21 Things in the US That Puzzle Most Foreigners
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- When you live in a country for many years, everything looks ordinary and familiar. But an outsider will always spot some curious quirks in your customs and behaviors that make them think, “What’s going on here?” Life in the US can puzzle newcomers in many ways, from buying foods and magazines in a pharmacy to deep-frying almost anything you can think of.
For example, if you’re not from the US, it may be puzzling to walk into a pharmacy and see aisles and aisles of over-the-counter meds, toys, makeup, clothes, and even groceries! In America, if a restaurant doesn’t offer free refills on fountain drinks, it’s kind of strange. But in other countries, once you buy one beverage, that’s it! And Americans speak so loud compared to other countries. Whether it’s talking on your cell phone or chatting with a friend over lunch, Americans seem to really like projecting their voice.
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TIMESTAMPS:
Sales tax is a guessing game 0:27
It’s not a party without red Solo cups 1:29
Deep-fried everything! 1:55
Fill ‘er up! 2:52
If you don’t like it, return it! 3:18
Tips for everyone! 3:45
The land of ice-cold drinks 4:48
Looking at dollars is a snooze-fest 5:41
The date-writing conundrum 6:40
Pre-baby baby showers 7:03
Where “How are you?” means “Hello!” 7:23
Bathroom stalls that aren’t so private 7:46
No one uses their “inside voice” 8:14
Hopping into the backseat of a cab 8:55
That classic American smile 9:10
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SUMMARY:
- When you go shopping in the US and see a price tag says $14.88, don’t expect to pay 14.88 at the register! Sales tax is NOT included in the price of an item!
- A lot of Americans don’t feel the need to take long vacations, so they often let vacation and sick hours pile up without ever using them. Plus, most employers only give you 2 weeks out of the year!
- In the States, this red plastic cup is synonymous with “party on, dude!” But other countries apparently don’t recognize this cup to mean the same thing.
- Whether it’s an ugly sweater from Grandma or a heinous pair of earrings from an ex, if you don’t like it, you can just return it!
- Cab drivers, servers, hairdressers - you gotta tip ‘em! Tips are acceptable for almost any service in the US and sometimes consist of 25% of the bill!
- Speaking of drinks, if it’s not a hot coffee or cocoa, then it’s probably got ice in it. Tea, coffee, lemonade, soda, water - Americans like it on the rocks!
- Americans must have an aversion to being hot! In many parts of Europe, people simply don’t use air conditioning as much as they do in the States.
- So many visitors to the US get really confused by the month-day-year thing because most parts of the world write the day, then the month, and finally the year.
- Walk into any grocery store aisle, and you’ll notice at least 10 different options for cookies, crackers, or cereal.
- When getting into a cab, it’s customary in the States to scoot on into the back seat. But in countries like New Zealand and Australia, riding anywhere but shotgun can be a little rude.
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Hey there BrightSiders! Do you like deep-fried food or prefer it boiled?
Obviously deep fried
Deep fried
uhh I like it DEEP-FRIED BRIGHT SIDE
Deep fried!!
This is the gayest channel and I regret clicking on it
yeah that sales tax not being included in the price seems 100% crazy.
It's the same in Canada tho
It's because every county and sometimes even city's have different tax
@@frankpurvis9189 that still doesn't explain it. Why don't they just add the city's tax
Lol and to me it seems weird not to have it. Its great when you go toorder something on amazon for $200 and it comes out to be $265 when your right about the checkout
Justin Davis and what is stopping you from including the tax in the price?
"Americans are workaholics"
Uh have you seen japan
or the soviet union
@@eggnoodle1061 Hello Joseph Stalin
The Freelancer or México
Mexicans are
My union negotiated that we get a month vacation i and travel all over world. Dont forget the higher salaries and capitalism here.
Americans:"We are total Workaholics."
Japanese:"Hold our Sake."
just so you know, americans works longer per week to japanese, much longer
But yet i heard from firsthand, Japanese don't heat buildings at night even residences so maybe you need get home early to warm up.
The choice of words is just so 'murican: "People are encouraged to take 30 days off." No, they are not encouraged, they have the right to do so, as most economies have realised that working your workforce into the ground will, while still resulting in long hours spent at work, result in inefficiency. "Let us work when we wanna work" is such a neoliberal thing to parrot, and that is basically what this channel does.
1: In American kids leave house early ( or forced by parents or social pressure)
2: Parents live alone or hire a stranger to help them at old age
3: Parents are sent to the nursing home when they get older
4: Elder people don’t have long conversations with a stranger and after a few phrases just sit quite
5: Elder people pay their kids to do work around house
7: If kids come to live they ask to pay rent....
And many many more strange things...
So many people are shocked to find out the USA has a culture of it's own!
@@chaosXP3RT not honoring our elders is not culture... its SAD
It's Not a strange thing , it's lack of cultural knowledge
Yet they laughing at us because we live with our parents till 20+.
All or many of these are true for parts of Europe too.
I thought "no metric system" was going to be #1...
It is the superior system. I'm american but its never made much sense why we weren't trying to switch to metric as a nation.
Same
@@yuvrajvashishth8692 The only time I deal with metrics is when I am looking for a metric socket and I'm usually cursing about it. pretty crazy, i mean how many meters are in a kilometer, its right in the name.. how many yards are in a mile.. 1760, I had to look it up.. it is what it is though I guess.
Joe Dirt President Gerald Ford tried that in 1975. And The reason that you dont have it is that transition would be too costly. You would need to set new asembly lines and a lot of spare parts/complete products would go to waste.
It’s not like we have different scales as well. Look at time, seconds to the minute, minute to the hour, hour to the day, days to the week, weeks to the months and so on.
"Or maybe Americans are just friendlier"
Canadians: Am I joke to you?
Canadians are more polite and Americans are more friendly
Canadians are technically ‘American’ because they’re in North America, right?
Yes juan
Canada isn't a real country
@@yungbutterfork972 you right
4:30 Ah, yes... The great sea of Russia
I realized it to lol
Canada gone too
There is the Kaliningrad region tho... Now I am even more confused xD
HUH??
Haha
Bright Side: A thumbs up is an American gesture
Roman Emperor sparing a gladiator’s life: Am I a joke to you?
Yep. And the thumbs up used to be that they would be killed. And a thumbs down meant they lived.
In my country it is rude to walk into a person's home with your shoes on. Americans wear their shoes everywhere!
Yes, yes we do however you normally wear house shoes inside and normal shoes outside. Me personally i do not wear shoes inside but socks are a must I'm never bear foot.
Not just in America, when I was staying in the UK they found it unusual that I would wear house shoes inside.
I'm American & love learning about multicultural differences. It really helps me appreciate the richness of differences in people & cultures. But it also makes me think more critically about practices we seem to keep just because "that's the way we've always done them." Wearing shoes in the house, the way we write month/day/year, our use of F°, and using standard in lieu of metric units, are all examples which we seem to continue despite logic to the contrary. Bringing the dirt & germs from the outside in doesn't make logical sense. Many families, like ours, encourage people to take shoes off once inside, but sometimes we feel rude asking friends to do it. And our use of standard units? When I was in second grade in the late 1970s, we were told the entire U.S. would be transitioning to metric units. That school year we began to learn metric which is SO much more intuitive. But the next year someone somewhere changed his mind and we were back to learning standard units.
I don't really but at school though
SoulSnake I'm always bear foot lol
Rest of the world calls it "football".. America calls it "soccer" ⚽
Japanese cAll is soccer aswell
so many countries call it soccer. chill fam
we have football 🏈
@hello friends I was about to say that..
Samik Dhar so does Ireland
"Theres no clear reason why it is MM/DD/YYYY"
Oh, so is there any reason for.. °F, lbs, yards, etc?
Actually we use the original system and never switched to the new one because it would cost millions of dollars to do so. Every other country made the switch earlier on except America and 2 others (I forgot who).
Yvonna 나나 there was a rocket launch that failed because the engineers failed to convert from the metric system to the american system (idk the name). I think that lost more money than switching to a new system would lol
Don’t we sometimes use lbs in Europe? For bebe’s and that.
•GachaWøffles• whats that
No Name pounds. We sometimes weigh babies in pounds.
No, in Europe we do not drink our sodas "room temperature"... They are kept in a fridge usually below 10°C. Adding ice is possible but not necessary
I like iced-tea at room temperature, but I always have to make sure to specify that, here in portugal, or else I'm always given a cold one. Same for most other drinks, really. If you don't specify, you'll probably get them cooled.
I’m American and I drink mine the European way. All that ice is a waste.
Celsius? Anybody who kept their pop cold would refer to it as Fahrenheit. Enjoy your room temperature pop, Euroie.
Dude I 've lived in greece my whole life and everyone knows that thumbs up means good job😂
This isn't the first time "Bright side" has gotten facts and fiction crossed... Probably won't be the last. Even certain stereotypes about us Americans are dead wrong. I would subscribe to them because I like the topics but man there is simply way too much disinformation going on. I'm glad you cleared this one up.
@@mayhem-method-5450 They put so little effort into their videos and it shows. But how can they mess up american stereotypes when they are american themselves??😂😂
Same here mate.
Thumbs up in the middle east means good job he got it wrong too 😂😂
This had me questioning why the heck thumbs up is rude in the middle east😂
In America you return things
In Soviet Russia things return you
No more
That joke was old in 1991
Russia isn't on the map!!!
America: You Shoot Guns
Russia: Guns Shoot You
@@underscoregavin7 Russia is the map ;D
America....’ we must only cross the road where they tell us to’
UK...’ come on mate, after this next one we can make it.. go go go’
Why is this so relatable XD
Australia. Technically has jaywalking laws like US. In practice has none, unless there is a copper about. Doubly so in Melbourne, where pedestrians will stand on the centreline of the road.
In one city I used to jaywalk all the time. I'm American. imagine my surprise when a few minutes after I jaywalker I saw a squirrel crossing with the light.
😂😂👍
I do that. But we also dont have crosswalks in my town
It's a difference between being friendly and smiling bc you have to 😉
Yes the bathroom stall one is so true, first day I arrived in Germany that was the first thing I noticed lol, also their bathrooms are super cleaner than america's bathrooms.
Buckees gas station hasthe cleanest restrooms in America but most are located in Texas
You should see australian bathrooms there like dumpsters
Caleb Unsworth it always depends where u go...
Go to rural China. Good luck! ;-)
Most bathrooms in Europe are not that clean only in Germany
I'm not a workaholic.
I just can't to afford to pay my bills and taxes.
😂
Shouldn't annual leave be paid though? We get 5 weeks paid leave over here. Not everyone takes it all though but most do.
@@AramasG Not many jobs give paid leave here. If they do, it's usually only a week or two.
We can't afford to take vacations in America. A week off puts us months behind on bills... and the bare minimum at that.
And some people get little bits of their paid vacation with every paycheque so we get payed it but if I take 2 weeks no income comes in that time.
Actually tipping in Japan is not necessarily frowned upon it's just confusing to them because it's actually included in the bill already according to some Japanese citizens I've spoken to about the subject
This is true. They call it a "table charge" or a "seat charge" and on some receipts it says it's a "service charge" simply for eating in the restaurant, which, depending on large your bill is, can cost way more than anyone would ever tip.
True, there's no tipping on my country too because we always charged price + 10% taxes + 5% - 15% service charge
“We’re total workaholics”
*laughs in asian*
I used to think that to but then I did my research us Americans work way more then asia
@@Sarah-we1dq nope well hard to belive
@@Sarah-we1dq Than Japan?
30 days off outside of the U.S. is vacation. 30 days off in the U.S. is unemployment
You can't take more than 14 days in a row anyway
@@astroh6077 i took 20 days off in a row at my job not a problem
@@connor2053 well depends where u live at
@@astroh6077 Depends on how much accrued time you have with my husbands company. He never takes holidays off, so he gets paid double time and banks a day off, plus earns sick time, and vacay time. So he could take 60days off if he wanted to by the end of the year. He works for one of the largest ISP that 1 of 3 have, and everyone gets the same deal, well I guess the VP and CEO can do whatever. Everyone works from home in the US. Just about every company that you call for some sort of support has a work at home side e.g. gas, net, cell, retail etc. Not all have the same vacay policies.
@@memerice7609 that sounds good, but don't forget about vacation and good rest ! Tiredness getting a lot of man to heart attacks at very young age of 40-45.
:)
I think the tax should be included itd make shopping so much easier
Katie Clarkx, Americans take the L
The only reason we don't is because each state has it's own sales tax
That's to hard for our government is figure out , ☮️💐💕
I agree, I'm from one of the few states that doesn't have sales tax and it really throws me off when I travel to other states.
In the UK it's all written down there
As a former NYC taxi driver with 22 years of experience, I can definitely confirm that I had to tell many a foreign visitor to get in the back seat when they tried to get in up front with me
A a person who grew up rural in the U.S., I got into the front seat of an Ub*r the first time I took one. even having seen movies, I still had the "ride in the most significant seat available" mentality from riding in family cars.
The one time I've caught a cab in the US I've managed to avoid making that mistake...But it probably helps that I _hail_ from the land of the Hackney Carriage! 🚕🇬🇧😇
In Spain we do as in US, we sit in the back seat of the taxi.
In New Zealand we also sit in the back seat of taxis.
"Or maybe it's just because, we're friendlier!"
Oh really.
**coughs in 2020**
Wait til you meet the karen
Why are so many people getting worked up over that small comment he made...
@Carolyn Thibodeau ikr everyone is so nice but people always say we’re rude
What you see on the Internet isn’t real life
Bright side: Americans are workaholics
Japan: hold my sushi
They are overworked in different ways but Americans do work more hours on average.
postal83
Japan literally work themselves to death
Zechr Smith 😂
In japan the work culture is more like modern slavery rather than workaholicsm. I
that's racist
Some parts of the world: affordable healthcare.
USA: hunger games, baby!
That's what you get for deep frying everything
😂😂😂😂😂
Andrew Phil my teeth aren’t straight lol
@@domrack8082 because you're from Europe😂
Andrew Phil lol I am from the USA
I’m from Australia and you can literally buy the red solo cups at Coles 🤦♀️
I’ve traveled around europe but never got a room temperature soda or without ice🤷♂️
Really??? In Austria you have to request ice, including at McDonald's. They think you get sick from too cold drinks. Also, without free refills, they think ice cheats them out of getting a full portion of liquid.
I’m an American who lives in the UK. It is actually true. Brits almost never use ice compared to Americans. Even having a fridge that makes ice cubes for you is not that common.
@@jesseplaysgames2032 people have fridges that make ice for them?!
I would get at least 2 cubes in Europe.
@@datdamndog389 I'm from Taiwan and almost everyone makes ice in their fridges here. Of course not a fridge just for ice
Yup, Australia here and I remember shocking my uber driver in the USA when I got in the front lol!
Indonesia is also the same, neighbor! I only sit in the back when I have a bad day or not feeling well and don't want to have to speak much with the driver. Otherwise, I'd feel like I'm making a statement "I don't want to speak or sit next to you, because I'm superior or we're not on the same level."
In Australia it's seen as a bit snobbish if you sit in the backseat of a taxi
well before uber and it was just taxis, i think it was more of safety issue for drivers since taxis had those bulletproof partitions to protect the driver from crazy fares. but i guess nowadays you just gotta chance it :)
I ride up front with Uber about 50% of the time - never happens in a cab though.
I’m a Uber driver in the states and I don’t like people riding in the front.
We "dont feel the need to take vacations"?? No, we'd love to take vacations but we simply cant afford to. Most of us cant even stay home when sick!
Nbs
True I broke my leg last month and had to have surgery just my husband taking off to go to the doctor with me has put us in a bind
Wait, you don't get paid sick leave or annual leave??
Sophia nope
@@ShuperMaynn that's insane
I live in the US and I totally understand how these thing can and has puzzled people from other countries because half of these things puzzle me as well. And it doesn't help to have the music in the background that amused me along with some of these things. I enjoyed the video a lot. This was very amusing.
I bought a lovely red scarf in a department store in the US. I got to the cashier and she asked for more than the display price. She quickly realised I was a foreigner and explained. Everyone was super friendly.
We consistently forget the rest of the world uses Celsius.
And KM/H !
and meters
@Damon Wayans Decimalisation was introduced to the UK in 1971, but people like to hang on to old things.
@Damon Wayans as an American that's bad at math the metric system is everyones dream just keep adding zeros the higher you go
Marshall Islands, Palau and Micronesia use the Fahreneit. In Belize also people use the Fahreneit albeit the govt. is trying to switch to celsius.
Pretty sure foreigners would find the abnormal amount of mass shootings weird 😂
@John Saunders ok, what's the problem, r u against the 2nd amendment 😂😂
@John Saunders the majority of mass shootings the firearms we not obtained legally
@John Saunders how does the 2nd amendment make me the most violent society in the world? It gives the right to PROTECT with a firearm, I wouldn't call that violence.
Maybe a Canadian would! But some countries have more murders in a day then the US has in a year! US/Canada is like Disney world for some people! Like me, I love it here :)
@John Saunders Not when England has more knife attacks than New York city. But that's what happens when the gov manages to ban guns
As someone in Canada, I could say that much if not all of what is shown in this video is equally true for Canada.
I just made the same comment.
I think he meant countries outside of North America.
Constantly hearing " Have a nice day" and good job. And there you go for everything. Lol
Rest of the word: °C
America: °F
Edit: wow omg thank u for 359 likes y’all
My teacher on temperature :
So there are 3 temperature scales celsius kelvin and the complete idiocy thats called Fahrenheit
Boaz Zwagers I worship your teacher now
Actually not only the temperature unit, but almost every unit
Scientists: K
@@boazzwagers3326 Personally I like Fahrenheit better as its more accurate (ex. Celcius at 0 degrees could be Fahrenheit 32 or 31 degrees) but Celcius at 0 is frozen, 100 is boiling makes sense + the entire metric system
American: "How Are you!"
Me after watching this video: "HI!"
Tbh that's how we use it. Like you can say "Samantha, how are you? You look great!" and they'd reply with "Thanks you too"
I know you meant it as a joke but yeah that's 100% how it goes lol
“How are you, man? You see that football game last night?”
“Yeah, dude, it was great.”
How are you is usually paired with a second statement, unless its with a stranger. Like if you got on an elevator and there was another person, you’d exchange the “I don’t know you” smile and say “hey, how are you” and they’d either reply with “fine, thanks” or just a smile, then you’d enter the elevator. Not addressing the person would be weird, especially since they were there first.
England say ‘Yalright’ as a greeting
@Jack Wakeman nope. Most people greet each other with "you alright?" . Lived in London my whole life
Rest of the world: uses kettle to boil water
America: what’s a kettle?
Ryan Werdal we know what it is we just don’t use it
I use a kettle but I'm black so maybe it's a difference
we ain’t got NO time to sit and casually sip coffee over here
That's right the rich are to busy whipping the working class!!!
Because we got to run to work. We eat at our desks etc .so why we considered so unproductive
I have been living in US for 15 years, I can’t understand why people pay for the largest drink even though it’s FREE refill.
Strange!!
Because when you leave whatever establishment your at youll have a large drink
@@matthewboan616 Why would you even need to refill? isn't one drink enough?
Huge sugar drinks are another reason why most Americans are so overweight. .
@@sbalogh53 No wonder obesity and diabetes are health epidemics in the USA
Just drink water...it's free & kind to your teeth & body!!
Thanks for not using a robotic voice. This fellow's
Voice is easy on the ears.
I immediately turn off any video with that awful voice!
@@johnscanlan6337 If u turned off the video then how did u make a comment
@@khgonz I think he was referring to the robotic voice
@@drywater_ thank you Mr. Baker!
The thing with Greeks and the "OK" thumb sign is actually untrue. Te use of the sign is pretty common in Greece, and it's totally fine to use it just like in the US.
We don’t have to go to a special website to buy red cups 😂 they’re in every shop
My parents buy red cups for the grocery store.
They are mostly white
LOL Americans speak loud
*noisely laughs in latina*
Nicole Morales it’s so true!! You can hear them from a mile away 🙄
*Quietly laughs in Japanese*
Oh that's so true, I am Greek and Italian and Spanish tourists are the only people that talk louder than us here
My British gf says that my American (Latin) family speak too loud and it scares her 😂
*noisely laughs as a south african*
The rest of the world is not just Europe.
Phonetic steak lol true that.. such ignorance
But the rest of the world is irrelevant... 😂
Pretty sure they were mainly focused on Western countries, hence Europe/Aus.
@@Mehlogical i am from the middle east the richest countries on the world so you better not call the rest irrelevant
@@abdelrahmangamal3626 he mention ed them in untrue fact i am from the middle east btw
@George Jones if you wonna consider the rest of the world functioning then you are saying that japan, china, UAE, KSA, and many countries in asia that are way ahead from any country in Europe then you should go check your facts again
I learn a lot from this program. I will give you a thumb UP!
The AC thing is also due to the fact that Europe has a significantly milder climate but I will agree Americans do use ac a little to much. Some places you have to pack a sweatshirt just for being inside in the summer.
In the UK there is no shortage of "grape flavoured" drinks. They're called "wines".
we have soda lemonade and juice that is not counting candy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Or maybe we are just you know friendlier" eXuSe mE whAT
no jaa Americans are very friendly
Having visited quite a number of countries. That simply is not true. The United States has an enormous amount of people incarcerated, not to mention the immensely high suicide rates.
Coriolanus Grey doesn’t mean there not friendly how does that have anything to Do with that.
Creative much how is that a you do you situation, I stated an opinion
@@matthewgagnon2881 Friendly within borders but also kinda warlike.
04:15 - That's not unusual in the United Kingdom either: I usually see at least half my tram to work in the morning (myself included) carrying a hot drink of some sort.
I went to America a few weeks back, and I saw a number of people at Heathrow carrying either a Costa or Starbucks drink with them (although, given it was a 9.45am flight - so quite possibly up before 6am - it's quite possible they were being used to help keep them awake for their flight).
"In America you find the choices of cookies, you never see that in uk" well you obviously have not been into a supermarket in the uk. You have whole isle filled with biscuits (cookies) and then another whole isle filled with cereals. I have shopped in Wal-Mart in the US and they do not have as many choices of a specific item as you would find in any uk supermarket. also we do get ice in drinks, you usually have to say you don't want it, which many uk people do as the ice means you get less of what you are paying for and it waters down the taste as it melts.
I hear drive through everything throws a lot of people off and the fact that we put our flag everywhere and not just in government buildings is weird to some.
Because our flag, in this country, is for the people.
Tom Cieszenski It is weird
Yeah it’s pretty weird
I’m from Ireland and the whole flag thing is crazy. It’s e v e r y w h e r e. Sure during match’s we’d have county flags hanging out our windows but I agree with the first comment. Your flag is important, it’s for your country. It’s not to just show off and put everywhere
Very weird
Funny thing I once heard a French guy and it is truly American:
When going for a walk outside:
- non-American: go walk
- American: first drive to place to walk, second pay and then walk
While the "pay" part is an exaggeration, the rest is sadly true a lot of the time. The reason is that many Americans do not live in places that are either friendly and/or interesting for walking. As a result, we tend to drive to places that are designed for walking (like a "greenway") or which are interesting to walk around (such as a park, downtown area, or shopping mall).
In my Indiana neighborhood, we have a very big backyard sidewalk system
We drive everywhere bc if we want to go visit a friends house it'll be like an hour drive or smth. The US is a big place and from where I live it takes me 30-40 mins just to get to the store
@@steelytemplar agreed people live in bad neighborhoods so they can’t just do that
@@steelytemplar - It's not really an exaggeration in a lot of places, especially cities, or if you want to go to a national park or something to do some hiking.
Bright side : we are totally workaholics
Asian countries and japan : what about us
I'm an American and don't know a single person that doesn't use every second of their allocated vacation time. That sounds crazy.
No matter where you live, you can't get your 10 minutes back.
Yep
But i can Sacrifice 10 min of my sleep to get them back ..:)
And the 2 seconds
How I felt !
MASTER 10,000 Skills That’s you losing 20 minutes in total buddy
Other weird thing in the US: the fact that people don’t want an ambulance because they need to pay for it.
And shower heads.
I was once charged $800 for an ambulance to LITERALLY drive 4 blocks to my house! It's a money racket.
@@mayhem-method-5450 yeah, it's one thing to be charged a far price for some thing. But some times it can even be 10 thousand dollars for an ambulance ride.
what do you mean about the shower heads? everyone has showerheads unless they like taking baths? and yeah, unless you are literally dying/bleeding out, you don't want an ambulance ride or go to the ER.
CC In Europe we have shower heads that we can remove to wash other parts of our body. And the ambulance doesn’t cost a penny.
@@ModernLady ahh hand held showerheads..its common but not standard in like hotels/whatnot unless you are in a fancy one where they have a rain shower and 5 side jets blasting you in the shower lol
The toilet stalls are higher on the bottom so you can see if someone is in there sitting on the seat (cause you can see their feet). It is also higher so when mopping you can sweep into the stall without having to open every single door.
Americans: Why u don’t smile 😃
Foreigners: Did you told me a joke?😒
I’m from the UK, you can buy red cups from your local Tesco’s 🤦🏼♂️😂
You can do the same here lol
Yeah that’s what I was gonna say
He didn't say the cups are non existent.
Just not as common.
You can buy red cups anywhere. But the video didn't say red cups. The video said red SOLO cups.
@@lettletts7501 yeah but we don't even use Solo cups because they're expensive, so are the Hefty brand ones. If you're having a party you buy the generic store brand ones that you can get 100 for the cost of 20 "solo" brand ones.
The amount of sugar in food. I went to Japan for the first time a couple of years ago and was surprised when the food and deserts seemed to taste kind of bland. I was talking to a friendly local and explained this to him and he said that American food is overloaded with sugar and that the food tastes extremely flavorful to them.
-Stranger: American food is overloaded with sugar.
-French Canadians: Hold my maple syrup bottle.
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Some regions of the US are very different from others. I live in the North County area of San Diego; we have a county fair that specializes in fried ANYTHING, even fried Kool-Aid. When I told my friends on Facebook about it, they asked how you can fry a liquid (you have to make it into s better first).
And my sister in law is from smsll-townMissouri, where almost a of the shopping malls ate on one floor. When she came here, she saw a massive 3-level mall with over 350 stores and hundreds of kiosks... I think she was overwhelmed.
We have to pay for an ambulance other countries don’t
Taylor Moss not necessarily, a lot of other countries pay too, but the US pays much more money than they do
She's right.
We do pay just in tax in the UK.
You pay for an Ambulance!! 🤪
@@frankiespencer758 Yeah, up to thousands of dollars, not including hospital bills if you don't have insurance.
We use Ferenhiet instead of Celsius. In other countries 32 degrees isn't cold
It's actually pretty hot lol
32 degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit?
ponkyponk86 they said 32 isn’t cold that means Celsius, 32 ferenhiet is 0 Celsius therefore cold
32 degrees Fahrenheit is not cold where I live in the USA
It's roasting
I know why that gap of air is there in the restrooms, it's because emergencies like if someone passed out then they can drag that person out of the stall. :D
Somehow that isn't necessary in the rest of the world. Also I heard that there are gaps at the side if the door like 5mm to a centimeter even. So it's easy to look in.
I just think Americans are afraid that two people may enter one stall and this hinders them to do so.
@@jinde75 we have gaps enough to drag a person out of it you have such a big gap cause mostbofmur population are obese
Nice thanks ❤
Well im Greek and the thumbs up in Greece is understandable as good job
Oh and I love when I ask for ice in Greece they will give it to me in a small bucket!😁 My kind of people!
Exactly!!!! It means the same!!! I am from Greece too
I'm Greek too
Greek too
👍
Returning items you don’t like is a US thing???
We do it to here in Europe, but only if you have the receipt
We don't always need a receipt
@@alisencelebi4743 lol
Which Country? I am from Deutschland
That is the same, with the receit and a time limit
@@avery5374 the netherlands
Some of these examples are also true of the UK. We have a slew of coffee shops. Starbucks is just one of many. Buying a coffee in a cardboard cup and drinking it as I wait for my train to work is part of my morning routine these days.
Here in the U.S tipping has gotten out of control. They even ask you to tip when you go get a burger at McDonalds. I recently had my car windows tinted and they even ask for tip upon paying for that.
I know, I fixed my buje at the shop and there was a section for a tip
Here in the UK, I do not tip anyone, we have a proper minimum / living wage so no need to tip.
In Greece Thumbs up means also a good job, is not a bad gesture
I have no idea where he got his information lol
Zoe Thalassinou same in Korea.
So is middle east
I think he said that because waaay back in the day thumb up or down meant off with there head which if I recall that was Rome not Greece and also it was the equivalent to flipping someone off “🖕🏻”
Thumb up in Europe was used by hitchhikers if the wanted to catch a ride, but I dont see it usual that much like 10yrs ago... Otherwise I dont see why would it be rude. The "good job" meaning is probably from USA as there is big influence like movies as such...
I think tipping for everything is the most bizarre thing of all
Junior Farias yh
It's not bizarre. It's meant as a compliment. It's our way of saying thank you for doing a good job. No matter what they get paid. They work hard and not just for you but for other people at the same time. To not tip is saying they did a bad job. I personally like my food hot when it comes out. Of you tip well the waiter is more likely to treat you better the next time you come in. It's like an incentive. I dont care of they would get paid $100 an hour. Its just a compliment to them. Sorry you guys cant understand that.
@@wescobble9784 or it's more a way for the customer to pay their wage and the employer to maximise profit by paying them a dismal $7/hr.
I hate tipping. I'd rather pay more on the principal service, as long as it goes to the service provider.
The tip compensation wage in the u.s is 2-3 dollars an hr. And by reading the comments, it is clear that many in the United States follow the custom but don’t know why!!!
The TIP is their ENTIRE salary.
If you don’t tip then they are working for free.
Period.
If you don’t tip it’s like they are working for free!!!!
Servers, food delivery, bartenders, card dealers, hairdressers, etc
They all are making 2-4 dollars an hr
That covers taxes or in delivery drivers case : gas and expenses.
I saw a plaque in a restaurant that read, "Tipping is not the name of a city in Thailand. So please be generous".
American kitchens have huge fridges and pantries and they will shop for groceries for 1-2 weeks worth. I was shocked in 2012 to find how other countries have tiny refrigerators and pantries and they shop every couple of days. Plus, I found groceries stores often didn't offer bags for the purchased items. It makes sense though. Its something that changed my behavior coming back to the US.
"American smiles"
Russian: "What's wrong with you?"
i quess my grand grand parents are russian :D
😂
1191Russ.
You’re totally racist and totally wrong. Russians are known for having the best sense of humour on the planet whereas Americans are well known for being the biggest fakes.
@@karenevangelista3267 Ok, Sir. In fact that you are telling it a real native russian. So now I know the real truth. Thank you.
Russia gdp size of texas f off mate
Wait... how are you supposed to give a sweater to a store that your grandma made?😂
GUARDS!!!! This one is asking questions!
Loll you can only return items that were purchased from that specific store
what do you get in return for returning it to the store? refund for money? or just leave it there?
Salwa Omar Also without a receipt? And if not, do you get a receipt along the gift?
Good will
Thank youu Bright Side
When grandma (or other relative) comes over for a visit, she has at least three gifts for their grandchild and asks "Which one do you like", apparently the two others are dumped. In Europe, grandma brings precisely one gift and there is no way of rejecting ^^.
I’m from the Middle East, and I can very much say that giving a thumbs up is absolutely normal to do...
Not the case 20 years ago
Same, it's normal, but feels like an outdated trend.
Same.
Having the AC on all the time sounds wasteful when you put it like that
samfinnorchard.. TF not when it's 1167 degrees
samfinnorchard - my AC runs constantly. Sometimes my wife will even kick it on during the winter 😂
And it makes your throat really dry
and makes earth more hotter due to global warming as he electirc is needed for AC most of our electric came from the power plant which makes more co2 to trap heat.
And no im not acting like im r/iamverysmart
I like to be comfortable. It can hit over 100F in the summer here, and humid. I want to be in 65 degree weather. Therefore air conditioner.
Not sure where that 30 days of vacation in Finland came from, but it's actually 5 weeks per year paid vacation we have here. Also in most work places you can get more unpaid vacation if you so choose to by talking with your employer. You can also get paid sick leave. Also work week is 40 hours by law. Mothers can stay up to 3 years (9 months paid with close to salary and getting lower from there on little by little) home after having a baby without losing their job (company can hire any permanent worker for your position). That is per baby so if you get a new baby during that 3 years time start from the beginning. Also dads get some paid vacation before (during) and after baby is born.
Here in on the Oregon Coast, we don’t have sales tax, we don’t have A/C and we can’t pump our own gas.
Hey man , we use the thumbs up thing in Greece too!
Thats true
even in middle east we use it
In Mexico too
Let them feel special
Your name has poop in it
“Americans are more friendly”
Im sorry, Am I a joke to you?
as a south african guy the nation that has treated me best was brazil well done great job brazil you deserve it and some american guys were friendly to me some not.The 1 room mate that i had was from cananda got along just fine with him as well i guess it depends with how much respect you treatsomebody else also but then again will get along american men but american women no thanx not for me but then again i see it from outside my point of view
Americans and Canadians are mostly friendly, but I’ve found (from online, anyway) quite a few in America are rude.
Brits SMILE too! We aren’t doofs! I smile and wave whenever I’m going down the road in the car and someone is walking their dog or on a horse or sumn. And yeah America is more diverse because we is a smol island.
i as a south african guy i dont have any problems with with brits in fact some of the best ladies friendly i have seen comes from england but what americans do punkin oh please the poor child is food are you gonnna eat him or her tonight or sweetpea now the poor child is a flower are gonna plant the child in the garden to grow
Yes, yes you are a joke to me
look a lot of americans and canadians simply just dont like each other get that point but we in south africa all these years we have a lot portugese people staying here believe it or not so what are we supposed to say then
America is so loud compared to other countries
Albania and China: AM I A JOKE TOO U ?!
Somehow in the US the 1st floor is the ground floor. Makes for interesting lift rides. (It’s a lift, not an elevator by the way)
south africa its the same 1st is ground floor upwards 2nd floor 3rd floor.we use both in south africa lift and elevator
The Pentagon uses the same floor numbers like in europe, 0 being ground floor
We're not workaholics. We have to pay bills😭
Soda Pop bet
Facts!
That and minimum wage has not increased though the cost of living has.
Not like we have a choice... many jobs don't offer vacation time (part time jobs), or don't offer much vacation (at my 1st several jobs, I had to work a full year with no vacation time. After that, I had 1 week vacation to use over the following year), or you have to be with a company for a LONG time to earn more vacation (my dad worked for Kodak for something like 20 years, and that's when he could start taking 4 weeks vacation per year).
Our bosses are workaholics and expect us to be the same.
I've also heard from foreigners that they're shocked how big everything is here. Specifically: Walmart, food portions, roads, and pickup trucks.
Im American i always thought why the food is big and when i go to mexico
....and the women!
Penises
Yea I know a freind that’s French and she always complains how big the servings are and how they are too big
Ray Wolf rude.
I love the return thing because most of the time they don't even return if the item is spoiled and the tips is wired
"If you're chilly you can lair up!"
Or just close the ac
21 Things in the US That Puzzle Most Foreigners:
#1. Oil
What?
Puzzled
Imagine breaking a leg, calling an Ambulance, only to pay for it later 💀💀💀
so who's gonna pay for it
Fated everywhere it’s part of the city funding. It’s be calling the cops to arrest someone for trespassing and then getting a bill for their transport to jail.
@@will.amartinnn the National Healthcare Service. something they dont have in america.
Man I feel this😫. I feel like out health care and college education systems are soooo diffrent from other places. Like the average American rarely goes to the doctor due to cost, even if we are sick it's a last resort for most people. And our education system is pretty messed up too because it seems like we go to college for years to become professionals only to barely pay off our student loans by the time we get ready to retire.
@@nasinooni5105 and some other countries, like Germany, learn other languages before high school. If we're gonna be required to learn another language, teach us at a younger age for us to remember it as well as our own language or dont at all. I feel like it's wrong/too late for me to learn it on high school. And since it's required to graduate but also in the elective spot for registration bothers me. This year I dont actually have an elective! 😡😡😡 And my teachers wonder why I dont always turn things in time.
Credit cards for EVERYTHING.... XD
In the US, we park on driveways, and drive on parkways. We boil tea to make it hot, and then put ice in it to make it cold. Go figure.
I'm from Greece and we don't have problems with 👍👍👍
I know! I was confused by that as well 😂
Let me give you one then👍
They were probably misinformed and meant this "🖑" instead.
Best wishes from the BG neighbour! ;) thumbs up!
Ikr I was so confused
Whenever I hear Americans speak in real life it just feels like I’m watching TV
redhot663 lol I feel that same lol
@John Saunders America is harder than yo bitchass
@@politicallybalanced7500 Remember Rule #34 of Internet before throwing comments like that around...
I'm American but I read a book that was very clearly set in Britain. At one point there was an American tourist and wow. I can understand this comment because of it.
Ear Muffs are very helpful when there are Americans talking.
Americans don’t like saying Good Morning without first having coffee.
we do love our strong coffee early in the mornings in south africa