Americans React to 30 Very British Problems (UK vs. USA)

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Today we're reading through a list of very British Problems! If you're British, do you agree with this list of problems? Or do you think it misrepresents British culture? Share your thoughts with us in the comments and let us know what problems you'd add!
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@WanderingRavens 3 года назад

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@pipercharms7374 3 года назад

I don't actually like tea so when I refuse I make sure to have a bottle of water with me to let them know I'll be drinking that instead so I'm not refusing it to be rude, or if I've forgotten the bottle of water I usually have to tell them I don't like the taste of tea, which I don't like doing XD

@marionbanks-wilkinson8368 3 года назад

In Wales the driver is called Drive, as in Thanks Drive as you get off the bus and everyone will say it

@Tommy-if2uk 3 года назад

I think you two should react to the fireworks The end of 2020 which were in London to represent the start of 2021

@andrewguthrie2 3 года назад

@@pipercharms7374 Sorry, but I'm afraid both of those things are telling them you don't like the taste of 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 tea.

@danielh5108 3 года назад

There is a town in the UK called Barnard Castle which have really nice countryside walks I would highly recommend even if it is just a day

@phoebus007 3 года назад

Sidestepping to avoid colliding with someone in the street, only for them to simultaneously step in the same direction. "Shall we dance?"

@michaelstamper5875 3 года назад

My dad's equivalent was "sorry, is this a waltz or a foxtrot?" 😁😁

@franl155 3 года назад

Passing someone in a supermarket two or three times as you both meander up and down the aisles: "We must stop meeting like this!"

@dave_h_8742 3 года назад

@@franl155 that can backfire if you then keep passing, the third time of passing them you want to die or hide in lingeree section😉

@greendragonpublishing 3 года назад

I do this! With the quote.

@corriehingston6744 3 года назад

I'm always the one having to do that and I just find it so annoying. Why do I always have to make way?

@thegingerwitch322 3 года назад

No, Excuse the Mess isnt passive aggressive - it is because we are genuinely worried that our houses arent clean enough for others

@toninunns1181 3 года назад

I always say sorry for the chaos. I genuinely mean it too.

@jillhobson6128 3 года назад

My house is always a mess but clean. If other people are offended, they can like it or lump it.

@davidjones332 3 года назад

Surely the correct response is: "don't worry, ours is far worse". (You can only legitimately say this if you know it isn't, otherwise they may come round to check out of curiosity)

@franl155 3 года назад

@@davidjones332 - or, "You should see my place!"

@sheenamaclean8324 3 года назад

I never worry about this, anyone that gets invited into my home takes me as they find me or they don't get invited back!

@jacketrussell 3 года назад

Passive aggressiveness goes hand in hand with the British sense of humour. Think sarcasm and irony.

@Jamie_D 3 года назад

Can't believe how many of these are soo true and relatable😅

@WanderingRavens 3 года назад

🤣 🤣

@jumpferjoy1st 3 года назад

Brits DO tip in restaurants. It is just it isn't an accepted requirement when paying. If you were happy with the meal, tip. If the meal was terrible, don't tip.

@animatechap1275 3 года назад

hence why I never tip

@DPYROAXIS 3 года назад

They now are tipping these selves on your behalf. Always get an itemised bill and look for "service charge". When I see that I order them to take it off as that is what their employer pays them for. I generally tip what I want in cash depending on the service.

@darthdodge 3 года назад

@@DPYROAXIS problem with i'm going to say some uk businesses is the staff don't get the tips. i've been in the hospitality industry for over 20 years until recent events and i have had bosses collect it all and split it up 'their' way. but having worked on the floor almost all week and seeing what has been tipped it never tallied up

@DPYROAXIS 3 года назад

@@darthdodge They will be less likely to get the tip when it is digital disguised as a service charge. At least when I tip physical money I have seen the person pocket the money or it goes in a tip jar which I have seen been divided up at end of a night.

@carolsuperwheeler2431 3 года назад

I never tip when I go out for a meal with my husband, but when we are with other family members we all put a tip in cos they tip and I don't what to feel as if I bring mine. But really I hate it myself. If the people who work in the place are not getting paid enough money then I think that is not my problem they should be getting paid enough of a wage that don't need to be tied.

@phoebus007 3 года назад

Forgetting to say sorry when someone treads on your foot.

@mickbacon8542 3 года назад

There is a third option, in some parts of the UK, for the "anywhere here" scenario - I've been watching the meter tick over and it is near enough to home to get out now before it ticks over to the next amount.

@peterwesson7324 3 года назад

I was thinking the same. Yes when the traffic is piled up and you are paying just for the pleasure of sitting in a traffic jam then ' anywhere here' comes into play even if it's a reasonably long walk, or is that last qualification just me being tight? :)

@dave_h_8742 3 года назад

@@peterwesson7324 depends if you get £13 grand a yr or 33grand

@peterwesson7324 3 года назад

Dave _H_ It's not income but disposable income that's the real issue, well I am going to go with that ;)

@andrewguthrie2 3 года назад

Good grief!

@megamusicmessenger 3 года назад

I use the any where here as you can't park in front of my house . And tbh I don't really care if I have to walk another few seconds if they park a bit further away

@db7312 3 года назад

Working class = confrontational Middle class = passive aggressive mutterings

@AHalloweenSky 3 года назад

My bus has two stops really close together on the same street, I usually get off at the second one because it's slightly less walking. One time I started getting my bag ready a little bit too early and the man in the isle seat next to me kindly moved out of my way so I had to get off the stop before and walk slowly so they didn't see me pass stop number 2 and look like an idiot

@StroopSmore 3 года назад

This is a very british problem!

@celinathommesen-kahler2142 3 года назад

I’d have bucketloads of confidence to deal with this. The tram stop near my old school, was around the corner from the road my school was on, so after I get off, I’d always end up following the tram for a few metres, before turning right. It was so funny to pretend to chase it like I’d left too early, and then walk in the opposite direction XD Everytime ^^

@nancyrafnson4780 3 года назад

This sounds like something a (polite!) Canadian would do!

@talyjames2629 3 года назад

'How many of you are watching this video as procrastination of going to bed?' How did you know 😂

@l3v1ckUK 3 года назад

You're correct about the taxi. We don't want to inconvenience the driver.

@Matthew-Wood85 3 года назад

Grace "I like my tea lukewarm" The WHOLE of the UK: She's a Witch

@WanderingRavens 3 года назад

I know! I'm terrible 😆

@southron_d1349 3 года назад

@@WanderingRavens My step-daughter and her husband routinely add a splash of cold water to their tea. Whereas I like my tea hot (no milk, no sugar). No, I'm not British, I'm Australian.

@marshallwestley8100 3 года назад

After years of tea at work going cold, I also now have a liking for cool tea.

@eleanorlyndon865 3 года назад

Actually my mum likes lukewarm tea.

@greendragonpublishing 3 года назад

Too many times burning my tongue on tea or coffee. Lukewarm to warm is my sweet spot. But I'm American...

@tomfrench7146 3 года назад

I once sarcastically said “you’re welcome” to someone I held the door open for when leaving a shop. She said “I said thank you...”. As I was walking away the friend I was with told me “she did say thank you”. I hadn’t heard her. Felt like a horrible person for the rest of the day 😫

@dominika1348 3 года назад

I would die 🙃

@ShainThomas 3 года назад

I don't say "you're welcome" under my breath. I say it loudly enough so they can hear it.

@patcharinbaynham9681 3 года назад

When offered tea you can say - only if you are making one, or similar - chances are you will get that tea

@galactis5917 3 года назад

It's rude not to offer tea but if you reject it politely it's usually all good

@sage6336 3 года назад

I think its still illegal to refuse tea in the UK

@jillhobson6128 3 года назад

I always refuse a cup of tea as I can't stand the stuff. I'm English.

@lazyoldmanathome7699 3 года назад

@@jillhobson6128 Are you sure? LOL!

@sage6336 3 года назад

Turn in your English membership card , get your coat and leave immediately

@geoffpriestley7001 3 года назад

@@jillhobson6128 have you had a dna test recently 😉

@jillhobson6128 3 года назад

@@geoffpriestley7001 yes, everything is ticketty boo thanks

@brunokeyworth 3 года назад

It's possible that the waitress asking for a tip had realised you were american and was trying to take advantage.

@Zachymcsmacky 3 года назад

Seeing the switch on an empty plug socket is on and having the uncontrollable urge to flick it off, regardless of where you are

@tommybrodie6291 3 года назад

When someone is standing in the middle of the aisle at the supermarket and you need passed, so you hit them with a "can I just quickly squeeze past you please" but what you really mean is "move your damn trolley"

@sarahfoster6765 3 года назад

Lol when I first read your comment I thought it said you hit the person blocking your way with a can, & I thought yes I have been tempted to do that 😂

@tommybrodie6291 3 года назад

@@sarahfoster6765 ohh yeah!, the urge is very real XD XD XD

@sheenamaclean8324 3 года назад

I always make a point of bumping into them or knockng them out of the way, and no I don't apologise, the need to have a bit more awareness of their surroundings.

@dave_h_8742 3 года назад

Had one in ASDA. Passive aggressive? I was walking up an empty isle directly towards the crisps I wanted in the center. A woman with trolly came around the corner obv saw me (brian blessed size) she walked the 20ft to the crisps and stopped right in front then went backwards and forwards with the trolley a bit whilst looking away. "Excuse me" I said. "Are you talking to me" she said "YUP" I said in the still empty isle. She moved, i got crisps & walked off. Question: Coincidence or after my 6ft 4" body 😂

@andrewguthrie2 3 года назад

I was in M&S food one day when I saw a trolley with a number of yellow stickered things in it. Great! I started rummaging to see if there was anything I wanted, and a woman appeared and said "Excuse me, that's my shopping!". Mortified.

@gracemarie2941 3 года назад

As someone who lives near the Humber and works on the phone I have received the following instead of my name; pet, duck, chick, darl, darling, babe, love, lovie, mate, pal, honey, sweetie, flower, dear, and gorgeous. Sidenote there is only one woman who has called me gorgeous, and I have never seen her but it makes me smile every time.

@phoebus007 3 года назад

Greeting a friend amiably, then realising you misrecognised a complete stranger.

@sheenamaclean8324 3 года назад

Misrecognised that's a new word I have never heard of!

@lazyoldmanathome7699 3 года назад

@@sheenamaclean8324 I've done this and of course misspoke.

@meachpatel2414 3 года назад

If someone didn’t say thank you to me I would blatantly say out loud “YOU’RE WELCOME !!!” 😡

@dave_h_8742 3 года назад

I'm a big guy so have been known to say it too to people I've held doors open for or stopped on mountain tracks to let them past and they've not said thanks. Felt like shoving them down the slope but didn't, probably.

@meachpatel2414 3 года назад

@@dave_h_8742 that’s quite funny! See I’m the opposite I’m quite small but I am known to be sassy and a bit feisty! 😂

@tommybrodie6291 3 года назад

Even when your standing right at the button on a train, people have a tendency of reaching round you to try press the button regardless of what your doing.

@megamusicmessenger 3 года назад

I hate that so much

@elizabethk2072 3 года назад

“Nice one” is very common 😇 especially where I’m from in the north west

@abbyhuntley3171 3 года назад

Eric knows it! Immediately added the knee slap to “right”!

@donrhule1424 3 года назад

😂 😂 😂 He definitely got that part down to a tee! 👌🏿

@WanderingRavens 3 года назад

😂 😂 😂

@annalieff-saxby568 3 года назад

My cat knows that "Right!" means I'm about to stand up, and obligingly gets off my lap every time.

@abbyhuntley3171 3 года назад

@@annalieff-saxby568 that is amazing! 😄 top notch training right there! 👏🏻

@donrhule1424 3 года назад

@@annalieff-saxby568 😂😂😂

@eddyharris2372 3 года назад

I more worried about the Kinder Suprise Eggs when passing through US Customs. "Coke, no problem. Knives, OK Firearms, very nice. Kinder Eggs! Get the firing squad!"

@lazyoldmanathome7699 3 года назад

There is a true story of a very famous English cricketer (name withheld) passing through Australian customs some years ago now. The customs officer asked him if he had ever been charged with a criminal offence, to which the cricketer replied 'I didn't realise it was still a pre-requirement'. It caused an international incident, and he had to apologise to the Austrian PM.

@L1am21 3 года назад

That's Brilliant lol

@andrewguthrie2 3 года назад

@@lazyoldmanathome7699 It was Botham wasn't it?

@corriehingston6744 3 года назад

Feels like that. It's weird

@lazyoldmanathome7699 3 года назад

@@andrewguthrie2 I can't find it online, maybe an urban myth but why do I remember it? Mandella Effect?

@dinothepenguking8824 3 года назад

When we say "mind the mess" or something along those lines, it's generally in a "listen I've cleaned and tried to make it as good as I can" sort of thing. Like under the impression the other person's house doesn't even have so much as a speck of dust. It's a "i hope this is good enough for you"

@2eleven48 3 года назад

Um, not sure when this video was actually recorded, but here in the UK we have this tradition of removing Christmas decorations, including a tree, before twelfth night after Christmas Day. It's kind of bad luck to have them still up after that time.

@nat3007 3 года назад

We do but some Christmas lights are still up this year in an attempt to cheer people up.

@littleun1990 3 года назад

@@nat3007 you're good - the pre-Victorian tradition was to leave decorations up until Candlemas on 2nd February

@nat3007 3 года назад

@@littleun1990 I think they are up until the end of this lockdown the local town has decided.

@simonholley4110 3 года назад

Except that the Queen keeps hers up at Sandringham until February.

@phoebus007 3 года назад

@@simonholley4110 I can't visualize her personally climbing a ladder to take them down or Philip dragging the tree out for the binmen while trying not to shed pine needles over the carpet.

@leematthews6812 3 года назад

Take the teabag out of the cup before drinking, dammit!!!!

@YourBeingParanoid 3 года назад

Fun game to play - If you get on a bus or train and there's only one other person on board, sit next to them.

@YourBeingParanoid 3 года назад

@dr103 it's great fun, but now I'm no longer a teenager and instead a 6 foot 2 and 16 stone middle aged guys with a shaved head, it would probably cause a little anxiety for the passenger I sit next too. Especially if it's a woman. Could make it more awkward for them if a used fake crutches and had a load of shopping with me - less creepy but with extra hassle for them.

@davideyres955 3 года назад

Instead of “your welcome” I say “don’t mention it. Oh! You didn’t!”

@darrencurd4462 3 года назад

Walking under a ladder, crossing on the stairs, seeing one magpie, defying anything superstitious is a no go! 😂

@darthdodge 3 года назад

train problem is when you pre book your seat and people completely ignore that your seat is booked and refuse to move, especially london commuters

@lukestark3 3 года назад

Passive aggressive is part of being English 😄

@jonwilliams6996 3 года назад

Not really, it's more a posh thing as with most English stereotypes.

@donkeybollocks389 3 года назад

the POS tipping thing happen to me, so I asked "do you get the tip" to which the waitress said "no, I goes to the restaurant" so I entered £0.00p and told her that the cash would be under the plate. That really boils my piss when the staff lose their hard earned Tip, they earned it. This was is in St. Ives Cornwall, my home town of all places! The Restaurant closed shortly after.

@Otacatapetl 3 года назад

That's exactly what I do. In fact, I don't even ask; I just zero it (with a flourish), then bung her the cash.

@AlisonBryen 3 года назад

I know St Ives really well. Which restaurant was it?

@tonyabellamy5625 3 года назад

Yep I do that

@Erol_808 3 года назад

Pre-covid, I had a very awkward moment travelling home late from work, very tired, I fell asleep on the bus not realising I was resting my head on the person sat next to me, the guy was an older gentlemen who must of been too polite to nudge me off. When I woke up and realised I jumped off the bus early and walked for the rest of the journey so not to endure the embrassement.

@donrhule1424 3 года назад

😂 🚌 😴

@ruadhagainagaidheal9398 3 года назад

When I was working in London and living in Cornwall I had a long commute every monday and friday , summer and winter. In the summer most people people on the train were holiday travellers and had a return ticket from London to Cornwall. My return was the other way about. When the ticket staff got to know my face they would return my ticket to me ‘unclipped’ so that I could keep it and use it again. This they did without comment , sometimes a touch on the arm or shoulder by way of a subtle greeting. Those tickets cost £100 and were valid for a month so I made a good saving. So yes I was happy that my ‘valid’ tickets were accepted. Luke warm tea is the very reason that those WW2 boffins put a radar magnetron into a box. Later on , their American colleagues found it also worked with coffee and the microwave was born. When you said you hated the way your voices sound it reminds me that I hate the sound of mine if I hear it unawares. I am a Scot but I have a very English ‘RP’ accent. I often try to disguise it by using the Highland English of my youth, but it seldom works - I just get quizzical looks if I use a Gaelic expression such as ” Ceart math thà” instead of “Right then” or just adding “ math tha” to words like “OK”. “ Awa’ an’ boil yer hied” is just weird when your voice sounds like BBC English !

@crazycatlover1885 3 года назад

I did the "you're welcome" thing really loudly while holding a door at school for a student when I was 10. I didn't realize there was a teacher behind me.... she just laughed 🤣🤣

@adamjohannesson3434 3 года назад

😹😹😹

@trippydrew8492 3 года назад

I don't say "You're welcome" under my breath, I say "Thank you" out loud as if I am thanking myself for the good deed I have done that is worthy of a thank you. :)

@cBearTV- 3 года назад

Brit's don't say "on accident" here it's "by accident" it always sounds weird to hear Americans say "on accident".

@jason8969 3 года назад

I was laughing at the cold tea comment....this is known as tea amnesia in our house 😄

@abbyhuntley3171 3 года назад

Grace: “I would be this passive aggressive, but I am a coward” 😂

@blacktronlego 3 года назад

Made me think of Hoggle in the film Labyrinth: 'You have to consider my position, I am a coward and Jareth scares me'.

@suferick778 3 года назад

You've identified with so many of these that we must now make you honorary Brits

@lukas97671 3 года назад

1 language difference I picked up is that you say “we resonate with” whereas I would say “resonates with us”

@WanderingRavens 3 года назад

Good observation!

@itsjoseyrae 3 года назад

I laughed so hard at the button on the train one. I purposely avoid doing this, because what’s the point, but I always get people behind me tutting because they think I’m taking ages to open the door. Also, near where I live, we have a station where the train has to stop before a crossing to allow the barriers time to go down before pulling into the station, it’s a tourist destination so during the season, there is always people in a mad panic because they think the train has stopped, the doors haven’t opened and now the train is pulling off. It’s a sure fire way to identify the tourists from the locals.

@A14Rors 3 года назад

Yes that exact episode of me muttering "your welcome" to someone who did not say thank you after I had allowed him to go ahead of me was in MIAMI AIRPORT. He turned and gave me an aggressive "What?!" A British person would have apologised profusely for forgetting to say Thank you!

@HALman1973 3 года назад

I overheard my 13yo daughter warning her 8yo sister about the horror of finding a forgotten cold cup of tea just this morning.

@carldarbyshire4 3 года назад

Yeah that's me. I don't want to feel that I'm putting any pressure on the taxi driver, so I just say "anywhere here's fine mate".

@LucifersTear 3 года назад

Brits spend so much time being polite. It makes our occasional confrontational moments SUPER SHARP. Sometimes a stern "Excuse me!?" can be just as savage as "You wanna slap in the mouth? " 😂

@Jamie_D 3 года назад

You've reminded me of one of the minor American annoyance 😅 "on accident" instead of "by accident" 🤣

@WanderingRavens 3 года назад

Oh no! Good observation 🤣 🤣

@Sarah-nd2gy 3 года назад

Giving long huffs when you are sitting next to someone on the train who has their legs open so wide you are only half on the seat and hoping they will take the hint. Shouting "Are you waiting for a written Invitation?" when the car in front of you has missed a blatant opportunity to make their turn while hoping that they havent actually heard you but that they nevertheless did see you throwing your hands up in the air in exasperation and will take the hint that you are not amused by their lack of driving skills. That awful conundrum when out with a group of people, especially impromptu, when they offer to buy the first round and you know you dont have enough money to pay for an entire round when its your turn so you are caught between accepting and leaving before it gets to your round and looking tight or telling them that you will get your own drink and look unsociable.

@dragonmac1234 3 года назад

I see one problem at the start of the video, Eric please take the teabag out of the damn cup before you drink it (I can't see if Grace has one in her cup) :P

@WanderingRavens 3 года назад

But we like our infusions to be strong! :D

@dragonmac1234 3 года назад

@@WanderingRavens Lol, the British way is to brew the tea for a few minutes and then remove the teabag. The dangling string is so annoying :-)

@AnOldGreyDog 3 года назад

@@WanderingRavens You'll never pass as British if you continue to have dangling tea bag tags.

@marshallwestley8100 3 года назад

No! No! Never leave the teabag in your mug! If you want it strong, buy a better tea! (try Assam)

@eldarbunyip 3 года назад

Leaving the string dangling just confuses observers. Tea bag or tampon, they wonder.

@nellloveridge4890 3 года назад

I got up for a minute came back and saw a post from you guys, such a lovely surprise.

@WanderingRavens 3 года назад

We appreciate you, Nell!

@nellloveridge4890 3 года назад

@@WanderingRavens thanks 😊

@chaoringmeister 3 года назад

Just a heads up when you are out and about again, some isolated small UK train stations have no ticket machines or office, instead they have a PERTIS machine that issues something called a Permit to Travel, it basically tells the train conductor or ticket office at destination where you got on the train and how much to charge.

@darthdodge 3 года назад

anywhere heres fine means stop now, but trying to say it politely

@allenwilliams1306 3 года назад

Door opening buttons on public transport are inconsistent in their operation. In some cases, if you press them before the light comes on, they will open as soon as it does come on. In other cases, such pre-light pressing is fruitless. People therefore tend to press them as soon as they arrive at the door to get off at the next stop regardless, press them again when the vehicle comes to a stop, and again when the light comes on.

@Dan-B 3 года назад

I’ve fully been stuck on a bus way past my stop, unable to pluck up the courage to inconvenience the person sat next to me by asking them to move, and ending up in an unknown land.

@DavidEvans1958 3 года назад

Hi Ravens... Re Taxi drivers: When we Brits say "anywhere here is fine" this implies "feel free to find a safe spot to park nearby". Also, our taxi drivers are very courteous as they will wait until we are inside our premises before driving away. What if we had lost our keys and needed a ride to retrieve a spare set from a relative or friend? The taxi driver would be there, on the spot, ready to offer help. Also, I have known taxi drivers to assist with carrying heavy shopping baskets to the door; something they will quite happily do for the elderly.

@abbyhuntley3171 3 года назад

Usually the taxi driver one is embellished as such: “anywhere here is fine, *mate*”

@bridiesmith460 3 года назад

The taxi thing is for security.

@ihurtmyarm 3 года назад

Really? I've always just said it just so I'm not specifically telling the driver how to do his job.

@littleun1990 3 года назад

@@ihurtmyarm Yeah, its not a security thing for me either. I'll say "anywhere here" every time I use a taxi, not just going home. It's politeness - not micromanaging how the driver works.

@sheenamaclean8324 3 года назад

Yeah I never think of it being for security, in fact it's never even crossed my mind and I say anywhere here all the time to the taxi just to be helpful, I wasn't aware that there was any security risks involved in taking a taxi? Maybe people feel this about Uber But never used them. TBH I never take taxis either, always take the bus.

@bridiesmith460 3 года назад

@@sheenamaclean8324 my husband used to do night shifts every so often, so if I had a night out and used a taxi, I always got the taxi to drop me a few doors down where the houses were lit up.

@Fummy007 3 года назад

No its not. its to be nice to the driver.

@tessadawkins8010 3 года назад

I work in retail and I am always saying you’re welcome to rude customers but I say it loud enough so they can hear it, probably about 40% of the time I get a look back and a “ah thank you!”

@Otacatapetl 3 года назад

It's perfectly acceptable to reheat your tea in the microwave, I do it all the time. Just let it stand for a minute so the cup warms up too, otherwise it's revolting. Making tea in the microwave is what you should avoid.

@emdiar6588 3 года назад

One American habit which happens at 3:00 is the use of the phrase "real quick" as in "I am just going to [insert verb] real quick." It seems to be a way of excusing something by saying it won't take long. In a crowded train you might say "Sorry, can I get past you real quick" for example, which means "I'm sorry to inconvenience but could I get past? I promise that I will try to make the inconvenience a short one." This is all well and good, and easily understood but in this sentence 'get past' is the verbal phrase. Quick is an adjective, which describes a thing, not a verb. the adverb form is 'quickly'. This 'mistake' is then compounded by the qualifying adverb 'real' but again, real is an adjective. The adverb form is 'really'. So the grammatical correct form would be "Sorry, can I get past you really quickly", but this sounds odd, because now you seem to be describing the manner in which you are going to pass them in a more literal sense. We Brits don't tend to use 'real quick' like that. Instead we tend to give a short unit of time for the same purpose. USA - "Can I look at that real quick". UK - "Can I look at that a moment/second/minute" thus avoiding the grammatically erroneous double adjective. Also, when you walk up to a bar and ask the bar tender, "Can I get a beer?", shouldn't the reply be "No, you don't work here. Please stay on that side of the bar and I will get a beer for you."?

@alklein4660 3 года назад

@jacketrussell 3 года назад

Turning down a cup of tea is due to be made a criminal offence.

@nat3007 3 года назад

Hats inside? This is madness

@dave_h_8742 3 года назад

Obviously not living in the north where it's been a bit nippy even indoors.

@nat3007 3 года назад

@@dave_h_8742 I've lived in the North of the UK for years.

@AlisonBryen 3 года назад

I'm with you...I can't stand it when someone repeatedly presses the button on the train door. It lights up when the door is ready to be opened.

@casinousa7896 3 года назад

My parents live up a tiny lane. I tell taxi drivers to drop me off on the main road because getting back out of it is a nightmare. My dad and I have regularly been poured out of the taxi after too many drinks....

@currymonster6516 3 года назад

My friend came over from America and had to use the train to where I live. When the train arrived she pressed the button and nothing. She ended up at the wrong station and was told its press and hold to open the door

@missmerrily4830 3 года назад

not "you're welcome" under my breath. No, no no! LOUDLY!

@AnOldGreyDog 3 года назад

Wishing all kinds of evil on the person who has just put their supermarket trolley in front of the shelf you want to get to, and has wandered off down the aisle.

@BillCameronWC 3 года назад

I just shove it out of the way. If they notice me doing it (they mostly don’t) I just stare blankly and move on. I’m past caring about the reactions of such thoughtless, selfish people. Similarly if different groups of shoppers are standing to have a chat closely in front of the items I want to look at, I may walk past the first time, but return 5 or so minutes later and if they’re still there chatting idly, obviously not buying anything, I ask them to move. In my experience this is often two men (husbands) with trolleys, whose wives have darted off to actually get items from shelves and bring them back to their husbands to put in the trolley. This is specially true during covid as I want to get my shopping done and be on my way quickly.

@AnOldGreyDog 3 года назад

@@BillCameronWC Re: blocking the aisles - it reminds me of a group walking towards you taking up the whole width of the pavement and showing no signs of making space for you to pass. I've taken to just walking straight at the one on the outside.

@peterwesson7324 3 года назад

I can't say too much because I find these days I need to stand on the opposite side of the aisle to read the prices etc. For this very reason I can't shop in a supermarket without it becoming too stressful all round in lockdown. Well that's my paper thin excuse anyway :)

@megamusicmessenger 3 года назад

I was annoyed with someone once they put their trolly in the middle of the aisle and then completely left it . So I moved it to a completely new place . Petty revenge I know

@BillCameronWC 3 года назад

@@AnOldGreyDog I just continue walking in my normal direction, which is usually to one side of the pavement, not the middle, almost invariably the one/two in your direct path will move out of the way as they realise you are not going to acquiesce in their pavement hogging. The only exception is when someone has their face buried in their smartphone, expecting others to get out of their way I suppose, I just carry on, if they react badly to a collision I suggest blandly they observe where they’re going 😉.

@jamescopeland8050 3 года назад

When you say "anywhere here is fine" to a taxi driver, it's basically a polite way of saying "just stop, let me out now". lol The bag and the train one is so true - before the train comes up to your stop people will start putting their luggage on their knee or on the table if there is one, and when they want to move is when they grab the luggage to lift it up and the other person should then let them out... All without saying anything lol. Also: Ta = thanks Tar = thanks a lot No worries = you're welcome Ta-rah = Goodbye They'll usually be said very quickly back and forth.

@jennymckendrick678 3 года назад

At zebra crossings when a person in a car has already let other people over in front of me I pretend to go on my phone or walk a little away. Because I feel bad for them having to wait again. That could just be me lol.

@abbyhuntley3171 3 года назад

Ah yes Grace, the desperate and lifelong necessary avoidance of people whose name you didn’t catch upon meeting them - a classic!

@megamusicmessenger 3 года назад

It super awkward when you know the person for a while but can't remember their name

@abbyhuntley3171 3 года назад

@@megamusicmessenger ikr! Excruciating! 😖

@megamusicmessenger 3 года назад

@@abbyhuntley3171 Even worse if they know mine

@rbarnett3200 3 года назад

I had to hoover, dust and clean the entire house for when the boiler guy came round to fix my boiler. The house was already relatively clean and tidy, but I had to make sure. He only went in two rooms in my house. I still felt obliged to say sorry about the mess even though 1. He absolutely wouldn't care and 2. Even if he did I'm never going to see him again anyway. And finally, never ever, ever refuse a cup of tea when offered, this will be considered as not only a personal insult but a slight on your family and generations of history. Also, you have to drink it, even if it tastes like crap and then say thank you and never mention it again.

@scottythedawg 3 года назад

Ta, when pronounced sounds more like "Tar"

@andrewguthrie2 3 года назад

Usually "Ta very much" I think.

@scottythedawg 3 года назад

@@andrewguthrie2 a simple ta is sufficient.

@safctilidie 3 года назад

Oh and as for the tea thing, very much on board with cold/luke warm tea. Vastly preferable to microwaving it. Microwaving tea is a crime fitting of being sent to the gallows if you ask me.

@Abigail-wz6be 3 года назад

Wow I feel exposed 🙈 I refuse to answer a phone call from a number I don’t know so yes I stare at it until it stops - if it’s important they’ll leave a voicemail 👌🏼 Also I am watching this video instead of going to sleep ✌🏼

@megamusicmessenger 3 года назад

Same But most of the times they are scams so that's my excuse for not answering them

@catherinerobilliard7662 3 года назад

Showing your disdain for someone's parking by staring at their empty car, looking around and shaking your head slightly.

@darthdodge 3 года назад

we do tip but its not mandatory. if service is crap or standard we don't bother. here you earn your tip

@dave_h_8742 3 года назад

I ask if they get the tips, if not no tip, if yes i tip.

@paultipton743 3 года назад

People who cross the road weird with that slow moving running style which they think they are crossing quickly but is actually slower than walking normally.

@TheDoctor35 3 года назад

i am a brit, i find we generally don't give a shit what people think if they are rude.

@TheDoctor35 3 года назад

this video is brilliant everything except the tea thing i do.tea has to be boiling hot then i down it. if it's cold it goes down the sink also if someone puts milk in first, that tea is in the sink.

@ANNSHEARD 3 года назад

I’ve been to a hairdresser had my hair cut!! It was horrible!! Told the person it was lovely!! Than next day!!! Gone to an other hairdresser and had it cut again!!!! Hate saying anything it I hate it!!!🌹🇬🇧

@thenerdytiger9306 3 года назад

10:20 I don't know about the quietly part. I say it out load and don't care if they think I'm being rude, they were rude first

@matc6221 3 года назад

Grace... 'By accident' not 'on accident' lol. 😉

@lastfirst5689 3 года назад

Wandering Ravens are obsessed with tea. I don't drink tea (or coffee) but I'm not English however, I am from the UK

@Americans4Israel4Ever 3 года назад

It is very difficult to understand why Brits are willing to pay a man to check valid tickets on a train, but unwilling to pay someone to be your bag boy at the markets.

@snowdrop6022 3 года назад

I know I am very late but when you talk about when you open the door and said after today at work me and my coworker have a politeness fight about who will go through the door first and we keep say after you to each other lol

@snowdrop6022 3 года назад

Btw we live in England

@merrypruitt1306 3 года назад

Eric, with that tuque, you look like Nureyev!

@wscottwatson 3 года назад

Whether someone avoids conflict at all costs or says "You got a problem?" depends on things like age, education, their origins or where you both are now. It might also depend on "class" except that is not something 98% of us ever think about and leave to you.

@emmamaclean737 3 года назад

I have a problem of holding my breath when I get on a bus and need to pay for a bus ticket with my contact less card and hoping it wont deny the card because you cant remember if you have used it 15 times lol

@lucyeloise5783 3 года назад

Great video made me smile. Thanks for the good content you both are a dynamic duo.

@jameswyse5590 3 года назад

Eric, you'll never become British: 1. You wear a hat indoors. Not approved in the UK. 2. You drink tea with the tea-bag still in the cup! Begone from our shores!

@tonycasey3183 3 года назад

I have no hair these days, but the wrong haircut thing is annoying. When the barber holds the mirror behind your head and you think, "What am I supposed to do with that information? If I don't like it, are you going to put the hair back on?"

@WanderingRavens 3 года назад

Exactly! 😂😂 And hi, Tony!

@AndrewSmith-sf7eq 3 года назад

If I had to drink cold/look-warm tea it needs to be mega sweet

@KimmysKitchenandGarden 3 года назад

I will say sorry about the mess when it is a mess or when I haven't finished cleaning when I find out someone is coming 5 minuters before they come!!!! No one ever visits when I've just cleaned the whole house :/

@graememoss4305 3 года назад

Hi. U guys are so QUAINT. No but seriously the only thing in life and travel anyone needs is a smile and open mind. Iv been to loads of different countrys around the world and found being open and friendly is all I need.

@dave_h_8742 3 года назад

Have gone out of my way to help friendly tourists guiding them to where they were after, grumpy misery get nowt off me.

@Abigail-wz6be 3 года назад

There is nothing more heartbreaking than forgetting to drink a cup of tea, especially when you were looking forward to it, really dampens the whole mood. The lukewarm shot of tea is something I do on an almost daily basis 😂