I only can speak for Germany. The fact that your beverage is not served with loads of ice doesn’t mean that it is served with room temperature. This is a missinformation in the video. It is always cooled down. And in the most restaurants in Germany you have 1 or 2 ice cubes. More would just make the beverage less tasty. The cooled down version is considered to be the temperature you really have the best experience. But if you ask for less or more ice you will get it. Never ask for ice in bear or wine! Red wine is different though. The best drinking temperature is near room temperature.
When I visited the USA I saw people drink chilled red wine with ice cubes in it! It was a wonderful red wine and they muted (chill) and diluted (ice) the taste!
In Germany there is a difference between online Shopping and shopping in stores. Technically in stores there isn't a "right of returning" but in reality nearly every store does it. At online-shopping on the other hand there is is strictly regulated to have a right of returning of at least 14 days (which is often longer around Christmas Time).
Most stores do, but the law does not explicitly require it unless the item is defective, not fit for purpose, or does not fit the description. If you simply change your mind, retailers are not legally obliged to give you your money back.
Beer is generally served at room temperature, or only very slightly chilled. You're probably thinking of lager, pilsner etc which would be served cold.
@@listey By " cool" I meant chilled, not ice cold. But because pilsner, lager and wheat beers are the most commonly drunk types of beer, beer is "generally" chilled.
But you're missing the important distinction between beer and lager. They don't drink room temperature lager in the UK - they're not insane! But beer in most instances would be foul if drank when cold.
6:31 Returns are a thing in most EU countries. There are some rules most of the time like a set timeframe (within 14 days for example) but you can return stuff to the store. In fact, a return policy is baked into the law in most countries. 7:08 Tipping is done in many countries outside the US as well, difference is that here it is an actual bonus for the people getting the tip, not "part of the salary" 8:00 totally depends on the climate/time of year. In summer you get ice, in winter obvioulsy not. 15:00 Probably because the taxi drivers in America have customers that carry guns, not a probllem in the rest of the world.
2:30 Vacation is in my country is 4 weeks mandatory (Paid) + 1 week optional (Not paid). If your employer don't make sure you take your vacation, they will get fined. So it's not only encouraged, but mandatory!
The law is only for online shopping not for in shop sales. Most shops will accept stuff if in very good condition and resaleable and with the receipt. But what I've read some US companies let you return everything in any condition. And it is abused by getting something for some time and then just returning it without the intent of really buying it. That might be convenient but must be paid by everybody else. Apart from broken stuff I only returned something a few times because I bought the wrong version of the part.
Hello Arturo (hope I wrote that close to correct), to allow returns is mandated from shops by law but also the law alowes limits - as mentionied by @mavadelo. And the video you have watched is refering to the seamingly unlimited return policy in the USA. The limits I have experienced so far are reasonable, because too many people would abuse the returns without. Greetings Juy Juka
For the Tipping it isn't that easy. In Germany it isn't part of the salary yes. But the salary is so low, that you wouldn't do the job without tipping. So it is part of the salary only unoffical salary.
@@sayurioffenborn4960 Tipping may be part of the salary (taxwise it isn't), but the salary is much higher than in the US. So you could live only with that. And the tipping is much lower, so the income from that is lower in relation to the salary.
1. Thumbs Up in Greece is a TOTALLY acceptable gesture! 2. Europeans also drink every refreshment or bier ice cold. 3. By keeping the bill of any purchace we can return anything. 4. We also sit on the back side in a cab. 5. Countries with hot summers like Spain, France , Italy, Greece do use AC everywhere. 6. Do not take whatever someone says in a random video as fact.
A/C is getting more and more common in central and northern Europe as well. I live in NL and all bedrooms in our home have airconditioning. The rest of the house doesn't need it.
Here in europe we have returns but we don't do returns as much. Also the ice thing is total bullshit atleast for Europe. It's true that like 90% of restaurants don't put ice, but I've NEVER gotten room temperarure drinks. They're always refigirated.
I often hear it said that in the EU they use drinks at room temperature, when in fact they are always chilled, and are always at least 5/10 degrees below the room temperature. Of course, if you order WINE, it is criminal to put ice.
@listey I think if you don't leave tips you will be in for a hard time. Your luggage might go missing and you won't be able to leave the restaurant if you don't tip at all. Leave a tip and avoid trouble.
AussieJohn, nobody is going to hold me prisoner for not tipping. Even somewhere as deranged as the US this would not concern me at all. I also have no idea what luggage has to do with anything as I don't typically take it with me to restaurants etc.
@listey I was giving examples of not tipping at all and the luggage issue happened to a friend of mine when she refused to tip the porter at her hotel. Her luggage was lost for her entire stay until check out day. I was with a group at a restaurant in Hawaii when we refused to tip 18% because the service and food was terrible. They refused to allow us to leave until the tip was paid.
European pay more tax, but we keep more of our wages. Americans use on average 48% of their wages if you count tax, health insurance premiums (& you're not even fully covered) & everything else other EU countries taxes fund. For someone in The Netherlands for example taxes on their income will be 18% all services inclusive. Bc the taxes completely funds things that put Americans in debt.
exactly lol i dont get why people complain the total i lose from my paycheck is 35% and thats including health care payment etc. I literally can live a perfectly fine life on less than 20k per year even though i earn much more than that.
Exactly.. they're talking about it as if it's some fun option lol... I had to have all of mine pulled because they were pushing against other teeth, and other issues. It was absolutely horrible.
In the UK we only have wisdom teeth removed if clinically required, which is the same for all medical procedures, unlike the US , where they just seem to want to remove bits of your anatomy for the sake of it, I mean, routine circumcision, what’s that all about guys😮
the taxi one was new to me. I don't use them that often but I've always been in front. That Brits have bad teeth is an aged stereotype that is mostly used by Americans. Brits did have bad teeth in the 70s/80s but not anymore. A big difference between the US and most countries is how much the US sees white teeth as sign of beauty and status. From my perspective I'd say unnatural white looking teeth. If you look at the number of people who whiten their teeth in the US you have more than 4 times the people compared to Britain. If you compare the number of fillings the US has more than the UK so one could say in the UK they have healthier teeth just less white.
The stereotypes of bad teeth and appalling food have stuck from the second world war. Yes, people in a war torn country didn't have adequate dental coverage and were desperately short on raw materials. I wonder what the thirteen colonies looked like during and after the skirmishes of 1775-1783.
People only get their wisdom teeth extracted if they cause problems, like if they're impacted, crooked, or if they push against the other teeth because the jaw is too small (which is painful). It's not systematic. We can return things to stores, it's not a problem, no questions asked, but you have to bring the receipt, in most places. In Germany, in some stores (the large ones), you can even return things without the receipt; it's their policy, they'd rather lose a little money than a customer. There are things you can't return, though, for obvious reasons, like e. g. underwear.
I'm a Kiwi and in NZ now it's more often we sit in the back. This is likely the increased diversity of our taxi drivers. I think they may have brought the expectation with them. Having said that, the number of passengers will affect whether you use the front passenger seat too. Wisdom teeth only come out if there is crowding causing pain.
Australia seems to have cherry picked things from both sides of the Atlantic and then added some unique ones. A lot of Australians, particularly older ones, sit in the front seat of taxis. It was considered rude and snobbish to sit in the back as though you were being chauffeured by someone lesser. It has become less common as we’ve become more multicultural, 30% of us were born overseas. Our Good and Services tax is included in the ticket price and is 10%. We keep our drinks in the refrigerator and sometimes add ice, it gets hot here, you need your drinks cold. I run my air conditioner all summer to cool the house and in winter to warm it. I have enough solar panels on the roof to completely cover my power bill. It’s sunny here.
1:39 This is just a rough overview of VAT, in Germany, for example, there is a VAT of 19%, but on some goods it is only 7% 9:10 The further south you go in Europe, the more people use AC
I’ve been riding in the front seat for the last 50+ years. It was always considered rude to sit in the back seat as though you were being chauffeured. Only snobs sat in the back.
Of course we are able to return things - most stores have a returns policy, with some exceptions like maybe underwear, in the UK. If there's no return policy, Im not buying...
The part about drinks isn't true at all. Our drinks are always refrigerated, although not quite as close to freezing as in the US. I'm a waitress and if it hasn't been cooled long enough, guests will definitely complain! You have to ask for ice though.
You can do returns on most things without a problem! but anything that could have touched delicate parts of the body usually aren't returnable unless faulty!
12:45 It's not only the gap at the bottom, there is one at the side of the door, too. You can see the person sitting on the toilet. In Europe there seals on the side of the door to make sure nobody can look through any gap.
According to a quick search, around 16% are obese in Sweden. When I had a company, I always offered returns, depending on the reason I sometimes didn't charge for a return shipping cost. That's normal.
We up here in Canada also have different taxes per Provinces, for buying different products. There's ON TAXES on ANY FOOD, each Province has their own set tax( Ontario has a 7%, Manitoba has 5%, etc,etc). AS For higher Federal income tax, it's to help pay for the Universal Healthcare all across Canada, very mush like All Countries in Europe. It DOESN'T COST US, 8---12 Thousand $$$ to fix a broken arm or leg, like in the States.
Only if item is defective, not fit for purpose, or does not fit the description. If you simply change your mind, retailers are not legally obliged to give you your money back.
Funny, to me the US Dollar look like monopoly money. The design of the monopoly money looks more like the design of the USD. I'm used to the Euro, which doesn't have a printed border around them and has the numbers on different places, etc.
Returns in Europe are possible, but pretty strictly regulated. You can return unpacked and unused item up to some day after purchase. Some shops extend that period on their own will. As for income taxes, I think most of the countries in Europe have tax for middle-income people at about 40-50%. That includes mandatory social security insurance (so mandatory payments for health insurance and your future pension).
I was amused by your comment about Budweiser. Back in 1984 I went to the launch event when Budweiser first became available in the UK. They made a point of saying that it should be served colder than normal UK beers and distributed Budweiser fridges to bars to store it in (on condition that no other brands were stored in them). I made a point of trying it warm and it seemed completely tasteless.
Many stores will offer a return policy. But the are not required to, it's up to them. But if you purchase something online you have the right to return it.
Our beers in the UK run from a cellar area usually which is colder than outside. The taps and coolers ensure ice cold beer in our pubs. Thats why we love a shandy outside when the sun eventually makes an appearance. We don't tip unless we want to. More often than not in recent years, eateries have been adding a percentage for tipping but we send that back personally. We will tip our servers if they deserve extra in cash in their hand so that their employer doesn't keep it or distribute it to other less hard working staff
Aussie here: cab seating: if the driver asks you to sit somewhere specific, obviouslt it's polite to do so if you can. Hopping in back with no obvious reason, though, tends to strike us as rudeness - shunning conversation (inside voice, remamber?), or impying discomfort with their race, or even that they smell. (That last one might actually be true on occasion, but you don't SAY so!) big smiles: maybe this one is just me and my locale, but... smiles like that ALL the time come across as either "I'm a loon!" or "I'm a liar." You choose. "Real" people have emotions that are on many smooth spectra - not 100% happy and busting to talk about it, or "I want to set the world on fire, and if you talk I'll start with you!" Real people sometimes get a new puppy - on the same day their best friend of 15 years dies; or finally nail that lick that's had 'em beat since last November, and discover you forgot the milk yesterday, so no cereal for breakfast again. A complex expression that changes is much less...unnatural (or even creepy). oh... EDIT: tipping: My personal experience from solo and foreign-accompanied travel over a few decades - this one depends a lot where you are. Generally speaking, the richer the area and higher the density, the more accepted it is - with some occurances of /expecting/ it in Sydney and Melbourne. In rural areas of low-pop states, not only is it NOT expected, but will usually make the employee slightly snd weirdly uncomfortable, and occasionally annoy or insult the worker you're trying to reward.
In Norway you have a simular system in gas stations, you get nearly everything including a tor free bathroom and something to eat after a long drive, and they are open on Sundays.😀
I dont know about britain but here in the netherlands people get their wisdom teeth removed if they have to be. I still have 2 wisdom teeth bc my upper jaw can support them, my lower jaw was too small (my upper jaw too, like 4 teeth didn't fit, but I got a jaw widening surgery for it so all my teeth would fit and they removed my wisdom teeth during that surgery.)
Gifts don't come with a receipt. So, returning gifts is as good as impossible in the Netherlands since a receipt is required. Otherwise they might think you stole it.
It's not that you cannot return things, it's just a bit more hassle overall, you've got to keep your receipt and take it to the customer desk or send it back in.
I think you might be wrong about the lack of cookie (biscuit) choices in the UK. There’s an incredibly big choice to make on your path to diabetes, if you want to. lol
To No. 12, i also like it to drink all beverages cold. It´s not normal, but i am (born in Lindau and living now in Munich) have a bottlecooler in my livingroom (beside my Couch). Inside are three different beers, whitewine, sparkling water, sparkling lemonade, Red Bull Energy Drink, orange juice. I dont like ice inside, but like it cold, summer and winter. :-)
When you go to Switzerland 🇨🇭 or Austria never talk too loudly. That really can cause serious problems because we feel disturbed very fast. And never give tips to the doctor. They are not used to it. 😂😂😂 Anyway I like Americans from the US. They make me often laugh. You are really special in a good way sometimes. Did you know that there is a Star Bucks in almost every InterCity train in Switzerland? With a great green Logo on many restaurant cars! Swiss and Austrians really like Star Bucks even they have a lot of different kinds of coffee. Vienna for example is famous for its culture in making and service coffee. They got it from Turkey. 😂
Hello Joel and pals. There is a trend in UK to get dental work cheaper in Turkey. A betting company did an advert making fun of a guy with the whitest teeth looking synthetic. I had my wisdom teeth out, as they was no room for them. One is too hard to get out. I had chicken pox in my thirties and it seemed like the first spot was in my mouth there. A piece of bone like a needle stuck up afterwards. The dentist was stumped and I had to get it out myself. I had an infection there once before and woke up on holiday with a lump. Luckily it was Cornwall, so just a visit to NHS doctor. No problems since the bone came through, but wisdom teeth can be nasty.
Or Mexico or Thailand . Anywhere where the dollar conversion rate works in your favour and where there are some decent medical professionals. Although they love some horror stories of coming back to your own country and having problems from cheaper holiday treatment overseas
In NZ and Australia I always use the front seat in a taxi. I like to chat to the driver and also I get motion sick in the back. Wisdom teeth were a problem for me so I ended up getting them out but I was in my 40s. I left them there until they started moving my bottom teeth around. If you don't have issues with them leave them there.
You can return in the Netherlands, you have to have the reciept of the store you bought the item in and the Item has to be unopened. With clothes the pricetag still needs to be attatched. As for the drinks. We have 1 or 2 cubes in a chilled drink. If you get a drink with more cubes than soda, it means people are ripping you off. Because it looks you got a good deal but you are paying for water instead of soda. Most people dont even like a lot of ice in their drinks, because it waters the drink down. And no, atleast in the Netherlands if you are at a cafe, or diner and you order a cold bevarage, it's perfectly chilled. Not lukewarm.
My wisdom teeth were removed when they caused trouble. Dentist is a sore point atm. NHS ones are rare now. No one can sign up to them anymore so if you can’t afford to pay privately, you suffer with pain etc. It so bad in the UK now.
In the whole of Europe, you can return online items within 30 days and store-bought items usually hold a 7 day respite period. Dental care and the likes is just like in the US, btw.
What i noticed about the date is, that my american friends mostly say the month before the day. That's how i actually learned it in school. while for example in german we say the day before the month. I always assumed this is why the date is written like that 😅 Also, about the birthday wishes: it is in fact considered to bring bad luck if you congratulate before the actual birthday because you should never celebrate something that you haven't achieved yet (completing the year in this case) 😉
In Germany customers can always return online ordered items. But items bought in shops can only be returned when broken or off . That is because when you buy something in a shop you are able to see things or even touch them or can try them on. . Most times you need to have the receipt for the return items. But there is also a custumer friendly policy that shops will take items back for the good relationship to the customer- customer binding. The VAT in germany is 19% on most things und 7% for essentiell foods.
As for the taxi, in France there is a kind of a rule if it's just one or two passengers they must take the back seat. Quite often French taxi drivers put some stuff (or even their dog) on the front passenger seat, so no one could use it.
Here in Italy you can return goods, provided you keep the receipt. Usually it's 14 days. If you have your receipt and it's less than 14 days you CAN return goods. But it's not so frequent.
Our work tax are 20% on basic jobs as rerail and Hospitality, but we pay nothing for healh and just £8 per medicine, although many, many medicines are cheaper to buy private as it is cheaper. Like Ibuprofeno is as cheap as £2 for a tablet of 10
Hey man, in Portugal we do return things that we dont like or maybe its not fit. Usually we have 15 days to return anything, no questions asked. Beer temperature depends on the style of beer actually, not the location or country. In theory at least xD
In Australia, sales tax is included in the price on your bill/at the register. It's much easier! And we don't have a tipping culture, thank god. Our minimum wage is a lot higher than in America. We run air-conditioning in summer, though some homes don't have aircon; only fans. Our money is made of polymer so it's more durable and harder to counterfeit. It's also really colourful. We write day-month-year. Like your friend says, it makes more sense 😊 And we say, "How're you going?", not "How're you doing?" A small difference, but it seems to weird Americans out 😅 Aussies used to ride in the front of cabs, but social distancing during the pandemic changed that. Now it's natural for me to ride in the back.
You would love forgetting about your money in your pocket and going through the washing machine in Australia, our money is not only different colours its plastic so its going to last longer
Goods and Services Tax (GST), in Australia (our copy of VAT.. we modelled off Canada’s system but improved it), is 10% and by Law, must be included in your displayed final Retail Price.
In the UK, you need a receipt etc. to return something, and certain items like underwear etc. can not be returned if worn. Have to keep the tags on for clothes etc. The UK has a 14day return policy for most things. Sometimes up to 30day. Some places give you in-store credit instead to get something different. There are some places in the UK that allow free re-fills, I know Pizza Hut does for e.g. As far as I know most homes in UK do not have A/C. You are more likely to find them in places like the Gyms. Tipping is optional here in the UK. Baby showers and gender reveals are becoming more of a thing in the UK now. Prom too. I can be quite loud when laughing or talking, but my family always go Kay, volume! I have Autistic Spectrum Disorder, so things like vocal volume can be an issue for me lol.
Returns are straightforward with a receipt in Europe, but it's not a rampant issue. In the UK you have a 30 day returns window , no questions asked. After that the item must be defective in some way and with proof of purchase for a smooth return. The lack of ice thing or ice on request comes down to... 1. The drinks are normally served direct from the chiller anyway so are cold without ice. 2. We like to get our money's worth for a drink so don't want the glass padded out with icecubes. When we order a pint of Cider (in the UK ) we want a PINT of cider not half a pint of ice. 😊 Ps. I agree on Budweiser. I dribbled it out in to another cup the first time I tried it. 🤢
We have little grocery stores available everywhere within 5 or 10 minutes no matter where you live or so. So choice is going to be limited in them. Can't quickly pop in and out of the grocery store if they are so gigantic.
That was really fun guys. Much of that video applies to Canada, as well, at least superficially. Being loud and workaholics aren't but orthodontists and straight teeth certainly are. Obviously, you southern cousins are a bad influence!!! We write the date the European way. Cheers, John in Canada
Returns on products are allowed if the product is faulty, for example, and you have the receipt, but not just because you don't like it or it's the wrong colour. There has to be a legitimate reason for the return and personal preference isn't one.
In Australia we need air conditioning in many places esp in tropics but where my daughter and family live it's 50 deg celcuis or I believe about 122 your temp for days.. Much of country has been enduring high 30s to low forties since before Christmas though here in Qld lots of rain in between heat..but living up in the Pilbra...north Western Australia it's extremely hot all year round and my grandkids told me other night they would love to see some good rain but as teens they love their lifestyle up there and after school get $Australia 45 dollars an hour and weekends so all go to places like Singapore.vietnam and Christmas in Paris and USA middle of year so they figure that's better than rain...and only suffer run from house to car...car to school room or work and home again...
Not like the usa though. That is why their stores are gigantic. A million different kinds of everything. We have little stores everywhere so choice is going to be limited in them.
Hey JPS & guys, in Australia sitting in the back seat of a cab/taxi, is or could be considered as rude. We have watch know as tall poppy syndrome, in other word if you think you are better then us, we usually cut them down to size. So sitting up front is looked at as being equal, not above or below anyone else.
@@listey I couldn't tell you about Uber, I haven't used one. It's been years since I've taken a Taxi. Public transport is ok here in Brisbane Qld Australia. We here also respect personal space. It's just not in cabs.
Sitting in the back as though you were being chauffeured by your employee was considered snobbish. As we have become more multicultural and absorbed more international influences it has become less common.
in germany you only can retrn stuff with the original receipt and only if it is broken or not funcionng. only because you do not like it is no reason to return it
Regarding the date: I guess you do M/D/Y because that's how you use it in your language - e.g. like March 1st. We in Germany (and any other European country that I am familiar with, language-wise) say 1. März (erster März). That would be my explanation.
Value Added Tax - only applies to non-essential goods. The definition of 'non-essential' can change. There are slight differences between countries, but the list of non-essential (or luxury goods) is pretty standardised. Income Taxation is progressive in UK. So you dont get taxed at all for low wage incomes, or the first part of your salary. Then the next level (band) is taxed at the standard rate, and amounts over the next given level is taxed at the higher levels. So its not as savage as you might think, it controls inflation, and doesnt impact the lowest paid disproportionately. Most people dont earn enough to be in the higher rate tax band. And yes, as part of this social contract, government provides services. And we CAN return goods - under the Sale of Goods Act. Yep, we have legislation that protects our purchases, including "I just dont like it". We tip people additional to their wages. Its a bonus, not part of the system. We try to tip in cash, so its a GIFT that the employer or the tax man cannot extricate.
I am Dutch and have lived in the USA for 5 years. What really struck me, was the size of everything. Milk mostly in gallon size containers; a medium coke is the smallest size but is huge; You are not buying a coca cola but icewater with a taste. Enormous size of steaks; Large stack of pancakes when you eat breakfast in a restaurant; Cole-slaw drowning in dressing; Huge bags of crisps Another thing that struck me and even irritated me: In a restaurant the waiter/waitress would show up at your tabld every couple of minutes to ask if you wanted more water interrupting my conversation with my company while I was still struggling with my medium cola.
Returns are a thing, they are even an EU directive (and thus law in all countries). Vendors HAVE to offer two weeks of return time, and many offer longer periods. Returning presents is rather unusual, because you need the receipt for that, and you don't get those along with the present. Also, the product should not be used (except for trying it on or out).
Also recently I learned that you have special sick days in the us with a quota. In Europe, if the doctor declares you need rest, you can't legally work until it's lifted, be a few days, weeks, months or whatever.
In Portugal it is possible to return products, there are some exceptions, underwear, hygiene products. we drink beer cold between 2 to 5 C,and yes we have a high sales tax, 23% , but compared to the USA, products are 3 to 6x cheaper in the supermarket, in conclusion in the USA customers are ripped off,and we have refil in places like KFC and Burger king .
The obesity problem in mainland Europe was a scare. It was used to increase prices on sugar and sweet products and to limit the size. We walk a lot in Europe. I have a bike yet I walk to the supermarkets which are 200m plus from my house. As for coffee, here in Greece we have one coffee in the morning and one from the afternoon which lasts the whole day. We do sit for coffee when not working. I however treat coffee like the Italians, quick and done. In the nineties when I worked in the service industry, I treated my American customers as though they were in America. I was always visible to them and every ten minutes I would pass and ask if everything was alright. I would get tips in $20 and up, loved it and I'm loud also.
You’ve completely missed the point. They have a ridiculous amount of choices in the US, compared to the UK. I read an article that said they had seen 27 varieties of Crest toothpaste in one store along with 25 varieties of Colgate. Then there are all the other brands and their varieties. There are plenty of videos on RU-vid that show this. I’m surprised you are not more aware of this.
@@rikmoran3963 I did not miss the point thank you. The video featured intimated that the UK had very little choice in our stores which is not true. I suggest that you think next time before you send people such condescending messages in future
Teeth, i never had braces. I have one tooth in the bottom row that is a little turned to the side. All the others are straight. So for me it wasnt worth the hassle. Wisdom teeth are taken out only if they are bad or crowding the other teeth. I still have 2 of them, they didn't surface yet.(And i am 46) The other 2 did surface but were taken out because the put pressure on the other teeth. Sometimes if the X-ray shows the wisdomtooth is pointing in a wrong angle if it would start to grow it might damage other teeth, then they would be taken out beforehand. I also wondered wondered why americans don't have distinct canines. It looks that they are plattend off to fit the other teeth.
