REVERSE CULTURE SHOCK: FROM ITALY BACK TO USA
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Bureaucracy is a real cancer for Italy
There's a difference between bureaucracy and inefficiency....Just saying...
+Memoria James (memoriaj) I think he was referring to -inefficient- bureaucracy
edgethealchemist why cross out inefficient? And that is what my original comment implies.
For Europe, my friend, for Europe!
"Europa"? In Jupiter?
Ahahah! In Southern Italy people talk to strangers quite often! ;)
lol that's why I need to go there xD
I live in tuscany and people randomly talk to me in the streets ahah
Not only in the south
+Biley219 I live in Tuscany too and it's true
I'm from Veneto and here it happens quite a lot, too lol
I Live in milan and my family is from South italy: believe the "don't talk to strangers" thing is only in Milan.. if you go South everyone will Engage in Small talk :-).
*trust me not believe :-*
+Alice Costantini I live in Sicily and you're right!
+Mr. Alpha yes I know I was Born and raised in Milan and my family is from Abruzzo so I know this Very Well.
+Alice Costantini Oh ok, I am actually from Venice. :)
Personally I would be so annoyed by random people walking up to me and talking to me, like leave me alone lmao but that must be because I'm from the North and it pisses me off so much when random people talk to me, and small talk also annoys me to no end. Unless I'm working, in which case I'm all about small talk.
Girl, change you bank. My mom got her wallet stolen with the credit card in it (and other stuff), she blocked it, denouced the theft at the police, and the new card was delivered like two hours later she got the receipt for the denounce at the police. Or was it the Carabinieri... oh, any way... change bank. Really.
Exactly!! It's weird!! That happened to me once and my back accounting Italy would send me the card in 7 working days! So I think your back account is not a good one :/ anyway, you are lovely!! Thanks your videos!
"A resting bitch face"...it pretty much sums up the look on every single person in Paris ^^
yeah here in Zürich,Switzerland too.
Amen!
Hahahah true
Come to Prague, we are masters! I am so used to it already that when I see smiley helpful faces there I get scared..its not natural.
It's the big city effect.
Let's make a deal: we give you some of our healthy food that won't give you stomach cramps, and you give us some of your efficiency and friendliness, ok? Ahah, love you Tia!
@Francesca Villani If you want efficiency, go to Germany, they eat and sleep efficiency.
It would be a great deal for both sides, talk about win-win.
we are very good at making difficult easy things
you american guys should teach us how to be more efficient (in public administrations)
Quasi tutta l' Europa è piu' efficiente dell'Italia, non serve andare oltre oceano. Basterebbe passare la frontiera con la Svizzera, con l'Austria, andare in Slovenia o in Germania ...
Ma è sempre meglio restare nella propria brodaglia...
Dipende in che ambito; per esempio le autostrade in Svizzera fanno cagare.
le autostrade migliori le ho viste in macedonia
matteo lama mi sto domandando se esiste un'altra macedonia, perché in quella in cui sono stata io, le autostrade facevano abbastanza cagare
Funny because when I came back from the States, the first thing I noticed was how small portions are in Europe haha I miss going to Red Lobster and stuffing my face for under 10 dollars. But at the same time I was missing cheap healthy food. You don't have to be rich to be able to eat healthy in Italy, which is good. I don't know, I guess there are pros and cons on both sides.
You eat at red lobster.... Wtf. Why ? 🤮
Yep, you're a North-Italian girl now, just accept it. And getting weirded out and sick from the American portions and quality of the food is normal for a European, yep, you're a European now too Tia, just accept it.
Why are you assuming Europeans are all the same? They're actually not much alike at all tbh. There are cultural and genetic subdivisions. Countries like Italy are nothing like the UK or Scandinavia
@@delgi9551 It's true, thanks god we are not
@@delgi9551 yeah as someone from the uk I honestly think we’re closer to America than other countries in Europe, especially the south of Europe, sadly.
Hey Tia can You make a video: " italian friends vs usa friends"? You are soo sweet!
yeaah that would be awsome
Tia, yes, make one.
Brilliant idea !!!
People from Milan are like New Yorkers. People from central and southern Italy are more like laid back angelenos... I could not live in NYC or in Milan... Also because I don't like freezing my ass off in winter... :) (BTW, the DMV here in SoCal is a worse mess than any office in Italy... Efficiency in America is spotty, not generalized.)
Io abito in Romagna e qua tutti parlano con tutti 😂 😂😂
Si è vero! Ahah :P
Pure io e confermo!!
+Laura Gioacchini infatti è forse una cosa solo di Milano/Lombardia. Quando vado in vacanza, anche in Toscana, per dire, sono molto amichevoli!
+Giada Maggiore sicuramente !! In Italia in generale siamo molto molto socievoli ! Anzi, a volte mi permetto di dire che siamo quasi invadenti ahahah
Ecco perché adoro l'Emila... 😃
Italians have a lot of "UCAS" ufficio complicazioni affari semplici
Oh yes..things in Italy are soooo slow and it sucks! Bureaucracy it's one of our biggest problems,it's stressful and draining.
About the "resting bitch face" around Milan.....let me tell you I was kinda shocked too..and I'm Italian,I'm from Naples and I felt like everybody was running and thinking about their business and that kinda made me sad.
Anyway I hope you have a great time there!
😘
Bureaucracy is in every country. There is a difference between bureaucracy and inefficiency.
I am from Rome and it was the same for me when I went to Milan! Though my friends from there seemed very amused by my reaction...
The tax thing always confuses me. I've been to the US twice and both times I always took extra money out of my wallet when I was about to pay for something because I had no idea how much it was going to be haha
Me too --" I remembered collecting coins with my friends to pay the taxes. Thank God taxes are included in the french prices
Most of us just pay with cards, or even if we're paying with cash, we just hand over a 20 dollar bill for a $14 purchase. So we don't care too much about knowing the exact price in advance.
I left the USA over 20 years ago and now it's too difficult for me to return. The culture is now too different.
police stations are a nightmare in Italy!! Anyway, what happened to you with your bank it's not the rule! It's the first time I hear something like that... switch to Unicredit or San Paolo, it's a lot easier and faster even to have a new card back! (I've lost my wallet too.....)
+1 she chose a bad bank
i agree, Banca di Sondrio is a small bank for peasant mountauneers
when my wallet was stolen in italy, at the police station said it was my fault because i wasn't careful. wtf, are you fucking kidding me? my wallet was inside my backpack, and someone stole it while i was in a museum. how is that my fault???
... e Milano è forse la città più efficente d'Italia... quindi pensa come siamo ridotti... !!!
ahahhahha
Nope, non credo sia Milano. Sono andato per due settimane a Torino e credo che Torino sia più efficiente.
Re Fr3d A Torino non ci sono mai stato. Anche l'Emilia Romagna è una regione ben organizzata ed efficiente
Si in Romagna si vive bene
Confermo: Il miglior cibo (se piace il maiale, ma anche la pasta, il formaggio, il pesce,...), il miglior mare (se piace la vita notturna), la miglior montagna (se piace parlare Italiano e non tedesco, francese, sloveno o ticinese), e sopratutto la gente che da sempre il massimo per farti sentire sempre il benvenuto... l'unica pecca è il clima, ma è comunque più confortevole che Milano (Pubblicità Progresso)
As an Italian that has been living for 14 years in NC...
wow: YOU NAILED IT ALL!!!
I'm kinda glad I moved away when I was 19. First UK and now Japan. I always throw a hissy fit every time I go back to Rome and Sardinia hahah
I'm living in Mexico for school and internship reasons and when I go back to the USA I'm always surprised by the portion sizes and how sweet everything is. I also can't have food in the USA anymore which makes traveling very hard for me. My body doesn't process the food anymore so everything makes me sick. I tend to last a week or more to get my system back to normal when I come back to Mexico and also shed the pounds that I gained. It just amazes me how I ate that food for so long and after some years in another country my body just rejects everything now 😹
Tia, thanks for this video. Im an american living in Verona Italy and I agree with all of your points girl!! yes yes and YES. especially the food prices back home. Love this.
Girl those damn food prices!!! When I went back to the States everything had me sounding cheap as hell! 5?! That's too much lol
Milan seems very much like the NYC of Italy.
Jeury Veloz spot on.
It is 😁
It's more like London
Milan is not Italy, when I went there I felt like abroad ahaha but also is the best city in Italy
Jeury Veloz almost all the Italian immigrants went to New York its 2.7m of them there
Speaking about people in Italy: if you go in the south, you'll find very friendly people than in the north. I kow it for my own experience.
I just left a comment on a video in which you were in Milan and you were saying how Italian are critical of their own country etc...etc... and I agreed with you in everything that you said...now that you are back in the States your feelings are the same as mine: there is no comparison between American food and Italian food. Here, in the States, the quality is cheap and prices are high. But as far as getting things done fast, even the smallest thing like renewing your driver's licence, it could be a nightmare in Italy. In that respect Italians have a lot to learn from America not simply on getting things done faster, but to do them with a smile on their faces and kindness in their words... I wrote a long letter on my FB page exactly on that topic! Brava again Tia!
Quello che manca in Italia è seriamente l'efficienza dei servizi! È incredibile che per voi sia così semplice riottenere dei documenti che sono stati rubati, mentre qui in Italia sia così difficile e soprattutto ci metta così tanto tempo! 😱
You are completely right girl! I am italian and I work in the States and you got everything right ... except for ... I personally love when American people come up to me for small talks or say hi on the street with a smile :-)
hahaha Tia get Fineco as an online bank in Italy!! It's so much more convenient than regular banks!
exactly ! is what I have done
My grandparents are both from Faturra, Italy but I've never been. I still find myself loving effortless beauty and not doing anything with my hair. I think it's my Italian roots! I can't wait to go to Italy some day
I am from Turin and I spent my junior year of high school in US.
I have seen a lot of your videos and I love them! I can see myself in almost everything you say even though my experience was in reverse.
PS I miss the American air conditioning so much.
The big problem with bureaucracy in Italy is that it is created with the purpose of providing a "job" to thousands of useless and dangerous people with connections, friends of friends etc. Italy is king in this, like in the third world countries. There is also the interesting fact that the majority of people involved in bureaucracy have south Italian origins. It really seems they love bureaucracy.
did you pull that statistic directly out of your XXX?
Why tha hell did you get a bank account with Banca di Sondrio?? XD In Milan you can find literally every italian bank, how did you end up with the crappiest?
lol, it's the bank my school gave me xD
so Bocconi, right?
i'm born in Milan and the kindness of people in USA was a big surprise for me too. i could tell lots of episodes when people was friendly and nice there, also the perfect-unknown people i met around. i'm very friendly with people and in Milan i feel a bit wrong because of this, but in NY i felt ok. about food... well, was better than expected. just a little shocking the sweet caramelized pancakes beside eggs and bacon.
I'm from Argentina (where about half of the population has italian origins) and you are absolutely right about EVERYTHING! I've also been as a tourist to the US and I agree about portion sizes and about the amount of sugar in snacks. I couldn't get used tot hem
agree, the efficiency is just an another level, and also people are very nice, there are great pros and great cons in both countries ahah
After spending 4 and a half months in Milan and returning to the States, I feel this! I missed the efficiency of America, but I still miss Italy :(
I like your blog Tia- so honest and so much of what you say is true (but I think you really lucked out with the bank!)
I've lived in Italy for 25 years and also once lived in the USA- you are so right about so many things- when I go back to the UK I also have this odd 'reverse culture shock'- especially for the food and the lifestyle. Italy is a great country with so much to explore and enjoy. Milan is really just a big village and like any village, the locals are always wary of newcomers!
But once you get to know your local shopkeepers and bar people they are very different and give you the banter.
I agree with what you said....the thing I miss the most about the US is the customer service and friendliness (here in Italy it sucks whether in person or by phone), but going back to the US after 6 years, going to supermarkets really nauseated me....the consumerism and over abundance of everything makes one dizzy, especially since I have lived for one year in the countryside now.
Abito a Milano ed è vero che nessuno parla con nessuno... Tutti avanti per la propria strada
+Elisa Amato ma anche io preferisco così...
+Elisa Amato io sono milanese da generazioni quindi non so cosa dire dei meridionali
Peccato però, perdiamo la possibilità di avere un sacco di conversazioni banali con gente di cui non ci importa nulla.
+LostinMilan hai ragione !
Ed anche in alcune città statunitensi è così.
Very interesting videos; I always appreciate these comparisons with different cultures and life styles. And I do love your English pronunciation!
Ma Tia anche negli Usa quando mi hanno rubato il portafoglio è stato un inferno, dipende dal fatto che sei straniera in italia. Se avessi fatto richiesta dalla polizia e fossi stata italiana, ti avrebbero immediatamente dato un permesso per guidare immediatamente. Comunque oddio sì le dimensioni del cibo e dei costi me li ricordo
Another fun video! I'm an expat in Sweden, but my Swedish husband and I go back to visit for five weeks every spring. I agree with you about food in America. Portions in restaurants are just SO HUGE that it's nearly embarrassing. My husband thinks it's especially silly to see so many Americans walking around sipping either a bucket of coffee or a bottle of water (except for Arizona, where it's so dry that everyone carries water as a life-saving measure). I used to think that stuff was too sweet, too, but overly sweet stuff is starting to come in Sweden, too.
Swedes are generally quiet and reserved, so I miss and LOVE the way Americans are so open and easy to strike up a conversation with. There's often mostly bad news in Sweden's newspapers about America's crazy politics and other bad stuff (like the struggle to pay for healthcare), so I often tell my friends and co-workers to not judge America by its questionable democracy and it's obnoxious politics.I encourage them to see the beauty of America's friendly, helpful citizens, and it's gorgeous landscapes.
Sweden is apparently much more efficient than Italy when it comes to service and problem-solving. My husband had his wallet stolen by a pick-pocket on the last evening of our 10-day vacation in Paris a few years ago. He was able to log in and block his credit card on the bank's website, and at the same time order a new one. In Sweden, you register at every bank, healthcare facility, and governmental office with your "person number", so any changes get automatically flagged across the board. When we got married, the justice of the peace who married us sent in the certificate of our marriage to our local town hall. After that, everything else (drivers licence, credit cards, passport, etc) came to me automatically with my new name!
One reverse culture shock that really makes me feel sad is that Americans are bombarded with commercials, flashing lights, and gaudy, loud special promotions to get them to buy, buy, buy! Just standing in line to get our rental car every year stresses me out because there's two TV's set on info-channels and talk shows that are JUST TOO LOUD with flashing lights and crazy music to get people to look. Gawd, I hate that! I have become so used to quieter Swedes that Americans' loud talk and laughter nearly hurts my ears! The worst thing I know is trying to enjoy a restaurant meal with my husband, only to have a big group of women be seated near to us. Sorry, but women are the WORST in restaurants! They speak high, pound the table, scream and laugh as if they own the place. They don't appear to give a rip about anyone else's comfort and dining pleasure besides their own and I really hate that.
Looking forward to your next video!
I loved this video! I am Italian and I confirm that everything having to do with bureaucracy and general administration is a freaking nightmare 😣 glad your home country is so much more efficient! I experience a mini culture shock every single time I come back home from a trip, and I have been travelling a lot to Switzerland lately (which is undoubtedly one of the best organized countries in the world), so you can imagine how it must be to get back to old messy Italy 😂😂
This video actually played in my culture class :)
You totally hit it all on the head. I love italian living but I'm def missing the efficiency and customer service of America. And I totally feel you on the bank situation I went through the same thing opening up my account, and it took two months just for the password to arrive to use the account!
I have personally experienced the reverse culture shock! So true, the fast burocracy or lack thereof, massive portions of food and drink, friendly people...it's like God bless America!! So why do I always miss Italy so much it hurts?
I guess because Italy looks more authentic and beautiful, but it would take me 5 pages to tell you the real reasons.
Even the toilet bowl looks different when you come back home from abroad!
The underwear color too.
and the poop
We had some identity theft in Memphis. The bank took about 4 days to do everything. When we called the police about making a report, they offered to send someone to take it. It was all done quickly and courteously. There are somethings still that the US does well.
I'm from a small town in Southern Italy and I can assure you we're one of the most chatty people in the world. We talk to strangers and smile all the time. You should come and visit Southern Italy, especially Salento's area in Puglia. We are really welcoming people not like Northern Italy. This is a big big difference between Milan and Lecce for instance. Anyway the video was interesting and funny as usual. ♡
It's true. It's not only a Milan thing. It's really common to be reserved in most areas in the Lombardy region. Like most people said in the comments, it's a lot different in pretty much everywhere in Italy!
Two and half months? That’s preposterous!
I got mine cloned. I phoned my bank, had my credit card blocked and a new one was issued and delivered by post within that same week. (Banca Popolare di Milano)
you always nail it with your comments. I would say exactly the same word for word about Italy and my country if i compare. I do miss efficiency, but italian inefficiency is now what I expect. I find it funny , it makes me laugh to think how fast these guys would be fired if they worked in my country, and yelled at me like some people do. How useless it would be that i complained, I d probably get thrown out of the place by the owner him/herself. but most importantly, Italy is home now.
Verissimo! Sono stato molte volte in California e la cortesia e il sorriso è offerta a tutti dal bar al parcheggio sotterraneo a -3 di domenica notte da sembrare irreale.
Omg!!! I don't even have to leave the country to realize how big our drinks are! haha
I had my culture shock heading from Switzerland back to (Southern) Italy. Practically a jump from civilization to (...). Worst decision ever. Not easy leaving again with the half zoo I rescued here off the streets, but working hard on it. Oh, and btw, waiting over 3 months for the conversion of my swiss driver's license to the italian one. Without having any papers at all for now. Nor temporary ones, of course. But pizza, coffee and ice cream are great here, yepp.
Mettetevi d'accordo. Io milanese e mia moglie del sud del Brasile dice l'opposto di Tia. Ogni volta mia moglie mi dice :"ma qui (Milano) la gente non si fa gli affari suoi? Qui ovunque vai ti fermano e chiacchierano con te senza che ti conosca". Tia temo che a volte cadi in molte contraddizioni e luoghi comuni. Conosci poco l'Italia e gli italiani. Milano poi è così diversa da quella di quando ero bambino e ormai non ha una identità italiana (infatti si sta trasformando pian piano in Londra, positivo, negativo, non sta a me giudicare,a me non piace più la mia città natale).
+keysteal non vedo il punto del tuo commento in realtà. Non so come le mie esperienze sono "luoghi comuni" o "insulti"... Non sono... Ma vabbè se le vedi così puoi smettere di guardare i miei video, è molto semplice👌🏾
+Tia Taylor non ho parlato di insulti, ho solo scritto che sei da troppo poco tempo in Italia per poter bene capire le dinamiche del nostro paese. Tu dici in questo video che a Milano non chiacchieriamo con gli sconosciuti, ed io ti posso assicurare che non è vero. Come in tutti i paesi del mondo ci sono persone ben disposte a parlare altre no. Quando vado in Brasile da mia moglie, rispetto a quello che si pensa dei brasiliani, io sono la persona più aperta e simpatica. Dipende dalle persone, non credi? Non c'é bisogno poi di darmi rispostacce del tipo, "non la pensi come me? Non mi seguire più". Bisogna accettare anche le critiche.
no, ho detto se i miei video sono pieni di luoghi comuni e a te non piacciono, non mi seguire più.
Mi dispiace che nei 2 anni che vivo a milano mi pare che in generale la gente qua non approccia gli sconosciuti sul strada. Ovviamente con ogni paese e ogni cultura non tutti sono uguali e ci sono sempre quelli che sono diversi ma dai è anche ovvio che esiste una cultura che si caratterizza ogni città, ogni regione, ogni paese... questo fatto va senza dire in ogni video che faccio.
+Tia Taylor non tutti i tuoi video sono pieni di luoghi comuni. A volte dici cose che condivido sull'Italia, altre volte che rientrano nello stereotipo di chi ci vede da fuori. Ammetto che ti seguo da poco tempo, mi piace come ti approcci con i video (molto professionale), e sopratutto quando spieghi a noi italiani come si parla correttamente l'inglese. Un consiglio, se mi è permesso, da una persona che ha almeno il doppio della tua età: non ti circondare solo da adulatori (che ti dicono quanto sei brava e quanto sei bella), ma affronta anche chi ha una visione critica di quello che dici. Buona serata Tia.
grazie per i consigli e buona serata.
I have the same situation. I've lived in London for 14+ years. I am defo a visitor in USA now. Agree on the excessive food offerings too but equally there are infrastructure issues in the UK that are ridiculous!!
I love your videos super inspirational stuff and yes you make me both learn and laugh :)
in two and a half months! 😂
OMG I spent 5 months in NY I can really tell that you are completely right! Maybe except for the people's kindness bc I think that if you go to the south of Italy everybody is gonna talk to you without any particular reason lol
La prima volta che ho bevuto un Iced Coffe c' era talmente tanto zucchero dentro che mi sentivo come se mi fossi drogato.
Always enjoy your interesting videos. Much of what you noticed upon returning to the US mirrored my own experiences when returning stateside after a year in the Med while in the Navy. One nice thing I've learned and retained from my time in Italy: eat s l o w l y and savor your food and your company! Auguri!
You wanna know why in Italy people are not able to strike up a conversation at the airport or in the street or pay compliments to strangers? They are too provincial. That is also why at dinner parties they are rarely able to "project" at the table with unknown people. They don't have that social charisma like the Americans to say things like "I'M SO DELIGHTED TO MEET YOU! I'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT YOU! HOW DID YOU ACTUALLY MET FRANK? WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO LIVE IN ITALY?". I recall so many times in NYC on the Upper East Side rich posh ladies dressed PERFECTLY stopping me on the street, lowering their super expensive shades, pointing at my feet shouting "OMG I soooo love your boots!!! Are they Italian?". It would NEVER EVER happen in Milan or Paris or London. Americans are not jealous or envious. They are "positive competitive". One can grasp that very easily for instance listening to how movie stars talk about each other! In Europe no one major movie star would say I AM HER BIGGEST FAN about another movie star. I truly love that sort of enthusiastic, almost "childish" behaviour of Americans. It is what makes America GREAT in my eyes!
Ti capisco! I just moved back to Italy after 4.5 years in the States and I notice all these little things that I always took for granted before!!
I am not looking forward to dealing with Italian burocracy 😱 and I already miss talking to and hanging out with strangers at the bars, rather than sitting at my own table only with my friends here in Italy.
TIA THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING!!! you can make a video about hair trends in Italy VS America ?? 😘💕
hmmm I could try!
Pizza vs chessburger? Im italian and in italy the U.S.A is a beatiful country where a lot of teenagers would like to live, but is really right? please tell me...sorry for my english but im 14
Happy to hear that you too got sick from US food. I was worrying if maybe something was wrong with me.
I know the 'Sondrio' you're talking about... I was in Milan as well but now I'm in Australia as an exchange student. This bank changed the way I could log in to my Online Banking... Causing troubles every time...
I LOVE your videos!!!Can't wait for the next one!❤️
I've done exaxtly the same thing that you did BUT the opposite (I'm italian and I went to the usa for a year) and I must say I've experience all that you've experienced and going back to Italy was definitely a huge shock... it actually took me a long time before getting back on track and re adjust with my origin culture! Good luck on your journey and peace!!
So so true. With all the many negative things about the US the part about efficiency is so true. Quick no nonsense approach to solving everyday issues.
Sono di Milano, e solo quando esco alla mattina per comprare le sigarette incrocio tipo un centinaio di persone per fare 100 mt. ....... non posso mettermi a fare una piccola conversazione con tutti ;) .... ma se vedo qualcuno in difficoltà o che non conosce la strada mi sono sempre fermato cordialmente a dare indicazioni, e quando sono in treno o aspetto in coda per qualcosa scatta sempre una chiaccheratina con chi mi sta vicino. A Milano la maggior parte della gente viene dal sud per cui smettetela di dire che il sud è differente, la gente che non ti conosce non ti saluta per strada neppure nelle città del sud. A volte penso proprio che siano quelli del sud ad avere pregiudizi.
da turista sono stato trattato maleducatamente solo un paio di volte nella vita (ho 40 anni e di viaggi ne ho fatti) una volta a Favignana e una volta a Peschici. Per non parlare di tutte le volte in cui se non sei del posto vieni fregato. Per cui risparmiateci la morale.
@@MrItaliansound ottima risposta..
I'm a Bocconi student born and raised in Milano and I was an exchange student in USA during high school in the suburbs of Buffalo NY. It's funny cause what you said you missed about America is one of the most annoying things I found living there: people asking you how you are doing entering the stores, helping you with everything even if not asked and most of all when you're at the cashier the assistant asking you "did you find everything ok today?". I miss chicken wings so bad I'd pay way more than 20$ for some :)
About the bank account I perfectly understand and it's crazy! I used to live in Italy, I am Italian, so I know how things work there. Now I live in the Netherlands and when I opened my bank account they already gave me two bank cards, so in case I lose one or it gets stolen, I can just freeze it through the internet banking and use the other one that is at home with me, I don't even have to go to the bank.
Tia, for future reference if God forbid u lose your card again in Italy u can call Visa Intl or Mastercard and they will send you a card within 48hrs,and you can use that emergency card until u receive your replacement card. Usually at the back of the card the number is there, report the card stolen tell them u want an emergency card. just for future reference.
I've recently been noticing many similar things since being back in the US. My doctor's office has been so efficient and helpful; I think things have improved while I was away. And people are so friendly. For example, I often hear women complementing other women on some part of their outfit. My biggest joy is driving, even though people are constantly impatient and passing me, overall people follow the laws and drive safer. But yes, I agree, the food here is too expensive, so I'm glad I learned how to make many things from scratch.
Girl, I FEEL YOU! I'm from Milano and officially moved to America a couple of months ago after years and years of going back and forth.
I couldn't agree more with literally everything you say (I got mugged in M2 Moscova in February). I guess it doesn't matter where you come from, once you develop that kind of relativism all these facts you pointed out become obvious and indisputable. Enjoy home, hopefully that bitterness of feeling a visitor in your own country will fade a little! And in bocca al lupo with your Bocconi exams (I'm familiar with those, too!). Your videos are amazing
Hey there, about the first part of the video when you say that you're not used to have a random conversation with strangers anymore, I think thay may be 'cause you lived in Northen Italy, 'cause here in Rome everybody talks to everybody everywhere most of the time (standing in line at the supermarket, at the post office, waiting for the bus... literally everywhere!).
I think Italians are very friendly perhaps not so much in Milan cuz up north we tend to have more of a Northern European mentality .
Also in some northern regions like Emilia Romagna, people are so friendly that they will start convrsations with you, just for socializing. :-)
I have lived here 17 years and my reverse culture shock when i go home is just about the same as yours!!..the first thing i notice though is how BIG people are!I was wedged between 2 really big men on the flight over last time and actually asked the flight attendant if i could be moved because i was so irritated that i had to give up what little space i had in my seat to the elbows and spreading thighs of these 2 HUGE people! the flight was full, so my flight pretty muched sucked and i got to the states really cranky and just wanting to go back to italy!!!....I am proud to be American and I do love America and Americans but there are some things that really irritate me just becasue i don't live there anymore...
The reason your iPhone didn't work is that in Europe all phones use GSM, while in the US only T-Mobile and AT&T use it. Verizon (and also Sprint) uses another technology called CDMA, that's totally incompatible with GSM. They also use different LTE bands.
If people in Italy look like this, it's just because you live in the most annoying city of our country :P Come in the southern and you'll always find smiling people!
Beh se Milano è la città più noiosa d'Italia chissà come siamo messi altrove.
+ZAMA annoying non vuol dire noiosa.
www.wordreference.com/enit/annoying
Probabilmente Miharu intendeva dire che Milano è la città più "dispettosa" del nostro Paese...
In genere si usa per indicare qualcosa di irritante, fastidioso, può essere usato come noioso ma nel senso di un rompiscatole a cui dici: "che palle come sei noioso!"
Quando sono stata a Milano, le facce di TUTTI erano imbronciate/altezzose/incazzose xD questo intendevo dire! Comunque si fa per scherzare, eh! Però di sicuro chiunque può notare che in altre città (soprattutto a sud) c'è più vitalità :)
The thing I noticed after coming back from living in Torino for two months was the parking lot to the Honey baked Ham store. Mind you not a full charcuterie, but basically selling one product, Honey Baked Ham. Sure you could get sandwiches and sides there but the bulk their business was selling whole hams.
But what really got me was the size of the parking lot. And the fact that it was about the same size as our neighborhood morning market where as you know you could get any sort of food item you wished as well as basic home goods. All in the space of the parking lot. Of the Honey Baked Ham store.
Wow, really? Random people always talk to me in Italy. It happens to me wherever I go (except for Milan, now that I think about it). It happens even more now that I have a cute baby.
love this video, but as the person who commented said, people in the south of Italy will always make conversation, you should visit there soon!!
I feel you boo! I've been here for a month and i definitely miss the courtesy of getting things done
ho adorato questo video, well done Tia!
i like your videos!! i learn english with your videos too: you speak slowly and clearly!! subscribed!
Love this lady!As an Italian in America,YES I love the efficiency,and the polite ways something Italians seem to be totally foreign to.When I go home,it drives me CRAZYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY how slow,burocratric,and plain lazy they are in Italy.Sadly they are no different here,when you need help,and/or services from the Italian consulate they are simply assholes,Tia I commend you for living and putting up with my country,I could not wait to leave.
OHHHHH this is good :D I might have to do this when I go back home.
yessss, i'm still noticing things that I should have added!
Grazie di tutto Tia!
u r very nice and your videos wonderfuls and very funny;although your story with your bank seems weird,maybe 40 years ago was in the way u described.i have internet banking since 2000,one click and i block my card (with my phone too),another click and they delivery new card within a week.Enjoy your holidays Tia. Wish u great times :-)
So interesting! The "chatty" thing is so strange if you think of it: Italian are know all around the world for being kind and for the fact that they are friendly, but Americans are...just on a different level!
Can someone (or maybe you, Tia :3) explain the two options she mentioned when talking about getting her driving license in America? I don't know what she was talking about but I found it interesting!
i'm italian and you are become my preferite youtubers!!
Dalla mia piccola esperienza americana, inizio anni 90, confermo che in generale ho incontrato un livello di cortesia maggiore dell'Italia. Una cosa che mi sembrava molto curiosa e a cui non mi sono mai abituato è stato scegliere un prodotto con un prezzo, andare alla cassa e scoprire che costava di più perché nel prezzo non erano incluse le tasse. Ancora una cosa che non ho mai capito. Erano tempi antichi quando non esisteva ancora il cellulare; in Italia (e in tutta Europa) eravamo abituati ad avere una sola compagnia telefonica, con regole più o meno simili. Negli Usa invece il mondo telecom era già splitatto in decine o centinaia di compagnie locali e non sempre si capiva come fare una telefonata long distance.
Ahhh I can relate so much to this!! Coming from Germany to Italy I had the same issues with efficiency but also having lived in the US for a year I experienced many of the things that you did coming back to the states like the tax thing & customer service 😄
Hi, I lived 4 years in Milan and yes, what you say it's true, people in Milan are mostly cold, distant, and ignoring you. But Milan is not representative of Italy. I am Emilian, and here in Emilia things are different, most of us are warm and welcoming. :)
This was quite interesting. There were quite a few things I assumed were opposite in nature (e.g. that people were friendlier there than here) so this was interesting.
Hi Tia, I really loved this video and totally agree when you say that there are pros and cons about living in Italy and living in the US, well in my case Canada, what a confused life us expats live!!! Wouldn't it be nice to always have the best of both worlds?!!! Lol