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  • @geoman8912
    @geoman8912 Місяць тому +6

    Well done bro...giving her a big shout out👏👏👏 I think she's been neglected by alot of reaction commentators and it's nice to feel appreciated...iv followed her for over 2 years now and she's 1 of us... mental Brits 😂😂😂

  • @geoffpriestley7310
    @geoffpriestley7310 Місяць тому +14

    I went out Friday to restaurant there was 12 of us so the bill was pretty large . Great food great service. When I went to pay i thought tip about £20 until the cashier asked how much I wanted to tip. The answer was nothing if he hadn't of asked I would have paid extra . As for sell by when cheese goes green just cut the green off its perfect underneath how do you think mature cheese is made

  • @greg5639
    @greg5639 Місяць тому +13

    My wife and i were born well before sell by dates. We never use them, we look, smell and taste whatever we think might be on the turn ! As an ex coal miner i was taught how to cook and bake from around the age of 8 yr's and was taught to cut mould off cheese, spoon it off the top of jam, cut it off the edges of bread. Even toast bread with spots of mould on the bread ! I love all blue cheese's . At 64 i had a strong stomach , perhaps it was how i was bought up in the 60s ? I can make a tasty snack out of potato peelings, something both my wife and daughter love to munch on. I'll put that down to being baught up in a pit village. Or as my wife says, i wasn't baught up, i was dragged up. Either way , i was taught not to waste food, and to this day , i don't ! As a nutch ex coal miner I'm proud to say ,i can cook, bake, hand and machine sew knit, i even paint my wife and daughters finger and toe nails. As well as have a wood and metal workshop and forge, as well as my sign writing and art studio. I suppose I'm the typical Jack of all trades, master of none , ( born through necessity )!👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😏

  • @jakhtar786
    @jakhtar786 Місяць тому +8

    Like your positivity and for giving props and respect to the original video and creators/ channels, keep it up. Anyone can do a reaction video but not every reaction channel mentions the original post, it's like piggy backing on someone else's work and taking the credit for it. You gotta give respect to get respect. 💯

  • @janinshirley
    @janinshirley Місяць тому +9

    Sell by dates are more for the store than the consumer. Best before means the product will be at it's best but can still be eaten . Use by dates are more for fresh food.

    • @andrewobrien6671
      @andrewobrien6671 Місяць тому +1

      With fresh food there is a 3 day cushion built in, so despite the date it is still good for 3 days after that date. Otherwise smell, look and taste

    • @janinshirley
      @janinshirley Місяць тому +1

      @@andrewobrien6671 Years ago we didn't have all these different dates. I think they crept in once most people shopped in supermarkets. I still use my own built in quality control

  • @MillsyLM
    @MillsyLM Місяць тому +6

    Places like Toby Carvery, Harvester, Brewer's Fayre have been offering free refills for years of both hot and cold soft drinks.

  • @Darrenj13
    @Darrenj13 Місяць тому +3

    You do realise before 1970 sell by/use by dates didn't exist they were brought in to protect shops. They don't mean the food goes off on that date it's just so the shop doesn't run the risk off selling something that may or may not be going off

  • @mrskgiggles
    @mrskgiggles Місяць тому +2

    For minor illnesses like a uti etc we can just go the our local pharmacist and they prescribe medication to you also without going to the doctors.

  • @85stace85
    @85stace85 Місяць тому +4

    I'm from the North of england, we're a friendly bunch and will say hello to people as we pass them. It's true if you go some places down south and say hello, they look at you like you're an alien 😂 also, we do tip for good service to show appreciation, not to subsidise crap wages. And I find when going out for a meal most of us will not bother with the desert after. I never bother with desert, would rather have a starter.

  • @Mark_Bickerton
    @Mark_Bickerton Місяць тому +21

    Even many British people fail to realise this... in the height of summer you open all your doors and windows as early as possible to let in the cool air. before 9 am when it starts to heat up, you close ALL your windows and doors, and in direct sunlight even close blinds or curtains to keep the heat out and you keep them shut all day. Only opening them after say 7pm when it starts to cool down again.

    • @Ross-df6ge
      @Ross-df6ge Місяць тому +2

      @@Mark_Bickerton No, that is what you are SUPPOSED to do, what you actually do is think when it isn't hot "ooh look they sell fans here" don't buy one, then in the hot weather sit indoors with windows shut, curtains open, no fan and complaining how hot it is, the day it stops being hot you tell people you are glad it isn't so hot anymore, then the next day you complain it is too cold 🙂👍 that's the British way.

    • @letitiakearney2423
      @letitiakearney2423 Місяць тому +1

      In Northern Ireland and Ireland it’s a customary to smile and say hello or nod and especially in the park when walking the dog. We never eat sell by dates in our house either and most people don’t eat sell by date either.

    • @assymcgee7217
      @assymcgee7217 Місяць тому

      I'm east coast Scotland & can't ever remember it being too hot inside the house , it's not really a thing that happens here.

    • @davidhines7592
      @davidhines7592 Місяць тому +1

      i open the windows after sundown and keep them open with a fan blowing out the window removing hot air and circulating in cooler air. when i wake up because its getting light, i close the windows to a sliver (enough to let hot air escape) and close both the thermal curtain and the normal curtains to block out the sun. this builds a hotter layer behind the thermal blackout curtain, which the slightly open windows let escape. i prevent the solar heat gain that way. and if there is no wind i just leave the windows more open, because they wont blow the two curtains inside or suck them outside, letting direct sunlight (heat) in. you can actually feel the difference and heat come in when the wind moves the curtains open. thats how i survive heatwaves and summer now.

  • @CarolWoosey-ck2rg
    @CarolWoosey-ck2rg Місяць тому +6

    Not speaking to strangers is a southern thing; here up North ,Wales and Scotland people will talk to each other on the bus, in shops etc- she's been in London too long😅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

    • @DjDolHaus86
      @DjDolHaus86 Місяць тому +1

      It's a London thing, London is it's own separate country compared to the rest of the south

    • @charlieunderwood1311
      @charlieunderwood1311 Місяць тому

      In the London underground you do not even acknowledge other people let alone talk to them BUT after 8pm Friday and Saturday the situation reverses and it becomes full of random conversations with people going to or returning from nights out.

    • @MillsyLM
      @MillsyLM Місяць тому

      @@CarolWoosey-ck2rg she doesn't live in London, she's in Buckinghamshire and has been for a few years.

    • @debbiepierce3045
      @debbiepierce3045 21 день тому

      I live as far south as you go in west Sussex, and in my experience, we are a very friendly bunch, I can start up a conversation with a complete stranger at the bus stop, and a friendly smile costs nothing.

  • @kimnapier8387
    @kimnapier8387 Місяць тому

    I'm enjoying your videos. Thank you for your positive thoughts and your respect for the videos you are reacting to. It's refreshing ❤ and necessary for me lately.

  • @lauralouise1646
    @lauralouise1646 Місяць тому +2

    In northern ireland its normal to smile and say hi to people passing by, if you dont the other person would consider you rude. i lived in England when i was younger, but before i left home, my boss told me people in england dont do this, i still accidentally said hi good morning, etc, all the time. I was there. All i got back was silence 😂

    • @mariacurtis9247
      @mariacurtis9247 Місяць тому +1

      It all depends where you live in England. I've always said morning, afternoon, evening to people as I pass by.

    • @jeffzuess9149
      @jeffzuess9149 Місяць тому +1

      That is a lovely behaviour to have, I do that but only if they make eye contact.

  • @allanheslop4493
    @allanheslop4493 Місяць тому +1

    As for the tipping. Wait staff probably press no on card readers for tip because they wouldn’t get the money, kept by owners/ management

  • @AngelaVara-i4l
    @AngelaVara-i4l Місяць тому +3

    Ice in drinks just dilutes the drink so each top up is less of the original drink. There is no rule to say you have to smile and say hello to everyone.

  • @geoffpriestley7310
    @geoffpriestley7310 Місяць тому +2

    A meal out is a night out we always sit round talking so it's easy for a 1 hr meal to last 3 hours

    • @Ross-df6ge
      @Ross-df6ge Місяць тому

      Back when I was a waiter there was one table of two that was there for 8 hours...no idea what they had to talk about for that long, they came in at midday and were still there at 8pm

    • @Ross-df6ge
      @Ross-df6ge Місяць тому

      (they did have both lunch and dinner there)

    • @geoffpriestley7310
      @geoffpriestley7310 Місяць тому +1

      @@Ross-df6ge I go out for breakfast we eat at 9am sometimes stop till 11.30. I have been asked if we're staying for lunch. Today ìts lunch at 12.00 the wife said I'll see you about 6pm then.

  • @steviesbadtv
    @steviesbadtv Місяць тому +5

    Bro’s sleeping in 60° heat all year round. I’m Scottish. Right now in my bedroom it’s too hot at -1° it’s perfect -5° 60° would cook me bro..😜🤷🏻‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @nige4287
    @nige4287 Місяць тому +4

    British eggs are not washed.

  • @charlieunderwood1311
    @charlieunderwood1311 Місяць тому

    Not just the "desert after meal" but even in normal local restaurants, it is normal to have the main, desert, coffee and maybe a final drink as well.

  • @sassyjintheuk
    @sassyjintheuk Місяць тому

    Always fun and interesting thank you very much for this you keep smiling it's great❤

  • @prettyface5329
    @prettyface5329 Місяць тому +1

    It's optional don't have to have a dessert and if you want dessert you call the waiter or waitress and order dessert

  • @RAGING_MIRAGE
    @RAGING_MIRAGE Місяць тому +3

    Yeah as she said it must be a South thing. Up here in the North East people are saying hello all the time.

  • @kareno6986
    @kareno6986 Місяць тому

    I don’t tend to go by best before dates, I go by smell and look. Yes if we’re going out for meals we do tend to get a dessert in the same restaurant as the meal.

  • @Wrongley-AHC
    @Wrongley-AHC Місяць тому +1

    When I was working in a pub I served an American just a pint of lager and I was confused when he tipped me £10. I tried to give it back but he just said "No it's fine" and walked off. lol

  • @hushus10021971
    @hushus10021971 Місяць тому

    Most homes in Denmark do not have aircondition. When I go to bed here in the winter I still have windows open on either side of the apartment. Even it's minus degrees. I love it
    Regarding tipping. In the UK and Denmark the waiters are paid a real wage

  • @coot1925
    @coot1925 Місяць тому +1

    You're right to say that meal portions are smaller, but that is evened out by the fact that our stomachs are not as stretched, so we get full just as quick.
    Personally I never order desert until I've finished my main meal. I don't want to have the choice of paying for something I can't eat or forcing myself to eat desert & not enjoying it because I feel sick.
    Just wait & see how ya feel after the main course.

    • @elemar5
      @elemar5 Місяць тому

      Hopefully you drink lots of water with your desert. :)

  • @Mark_Bickerton
    @Mark_Bickerton Місяць тому +2

    Free refills... I spent a few years going every night for my lunch at a 24hrs mcdonalds ( Night worker) it took about 4 years for one of the staff to tell me, you get free refills at McDonalds. I tried it at a motorway rest area Maccydies and fook me it worked, I got a free refill. They may be available at other US owned chaine, but like McDonalds they don't advertise it... sneeky fookers!

  • @denisoleary5302
    @denisoleary5302 Місяць тому

    Neal you would love Weatherspoon's. Unlike the fast food Chick and Burger shops Weatherspoon gives you far more choice of food and it is served with real cutlery on a real plated not in a cardboard box.

  • @colingregory7464
    @colingregory7464 Місяць тому

    Qi did some stuff looking at maps that look at the spread of the use of words across the states, I would suspect that garbage/trash/other? might be one that has distinct regional use patterns ?? The ones mentioned in Qi were fairly specific and silly and so is the acronym for the type of map

    • @colingregory7464
      @colingregory7464 Місяць тому

      Around here we seem to say Hi/Hello to random people as we pass but it rarely goes beyond that with strangers.

    • @colingregory7464
      @colingregory7464 Місяць тому

      If something is contaminated then Ice seems to be the culprit a large part of the time. Not sure why the water used for ice would be more likely to be "off" than "ordinary" water !!

    • @colingregory7464
      @colingregory7464 Місяць тому

      One of the ways companies "encourage" us to buy MORE is to shorten the "Sell By" or "Use By" dates, so that you feel as if "I cant store that for THAT long !!!"

    • @colingregory7464
      @colingregory7464 Місяць тому

      Not sure about anyone else, but I rarely have entre and much more often have a dessert, neither is terribly regular !!

  • @captaincorky237
    @captaincorky237 Місяць тому

    Hmm. South East England? I wouldn''t say hello automatically to that lot either. Go North. Go West. In fact go anywhere else! You get free coffee refills all day in a Wetherspoons pub! (sadly, doesn't work that way with the beer.)

  • @annabelleshortshort1126
    @annabelleshortshort1126 Місяць тому

    In the hotter parts of America the heat in the middle of summer is probably drier than in the U.K. Here in the UK once get 25 degrees gets very humid and government issues heat health warnings for vulnerable people and if temperature go to 30 degrees or above its classed as a heatwave or extreme heat. I was born grew up in a world where use by dates existed and was brought not used things after the use by date that's what I go by today. When buying things that have use by dates I always buy the longest date possible. Here in England a yellow sticker denotes items that are reduced in price because they date stamps are about to expire, I never never go near these. I also never buy supermarket budget ranges as I was taught cheaper price mean a poorer quality product because for e.g. in meat products such as beef burgers sausages and ham there is less meat in the product it usually contains more salt saturated fat and also contain ingredients that both reduce the meat content in the product and bulk out the product thereby reducing both it's nutritional value and it' overall quality.

  • @captaincorky237
    @captaincorky237 Місяць тому

    Deserts. If I take my friend out to a local hot spot for food (provincial city, 23 eating places crammed onto one street, food of all nations) - we don't have a dessert. This is because two doors down there is a place that specialises in monster sized magic ice creams, sundaes, and other pretty (and pretty expensive) things, and she likes to have a dessert there, instead of whatever the curry house was offering.

  • @HeeroYuy911
    @HeeroYuy911 Місяць тому

    The use by date and best before date are very different, Use by date is basically saying do not use past this date as there is a risk of you getting ill.
    A best before date is simply a guide saying this is best eaten by said date for it to taste the best but could be eaten a few days lately safely.
    IE: Just use common sense, smell and taste a little (not swallow) and you can pretty much work out what is safe or not.

  • @Satankat666
    @Satankat666 Місяць тому +1

    I'll fairly often tip about 10% at restaurants or in taxis (depending or rounding or what change I have). Though the people receiving the tip always seem to really appreciate it, whereas by the sounds of it a lot of Americans just expect tips (and higher than 10%) in their jobs so wouldn't appreciate it and would be angry if they didn't get it.
    For healthcare I really appreciate the NHS. Having epilepsy I have been on medication since I was in my teens, which has always been free. I've heard of people in the USA who have not been able to afford the medication they need. Add that to the fact that a lot more places in the USA you just can't manage without a car, and if you are having seizures you are not allowed a drivers license making it even more of an issue (there are some places that wouldn't be practical for me to live in the UK but most places it's fine as the public transport is okay).

  • @fionagregory9147
    @fionagregory9147 Місяць тому +1

    We don't say trash.

  • @Geoff-j4b
    @Geoff-j4b Місяць тому

    Sell by date is for shops , expirary date is insurance covereage.

  • @capablancauk
    @capablancauk Місяць тому

    Ice is an American invention, designed to water down your drink.
    There are 3 NHS charge bands:
    Band 1
    The current charge is £26.80 in England and £20 in Wales.
    Treatment covers:
    an examination, diagnosis and care to prevent problems
    if necessary, X-rays, scale and polish and planning for more treatment
    Band 2
    The current charge is £73.50 in England and £60 in Wales.
    Treatment covers:
    all necessary treatment covered by band 1
    treatment such as fillings, root-canal treatments or extractions (having teeth taken out)
    Band 3
    The current charge is £319.10 in England and £260 in Wales.
    Treatment covers:
    all necessary treatment covered by band 1 and 2
    more complicated procedures such as crowns, dentures or bridges

  • @lucylindsay3442
    @lucylindsay3442 Місяць тому

    UK: We currently have use by dates, sell by dates and best before dates. These are on things including Salt and Vinegar both of which are preservatives. Why would my '3,000 year old Himalayan salt' decide to go bad after an additional 12 months in my kitchen. Think you have to take some of these things "with a pinch of salt".

  • @eanjamesmogg9488
    @eanjamesmogg9488 Місяць тому

    No ice in the UK cause of E.coli breakout in the 70s or 80s from a server in McDonald's, have you ever thought of those Ice Machines in Hotels? And they don't have scoops or it's buried under the fresh Ice Cubes?? And no one wears plastic gloves...eek! 😮 even if you get the scoop think of the people before you that haven't WASHED THEIR HANDS!😮

  • @vtbn53
    @vtbn53 Місяць тому +1

    You don't need ice for your drink to be cold

  • @rkw2917
    @rkw2917 Місяць тому +1

    If you have ever seen the inside of an ice machine, you might have serious second thoughts about wanting ice in your drink

  • @kingfisher_man
    @kingfisher_man Місяць тому +1

    Surely if you have ice in your drink. You're only getting 50% of the drink you asked & paid for.

  • @Mark_Bickerton
    @Mark_Bickerton Місяць тому +3

    I hate the concept of tipping, why should a hard working conscientious worker rely on tips to make a livable wage. That is disgusting to me. You pay your workers livable wage and price accordingly.

  • @S.Sfavorites
    @S.Sfavorites Місяць тому

    I never worry about sell by dates if it smells good or looks good it generally is, im in the uk, i understand that in the us health care is expensive and i guess you're not going to take the risk with sell by dates incase of getting sick

  • @denisoleary5302
    @denisoleary5302 Місяць тому

    Try Weatherspoon's $2 will keep you in coffee all day long.

  • @kimnapier8387
    @kimnapier8387 Місяць тому +1

    You are so funny 🤣😂. I smell everything before I eat or drink it and I check everything for the best before date. I don't think that is American. I think it's wise lol 😅

  • @johnwaldron7490
    @johnwaldron7490 Місяць тому

    Free refills, there’s no such thing it’s like advertising a price for all you can eat, it’s all been calculated in the price. As for having ice in a glass of coke, what a con, do it then take the ice out of the glass and you’ll find you’ve only got a quarter of a glass of coke but paid for a full one. Tipping in the USA is crazy most couples go out for a meal as a treat for yourselves, over here in the U.K you leave one if you so wish as it’s optional a nominal amount in your money about 3 to 4 dollars, a tip is a gift of your satisfaction your not there to pay their wages because they are paid so little, over here there is a minimum wage employers have to pay by law. Our NHS ( health care ) isn’t free you pay national insurance contributions with your tax then if you need an ambulance, doctor, operations, hospital stay, you pay nothing.

  • @sunseeker9581
    @sunseeker9581 Місяць тому

    I think her channel has told reaction channels to stop monitising her content ie make your own content.

  • @leegreenhalgh6677
    @leegreenhalgh6677 Місяць тому

    Health and Well-being is a Human right, for some reason alot of older Americans think its the road to Communism , being Healty and cared for makes you more productive at Work, I've never understood n never will the U.S.A. attitude towards Socialism

  • @lukewright926
    @lukewright926 Місяць тому

    we been around to long to acknowledge other peoples existence we are just existing at this point

  • @katejackson7432
    @katejackson7432 Місяць тому +1

    my mum lived down south my dad north i grew up w both, south england dont mind u smiling there just not used t it as much. but i still act the same down south. u just dont get the same reaction as often.
    southerners are naturally more likley t be sus. but they soon get used t it n smile n talk back.
    dont pic up that habbit, its not british is london based

  • @StewedFishProductions
    @StewedFishProductions Місяць тому

    SO easy to just say "bin it..." or "where's the bin?" 😂

  • @timothybird4264
    @timothybird4264 Місяць тому

    Watch even edingers latest video where he talks about tipping

  • @elemar5
    @elemar5 Місяць тому

    Ahh, this is the girl from Floordah.

  • @wispa1a
    @wispa1a Місяць тому

    Tip in UK means you enjoyed the service.

  • @conallmclaughlin4545
    @conallmclaughlin4545 Місяць тому

    Americans thinking their refills are free, then having to tip 20% lol

  • @kathryndunn9142
    @kathryndunn9142 Місяць тому

    Now I found lately I've been saying garbage not rubbish bin I'm English. Why does there sound like an echo on her side

  • @MarjorieStoker-oj8fh
    @MarjorieStoker-oj8fh Місяць тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @denisoleary5302
    @denisoleary5302 Місяць тому

    Why would you want ice in an already cold Coke? You are just buying water. I want a coke to test like Coke, not watered sown coke.

  • @MarjorieStoker-oj8fh
    @MarjorieStoker-oj8fh Місяць тому

    No bin it

  • @Bazz669
    @Bazz669 9 днів тому

    I hate the tipping culture, if i think you deserve it then ill tip but its not my fault you got a crap job talk to your employer.

  • @davidhines7592
    @davidhines7592 Місяць тому

    if uk people had to tip, there would be four restaurants in the country, all in London, serving the rich only. nobody else could afford to eat out.

  • @fionagregory9147
    @fionagregory9147 Місяць тому +1

    Stop saying like all the time.

  • @matthewwilson1860
    @matthewwilson1860 Місяць тому

    Im from Leeds West Yorkshire and I smile at anyone I walk past and make eye contact with and no I'm not gay😂❤😮