In Europe, eating out is an event. You are expected to spend a long time eating with coffee, drinks and so on. Because of that, obtrusive waiters are considered rude and instead a waiter will come to you when you catch their eye. Remember, a long time between ordering and getting the food allows you more time to talk and drink, and allows the chef more time to perfect the food. This is considered positive.
We see Junk Food the way America sees cigarettes: Smokers are tolerated, but people going to Mc Donalds are low class and killing their health. At least in France and Italy.
thanks for watching! I’m kind of surprised, I know a lot of French people who absolutely love Macdo and seem to think the meat is better quality than in the states
US style "service" is harassment. Harassment of the customer who has not gone to a restaurant to talk to the waiter and harassment of the workforce that has to suck up to customers to get by. It is a disgrace, and the US should get rid of it like yesterday.
OK Hon !! I lived and worked 15 years in the US ( Hospitality Industry ) and when you would seen the inside of an American Icemachine you would NEVER EVER drink water with ice - NEVER ( every ice machine was on the inside BLACK from Mold !!!! EVERY !!
Talking at normal volume on trains, busses, in doctors' or clinic waiting rooms is a big no-no in some European countries. The loud talkers whose phone conversations or face to face conversations we are forced to listen to always deem to go like this "uhhh, yeah, so I was like walkin' down the street, dude, and like I saw this like shop and there was like this awesome like gadget - almost the same as back home in the States, so I was like, yeah, that's awesome and..." etc
In Europe socialism id nothing to br ashamed of. Do not explode when someone telks you (proudly!) That they are one. In Spain the head of the Communist Party at one pojnt was a descrndantif the Duke of Medina Sidonia ( the guy who organised the Armada in 1588).
I'd say it's more convenient - in Europe, there are plenty means of transport: train, underground, bus, tram, bike, taxi. You don't need a car to go to the nearest shop! You can even go on foot to many places :)
re: Smoking It was the US that has pushed smoking heavily. The biggest tabacco company in the world to this day is an US American one. Now Americans are complaining that there is smoking in other countries? WTF, hypocrite much ? Secondly, look as the stats and you'll see that yes there is on average more smoking in Europe BUT it all depends which country you want to compare with which US State. E.G. there are more smokers in for instance West-Virginia then there are in Sweden, Belgium or even France. There for give it a rest already. The average across the US is 12% while the average for the EU is 19% Here's a little eye opener for you : In 1990 50% of US Americans smoked.
@@how2europe Google biggest tobacco companies Google smokers per state in the USA Google smokers per country in Europe In all cases select the sources that you think are likely to be with the least bias.
You really shouldn’t compare all of Europe with US or Canada. For example Italy or Portugal are very different from the Netherlands. Plus it’s only sinds the last 10 or 15 years that the north of Europe has more hot days and some nights. Remember the climate is changing so there’s more reason to install airco.
The waiters used to the sole reason my family didn't like coming to Europe. Now that we've figured it out (and now that they know about the existence of the Alps), everything's changed.
We no longer have transportation (sending prisoners abroad to remote places - Australia, America, etc.) we do have transport, a means of getting from one place to another.
I've lived worked all around the world, including several European countries. The lack of screens on windows has never been an issue to me. I haven't had serious problems with flys or mosquitoes. I live in Lisbon now, and can't recall having any mosquitos!
Oh, and something else for Americanos...don't expect to see so many people with blindingly white teeth! Perhaps in Paris, but for the most part teeth whitening is very much a US thing.
@@how2europewell he and some more weirdos might think it’s crazy but most Europeans at least in the Netherlands we all floss and scrape, a lot of electric tooth brushes in Dutch bathrooms
@@MindMeld7777 of course I essentially know more about The Netherlands. When I moved here more than 5O years ago, I saw a lot of people with crooked teeth, but once there were more new dentists and more orthodontist and the insurance helped more than you saw a lot of kids and grownups with braces. The stinkiest people were the older heavy smokers who didn’t smell themselves so deo necessary lol. After the war it took awhile to clean up and get everything on track again. It started to take off laat 70s.
