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  • @DreamPrague
    @DreamPrague  10 місяців тому +3

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  • @fetchingfossa9172
    @fetchingfossa9172 10 місяців тому +456

    As a doctor I can tell you...
    AC DOES make you much more prone to getting sick...It dries out your mucosa (the inside of your nose, throat, mouth), making it prone to bacterial, viral, and fungal infection!
    Kind of like scrubbing your skin with body scrub and soap, and not putting any lotion afterward! Sad, chapped skin you'll get, prone to injury and thus -> infection :(
    Also, AC machines are "home, sweet home" to bacteria and fungi, unless it is cleaned regularly.
    This is why using it on the plane, or in an office, makes it very easy to transmit infectious diseases through the air. (EDIT: you breathe the same air as everyone else in the building. it's better to open windows)
    Sorry for shattering Your AC dreams ^^"
    Hugs from Poland

    • @rosaferrari981
      @rosaferrari981 10 місяців тому +24

      Amen 🙏 I fully agree

    • @Turtle1631991
      @Turtle1631991 10 місяців тому +8

      Better ACs have a humidity control. Cleaning the inside unit is stupid simple with most models.
      As a fellow central european I get where you are coming from. We get what? 4-8 shitty summer weeks a year? Well try to live in greece where it is fucking 40 for 3-5 months straight. YOU WILL DIE without AC lol.

    • @andrefreeman7025
      @andrefreeman7025 10 місяців тому +5

      That is the price I am willing to pay!

    • @Haymiller7222
      @Haymiller7222 10 місяців тому +3

      Hahahaha😂 she said it!

    • @fetchingfossa9172
      @fetchingfossa9172 10 місяців тому +8

      @@Turtle1631991 I didn't even know cleaning AC is usually so simple, hehe.
      Fully agree with the weather, when it's necessary, it's necessary, just don't overdo it when not necessary

  • @adriannaconnor6471
    @adriannaconnor6471 10 місяців тому +401

    I've spoken to a number of Czechs that have said that coming to work sick is considered unprofessional.

    • @janslavik5284
      @janslavik5284 10 місяців тому +134

      Well, maybe because it is? Even if we disregard the obvious risk of the employer "loosing" more workers for 1-2 weeks it's pretty disrespectful to intentionally make your colleagues sick. It should be a common thing across the world that if you are coughing your lungs out you should probably stay at home.

    • @MrMajsterixx
      @MrMajsterixx 10 місяців тому +77

      if its infectious disease we could take it further and say its even unethical

    • @toruvalejo6152
      @toruvalejo6152 10 місяців тому

      But only if it's not a sexually transmitted disease and you're not a porn actor...

    • @jayxfrost8987
      @jayxfrost8987 10 місяців тому +36

      honestly I would rather people see my sock than getting my germs.

    • @denisemoore6134
      @denisemoore6134 10 місяців тому +12

      It is considered irresponsible in Australia.

  • @pezza4798
    @pezza4798 10 місяців тому +658

    But AC does make you sick.

    • @vojtechfrommel4923
      @vojtechfrommel4923 10 місяців тому +31

      Only if the temperature difference is more than 7celsius or the cold air is blowing right at you for longer amount of time.

    • @michellemaine2719
      @michellemaine2719 10 місяців тому +7

      😂😂😂

    • @jakubkvacala1880
      @jakubkvacala1880 10 місяців тому +22

      @@vojtechfrommel4923 or you are going in and out (cold/hot) constantly

    • @zerkig9058
      @zerkig9058 10 місяців тому +41

      ​@vojtechfrommel4923 Or when the filters are mouldy and nobody cleans them 🙄

    • @toruvalejo6152
      @toruvalejo6152 10 місяців тому +9

      I just paused the video to post this (as requested), but you beat me to it...

  • @zoott69
    @zoott69 10 місяців тому +250

    "Squeaky wheel gets the grease" is the equivalent of "Líná huba, holé neštěstí" - lazy mouth, pure misfortune - meaning: Who doesn't ask, gets nothing. Or maybe less common and less fitting: "Voják se stará, voják má" - "Soldier who takes initiative, is well supplied" - originating from military settings in socialism, where supplies were scarce and one had to fend for himself, or he might find himself without ammo, shoes or even food.
    Also you might use: "Kdo maže, ten jede" - "He who greases, goes", but for me, the most common and fitting one is the first saying.

    • @toruvalejo6152
      @toruvalejo6152 10 місяців тому +10

      In a slightly shifted form, I guess you could also use: "Drzé čelo lepší než poplužní dvůr." - "A cheeky forehead is better than a Meierhof.".

    • @nextghost
      @nextghost 10 місяців тому +28

      "Kdo maže, ten jede" is about bribery, though.

    • @toruvalejo6152
      @toruvalejo6152 10 місяців тому +15

      @@nextghost Or not. And: "Voják se stará - voják má.", is about stealing - or not.

    • @mrakomo
      @mrakomo 10 місяців тому +1

      @@toruvalejo6152 Nope.

    • @stanhady5697
      @stanhady5697 10 місяців тому +19

      @@toruvalejo6152Not necessarily. It's more about not waiting to get something, but be proactive and go getting it yourself. It doesn't have to involve stealing, although it's not excluded. 😇

  • @marcip6820
    @marcip6820 9 місяців тому +49

    Ano, téměř všichni se v kanceláři přezouváme do pohodlných pantoflí. A ano ženy se do kanceláře hezky oblékají. Ano, dohadujeme se kvůli větrání a nastavení klimatizace. Opravdu není vhodné chodit do práce nemocný, abychom nakazili své kolegy. A ještě by mělo být zmíněno, že na stole máme fotku rodiny, hrneček s kafem, čajem, láhev minerálky, svačinu z domova. Na oběd chodíme do společné jídelny, kde si ohřejeme jídlo uvařené doma nebo si ho necháme dovézt z restaurace, někdy si zajdeme na polední menu přímo do restaurace. Ale také je třeba zmínit, že také tvrdě pracujeme. Nepracujeme od 9 hodin, ale už od 7 hodin do 15:30. V poledne máme 30 minutovou přestávku na oběd. Jo a smrkání u nás není považováno za neslušné.

    • @Petr1331
      @Petr1331 5 місяців тому

      Prezouvani je priserny🙄 To jako ze mam oblek a k nemu si vezmu trepky?🥴
      Chodi k nam vyznamni obchodni parnteri a nekdo se pak proti nemu soura v pantoflich jak strejda nebo babka z Kotehulek🤦‍♂️
      Do lepsi firmy se slusi chodit slusne oblecen a dbat o sebe. Bohuzel kazdy to nechape.
      Jiste, zalezi na druhu zakestnan a firemni kulture. Ve sroubarne je to v poho 😉

  • @davidmwatches
    @davidmwatches 10 місяців тому +209

    I'm not saying AC makes you sick... but every summer when I go to the Southeast US and the AC is blastin', I get sick.

    • @michellemaine2719
      @michellemaine2719 10 місяців тому

      How do you get there?

    • @krystofk.2279
      @krystofk.2279 10 місяців тому +16

      @@michellemaine2719 probably by a plane? Just a guess.

    • @Vojtaniz01
      @Vojtaniz01 10 місяців тому +7

      Why would anybody in their right mind go to the southeast US in summer?

    • @davidmwatches
      @davidmwatches 10 місяців тому +7

      @@Vojtaniz01to see family?

    • @PetrSojnek
      @PetrSojnek 10 місяців тому +5

      @@davidmwatches Proper czech response to that would be: "Oh you come from south east US? That explains a lot..." :D

  • @moonchildCZ
    @moonchildCZ 10 місяців тому +88

    As a Czech I feel weird wearing house slipers in the office, but staying 8 hours+ in a closed shoe is much more uncomfortable

    • @kuptoted
      @kuptoted 9 місяців тому +10

      I have been working in Prague 5 years and wearing flip-flops as well. And guess what , I was wearing socks in theses flip-flops....a no-no in the US :)

    • @MultiVulture
      @MultiVulture 8 місяців тому +4

      @@kuptoted You learn well brother... or sister.

    • @patrickck8185
      @patrickck8185 8 місяців тому

      poor guy, what if you were outside all day long?! would you wear flipflops in the winter? whatasnowflake

    • @moonchildCZ
      @moonchildCZ 8 місяців тому +1

      @@patrickck8185 lol, i've been outside all day long in the winter many times. Mostly when hiking in the mountains. But what does it have to do with being comfortable in the office?

    • @ondrejlukas4727
      @ondrejlukas4727 7 місяців тому +2

      When I was working as stagehand I stood in boots even for 30+ hrs (yeah, some shifts were quite long). But in the office I pull my boots off the moment I set my workplace. In the office it's hot and I don't need foot protection and it's long hours so yeah, slipers or barefoot is way to go. Most of the time are my feet under the table anyway ;)

  • @czuswoe
    @czuswoe 10 місяців тому +86

    Having an office app where people vote every day where to go for lunch, creating and breaking lunch lobby groups and fiercely fighting where is the best menu today.

  • @TGrunwald
    @TGrunwald 10 місяців тому +126

    Inu, jiný kraj, jiný mrav, ale i když jsem měl řadu kolegů z různých zemí, tak kromě jedné výjimky mi jejich kultura a zvyky nikdy nepřipadaly jako problém. Tou výjimkou byl jediný kolega ze Švédska, jakého jsem kdy měl. Toho asi taky smrkání znechucovalo. Takže když měl rýmu on, vždycky toho keňoše vytáhnul snad až z paty a pak labužnicky polknul. Načež vydával tiché spokojené zvuky, dokud za chvíli nenatáhnul dalšího. Jelikož seděl hned vedle mě, tak jsem mu skočil do sámošky pro papírové kapesníčky a zkoušel mu je nabízet. Vždycky z toho balíčku použil jeden a pak se vrátil ke svým zvykům. Nevím jestli to tak je podlé švédského bontonu nebo to byla jeho specialita, ale pro mě to byla tak trochu zátěžová zkouška tolerance. Ve své hlavě jsem na něm tehdy spáchal defenestraci, kamenování, upálení i rituální kastraci...

    • @jarmilastreitova45
      @jarmilastreitova45 10 місяців тому

      Znám, hnus fialovej !!

    • @vite1968
      @vite1968 9 місяців тому +2

      tpc

    • @jiridvorak7679
      @jiridvorak7679 9 місяців тому +2

      👏pobavilo, díky

    • @silvieb2024
      @silvieb2024 9 місяців тому +1

      Well said!

    • @danielahoti4109
      @danielahoti4109 7 місяців тому

      Ja bych to ASI netolerovala!
      Promluvila bych s nim otevrene a on by musel udelat nejaky Kompromis, jinak to neni k vydrzeni!😮

  • @novakvlcz
    @novakvlcz 10 місяців тому +165

    Když jsem dělal IT softwarovou podporu, tak jsem se ihned po příchodu do kanceláře přezul do pohodlných pantoflí. Dělali to všichni, kteří nechodili mimo budovu. Představa, že si třeba v létě potím nohy 8 hodin v polobotkách, byla nejen pro mě nepřijatelná. Když jsem musel do jiné budovy, tak přezutí mi zabralo maximálně do 5. vteřin.

    • @logitech-240
      @logitech-240 10 місяців тому +4

      Presně, taky.

    • @frufruJ
      @frufruJ 10 місяців тому +10

      U nás je dress code (který je IMO nepřívětivý k mužům, protože kraťasy jsou zakázané, ale sukně ne). Ale zase je tam klimatizace, kterou někdo furt nastavoval na max, takže jsem si do práce v létě nosila svetr.

    • @erikziak1249
      @erikziak1249 10 місяців тому +1

      Ja sa prezujem aj v lete z otvorených sandál (bez ponožiek) do otvorených papúč. Občasne som na boso, ale to záleží od čistoty podlahy.

    • @patrik7019
      @patrik7019 10 місяців тому +19

      Mám to stejně. Opravdu nechci (i s cestou) být 10+ hodin denně v jedněch botech. Dress code nemáme. Tohle se mi na většině firem v ČR líbí, pokud nepřicházíte do styku se zákazníky, můžete do práce přijít klidně v tom županu :).

    • @erikziak1249
      @erikziak1249 10 місяців тому +12

      @@patrik7019 Ja pracujem na istom nemenovanom ministerstve v istej nemenovanej malej hornatej krajine uprostred európy. V sandáloch, kraťasoch, tričku a slamenom klobúku tam chodím väčšinu času. Som v styku so zákazníkmi. Občas musím ísť do kancelárie istého nemenovaného ministra. Tam zo začiatku boli reči, že tak tam chodiť nesmiem, ale už je to pár rokov čo s tým prestali. ;-) Minulý týždeň som tam práve bol niečo im robiť.

  • @Niusereset
    @Niusereset 10 місяців тому +87

    Love the comment about political correctness in Czech republic 😀 Absolutely true 😀
    It may by due to the different history experience. Amerika has its history issues, Americans (centuries ago) arrived there as colonists. There were a lots of conflicts with native people. They transported there lots of africans as slaves, which even after abolition struggled for their rights and equality (to name a few).
    Those are issues which Europe doesn't have. Some countries yes (to a certain level), England had its British Empire, France and Spain used to have territories in Africa (to name few examples). But Czech republic? In the central European region? We are the natives here. For centuries we wern't living here among different races, we were living among different nations of the same race. We did have slaves, true, but that was more than thousand years ago. Long time before Columbus was born. We do not have much black people here but those, who live in our country, they are not descendants of our slaves, they were already free when they got here. I am not saying Czech republic doesn't have history issues. We most certainly do. But they are mostly of different kind. I cannot think of much examples which could be related to the politial correctness stuff or which could lead for bigger need of political correctness in our society. Not to mention that political correctness is not quite compatible with our sense of dark humour, which is kind of our national tradition. Something bad/terrible/tragic happened somewhere right now? We already have a joke about it! (and not just one)
    We do have political correctness here (we are not savages), but on a very different level than in US. That's why the US-PC is funny to us.

    • @Acinnn
      @Acinnn 10 місяців тому +5

      I think the issues with racism against roma people is pretty significant issue going waaaay back into history and is similary systemic, sure, it's not about slavery but it is here and everywhere in europe.

    • @Salutihane
      @Salutihane 10 місяців тому

      @@Acinnn But we have never made slaves out of Romani people. The fact that they do not live like us, that they do not chase fame, job success and wealth, has always been and still is their free choice.

    • @pepabroz5896
      @pepabroz5896 10 місяців тому +21

      To se pleteš, to není rasismus, ale historická zkušenost.
      Historicky, když přijeli cikáni (tenkrát ještě kočovali), začaly se ztrácet slepice.

    • @Acinnn
      @Acinnn 10 місяців тому +6

      @@pepabroz5896 nevim kdo zacal prvni ale nikdo je pak nechtel zamestnat takze pak meli mensi vyber jak prezit a historicky maji v nasi spolecnosti daleko mensi moznosti obzivy. Taky z jakyho pohledu je ta historie psana.... je to takovy kruh neduvery ze ktereho jde tezko vystoupit.

    • @thomasw.6945
      @thomasw.6945 10 місяців тому +4

      já viděl naspotupi v Brně do šaliny bandu předpubertálních cigáňat a bylo poznat že by se prostě rády přidaly k obecné společnosti ale pohledy ostatních lidí je uzemnily, tj rozhodně si za problém y s nimi můžeme taky, tím že i další generace nechaáme vyvyálet ve vině
      jejich předků @@Acinnn

  • @screaminggoblin36
    @screaminggoblin36 10 місяців тому +94

    The alcohol consumption for lunch might be acceptable in the form of beer. But not more than one (better a small one) but generally, if you are working in corporate, you will probably get a warning and if you do it repeatedly, you will get fired. Seriously. That is bad advice.

    • @majenazprahy9909
      @majenazprahy9909 10 місяців тому +14

      I agree and I do not know anybody who would drink beer at lunch. Mostly they are expats to whom soembidy told it is a cool thing to do. Czechs may occasionaly have a small beer or sometimes non alcoholic beer. This is a common experience of the corporate offices in Prague.

    • @toruvalejo6152
      @toruvalejo6152 10 місяців тому +6

      @@majenazprahy9909 Non alcoholic beer is not a beer, thus it is perfectly legal to drink it at work.

    • @PaulZyCZ
      @PaulZyCZ 10 місяців тому +6

      It differs from a company to company, corporate included. Typically 1 beer in restaurant after lunch is acceptable (unless it's enough to get you more than little tipsy). But I agree it's like with drinking and driving.

    • @petrkorinek9559
      @petrkorinek9559 10 місяців тому +6

      Hergot Češi s Čechama se tu mezi sebou baví anglicky 😂

    • @toruvalejo6152
      @toruvalejo6152 10 місяців тому +19

      @@petrkorinek9559 Češi se s Čechy baví anglicky, aby angličtí mluvčí pochopili na první dobrou, o čem je řeč.

  • @majenazprahy9909
    @majenazprahy9909 10 місяців тому +157

    Sitting in one of the Prague open space corporate offices right now. Just want to say: what you hear here is quite a bit exaggerated for the sake of being funny. Which I respect, but it is not to be taken seriously if you really consider taking a corporate office job in Prague. There definitely are differences in the work culture between Czechs and U.S. citizens, but we Czechs are quite far from being the lazy uncultured fun fellas as described in the video. Take Jen’s description as maybe 30% reality based and 70% author’s comedy licence. IMHO.

    • @ovec269
      @ovec269 10 місяців тому +11

      Nope. As a Czech I say that it´s like 90 % true.

    • @majenazprahy9909
      @majenazprahy9909 10 місяців тому +8

      @@ovec269I am Czech working in corporates with colleagues from different countries and environments (but mostly Czechs) for more than 15 years and for me it is 70% sterotypes, heresays and other bogus made funny. Your experience may be different, do not know where you have it from. But anyway, it is ok, do and think what you want.

    • @davidmacku5502
      @davidmacku5502 10 місяців тому +7

      She likes to speak rubbish quite oftwn...

    • @zenniegaming9608
      @zenniegaming9608 10 місяців тому +3

      Being a lazy uncultured fun fella is great imho!

    • @jaga7752
      @jaga7752 10 місяців тому +3

      Yeah, I agree. I work corporate job and half of the things mentioned in this video definitely wouldn't fly there 😅 It's a fun video and I understand that it's impossible to make these without some generalisation, but this is setting some people up for great disappointment 😅:D

  • @vitozana8659
    @vitozana8659 10 місяців тому +18

    Smrkání je mnohem lepší než neustálé potahování dovnitř (mám takového kolegu jenž se asi neumí vysmrkat).

    • @Pajafilm
      @Pajafilm 9 місяців тому

      Já vždy nabízím papírový kapesník, když někdo popotahuje. :))

  • @richardrichard9496
    @richardrichard9496 10 місяців тому +21

    As a french, i take off my shoes before coming home 👍 we share a lot of work culture with czech.. even alcohol😂and leave early!😂

    • @marcip6820
      @marcip6820 9 місяців тому +2

      Czechs are said to be more hardworking than the French. In cities smaller than Prague, offices work from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and there is a 30-minute lunch break at noon.

    • @richardrichard9496
      @richardrichard9496 9 місяців тому

      @@marcip6820 8hours per day, hard worker 😂😂 in France, people doesn't work 35 h per week.. you Can do a lot of extra hours, a lot. Laziness of french people is a legend 😉

    • @marcip6820
      @marcip6820 9 місяців тому

      @@richardrichard9496 The workload is usually more than 8 hours a day, so you also have a lot of overtime. You won't enjoy your vacation much, because a lot of work awaits you. Colleagues will only do the most necessary things for you. We had to go to work every year between Christmas and New Year's Eve.

  • @petrcz74
    @petrcz74 10 місяців тому +148

    Klimatizace vysušuje vzduch, ten vysušuje sliznice a tim se snižuje obranyschopnost! Prokázány fakt. Dalsi nesmysl je sedět v průvanu! Absolutně nechapu, kdyz má někdo nastavenou AC na max! 😅

    •  10 місяців тому +5

      Na max neni potreba, ale mit fobii z klimatizace v lete je pak opravdu za trest v tom kanclu pracovat. Ve 28 stupnich, ktery v kanclu v lete mame, pak nejsem schopen ani premyslet, ale usinam u stolu.

    • @petrcz74
      @petrcz74 10 місяців тому +19

      @ tak já nepíši že je horko lepší, ale klimatizovat na 18 je nesmysl! A hlavně ta klimatizace to má stíhat tak aby pod ní nebyla zima a v druhém rohu horko! Mě hrozně vadí ten průvan z výduchů , ten vzduch má třeba 12*c sedět pod ní je za trest! To budu raději v horku!

    •  10 місяців тому

      @@petrcz74A to je prave ten problem, ja zase v pruvanu hlavne, ze neni teplo. A proto vznikaji bitvy o klimatizaci 😀

    • @jirkasirka8561
      @jirkasirka8561 10 місяців тому

      Z Wikipedie - Odolnost nosní sliznice k infekci snižuje výkyvy teplot.

    • @petrcz74
      @petrcz74 10 місяців тому

      @@jirkasirka8561 vyschnutí zabraňuje funkci!

  • @Last_Starfighter
    @Last_Starfighter 10 місяців тому +31

    Hey Jenn,
    I would like to point out a few details:-
    3:37 Czechs also realize that no one is curious about their bare feet, so they wear socks on their feet even with sandals or slippers, which is a Czech national tradition, as you may already know🇨🇿😂😉,
    - Czechs indulge in beer, but usually only after work, because in many companies there is zero tolerance for alcohol in the workplace, just like when driving a car. A drunk employee risks immediate termination. The only exception is perhaps non-alcoholic beer.
    - Czechs are distrustful of air conditioners because they are used to the fact that the climate in the Czech Republic is mild and that in summer temperatures it is enough to have the windows open and the fan on in the office, which is also cheaper and consumes less electricity. And although I am not an expert on air conditioning, the effect of air conditioning on the spread of dangerous bacteria and viruses in closed workplaces will be confirmed by any doctor. The rapid spread of the Corona virus 19 during the pandemic was helped in the Czech Republic by the fact that, even though during the lockdowns, citizens could not even cross the district borders to visit relatives, they could go to work and department stores, mainly equipped with air conditioning systems, without much restriction, because money must to be in circulation, even if the entire Czech Republic were to die in the process!💰💵💶🇨🇿😷†︎ 🏴💀󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🕯

    • @ncspcrew2566
      @ncspcrew2566 9 місяців тому +1

      I quit work in office and one of the reasons were that during most warm summer times I was dying there without AC.. I am also not fan of ACs, but sitting 8 hours in office where is whole time 30C is pure hell.. and some ordinary fan is absolutelly useless in that case. Best way is to let open windows during night and keep them close during day. If you have curtains of sunblind. I remember that one of my coleauge every time went to office in morning, open windows because "outside is hot" and in an half an hour there was insane hot.. bleah, I hated that extreme summer times in office.. another thing is that accordint to the work law you should not work in those conditions

    • @nnimble
      @nnimble 9 місяців тому

      Oh but we do have a couple of freaks in our office who don't even put socks on. I tried to do something with it and a Czech colleague recommended me "to try to not give a fuck". Literally this wording. In an office-wide chat.

  • @jjacha
    @jjacha 10 місяців тому +59

    One missing thing: Going for a smoke is sacred. All smokers go for a smoke every hour for like 10 minutes, so essentially they don't work 1/6 of the time. Us non-smokers usually think about starting smoking just for the benefit of going for a pause without anyone having problem with it. But if I'd just say "i'm going to just stand on the teracce for 10 minutes", I'd be called "nemakačenko" (lazyworker)

    • @toruvalejo6152
      @toruvalejo6152 10 місяців тому

      Boys have needs - girls too...

    • @Last_Starfighter
      @Last_Starfighter 10 місяців тому +6

      Smokers and non-smokers have nothing to blame in this regard - non-smokers go to make coffee, smokers just light up a cigarette with the coffee (in a place reserved for smokers). In the end, it will come out to the same amount of time...

    • @jjacha
      @jjacha 10 місяців тому +11

      @@Last_Starfighter At least you drink the coffee at the table while working. Also, if your coworkers drink 8+ coffees a day, they have a problem.

    • @Last_Starfighter
      @Last_Starfighter 10 місяців тому

      @@jjachaMaybe they drink coffee at the table, but they don't work and just spread gossip, so the result is the same...

    • @miplev
      @miplev 10 місяців тому +5

      Same in England, smokers stand outside in the smoking shelter/ designated area, sometimes more than twice every hour. If I go there as a nonsmoker, just for the sake of equally “reducing my working time” I’d be reprimanded (sometimes by a smoker standing there) and being looked upon as lazy. Well good thing is I don’t like double standards and always fight back…😂😂😂

  • @TomasMisura
    @TomasMisura 10 місяців тому +13

    The description of the AC situation is accurate. It involves numerous heated arguments, official escalations, and complaints. Finding a suitable temperature that satisfies everyone has been an ongoing challenge discussed extensively during meetings

  • @vojtechfrommel4923
    @vojtechfrommel4923 10 місяців тому +76

    Hi. This might be subjective, but you have some of the statements wrong or slightly wrong. Firstly: slippers yes, but PLEASE DO NOT WALK BARE FOOT in the office. It's very strange and I've never seen anyone do that. In my office we dont even wear slippers, but that's because we as a technicians have to go out of the office quite often. Secondly: I recommend you DO NOT drink alcohol on your lunch break. It's forbidden in almost every job to be under influence of alcohol or worse. And the last thing: Czechs mostly do not like to work overtime (Just like you said), but with the crisis getting worse, more and more people needs that extra money to cover the gap. However unpaid overtime? Hell no!
    I'd advise to observe first week or so. You'll definetly catch what you can or cannot do while at work.

    • @grandegracia
      @grandegracia 10 місяців тому +6

      Barefoot no, although I saw the director of my company do just that in the summer. One guy in the summer always wears flip flops, he and another one never take their shoes off in during the rest of the year, the rest, including me, has no problem of either changing to slippers or walking around in just socks. Also I just remembered a couple of men from other levels of our building (rented by other companies) do walk barefoot and I occasionally see them come to the reception desk to take some parcel barefoot. I saw one taking an order of mineral waters from Rohlik this week, with a trolley, and he was barefoot. In the morning. It was 5 degrees outside.

    • @bmxrichard21
      @bmxrichard21 10 місяців тому +1

      drinking in office? Forbidden.
      If you want drinking in job, you must go working on construction site or by tractor driver. You know, OSHA controllers cant go to 50m building roof 😂

    • @lukaszednik7547
      @lukaszednik7547 10 місяців тому +4

      Walking barefoot is absolutely normal, if you are working in a office space with carpets. So is one small beer with lunch. Of course not every day and not always and no, you won't be working under the influence of alcohol, you will pretty much burn it before you'll manage to get back to work...

    • @vitozana8659
      @vitozana8659 10 місяців тому

      zrovna dnes jsem si všiml u jednoho kolegy, že (v kanceláři) chodí jen v ponožkách

    • @ondrejlukas4727
      @ondrejlukas4727 10 місяців тому +1

      I would never work anywhere where I cant get my lunch beer. And if I would I would change the rule there. What I actually did many times! :D

  • @arrrg3846
    @arrrg3846 9 місяців тому +1

    Regarding office temperature: Several years ago I needed to go pick up a package at the (now closed?) FedEx office at the Prague airport. As soon as I entered, the heat of the place was stifling. I happened to notice that the office workers were all women except a couple of guys. All the women seemed to be working comfortably, but the poor guys had shirts drenched in sweat and looked very depressed. It was clear who had the power in the office. After picking up the package, stepping outside into the cool air felt really, really good.

  • @xbnlf
    @xbnlf 10 місяців тому +12

    Firma/zamestnavatel musi za zakona udrzovat v kanclech teplotu od 17 do 27, takze kdyz direktivne naridi ze teplota bude celorocne 22, tak muzou vsichni leda drzet pysk a ne si stezovat. Pivo k obedu je samozrejme nelegalni, pokud to neni nealko, protoze pak je zamestnanec pod vlivem, coz byt nesmi a potencielne za to muzou byt vykopnuti. Prescasy jsou take omezene zakonem, a bez zduvodneni ze strany zamestnavatele zadne byt nesmi. Firma za to jinak muze dostat peknou pokuticku...

  • @MrSonofsonof
    @MrSonofsonof 10 місяців тому +7

    As the ball season has started, you should do a video on Czech dance culture. That's one of my favourite things about this country, and nearly every week me and my GF go dancing. I'm not thinking so much of clubs, but balls with a live band, especially the small-town ones, which are great.

  • @rastogallo1454
    @rastogallo1454 10 місяців тому +5

    This must be your funniest video so far, I have enjoyed it a lot!

  • @danorott
    @danorott 10 місяців тому +23

    Keep in mind that the things you saw at the video are quite “Pragocentric”, work conditions are VERY different in other parts of the country. By different I mean a whole lot worse lmao

    • @vite1968
      @vite1968 9 місяців тому

      there are offices outside of Prague? Had no idea :D lol

    • @8Paul7
      @8Paul7 9 місяців тому

      I am in sudety and my work conditions in corporate are better.. :)

    • @Lemone262
      @Lemone262 9 місяців тому

      For example people don't often go to restaurants for lunch, what they have available is either a canteen, or to eat a box from home at their desks, which is preferable when the cantine food is crap. Oh and whichever you choose, you mustn't forget to complain about how crappy the canteen is, that's compulsory..

  • @damonheer5203
    @damonheer5203 5 місяців тому +1

    I worked for an American company in Brno, with the intent to help my Czech colleagues to learn how to navigate the American culture to further their careers. One of my biggest takeaways was that Americans start with Yes. Then later find they can’t fully accomplish what they said Yes to. Czechs start with No, and continue reminding you of it. They end up accomplishing more than they said they would. Both get the same end result.
    And I fully agree with the directness. I learned to appreciate “You’re wrong!” As a colleague wanting to help.

  • @Bohemystic-po1rb
    @Bohemystic-po1rb 10 місяців тому +4

    I lost my voice for a few days because of the air conditioning in the long-distance bus, and then I had problems with nosebleeds (dry mucous membranes). My mom sits in her office all summer with a scarf around her neck to prevent her neck spine to get blocked and to get migraines. A friend turned on the air conditioner in her car to cool down and got a terrible sinus infection - her fault for turning on such a strong and cold stream right in her face.
    Air conditioning is a good thing, but it has to work properly and people have to know how to adjust it properly. Mostly people only switch between two levels - 1. it does nothing, 2. ice hurricane. And if it doesn't do anything (because the device is misconfigured or the device sucks by itself), then you turn on the second option and everyone can go crazy that you want to kill them.

  • @LouisMarionFikes
    @LouisMarionFikes 10 місяців тому +10

    My wife lives by this, "kdo si stěžuje, dostane odměnu"

    • @MiRo-oz6bz
      @MiRo-oz6bz 9 місяців тому +1

      Na Slovensku sa hovorí, že:
      Žiadny dobrý skutok nezostane nepotrestaný.

  • @PragueNYC
    @PragueNYC 10 місяців тому +15

    “Líná Huba holé neštěstí.”
    Could be equivalent to “Squeaky Wheel gets the grease”. 🙂

    • @KMarik
      @KMarik 10 місяців тому

      That’s not bad, I never thought of that.👍

    • @MiRo-oz6bz
      @MiRo-oz6bz 9 місяців тому

      Kto sa veľa pýta, ten sa veľa dozvie.

  • @Greenmarty
    @Greenmarty 9 місяців тому +6

    Could it be that Czechs have something called a freedom of speech ?

  • @tomasvalach6975
    @tomasvalach6975 10 місяців тому +23

    But.. but AC irritates your throat and dries your mucous membranes which causes you pain in throat, nose, might cause you a weird headache and makes you weak against viruses and bacteria. You're resistant to it only if you're exposed to AC regularly. I'm pretty sure it's a common thing, you're just used to a big city and office life I think! I'm from a small village and I always suffer when I spend more than 2 hours in a shopping centre. I can barely stand a hour and half in a cinema!
    So funny the way you describe Czech men dressing up ahahaha!
    And I looooove how Czech girls and ladies dress! 🥴🤤😍

    • @adriannaconnor6471
      @adriannaconnor6471 10 місяців тому

      If AC caused illness, the entire U.S. would be sick the first warm week at the end of spring.

    • @tomasvalach6975
      @tomasvalach6975 10 місяців тому +5

      @@adriannaconnor6471 That's not what I said and I'm pretty sure I explained myself well. Also there's Google, LLMs n stuff sigh

    • @martinsohajek6111
      @martinsohajek6111 10 місяців тому +1

      @@adriannaconnor6471 With long-term use, you will develop antibodies and tolerance, Czechs use AC far less than Americans, so thats it.

    • @vlckovakaterina
      @vlckovakaterina 10 місяців тому +6

      @@adriannaconnor6471majority of czech households does not own AC at their homes. If you have AC only in work, you are not adapted to it and it really makes you sick. My own experience.

    • @Ah0jtadyHanka
      @Ah0jtadyHanka 10 місяців тому +1

      Yep. I got so fcking sick after 8hour long flight, where i fell asleep with blanket on me (I was so cold) and open mouth. 🙃

  • @kikitauer
    @kikitauer 6 місяців тому +3

    It is part of the Czech work environment regulations that you can't work home office from anywhere. You usually have one address (your home) where you work from. And you need to stay put. It is a part of safety regulations and employer even has a right to check whether you are at that address during home office. You also usually use VPN provided by your employer so you don't need to provide one yourself.

  • @iannickCZ
    @iannickCZ 10 місяців тому +10

    One of my former colleague was overly sensitive to draft, so the rest of the team dying of hot because we cannot open the window for longer than 5 minutes, ac was forbidden. I think slippers is common here because nobody want sweaty legs after 8,5 hours in shoes. But bare legs are over the line, even from my view.

    • @TheKucapaca
      @TheKucapaca 10 місяців тому +4

      When I lived in US, I was shocked they had those thick warm carpets but still wore sneakers they came in from outside. Real piggies in this sense, not only making sure their carpets were full of shit from the streets but the smell when they finally took them off before going to bed must have been unimaginable after the 16+ hours of having them on.

  • @mkozlinski
    @mkozlinski 9 місяців тому +3

    I'm Polish, born and bred, I have an AC in my work study it makes me sick whenever I use it. Greetings from Warsaw!

  • @CahirCeallach
    @CahirCeallach 10 місяців тому +1

    AC in itself does not make people sick, unless it cools offices to freezing point. However, rapid changes in temperature bring diseases, so for example, on a hot day, a trip for lunch from a cold office to a hot restaurant and back can really cause illness.
    As for squeaking wheel gets the grease I think it has the same meaning in Czech as "Líná huba, holé neštěstí".

  • @OrechTV
    @OrechTV 10 місяців тому +3

    Men´s clothing in the office: I personally (a man) mostly have a shirt , nice leather shoes or sweater if it is colder, but some my colleagues just wear a hoodie, jeans and sneakers.
    We don´t meet any customers so it is just like meeting with friends basically. It is 50/50 mine or the other dress-code, nobody cares, and the age doesn´t matter either in clothing choice. Probably better to dress nicer but nobody (including bosses) care or gets you any positive/negative points.
    Mostly more "showing bodies" clothing is in case the receptionists (99,9% female) or women who work in sales (exactly because they are looked at by customers - good for sales probably :D , this includes men too, mostly those meeting customers have a tie, full suit or at least a shirt in suit pants, nice watch) ....
    ....but in our office (back-end of the company) they (women/men) dress casually like at home - jeans and sweaters or T-shirts. It is like your friends at home basically.
    Main difference: Meeting customers? Dress nice (doesn´t have to be provocative but nobody will say anything if it is :D ) , working in back-end office (like me) with your work-buddies where nobody else will see you? Feel like you are at home, maybe no sweatpants , but jeans, sneakers and hoodie are ok. Take your favourite mug there, put some pictures of family in your office (I personally dont do it , but most people do) and enjoy your second "home" with buddies
    ... if you are not at home office as said in video which most people most of the time are in (home office) anyway :D

  • @Scaleyback317
    @Scaleyback317 9 місяців тому +1

    Apart from the sheer beauty and interesting history of Prague one of the things which struck my wife and I when there was how at about 1700hrs the whole city just seemed to empty out to the banks of the river which half an hour earlier had only a few tourists ooooh and aaahing as they walked alongside it. Then like somebody set an alarm clock there are suddenly minibars, floating restaurants etc etc etc opening up and the city starts to party - what a fantastic attitude toward life they've got. I'm retired now but language apart I could slide into their lifestyle very easily. I lived in Germany for 7 years and the though I also appreciated the Germans for their work hard, play hard outlook they were a little uptight when compared to the Czechs. Just as bluntly honest though and best not take it too much to heart. They tend not to, the filter between mouth and brain is off and the statement comes out. Ten minutes later the same person will be asking you to go bowling or swimming of to a game of football and they won't even remember what they said let alone whether it upset anyone or not.

  • @petrzniszczol1381
    @petrzniszczol1381 10 місяців тому +16

    Probably is not office as office.

  • @KlaraFe-l6v
    @KlaraFe-l6v 10 місяців тому +8

    Interesting about the blowing noses, I couldn't get over constant loud sniffling of my colleagues, imagining the sinusitis it must cause! 😂

  • @antoninthurnwald9022
    @antoninthurnwald9022 10 місяців тому +2

    I have been working in a corporate environment for 30 years. Overtime was always common if something needed to be done. In one job I could dress however I wanted, in the other two a suit was required (totally unnecessary); I had it at work and changed into it there. However, it has been loosening up in recent years. Even ten years ago, it was unthinkable to come to court in anything other than a suit, today even the judges (especially the younger ones) don't wear them. As regards morbidity, twenty years ago it was the same as in America; this began to change with the expansion of open space, where diseases easily spread among colleagues. Today's situation was reached after covid.

  • @BJKage
    @BJKage 10 місяців тому +4

    I have always worked from 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m and never ever had AC anywhere, but in bus and I used to work at very hot space at porcelain factory. And majority people works like me, not at the office. But AC is not standart thing even in Office, maybe it is in Prague in rich firms, but that´s about it. Also we simply have the nature of - The louder you scream, the louder you´re heard in many cases also hurt. It´s, I believe learned behavior since we are such a small nation right in the middle of Europe. We had to learn to be heard.

  • @lukashurek8344
    @lukashurek8344 10 місяців тому +7

    the dressing thing reminds me one of my colleagues in our open space office who came to work literally just in a white long shirt (everybody was like hmmm you look good today...) and yes it was great she is really super pretty and always very fashionable, but for me it was a little bit too much already, she really looked like she just came rigt after a fun time with a guy and the only thing she could put on herself was her boyfriend's office shirt. (yes she had some miniskirt under that shirt as well, but no one could see that actually :D ), also yes airconditioning makes you sick especially when you wear just a shirt :D :D :D

  • @martinek4826
    @martinek4826 9 місяців тому +2

    I am Czech who used to work in an office with foreign female colleagues. We were constantly fighting ovec AC because I was setting it too low as they said.:) Really from what I remember it is a conflict between men and women rather than Czechs and foreigners.

  • @simca21
    @simca21 10 місяців тому +3

    This is GOLD as always! 😀 I am Czech, have been working with the US folks for quite a while now...and having lived in the US myself does give me a great advantage over the Czech who has never even been to the US. But still the political corectness and office environment is VERY different between US and CZE. I laughed the hardest over the quiet quitting and how the Czechs really do consider you mentally ill if you like what you do and you want to strive. I know this from my own experience :D being a Czech. And of course the AC makes you sick, summer is the time when I am sick most often....BECAUSE OF THE AC :D :D

  • @janpopelka1064
    @janpopelka1064 9 місяців тому

    This is gold. Thank you. I'm going to use it with my students at some point. I sometimes wonder how long I would last in a corporate environment in the U.S. It would certainly be a challenge. Good Czech skills, btw!

  • @frankfrantisek
    @frankfrantisek 10 місяців тому +1

    I've lived most of my adult life in London so I don't know what it's like in corporate offices in Prague but your videos are hilarious. They always make me laugh and also miss the Czech grounded unpretentious approach to everything. You rock, Jen. 🎸

  •  10 місяців тому +1

    Make a sequel, please, please, pretty please 😁 This video is hilarious and totally awesome 🤣

  • @EliashMalevil
    @EliashMalevil 10 місяців тому

    Me, who is on sunday at work, at my desk, sipping instant ramen, grinning. Did I mentioned, that I´m sick? But the truth is, no one else is around. Please, continue with your amazing videos. :)

  • @ava-kp2ht
    @ava-kp2ht 10 місяців тому +3

    i love your little microphone puff!

  • @guripivrncova9928
    @guripivrncova9928 10 місяців тому +2

    Hello. I don't know what your personal experience is with real employers. By that I mean factories and other private companies. But the working hours start at 06:00. Lunch break is at 10:00 and the working day ends at 14:00, or in some companies at 14:30. Unfortunately, there is no time to chat at the production line. The use of alcohol during working hours means immediate dismissal. It is not allowed to drink alcohol in the workplace during lunchtime. Yes, you are right when you say that lunches are in company canteens or employees bring their own lunch from home. Sometimes they can order lunch from a catering company. The working hours in the week are 37.5 hours, 40 hours from Monday to Friday. But there are shifts in companies that are 12 hours or even on weekends. Employment is not just in an office or home office. But I enjoy watching your videos.

    • @nadabrychtova4740
      @nadabrychtova4740 10 місяців тому +1

      That´s true, but I suppose anybody from US won´t come here to work at the factory belt line.

    • @Vojtaniz01
      @Vojtaniz01 10 місяців тому

      Yes, that is the dream job for the Americans coming here :-D :-D :-D
      Do you really think that Americans will end up at jobs like this?

  • @talknight2
    @talknight2 Місяць тому

    On my last visit to Prague, a young Czech woman informed me authoritatively that it's coffee until 3pm, beer after 3pm. :)

  • @blacksheepcz4061
    @blacksheepcz4061 6 місяців тому

    Prej po 17:30 prázdné... 16:59 všichni oblečený, očekáváme až to tam padne. :D

  • @erikziak1249
    @erikziak1249 10 місяців тому

    Well, I used to have my desk right below an AC that was constantly having problems and leaking condensation right on my desk. I could not move my desk, because it was crammed into a space so that various cabinets could be opened and the room was rather small for 5 people to sit in. And as long as I can remember, the AC was always running at the max. power, making it really chilly inside (when it worked). Many visitors of our office complained that it is too cold there. And this was in three different companies in Bratislava and Vienna. So at least in IT, we love our AC and make full use of it. I remember on days when the AC wet my desk and had to be turned off, I could not stand the hot office and escaped to the server room, which was so nice, coold, yet noisy as hell.

  • @kamenovize
    @kamenovize 9 місяців тому +1

    AC does make you sick, especially when filters are not cleared properly or you are exposed to constant cold air flow, like for real! :)

  • @Harmytwo
    @Harmytwo 7 місяців тому

    Ok, this video was really funny. I loved it. To bylo prostě něco jiného.

  • @katerinamach2349
    @katerinamach2349 10 місяців тому +9

    Lovely video- I am Czech and think, yep the AC makes you sick, unless there is heatwave in the summer 😂🤣

  • @VVIS711
    @VVIS711 10 місяців тому +10

    Czechs are proud to be like this. Sick Woke has no chance in our great culture! ❤🎉

    • @MrMajsterixx
      @MrMajsterixx 10 місяців тому +1

      @@jojova3776 czech culture

  • @Dziewczynazczerwonawaliz-fo5cy
    @Dziewczynazczerwonawaliz-fo5cy 9 місяців тому +1

    As a Pole living in Czechia I must say I was in DEEP SHOCK one day in the office, when a perfectly elegant female manager in her smart outfit came to the office kitchen in... house slippers with some fur on it, you know, the kind you wear on your way from the shower to your bed. I was probably rude but I just couldn't stop staring :D
    On another note, Czech works ethic is one of the things I adore in this country. Poles are much more like Americans in this way, we live to make money and, sadly, sometimes forget to actually live (with one small but significant exception - Czech work law is substantially worse than back home which came to me as a big surprise, I was having especially hard time accepting I only had 20 days off a year and 60% paid sick leave).

  • @alfikaalfik2258
    @alfikaalfik2258 10 місяців тому +6

    V češtině máme pro tyto situace například tato přísloví: "Líná huba holé neštěstí", nebo také "Drzé čelo je lepší než poplužní dvůr". Kdybyste nevěděla, co to býval poplužní dvůr, dovysvětlím :)

    • @matejpolak6638
      @matejpolak6638 10 місяців тому +4

      To nevím ani já jako Čech :D :D a to přísloví slyším poprvé:)

    • @alfikaalfik2258
      @alfikaalfik2258 10 місяців тому

      @@matejpolak6638 Fakt? No, ono je už postarší - poplužní dvory zanikly v r. 1918 s pádem feudalismu :) Poplužní dvůr byl svobodný statek, tzn. v držení toho sedláka a nikoli panský, který měl právo pronajímat pluh s potahem a obsluhou. Pluh samozřejmě mohl držet a používat kdekdo, ale pronájem... za peníze... to byla výsada udělovaná vrchností. :)

    • @frantiliberty2669
      @frantiliberty2669 10 місяців тому +4

      @@matejpolak6638 To se divím, toto přísloví je frekventováno velice často. Vaše neznalost je asi zapřičíněna tím, že jste ze zapadlého koutu Česka, zatím co ostatní jsou z Moravy.

    • @DajaSlovakia421
      @DajaSlovakia421 9 місяців тому +1

      @frantiliberty2669
      Takže existuje len Morava a všetko ostatne je zapadly kút XD Takova drzosť XD

  • @martinstranak1197
    @martinstranak1197 9 місяців тому

    This one is truly great ;-) Keep up the excellent work :-)

  • @vladimirkraus1438
    @vladimirkraus1438 9 місяців тому +1

    As a software developer, casual outdoor clothing is a kind of work uniform for me. I simply can under no circumstances show up at the office in a suit. Others would despise me. There is a direct relation between how good a software developer is and how bad clothes he is wearing. Only bad engineers wear good clothes... that is their way they try to compensate for their work incompetency. :)

  • @TomasMisura
    @TomasMisura 10 місяців тому +2

    I never consumed alcohol in any form (beer, wine) during lunch, whether I was working in the office or from home. As far as I know, my colleagues don't drink it either. However, social gatherings after work are a different story! Small teams like ours naturally spend a lot of time together both in and out of work. We enjoy it and try to get together often because we value the importance of camaraderie when working on projects together

    • @vitozana8659
      @vitozana8659 10 місяців тому

      Bezalkoholové pivo si dám po těžkém českém obědě běžně

  • @milanpetrik7419
    @milanpetrik7419 9 місяців тому

    Before few years I was truly impressed by her Czech language ability, but now I can feel she didn't make too big progress from that time. Especially regarding her strong accent.

  • @MichaelRada-INDUSTRY50
    @MichaelRada-INDUSTRY50 10 місяців тому

    One of the best Episodes, love it ad looking forward to welcome you in my office during your next trip to Plzen

  • @Kropikovo
    @Kropikovo 10 місяців тому +3

    @7:26 Outrageous! I paused the video to provide a detailed explanation on how incorrectly used AC unit actually makes you sick only to find out that you mock me for pausing the video in an effort to provide a public service!? Like i said, outrageous :D

  • @MrSwooby
    @MrSwooby 10 місяців тому +3

    So I definitely cannot agree with some observations, but that's probably because I don't work in Prague. For example, working overtime, eating at the table (I'm watching Dream Prague ). But I definitely want a sequel.

  • @ondrejlukas4727
    @ondrejlukas4727 10 місяців тому +10

    actually we czechs sometimes say to offended people: "are you stoopid or american? oh, you are american! sorry though. but anyway..."

  • @MarcelaZemanova-l2q
    @MarcelaZemanova-l2q 3 місяці тому +1

    Ano v kancelářích pracovní doba je od 8 do 16 : 30 ale v továrnách je normálně od 6: 00 do 14 : 00 s půl hodinou na oběd

  • @OhhThereYouArePerry
    @OhhThereYouArePerry 9 місяців тому

    me mumbling to myself "but the AC DOES make you sick 😒" right before that pause

  • @70M45-c9r
    @70M45-c9r 10 місяців тому +10

    I always thought the AC sickness had nothing to do with flu and is just that it gives you cold 🤷

    • @HubertHusak
      @HubertHusak 10 місяців тому

      AC gives you cold and dry air... ua-cam.com/video/iVhDe2hCB8s/v-deo.htmlsi=emwMNu7dyOr7_tE4

  • @TheStarlitfuse
    @TheStarlitfuse 10 місяців тому +2

    I've been told that overtime is not paid so if you are expected to work overtime don't expect more earnings. Just possibly a bonus at the end of the year or some time off early it's not busy...personally I prefer to be paid for my time but whatever

  • @lenapetraa9167
    @lenapetraa9167 10 місяців тому +2

    That was fun. I've seen a few people changing to slippers at our workplace. Crop tops are definitely not common, at least where I work, while it was a common thing when I worked in the UK. AC does make you sick though😆 The AC is almost always set up at a temperature which is too low. You can definitely get a runny nose or a sore throat.

  • @jankrasa7757
    @jankrasa7757 10 місяців тому

    "Squeaky wheel gets the grease" could be an equivalent of "Kdo nepláče, nic si nevypláče". Basically means: Who doesnt cry about their issues wont get anyone to take notice and fix it. My coleague sometimes uses it, i dont know how widespread that is. Also great video, love your channel.

  • @petrab3338
    @petrab3338 10 місяців тому

    My dad actually got sick after leaving a car with air conditioning. He and his college went on a ride for supplies (for work) and the car was 5-7 degrees (Celsius) lower than the outside. It was a hot day around 30 degrees outside in the shade in summer. When they got out of the car my dad fainted because he went into a "temperature shock" from switching from the cool air in the car to the hot outside air. So yes most of us Czechs are paranoid about using air conditioning.

  • @janaz6486
    @janaz6486 10 місяців тому

    It is truth that you can get sick from AC. I was working for Citibank in Prague (year 2002-2003) and there was openspace office with AC. I stayed there for 2 months only because nobody cared of AC cleaning - so I worked 1 week in office and next week i had to stay home with fevers.
    Next example - Me and my hb were paying membership in a fitness club (quite expensive) and there was problem with AC cleaning. Result? We visited this club only 5 times because then we had to stay(both) home with strong flu (1 visit = 1 week with flu). So we cancelled our membership there and then we have flue only sometimes.

  • @lukasmasek8202
    @lukasmasek8202 5 місяців тому

    Hello Jen, I would consider that very free translation, but you could use: Líná huba, holí naštěstí. I would say meaning is pretty similar, if you not ask nobody will help, or you will never know.

  • @miroslavmoc3835
    @miroslavmoc3835 9 місяців тому

    Not all people go to work at 9:00. Part of them goes to work at 6:00 like me. And of course we also do overtime but only if it is needed. And several big corporates have dress code. Normal trousers, not sport pants, shirt etc. It is very complex various thing at work in CZ. And yes, you can be sick from air conditioning especially with set very low temperature indoor in rate with high temperature outdoor. 😁

  • @marcip6820
    @marcip6820 9 місяців тому

    Yes, almost all of us change into comfortable slippers at the office. And yes, women dress nicely for the office. Yes, we argue about ventilation and air conditioning settings. It's really not a good idea to go to work sick to infect your colleagues. And it should also be mentioned that on the table we have a photo of the family, a mug with coffee, tea, a bottle of mineral water, a snack from home. For lunch, we go to the common dining room, where we heat home-cooked food or have it delivered from a restaurant. Exceptionally, we go directly to the restaurant for the lunch menu. But it should also be mentioned that we also work hard. We do not work from 9:00, but from 7:30 to 15:30. We have a 30-minute lunch break at noon. Oh, and blowing your nose is not considered rude here.

  • @elceelcevet6998
    @elceelcevet6998 10 місяців тому +5

    No a preto nemožno v kanceláriách fučať klimou, lebo kočky majú holé brušká a kríže a krátke sukne nachladli by im vaječniky😂

  • @dagtergy8461
    @dagtergy8461 8 місяців тому

    Very interesting, but Jane Prague lives in a corporate bubble. Hundreds of thousands of Czech employees start to work at 6 a.m., no question of lunch in a restaurant, but in company canteens, which are in majority very good - real cooked food, with selection from 5 - 9 foods including salad buffet. In many U.S. companies, the cantine was microwave and Coke machine.

  • @Ousvec
    @Ousvec 8 місяців тому +1

    Podivní jste vy, amíci.

  • @filipbalcar3567
    @filipbalcar3567 10 місяців тому

    not just AC settings, you could make whole episode on annoying stuff in open space offices - selection of music, weird human noises, weird furniture noises, not cleaning desks, forgotten stuff in shared fridge aaaand sweaty runners :D

  • @LucieHotova
    @LucieHotova 9 місяців тому +1

    Hey one thing - I hate hot summers with high temperature, so yes crop-top with some skirt is must, I will not die because somebody is surprise that women body have bellies! :D

  • @karelkraus7918
    @karelkraus7918 10 місяців тому +1

    I guess the feet fenomena works both ways: We don't find it disgusting to take shoes off here and there BECAUSE our feet don't spend 14 hours a day enclosed in shoes. In other words, if I'd put my shoes on in the morning and took them off before I go to bed or shower, I'd hesitate to take them off at a workplace too :-D
    Plus, it is something we are used to since pre-school (not only from home) - basicaly in all schools roughly up to age of 18, it is mandatory to be at school in some kind of slippers - if it does not look like slippers, you might be accused of using the same shoes outside and inside :-D ... and it is just considered a little bit unhygienic to have shoes on whole day every day.

  • @lenkajurickova6371
    @lenkajurickova6371 10 місяців тому +1

    Full blast air conditioning in the summer is the worst. Every time I have a cold and itches in my throat.

  • @KoffinKat
    @KoffinKat 10 місяців тому +7

    7:20 jokes on you, Jen 😆 I paused the video to tell you that we don't believe that "the AC will make you sick". We believe that a significant temperature change can make you sick (for example, if it's a tropical day outside and the AC makes your office/room/car somewhat cold. Or vice versa - when it's freezing outside and you board a bus or a train with the heating blowing at full power).

    • @johnsean100
      @johnsean100 10 місяців тому

      Depends...If you are full day at the office, it's not a change, in the morning there is no big difference and in the evening it's only one temperature gap per day. Problem is if you have to run away every 10 minutes and every room has different temperature.
      Same with car, if you are in your truck for whole day, it's OK, if you are delivering mail and you get out of car every 5 minutes, it's dangerous.

    • @nonamenosurname8516
      @nonamenosurname8516 10 місяців тому

      @@johnsean100 you always get this "slap" when going between areas with high difference in temperature. And thats not healthy at all. Also AC should be set like +/-5C to current temperature, so when there is 30C outside and AC is set to 25C there isnt any issue, but most of the ppl just set AC to 18C and there comes problem. Someone like me is less protected against this. I dont mind being outside in -20C or 35C. But I do mind AC set to 20C when there is 35C.

    • @MaksymCzech
      @MaksymCzech 9 місяців тому +1

      Jako pro me bylo sokujici uz to, ze vy vetsinou v panelakach nemate klimatizaci. A kdyz mi rekli, ze klimatizujete takovym zpusobem, ze otevrete okno v noci, a rano ho zavrete, myslel jsem ze to je nejaky prank, takova blbost 😅😅😅 Ale rikali mi tu stejnou blbost dalsi a dalsi Cechy, a to pro me je neuveritelny. Nakonec jsem si do bytu sehnal mobilni klimatizacni jednotku.

  • @Braveness87
    @Braveness87 10 місяців тому +1

    Jen, this is another amazing masterpiece. :) i used to live in Prague for 6,5 years and tomorrow im travelling there for the weekend, so was looking forward to your video :)

  • @vaclavhrdina7969
    @vaclavhrdina7969 9 місяців тому +1

    That Czech idiom for "squeaky wheel gets the grease": "silnější pes mr*á".
    Its not precisely the same, but the basic meaning is there 🙂

  • @jerswalass4172
    @jerswalass4172 10 місяців тому +9

    AC makes you sick - especially eternal argues about it 😂
    Yes, overtime hours are against basic laws of humanity! ❤
    And one big NO - NO, WE DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL DURING WORKING HOURS!!!
    May be some alcoholic addict, but usually no!!!

  • @andrewcharlton2709
    @andrewcharlton2709 9 місяців тому

    I have been working here in prague for 12 years , most what you say is correct, but you forgot to mention, that it also takes czechs sometime to talk to you informally as well. They are not directly "HI How are you"with a big smile , its more "what does this guy want

  • @petrnekolny881
    @petrnekolny881 10 місяців тому +1

    Oh, how spot on, just came from mushroom hunting and on the way to fix the toilet, exactly me! 😀👍

  • @mrcrabowski
    @mrcrabowski 9 місяців тому

    Well, AC doesn't make you sick per se but makes it more likely and easier for you to get sick because:
    - as was mentioned many times before, AC is drying out the air which is drying out the mucus in your nose, mouth, etc. that protects you from possible infection
    - significant and sudden changes of temperature (and humidity) weakens your immune system which makes you more likely to get sick
    - AC is often times not clean as often and as properly as it should be (not just the unit but also the tubing if applicable) and/or doesn't use sufficient filters which makes it a perfect place for bacteria, molds, etc. to grow and spread
    - AC easily and constantly disperse pollutants (from dust particles and pollen to bacteria, molds, etc.) which would otherwise sit relatively still
    - sitting in cold draft (doesn't have to be draft from AC) can make you sick because of reasons above

  • @CzechMirco
    @CzechMirco 9 місяців тому

    What may surprise some Americans at the Czech workplace is the situation the day after any "after work socializing" involving heavy drinking. Americans may be aware that Czechs have quite high tolerance for alcohol, but even if the Czechs themselves get really drunk, it is pretty much the rule that the next morning they show up at work normally and though they may be slightly "delicate" in the morning, they function pretty much as usual. Whereas the American would probably need a day or two to recuperate if he ended up at the same level of drunkenness the previous night.

  • @DaniGrappler
    @DaniGrappler 9 місяців тому

    Czech people are like that, and that's why we like them.
    - Being woke is lame
    - AC is lame
    - Political correctness is lame
    American corporate culture is SUPER ULTRA MEGA LAME

  • @JohnnyFreedom89
    @JohnnyFreedom89 10 місяців тому +1

    I’d correct the claim about AC making you sick. It’s not the AC as such but rather the temperature shock you put your body through when you go from a chilled office outside where it’s boiling and back. Your body just doesn’t like it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @Northerner-NotADoctor
      @Northerner-NotADoctor 9 місяців тому

      Check how much moist fits in air of different temperatures. Sudden change of the moist is what makes you sick.

  • @Jozef_Drab
    @Jozef_Drab 8 місяців тому

    Don't you know, AC can even kill you (when it falls of the wall or ceiling). It happened they said. In winter and in Brno.

  • @psychop5195
    @psychop5195 7 місяців тому

    My day started at 6:00 a.m. with a big becher so that I could happily work for the next two hours.

  • @MaksymCzech
    @MaksymCzech 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank you. I can't compare to the US, as I come from Ukraine, and our culture is probably much closer to Czech. Still, I laughed throughout the video, it's all so very true.

  • @MrSonofsonof
    @MrSonofsonof 8 місяців тому

    You should do some more film reviews. I liked your review of Vlastníci.