very understandable. In Europe, very very few adolescents own a car until well into their twenties. If they're a student, or at Uni - no way will they even think about owning a car until well after they've qualified and then started out in the commercial world.
Children in uk can drink in private from young kids yes. It’s a stand over from the past when clean water was different to come by I think. Most parents do not give kids alcohol very often if at all. If they do it’s usually for a special occasion and usually diluted with juice- E.g. champagne & orange juice called a Buck’s Fizz. Giving small amounts of diluted alcohol on the odd occasion can actually be beneficial as a tiny amount does not affect children adversely Ann because they have been introduced to alcohol when it comes to the legal drinking age in public then alcohol is less of a mystery meaning young adults are less likely to go and binge drink/get drunk.
She’s very wrong about London. The most vegan city is Norwich in Norfolk. And basically it’s everywhere even in our village, you can get vegan food in the little shop or in the pubs. It’s not a sideline, it’s just mainstream.
It might be a big country, but it’s still basically the same culture. The same language. Small variations on food. But it’s not the same as going to a completely different country.
@@djpalmer93 Yet, lots of people do the full carnivore diet for health reasons. For instance, I know many people that have cured autoimmune disease by going full carnivore. I think you’ll find that things like diabetes and other issues will dramatically fall if more people went full carnivore. Countless tribes around the world purely eat meat and fish - they tend to live longer and are healthier than most people in the West. I full vegan diet has actually been proven to be harmful, increasing inflammation, and is laden with over processed food. And no, the majority of Brits actually eat a natural omnivorous diet of meat and vegetables - vegetarians and vegans are certainly a small minority.
You get that in furniture, electrical and clothes stores, assistants approach and ask if they can help you. Now I wouldn’t mind it if I have been walking around the store after 5 or 10 minutes, but not as I just walked into the store.
My Auntie used to babysit and always put a drop of brandy in my bottle to quiet me so her and the boyfriend got some peace. Honestly ive always had a love of good quality Brandy since😂
From age seven I would cycle with my grandmother to a farm shop (about a mile away) to get fresh eggs. On the way back she would buy a couple of bottles of stout that we would drink back at her house. Also of course I would be given wine with Sunday dinner and special occasions like Christmas and Easter. Also from age twelve I was making homemade wine and beer from kits.
Homo sapiens are omnivores. Meat is the quickest and most efficient way of getting protein. However, a balanced diet doesn't require eating large amounts of meat. Look at the menus of most fast food companies - meat is the primary ingredient followed by carbs. Of course, many will argue that there is a certain percentage of fruit/vegetables in every squeeze of tomato sauce.
See Bear Grylls talk about veganism. He's now eating meat a lot!! Born in Woolwich, moved to Oxfordshire and asked 'when did move from Australia?' We got French red wine mixed with lemonade as children with a Sunday lunch. Born 1962. Father taught me to drive at 14 so I aced the test at 16. So I have a cockney accent that can be confuse with the Australian accent. FFS When are you visiting London? I'm a lover of Greece and married to a Cypriot, but I would to show you the UK xx
Honestly the British really can't understand just how vast America is, you can tell us but we really can't grasp how large it is and you do have so much incorporated. It's understandable why you would explore your own country first.
MADD rule on drinking age. When they start showing all the car wrecks where several teens are mangled…hard to make an argument when they say brains aren’t developed until mid twenties.
9:43 I think it's especially silly that the drinking age in the US is 21 because the 18-20 year olds at college are just going to go all out because they're just around 21 and up folks. Whereas for the UK, everyone can be included in whatever social activities once at college. I think for a lot of Americans, they're holding out until they get to college but personally, for me I don't really drink much any way. I'm not from the UK or US, but I think I tried cider (the alcoholic beverage) between 14-16.
It's not the fact that the US is big that they don't travel overseas much...because there are other big countries that are pretty isolated as well that their citizens travel much more...including Canada, Australia, India and Brazil. It might be more related to the wages most people get and the lack of long enough holiday (vacation) time. Remember that most countries have mandatory annual leave...giving at least a month of paid holiday (vacation) days
I think it's the American attitude - they mostly don't care about other countries. It's very unfortunate, because it means they don't understand other cultures.
@@ann_onn It may be but it is also hard to go on an overseas holiday with five days of annual leave...that is if they haven't used those days because they were sick anytime throughout the year.
I don’t understand why Americans make excuses about travelling to other countries! My daughter has just got back from Nashville (direct flight to London) last month had a 4 day stay in New York (again direct flight) and earlier in the year popped over to Paris (45 minute flight) for a weekend 🤷🏻♀️ So to us Brits the world is very small but it seems to Americans it’s too big! 😂
I feel like Americans underestimate the time it takes to travel. While it is true what you say Tyler, you can drive from say London to Edinburgh but it won’t take “a couple of hours” but rather closer to eight. Much easier to take the train at that point.
As a brit whose dad moved to America in my teenage years and had to cohabit both countries, my biggest peeves.... Sales tax added at the till, just put the price I'm paying on the shelf, oh those jeans I thought were $19.99 are now $23.47 Wtf are grits, it's like a really salty porridge served on your plate as a side dish "ASK YOUR DOCTOR" commercials...if I'm going to the doctor I want their advice, not to agree a product I'm asking about is good
Aside from cultural differences there is a very good argument why the drinking age should be lower than 21, I believe it should be lower than 18 even as it is in other European countries. one of the arguments that made sense is if you expose people to alcohol when they are younger then there is no mystery surrounding it meaning they are less likely to over do it when they are finally allowed to. you see a lot of university students here in the UK doing that the minute they are free from parental control and are allowed to go to bars and a lot of bad things end up happening also if you have been exposed to alcohol before you reach driving age then the likelihood you will drive more responsibly and not while under the influence is increased massively as can be seen in statistics across Europe. imagine driving for 5 years, being a confident driver and then alcohol is introduced. its not a surprise that people will think they will be fine driving as opposed to someone that understands what alcohol can do to them before they start driving
There is not much much more vegetarianism in the UK. According to wikipedia at least, it's around 10% of the population whereas it's 5% in the USA and that doesn't seem far off. It seems as though these two are trying to promote an agenda and not really speak about a major difference between the countries.
I don't think Canada gets many visitors from the boarder states - some but not a huge amount. I am aware of some work situations that happen between Windsor & Detroit
Vegetarianism and veganism has been around and popular in the UK for decades, has nothing to do with a few Netflix docs, I'd wager theres more vegans and vegetarians in California alone than all of the UK though.
Travelling always depends on your income, savings and location. I have been out of Europe once (only because my bestie moved to the US, would never have left otherwise). Otherwise I've only travelled to around 10 counties, its equivalent, i feel, to an American travelling to 10 other states. Some of the states are similar sizes to a European Counrty..... I live abroad now, but that would be like moving to a different state. So owning a passport wouldn't need to be so important to you....
I can't imagine going to university and not being allowed to legally drink. It's, like, the biggest part of uni. Do you guys not go clubbing at uni? And no, we don't have people yelling in our faces when we walk into shops lol. Workers in shops work at the tills and restock and stuff. We go and ask if we need help.
When you talk about how difficult and inconvenient it is for americans to travel outside their own little sphere, and this gives them a sensible excuse for not travelling, remember you are watching a video by people who travelled from the UK to america, and thought nothing of the hassles involved; just the experience
I think the data suggests that Brits are consuming less red meat probably because of the associated health risks such as an increased incidence of bowel cancer which is # 2 cause of death from cancer in most developed countries.
There aren't that many vegetablists in the UK. Somewhere around 10%, while vegans are even fewer. This is why restaurants specifically catering to them often fail and larger chains don't continue product trials. The idea that meat is bad in itself is false. Many vegan meals are heavy on seed oils which are very bad for you. Unprocessed meat is beneficial in moderation.
Vegetarianism isn't that big of a deal in the UK. They just happen to be in an echo-chamber of like-minded friends - rich, trendy young Londoners, who always seem to mention that they're vegetarian within the first 2 minutes of any conversation.
I think you missed their point. Vegetarianism and veganism is catered for a lot more over here. Especially compared to 20, or even 10 years ago. You can get vege/vegan meals in most restaurants and all the major supermarkets have big vege/vegan ranges now.
@@ann_onn In my experience as a vegetarian of around 30 years, it's actually the other way around. I get quizzed on why I'm a vegetarian by meat eaters a lot, not brought up by me! There seems to be more of an obsession among some meat eaters berating vegetarians and vegans for their choices. The main point they were making is true that it has become a lot easier to be a vegetarian/vegan than it used to which I agree with.
Most British people find the American style of 'meet and greet' style sales people extremely annoying and intrusive. They just want to browse in peace and will ask if they want any help. I know this from experience having worked in a shop that tried to import this behaviour including being shouted at for being intrusive when my manager specifically motioned me to greet a couple and having people walk out complaining that they would never shop with us again and somehow the manager thought it was 'music to his ears'.
I totally agree it is annoying almost annoying as those who catch you on the way out of the store and want to sell you solar panels or something. When at college I used to work at a furniture store and yes I did greet many customers when they walked in. However, I just welcomed them and told them where to find me if they needed any assistance and then walked away. I didn't offer assistance at the time unless they requested it and certainly didn't keep watching them as that is very off putting.
Agree but the opposite applies as well. Many other nations see the UK level of service cold and impersonable.
@@grimreaper-qh2zn good. We don’t need anymore people moving here. Nor do we care what others think.
@@cececox6399 We don't care what Brits think either
Yep that's a big one, before the age of 5 I needed people to try and help me when I was attempting something beyond my capabilities, after the age of 5 I learned to communicate if I needed help. In America it feels to me I'm being treated like a toddler when somebody approaches me with a high pitched voice and a fake smile offering help, so far none of them have ever tried to play peekaboo thank god
True story - British people are not used to greeters when you enter shops. When a Disney store opened in my city they had greeters at the door. After a few days a customer entering the store punched the greeters because he found him so annoying. The store stopped the greeters 🤣
Picturing this made me laugh 😂
Excellent, we really don't like septic attitudes.
haha the amount of times I've wanted to do this on the rare occasions some shop person does bother me when I'm trying to go about my business. I usually just walk out the shop, swearing under my breath!
10:47 if there's anyone on the door at all, it's usually the security guard. Overenthusiastic greeters would put a lot of Brits off going into the store so we don't have them 😂
these two actually started drinking alcohol quite late for a normal brit😂 i feel like the average age is probably 14/15
14/15 seems very late to me. I was having beer and wine with some family meals from age seven. By 12/13 I was making my own homemade wine and beer from kits and instructions from a homebrew guide that I bought through the school.
Exactly. My mates and I were all drinking in parks from about 13/14. And then Id also have legal drinks with my family even younger.
14 for me. When I got a paper round. Couldn't afford it before that.
I were 13 the first time, seeing as I was a teenager now and likely gonna start drinking anyway, my dad wanted to introduce me to it in a controlled environment. Throughout my teens I only drank on special occasions with family such as birthday parties. Mind you tho, football matches also counted as a special occasion so it wasn't all that rare aha
id say 12/13 even now. im 18 now but was drunk first at 12.
I once knew a fruitarian who only eats food that the earth has rejected. It was going so well until a coconut fell on her head
@moonnramshaw1982 the earth certainly didn't reject that coconut ;).
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I agree with your fruitarian, I’ll only eat something that has fallen from a tree, today I have had two apples and an owl.
Growing up from the age of about 12 to 18, I would have a small glass of wine with my Sunday lunch.
The purpose of my parents allowing me to do this was to condition me towards responsible drinking.
Now, at the age of 46 I am virtually tea total and on the rare occasion I do consume any alcohol it is always a glass of wine drank in conjunction with a nice meal.
Tee total
I have family members who have been Vegan/Veggie for years. All UK supermarkets cater for them these days. Schools cater for vegan/veggie kids as well.
We want to be left alone in a shop to look at stuff. If we need help we will ask. Otherwise just leave us alone !
The 2021 Census showed that 86.5% of Brits hold a passport.
I think we all need to travel & explore other cultures. I’m in the UK but I’ve travelled the world not just Europe. As most Brits have travelled. I’ve done Africa Australia far east etc etc seeing & enjoying other cultures is amazing. And I feel personally a must! Xx
Yeah but it just proves everywhere else sucks. And makes me glad to be home.
It's nice if you've got the money to do it, and also the company. Not all of the UK has those 2 things!
Me too, the only regions I've unfortunately missed are Africa and South America, but I've been pretty much else, US, Europe, Middle-East and Asia. I've met wonderful people and we are more alike as a world than we think. We just want to be free to live our lives according to our cultures and be respected for this.
@@robcrossgrove7927 I agree so if you can then definitely travel. I understand both about finances & someone to go with. I did all this travelling when my husband was alive & we saved to go away. Now I can’t afford it. So glad I got the opportunity to x
@@cececox6399 I definitely always loved coming home! That’s just normal though. I’ve lived abroad & came back. Would live abroad again. Maybe for retirement. Just sell up & go. I’m definitely thinking about it! X
The most recent stats showed that 10 percent of Brits are vegetarian, compared to 5 percent in US, 8 percent in Canada, and 12 percent in Australia. For vegans, its just 2 percent in UK & Australia, but it's more in US at 3 percent, and in Canada where it's almost 4.5 percent. 🥦🌽🥑🍅🍎🍌🍓🥥
But that tiny minority are very noisy and tedious.
@@jackwalker4874 Like many minorities imho! It's the old 80/20 rule.
Why don't Americans shut up?
When people come up to me to help in a shop univited I tend to immediately think "Do you think I am too stupid to navigate around your shop?" If I need help I'll ask for it damn it! In UK I've never been in shops where people are that intrusive. I think that is why tourists think our shops have bad customer service; ironically it is good customer service to be left alone, in the UK. :D
Legally in UK the drinking age is 18 in public establishments (pubs or bars). 16 if served with food (e.g., pubs or restaurants), 5 at home or private establishments.
I agree with the customer service. I would rather them ignore me and leave me in peace tbh, a simple smile is all that’s needed (in the Uk)Theres a cosmetics shop called lush and they literally follow you around the shop talking the whole time. It’s extremely annoying to the point I’ll only shop online there now. My sister once did an induction for a job there and she was physically exhausted by the fake friendliness she had to display lol.
I had my first legal drink in a pub aged 16. We were having a meal in the pub and my dad bought me a beer to go with it. Completely legal and law still in force today. At sixteen, someone over 18 can buy you a beer or wine if it's accompanying a meal.
Yes but reputable places would only allow the alcohol to be bought for a minor in small quantities.
@@malcolmhouston7932 Oh yeah, definitely. A single drink to go with the meal. Not an all-night bender over a packet of crisps!
@@shaksper Yeah like 4 years ago when I was 16 I had the same thing.
@@shaksper remember the pandemic when adults could only buy a pint with a "substantial" Scotch egg.
Is this law pup-dependant? I work for Spoons and we do not allow this lol
I find the idea of dog parks to be a strange concept.
In the UK dogs are welcome in every public park
Some parks have dog-free areas.
In dog parks, they can run off-leash.
@@BibleLady56 dogs can run off-leash in many public parks in the UK w/o having dog parks.
@@theukyankee How lovely for you all,do the dogs also have their noses in the air, and a funny posh walk,,,,
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On the travel thing, if you live in London you can get on Eurostar and be in Paris 2h15m later. Just a matter of geography and infrastructure.
No Tyler thats a cop out and you know it when you say Americans don't travel to other countries because its too far because Europeans also fly to America which is still an 7-12hr flight for us!
I think the fact that most Americans have hardly any paid leave also has a lot to do with why they don't travel much, they just don't have enough time to do it.
I agree the, “too big” thing is a cop out. I agree that part of it is more than that most US Americans don’t get enough paid time off and also a lot of Americans historically never earned enough money to travel. I’m a U.S. American and I speak from personal experience. I barely had any time off when I was working, retired now, and with all the expenses of a family I lived paycheck to paycheck so there was no travel money available. Sadly I didn’t get a passport until 2018 and I was 67y.o. by then😣. But I’ve done a fair amount of travel since I got it and I’m also an emigrant to Mexico now for more than three years. I think many Americans wait until they retire to travel, I did not by choice, but because of circumstances, still it’s never too late as long as you’re healthy. Have a lovely day all!😊
The funniest thing is when a USA chain opens in the UK for the first time and for the first few months they are so in your face at the door with the customer service and then over time it dies down. I think in the UK if it's USA style (OTT for us), it probably deters customers rather than gets them sales. An example is I remember when the Disney store opened in the UK, everyone was talking about this, and now if you walk into a Disney store there is none of this.
Vegans/Veggies? We have a few shouty types - probably more common in London than anywhere else?
This Brit? I'm about to have a bacon sandwich for lunch, and will be cooking chicken casserole this evening.
Meat-eaters still far outnumber non-meat-eaters
Good for you. No one cares
Complaining that Americans don't travel abroad is because of the size of the country is a a lame reason. Look at Australia. Austrailians have to travel greater distances to get to another country and they travel everywhere in the world. It's probably more to do with the lack of vaction time and paid vacation time.
and their extremely insular attitude, and lack of interest in other cultures.
@@ann_onn insular attitude!? Have a look at yourself first
Good point about the vacation time: I hadn't thought of that, and Tyler did mention it in a past vid. Thanks for the reminder
Hey Tyler, these two are not very representative of the U.K. their opinions seem to be very England/London centric. Keep at it mate 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
I think its quite sweet when you say you have a rant, I don't see that, you always respond very kindly and put thought into your replies.
Not a vegetarian🤮
Wasn't really a big drinker, and stopped back in the 80's.
Hate annoying shop greeters, we have a few American stores where I live in our city centre, first time I was asked I said no thank you, next time I just turned around and walked out😂, it feels like extra pressure on you ...if you say you are looking for a particular thing they "escort" you to it then hover making you feel obliged to buy. Just leave us alone, we can navigate a shop and have a tongue in our head to ask if we need help.
Some British don't like being called European...myself included, I'm British 😊
I don't eat a lot of meat as its heavily processed and I like to know what's in my food, so I eat a lot of fish, vegetables, fruit, herbal tea etc.
Also exercise a few times a week, walking is an excellent form of excersise.
Not sure its only about countries being close. Brits tend to travel long haul as well as in Europe. A different mindset I guess.
Went shopping in another country this morning it took 90 minutes for the round trip. US high drinking age due to Regan's action to bring down the drunk driving figures. Real problem: can't walk to the pub/restuarant, lack of public transport.
I think the age limit on drinking was an attempt to rollback towards prohibition.
For a freedom loving country, they really do like to interfere in their citizens' private lives.
@@stephenlee5929 They like to spread the lie about loving freedom, most people recognise that as total B.S.
My friend went to the states for her 21st birthday, and the barman wouldn’t serve her alcohol until midnight when she turned 21 even though she had been drinking alcohol for 3 years in the UK lol
I get USA is big and not surrounded by as many countries as most in Europe. But what about south/central America? The Caribbean? Also a lot of people from Europe go travelling to Asia, Australia etc
A lot of people in the United States take small vacations to Mexico and the Caribbean Islands. Remember this guy is sheltered and not much experienced in life, although his twin brother took a trip to the Dominican Republic. The issue is vacation days. Most have only 2 weeks vacation and they spend some of those days staying at home to do work around the house. That leaves spending money on airfare (not all Americans have money for tickets for a whole family) for a shorter trip than Europeans typically do.
The weather isnt the same in the UK anywhere you go actually. London area don't get much rain at all compared to the Northwest England where it rains much more! and the SouthEast is 4. c higher than the North and can be 8.c higher sometimes..
Sorry I do not think the distances involved in travelling outside the US holds any sway at all that is just used as a common "excuse". The British travel the globe and not just around Europe I mean with a 10 hour flight we can be in the US. I am sure many Americans drive for lot longer to different parts of the US or even state on a semi-regular basis. We like to experience different cultures and environments, perhaps this is a hangover from our empire days, who knows, but many Europeans are the same too. I think that the vast majority of Americans probably aren't so interested in other cultures which is fine and your choice but please don't use distance as an excuse. Air travel has come along way since the Wright Brothers days you know.
Tyler, a lot of us Brits don't understand why you people in the U.S.A. are able to vote at age 18, legally purchase and own firearms at that same age, drive a car at age 16, serve in the military without parental consent at age 17 and yet you're unable to legally purchase and drink alcohol until age 21. Such ridiculous laws as those need to be standardised in the U.S.A. and at age 18 you should be considered to be an adult and not treated like a child until you reach the milestone age of 21.
As regards so many Americans not owning passports and being able to travel abroad, i.e. outside your country's borders, it does negative things to their whole perception of how we non-Americans really are and how we actually live. They're far too set in their ways and anything that they don't agree with, in other words things that challenge their insular American lifestyles and don't fit into your country's perception of how you live are considered to be 'socialism' and by default Communism therefore they should be avoided at all cost. Even those Americans that hold passports and venture across the Atlantic and around the rest of the world have the nerve to demand that we should be like them and that they have the right to ignore all of our different cultures, traditions and laws.
Let's not mince words about it, far too many of your fellow Americans live in a fantasy world based on ignorance and they've obtained most of their perceptions about how the rest of the world is courtesy of your own U.S. media corporations and through completely inaccurate depictions of how we are supposed to be simply to pander to the tastes and sensibilities of their own American audiences. Most of those perceptions come from your own so-called 'news' corporations who pump out endless right-wing nonsense 24 hours a day / 7 days a week as well as from Hollyweird where they think nothing of rewriting our entire history simply to make money by pandering to your country's audiences.
Those same perceptions, misconceptions, myths and lies of how we are have never changed amongst most Americans over the years and decades and that's why a lot of us Brits get annoyed with you. All of you Americans need to get it into your heads that there are countries outside of your borders and we dislike constantly hearing from you how great America is especially when it really isn't, is it?
Incidentally, your excuse of the U.S.A. being too big is quite pathetic especially when you consider that you have the second largest country in the world across your northern border and most Canadians have no problem travelling abroad, do they?
Apart from the alcohol age, all of that is true in the UK too
@@wallythewondercorncake8657, so when was the last time that you saw an 18 year-old British person stop off at their local supermarket and pick up a handgun, an AR-15 or an AK-47 along with the rest of their groceries?
@@Phil_A_O_Fish You said own, not buy.
Don't act like you Brits don't flex your superior behavior too, it works both ways you know!
@@timothyreel716, how would you know what we do here in the U.K. especially with the vast majority of you Yanks being stuck in the U.S.A. without a passport?
Fantastic commentary. My American niece got me on you😂😂 her 45yr old Welsh Aunt.😂😂🇬🇧
Their views on meat are in the minority, Vegans are just vocal about their believes
I think it depends on your circle of friends. The majority of my friends and guests in my Airbnb are vegetarians.
A former colleague could not eat meat due to an alpha-gal allergy.
As are meat eaters who whinge about vegans at every opportunity.
Vegans tend to bully meat eaters!!!!
They can not keep quiet about it and have to preach at every opportunity
OMG I soooo agree with her about the annoying, over-intrusiveness of anyone who comes up to you in a shop. If I want your help I'll ask, if you bother me it's completely counterproductive as I'll turn right around and go OUT of your annoying shop, muttering under my breath as I go! So if it's 100 times worse in America it would drive me insane and I'd be shopping online 100%.
Totally agree. For this reason I dislike browsing in small shops as I feel I'm expected to engage with the shop assistant when I don't want to!
I think a lot of American meat production - factory farming, pumping farm animals full of antibiotics, for example - contributes to the pervasive unfiness and obesity problem in the USA.
I'm a veggie but I have nothing against carnivores. The only thing I would say to them is, in that case eat good meat - and you don't need a tonne. In fact, it is probably not good for you to eat too much meat.
Veganism: oh, they do preach, these vegans! I think it's possible to be healthy as a vegan, but very difficult. And it's not always cheap - *and not always ecologically sound*. For example, trees being ripped up to make way for soya - not good. Also, in Britain, our climate means one of our crops of choice is grass. Therefore, we need some sheep and cows to turn this into something we can digest.
Also veganism: medics say you should not be vegan before the age of eight. You can be vegetarian before this age, and you should drink full-fat milk before the age of five.
Alcohol: any parent who allows a five-year-old to drink alcohol is guilty of child abuse.
It's not that easy to just eat good quality meat though, it's more expensive unfortunately I'm my experience. I have however cut down a lot myself on processed stuff and always eat veggies with meat.
Another reason why Americans don’t travel abroad as much is due to work vacation conditions. Americans don’t get as much vacation time and it is in most cases not paid vacation. Most European countries give their employees 20+ paid vacation days, so it is easier to take time off and travel. Distance is not valid as we travel to the U.S. and Canada or to Asia and Australia. Yes, having a very diverse country also contributes to many in the U.S. vacationing at home and trips to Disney Land/World or Vegas etc.. are big trips. It is harder for many Americans to save up money and time to travel overseas and as said, it is a big issue.
There is some argument to the size of the US being a barrier to traveling abroad but then look at Australia. Not only huge but surounded by water and they are some of the most well travelled people in the world. The big reason the majority of Americans dont go abroad more often is because EVERY other country mandate paid annual leave. Where as in America it is ONLY if it is offered as a part of the jobs benefits and it is rarely more than 10 days. Also as there is no mandate sick pay many Americans will use some annual leave to cover periods when they cant work due illness so have little left to be able to travel.
Australia is a lot more empty tho and most people live on the coast, moreso than in the US. Plus Australia isn't exactly isolated, lots of islands around it
@@wallythewondercorncake8657 Regardless of where in Austrailia they live they still go a lot further a field than your average American. Many more aussies come to Europe and the UK in proportion to population than Americans and it is between double to 3 x the distance for them. So it does boild down to they time they are given to travel as i raised in my comment
God these 2 are unbearable, fair play to you for sticking through it
I disagree. They are quite fun.
@@lisbetsoda4874 I think these two are fine..it was that American woman the other week with the really annoying voice I couldn't stand, haha
Owen is spot on - the vegan vegetarian stuff is absolutely nonsense, they are using anecdotal info from their community and blanketing that over the country as a whole. Half of this video isnt factual about the UK, it mote of tge opinion of an upper middle classed couple in London - which is fine, theirs nothing wrong with that, its just not the average, eg we are the 2nd fattest country in Europe - not as healthy is they are making out.
Owen British premier league clubs are owned by Foreigners, managed by them, and played by them. Does that satisfy you as I see you're a keen football supporter????? Football is just MONEY MONEY MONEY and also games are won by cheating like playing hurt in the penalty area. A sport for losers in my view.
Hahaha dangers of Meat pfft.
Thank you. Please check the Law on alcohol drinking. While there is a national minimum legal drinking age, many states have exceptions for children being supervised by their parents or guardian that allow drinking at home exactly as British law does.
People from Europe travel to the US. It's the same distance the other way 😉
Yes, but we get enough time off to travel, Americans get far less and have to use their vacation time if they're ill sometimes.
As a child in the 1970's we did have guns in the village and a puma sightings were not uncommon around the tiny very rural farming village i grew up in, this was in Essex
Vegetarianism and veganism is quite popular in Australia also. So is exercising and not smoking. It's popular to look after your health. A lot of people go to a naturopath rather than a doctor where there is a choice according to their illness. Shopkeepers here will say hi but it's a genuine greeting and it does feel fake when in the States everybody gets a 'have a nice day' in an over-the-top voice. Australia is a huge country with heaps to see and it's a huge distance to travel overseas but most of us have passports and travel overseas. It might be more due to the little time you get off work for a holiday to make it worthwhile?
I made the apple stew from the Ikea cook book. I couldn't work out how much a decilitre was. My grandkids enjoyed it immensely 😂
A decilitre isn't one of those units we really use. Most people would say 100ml. It's just over ⅕ US pint, or ⅙ Imperial pint.
(Yes, 3 US pints are almost exactly 2½ Imperial pints).
As a Brit and a so called peasant, she sums up most Brits with money. straight up privileged. In Britain we peasants call these Posh Toffs.
I thought the same , was really snotty and judgemental.
The early alcohol drinking age derives from when water was not particularly safe to drink,women and children would usually drink the second brewing known as light beer,now its down to parents decision, also in france where they will add water to the wine.
Started drinking regularly in a pub when I was about 15 or 16 back in the seventies. Used to go to a Jazz club in a pub, even though initially, I wasn't overly keen on the music genre, just the beer. I presume the bar staff thought I was older as, what 15 year old would want to go listen to Trad' Jazz?
"Great"!!!
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I remember when I was young (about 40 years ago) meeting people who were vegetarians but they were very much on the fringes of society food wise. Nowadays a lot of people one meets are vegetarian or even vegan, and the amount of foods aimed at this sector of consumers has grown hugely! I think I am like a lot of people - I still eat meat several times a week but also have 2-3 non-meat meals a week, which would have been surprising in my youth.
In the Uk, if you step into a small one-person staffed store and no-one else is in there you will be greeted in a friendly manner. But in larger stores with multiple staff members, we would rather sneak in unobtrusively and decide, whilst browsing, whether we are likely to want to engage..... Like the girl on the video, on being leapt upon by an enthusiastic staff member, we Brits would turn tail and leave the store at once!
The discussion here- from the Brits and yourself - was very interesting.
More like this please.
i know 0 people in the uk that dont eat meat everyday. You just middle class sis.
@@WookieWarriorz so you only know working class people? Wow
I'm in the hospitality industry and 18 year olds in the UK from the USA just love the fact they can legally buy a beer.
In the same way that the USA service men loved to buy and smoke Cuban cigars here, I think that law might have been relaxed since but this was when it was a definite no, no.
As an American, with a family and career, I can say that we would LOVE to travel outside of the country for vacations… but it’s almost impossible. For my family, there are 5 of us. The cost of a passport is $160ish. My husband and I would have it for 10 years each, and the kids for 5 years each. So, that’s $800 just for the ability/permission to take the trip. Then, my husband and I have to coordinate our work schedules and vacation days, for which I get 2 weeks, but cannot take them consecutively and he gets 2, and can take them back to back. So. I’d have to get permission from my boss to have them together. That’s 14 days to fly 10-18 hours there, wherever there may be, then 10 or so days in the location, and 10-18 flight hours home- leaving a day to recoup before heading back to work. Tiresome but do-able. But, then, there’s the cost. International flights, times 5, is prob $2,000 minimum, so we’re already at $3k and haven’t even paid for the hotel and car rental yet. Plus food, spending money, etc, and we’re spending $10k for an exhausting 2 weeks that we may or may not even be getting paid vacation time for… and Brits wonder why Americans don’t just pop over to France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain?
I only let my kids have a drink when they are over 12 & only at Christmas, usually just one Spritzer or Shandy.😃
My son is nearly 23 now and I was more concerned about him drink US soft drinks than a shandy or some watered down wine when he was younger.
I'd never be a veggie. Steaks bloody...yum. I once asked an American colleague who was visiting our facility in the UK if this was his first time in the UK. He said it was. In fact, it was his first time in Europe. I asked was there any reason for this, and he responded by saying that within the USA you can ski, surf, climb mountains, hike or just chill on a beach, no need to go elsewhere. Fair point. But it does make Yanks very parochial and inward looking. Being an island nation we've been exactly the opposite.
First section, I wouldn’t say vegetarianism or veganism is popular yes there are people that are but not the majority by a long shot but as they proved by their lecture about giving up meat or cutting down it’s definitely being pushed on the British people hard but most just ignore it and mock the constant nagging
I think the main thing (in the UK) is most eateries (cafes, restaurants, even burger vans) you can get a vegetarian option (may be Vegan), I think this has changed in the last 10 years and continues. There are few wholly Vegetarian or Vegan eateries.
it's a growing movement. regardless of the reasons for being vegan, I am for health reasons. ingesting animals makes me seriously ill as in 'need an ambulance' ill. so I get happy knowing there's vegan items out there that don't make me feel excluded. vegan for 12 years since having gallbladder removed.
the fact that there is as much choice as there is is phenomenal! and I'm going to say it, but, vegan ice cream is amazing! and you should try it at least once.
there's a vegan cake shop in town here and it ends up selling out of everything by lunchtime 6 days a week.
we also have a vegan supermarket - it's full of amazing things. fruit and veg that are not easy to find in your regular big name supermarkets.
it's more about expanding your tastebuds and embracing things with flavour without including animals. not forgetting that there's a ton of things out there that are 'accidentally vegan' - you'd be surprised at the amount of things that are by accident of design, vegan.
@@audiocoffee My point exactly, being lectured and having it pushed hard on the people. You don’t need to defend being vegan that’s a choice people can make, I’m happy to hear you have been well from being vegan since your operation and of course I don’t mind having vegan options available. You do not need to try and convert people let people live the lives they want to, if they want to be vegan they will be vegan if they want to eat meat they will eat meat it’s a choice people will make themselves
@@7200932 I think there needed to be the effort to push 'benefit', 'moral case' etc to alter the status quo, which meant getting vegan or vegetarian food in public was difficult in UK (1990's), I think the point the video was making is that status quo (from the UK 1990's) is how it appears to be in the US now.
@@stephenlee5929 And what’s wrong with that, if there are vegetarian and vegan options in America then people will chose to eat them if they wish. It’s the same in the U.K. we have the choice. if people chose to eat meat that is their choice, I am happy there is the choice but it’s the constant lecturing to give up meat that people are fed up with
My daughter would have a small glass of wine and water with Sunday lunch when she was 7, then sometimes with dinner from 12.
Veganism and vegetarian is not as wide spread as they say in the video but as most countries it is around.
made me smile that Europe is closer so travel is easy/cheaper...im sure theres a wee place called south america not sure on how safe travel is but a flight from miami to Bolivia is under £400. about 500 dollars.....you have an whole continent to explore and im guessing not many have travelled passed mexico...
A large proportion of British people go on long haul holidays for example Africa the FAR East and South America. Not just Europe.
I started drinking about 13-14 in the uk , neither of my parents drink , so i would sneak off with my friends , i went a bit overboard for a while till i was 20 . I very rarely drink at all now .
Most British people are not vegetarian or vegan so that bit i do not agree with #lovemeat 😂
I was eating a pasty when they were talking about the meat 😳
As someone from Plymouth so I eat a lot of pasties as I go to Cornwall all the time, there are some tasty veggie options too as although the cheese and onion option (which I do love) is maybe not as impressive as the usual, I had a pretty great veggie Dahl pasty the other day so I recommend giving them a go if you like pasties and you’re ever curious :)
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I think most Brits do or certainly would travel around the world and not just Europe if it is within their means. I think part of the reason Americans don't travel as much as others is the lack of paid annual leave. We get far more paid holiday and therefore more freedom to travel further afield or for longer periods. I actually have my childhood penpal from the US coming to stay with us next week! It will be her first time ever travelling out of the country. We plan to take her and her hubby all over the place and show them the sights. Im so excited!
I agree that there are far more vegetarians and vegans here too and you can find whole aisles of products in the supermarkets now aimed at veggies and vegans. We are much more environmentally conscious I feel , apart from all the bloody plastic packaging on everything that is ( really really annoys me) Also, I think we are hopefully becoming more aware of the cruelty that is involved in factory farming and I for one pray that practice stops sooner than later. I am vegetarian, my daughter is and I would say a high percentage of those I know are too now., for various reasons.
Cant be doing with the meet and greeters either! It just puts me off going in the shop.
It can also be quite a lot cheaper to fly around the world from the UK compared to the US - closer to cities that have direct flights regardless of where you live.
Do you know who has the lowest rate of teenage alcoholism? Its France because they are raised as children drinking wine with a meal.
It's alike to prohibition, cause and affect.
The fake customer service does not happen outside the US. We still have excellent customer service, but its not overbearing and overwhelming
That's mainly an North US thing on fake service from corporate America, but in the South, we have genuine greeting as we don't like the fake service either
The drinking age in the US is very understandable.
In Europe, very very few adolescents own a car until well into their twenties.
If they're a student, or at Uni - no way will they even think about owning a car until well after they've qualified and then started out in the commercial world.
Children in uk can drink in private from young kids yes. It’s a stand over from the past when clean water was different to come by I think. Most parents do not give kids alcohol very often if at all. If they do it’s usually for a special occasion and usually diluted with juice- E.g. champagne & orange juice called a Buck’s Fizz. Giving small amounts of diluted alcohol on the odd occasion can actually be beneficial as a tiny amount does not affect children adversely Ann because they have been introduced to alcohol when it comes to the legal drinking age in public then alcohol is less of a mystery meaning young adults are less likely to go and binge drink/get drunk.
She’s very wrong about London. The most vegan city is Norwich in Norfolk. And basically it’s everywhere even in our village, you can get vegan food in the little shop or in the pubs. It’s not a sideline, it’s just mainstream.
Is that actually true? I live in Norwich, I did not know that :)
It might be a big country, but it’s still basically the same culture. The same language. Small variations on food. But it’s not the same as going to a completely different country.
If you're talking about the US and UK then that's just not true.
We in the US may be similar, but not the same!
Customer service bit, yes in UK we are left alone at all times
We love our meat up North - you know where you can stick your veg.
If you can have meat free beefburgers then you should have a veg free carrot
Good luck on staying healthy eating nothing but meat
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Yet, lots of people do the full carnivore diet for health reasons. For instance, I know many people that have cured autoimmune disease by going full carnivore.
I think you’ll find that things like diabetes and other issues will dramatically fall if more people went full carnivore.
Countless tribes around the world purely eat meat and fish - they tend to live longer and are healthier than most people in the West.
I full vegan diet has actually been proven to be harmful, increasing inflammation, and is laden with over processed food.
And no, the majority of Brits actually eat a natural omnivorous diet of meat and vegetables - vegetarians and vegans are certainly a small minority.
You get that in furniture, electrical and clothes stores, assistants approach and ask if they can help you.
Now I wouldn’t mind it if I have been walking around the store after 5 or 10 minutes, but not as I just walked into the store.
My Auntie used to babysit and always put a drop of brandy in my bottle to quiet me so her and the boyfriend got some peace. Honestly ive always had a love of good quality Brandy since😂
From age seven I would cycle with my grandmother to a farm shop (about a mile away) to get fresh eggs. On the way back she would buy a couple of bottles of stout that we would drink back at her house. Also of course I would be given wine with Sunday dinner and special occasions like Christmas and Easter. Also from age twelve I was making homemade wine and beer from kits.
i often drank alcohol wheni was akid maybe 8ish , from cleaning up after parents parties, most pubs serve 16 years old, or even younger if your tall
These 2 really get on my nerves. They clearly live in a bubble but think that they represent the everyman, the lack of self awareness is astonishing.
Homo sapiens are omnivores. Meat is the quickest and most efficient way of getting protein. However, a balanced diet doesn't require eating large amounts of meat. Look at the menus of most fast food companies - meat is the primary ingredient followed by carbs. Of course, many will argue that there is a certain percentage of fruit/vegetables in every squeeze of tomato sauce.
See Bear Grylls talk about veganism. He's now eating meat a lot!!
Born in Woolwich, moved to Oxfordshire and asked 'when did move from Australia?'
We got French red wine mixed with lemonade as children with a Sunday lunch. Born 1962.
Father taught me to drive at 14 so I aced the test at 16.
So I have a cockney accent that can be confuse with the Australian accent. FFS
When are you visiting London?
I'm a lover of Greece and married to a Cypriot, but I would to show you the UK xx
Honestly the British really can't understand just how vast America is, you can tell us but we really can't grasp how large it is and you do have so much incorporated.
It's understandable why you would explore your own country first.
MADD rule on drinking age. When they start showing all the car wrecks where several teens are mangled…hard to make an argument when they say brains aren’t developed until mid twenties.
9:43 I think it's especially silly that the drinking age in the US is 21 because the 18-20 year olds at college are just going to go all out because they're just around 21 and up folks. Whereas for the UK, everyone can be included in whatever social activities once at college.
I think for a lot of Americans, they're holding out until they get to college but personally, for me I don't really drink much any way. I'm not from the UK or US, but I think I tried cider (the alcoholic beverage) between 14-16.
It's not the fact that the US is big that they don't travel overseas much...because there are other big countries that are pretty isolated as well that their citizens travel much more...including Canada, Australia, India and Brazil.
It might be more related to the wages most people get and the lack of long enough holiday (vacation) time.
Remember that most countries have mandatory annual leave...giving at least a month of paid holiday (vacation) days
I think it's the American attitude - they mostly don't care about other countries.
It's very unfortunate, because it means they don't understand other cultures.
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It may be but it is also hard to go on an overseas holiday with five days of annual leave...that is if they haven't used those days because they were sick anytime throughout the year.
17 to join the Armed Forces in the US gp fight for your Country but Yet you cant have a pint
i went into F A O Swartz in Orlando years ago the staff clapped us in
I don’t understand why Americans make excuses about travelling to other countries! My daughter has just got back from Nashville (direct flight to London) last month had a 4 day stay in New York (again direct flight) and earlier in the year popped over to Paris (45 minute flight) for a weekend 🤷🏻♀️ So to us Brits the world is very small but it seems to Americans it’s too big! 😂
I feel like Americans underestimate the time it takes to travel. While it is true what you say Tyler, you can drive from say London to Edinburgh but it won’t take “a couple of hours” but rather closer to eight.
Much easier to take the train at that point.
I mean, you're caning it if you can make that journey in 8 hours in a car!.
If they're not on strike.
As a brit whose dad moved to America in my teenage years and had to cohabit both countries, my biggest peeves....
Sales tax added at the till, just put the price I'm paying on the shelf, oh those jeans I thought were $19.99 are now $23.47
Wtf are grits, it's like a really salty porridge served on your plate as a side dish
"ASK YOUR DOCTOR" commercials...if I'm going to the doctor I want their advice, not to agree a product I'm asking about is good
Because we all know that Brits under 18 aren't out getting drunk....
::rolling eyes::
My Da gave me a whisky when i was 3/4yrs old but didn't start drinking till i was 11yrs old.
Aside from cultural differences there is a very good argument why the drinking age should be lower than 21, I believe it should be lower than 18 even as it is in other European countries. one of the arguments that made sense is if you expose people to alcohol when they are younger then there is no mystery surrounding it meaning they are less likely to over do it when they are finally allowed to. you see a lot of university students here in the UK doing that the minute they are free from parental control and are allowed to go to bars and a lot of bad things end up happening also if you have been exposed to alcohol before you reach driving age then the likelihood you will drive more responsibly and not while under the influence is increased massively as can be seen in statistics across Europe. imagine driving for 5 years, being a confident driver and then alcohol is introduced. its not a surprise that people will think they will be fine driving as opposed to someone that understands what alcohol can do to them before they start driving
There is not much much more vegetarianism in the UK. According to wikipedia at least, it's around 10% of the population whereas it's 5% in the USA and that doesn't seem far off. It seems as though these two are trying to promote an agenda and not really speak about a major difference between the countries.
I don't think Canada gets many visitors from the boarder states - some but not a huge amount. I am aware of some work situations that happen between Windsor & Detroit
As a Brit, I once got a flight to Italy for £0.01, we really do have some great travel opportunities.
Vegetarianism and veganism has been around and popular in the UK for decades, has nothing to do with a few Netflix docs, I'd wager theres more vegans and vegetarians in California alone than all of the UK though.
Travelling always depends on your income, savings and location. I have been out of Europe once (only because my bestie moved to the US, would never have left otherwise). Otherwise I've only travelled to around 10 counties, its equivalent, i feel, to an American travelling to 10 other states. Some of the states are similar sizes to a European Counrty.....
I live abroad now, but that would be like moving to a different state. So owning a passport wouldn't need to be so important to you....
I can't imagine going to university and not being allowed to legally drink. It's, like, the biggest part of uni. Do you guys not go clubbing at uni?
And no, we don't have people yelling in our faces when we walk into shops lol. Workers in shops work at the tills and restock and stuff. We go and ask if we need help.
What's wrong if Americans aren't veggies? I'm British and rarely eat meat, but most Brits I know eat meat many times per week.
I have heard the drinking age of 21 in the USA was an indirect way to kerb rates of drink driving.
For my honeymoon we went around the world for a year. stayed and worked for a few months several times. YOu have to get out there
I' am Norwegian..do NOT take my meat away!! And this IS a warning! ;)
It takes us half an hour or so to drive to Wales
When you talk about how difficult and inconvenient it is for americans to travel outside their own little sphere, and this gives them a sensible excuse for not travelling, remember you are watching a video by people who travelled from the UK to america, and thought nothing of the hassles involved; just the experience
I think the data suggests that Brits are consuming less red meat probably because of the associated health risks such as an increased incidence of bowel cancer which is # 2 cause of death from cancer in most developed countries.
People in the USA also get less annual leave than people in the UK.
There aren't that many vegetablists in the UK. Somewhere around 10%, while vegans are even fewer. This is why restaurants specifically catering to them often fail and larger chains don't continue product trials.
The idea that meat is bad in itself is false. Many vegan meals are heavy on seed oils which are very bad for you. Unprocessed meat is beneficial in moderation.
Vegetarianism isn't that big of a deal in the UK.
They just happen to be in an echo-chamber of like-minded friends - rich, trendy young Londoners, who always seem to mention that they're vegetarian within the first 2 minutes of any conversation.
I think you missed their point. Vegetarianism and veganism is catered for a lot more over here. Especially compared to 20, or even 10 years ago. You can get vege/vegan meals in most restaurants and all the major supermarkets have big vege/vegan ranges now.
At least 1 in 10 are vegan/vegetarian so it is quite a big deal and growing actually
@@djpalmer93 I realise it's around 1 in 10, but so what? About 1 in 10 don't like pineapple, but they don't harp on about it all the time.
@@ann_onn obviously you’re an easily offended snowflake. Nevermind
@@ann_onn In my experience as a vegetarian of around 30 years, it's actually the other way around. I get quizzed on why I'm a vegetarian by meat eaters a lot, not brought up by me! There seems to be more of an obsession among some meat eaters berating vegetarians and vegans for their choices. The main point they were making is true that it has become a lot easier to be a vegetarian/vegan than it used to which I agree with.