The plugs in bathrooms in America have GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) and are there to prevent electrical shock. Any spike will instantly trip it and kill power to the socket.
I personally don't want to have to go into another room to do my personal grooming. I'd rather keep in one-room the bathroom to you blow dry your hair and curl and brush your teeth and put your makeup on or shave. It contain any mess to one specific area. and most bathrooms in America are ventilated so there is no excess moisture build-up to possibly even trip an outlet, especially if they're GFI.
Sockets were in bathrooms long before GFCI existed, much became ubiquitous. GFCI explains why we don't have an epidemic of bathroom or kitchen electrocutions. We have sockets for the reason explained by póg mo thóin 2.
I've never seen a bagger with a tip jar. Our local store offers to bag your groceries, and will ask if you want them taken to your car. They also offer to walk you out with an umbrella if it is raining. No, this is not a small town grocer, it is a major chain in the southeast. Most people are in a rush, use the self-checkouts, then hurry on their way.
I'm showing my age but when I was a child you always tipped the baggers who would also take your groceries out to your car and put them in the car for you.
Hot dog toppings are regional and highly contested, keep in mind many of our states are as large as most European countries, so Chicago vs NY vs LA, etc all have different preferences.
But you listen after she said that with a two hour drive they could go from Dublin practically to cork the country is that small ! My Irish relatives said they wanted to go from Sydney to Perth not realizing it’s a four hour flight from one to other !
Modern American bathroom and kitchen sockets include a feature called ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCI or GFI) these are circuit breakers which detect and stop short circuits which may be caused by water or fire exposure. With these installed, you can safely use blow dryers, electric toothbrushes, etc. in the bath & appliances in the kitchen without electricuting yourself or starting a fire. Not just in the USA, but GFCIs are code requirements in many Asian and European countries as well as Australia.
@@johnhiggins3943 That's now how electricity works. The standard voltage we run our appliances on is different, however, the power is the same. Power is measured in Watts, Current is measured in Amps (represented by I,) and Electromotive Force is measured in Volts. P=IE .... therefore P = 2A * 120V = 240W... let's change the voltage... 240W = I * 240V = 1A. So what takes 1 Amp in Europe at ~240 Volts, takes 2 Amps in the US at ~120 Volts. The amount of power required to move a motor, power a television, or recharge your cell phone isn't going to change very much (or at least negligibly,) merely the ratio of voltage to current. Oh! And lest we not forget, there are MANY appliances in the US that use (or can use) the higher voltage (220~240V.) Stoves, electric dryers, electric central heating and air conditioners, electric water heaters, water pumps (pool, well, etc.,) big household/commercial fans (like a whole house fan or warehouse fan,) etc.
In the UK, we call that a Residual Current Device. There are fixed RCDs in the fusebox and - in the case of shaver supply units in bathrooms - often built into the outlet itself. And @Jeff, unless you have a transformer or other limiting device, an electric motor designed for use at 120V will draw more power from a 240V supply and potentially burn itself out. Which is shy shaver supply units in the UK can be switched between 120V and 240V.
@@irontongue5389 It's not part of the UK, but it is connected to the National Grid (both through direct undersea cabling and overland with NI) and the regulatory standards for domestic supply and use are not hugely different.
My wife and I went to Mars High School in Pennsylvania, and our team was/are the Planets. A mascot involved wrapping the shortest person in the school in tin foil to create a martian. Yeah. Still sounds weird.
Sounds hilarious! Mine were the Eagles (elementary), the Monarch (a lion, middle school), and the Vikings (high school). The last one makes a little sense, as Nordic people did settle parts of the American Midwest, and a Viking is a lot more powerful of a figure than a bunny.
In grade school we were the wolves, normal enough. But in high school, we were the Burrs/Burr-maids! Talk about crazy! My high school was on chestnut street, and the prickly pod around a chestnut is a burr.
Hah, no kidding there, We had a German engineer come work at my shop for about a year here in Houston, he thought he could drive to Dallas in about an hour, Uh, no, no sir you cannot.
I did that when I was a kid, because everyone else was...also, mayo. Seriously. The vomiting that occurred afterwards is why to this day, I can't smell most of those (I can VAGUELY do mayo) without literally gagging.
@@KmusikOne You can put ketchup on sausage too. After WWII Germans took ketchup from the Americans and combined it with curry powder from the British and created curry ketchup. Curry ketchup is used for anything one might ordinarily use regular ketchup for and is a key component of currywurst. Of the imported German curry ketchups I've been able to try, Zeisner's is great; Hela's Mild is super sweet, pretty much a candy sauce; I haven't been able to try Hela's Hot version to see if it's better. Kroger has a store brand curry ketchup that great (tastes similar to Zeisner's) and you can find it in Kroger and most Kroger owned chains; you'll find it with the regular ketchup. (Unfortunately my local Dillons stopped carrying the curry ketchup recently.)
Yeah...most grocery stores frown upon accepting tips. They don’t want the public to feel obligated to do so. Many of them will firer the person for accepting a tip.
I agree that there is nothing wrong with it. I mean-- it's combining sweet and savory flavors. Think of Lamb and mint Jelly. Or Turkey and Cranberry sauce!
Whoever said only kids put ketchup on hotdogs has apparently never been to the south. It's extremely popular here, as well as slaw. I don't personally like slaw because of the mayo but it is common down south.
In addition, the microwave doesn’t heat the container (usually; some ceramics absorb microwaves and heat up, and metallic glazes on china plates will spark and make black spots in the glaze patters).
@@allanrichardson1468 Sometimes sparking in the microwave shows that the glaze is lead based, so it may not be good to use that container anyhow! Also, it'll ruin gold trim which is on some china. Otherwise, I don't know why using the microwave to heat water when only a small amount is needed? ...Have they not yet invented microwave ovens in Ireland?
@@JohnFourtyTwo There is no problem with ordinary stoneware or porcelain cups with cracking as long as there.is no metal on or in the cup, if it's just heating water, tea, or coffee. In the States, most cups, which weren't microwave compatible, won the Darwin Award by the early 1980's
Fairplay tier good video keep up the good work because stupid race makes you think doesn't it you just talked about them to be great to be good to you I'm currently available and Paul Malone be safe particularly to go back the Irish words and a pair of my Canada
The majority of sockets, (receptacles, outlets, etc...), are grounded in the USA. But that was not always true. Some older homes have not been updated yet, & usually are not required to be unless major repairs, renovations, or additions are made. Just replacing a worn-out socket won’t require re-wiring the whole house. Plus, many items that plug in are not required to be grounded anyway. Most hand held power tools, styling implements, portable electronics, table lamps, and even some small kitchen appliances, (those that sit on your countertops), are not equipped with grounded plugs.
Did you just say, "you don't like telling your name to stranger's"....? As thousands of people subscribe to you, and millions of people all over the world watch you......? Huh.
2 hours is literally nothing. My uncle lives 2 hours away and he’ll come for a few hours and go back home in the same day. Also, Europeans don’t have a clue what a real road trip is. I heard someone call Gothenburg to Oslo a road trip. No, that’s a day drive. A road trip is Miami to Denver. Also, water don’t conduct electricity well, that’s a myth and if you had good scientists like us and the British do then you’d know.
Sovietman2291 - you’re being a bit pedantic. Pure water doesn’t conduct, but the contaminants in the water do, so unless you work in a scientific lab with distilled water, water conducts electricity.
Yep, I drive 40min to work and most of it is going 70mph. Very normal in Texas. I remember driving to Big Bin park with friends on a whim in college, that is a 13hour drive across west Texas.
True, 2 hours is not a long trip for most Americans. Particles in water can conduct electricity, pure H2O doesn't, but no one has that coming out of a tap.
I think it's more a location thing. I'm a mustard person my hubbins wants relish, mayo, mustard and ketchup, I know folks who just want mayo and other who just want ketchup. My son is a ketchup and relish guy, hes almost 40.
New to your channel, catching up on some of them. LONG DRIVES ON A WHIM haha After university my brother and I got a place in Chicago together. (we are plow boys from Iowa-grew up farming) One Saturday morning after a Cubs game and we stayed up we were watching a travel show about Montana. :-) Right there we decided to take a road trip to Montana, we were on the road before 8 am... haha. We loaded some things into my jeep and off we went. Well it turned into a rather long road trip, we got back to Chicago 37 days later, Canada was cool. We both lost our jobs, but fair enough. Great trip, older now we do it every 2 years. Love your channel, cheers.
School Mascots are for morale. For example I attended and graduated from Appalachian ( a·puh·la·chn) State University, we are the Mountaineers! Also its a way for the schools to sell more of their apparel. Ketchup on Hotdogs, I could careless. I eat Hotdogs with Chili,Slaw, Mustard, and Onions or all the way in the South.
Yeah you probably hate my job. The really bad days, I am literally getting a tour of Wisconsin at night. I drive for 3 hours to Chippewa Falls, then an hour and a half to Stevens Point, then 3 hours to Milwaukee (filling up the tank in Oshkosh), and finally 2 hours back to Green Bay. Believe it or not, I didn't leave the state.
We have something called a GFI (ground fault interrupter) on all bathroom outlets by law. If there is a short, it kills the current immediately. You don't have GFIs in Ireland, how weird.
@@billfinch4661 It cuts the current in half. So a 1000 watt appliance draws ~10 AMPs in the USA, but only 5 AMPS in Europe. That reduces the fire hazard. But like you, that's LETHAL voltages to me. And a switch at every outlet is also SO unnecessary in the USA and standard in Europe. 230 volts is a very nasty shock.
The outlets we have in the bathroom are different from normal ones. They a called GFCI outlets. They basically cut the power to that outlet when it detects an imbalanced current. They are required for any outlet near water so even by the kitchen sink.
Mascots in school are basically just a way to focus school spirit, at games they will get a crowd riled up, and often go hand in hand with the cheer squad, band, and or color guard/spirit squad. As far as whether they are cool or not... that more depends on who the person in the suit is in the hierarchy of the hell that is high school in America. On a side note I always have snacks in the car, two hours or two minutes, we could die, best to be prepared.
Even that distant-thing is regional here. I went to High School in Texas. It was very common to drive an hour just to eat at a particular restaurant. Then, I moved to a unnamed smaller state. It was amazing how quickly an hour drive just for dinner seemed unreasonable. Also....I had NO idea that High School mascots was just an American thing. Fascinating!
I'm from California, and I've been putting mustard AND ketchup on my hot dogs since I was little. I'm now forty-something. In reality, most people do, it's just a trendy thing amongst millennials, so they can feel like they're taking an important stand on something. 😜 ...another great video, Bob!
5. Grocery Baggers: They are to help keep the line moving. The longer you are in line, the less money they are making. 2. Kettles: Your electricity is 220v, ours is 120v. It takes longer to heat up the water. There are people that have them, but it really is not that common, which is why you don't see it in TV and Movies. 1. Plugs in Bathrooms: Condensation like you are thinking of is not an issue that I'm aware of. The plugs are, since TV the 70's I believe, GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters). Basically there's a red button between the two plugs that trips, breaking the circuit flowing electricity. Basically it's a mini-circuit breaker.
True, a 2 hour drive is no big deal for us. It's a matter of perspective. Yes, a 2 hour drive will get you halfway across Ireland, but it's a 2 day or longer drive from north to south and 3 days east to west ( technicly it's currently impossible to drive to our farthest western border. No roads to Hawaii. 😁). So you see, perspective. A 2 to 4 hour drive is really not that big of a deal to Americans.
I think its further from Houston, Texas to El Paso, Texas than it is from El Paso, Texas to Los Angeles, California, and driving from the City of Orange, Texas to El Paso , Texas is almost the same driving distance as from Land's End to John O' Groats.
Also, she makes it sound like everyone just jumps in their car unprepared. Maybe some, but I know a lot of people make sure their vehicle is maintain enough to make the trip and has some basic supplies onboard.
A friend of mine was in the army and was stationed in El Paso. When he got out, I flew out and helped him drive back home. We drove to Atlanta, the halfway point between El Paso and Atlanta was still in Texas, in the metro Dallas area.
Shoot, before I retired, I had a one hour drive each way to work and back. A 2 hour trip is what I call a day trip. You can go, hang out a few hours and drive home in the same day. I'm originally from Texas which, I believe is a tad bit larger than Ireland. Alaska is considerably larger than Ireland.
@@Cent4man Only a _one_ hour drive each way? I used to drive two hours _to_ work and two and a half to three hours back every day (traffic was much lighter at 5am than at 4 or 5 pm). Of course, I understand that in L.A. traffic, two hours is what it takes to get to WalMart! I love the scene in _The Italian Job_ where Jason Statham is trying to time how long it takes to get to the train station.
As a 50 year old American (Boston Irish), I love ketchup on hot dogs. Go to Dunkin for coffee and nobody asks your name. There isn't time. You're in, your're out. Badabing. We love driving because we have a huge country, and we have no real public transport to speak of. Electrical outlets in bathrooms have to be a special kind of outlet that is resistant to shortage. It's called a GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupt) outlet.
Listen Bob! No ketchup on hot dogs!! And where on earth are you putting your electric kettle?? There's no counter space for the 3 times a year you're using it. (Boil water on the stove!)
@@KmusikOne yeah. I also think we are just used the kettle. I know people with gas stoves and they still have an electrical kettle. Not seen to many stores sell kettles that are not electric. I'm curious to look it up now lol. Thanks @diane lol
Also, a kettle using 120 volt electricity will be slower than one using 230 volts. That said, I still keep and use an electric kettle in the US. You can’t beat it for getting water to a full rolling boil easily and (somewhat) quickly.
@@mountainneko Actually, that cup of tea isn't going to be worth a damn unless your coffee maker can get the water to a full rolling boil. (Spoiler: it cannot.)
Bathroom sockets (and outdoor sockets) in the US are required to be wired so that they cannot shock you if they get wet. They have an extra dedicated ground wire or something. So there's very little danger of shock in a US bathroom. And, yes, we have hair dryers, rechargeable stuff like toothbrushes and shavers, and even a few Japanese-style electric bidet toilets. No shocks.
Great stuff. I got a couple answers for you. First, I use my coffee pot to make hot water for tea, cup o'soup, and hot cocoa. As for school mascots, typically very few people know who the mascot is so they are not bullied later on. As far as I know, it still supposed to be a secret identity even in college.
It might be a regional thing. I helped sone college students get their groceries to their car and they tipped me. Or maybe they were just being nice. idk
@Jonathan Parks depends on the store, grocery chains in my area (Midwest) have them (baggers) and they are paid a normal wage and sometimes get tips for helping take grocery to cars but places like Wal-Mart definitely don't
Here, in western Kentucky, baggers are paid a normal service-industry wage, but they are tipped if they take your groceries out to your car and load them for you. 🤷♀️ - Just another Bob
Why would one want to dry their hair whilst standing in front of a mirror which is fogged with condensation when one can sit at a dressing table with a big triple mirror in front and a big mirror behind and do ones hair properly, with all the clips, bands and sprays to hand if putting it up.
1) School mascots. Can't answer that, but I think "Mass Koala" would be a great name for a band. 2) Baristas just do that because it sounds more personable than "Hey, #43! Your coffee is ready!" 3) Baggers speed up the process. And the bags aren't free everywhere-in California, they charge you $0.10 each 4) "Long drives" Guilty as charged. In just over two hours, I can either be at the beach or up in the Sierras. Especially during the summer, it can be just a spur of the moment decision to get away from the heat for a day. It's a great thing to do for a day trip.
I feel like the name thing is probably more to make sure that people get the right drink, seeing as things like soy/regular milk and how many shots of espresso dont change the look of the drink. Also if 5 people order the same drink you wanna make sure Karen gets her latte first if she ordered first, and it doesn't go to Suzi who just finished ordering
Thank you, thank you, thank you Diane for pointing out that saying "we are pregnant" is WRONG. The couple are expecting a baby but only the person carrying the baby for 9 months is pregnant!
Grocery baggers are there to make the line move faster when it's busy. You don't tip baggers; that jar is a donation jar for a nonprofit, usually kids or veterans. Sorry for the confusion.
I never understood that, I remember as a child this man at a pool party actually got combative with me. For putting ketchup on my hotdog, I was 11...On a side note; growing up there were so many adults that wanted to kick my ass for literally no reason...
We have baggers because if not it would take forever to bag our own, pay, & move out of the way for the people behind us. Don't forget we don't walk to the store, so we're able to buy hundreds of dollars worth of goods at a time.. and we do buy that much so we're not constantly having to go to the grocery store. You DO NOT tip baggers.
@@derpimusmaximus8815 we're not helpless.. baggers are not new. They've been around since at least the 50s. It's just the norm. Also, cars you have yes, but most European countries all together have less walking distances between home & a store. America doesn't. We drive easily 5-20 miles for food so we stockup for long periods of time when we're there.. meaning huge spilling over shopping carts worth of food to bag.
@@kristenheuer5676 stores like Publix that takes them to the car ask you NOT to tip. They make sure to pay the baggers a normal wage & don't want the customer pulling even more money out of their pocket.
@@mermaid1717 I live in a small town in a rural area, most of our stores are locally owned. This includes the grocery stores. I have worked for places that told ppl not to tip us. Hotels, retail stores, ect... We were payed decent wages, but people still tipped sometimes. No one ever turned it down, and management usually looked the other way. I'm not saying you have to tip people that take your groceries to the car, but if it's freezing cold, scorching hot, or pouring down rain, its a nice thing to do.
@roy alfred seaberg Funny enough, when I was there, I saw a giant Godzilla peeking over the Tohei theater in the middle of Shijuku, also some buildings had Godzilla banners...wish I could post the pic here.
I love your channel, always a laugh. I was just in Ireland a month ago and shocked I had to pay for groceries bags. Thankfully the cashier bagged and No I wasn't going to tip. Lol
Our electric outlets in bathrooms are GFCI protected (ground-fault circuit interrupter) so we don't have to worry about being electrocuted unless you're in an older home that doesn't have the newer style of outlets. Plus, our outlets are only 120 volt -- which is much lower than what you have in Europe. Don't get me wrong, 120V can still definitely kill you but it's considered a little bit "safer". We don't have kettles because most of us don't drink hot tea. We drink coffee and we make our coffee in either an automatic drip coffee-maker or with one of those Keurig-style coffee pod machines so there really isn't anything we would use a kettle for. The school mascot is tied up with the whole sports thing. Notre Dame University calls themselves "the fighting Irish" and their mascot is a Leprechaun -- usually pictured with his fists raised. The Mascot acts as a figurehead for the team and the school to rally around.
Voltage does not measure how dangerous electricity is, amount of current (amps or amperage does) that is why a taser at 50,000 volts but only point something amps hurts but does not kill. I think by pushing it harder (volts) with less volume (amps) EU systems are less likely to kill than US systems that use higher amps and lower volts.
I'm almost surprised you didn't bring up peanut butter. The tennis shoe thing goes way back and I don't know why. Most are just shoes anymore, unless they're cross trainers of course. But you're right, we're weird about a lot of stuff. I blame popular sitcoms for most of it.
In the past 15 or so years it has become "cool" to hate ketchup or rag on it. Look, I like all sauces and condiments whether they are cool and popular or not. I love ketchup. I don't have to have it on something, but it's good. I've never understood food being in or out of style. I remember when everyone went crazy over sriracha, for YEARS. I love hot sauce and trying new and unique ones. But sriracha is very mediocre and unlike most hot sauces, even cheap ones, it has preservatives and a bunch of unnecessary ingredients on top of not being great tasting. The ketchup being bad trend I relate to the sriracha being good trend. It's literally just like fashion trends, but with food. Not much sense can be made of it.
@@caulkins69, what? That just sounds dumb lmao The idea of it, not you. I mean, unless you subscribe to ketchup as a gauge of culture. We _are_ also talking about *hotdogs* , right? The crappy cookout food?
And yet, food does go in or out of style here in the US. For example, casseroles. Once a standard part of most American diets, it's largely been abandoned by millenials. Jell-o, as well, used to be far more popular than it is now (and yes, that includes Jell-o casserole or Jell-o salad.) Other examples include chicken a la king (once a staple at American restaurants,) chicken tetrazzini, and chipped beef on toast. Pimento loaf, too, has disappeared from American diets. Shifts in food popularity happen.
I've never seen a tip jar for grocery baggers. Having someone bag your groceries is part of the service culture in the U.S. Also, a good bagger can make the checkout line move more quickly. There's an annual grocery bagging competition that draws contestants from all over the country, and in 2008 there was a documentary about it called "Ready, Set, Bag!": www.imdb.com/title/tt0985061/ I've seen the movie, and it's pretty good. I've also never heard of someone being electrocuted in the bathroom. Electrical outlets are good for things like hair dryers, toothbrushes, razors. . . Even the rechargeable ones need power from somewhere.
The only tip jar I seen for baggers was at the air force base nearby, that was all they made though and they would help take out your groceries to the car and load the trunk.
@@johnlong2k9 yes, the baggers on a military base are not paid employees and only earn tips. My sisters bagged groceries on base while in high school and earned enough to buy their first cars in cash.
@@tonys1636 A good bagger will put the cold foods together, will distribute weight evenly between bags, and will put fragile or delicate items (like peaches or bread) on top. The baggers at most of my local stores do these things, and they do it faster than I would do it myself.
Gender reveal parties are so silly. Just be honest and say you want your friends over to drink. Regarding the mascots, they are great for marketing for a school. More items to sell to support the school. So going by the name Bob...maybe that's the origin story of our "boop."
On the "Hire Purchase" theme, Thomas Stanley refers to addicts of that habit as "aspirationals," and in his book THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR reports that most millionaires don't: own a new car; live in the best part of town; own a suit costing more than $400, or own a watch costing more than $250
Well them I'm a big American child then,and my family & relatives because we all put Heinz ketchup & French's mustard on our dogs even with sauerkraut. So now what!
In Europe your voltage is higher than here in America. That's why you must bring adapters for your electrical appliances. We also have GFCI (ground fault circuit for interrupter) technology to prevent accidental electric shock.
1. The outlets in bathrooms are GFCI outlets, meaning that they have a built-in breaker in case of a surge or short circuit or whatever. Most building codes say that an outlet that's within 6 ft (?) of a water source need to be a GFCI. 2. Electric kettles are great...when you drink tea. Anyone who drinks coffee generally has a coffee maker, and scoffs at the idea of drinking tea. Also, most of the uses of an electric kettle most people would use a microwave for here. And pretty much everyone has a microwave. 3. School mascots are just there because sports (?). I don't know, I don't get it either. 4. I don't think I'd do a 2 hr drive on a whim, but it's certainly not a huge deal. Remember that in America there are some places where you have to drive ~1 hr to reach the nearest "civilization", so 2 hours really isn't so bad. 5. Don't tip grocery baggers. I think the whole idea is to speed up the line by having a dedicated bagger. Also, some states are banning plastic bags (New York starting in 2020!!) so they won't be free for long. 6. Nice to meet you, Bob. 7. Agreed. 8. Agreed. 9. Ketchup on hot dogs is fine, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise! Also, I think the condiments you use depends on the exact type of hot dog you're eating and of course personal preference. 10. Gender reveal parties are dumb. Although, I'm 8 months pregnant right now and have no idea what the gender of my baby is, so I'm a little biased.
I think No Ketchup On Hot Dogs is a German American thing. I prefer mustard and kraut (and fried onion if I am not being lazy), but am known to use mustard with ketchup (and also relish) to mix things up. In the winter you can't beat smothering hot dogs in chili, cheese and onion. I am old and have lived many places in the USA, but no one ever tipped a bagger. You tipped for service when a bagger brought your groceries to your car and sometimes in modern days there are Charity Tip Jars as you check out. I think, as an American, we tend to over celebrate our children, beginning with the Reveal Party. Mascots were introduced to make the kids happy about being dragged to the baseball games Dad liked. Any excuse for a party is a good excuse here!
Ketchup on hotdogs is a regional thing as much as anything. Electrical outlets in bathrooms are for curling irons, hair driers, electric toothbrushes, etc. In most places, they are required to have a built in circuit breaker. We also have a smaller voltage running through our outlets, which may or may not make a difference.
I agree! I absolutely HATE it when somebody tells me how I "should" eat a hot dog (or any food). These food snobs say, for example, that only mustard belongs on a hot dog. Well I put ketchup, relish, and mayo on mine. And never mustard. So there! :)
Is people telling people how to eat hotdogs really a thing? I've lived several places around the country and I don't think I've ever heard someone, er, ketchup-shame? I mean... it's a f'n _hotdog_ . We're not talking good food here.
I was right with you until you said mayo. But then again, it's nobody's business how you eat your hot dog. The right way is the way you eat it. Period. :)
Before Walmart overtook the grocery space, the Bagger/Carryout was standard at the market. They would bag your groceries, load them into the cart, push them to the parking lot, then load them into your car for you...no tip necessary. Sadly, they fell out of favor in the early 90s, taking countless first jobs for high schoolers with them.
Huh “Tennis shoes” I’ve never noticed that the word “tennis” is I there, I’ve just always thought of that as the name of the shoe! Like boots, crocs, sandals, tennis shoes, soccer cleats, etc
Shoes used by tennis players were the first sports shoe mass marketed. It was decades before other athletic shoes hit the market. The name "tennis shoes" stayed with the other shoes for a while, but now, it's hard to find the old style shoes and when you're do they are called "casuals".
Only time I don't put ketchup on my hotdog is when I have homemade sauerkraut.😋 what?!, you mean hurling teams in Ireland don't have mascots? we do have kettles, they're called Kurig machines.😂 and the outlets in our bathrooms are GFCI protected so if a short occurs it cuts the power, also if you use the fan in the bathroom condensation doesn't build up. 👍
I put ketchup, mustard, relish, and onions on my hotdog. And sometimes chilli and cheese. Not putting ketchup on hotdogs is kind of a regional thing. They're really passionate about that in Chicago. I don't know any other places that are as militant about it.
I've seen a few pepper use them, but they aren't that popular. Just another thing to take up counter space. Since most ppl have coffe makers, they just aren't necessary.
Electric kettles in the US are not as functional as those in the UK & Ireland because we use 110V vs their 220V. It takes much longer for an electric kettle to boil water in the US, so there is no advantage to it.
The Americans generally call their athletic shoes, sneakers, runners, tennis shoes, court shoes, etc., depending on what the actual type of shoe is to be used for. You can purchase Vans for casual footwear, and they would be referred to as sneakers. However, if you just made a basketball team, for instance, the cost of the specifically designed athletic shoe for the court, would be far more expensive. This would apply to all of the different sports.
