Things Americans Do That Confuse The Rest Of The World 

Most American workers aren't paid a living wage in the first place and then are ripped off by the cost of useless medical insurance on top of it. I'm 50 - never had a vacation in my life despite busting my ass for decades.

Nina 88 you could move to another country that’s money is worth way less than the US then be rich there, and I have enough money to travel but I don’t really want to most of the time and I’m American.

Wise Old Owl that’s why it be great if the US invested more of the governments budget into social programs so people could pay less taxes for stuff that doesn’t even help the American people with their everyday lives.

@@blueisacolor8747 America doesn't allow dual citizenship so if you move to another country, you're losing your American citizenship. This means visits to the country will be limited (so I hope a family member isn't counting on you to care for them should they fall ill or when they grow old). Additionally, you'll be paying taxes both for the country you live in and back to America until your citizenship is finalized. This might not happen if you do zero work in a year in the U.S. but the dual taxing is what I've heard of. It takes years to become a citizen in most cases so that's a lot of time paying for both locations. You also need to learn the laws of a new country, learn to speak its language if its not English, hope you don't have a change of mind once youre no longer a newbie to the country...in short, just moving countries isn't so simple. Oh, and also, until that citizenship kicks in, it might lock you out of a lot of things as well. And again, all of this is on top of even getting the money to leave in the first place. There's a lot I don't like about America and considered moving countries (thought about going to Japan...but their work culture is worse than even ours, and more sexist), but I think I'd rather remain here, at least for now, and try to petition for change. Ive been seeing a lot of articles and videos about our lack of parental time off, if nothing else, so I think we might be able to get some change at the very least on that front within the next decade or less.

Fluffymiyster they do allow it with certain countries like (Israel and Canada)and I wasn’t actually serious about what I said anyway. So I don’t expect anyone to do any of what I said, it was just one example out of the hundreds of other things you could do.

That, and we don't get nearly as many vacation days as other countries.

America is small in comparison to the whole world. It's not even as big as Russia.

@Waynem Lambert does your car change speed depending on the population of your country?

@Waynem Lambert that's my point, you made a counterpoint that while Russia was bigger, it had a lower population, which isn't really relevant to travel times. There's also Australia, similar in size to the USA (minus Alaska, Alaska's cheating) and they travel a lot.

@Waynem Lambert plenty of Australians drive too, I'd know because I am one. You make a fair point about having more population centres, but it missed the point of traveling a bit; experiencing other cultures (drive to South America, or Canada, or fly, Australians don't have that luxury) is a massive part of traveling that Americans don't seem to value as much as other people, for better or worse.

They have it confused with Delaware.

We get the same in Australia. Most people don’t realise it takes 5-6 days to travel the width of the country or the depth. Air travel is the only option.

The mother of a friend of mine from Tunisia came to visit him. She landed in New York, connected in Cincinnati then to Kansas City. His Mom said she knew New York and Kansas City were in the United States but what country was Cincinnati in? Her visit came over the 4th of July. When she kept hearing fireworks she asked if we were at war with that other country.

It would be even better here in AK

I live in Northern California and even I am sometimes gobsmacked at how far everything is. About 14 hours from Mexican border to the Oregon border.

Or you could vote and put in people that will improve our system.

@james morgan LOL

@@princessbuttercup8954 LOL you have to get rid of politicians before you can change the U.S government.

@@princessbuttercup8954 HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA! You obviously don’t realize how our government truly works. Our votes don’t really matter and haven’t for decades. The real government does whatever it wants using the politician puppets we “vote” for. No matter who is in the government, nothing is really going to change unless those in power want it to.

Or you could find a company that offers more vacation time. In the 70s and 80s my dad got 6 weeks vacation every year. The more employable you are the better job you can get, the better job can offer better perks.

*thousands*

Exactly!

Britian is a car drive away from what?

@@ryanmcdaniel1933 France Scotland Germany Belgium Netherlands. The next day you could drive Denmark Luxemburg Switzerland. The driving distance between London and France is like 5 hours, I could drive 5 hours right now and still be in the same state.

Or New Zealand which borders no countries and travel overseas involves flying. Odd that growing up most people I knew went on overseas holidays (vacations), just as my brother still does forty years on. Don't use distance and only bordering two countries as an excuse.

And with less days to take off, or if you're hourly/non-salaried you don't get paid for days you're not working (even if you are allowed to take the time off) so then your vacation costs you money AND prevents you from making money at the same time

no we have so much to see here that most ask would we go anywhere else.

@@Iceican america

@@elcheche6561I mean we've got a massive country with so many landmarks and amazing things to see one could die before they see it all.

@@Iceican I agree murica nothing like it

YES!!! Because there never seems to be anyone competent in your workplace to cover you for a few days. You come back and put in a 50 hour week to get caught up because all the office shit that happened while you were gone, is now 4 days past deadline on your desk! Worse now, there's an unspoken expectation that you'll take your tablet or laptop with you so that you can still work, or be in contact with work, or check in while you're on "vacation". Most times, I'm so stressed out over what I'll have to do when I get back, that I can't enjoy the vacay.

@@annehenry6243 I also had a situation in my last job where I needed to work overtime just to keep up and vacation messed up my overtime so vacation cost that much more money....

@@annehenry6243 honestly, i couldn't care less. i would drop the extra work on the desk of my boss and tell him to sort it out or i'm gone. but well, we have a good welfare system for the unemployed.

i m french i have 11 weeks of paids hollidays and work 40h a week, america is shit its only good if you are a rich entrepreneur

Hold up... yall get vacation days??

@@BoomStick4287 yes, 2 weeks.

@@BoomStick4287 my mom doesn't. She can only have sick leave.

In my current job, if I request a day off in the future...it'll be denied within 30 minutes claiming the day is already full. However, if I have to call out, I can use one of my vacation days to get paid for that day I called out. However, it may take up to 2 weeks for them to approve that. It's almost like they don't want us to miss work lmfao I've never believed in the American "work ethic." It's bullshit. It's a false concept created by employers to convince their workers that they're not patriotic americans unless they bury themselves in an early grave from working. It's also one reason I'm single. Too many women in the States buy into the idea of being spoiled bitches. Ironically, when I'm single, my belly is skinny and my wallet is fat. The opposite is true when I'm in a relationship lmao

@@BoomStick4287 do u even have vacation days in america

Actually it doesn't save money. If the restaurant uses a soda machine the average cost of a soda is only a few cents, plus most places offer free refills, so the cost "savings" is negligible. The fact is most Americans prefer very cold drinks and like them to be cold for an extended period of time. Personally I hate having to constantly ask for refills and I am not a fan of ice cold drinks (except water, the colder the better), so I usually ask for no ice.

@@peterbanderas8184 The thing is, when you have too much ice in your soda it will eventually get a watered down taste when you let it sit too long. So I use a small amount of ice usually.

@@Tony12097 I do the same with overly sweet drinks.

i dont use ice bc its cold out of the machine and i dont use a lid or straw its better for the environment all those straws and lids add up more than people realize .

Not exactly true, ice coffee is always more expensive than hot coffee

Because there under control in the army and there not when there drunk

You listen to kodak👀

Now they can't smoke or buy lighters either....

Ok

As a proud America I can say this is the stupidest law we have :)

And not even presenting information about Europe with the accuracy such issues need to be presented.

I think that the reason is because europe is the most advanced apart from the us Qnd if you think australia then you are not wrong but the queen of the uk is the queen of australia But asia isnt too advanced

And japan

@@djelanokorten5956 Europe is more advanced than the US

Well Europe saw the rest of the world as potential Europe in history 😂

And 70 to 80 percent tax rates for all that free bull shit.

@@rollotomasislawyer3405 I wish you much fun finding any European country with over 50% extreme. And yes, giving money to a community with which you help others and others help you if you are in a bad situation is not only a great relief, but you have to worry less and are happier. And btw, even with taxes you are paid more in other countries as a casual worker than In America because they usually have labour rights

@@thenightporter It is not a legal requirement in US, you just have to be lucky, but you knew that when you commented. Most unskilled, lower paid employees have no paid vacations.

@@rollotomasislawyer3405 " And 70 to 80 percent tax rates for all that Free Bulshit" I like your puerile attempt to belittle national healthcare. How can it be free if you are paying towards it? Perhaps you might even like to call it "Socialist" healthcare, just to associate it with the word "Communist" knowing that the majority of Americans do not understand either terms. Perhaps it really is the thought of contributing to the cause of relieving someone else of pain or anxiety, as if there wouldn't be anyone doing the same for you when your bubble bursts, that really irks you? My bro in law from CO said he did not want to contribute any of his tax dollars to Medicare because 5% of recipients are scamming the system. An admirable excuse for someone who wants to refuse help to the 95% of genuine cases but does not want to admit it. Another American friend said he did not believe anyone should get free healthcare. All fine and dandy till a crazy driver cripples his wife and he cannot work anymore and can't afford healthcare. Also, the UK NHS is so socialist that even far right extremists go straight to NHS hospitals with their babies when they need to. Jeez....

@@skol56 Not to mention if you're a lower-paid employee odds are employers will give you hell if you try you even take your days, or have such specific 'requirements' its not even practical to bother, especially if you work for one of those companies that like to get creative with just how many employees they hire.

Ander Jem and there is less for what I’m paying for... looking at you Sonic!

Load that cup with ice, turning it from $.05 of product into $.035. Millions more in profit. I prefer a restaurant that has self-serve.

Exactly

Ander Jem ice drinks suck

Yup. Still remember getting 3 small sips from $7 Starbucks iced drink (this was 20 years ago-stopped drinking them but the concoction must be at least $10 now.) Unfortunately I didn't have time to go in, & never got back that way to complain.

I have done that for years just for that reason.

Most restaurants refill your nonalcohol drinks free. Alcohol is measured into each drink. Go crazy and treat yourself to ice.

@@SusanBaileyAmazingEstate the ice just waters down my drink for me to have like five sips anyway.

I know from traveling in Europe that it’s customary to serve drinks without ice. Most people in the US are mad if you don’t give them a lot of ice. I prefer my cold drinks cold personally lol

I love ice drinks. I fill my cup up with ice and fill it up with whatever I'm drinking and love it. I don't like light ice I need a lot of ice lol. I keep a cup of ice by my bed at night so it can melt slowly so I can have ice water throughout the night without getting up.

Or they have to pay for school?! Really? Wow!

@@cnxexpat1862 : college expenses in the USA are very very costly, if you do not get a scholarship. It took our eldest daughter two decades to pay hers off!!

I agree. I started following the semver standard a few years ago when I got heavily involved in one of my programming projects. It just makes more sense, especially for organization.

I'm in the UK, and in my workplace we order all our files that way for that reason. It's certainly the most convenient when dealing with computer systems

That's really sad. In Australia we get 4 weeks off a year.

You should be with your child when it’s born. In belgium I have 6,5 weeks of holiday days And every dad gets 2 weeks after a child is born. A mom up to 3 months.

In Switzerland you have to take your vacation days otherwise the company gets in trouble. You get at least 20 paid vacation days but most companies offer 25 if not 30. We were once able to vote if everyone should get at least 35 vacation days. Sadly the people said no

In Canada a woman can take a year off or she could split it six months between her and her spouse.

I have 32 payed leave days and each year it goes up till will be 38, my boss has 42 (extra for being boss) I take like 10 days off for Xmas and 10 for easter and the rest in summer to go have fun somewere plus i get vacation vauchers (500$ wort free). Fun:P Edit, Oo yea we have special holidays free days like national day, easter and next day, xmas and next day if there's in work week on top on the legal right free days.

Indeed many of the differences mentioned are really primarily due to the overall size and geographic location of the US when compare to other countries. Always drives me insane when the US gets compared to a smaller much less populated country.

It's still much more similar than if you travel in different countries.

Autumn is the original name for fall. We just call it fall because all the leaves fall off the trees

Canada is almost the same If you have a decent job.

December and January is your summer?? When is your winter? Do you even have a winter? I mean do you ever have cold weather? This is so interesting and I can't believe I don't know anything about it. 👍🏻🙏🙂

@@sheilagravely5621 Yes Dec, Jan, Feb is our summer. And yes we have a winter lol. Our winter month's are Jun, jul & Aug. You know we even have snow in some parts of Australia our lowest winter temperature is around -9F. I live is Sydney, it doesn't snow here, our average winter temp. is (47.8 - 62.6°F) & in summer the highest can be up to 114.4 °F

@@kelsey2333 wow didn't know that, thanks.

maybe they take fewer vacations becouse they dont want the company to realise, they can get by without them

James Washbuirn no, we don’t make enough money to go anywhere.

America capitalism at its finest

And we're probably the only country that has the "staycation" a vacation where you go to a hotel maybe about ten to twenty miles away and get away from home.

@@derykwilson139 have you seen poop on street in India??? Lying idiot 😀😀😀

I've been saying that for years

Quick death vs slow death

You also have to be 21 to purchase a handgun and now 21 to purchase a rifle in some states. So you can get shipped off to the middle east and use a rifle and handgun in combat, but when you come back you're not trusted.

and you only have to be 16 to drive at car legally , and it only takes a day to complete your license, In Denmark, it takes months, and cost around 2000 $

Christian Ortiz Right, so if you're 18 and have training you should be able to purchase a handgun...

Yeah, I prefer it too. Less puzzling.

It wouldn't make a difference in England or Ireland to be honest. If someone is before you that person will be served first

welfare juice tap water welfare tv no nflix £240 month free heALTH TENT CITY SHOW TEENAGERS HOLIDay learn how to make money last winter

Paul BruinFan yes but you travel for a different culture. I’m sure Canadians travel way more than Americans. I’m Canadian and i’ve traveled all over the world. You americans are just closed minded thats the difference

@@akilmtl919 What a close minded assumption bud.

Akil MTL were not closed minded, we would love to travel the world it’s just we really don’t have the funds to do so , And we have to work a certain amount to be able to get time off

As the old joke goes, an American thinks 100 years is a long time; a European thinks 100 miles is a long distance.

Here in UK, holidays or 'vacations' are paid

What you've said is a lie. We can take month-long vacations here in the States and a promotion will await you upon return to work. Periodt!

@@saxopio6280 that depends on ur performance in ur job. But if u do a good job, u can get a promotion

@@saxopio6280 now the world don't move to the beat of just one drum. what might be right for you, may not be right for some. But rly depends on your job and your managers

@@saxopio6280 also my comment is an exaggeration.

In Portugal we call it IVA (Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado - Added Value Tax), because its a tax calculated over the profit the seller has, although is the buyer that pays it (in England is VAT).

We Southerners don’t add ice to the drink, we add drink to the ice.

What about your throat? Sore all the time or adapts somehow?

I'm from the West coast and I love drinks over my cups of ice. I love to eat ice too. But nothing beats a nice cold glass of ice water on a hot day

@@borzix1997 throat is just fine. It's normal to drink with ice

"Side effects may include" the problem it's supposed to prevent or treat... 🤣

I saw a parody of a subscription commercial where the guy in the video reacts to all the side effects listed. It was hilarious.

@@LikaLaruku some of them are funny so treat restless leg the side effect gambling or some are gross so take this for cholesterol side effect anal seepage so yea and antidepressant side effect sudden death or suicide

honestly lol 90% of the ad is usually warning and side effects

BusLady the fact that they speed up the disclaimer makes me less likely to use it because I can’t keep up with what their saying and will run the risk of danger. Real smart move there 🙄.

@Venu G that makes absolutely no sense.

Venu G as you’re right but have you considered that each country does that? I mean, the schools here teaches about the events that have greatly affected the country throughout the years and we also get taught about other stuff as well but they could be seen as not as important as the history we have with Europe. We learn about the pyramids as Egypt has a wonderful history such as how they built things that have lasted for centuries! We learn about various things in various countries and their history!

Qixin Xiang they literally never said that dude

Venu G dude, I’m in a high school history class and we focus on Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, all depends on the type of history class

@@lil_sugi4633 You do know that literally rest of the world except usa built things that have lasted for centuries and they are still in usage. Also europe literally found america, colonized it, killed the natives, had a war w the other europeans there, the other europeans made america, world 20th century and world wars. So, in conclusion, america is an european-originated country which doesn't care about the rest of the world.

If I was to tip I want it going to the kitchen staff who make my food not the person whose sole job is to take my order correctly and deliver it. The kitchen staff are the ones who do all the actual work.

Where the hell is bahrain mate

u are underestimating the size of europe. usa and europe have about the same size.

@@wruzzer and how many countries are in Europe? Where we are all one country. So yes, 4 countries to 1 state.

@@wruzzer lol you think Europe is all one country? that's adorable. USA is a single country. Does not compare.

@@indigowulf i never said that. why would i think that as an european.

"Be amazed" at how easy it is to start another world war. :p

Yeah, we grow loads of peanuts in the UK? Jeez....

As it is here in Australia, it's a sandwich filling or you make biscuits not cookies with it

@@andreahallett4549 Or put it on toast

Jordan Martirossian when I went back to the US I forgot how many food commercials there are. Also when I watched TV in Spain almost every commercial was about shitting, face and or hair products

Jordan Martirossian Thank you !

I've seen some very odd ones lately-If you were a man who looked dwn or felt the pain of a 'twist' would you need an advert to tell you to see a doc&is there a real need for twice the price-wet alert? Flowered designer-heavy duty adult diapers?-just me I guess but I want colored toliet paper like France

Capitalism is why.

@@gabriellashimone6546 TRUTH!

Thank you so much.😂

Or 2x

EXCELLENT!

Excellent

Thank you!

lol yeah. At 16 you're old enough to drive. At 18 you're old enough to enlist in the military and die for your country. But it'll be another 3 years before you can legally purchase tobacco and alcohol products. Funny cuz I'm pretty sure you'd appreciate both of those if you have enemy soldiers trying to kill you for defending your country.* * The aforementioned statements reflect the perspective of the majority of Americans on their military and do not reflect the opinions or beliefs of the author

@@cedwardsmedia 1st) You can enlist at 17! 2nd) As a veteran, I’ve seen what alcohol does to an 18 year old soldier and it’s not pretty. You try telling a young soldiers family that their 18 year old soldier just passed away due to an alcohol related incident! Sure you can argue that war has taken more lives, but you would be absolutely wrong!

I always thought 16 was normal (I'm an American)

Not only is the driving AGE lower, the standard for training is lower in the U.S. than in most countries in Europe. I took 320 hours worth of training for a CDL class " A " license, but didn't have to...it isn't required. Like a car, you must study material to pass the tests and then demonstrate, via a road test, you can operate a vehicle. With more and more heavy trucks switching to automatic transmissions it is getting easier to drive a " big rig ".

Yes, there are so very many places in the USA and traveling out if country, is much more costly. By the time that the average USA person retires, funds are more limited (plus health issues may also cause limited mobility).

Exactly. Here in Europe I can sit in a car and be in Greece, Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungury, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland and so much more countries for less than 12 hours drive.. Heck I can go to Hungury in 2 hours or less, Macedonia in 5, Greece in 7-8 hours.. I can go to about 6 or 7 countries in 5 hours or less.. Plus all these countries are so much culturaly, historicaly and geographicaly diferent from one another its insane.. In the US however language is the same everywhere, same history, culture ever so slightly diferent but compared to it's size and compared to Europe it's not even noticable for the rest of the world.. You have so much geographical and biological diversity but it's a looooong drive to everywhere and very expensive but still cheaper than traveling outside of US hence half a nation doesn't have a passport.. I go to my neighbour country just to put gas in my car because it's half the price and it's only an hour drive.. I surely couldn't afford traveling outside of US if I lived there, same as I can't afford traveling to US from Europe.. Or to Australia or Asia or whatever.. Price of traveling to those places is the value of anual paycheck in my country so go figure..

Just to play "devil's advocate" for a moment, geographically and culturally, Australia is very similar to the US in terms of having lots of variety. There's also the fact that we live on an island so even to travel to New Zealand you still have to fly or take a boat/ship. Yet most Aussies will travel overseas instead of around our own country.

@@lordandrewbruceofthemcinne5046 I disagree with your underlying statement. Australia is _not_ very similar, whether geographically (including wide climate variations of which Australia has virtually none) or culturally. Beyond that, I would have to investigate the statistics on Australian passport usage...

@@lordandrewbruceofthemcinne5046 I thought that was because half the shit on your island is either giant and wants to kill you or small and also wants to kill you.

Michael Nix actually we’re not talking about weather conditions we’re talking about travelling. Here in Australia almost everyone I know has a passport including me. And there are no other countries we can drive to. Also I don’t know if I just happen to know a lot of people that travel.

greg loos....you got it..i hate the ice ..makes the drink nasty.

No. I always do it at home. When you're out, all you have to do is say easy on the ice. Also, in a restaurant, you typically get free refills, so ice doesn't have to be a cost factor.

That would be a good theory if you didn't get free refills for non-alcoholic drinks. Soda is so cheap that there really is no savings and is probably why any size drink at McDonalds is $1.

I love ice added to my drink,but my aunt never take ice when ever she order her meal .there u go u both think alike lol

I like half of my cup ice, that way its cold. Hi I'm from Los Angeles.

I was taught both and i use the height in imperial but the distances and speed in metric for some reasons lol

Crafter here. It took me a bit to switch over to metric (much like you, I struggled with fractions/finding the center). So much easier! I honestly think sciences and advanced math would have been easier for me if we used metric. Celcius/Fahrenheit is yet another thing that would have been super-helpful to not just use a week or so a year the first few years. Honestly, a few weeks, once a year, until like grade 5 or 6 of using metric/ celcius and it's supposed to "STICK?" I'm gradually getting the hang of these systems, but, (in doing actual conversions) I still have to rely on apps. If I start a project now, you can bet it was metric from the start. It goes SO MUCH FASTER! I'm forever thankful we have rulers, etc, with both imperial & metric lol.

Finally someone sees the benefit.

Hmmmm so adding in lots of tens is difficult? The metric system is slightly simple. You already use metric in phone and computer memory or ability.

@@abigailphoenixthepaperaddi2501 I'm Canadian and 73. I was brought up with imperial measurements...Then when my kids were in junior high BAM!!! everything changed to metric.. They managed okay but I still think in feet, inches and miles. Our rural areas are 1 mile X 2 miles. I was selling real estate and houses went from sq. ft. to meters squared and and directions were ridiculous... .0015 km east 45.09 km west. The highway signs changed and I got on this road that was 110 so I was driving like hell bc I thought it was miles per hour...it wasn't

@@ruthkletke ohhhh my, lol at doing 110! =D Yeah, the confusion when changing over is... horrific. I always appreciate items that have both types of measurements. Especially rulers!!! When I craft & stuff, I use metric. Imagine my anger when I bought a metal ruler off amazon (that stated it was was both), and it wasn't - only inches!!! For heaven's sake, it's not that hard to print on both edges of a ruler... While I may never master the conversion process, I have to love just how SIMPLE the metric system is.

Where did you get your information from, fake African history.com? Yes peanut butter was invented by a black man however it was in America and pies originate from France

@mike boultinghouse African people gave the world Jazz, Blues, Rock, Rap, Gospel, R&B, do i need to go on?

Ugh this fucking idiot is on every peanut butter comment. Get a life, troll

@@girlonfire9367 correct. George Washington Carver is not the inventor of PB rather invented ways of using it.

correct. everytime I go to europe, everything chocolate is f*cking nutella. Im allergic to that stuff. (the nuts not the chocolate) so I cannot have anychocolate in europe because of some language barriers and not knowing what is inside the chocolate.

You could, if your vacation was payed, as it is in Europe. In fact, most of the undevelopped countries don't pay vacation time. In Europe, we even have "vacation subsidy", wich consists in a extra month payement, wich happens also in Christmas (another extra month payment). And watch this: it is THE LAW!

@@paulavitoria1798 that's a pretty good deal. I've never in my life been able to take an actual vacation, if I didn't I would have to spend it at home. No money for travel

Mushroom?

@@pumpkinmenadianepumpkinpie2352 No just typing too fast lawl

Don't think there's much to see there tho.

from the outside looking in American's spend too much on everyday life and extravagances to afford the holiday when time off work occurs. Like you said you simply can't afford it, as the exchange rate is in your favour in most cases and you still can't afford it is how I come to my conclusion.

RC IT ALL “spend too much on everyday life”, “extravagances”... like what? Can you elaborate?

@@TK0916 tipping 10 to 20% on your meals, extravagant portion sizes, and that's just the 2 that featured in this video, there are many more, but listing the 2 from this video alone just goes to show how overlooked these extravagances are by those enjoying them.

RC IT ALL Well for starters, tipping is not mandatory, it’s optional. Tipping allows for the food to be 10-20% cheaper (the remaining 10-20% is for the tip). If America got rid of the tipping system then that would allow the restaurant to charge 20% more for the food in order to pay their staff. So basically we either pay the 20% in tips or with the price of the meal....So..we’re not really spending more money than anyone else who eats out. Also the portion sizes had nothing to do with the price of the food. The price is already standard. The restaurant decides how big the portions are. None of this would hinder someone from affording a vacation lol I think a lot of people have this misconception that Americans have an abundance amount of money and that we all have extravagant lifestyles... we are not the Kardashians. Most us are just regular working middle class people.

@@TK0916 eating out is not mandatory either, choosing to do so is indulging in an extravagancy whether you choose to pay the tips or not, I'm sorry I hit a nerve but you are the one that stated you can not afford it, considering Americans are the 4th highest wage earners in the world and have one of the best exchange rates to travel, there has to be a reason why the money isn't there at the end of the day.

Well, even Tylenol can cause death and pretty no one dies from it. They have to list all side effects encountered during trials even if it's 1 in 10,000. It's would be extremely hard to get mainstream pharmaceutical with high mortality rates.

right lol its funny, in other countries they only visit a doctor when they absolutely need to we go because of the paranoia these commercials induce lol

There are plenty of things in everyday use that can kill you. If you don’t believe me, drink 5 gallons of water in one sitting.

@@C.O._Jones ok now what

@Echo Indogo My parents and I are the same in a lot of ways - it seems like the various side effects they rattle off for their supposed "wonder drug" are often worse than the illness/disease the medication is supposed to be treating!

I watch a lot of American programmes like "pimple popper" etc. These guys have lumps and bumps and huge growths all over their bodies for decades because they probably can't afford to pay to get it removed. It's proper shit the American health service, whereas here in the UK we are getting that shit removed as soon as it starts growing.

@@kevo1978 yeah because your country cares about it's population. Our country just wants money.

Ridiculous.I'm a high school teacher -- not exactly high-wage earner. But I have insurance through my work. I pay $30 co-pay, and insurance covers everything else. You don't like the hospital bill? Get a different job, or if you own your own business, get a better insurance plan. You guys whining about medical costs -- it was Obamacare premiums (socialist program) that was breaking everyone's bank.

@@PaulBruinFan do Americans on benefits still get medical insurance?

Wow, healthcare is free in my country. You GET paied to have a child, not cost you anything. Free midwives free private room, one thousand dollars in your bank to help you out and nurse to come in and check on you and help out whenever you like for the next three years for free.. Oh and you get 52 weeks of maternity leave

IKR? Same in Ontario, too!

Uhh... canada is apart of america, this video should of been called "Things in the USA , canada and aparently ontario that confuse the rest of the world."

@@phoebewilson6739 smh

Phoebe Wilson lol what?

Phoebe Wilson oh you are serious

I always say "no ice".

More ice less whatever= healthier for u.

Butter Aviation same

Prescription drugs are your friend. Use them unwisely.

USA 🇺🇸 is the land of the dumb

Thats why go to space,win wars,and are one of the most successful countries.

We don't eat peanut butter toast. Its jelly toast

@@z-manoverstreet also the ones who start wars...

Clay Soggyfries I know, but I do.

How's the gas prices affecting you, minimum wage feels them

??? Canada is in America, though?

He was probably trolling. But yeah, Canada calls it soccer as well. We were left out of everything in this video lol.

@@overlordb1989 America is a large continent (or even 2 continents you might argue - North and South America) that includes the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and many other countries. So yes, Canada is separate from the US, but Canada as well as the USA both are part of America. And I'm from Germany if you must know, where you learn geography properly.

@@Erdnussbuttertoast Distant Soviet and American Laughter.

Wait Canada is a country

Stone is not used in the US.

@@DanaTheInsane And we don't measure in cups!

Tricia K I’m from the UK however I think it’s to do with age. Many younger people use metrics. I’m 27 but weigh everything including myself in kilos and grams. I measure things in metres/centimetres however I measure distance in miles and speed in miles an hour.

And here's even more confusion for you. There are US Gallons and Imperial Gallons.

Hour should also be in how long a football match runs

Ouch, that's actually really sad My mom takes the whole July off and her workplace is closed 2,5 weeks in December (I kinda feel lucky even tho she's a lil abusive)

Bruh my mom gets like 3 days of vacation-

@@tangtang_514 Worked at a place 1.5 yrs. before I was eligible for 3 days vacation for which I had to use 1 day for Thanksgiving, 1 day for X-mas, and 1 day for New Years, NOT FOR PERSONAL TIME.!!

In Brazil is also law 30 days of paid vacations,

Far too many Americans are worked to death. That's just unfair.

@@argiodsilvertongue3589 Yeeeep pretty much and since real food costs significantly more than processed food, which causes people to eat fast food more often which makes them fat. I'm happy I have a god tier metabolism and good eating habits otherwise I'd be like most of the other Americans who can't control their impulses.

I learn something new everyday

And insulin is stupid expensive.

Well watch how real sugar is made and you will know why but importantly everything turns to sugar from meat to salad and salad brakes down faster so meat takes longer to brake down and its why diabetic have to watch everything but my guess is the government control on how much a farmer can grow and yea from tobacco to corn and corn is also used as fuel and mixed with gasoline the ethanol so yes we make a crappy green ethenal from corn and most sugar

And its not just corn bc most do not know sugar can be made out of lots of things and you don't taste it yep even potatoes lol and by the way its also how alcohol is made but yes sugar out of potato

I agree, the USA is so diverse geographically and culturally that I always have an amazing time vacationing in different states. Love this country!

europe being connected means theres a lot of rail systems there you can take too for cheaper trips, that isnt an option in america.

Travels & Chases i dont leave because i cant afford to leave

@@truthisnotrelative7438 Wow were to begin. Too many languages, well Europe is made up of a lot of diff country´s soooo. Rude and very unhappy, there are rude and unhappy people everywhere, but if you really want to go into stats, country´s in EU are elected the happiest people of the world time and time again. I have found Europeans to be backward in knowledge. Jesus dude, again we smoke you guys when it comes to overall knowledge in our school systems. ohh and we don´t go broke because we have to take and ambulance or have to pay of life long debt because we went to the hospital. And in Denmark you know the stupid little backwater country, it´s not only free to take any education you want, we actually pay you while you do so. Lay down the bible and pick up a real book get some real world knowledge.

Slightly feeling attacked, though i know i shouldnt. But if i could leave, i would. There are better places than the small town in michigan now labeled "ass n titties" due to someone spraying the words on the towns water tower. But working 40 hours a week and only getting 300 us dollars a week is really not helping

Heck, all of the things you listed except major canyons can be found just in my state alone, plus rain forest. (Wa)

Peanut butter and Nutella sandwiches are a great combo as well.

yeah. you can survive on only peanut butter. i feel really bad for those folks out there that have peanut allergies

PB&J and sweet/salty combos on sandwiches are seen as weird, at least in most of Europe.

@mike boultinghouse ...no? We just don't like butter that just tastes like peanuts instead of eating regular peanuts. The fuck?

I'm dipping my mini pretzels in peanut butter as I type this. I prefer strawberry preserves myself.

Danice Gewiss .. No one could’ve explain it better..

Wow, first thing that makes sense about college sports, the ticket price. Finally makes sense!

We have a farm team locally and I would rather watch them than professional teams.

Same here in Europe though. The longest I was gone was 2 weeks and when I came back to work, it was a mess. Not every European country has these privileges and it depends on the work.

I guess Russian employers don't fuck around. The person covering you always does a good job.

It's the same here in Canada. Sure, you can take time off, but you're not doing yourself any favours with your boss. They can and do fire you for things like that, while the official reason is made to be whatever legal reason for termination they can concoct. Or yeah, just lay you off.

That's awful. In Australia bosses would never think of telling you to take a shorter lunch break or holiday, even for crappy jobs.

Oh boy. Y'all need to move to South Africa! We get an hour long break and your employer can never fire you for taking the legally required break, there is a body specifically put together to help people who are unfairly dismissed and this is taken quite seriously because of the ramifications.

FLSA does not require meal breaks. Perhaps your state law does, but not mandated by US law.

Ikr, I LOVE tap water XD

$2.13 plus tips aka slave labor.

@@elizabethsohler6516 True, and I wonder how that became legal. Compassionate conservatives who believe minimum wage is too high?

@@randystegemann9990 I honestly don't know .Then again, CC is a wonderful thing. (SARC). I would not be surprised.

@@randystegemann9990 bro... Some of my people make upwards of 25-30 an hour... If I told them, im going to pay you a decent wage but you can no longer take tips, they would tell me to shove it.

@@randystegemann9990 allowed by the FLSA. If something is allowed, most employers will take advantage.

Yes and Im thinking its much more reasonable when teaching youngsters the responsible way to drink (alcohol).

we Aussies have to fly twice as long to visit other countries than Europeans do yet more of us fly out to the rest of the world than the rest of the world comes to us...we miss out on so many celeb's coming down under cause they just can't be bothered to travel so far...yet we're expected to fly to them if they want our dollars...

I imagine its also more expensive to travel to other countries, in europe you can drive a few hours and get to a different country, but in the US thats not possible

Also in Europe employers can find them selves in trouble if staff are not taking (paid) holidays.

Yeah in UK the majority of employers give 3-4 weeks paid holidays

@@joelleboustouller5490 the legal minimum i2 4 weeks paid leave, the majority give more, often you get an extra day after a set time, say every 2 years you get an extra day.

Depends on the state & the company & the position. My old lady is a payroll manager for a non-profit opera & she gets 2-3 weeks paid leave & never uses it all.

So true. I was destined to travel and am lucky enough to have been on 4 continents.

Underrated comment lol.

@@pi3856 thank you for your underratted opinion

@@pi3856 It is too bad. :(

You seem to be alive and typing

Sooo. Work harder....

@@truthisnotrelative7438 🤣

The ignorance is real....

I am alright with women running a company, it is how they treat the men who work there that I care about.

Something a lot of people seem to forget is that it's the companies that set the vacation days not the people who work for the company

eat pizza with a fork and knife

@@revrev6024 wait... WHAT?

Yes we eat pizza with a knife and Fork in the confines of a nice Italian restaurant its consided rude to uses one's hands and unhygienic, however that being said I do know people who use there hands in the privacy of there own home. Eating with cutlery is more of a manners thing especially in public, though in other rougher areas of the country I don't think they care regardless LMAO 🤣🤣🤣

Greeting with kisses on the cheek would be my "no", lol. I don't like someone I barely know smooching on me. As for guys doing it to other guys as a greeting in some places...well, I find that kind of cute but there would be a massive homophobic outcry here in the U.S. about that.

That is mostly done male to female or female to female. Never male to male.

Yes, it takes awhile to build up any too. Sad how the USA workers, get very little paid time off. So many jobs now, you don’t even get benefits, like vacation pay.

i tend to look at these United States as islands..each is different yet united.besides if each state was the same we would the State of America...I don't want every state be the same ,it wouldn't be very fun,you know?

I mostly get what you mean but I wouldn’t venture to say it’s as big of a difference as Italy or France

Truth.

Very well put together

@Awakened2Truth - Disciple of Jesus the Christ SentByHim is a name I've been using online since I graduated bible college and began pastoring way back in the day. No I haven't been to France or Italy, I have been to Haiti, Canada, and Costa Rica. I've also been to NY, NJ, CT, MA, VT, NH, VA, GA, TN, KY, AL, TX, MS, LA, FL, CA, UT, MO, IL, OR, WA, NV, AZ, NM, to name a few. EDIT: let me add, I'm second generation Italian American, at one point, and perhaps still, there were more Italians in NYC then there were in Rome.

I agree

Same

@Jonathan Bell my tip is directly based on how well the server does their job. Some people get no tip because they suck was, some get generous tips because they really make for an enjoyable experience, and then there's everyone inbetween. Ok service, not bad, not great, gets ok tip.

Jonathan Bell I don’t think that makes much sense in this case. The worker shouldn’t do a shitty job and be rewarded. Especially because you don’t want the waiter/waitress thinking they can get away with it for all the othercustomers. After I choose my tip and leave I forget about it, so I don’t worry about anything. But I’m not giving them anything they don’t deserve. Of course, there’s very few times in my life (I think 3 times?) where I left no tip. And I have gone out a lot during vacations or just to eat with family. It’s only if the waiter/waitress is horrible and even they know it but don’t care.

kjp551 I thought it was optional.

Haha ik ook ik was 'confused' over die drugs

In the UK we have a legal drinking age (drinking, not buying) of 3. Whereas the purchase age is 18

Hi from Minnesota 🙂

I lived in Gemert for 2 years and have never had a passport. Lived in Sicily and Germany twice. Visited many other counties and all with a military ID. Not everyone needs a passport.

Been to the Netherlands and Belgium ? 😁

It's not. Its OUR culture. Try visiting Asia, Africa, South America, Europe or even Canada and figure out their quirks. It's all good. It defines what each culture is and it's interesting to compare and experience. Globalists will hate this comment.

As a resident of Europe and semi-frequent traveller, I can tell you that every country looks weird from the eyes of the outsider. For instance, when I visited Romania, I was completely baffled because there was not chocolate milk anywhere, in Russia all the streets were squeaky clean, in Italy the traveling agency had to ask the hotel staff to boil the pasta more and so on and forth.

you guys made buzzfeed thats confusing just like why?

@RU-vid Google e Facebook vaffanculo none of it was stupid a totally cause almost everything on the list had a valid reason

@@helenfotopoulou5125 I'm an Italian, we often visit our own country, but I've never hear or seen something like that, why would they need to tell the staff to boil more. Maybe it's just because they didn't boil it enough before and there were complaints?

You can gamble when your 18... scratch tickets and playing poker counts as gambleing

@@klavair8978 I mean actual gambling, going into a casino.

@@kixi8033, i was allowed when i was 18

@@klavair8978 Really? I've never been in a casino where you can gamble at 18.

@@kixi8033, if the casino floor has alcohol allowed to be served, then then age limit is 21... but some states allow the age limit of 18 as long as alcohol is not being served... America is truely weird

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