Well I'm Coloradan (no, not Coloradoan), and I've never felt very much like money is as important as it is in the big cities. But I guess each state is different. ;)
When people say" I don't lock my door" the majority of Americans will assume that that person lives in a very small town where everyone knows everyone. Implying the town is so small you can trust no one will break in
Yeah, this is definitely a regional thing. I’m in STL, and we don’t trust sh!t here. We triple lock doors, and usually won’t even open the door if you knock, we just yell “who is it” through the wood lol.
One of my school friends lived in a teeny tiny, back to back, middle terrace (row) house.... They used to lock the door and hang the key on a hook outside! Thing was that, back then, we didn't have anything worth stealing! Maybe a b&w tv and a radio, but that was it!
Yeah with my hometown it was more like - don’t worry there’s always a mosey neighbor window watching just waiting for some gossip to talk about so if they see something suspicious...they’ll pop over lol
Honestly I'm American (born in Missouri but moved to Texas as a kid) and I've always called them just tennis shoes. I've never used the words sneakers or trainers. If I don't call them tennis shoes then I call them whatever specific brand they are like Converse.
It's such a big country. Each region has its own words for things. I say sneakers, but I've heard people call them trainers and I've heard people call them tennis shoes. I've never heard them say gym shoes. Depends on where you live or where you're from.
To me sneakers are the brand shoe, trainers are the ones to push you to work out more. Gym shoes are the ones you use to work out in/go to the Gym in. Tenney shoes are the everyday shoe and tennis shoes are the shoes you have to wear when on the courts. But I grow up in a city where it is sunny 300 days out of the year and it's a huge outdoor and active place.
When you say "I live in a town where you don't even lock your door" just means you live in a safe neighborhood or town. Most people really do lock their doors. It's just an expression.
I knew a lot of people in my town growing up who literally didn't lock their doors. Sometimes we did, sometimes we didn't. I used to fall asleep on the front porch with an unlocked screen door and never worried about it. Not just an expression.
You might want to check your tone when making such statements about Americans. You come across as very judgemental. And, I'm of Irish descent, so, just saying.
Lol, almost everyone in my county just leaves their garage and house wide open. I grew up in a horrible neighborhood in a big city so it was super weird when i first moved in
A million dollars absolutely is an "oh my god" amount of money to most Americans. Most Americans don't have more than $500 in savings at any given time.
@Hamcake well here in rural Minnesota my family has never had more then 50k at one point in time. Granted, my mom was 17 when she had me, she split with my dad a couple years after, and she doesn't have a job whilst my dad works as a chef at an old folks home. Also I'm only 14, but still, you get my point.
@The Great Pumpkin Yes but we're familiar with a million dollars for government or big corporation projects. Maybe they don't discuss big business or government spending deals in Ireland and UK, in general?
@Hamcake Thanks for the compliments and the advice, I'll keep it in mind but for now what I really want is a job with animals. My whole life I have loved animals and have spent a lot of time learning everything I can about them. I'm thinking maybe a biologist or maybe even a journalist? People say I should be a vet but I couldn't stand to operate on animals let alone put one down. So yeah, I really like writing, drawing, and animals so a journalist kind of sounds right. Yep now I'm just rambling, I probably don't sound as mature as you thought now but that's the kind of job I want.
I live in California and we had a lot of people who migrated from Wisconsin, Chicago, Kansas etc. the craziest story I heard was a guy who flew out of Chicago int California and the temperature from takeoff to landing was exactly 100 degrees which totally blew my mind!
Where is there a range that extreme? In the northeast, I feel like the range is 15F to to maybe 100F. Very few days in my life have been out of this range.
@@DarkMagic1323 @Julie Hansen I'm from Michigan and I can confirm this. I'd even go so far as to say it can go quite a bit lower than -20 in the Midwest winters but it's not as common. It definitely happens, though.
"Service animals" are allowed almost everywhere, but "emotional support animals" aren't allowed in most places, and will maybe even earn eye-rolls - "SURE that's an emotional support animal".
Yes, ESA's are allowed on planes, but only if smallish? Or sent to the back of the plane? I think. Other than that, ESA's aren't really allowed anywhere that isn't open to all public spaces where pets are welcome. Specially trained service animals are permitted anywhere that is public provided the animal behaves appropriately. There's a major problem with people passing off pets as fake service animals though.
@@thepaganapostate3208 Yes. That is exactly right. One gets a permit for service animals, but you just have to say "this fish (or cat, or whatever) is my emotional support animal".
@@thepaganapostate3208 PREACH!!! And you can only ask, "Is that a service animal?" anything more and you begin to cross lines of legality. Especially sucks when they are obviously an untrained bully of a pet! Too many damned chihuahuas snapping and causing drama when a true service animal helps to eliminate drama.
In rural areas of the US, most people have three layers of security; 1. Locked Doors 2. A dog (in the event the locked doors are defeated) 3. A gun (in the event the dog is overpowered or incapacitated)
That is why in my country it is a running joke that they live in the land of the free. Americans are afraid of everything. They fear the law and the crook. They are like a deer frozen in the headlights of the oncoming car. Dammed if they do and dammed if they don't. I do not lock my doors or own a dog or gun and i never have been robbed and need pill's to feel calm or sedated. Odd how my countries people live longer on average also. I wonder why?
henry bourdon My boyfriend is from a large city in California and I grew up in rural Oklahoma. We are constantly arguing about locking the doors. He gets mad when I don’t lock the door and I get so frustrated when he does lock it. Really, the only reason I lock my door is the tiny chance someone breaks in if it’s unlocked and they might let my pets out.
henry bourdon American’s have the freedom to own guns. We don’t live in a country where the Government treats us like little children telling us what we can and can’t own. It’s also a check on tyrannical government. You live at the mercy of your Government
In America, house alarms are actually much more common in very low-crime areas, as the deciding factor tends to be the cost of the alarm, not trust in the community.
The justice systems in both countries are very different, in Ireland burglaries are common, if the thief is caught and it's a big if, it's treated as an occupational hazard. It's common to see burglars with over 100 previous convictions given a minor sentence, as firearms are illegal here there is no risk of them getting shot. In America the sentences are far harsher and there's a very real risk of the home owners shooting the burglars.
If you get caught breaking and entering here in the US you are likely getting shot. I’m super left leaning but... if I wake up with some stranger in my place they are dying. Reason being- they likely are armed as well, and I’m not willing to wait to find out.
I use to work with a guy who came from England. He told me about his first experience in our summer in Southeast Kansas. He said it was mid June and he had mentioned to someone about how hot it was. They started laughing at him and told him, "it's not even August yet" He couldn't grasp what they were talking about, until about the second week in August (at this point everyone who knows should be laughing) It's around this time when the outside temperature is around 100-115 degrees Fahrenheit. Now the heat really isn't as bad as it sounds, what's going to get you is the 90% humidity that comes along with it. So at least down in my part of the country, it is very important to have air conditioning in the summer.
the humidity can get extensive, no doubt in that. here in mich. the great lakes have the ability to create it's own weather. about 5 years ago, it went from snowing, to rain, and then to hot and humid all within a span of about 3-4 hours.
I lived in Houston for 12 years. (now back in Nebr) I drove a convertible. no a/c. Our work didn't have a/c. You get used to it. I don't use a/c now that i"m in NE again. I hate a/c.
I live in northwest Florida what people don’t understand is 90/90 is usually 6-8 months of the year air conditioning is like Houston and other southern us cities allowed the ability to grow otherwise it’s so inhospitable you have a very hard time surviving
American here. I was surprised when I was in Galway two years ago, people had their dogs everywhere. Not on leashes, just well behaved dogs. Loved seeing dogs in pubs.
I remember being a kid in the 1970s, hearing adults talk about how they used to be able to leave their doors unlocked, but society had gotten so bad they had to lock up. Forty years later, the adult children of those people talk about how they used to be able to leave their doors unlocked... Nostalgia lies.
I always lock my door because I think about how stupid I'd feel if someone broke in because I didn't lock the door. But when I was a kid, in Chicago in the 60's, not only didn't we lock the door, we'd sleep outside on the lawn in the summer. And there was NEVER a problem.
And in smaller towns with all services in town? Distance would be small enough mostly to bike it, I'd imagine. Of course, if the nearest supermarket is one town over, that's different.
In small towns if you're a kid you have a bike to get to the convenience store or go to your friend's house. Another thing to note is that if a city has a cold winter or hot summer bicyclists are seasonal - in Seattle winter bicyclists take advantage of public transport bike racks to skip the muckiest/hilliest part of their commute. Here in Albuquerque there's bicyclists along all roads from October to May but summer time is no bueno except at like 5-7am.
I have always lived in rural Texas. I heard a joke about us that cracked me up so hard because it was so true. We have security lights outside our houses but none of the doors are locked. The answer (also very true) is "but what if the neighbors need something."
This actually began changing about 1980 or so. Schools, houses & apartments were built with central heat and air conditioning (known in the business as HVAC), and those buildings without heat & air were either torn down or retrofitted. The house I was renting at the time in central North Carolina had a a/c window unit in the living room but the bedrooms would get too hot in the summer to allow me to sleep, so I purchased a window unit for my bedroom which was adequate to cool the bedrooms when we kept both doors open. Places I've lived since then have had heat pumps.
"We can control temperature and air because we are Americans." I laughed so hard at that I almost tossed my cookies! Also, living in Texas, I enjoyed the accent. Job well done.
I'm surprised to hear her say people don't use checks in Ireland. We don't use checks a lot here anymore, because most people pay bills online w/their credit cards, but if you have to send someone money through the mail, it's a safe way to do it because there's a record of it (or a money order). Or if you have to pay a repairman or someone whom you can't pay w/a credit card and you don't have enough cash in the house, you can pay w/a check. How do you handle that in Ireland if not with a check?
Having lived nearly all my life in unsafe, high-crime areas makes me surprised to hear you say Americans don't lock their doors. Heck, even when I moved in with a couple of people in a much, much safer region we always locked the doors. I just can't imagine living any other way.
Yes I’ve also never k own anyone who doesn’t lock their door, but I grew up in the city. When it comes down to it, if someone really want to get in your home, a lock isn’t going to stop them but at least you’re not inviting them in
@@bobungaurmoms4954 Not locking a door isn't an invitation. It won't deter all break-ins but most people prefer them to be easy. Circumventing locked doors tends to be noisy, time consuming, and attracts a lot of attention.
Some of My family lives in a small town of literally like 500 people. They don’t lock their doors there because even their next door neighbor is far away seeing as they live on 900 acres of land. So it’s just not necessary. kind of pointless actually.
Where I live I lock my doors sometimes, but I don't feel it's highly important to lock my door. I also have extra "security" measures for intruders, but break ins aren't really all that common.
I live in Florida and if someone wanted in and I wasn’t home, they would just break a window to get in. If I am at home they would get shot. Breaking and entering here is not even a gamble it’s just a suicide and when someone is trespassing at night we pretty much accept that they got what they deserved. I know it’s not like that in other places.
Jewel when a man with a knife slit my patio screen i stared him down with my phone 911 ready to press! The man gave up and didn't enter! Gun liability is different in all states! Oregon law says u must attempt to flee before shooting! Florida is a stand ur ground state come in I shoot! Oregon come in and the homeowner must try and flee!
@@oldfogey4679 I live in Oregon as well and though I've heard the same thing, it's not really true. Here is what the Oregon Supreme Court ruled: -This statute was interpreted by the Oregon Supreme Court in March of 2007. In State of Oregon v. Sandoval, the court ruled that Oregonians have no “duty to retreat” when faced with a violent confrontation. The Supreme Court correctly noted that Oregon law contains no requirement to retreat from an attacker and that previous rulings to the contrary are not only incorrect, but obviously incorrect. The Court said, “On a purely textual level, ORS 161.219 contains no specific reference to ‘retreat’, ‘escape,’ or ‘other means of avoiding’ a deadly confrontation. Neither, in our view, does it contain any other wording that would suggest a duty of that kind.” There are three types of states when it comes to homeowner defense, Stand Your Ground states, Castle Doctrine states and Duty to Retreat states. Oregon is a Castle Doctrine state. A castle doctrine, also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law, is a legal doctrine that designates a person's abode or any legally occupied place (for example, a vehicle or home) as a place in which that person has protections and immunities permitting one, in certain circumstances, to use force (up to and including deadly force) to defend oneself against an intruder, free from legal prosecution for the consequences of the force used. For me, though I'm a gun owner and did 20 years in the military, if I have the time, I'll call the police and gladly let them handle it. If not and if I feel that my life or my family's lives are threatened, I will shoot.
How stupid are the criminals where you live? You break into empty houses, so you have time to root around. You don't go into homes where people are sleeping. That's just a bad business plan. The profit to risk margin is very low. And if you are worried about people climbing in to harm you, what kind of an a-hole are you that someone would risk their life to harm you? Again, anyone who knows you well enough to want you dead will know enough not to take you where you are armed. Living in fear is no way to live.
Don Coleman, one does not have to be ill natured in order to have violence visited upon them. Some people are just evil and twisted, doing horrible things for no good or logical reason.
🤣🤣🤣 What thief is going to try to break into a building that has people inside?! That's so imbicilic! What is with these high gun owner states? You don't break into homes in Massachusetts without watching the habits of the neighborhood for a few weeks first because you're just asking for an ass kicking, handcuffs, your family and friends testifying against you or just abandoning you, and being made an absolute laughing stock across the entire region for getting caught acting the fool (if the home or car was unlocked, the victim is the laughing stalk though). Intruders also risk getting shot, stabbed, maced, etc. Unless you're a high profile target here, no one will bother with you. Only risking someone potentially shooting you isn't all that frightening to someone desperate or merely sick enough to commit a felony. I don't think people who brag about shooting people have ever actually been in a situation requiring physical self defense before; it's not something that your body even allows to happen for most people no matter what your brain is saying. You aren't likely shooting anyone, dude. Hesitate, and they shoot you.
I live in Texas. I’m still extremely impressed that people lived and worked here without air conditioning 70 years ago. It’s almost unimaginable. Fun fact. The first air conditioned car was in Texas.
#1 haha, I live in South Texas. When the AC goes out everything gets sticky. If it is left like that for too long then mold starts to grow. I have huge respect for the lawncare people, I certainly. I think I used my heater 2 times last year? On the other hand, I did live in Idaho and my house didn't even have an AC installed. But it did have a Franklin stove and a gas heater
When we visited Ireland many years ago, we had beautiful, sunny and comfortable (for us) weather, about 75 degrees (or 23 Celsius) at the end of June. Virtually everyone we talked to complained about the oppressive heat. We were puzzled by that, because in the United States, we can have temps that reach into the 90s (32 Celsius) or higher. Add to that the off-the-charts humidity that accompanies those temps, especially if you live in the mid-Atlantic or Southern states, and you can see where air conditioning is quite the necessity in the summer months.
@@Alex_Gordon Humidity is much worse. High humidity is stifling, you're constantly sweating which doesn't evaporate. Most who live in humid areas, will say the dry heat is a bit more bearable. However, in the overly developed areas of desert states. All the artificial green areas and swimming pools, have lead to those areas becoming much more humid.
@@drip369 actually they're more right, 75°F is 23.889°C. The equation is take °F subtract by 32, then multiply that by 5/9, (75-32)x5/9. Granted since they forgot the .889°C it's 73.4°F Edit: if converting from °C it's °C multiplied by 9/5 then add 32, (23.889x9/5)+32.
The inability of Limeys to handle temperatures above 72 degrees F is a source of bemusement to Americans. I once asked an aunt who was a lifelong Texan how summers were handled before air conditioning became common. Sleeping porches and dampened bedding were customary. Not enough, since the very young and very old tended to die in the summer heat.
Friend lived in Tempe for a while.Cooked an egg on the sidewalk.Those "Jelly" sandals would melt just enough to get sticky on the sidewalk.Air conditioner=survival.People without,like,DIE and everything.Happens in places like NYC too.Poor folk,the elderly...
Jacqueline Reed AZ is different but in NY people only die from the heat because they are in a poorly ventilated space. I don’t have AC in my house and as long as I have a fan I’m happy.
no you dont. ppl lived there for far longer than the small stretch of time when freon and refrigeration became a thing. like any desert, or culture found in one, doing work during the day was only for rush jobs and emergencies. in the usa workers in the south are known to have a really slow pace but getting the job done. because u have to conserve energy to last an entire day. and humid hot is always known as worse. in arizona u can do old school air conditioning. eat a hot pepper to induce light sweating. if u were burning calories to sweat; you die of thirst in 3 days. eating a pepper gives you calories and induces sweat cooling u off if there is any type of breeze. calorie free cooling. that works there. in humid climates that are hot like florida. dehumidification is just as important and its much harder to do in florida.
@@tonyb7615 That's precisely why the whole "siesta" concept became a thing in Mexico. They're not lazy, sleeping during the day--they're just having SENSE! Work will happen later, when it's cooler. Having lived in both wet and dry heat summers I will take the dry ones ANY day.
Just so you’re aware, emotional support animals are a point of controversy here because there’s a difference between a service animal and an emotional support animal. Service animals go through years of rigorous training, where emotional support animals can just get a certificate to be called that. Service animals are often the only animals allowed in public areas like malls and grocery stores, but a lot of people illegally bring their emotional support animals in and badger the employees to allow them to do so.
I worked in HR at a big cimpany, we had so many problems with this. Guide dogs, service animals love them... some idiot that gets he attack dog a 150 dollar certificate from a clown on the Internet to bring in to intimidate their boss during performance meetings, get the fuck out our building. The sad part is that there are legitimate emotional support animals, for instance we hired veterans, some with ptsd who had certified trained emotional support animals. I had to write a whole policy and get legal support to justify our case by case justification for denying an emotional support rattlesnake but allowing an emotional support dachsund. God I hate people.
There are only 2 questions they can ask you about your service dog. One is ,is that a service dog. 2nd what is the dog trained to do. That's it. They can't ask you why you need one or what your condition is.THERE IS NO CERTIFICATE FOR A SERVICE DOG. YOU CAN GET ONE ON LINE BUT IT MEANS NOTHING BECAUSE ANYONE CAN GET ONE.THEY ALSO CAN'T ASK YOU FOR ONE ANYWAY. I HAVE ONE SHE HAS A VEST AND I KEEP A DOCTORS NOTE ON ME JUST IN CASE SOMEONE TRIES TO KEEP YOU OUT OF SOMEWHERE I CALL THE POLICE AND I WILL SHOW THEM BUT I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER ON ME.THESE ARE FEDERAL LAWS SET UP BY THE ADA..YOU CAN USUALLY TELL BY A DOGS BEHAVIOR YOU REALLY DON'T NEED TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO .WITH THE RIGHT TRAINING THEY KNOW WHEN THERE WORKING. YOU ALSO NEVER PET A SERVICE DOG WHEN ITS WORKING. THEY PRETTY MUCH HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS PEOPLE.
I'm a therapist and have to explain this to patients all the time. ESAs are the ones I can write letters for, but I have to tell my folks that will allow them to have them in an apartment (within reason) where the landlord would otherwise fuss pets, but that's it- bringing the pet somewhere typically excluding pets, around the public, requires a ton of training to become a service animal so that everyone can be safe.
I work two front/customer service desks and I am also the operator/phone service person for a hospital. The "special requests" thing here is mainly because so many people in America feel so entitled and expect to be treated like they own the world. It's part of the "the customer is always right" customer service mentality. We're taught that we need to bend over backwards for everyone we come across, no matter how poorly they treat us. Or we'll get fired.
I think its more about the larger & larger $$$ amounts our Government spends & ever increasing national debt. Add to that, inflation, and unrestricted tuition prices being constantly jacked up, we stop getting shocked by huge $$ amounts being quoted.
a million dollars for one person (general speaking) is a huge amount.. but 1 million spent by the government (which is OUR tax money really) theoretically means that 1 million dollars came from 300 million people, so it's less then 1 cent each.
@@MAV-xq1ch A mansion and a Ferrari would make that million gonzo. A good car and a good house would only take about 25-30% of it as long as you're not buying a house in some insanely overpriced area.
In the Army they would say "show up at fifteen hundred". In the Air Force we would say "show up at three" because we are smart enough to know you are not talking about 3 in the morning. LOL
We used "fifteen hundred" back when I was in the Air Force, but that was a long time ago. Also, having to show up at three in the morning wouldn't be too unusual for the army. They're nuts like that.
Everything I hear about the different branches tells me the Air Force are the smart ones and look at the rest like they are masochists led by sadists. :D
@@BrigitofBergental I mean, it depends on what you're looking for. If you don't want to be in the military, then maybe the Air Force is for you, I guess. But that just seems like an odd choice to me. Unless you're sure you can actually be a pilot (and not just support) and are doing it for that reason - not really into the "military" thing so much as you just want to fly and this would be the easiest way to get that experience and training - then it's weird to me to want to merely dip your toe in the military experience. I feel like, if you're going to war, then you should receive the best training, and want to be surrounded by people who also received the best training; I don't want to die because somebody fucked up due to lackluster training, and even more so, I don't want somebody else to die because *I* fucked up due to lackluster training (or any other reason, really). If you join just to fly but don't like the military and don't want the experience, to challenge yourself, to be disciplined, then sure, go Air Force. If you want to challenge yourself and instill in yourself an unshakable confidence, receive training that is designed to keep you and your brothers alive, if you want to surprise yourself with what you're capable of, then Marine Corps.( (And if all you want is for the gov't to pay for your college, Army.)
The first time my wife and I went to Ireland we noticed immediately that there were no screens on the windows and also there weren't any storm doors. All the home entrances seemed to have only one door. Screens on windows are essential here because when the weather is warm you can't have a window open without getting houseflies and other insects in the house.
I've always thought it was weird seeing houses without screens on the windows or outside living spaces that aren't enclosed (mostly in southern California and areas like that). Just wondering if those places don't have bugs like we do in Oklahoma lol.
I will say I got a hellish amount of bugs in the house when I stayed in County Cork and left the windows open. I missed the screens but the airflow was amazing compared to here in the states. LOL
GA girl here. We can open the windows maybe one month out of the year. Otherwise it's either hot as hellfire or cold AF and we have to control the temp in the house to be comfortable lol.
I’m in Tennessee. Maybe two weeks in the fall and two weeks in the spring, Windows are open and I am so happy like I’m living in California again! And then those two week seasons are gone and I close it all up and let my smart thermostat do its thing. I keep it cooled to 70, heat to 68. I do hate the weather here.
I live in Alabama and the humidity and heat of the summer coupled with the swarms of mosquitoes and bees make for a pretty miserable atmosphere in your home if you open the windows. It was 97 degrees here with a heat index of 105 and humidity at 78% today. I'm glad my thermostat is sat on 64 year round!
We definitely get used to the temperature change between outdoors and in the stores, just avoid the refrigerated aisles! 😂 Fun video, thanks for sharing!
In my experience, most emotional support type of service dogs I’ve seen tend to just be people who want to bring their dog with them into stores and restaurants and the like, and the rules for doing that vary by state. I’m a paraplegic and I have a service dog and she’s legally allowed to go basically anywhere I go. She goes everywhere with me and I’ve flown with her twice and had no issues or even any questions really. She’s even stayed in hospitals with me before too. One time I had to go to a hospital for a very minor procedure and I didn’t realize they were going to be taking me into an actual operating room for the procedure and I had her with me. She stayed in the pre-surgery bay with her leash hooked to my wheelchair while I was taken back into an operating room for an hour. I told the nurses that if for some crazy reason she got the leash unhooked and started wandering around that they were more than welcome to grab the leash and take her to wherever they felt most comfortable keeping her. I introduced her to the nurses and told them her name so that they could call her if something like that did happen, and I told them they could keep her behind the nurses station, take her back to the bay I was in and hook the leash back to my chair, or they could stick her in an empty room or bathroom until I got back. And even if that had happened the only thing she really would’ve done is look for me. She’s super quiet, friendly, and absolutely loves getting attention. I love having a service dog though. She takes care of and looks out for me and she’s been by my side almost every single day for 9 years now. It’s hard to really imagine my life without her at this point.
Honestly I can’t wrap my mind around “open a window” when u literally enter your house to escape the heat. I live in Texas and our summers can get to 105 degrees on an average day. Which is apartently 40 degrees celsius...if I googled that right. Idk 😐
Tony S It’s amazing to compare what a million dollars could buy in different parts of North America. In some places you would have an enormous mansion while your neighbors live in awful shacks. In other places your house would be small and unimpressive and surrounded by much more beautiful neighbors.
I'll never see that much money in my entire life. Animals must be trained for the kind of job they'll be needed to do. They wear vests and certification that they are service dogs. You're really not supposed to pet them without first asking the owner. A couple of pet stores you're welcome to take them. We took our dog a couple of times and he loved it! Most dogs were walking around on leashes and going crazy with all the other dogs and smelling all the food and treats lol. My little toy fox terrier, on the other hand, was terrified. We had to carry him! He did have fun, though 🐕🐶♥️ You can't just take your pet wherever you want to.
@@karlamackey4675 There's a big distinction between genuine service dogs and emotional support dogs. The former are of genuine use to the owner. One good example are service dogs for epileptic-prone folks. The dog is trained to recognize symptoms before an attack occurs and go for help.
Procuring a handy man in the U.S.: Arrives within five minutes, doesn't know squat and doesn't fix anything. Procuring a handy man in Ireland: "I'll be right over", never arrives and three weeks later you see him mid day in a pub and you literally have to pull him out and drag him to your home (real story).
I was born in the us and have ALWAYS had issues with the “temperature control”. It’s so great to hear you say that! I literally wonder how people don’t get sick from being hot and then freezing just by going in and outside
@@Spiralsmile What do you mean? All of our buildings have a gap where 13th floor should be and the rest of the building just floats over the 12th floor...
The usage of the 24 hour clock in America is primarily used by all the different branches of the military, not just the U.S. Army In America, we don't refer to athletic shoes as runners or trainers, we typically call them sneakers or tennis shoes (Runners to an American, would be a long narrow stretch of a rug, usually matching a larger area rug)
Other countries generally don't have different branches of the military; they call it all "the army," so I don't think she was aware of the fact that our army is separate from our navy, etc.
I've learned to stop taking this one personally. A lot of people, even Americans, will just lump the entire military together as "the Army". I got sick of saying "Marines, actually" and learned it's a time saver and easier for me to just not get worked up over something so small.
There's a saying here in America: "The customer is always right". I don't know if that's a thing in other countries, but that kind of explains the whole special request thing. If the paying customer wants something, and we (the employee) are capable of providing it, then we provide it-- period. That's not necessarily the case in every industry or every business, but it's a common concept over here. A happy customer will come back over and over, an unhappy customer will tell everyone they can just how unhappy they are about your business, and a bad reputation is one of the hardest problems to fix.
On the heating and air conditioning, it honestly depends on the part of the country. Some people, of course, can afford the ideal combination of perfect heating and perfect air conditioning, but you'll often find in the colder climates people don't have so much air conditioning and, like people in Ireland, rely on windows in summer. On the other hand, it's often the case in the deep south that while air conditioning is almost necessary to survival, heating can be a little sketchy.
Totally agree. I live in Iowa. Everyone has heating and air conditioning. In fact they're often sold together as a package. But I lived in the Portland Oregon area for a couple of years and air conditioning units were incredibly rare as they had a more temperate climate with not as much heat in the summer. I like your take and in no way wish to disparage it with this comment, but I find that a problem with saying that something is common in America is that America is such a large diverse place that very little is actually shared by Americans everywhere. What's common in Texas is not common in California. What's common in New England is not common in Alaska. That being said, I think you've made some good general observations.
I have never locked a door in my house. Ever. I don’t even have keys. When I was young and lived in apartments I would lock them, I think, but haven’t locked my doors in almost 30 years. I do set my alarm, though. Sometimes.
I have to lock my door because my pos roommate steals my stuff and I cant afford to move out or find a way to get them kicked out yet. Before living with them never had to lock a door for anything in my life
@@DianeJennings LIFE-CHANGER // I am grateful to call Jerusalem Israel my home. I believe that I am a inspiration. // On the way to Jerusalem, I have come to appreciate all the roads I traveled on. // From getting my black belt in karate fifteen years ago to now, I have come far. // I view my Autism disability weaknesses with love. Love yourself and give love. // I am no quitter. I broke through my black belt fire karate board at ten years old. // What matters is that you just never give up. I am a Israeli with a fighters spirit. // The verses and songs that we sing for the universe has love and hope in them. // Film stories get directed and made to show our human race we can do anything. // Create film stories through who you are. Touch lives through your living breaths. // Our films will go on to touch peoples souls. Become the best version of yourself.
Boomers: "When I was growing up, we never locked the doors." Greatest Generation: "That's because we couldn't afford anything other than the screen door."
Not that untrue, but people back then simply didn't steal, and I'm not kidding, because it would have been considered rude. Politeness was a HUGE deal, mostly because you needed your neighbors for pretty much everything.
@@knokname6466 For the parents of boomers, people at the very beginning of the 1900's? No. No idea. I knew one and he had made his own (obviously deceased now.)
OR, the Greatest Generation: "that's because we had to go out into the world and kill all the bastards that would come for us. They even sent us as far away as Germany and Japan to deal with those a-holes!"
I'm a waitress in the US and I admit that the vast majority of us are willing to provide above and beyond service specifically because of the tips lol. When you think about it, it makes sense. Since we know that if we're good at our jobs, we'll usually be rewarded for it with higher earnings. It also improves morale, because it gives us a goal to work towards. If I knew I would be getting paid the same regardless of my efforts, I definitely wouldn't be as helpful, since catering to the whims of people all day long can burn you out pretty fast and there would be no incentive. Idk about restaurants in Ireland, but in restaurants in the US, it doesn't matter how much customers mistreat or abuse us, we're supposed to just take it and we're still expected to be friendly.
Leasing isn’t renting to buy. You have the car for a set time, then the lease is up, you turn it in to the car dealership, and lease a new one. Your maintenance is covered, and you don’t have to deal with selling the old car when you want to buy a new one.
One does have the option to buy, but leasing is almost always done by those who just want the newest, more expensive than they ever could afford type of car and that is the only way they can have that. No fiscally wise person cares about dealing with selling their car they paid for, but would never pay for something, only to have no asset at all when done paying, unless the only asset they care about is to have use of what they could never afford, though that would never be a fiscally-wise person.
@@JohnFourtyTwo my first car was 17yr when I got rid of it, second was 5 and just paid off when I totaled it. Third was 10 when the engine blew. Rather than dropping another 4k on THAT repair (I had JUST spent nearly 5k to overhaul all the rusted out parts after moving to TX from the north), I cut my losses and used the cash as a down payment on a new but base model, year old clearance car. I'm not liking this one much, so I do intend to take good care of it, pay it off early, and get a solid trade-in value on something else in another couple years when my student loans are gone and I can afford a higher payment for a vehicle I actually like.
@@JohnFourtyTwo yes, unless you're going to use it as a leisure vehicle and drive it sparingly, the maintenance on the old cars starts to be less financially worth it than just buying a new one. Probably a good move for an '88. My wife and I want a '58 Impala, gorgeously restored and likely worth a pretty penny, but that would be driven on weekends to the lake for a picnic or other such short and low-risk/low-wear environments for our enjoyment. Certainly never on the highway downtown or just as a daily drive to work. Too precious.
@@JohnFourtyTwo I'm 36 and on my fourth car, but it's my first new one. The first 2 were cheap old beaters that I had to get rid of when the repairs got too costly. The 3rd was a gift that I kept up well for 10 years and was still able get a fair trade value on it when I got my current ride. Now that this one is paid off, though, I'm starting to dream of trading it for something more rugged. A cross-over or a small SUV, something hardy that will last much longer.
@@JohnFourtyTwo I'm moving out to the mountains soon, so I was definitely thinking something with AWD. Jeep is pretty expensive, but then again, so is Subaru (which I've been coveting the last few years). I don't think I'll get another brand new car, though. I think I'll go warrantied pre-owned - a good middle ground.
That dress code is the LAW for most of America... You don't follow that LAW the cops might get called and could end up getting into legal trouble for not following the dress code... No shirt no shoes no service dress code is the LAW for most of America... Dress codes are necessary... It provides safety and protects people from indecent exposure... Then you have businesses with there own dress codes for there employees to follow if you don't follow company dress code in America you will loose your job... Then we got dress codes for food safety dress codes too in America... Hair net so food don't get contaminated with someone hair... It's disgusting finding someone else's hair in your food... There's a bunch of reasons why America has all these different dress codes and if you don't follow them you could end up in alot of trouble and up being punished
@@jackalcor9966 In Walmart they encourage you to be yourself, but you must wear 13 articles of flair. Now that could be a nipple hanging through the hole in your shirt, a simple pair of crocs counts as 2. Hell, wear a muscle shirt and you can count every jelly roll individually.
you're delightful, fun and informative. Regarding the friendly above & beyond customer service. The primary reason is people take pride in a golden rule style of service, the other is companies small & large actually train their employees to be an ambassador of their product or service. This is good marketing, competition is real. Regarding pets: they are literally viewed as family members in American Society.
The expression about the locked doors is just an expression relating to the closeness and trust you have in your community, not literally leaving your doors unlocked for anyone to enter as they please.
I think it’s a bit of a relic; I’m in my 50s, and grew up somewhere between suburb and rural, and when I was a kid, we only locked the doors at night. We’d rarely even lock them if we were leaving during the day, unless we expected to be gone at least several hours. Today of course is entirely different.
This happens usually in the transitional times of seasons like Spring to Summer and Summer to Fall. Though if you don't like the weather in Michigan, wait 5 minutes.
It’s the same here in Orange County, California. A few times , in the middle of the day, I have realized that I had both on at the same time by accident (my heat is central but A/C is wall units)
Also, I worked in the service industry and I can say for me the smiley amenable nature was just my nature. It certainly didn't have to do with tips and that has carried me well in The UK
The special request thing about leaving something in a car, had something similar where we lost the car keys in the mountains! The guide company we were with were super helpful and took us ///in their own cars/// back to town while we waited for a tow truck. I was with my two young nephews and the guy driving us was so nice, he even went through a McDonald's when we asked because everybody was hungry after 4 hours in the mountains. Way stressful at the time but a very memorable experience!
Me, a southern Texan, imagining not having AC from about May to October when it tends to get up to 90Fahrenheit (110 heat index last July) with usually around 80% humidity💀
Lived in Iowa for 5 years and GOD DAMN the humidity index. I'd look at the weather thingie and be like "Wait, how the heck can it be _100_ percent humidity and not RAIN?!" :P
Tennesee summers are awful too. You walk outside into a sauna from like May to early October. We went to South Carolina (the next state over) and in the middle of October it was 99F. WHY. I'm enjoying the 60F we have right now. I know it wont last long 😭
And you live in South Texas? I would think the humidity was closer to 95 percent! I remember summer haze days in Houston and it was not pollution but water vapor in the air. It is like being a steamed lobster.
(Active duty Army) 1400 or just “14” And the whole “we don’t lock our doors round here” is more of a colloquium than a literal thing, people still lock their doors. Also in most rural areas where this applies unwelcome intruders are very likely to be greeted by a round of 12 gauge 00 buck shot already in flight. So in theses areas burglaries are less of a problem, because most would be criminals are well aware of that fact and generally look for an easier score.
I think you are correct, although I didn't lock my door when I lived in rural Pennsylvania, but now that I'm in a suburb of Richmond... I sure do. The shotgun (and other items of my arsenal) are always handy. Lol
I lived in the middle of nowhere (country) in Colorado and we never locked our door on our houses or cars. But I trained dogs so I’d have up to 40 on the property at a time, 3 of which are 85 lb Belgian Malinois that are protection trained.
@@patrickjanecke5894 burglar or bear..... Stopping power matters. Yogi ("Yogi the Bear" is america cartoon reference for those that don't know and you should watch it , Yogi was always stealing picnic baskets and out smarting park rangers, great children's cartoon but I digress ..sorry...) seldom can be reasoned with and deer panic running in the house will destroy the house and hurt anyone it hits as it kicks its way around the room(s) while missing the door or window completely that it came in by...
yeah, before noon you add a zero. So 3am would be O-300 hrs= OH three hundred hours. also in the medical field 24 hrs is used for documentation. Most places cant be biked to its just not that safe on the roads. Also if Im going to the store to do weekly shopping it won't all fit in a bike, I'd need a wagon too. Couldn't really do that 2 out of the 4 seasons
My mom gets cold super easily, so she always has a sweater with her, even in the Texas summer, because depending on the building, the AC is so cold, haha.
Having unlocked doors in the States is a sign that you live in a very safe place where crime is low and you know your neighbors. Its not an invitation! Still, a family member or very close friend/neighbor may walk in AS they’re knocking or saying the words “Knock knock!” (Isn’t that weird?!) but it’s only after they’ve let you know to expect them or because they come over so much you expect them. You would absolutely not walk in a strangers home unannounced. That’s a crime, and in many states, a lawful reason to shoot.
I believe that there is a law in Montana that says that if 6 or more Native Americans come onto your property uninvited, it is technically considered a reading property and you are allowed to shoot to kill.
I pay my rent with a check every month because the only other option I have with my landlord is cash. Sometimes I've paid for services like lawnmowing with checks because I don't carry much cash on me and the nearest ATM to my house is 8 miles away. I'm middle aged, but not elderly. Though I don't ever pay with a check if my debit card is an option.
I think most folks use checks as a form of personal repayment. For example, you borrow $100+ dollars from a friend or family member, and then you use a check to pay them back so there is a record that you did pay them back.
Floors might make more sense when you think of office buildings or hotels. My office building is 3 floors and the businesses in it occupy suites. So the ground level suites are named 101, 102, 103, etc. because they're on the first floor. My office suite is 300, because my company occupies the entire 3rd floor (the top floor of a 3-floor building).
I worked in the service industry in the US for 20 years. It is definitely a cultural thing. As someone who was in charge of hiring for a lot of these jobs, you looked for the people that are naturally friendly (which America has a lot of). Also, there is a culture in American business that repeat business is essential to survival. If you have a rude employee, they will not last long.
It’s mostly older people who use checks. I worked in banking for 5 years and it was always my elderly customers who wrote checks or needed help balancing them. My grandma refuses to use a debit card... my husband and I own our vehicles, but some people lease because they like to change cars more frequently. I personally feel like leasing is wasting money...
I am an older person, and I have reduced my check writing to one every month. My landlord isn’t set up to take cards, so writing a check is easier than buying a money order or tracking them down to pay cash. Checks are disappearing from American life.
Regarding wait staff and how happy they may "appear". I've always said that I'd rather be told to "have a nice day" by someone who DOESN'T mean it, than by told to "F*** Off" by someone who DOES!!
"living in a place where you don't need to lock your door" specifically means you live in a place where the community is respectful of property and law and does not enter a house without permission and does not steal.
This is very true. People in those places may still lock their doors, but I myself have simply never been comfortable with it. Having grown up in a rough neighborhood initially, it has left me with a lifetime of paranoia. For better or worse.
We left the front door unlocked when I was a child,which was more than 50 years ago.I didn't,and don't,live in a high crime neighborhood,but as far as I'm concerned,no matter how peaceful and respectful the people may be in your area,leaving your doors unlocked is asking for trouble.
Just FYI, watching your channel came in SUPER helpful this week! I spent about 2 hours on the phone with someone in Ireland trying to get them to help me resolve an issue. I used things that I learned from you about Irish culture to help --- saying "I'm sorry" a lot, taking the piss out of myself, starting with a little banter, etc. Good things happened! 😁🥂 Thanks, Diane!
I, as an American, find it REALLY annoying when the temperature is nice outside but stores are freezing cold. But I think this is kind of necessary for grocery stores.
As an American who loves fashion and frequently changes her style I can assure you that it does not matter where you are in America you can wear whatever you want
Yes, when I lived in Florida I took my Hoodia everywhere bc they really believed in their air conditioner...and making it as cold as possible in every building...everywhere
I wore a uniform for 12 years and I truly believe America's school system would be better with them. It equalizes everyone. And it shows a respect for knowledge that is sorely lacking in modern America.
@@barrydouglas6276 24 hour time: 1:00pm equals 13:00 or thirteen hundred. Thus 11am is eleven hundred, 12pm twelve hundred, 1pm is thirteen hundred. 2pm is fourteen hundred etc. I don't know if this is what you were asking. It's to make sure that one knows if it's am or pm, you don't use the same number twice in a day for communication purposes.
@@tinak3271 This would be reasonable if an hour were divided by 100. What name is given to this unit? 15 minutes after 1 PM I regard the time as 13:15 mot 13.25. Please name the unit of which there are 100 per hour and show examples of it being used in public discourse.
@@barrydouglas6276 It's always used as military time, as in regards to the name of the unit. I only know it as 24 hour clock or military time. Mostly in the US and Canada. simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock
Hi. Former resident of rural PA here. We didn't lock our door or have an alarm. We lived in a small town in a house that bordered the state game land. I had several guns, an Akita and a German Shepherd mix. If I called the cops, nobody would have gotten there in time to stop anything. If a person really wanted in, they'd break down the door. We had ONE break in of an outbuilding, but the dogs got him before we managed to. Good for him, because he would have faced down a .357 and 9mm. Don't worry, the police caught him the next day when he showed up at a hospital in the next county to get some bite wounds stitched. True story, and a locked door wouldn't have stopped it.
kirk mullings Absolutely right! My wife is from Cartagena, Colombia where humidity is regularly in the 90% range. Walking down the street down there was not so bad because there is usually a breeze. DC almost never has a breeze during the summer (heck, with global warming I am expecting for it to start within a month and not end until November).
Ive lived in places in the US South where we didn't lock our doors, or our cars. We had almost no thievery, and that which we had in thievery was considered outrageous and to be remedied immediately. But not locking doors doesn't mean free communal access. Family boundaries are fiercely respected. That is why some places are safe and doors aren't necessarily locked. We also leave some possessions outside without fear that everything will be stolen.
I think the special requests thing is related to how much competition there is for products and services. Nordstrom department store built their reputation on customer service to the extent that the CEO famously quipped that if a customer returned a tire to the fur department and swore she bought it there, they would refund her the money.
Yes, and we can see that slipping away now with the big box stores and lack of mom 'n pops.... used to be you would frequent a place were they were polite and thanked you for your business. Now they toss your change at you with the same blank stare they give everyone else. I used to love my town - there was (on one half block) an OPTIMO news/candy store, a 5-and-10, a hardware store, pharmacy, launderette, bank, barbershop, and on the other side of the street there was a pizzeria, pub, real estate, delicatessen,, and bakery. Now in one of those spaces? A giant Rite Aid. Of course parking is a nightmare too, and there was far more parking when cars were three times the size a regular car is now LOL. That's because one family with Mom, Dad and two kids now has 4 cars. When I was growing up the same family would have one car. And there are of course twice as many people! I can't help being a curmudgeon who liked the old days....
With regard to the differences in temperatures with stores and outside... at least where I live, it can get blistering hot outside and you walk around roasting in your tshirt, but you go into the store and it just feels SO MUCH BETTER. I have honestly stayed in stores a bit longer than I needed, pretending to browse simply because I knew outside was about 20 degrees hotter and I didnt want to go back outside and be hot again.
Renting a car is just for a few days. Leasing it is for 2 or 3 years so Chad can show off a more expensive car than he can actually afford. Chewy looked bored.
@@user-it4dq9dj9q , sort of, but not really. The terms and conditions for a lease are much different from a rental. For instance, a lease has mileage limitations, while I've never heard of a rental having limits on how much you can drive during your rental period. I suspect this is likely because many leased vehicles will later be sold as used vehicles, while rentals simply get turned over repeatedly in the inventory of a rental dealership and they routinely replace whole segments of their rental fleet.
@@chthulu27 besides the mileage limit, they are almost EXACTLY the same thing. neither belong to you, both cars are covered by a maintenance program (no money out of pocket for you), and a lot of rental cars also get sold on the used market later on in life.
@@user-it4dq9dj9q , I've never leased a car personally. To me, it seems impractical. Leasing only seems, in my opinion, like something you do if you want a new car every 2 to 3 years.
A lot of people, and maybe this is unique to Americans, like to get a new car every couple of years. Leasing one for 2 years lets you drive the car you want without having to worry about losing a ton of money on a trade or reselling it 2 years later when you want to upgrade to something newer or just different.
We have this thing called winter. In my part if the U.S., there is deep snow and -10 degrees Celsius 4 to 5 months of the year. Bicycles are a seasonal thing.
What you think of as a special request we think of as normal. A special request here might be when I ask the person at the drive-through to give me a half-diet half regular coke with easy ice. Or asking for the meat patty of the burger but not the bread. (No I am not kidding that is what my family does quite often.) Our attitude is that if we are paying for the food, we should get it exactly the way we want to eat it.
kind of like getting 1/2 sweet and 1/2 unsweet tea at Mcdonalds hahah 1/2 cut tea is so common it actually has a name now! (just because the sweet is too sweet)
Things I’ve done while waiting tables to make a customer happy: 1. Call a friend to bring a can of Coca Cola for a table that was mad we served Pepsi. 2. Hand mix salsa, avacado, and lime for a guest who wanted guacamole even though it’s not on the menu. 3. Put an extra drop of rum in a guest’s straw to make them think their drink is stronger because they asked for it “strong” instead of paying for a double. 4. Used bar garnishes to make “fruit salad” for a kid who wanted it as a side. 5. Let a bunch of adults order of the kids menu to take advantage of dollar kids night. 6. Lied about it being a guest’s birthday to get them a free desert because their food took to long. 7. Let them try every single flavor of salad dressing with their side salad. 8. Used my employee discount on a guest table because they were giving me a hard time. 9. Took prom pictures of a group of high school students. 10. Hooked a customer up with the cook who sells weed. 11.. Substituted every topping off of a burger to put something else on to recreate a burger they had at a different restaurant once. 12. Brought a round of shots of raspberry syrup to a bunch of old ladies whose “tea wasn’t sweet enough.” Yeah. It’s mainly about tips. But it’s just drilled into our heads to be as accommodating as possible for every guest. “The customer is always right.” Sometimes it bleeds into our personal lives too. Someone will walk all over me and without even thinking, I’ll just smile and nod and volunteer ways they can take advantage of me more. That said, (when we aren’t closed for coronavirus) because of tips, I can normally bring in way more money than my friends who work in retail or factory jobs.
Love #3, very creative. We need to get our servers a descent wage and do away with using tips to live on. (to me businesses use tips to keep overhead down and profits high)
Elijah Culper you are AWESOME!!! I want to come to your restaurant after CV. The waitstaff in TN are not nearly so accommodating and generally tell people to slag off!! 🤣
Zachary Cooper This is slightly unrelated but the night I got the best tips was the night I gave the worst service. I was one of two waitresses in a packed full restaurant plus I had the patio. I walked out with so much money. I messed up drink orders. I was literally running all night trying to keep up. My hair was falling out of my bun. I was trying so hard. A lot of people were tipping me like $50 on a $20 ticket. That manager who let all the wait staff other than the two closers at 4:30pm was my least favorite manager and I’m sure he learned his lesson that night. He had to fix all of our mistakes.
When working with Norwegians/ Finns: They: We can be ready by week 42/ Can you be ready by week 39? ME: WTF is week 42/39? Can you give me a calendar date?
@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 So close. There are actually 53 weeks in 2020. Without looking it up, off the top of your head, can you tell me what week of the year July 17 is in? It's much easier to plan with calendar dates.
That's an interesting way to denote a time of year. I'm American, I only know of that system for the purposes of manufacturer date codes on cases of beer and things like that. Is that really easier than just saying "April 12th?" "October (the) 24th?" "First week of June?" At least to a Scandinavian, or an American bottling plant, apparently it is. I guess you get used to it and then you can take advantage of how it's much shorter to write and say.
When someone says "Where I live we don't lock our doors", they don't mean it literally. What the mean is "I live in a safe area". Trust me, EVERYONE locks their doors.
That's not true. I live in an area where the door is locked if and only if there'll be no one in the house for multiple days at a time. My neighbors don't either. I haven't heard of any thefts or break-ins.
I use card for everything because I either get cash back or airline miles. If I pay with cash I pay full price with no benefit. Paying with card saves me money as long as I don't overspend and run a balance on my credit.
I still prefer choosing my clothes when I was in high school. Its how I found out what I really enjoyed fashion and style wise. That, and self expression and individualism is always good in my book.
Layers are definitely a thing to assist in adjusting to differences between outside temperatures and inside temperatures. Where I live in Northeastern US, especially in fall and spring. Carrying a hoodie with you in summer is smart, too, because some places OVER-air condition!
I am so very late to the party here. I just found your channel. As an older American, I can say that a number of the things that you are mentioning as differences are newer changes to our society. When I was growing up, I remember actually being made fun of for wearing a hoodie (Though we called them sweatshirts back then.) People used to dress much more formally to go out, say on a date, or to go to work. The major changes to this happened around the late 1990s or very early 2000s. You are pretty spot on about school uniforms, for the most part. Money (Cash) was a LOT more commonly used up until the last decade or so. The Special Request thing comes from an almost insane belief that says "The Customer is always Right". Now while this should be a reasonable assumption... the fact is that in the US, someone working in a Service Job who tells a customer "No", will often wind up either getting a Customer Complaint. or even straight up yelled at by the Customer... and in many cases, if a Customer is dissatisfied in any way, and a server doesn't do whatever absolutely unreasonable thing a customer asks for, their Manager WILL, and they will likely get into trouble. This leads to businesses going to mind boggling lengths to fulfill the most unreasonable requests. And as far as your question about the temperature drop in stores? Well that exists in stores and restaurants... It's intentional. These places want a customer's business, but they don;t want customers to be too comfortable... so setting the temperature just cold enough to be slightly chilly and uncomfortable... Customers will do what they came to do and leave, thus increasing the foot traffic in their business. They want people to come in, buy what they are going to buy, and leave as quickly and efficiently as they can, and of their own volition, without being rushed. I like your comparison videos.🙂
I've worked for tips. We're being nice and accommodating so you hopefully tip better. But the friendliness shown towards our customers I've found is contagious and helps put me and the staff around me (as well as the customers) in a good mood; especially on busy nights when the customers are "breaking bread".
