American Reacts to 5 Reasons Why the UK is BETTER than the US
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- čas přidán 19. 10. 2022
- The more I have experienced the UK and its culture the more amazing things I have gotten to learn. In this video I am reacting and learning about 5 specific reasons why this CZcamsr thinks the UK is better than the US. As bias as I am on this particular matter I am still excited to hear about these thoughts and analyze what may or may not be valid criticisms. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
As others have said. Pubs and Bars are very different, Pubs are very much social centers and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds. In the same pub at lunchtime you could have a table with two men having a business meeting, another table with a group of mums with kids having a get together, another table were a young man has brought his grandfather in for a drink, and yet another table with a single person who has come in to have a coffee and a sandwich for lunch. She didn’t emphasize enough this social and community role that pubs have. So important that in some villages where a company has decided to close the pub, the local community has got together and bought it to keep it open. Some even have a post office and a small library.
Smoking is banned in all indoor spaces so you very often see people standing outside a pub on the pavement drinking and smoking but the reason that Pubs are very popular is that they are a kind of a community centre where people congregate over a drink and some food to socialise. Particularly many people living in the vicinity of a pub regard it’s as a sort of an extension of their living room where they meet the same people very often and they get to know each other through the pub.
Yeah, bars are made for drinking in, whereas pubs are social centres that happen to serve alcohol. As a non-drinker, I cant ever see myself going to a bar, but I love going to the pub regularly.
@@Ariadne-cg4cq But you will have to say, since the smoking ban, Pubs have been closing left right and center. The extra taxes later applied didnt help either and now this huge leccy crisis. Its a wonder how some pubs are still open! Maybe if pubs charged less. be in compo with the supermarket. they'd get more custom instead of charging £4 a pint when the supermarket can charge £2. Sell cheap loses money I know but not when word spreads and suddenly you're the go to pub cos of cheaper drinks.
living in germany, i don't know pubs from experience, but they look to me like an improved (eg more social also for families etc) version of what we had, called _Kneipe_ and which were similar but more geared towards a place to meet (and drink, and eat small things) for workers after work or in the evening. We used to have at least one at every corner (literally, called _Eckkneipe)_ but now there are more normal restaurants, a few bars and sportsbars, and also shisha bars :-(
to give some american a very rough image about taking smoking away and increasing prices, just imagine a sportsbar getting rid of tv and selling drinks for double (or a multiple) of the price if you buy it in supermarkets and party at home alone. also consider that they used to be in the middle of towns in walking distance so that you didn't have to decide between driving or drinking.
@@Anson_AKB that's cool but pubs are more of a community thing.
In 2016 my late wife suddenly went blind, my boss immediately let me go to the hospital, after extensive tests the found she had a brain tumour, she spent weeks in hospital following major brain surgery, when they could not do anything more for her, she came home but she had two nurses comming every night just so that I could have some sleep, she passed away 8 weeks later. All this cost nothing.
On a side note, my employer told me to take all the time I needed to care for her on full pay and after she passed they even closed our local depot so that anyone who wanted to could attend her funeral, everyone did.
Not in the US
Our idea of being patriotic, is looking out for each other not embracing a piece of material with your hand on your heart. Most people have a strange Idea of where their heart is. I'm grateful that in a miniscule way I have helped in a tragic situation. By paying taxes. My sympathy Dave.
Sorry to hear about your wife Just Dave
@@iriscollins7583 that's very kind of you Iris. Thank you.
@@akeel_1701 thank you so much, your very kind, Akeel.
A pub is not a bar.
A bar is some place you go to buy a drink, often before a night out - we have those too.
A pub is a public house, a community and social hub and meeting point. From kids to the elderly, food and drink, sports and games, cosy fireplaces and sunny gardens. You can go and have lunch with your kids or get wasted with your mates, play cards with locals over a beer or start a pool competition, go for a quiet pint to read the newspaper at lunch or drinks after work with Colleagues or just stop in whilst walking your dog. It's a home away from home. They also have a lot of character and history, my city nottingham has the oldest Inn (a pub where you can get lodgings) in England which was built in 1189 and is carved into the rock at the base of the castle.
The trip “claims” to be the oldest (along with 10 or 11 others)
@@wbubbles5960 the trip IS the oldest ;)
@@davidrichardson5482 it’s the only one on the list I’ve been too so I’m happy to accept it 😉
Went to the Trip once,it was 5.30pm and it was closed,but it looked REALLY old,and I’ve been to the odd ancient boozer in my time.
Dirty Dicks by Fleet St in the city of London still my favourite,haven’t been for many years though.
Pubs also used to called Taverns & Inns very early on in the uk...in England Inns became Public houses or pubs & this term became popularised for all drinking places. Ive heard the Old Ferry Boat Inn on St. IVES is the oldest pub, having served alcohol since 560...its apparently mentioned in the Doomsday Book from 1086.
Im sure there's many really old pubs...just glad we still have them! My fav is one from the 1600's ive gone to since a child...we used to scare each other with stories of ghosts & witches lol ...we brought our kids there and no doubt it will b a great pub long after we've all gone...an we'll b the ghosts of history past 👻
"You pass the same darn castle every day on your way to work. It might get old" Tyler, it's a castle. It is old. :)
This video from Alanna (sorry Adventures and Naps) is 2 years old and she did get her visa for the UK and she is back in the UK and still pumping out good content.
Her alcohol taste tests and cooking vids are the best...
just came back from the Uk...went to different pubs...loved them..they have a history to them..
I had cancer in 2016 the NHS looked after me so well and I am 67 still alive. Love your videos
Pubs are a social meeting point and often the focus of a town or village. You might go in during the day and just find a local group of older ladies having a quiet chat over a drink. Kids are welcome, dogs are often welcome. Then later in the day it will become more of a nighttime drinking meet up place for everyone.
Hard to explain but bars are more for drinking, pubs more for socialising. There'll be an explanatory video somewhere.
I was just about to say this. Pub and bar are NOT the same thing 😁
You can eat in a pub but also have a bar inside
Ahhh how crazy! Really appreciate you reacting to my video ☺
I saw the thumbnail & thought, hang on, I know that girl. Allana, he's using you to boost his popularity! Shocking!! 🤣
oops, one "l" & 2 "n"'s... damnit, I always get them mixed round lol
I’ve had 2 heart attacks and I’ve had cancer twice. All of which needed surgery and in the case of my cancers long hospital stays and follow up chemotherapy, also annual checks and 5 yearly investigations. Cost to me £0 I bless the NHS as if I were in the USA I’d either be bankrupt or dead. The NHS has its problems but it’s the gift that keeps giving and we need to take good care of it. ❤
(Ps I’m not looking for sympathy as I’m alive and well and in remission)
Congratulations 👍 All the best for the future.
For all the slagging the nhs gets your living proof it works. Glad your well now.
Yeah we moan, but my wife and I have (literally) had our lives saved.
Aye the core principle of the NHS is Healthcare Free at the point of Need.
If you NEED it you don’t pay.
If don’t need but want you pay.
Most elective healthcare you pay for if it is purely cosmetic and there is no medical need.
hooray for the NHS, and hooray for your health!! 🍻
Our health care includes dental care, hearing tests, hearing aids (free), eye tests, free specs if you have benefits." Free" prescriptions. That list goes on. It's the best thing about the UK and most people don't even know it. However it's under a lot of strain these days. It was the main reason I didn't move back to America. The vacations and paternity leave is another reason.
Dang we don’t have health care like that in Canada. The federal government is trying to implement this but the provincial govt especially in Ontario is trying to adopt a US health care system.
Everyone under the age of 16 gets free dental care. In Scotland and Wales prescriptions are free as well as free hospital parking. England are a little bit behind the other parts of the uk
@@laurabailey1054 there would be riots if they removed the NHS and gave us that shite over here
@@nic3525 It's under 18 for free dental care in the UK, under 19 if you are a student. Dental treatment can be expensive, I found it much better to get my dental work done in Türkiye, it is a fraction of the UK price, at least 70 percent cheaper. I had two dental bridges done for about £120. The dentist gave an extra discount because my wife also had some work done.
My ideal winter’s day is to take a long walk through the frost covered countryside and stop at a traditional village pub for lunch and a warm. Typically, the pub will date from around 1600 , will have a thatched roof, original oak beams, a roaring log fire and serve you real ale, pies and pickled eggs. There is no comparable experience in the USA.
As a manager in the UK one of my Key Performance Indicators is making sure my employees take all their days off, I get marked down if people don't take their full entitlement.
That explains why two years in a row I was pushed to take 20 days of holidays over the last 3 months of the years allowance
Was great having Thursday's off for three months twice a year
And we still moan it's not enough lol
The company that I work for gives us the option to sell are holidays back to them I usually hold a few back the extra money always helps around Christmas
Ha ha! And I would be that employee who only ever books one day off a year and you have to force me to take the rest.
(I always book my birthday off it’s the only day of the year I refuse to work)
Tyler, the UK's minimum of 28 days paid holidays equate to 5.6 weeks off, as a working week is considered 5 days....I work 4 days a week but get almost 8 weeks paid time off...best wishes from Scotland
this is heavily dependent on where you live and where you work, while i get 28 days off here in england, because of who i work for, it is 4 weeks off per year, because even though i work 3 days a week now, if i decide to take the 3 days a week i work off it's considered a full week meaning that i can't have more time off than i would normally like sadly, and that's down purely to how things are interpreted by my employer.
Me too.
in any case, most (or all !? i don't know of any country where it's different) european countries also have no "sick days" or require you to spend vacation days (in the usa called PTO?) in case you are sick, and employers can't fire you if you are sick for more days than some "sick days" plus unused vacation/PTO would allow. vacation is one thing that is guaranteed, and being sick is separate and different, and taken care of by employers and/or health care, even if it takes weeks or months to recover.
@@Anson_AKB where i work, there is a point where if you're off sick (not counting planned absence for surgery etc), you can actually lose your job based on the number of times you are off sick and the time spent off sick, aka you seemingly have a 'sick day' every week for example you would be taken to a disciplinary meeting and potentially sacked based on you being unable to meet you contractual obligations, that's how they get around things where i work.
@@Anson_AKB Sick Days!? If you are sick, you are off, no? How can you ration or predict how much days you will be of Sick!
On the other hand I wouldn't being of 'sick' one day per week is resonale behaiour for anyone, unless you have an ongoing condition and this is agreed with your employer.
Some thing that is almost always missed is that 'pub' is an abbreviation of 'Public House' . a House that traditionally run by a husband and wife who live in the Public House and customers are their guests. One of the family is the 'publican' who holds a licence to sell alcohol for consumption on his premises. The licence that has to be renewed every year and will only be approved if the pub has been run in a civil manner. He may also hold a licence to sell alcohol for consumption away from his premises = 'the Offy' .
When you said about lack of history in America “what can we do about it?” Is exactly what we say when Americans complain about British weather…….
Actually they can build things better so they last longer and not knock down their old buildings
You can't blame the Americans for a lack of history. They've got loads - it's just that it all started over here. And we've got loads. Not all good.
@@samuelpinder1215 Every time I go back to the US things have changed, drastically - and not always for the better. There is a mindset that says 'it's old - get rid of it' as if replacing something is inherently good. It's not - it's wasteful.
@@wessexdruid7598 yeah I see teams with stadiums from the 1980s in america build new ones, mansfield town are still playing in one from the 1800s
Our pubs usually do food and have a more homely feel than a bar. No smoking is miles nicer to be in.
I think one of the biggest stumbling block for U.S. health care is as soon as someone calls it social health care, American's run for the hills.
So right, most Americans think 'socialism' = 'communism' (they are really not Worldly wise - SMH). But hey! They voted in Trump... so what can you do?
i'm wondering why they still have the SSN ... it is a social security number !?
does that mean that every american is registered with socialists=communists ? of course not !
And parts of Canada are trying to adopt a US style of health care.
@@laurabailey1054- Hopefully the American influence towards 'privatisation' won't get accepted as the 'norm', otherwise Canada will rue the day !!!
@@stewedfishproductions7959 they also voted Biden in and he is the hilarious bumbling gift that keeps on giving.
The bars I went to in the US were all dark, no natural light and just didn't have the same warm and friendly atmosphere as we have here. Plus the drinks range isn't as good with very average beers
FYI when you see the word "Ye" as in "Ye olde castle" or whatever it's actually pronounced "The". The "Y" in "ye" is actually an old English letter called "thorn" which had a "th" sound but looked like a "y" (sort of). It has since been removed from the English language. Pity.
Look in pubs you get pints of beer which you have in the US but don’t forget a pint in the UK is bigger than in the USA. In a lot of UK pubs the seats that people sit on are armchairs and 100 year old chairs and tables. In winter the bar in a large proportion of British pubs have a fire place with log fires, in summer there are pubs with beer gardens outside and near rivers where boats can pull up to and have a meal oh and a pint of bitter.
She has a separate post discussing the British pub. It is not a bar. It's where you can take your family for a relaxed lunch. Favourite for Sunday lunches, mother's or fathers day. They are less stuffy than restaurants and often have an area for children. My favourites have beautiful beer gardens which often have play areas. You can sit outside in the summer, in lovely gardens. Or inside next to a roaring log fire in the winter. Many are hundreds of years old. Some host pub quizzes, karaoke events, live music. Kids are usually not allowed in at night where the atmosphere morphs to a more adult scene. You can get posh gastro pubs to rough and ready pubs with pool darts etc. The pub is a British institution, a little less booze oriented the the Irish pub that is also lots of fun
A pub I used to go to when I lived in England, The Crooked Billet, was built in 1642.
The holiday allotment in the UK actually works out at five weeks and three days. As the working week is five days this equates to 25 days with the other three days taking you to 28 days.
Pubs in the UK are like local social hubs. People go to meet up with neighbours or for after work drinks with co workers. Gathering round a open fire in a pub having a Sunday Lunch is the best.
So are a lot of American bars. Ever which Cheers.
Very right we do enjoys our pints in our local pubs coz any day of the week you will meet like 80% who knows each other and have good laugh ...very relaxing and good food too especially the full English Breakfast.
My doctor once prescribed a couple of evenings in a pub week, I told him that I didn't drink, he assured me that I'd soon found one that I like.😊 I did Babycham. Join the ladies darts team he advised. I did. Really enjoyed it. It really helped me.
@@iriscollins7583 😂😂😂Good Doctor we need and misd It some times.
@@iriscollins7583 We love to hear thanks God Its a Friday!!!!
How ironic I'm watching this on my paid holiday time from work that is mandatory by law
Also in the Uk some companies offer long term employees who have worked at the company usually for at least 5 years an additional 5 paid days of holiday. In addition to that, we don't have to use holiday days in replacement of sick days as those are paid, although after 3 consecutive sick days we do need a doctors note.
by law its 7 days before you need a line (any employter who says otherwise can be challenged as they are essentially breaking the law if they demand a line after 3 days) but yeah most companies will give you an extra day for each year worked
www.gov.uk/taking-sick-leave#:~:text=Fit%20notes%20and%20proof%20of,as%20weekends%20and%20bank%20holidays.
Just an example for here in the UK - I've been working at my minimum wage job for less than a week. And I already have access to over a weeks worth out of my 28 days of paid vacation to schedule 😁, and paid parental leave if I need it.
yes...it's true...Pubs...have cosey rooms, open fires, low beams .friends and delious food...need them in the cold weather...
28 days paid leave is the least annual entitledment. I get 31 days p.a in my job, plus bank holidays. Last year we were given an extra 'Golden Day' of leave for extra work pressures during CoV*d. This year we also had 3 extra Bank Holidays - 2 for the Queen's Jubilee in the Summer and one for the Queen's funeral.
Can I stress that is working days 28 days leave is NOT 4 weeks, but is over 5 weeks.
@@postie48 Why would anyone not know that 28 days pa leave from a job doesn't include days we are not mandated to work?
@@cazzyuk8939 Not everybody works 5 day weeks, or have a maximum number of hours in their woking day/week.
@@cazzyuk8939 because he is american !?
Pubs tend to have a more traditional look and feel than what we would call bars. They often have old decor and are in older buildings and have names like 'the white swan' or 'the black bull'. Bars don't have names like this and definitely have a more modern look & feel. Both are primarily places to drink.
Prescriptions in UK differ. In England (where I was born) you have to pay but in Wales (where I live now) and Scotland, they are free
Because London pays it.
And free in Northern Ireland too...
Coming from North England, my main complaint living here is the weather. We get a couple of hot weeks in summer, then lots of rain & cold weather. If the weather was warmer for longer I probably wouldn’t travel abroad for vacations as much, as plenty beautiful places yet to see here. 👍💕🏴
As someone (Shakespeare?) said: "And now is the time of our second Winter, which is called Summer."
Move to Devon. Winters are at least an overcoat warmer, snow is rare and usually only sticks around for a day or two at most, and you're already in one of the best places in the UK to holiday. I'm a Lancashire lad myself. Been down here for over 32 years. Just be careful of your surroundings deceiving you into thinking you're on a permanent holiday - its a real danger.
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A pub is basically a cross between your living room and a community centre that has a bar in it. All ages, backgrounds and social groups meet there for conversation, quizzes, a game of pool or darts, some have children's' play areas or gardens with tables, you can get snacks and, in many, a cooked meal. You can take your grandma and your four year old nephew to a pub and both will have a good time.
A lot of pubs used to have live singers on a Saturday night, but that seems to have declined a lot in the last 10 years.
Allana has now been back in the UK for a couple of years, since making this video. I like her Ontario humour and the degree of objectivity her Canuk perspective offers on the transatlantic differences. When in the UK, I can take my kids and grandkids to the pub, we may eat together, those aged 16 or over may drink wine or beer while eating. They are family oriented. BTW, At least once a week I have to stop on the way to work while a herd of elephant cross the road, or see a troop of baboon harrassing kids on their way to school. Just like my youngest who attends a school in England which begun in 909 and has his dorm in a house which is 550 yrs old, these things really never get old. When living in the US, my commute down VA highway 75, however, grew old very quickly. 🙄🤭
The school in England, is The Kings School?
@@tonycrayford3893 You mean Kings Collage London? That is just one of many very good schools.
I just had 19 months of treatment for breast cancer,currently cancer free,but will be on medication and closely monitored for life.Yes I paid into the NHS from 16 to 50,but all my treatment has been free.Scary to even imagine it not being xx
I couldn't be happier that I pay taxes for those in need. My lovely mother had great care when she was diagnosed with cancer. Can you imagine dealing with a frightening diagnosis and then worrying about the cost o for treatment?
@@leec6707 it doesn't bear thinking about x
@@joannetyndall3625 If you've paid into the system your whole life - and you have done, then, your treatment wasn't free. It just wasn't yanked out of your bank account in one big, horrible chunk. But you have paid for it step by step over the years.
@robert Jones Do u reckon I need that explaining?Lifes too short for pedantics.
If you know the comedy series "Cheers", then that bar is almost like a UK pub (Public House). There are the regulars who are in there most nights as well as casual visitors. It has a cosy friendly atmosphere. Pubs in small villages are quite often the centre of the community.
I grew up in the UK but have lived in Canada for over 40 years and the extra tax thing still bugs me!
How have the normally ambulance chasing yanks not sued any company for false advertising yet
If you're going to the average American hospital the care is actually sub par, given how much it costs compared to others as well
Just compare the US baby mortality rate to most European countries... too!
Many years ago now, I worked for a company who let you carry over unused vacation (holiday) days into the next year, many don't & have a "use or lose" policy. I got told after a few years that I really need to start using them because the amount of days I had accrued was getting out of hand lol. Later that year I had 3 months of 3 day weeks & took a month off over Christmas. Now that's what I call good vacation allowance.
Previous company's I worked for gave you vacation credit on each weeks payslip. When you wanted time off you simply told them for instance..I want a week off using my holiday credits & they would deduct 5 days worth of credit (sat/sun were'nt working days anyway), but you could take more credit if you wanted. The great thing about this was you could save that sucker up & take the whole lot as a "bonus" at the end of the year & still have a good chunk of Christmas & New Year off because of te additional statutory days that you get anyway over that period.
Now I get zero vacation days which is a shame...wait, no it isn't, everyday is a holiday as I work for myself now - or should I say don't, because I do bugger all 🤣
My husband use to sell his holidays around Christmas time. It would stop us stressing about presents for the kids 😂
@@oobiedoobiedoo1290 exactly, nice boost if you can take it that way & you don't mind working your vacation days instead. I just hope it was by choice & you didn't hen peck him into not taking the days off. I know us men get under your feet but we like to sit on our asses now & again 🤣
I wish every US citizen was as open and honest, as realistic and accepting as you are in recognizing these glaring issues, not only accepting these hard-to-swallow truths but also being ready to face them head on. The US certainly would be a better place.
NHS prescriptions: People in England who normally have to pay, but who are under 16, or still in school and under 18 get their medication free, this also applies to people over 60, women who are expecting a baby, and those with certain medical conditions such as diabetes (type 1 and type 2). Also people in hospital do.
The UK does the $11.99 instead of $12.00 tactic too, the difference is is when price tag says £11.99, the price you pay is £11.99.
It is easier for us to do this because our tax is pretty standard, and based on what the item is, not on the location of the shop like in the US
It's not just a marketing thing like most people assume.
It's to force opening of tills to give change. If something is a straight £10 or £1 it's easy for the cashier to not put it through the till and pocket the money. Making it 1p under forces a till transaction.
I wish Canada did that. We pay 13% tax on top of the price.
I have hear this specious argument about it being difficult to introduce tax-inclusive pricing in the USA, because taxes in each locality are different. It is nonsense: a shop is only ever in one place. The tax rate may change, but, on any day, the tax is the same in any shop, throughout the country. There is absolutely no reason why each shop should not deal exclusively in tax-inclusive prices.
@@lesterbottomley7641 I suppose an unscrupulous cashier could keep a pocket full of pennies.
@@TimpBizkit few transactions are a single item though. The .99p thing is to force a non-round number as the total meaning exact change payment less likely, not to make a purchase end in .99
Alanna is awesome. I'm subbed to her channel. She's been in the UK almost 7 years now. :)
A bus driver in Ireland told me an American ask him why did we build a 800yr castle in the middle of route so everyone has to drive around it. When they where told it was here first they ask why did we not pull it down to make the Journey faster.
I’m sure I heard something like that before, an American complaining on why they had to walk up a big hill to reach Edinburgh castle… oddly enough the castle was built before roads with cars and is positioned for strategic purposes rather than tourists!
@@Japonicastar lol yeah I read a review somewhere of Edinburgh castle by an American "its a lovely castle but it;s a shame they didn't build it closer to the train station" :)
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I would add the whole question of minimum wage (and the reliance in the service industry on tips!). Why does an international company (e.g. MacDonald's) fail to pay their workers in USA a living wage.
Agreed , their food prices should be cheap as the customer is paying the staff wages .
It's kind of interesting to see the differences between your reactions to different countries. :)
Hey it's Alanna ! ..... I've watched all her vids for 5 or 6 years, she's great and back in the UK now. Her channel is Adventures and Naps
The minimum holiday entitlement in UK includes public holidays. We get two days at Christmas ( Christmas Day and Boxing Day), 1st January (New Years Day), two days at Easter ( Good Friday and Easter Monday) then minimum of three more public "bank holidays". But you get variations around UK. Scotland get two days at start of year (generally 1st and 2nd January). There might also be difference in when England, Scotland, Waled and Northern Ireland take one of these bank holidays. Not sure if it still the same but I worked for a company with offices Scotland and there was difference dates and number of bank holidays between Scotland cities.
My Mum currently has cancer and I cannot thank the NHS more, they have been amazing and it's all at no cost
I worked out an estimate (literally is an estimate using a medical price guide) out of curiosity to compare how much it would cost over in the US for what treatment she's had so far
$28,521... She has to have more procedures done as well so that number will tip well over 30K pretty much in total.. that's fucking shocking
❤our NHS
Being a countryman , the drink driving limits ( while very sensible) really impacted country pubs. I live next to one that closed in late 2019 , due to this factor. It is off any bus routes , despite sitting on quite a busy country road. It was a listed building c 1760 and has a lovely setting in delightful countryside - but is currently being redeveloped into 3 houses.
That is very sad.
People in the village can go there
I think that you'll find that many Pubs started out as Travel stations, where you stayed the night , for bed and board. Or sometimes just to change Horses.
Lol yeah. I live right next to a 1000 year old Cathedral in Durham City that i dont really pay attention to but people come from all over the world to visit. It is beautiful but its like everything. You get used to it..
Pubs are so varied.
In one, you could grab a space on a couch and have a quiet pint in front of the fire.
Then you have a live band in another pub, and it's mostly standing-room only.
Then you have the big TV in another, and everybody is shouting at the football (Soccer for the Americans).
Then in another, you have a pool table and/or a dart board and people playing the games to determine who is buying the next round.
In another, you could be sitting at a table and having a tasty, cooked pub dinner.
On the NHS, we also have state of the art treatments etc, the quality of care received differs very little from the well covered people in the USA, but here people pay through a form of progressive income tax (the more you earn the more you pay) because the underlying principle is that people should pay according to what they can afford but receive treatment according to what they need. That said, the average cost per capita for health care in the UK is a fraction of the cost of the average cost for USA residents, and in certain areas we have significantly better outcomes (check out the maternal mortality rate between the 2 countries for one example). All treatment decisions are based on what a doctor/surgeon/whatever thinks is the most appropriate treatment/medication for you as an individual and not what an insurer is willing to pay out for. We also have private healthcare options in pretty much all areas as well, so having a national service does not remove choice.
Pubs are either freehold (privately owned) or owned by a specific brewery. A traditional pub will have a separate public bar and saloon bar. The bar being the counter they serve you from. They also tend to have outside drinking areas or “beer gardens” the outside of many pubs are also beautifully decorated with hanging baskets of flowering plants.
It’s not a case of pubs vs bars.
Because we have both bars and pubs in the UK.
A bar is somewhere you go to drink, they don’t generally sell full meals, and they’re for over 18’s only.
A pub is a public house, it’s supposed to be a communal home (especially your local pub). Children are often allowed, especially if food is served, some even have playgrounds for children to play in.
My local pub in my village growing up was great. My dad would always take me the pub on a Saturday afternoon, and I would regularly see other kids from school and go off with them to play pool, darts, or Pac-Man (I’m showing my age).
When I was older we used to go to pubs in town. Every Thursday night we would have a quiz night. Which was always busy, and we would be in teams an answer questions. We were pretty good and won a number of prizes.
Some pubs would have live bands on.
Then on a weekend the pubs in the town would become more like bars. Being closed to families and intended just for drinking. Where you would rarely get a seat and most people have to stand. But you would go from one pub/ bar to another. Which is called pub crawling. Then often end up going to a nightclub till 2-3am. Then staggering over to one of the late night takeaways for a kebab.
From what I can in America where not that many people go to bars. Practically everyone at some points goes to a pub regularly. Wether it’s pub crawling when you’re young, or like my mother every Friday goes to a pub to watch an old school tribute band.
Price tags, yes! We don't care how much the shop gets and how much the government gets, we want to know what things are going to cost us. We don't want to have to calculate extras for tax just tell us what we are paying!
A lot of British prices end 99 or 95 as well.
There are certain treatments that are not available on the NHS ( and then you're stuck with nothing or going private and paying) but all in all, it is/ was? a decent system. Unfortunately, it is currently severely understaffed and underfunded :(
Same with Canada. In Ontario they have made a lot of cuts to health care
The management and accounts swallow all the money.
When I visit the town my daughter lives in the history there never gets old, older yes, but not old, lol! Established in the 1100's, castle ruins next to an old park and very cosy pubs older than the US are just some things I personally don't take for granted living in the UK.
The 28 days vacation can be in addition to national holidays.
28 vacation days works out at much more than a month/four weeks because a working week is 5 days - so 28 days equates to 5 weeks and 3 days. After a few years with an employer this often goes up to 6 weeks.
In my hometown Swansea in Wales, I see a castle every week when I go shopping, but it doesn't boring, maybe a ruin, but it makes you imagine how it looked when it was first built. 🏴
Pub is short for a registered Public House has to have a Licence Pubs mostly have a large selection of just different kinds of beer, some wines, and cider. Because of its full menu, a pub generally allows minors if accompanied by an adult. Bars specialize in liquor rather than food and tend to offer a wide selection of cocktails, in addition to usual alcoholic beverages.
In the U.K. the pub is different to a bar and a club is different to a bar:
A pub is something local and is often family friendly but it’s somewhere people can gather and drink and socialise often with food or sports; a bar is somewhere that is open later usually with music and a younger crowd where you can either dance or chill or have some food, it’s kinda an inbetween a pub and a club no children. A club is a night spot where your out out as I would say dancing and having a laugh til about 7am
Pubs read George Orwell, 'The Moon under water'.
I get 30 days paid holiday which doesn't include bank holidays so they are extra. Plus I work a flexi system. If I work over my schedule hours the company gives me the time back. So can either work shorter days or if made up enough hours that equals a working day, can take a day off without having to use holiday time.
My company starts every employee with 20 days paid leave. This increases by one day for every full years service to a maximum of 28 days. On top of that we also get 8 days called 'Bank Holidays' which are national holiday days (Christmas, Easter etc) - so in total I get 36 paid leave days per year.
I follow alana's channel as well. She's just so gosh darned wholesome. (Until she does one of her getting pissed on British beer, cider or methylated spirits videos).
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I really enjoyed your videos and comments plus learning more about the world around us. The 25 days is equal to 5weeks off because weekends don’t count as your vacation days and the 30 equals to 6 weeks off or 1 1/2 months off paid. Plus sick days are different and you don’t need to worry about losing your job.
28 days is more than a month buddy. Depending on the month 20 days is usually enough for a full month almost since you only work 5 days a week. Therefore 20 days off means 28 days away from work. so 28 days off would be almost a month and two weeks :)
We do love our pubs (public house).
Especially if they have open fires and serve good grub. You can take kids into a pub but not into a bar.
There are bars in America that have good food and you can take your kids.
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My folks never took us into any of those sadly. 😊
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So, pubs! I guess they can mean different things to different people but for many people pubs are THE staple of communities. Especially the old traditional ones.
Firstly, you don't have to go there to drink alcohol, you can go there to meet the locals, eat, attend events, they usually have pub sports teams such as skittles, darts and pool. For me, I meet my friends on the weekend and get drunk 😂 I grew up in a small village and have mostly only ever lived in villages. Everyone in the village would go to the pub. I especially loved going to the pub with the village on New year's Eve and Christmas day to celebrate with the community. Sadly these old style pubs are starting to disappear in place of bars and chain restaurants but pubs are family friendly and also tend to welcome dogs too. Every pub I've been a part of have been owned and run by members of the community. Also pub is short for public house, anyone is welcome. They tend to have a lot of history and have open fireplaces and nice historical decor. I love a nice pub garden in the summer too. It gives you a sense of belonging and allows you to always feel like you have people to talk to who care about you. They are also very welcoming to those who are new and just stopping off on their travels for a drinks break and food. Pub landlords and the locals are great people to ask for advice on things to do and see in the area.
So sorry for the essay. 😂 But this is why I think pubs are such an important part of British culture.
I think your so funny ur reactions are brilliant please come over to England to spend ur vacation... I be happy to take you to all the pubs.. keep the good reactions coming enjoying ur videos puts me in a happy mood.
Hi Tyler. I enjoy your channel and appreciate your thoughtful openness towards other country's views on the USA. I am in my mid 50's and have been lucky enough to have travelled abroad more than most for leiasure (37 nations to date). I've visted the States several times, including Nevada, Utah, California and Florida and, obviously, I like the USA or else I wouldn't have returned so many times. Amongst rhe things I love is the general sense of "differentness" between your country and mine despite our shared history, language, and values, with fighting wars side by side, our mutual appreciation of eachother's musical, theatrical and cinematic output, etc, etc. The list is long. The thing that dismays me (and i speak as a patriotic Conservative voter and a Royalist) is the unfairness of your social welfare system which leaves the most needy people with almost no safety net. My two visits to California shocked me with the stark contrast between the first in 2002 and the second in 2009. San Francisco and Los Angeles had become dumps within the span of seven years. Tent villages in Venice and homeless alcoholics and drug addicts in the busisness district of SF. I have never encountered such poverty, even in Asia, and certainly never in Britain. This does your fine country a disservice and, in my opinionated view, you ought to put your considerable resources into fixing the problem before it spreads nationwide.
A pub is a cosy place to drink alcohol or coffee, to eat lunch or dinner, with or without your kids and dogs are often welcome too. They often have lovely gardens too and are often historical old buildings. Even their names can be significant. The White Hart relates to Richard II and there is the Royal Oak, or Kings or Queens Head, all signifying certain historical loyalties. I don't know what our local The Drunken Dragon signifies, but it's very nice. Keep up the good work. xx
The cricket club in the town where I was born, was older than the USA. Before Henry the 8th dissolved the monasteries, it had one of the oldest abbeys in the country.
The Public House, a secondary home from home. The British never boiled its water to purify it, it brewed it into ale. Hence the extreme love for drinking and the venues we drink it in.
A price of 9.99 is not just about making you think its cheaper. It's also to ensure the cashier has to open the til, if it was $10 exactly they could pocket that.
That works in the UK, but in America even $10.00 has the added on tax and they would have to open anyway (as few Americans would have the exact amount). Just saying - LOL!
Pubs are often the historic centre of village life for example the pub in Great Brington part of the Althorp estate (where Princess Diana's is at rest.) it's an historic coaching Inn.
Also, my dad owned a pub, and the smoking ban completely killed the industry. Around half of the UK pubs either had to close or become restaurants/bars in order to survive. One of the major things keeping pubs going is the Football Premier league (or Soccer as you would call it). Pubs pay extortionate fees to the TV networks (Sky and BT Sport) in order to screen Premier league football matches in their pubs. This brings in a lot of football fans who dont wish to pay £50 a month for the home subscriptions, so you will find most pubs now will air sports games, typically football and rugby, in order to draw in a crowd.
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I pass the same stuff every day on london, and it never gets old, I love my city so much.
I am American and have lived in western Canada for nearly four years and was fortunate enough to experience their form of Canadian form of pub. It was very different than a typical American bar per say. It seems that the American bar is a distant descendent of the wild western saloon, meaning hard chairs, hard stools and mostly just drinking with some nuts on the bar. The Canadian pub interior was more like a living room, more style, more homely. The energy and vibe was family-friendly. The American bar is, in contrast to a pub, is sterile and less family-friendly. Also, there were pool tables, couches and sofas. It was an interesting experience! I'm definitely looking forward to experiencing the British pub.
Pub is short for public house.
One of the other things she mentions in other videos is our integrated public transport system which includes buses, railways and city trams and underground systems.
So as a Brit.
Our "Annual Leave" (Vacation days) we have a minimum of 28 days and 8 public holidays. We also have such things as pay scales in regards to work. Further you go up the Pay scales the more holidays you get as well. with myself being on the lower end the bare minimum i get is 28 days. But my manager gets 30 days and her boss gets 34 days plus the 8 public holidays.
I believe it is given as 0.55 days annual leave per week minimum.
Additionally due to the amount of days you receive you would mostly require to speak with other members in your team to book dates off, otherwise companies wouldn't work. This is mainly for small offices/businesses
The historic scenery never fades its beauty
Pub is just derived from the word public house. We have one of the oldest in the UK here with the olde man & scythe, which is meant to be haunted by the Earl of Derby who spent his last night there before his execution.
Pub is short for "Public House" so a pub is a house, and generally someone lives there, either the pub manager or the landlord/owner. Its very much a home, you can sit and have a quiet drink by the fire on your own, sit with a table of friends and chat, most of them will serve food, steaks, Sunday roasts, so you can go have a family meal with the kids and the wife. Most pubs are kid friendly, especially during the days on weekends. My local used to have a magician act in the pub conservatory every Saturday afternoon so the kids could be kept busy while the parents drank and socialised. Though a lot of them will not allow kids in the bar section after a certain time, like 8pm or something. American bars, from what I understand, are pretty much for getting wasted with your friends and/or picking up dates, we have these sorts of places too, but we generally call them clubs, where as pubs have a more homely, calmer feel to them and are more family orientated, generally.
Pubs are public houses, a building where someone lives, usually a family, above the pub, so very different to a bar that is primarily a work place.
Goodness me, she likes her pubs, doesn't she? I guess in the UK, we might speak of a cocktail bar, a hotel bar, or maybe a circle bar - as in a theatre: in other words, bars are counters that sell alcohol that are usually within some other kind of premises or, that are specialist in some way. I mean, you also get heel bars - where you can have your shoes mended as you wait! Pubs on the other hand are places that have been deliberately established and designed as places that are open to anyone for the purposes of socialising over a few drinks. Many now also do meals, and some even have children's play areas! The more traditional will have locals who are regular customers, and possibly form sports and games teams among them - many pubs have dartboards for example, and will perhaps compete against other pub teams, some have skittle alleys and will similarly compete at that - or it might be cards, cribbage or other table-top games while, at the other end of the scale, some may even have football teams! The majority now have giant TV screens installed so that fans can be there with their mates and watch all the games on the sports channels - although quiet pubs are still much sought after, so by no means all of them have this. Some might offer various themed nights and/or karaoke and, some might also be live music venues - usually of the folky, singalong type of gendre...
There has been a National Smoking Ban in all indoor public places for some years now. In Scotland, is it also an offence to knowingly allow people to smoke in such a place. Smoking therefore has to take place outside, and usually in designated smoking areas that may or may not be provided with a basic, two-sided shelter. Shelters with any more than two sides are classified as indoor...! Indeed, there is talk of banning smoking in all public areas, period,
It is normal for us to expect to have at least three weeks paid holiday each year, plus all national or local public holidays - often with a degree of flexibility as to when these may be taken. (Traditionally, factories used to close down at fixed points in each year, meaning that everyone had to take the same holidays, but that is now almost unheard of.)
The NHS is free at the point of contact and is funded by National Insurance contributions that are deducted from wages at source. As this also funds a number of welfare benefits, it is normally free to claimants of these, too. All UK citizens should register with a General Practitioner, who is their main route to speciality services provided elsewhere (although these may also be accessed by hospital accident & emergency departments in the event that urgent treatment is needed). They might also register with NHS dentists and opticians - who, depending on the patients' circumstances, may offer completely free services or who may charge for things such as dentures, or other treatments up to Government-established limits. They may also opt for private dental treatment or use their NHS entitlements as part payment - most commonly for glasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, etc. All hospital in-patient services are free, including prescribed drugs and hotel services. The main disadvantage of NHS treatments are the waiting times, especially for surgery. While there are national waiting time targets that should be met, this hasn't really been achieved since the beginning of the Covid pandemic and some waiting times for non-urgent treatments are now in the region of five years... It is possible to be moved further up the queue however, if the consultants agree that there is a clinical need for it. There are also many other community-based NHS services such as physiotherapy, chiropody and psychology, some of which might even be open for self-referral. The ambulance service is free, as are mental health services including in-patient care as might be deemed necessary. While the police and courts may refer people to hospitals and even those offering high security in the case of courts (and other hospitals, in the case of patients already in their care), all of these are staffed by NHS doctors, nurses and other employees - that may or may not include some security officers. There is no longer any direct involvement of the prison service in these hospitals, though people in prison are also entitled to NHS care as and when they need it.
A (public house) pub in the countryside, could have just one small room armchairs an open fire, on Sundays a home made Sunday roast for the customers. Raffles prizes are a local cut of meat or home brewed wine. It's really worth a visit any one is welcome.
We have bars as well as pubs, bars tend to be more expensive and open later, tend to offer a range of cocktails. Pubs are cheaper, more social and typically serve food in the day too
When I worked and I got my payslip each month, it had deductions on it - National Insurance and Tax mainly. The National Insurance money went towards the NHS (and other things) so we do pay for the NHS, but it is a small amount of our wages. The main point is that it is free at the point of contact. In other words you very rarely pay for anything else health wise, which covers things from a GP consultation, replacement hips and knees, maternity treatment, ambulance etc.
Attendance of an Ambulance and paramedics or the Fire Brigade is not free in the case of an RTC, your car insurance company gets the bill. They then claim it off the insurance company of whomever was held to have caused the RTC.
The pub she would walk to is I think the Tudor Rose ,Upper Upnor, I drank there in the 70s,it's right next to a small castle built to protect a navel dockyard which was attacked be the Dutch in those times.I think she still lives near there now
The 99c/99p thing (we have it here too) is a strategy to prevent theft from the tills by staff. The staff member has to give 1c/1p change so the transaction is registered. Something like that, there's more to it, but I don't remember exactly.
A bar and a pub are two different things entirely. A bar is a place to go to drink a pub is a place to socalise. I don't drink alcohol but am happy to meet friends in a pub but if they arrange to meet in a bar I back out. Two totally different things.
Only time I go to a pub is for Sunday dinner with my family, you can sit in our out. Many pubs have play areas for kids now.
Pub aka Public House, originally people opened their doors to allow people to socialise and this became an Inn, and now we have pubs which make you feel like you are in someone's house. We have regular bars similar to the US but these are mostly for sports or in the hot late night spots in city centres.
A pub generally opens at 10am and closes at 11pm children are allowed in pubs every cross section of society meets in a pub you might get the retired in there during the day to meet with old friends read books and just have a coffee and a chat, u will get the work men in and knock off time before they go home for their Dinner, then u get the evening crowd. Weekends you will get family's in with beer gardens outside of pubs for the kids to play in, I have met friends in the pub in a morning with our babies for a play date 😄 a pub can be the heart of a community and u don't have to go there to get drunk xx
yes..you miss..things when your not there all the time...cider drink was refreshing..we just came back last week..miss things already...but did not like sitting on airplane this time...back to Florida..but no turbulence..that helps..
Retired Canadian here. Most of the jobs I worked [starting in the 1970s -- things may have changed], you started with 2 weeks paid vacation plus 10 stat. holidays. After 5 years employment, holidays went up to 3 weeks; another 5 years on the job --> 4 weeks etc. getting a boost in holiday time every 5 or sometimes 10 years. So, if you stayed with the same company for 25 or 30 years you would be approaching the holiday time currently available in the UK. If you went to work for another company you would start over at 2 weeks, unless you negotiated a higher starting number of vacation weeks.