In that Mcdonalds case, that woman had 3rd degree burns on her inner thigh and genitals, and doctors said it was the worst burn they'd ever seen. She needed multiple surgeries and skin grafts, and she only asked Mcdonalds to cover the cost of her medical bills. The facts of the case were that she was the passenger and they were parked when she spilled her coffee. Mcdonalds knowingly served coffee that was way too hot for human consumption and had numerous prior complaints about the temperature and people burning themselves on their coffee. When Mcdonalds refused to pay her medical bills that's when it was taken to court and Mcdonalds ended up losing and having to pay a big penalty.
Everywhere in the world coffee is served hot and nobody is surprised by it. You have to wait for it to cool down. You need boiling water to prepare it so it tastes as it should. This kind of complaints are possible only in US... :D:D:D Btw in the car.. it is up to passengers how they choose to secure their drinks while driving.
@Zuzana Coffee is meant to be 70 degrees celsius which is like 158 degrees fahrenheit McDonald’s was making their coffee at 190 fahrenheit. She admitted that the spill was her fault but it shouldn’t have ended up in third degree burns and a $20,000 medical bill. All she wanted was for McDonald’s to cover that bill but they didn’t and after she found out the 700 people complained to McDonalds, she decided I sue the amount of two days of coffee sales.
As a southern European the closest i got to experience something like that was during a 3days trip to London on February and i have to say it actually messed up with my general mood of those days, i felt like something was off and couldn't point what out until I got back home to southern Italy. Missing the sun and its light is a real thing you guys have to face, we southerners take it for granted so much that we forget about it. You guys rock
I honestly feel so bad for Northern Europeans with their terrible sun light hours, I would be sad too if I barely saw the sun… thankfully I’m from Spain so lack of sun is not a problem haha
Ok but imagine this : a giant white board with all the countries....slowly theyre all gonna get filled out with red marker as Evan gets cancelled...globally
I think in America it depends where you are in the country. In a large packed city then the person who is holding up the line is considered rude, you're supposed to be ready when it's your turn, and if you're not ready someone might cut in front. Think New York City where people are stereotypically "rude." It's just cuz there's so many people they all get in each other's way constantly. But in a more suburban or rural area, you are expected to slow down and make small talk with the cashier and cutting is a big no no. It is my personal experience that people will tell other people to cut in front of them, if they know they are still deciding, and I think this happens more in downtown areas than suburbs
@@mermaidismyname I would kill someone if they told others to cut in line in front of me. Fuck them. I stood it's my turn. This is considered absolutely beyond rude in Poland. I've seen people have arguments in stores because someone was cutting in line and other people joining in and telling them off
What's super annoying is at McDonald's they've implemented a two lane system with paint very clearly to indicate where you are supposed to split from one lane to too to maximize speed. I have had people cut around me so many times and it pisses me off.
@@izabella7174 that's only the shops - when i came back to Poland from Scotland - I was shocked how disorganised and rude people are when entering a train or a bus.
And then you have me thinking _oh thats a nice trans pride sweater (or whatever that’s called)_ until I realized that maybe it wasn’t. People sometimes wear colors just _because_
Me too! I was like “oh cool I enjoy when presumably straight men wear fun whatever they want clothing” but the jumper is still really cute and looks great
British people absolutely do say “Bless you!”, you just live in London where acknowledging someone else’s existence is considered almost sociopathic (I lived in London for four years and I never got the hang of evading all eye contact)
Live in London people definitely day bless you but less stranger to stranger more friend to friend. People avoid eye contact because there’s a shit ton of people could you spend the time to look at everyone? I can’t be bothered honestly.
If you are in a group of people you know, it’s common, but when you are in a crowd of randoms, people just like to stay in their lane. Yes there are some strangers that will say bless you but I think that most don’t, especially in London.
Canadians say bless you as well, but Christianity/Catholicism are also huge in this country, as they are in the US and UK. It has a very religious connotation to me.
I have to admit, the weather is one thing I don’t miss about Scotland. I visited home before the pandemic and I had to wear a multiple layers when my family were all kicking about in just a top and jeans, they took great joy in telling me I’ve gone ‘saft’ since leaving home
I wanna hear more about that story because that level of intimacy with a stranger is at best super awkward at worst horrifying. I bet picking him up on a scooter wasn't the only hilariously odd thing that happened in that exchange...also kinda pictured them stuck together like the movie Dumb and Dumber lmao
Lmao obviously the fact that it's a bike and not like, a car, is the shocking thing. I understand that though, bike taxis in Bangkok (and probably other places, I just know Bangkok) are pure horror, and I would assume that's kind of the same thing.
I spent six weeks in London one summer. Coming back to the states was like, "Where are all the queues?!? Why are you in the MIDDLE of the escalator?! Move over!!" Americans herd. We don't line.
People in NYC are relatively good at standing on the right on escalators, but of course far less well behaved that way than in London, where they even have signs to remind people. We don't queue up for a bus when it isn't even there yet though (or ever)! If a lot of people are getting on we do it in a mush of people, but generally in a somehow orderly fashion.
@@emjayay Here in the UK, quite often at bus stops you don't queue but you know who you arrived ahead of and you create the queue when the bus arrives in a precise order of arrival at the bus stop. Old people often get dispensation for getting on the bus first tho, but we prefer it if they wait to be offered to cut in front. 😂😂😂
@@GreenFart174 there's actually 'bread' in the us that wouldn't be allowed to be called bread in Germany, because it contains too much sugar. It would be a pastry here..
As you started talking about the woman suing McDonald’s, I was gearing up to fight because it was SUCH a valid lawsuit!! Her nylons MELTED to her skin and she had to get skin graphs. Plus, she only asked for them to cover medical costs. I hate that people mock her and I’m so glad you clarified!
And they had previous cases with similar injuries they had settle out of court. They KNEW their coffee was causing serious burns but it was their policy that it be served that hot!
I wont argue about the burn.But nylon melting at less than 100°C which is the max temperature water can have,is far fetched,wiki says nylon melts at 268°C
@@ZeroSleap Actually, her skin melted into her underwear. The documentary, "Hot Coffee" shows pictures of her burns (with her genitals blurred out). It was gruesome. They first had to peel her nylons out of her burned skin before they could begin treatment. Vanessa may not have phrased it correctly but you're really nitpicking here.
To make it even more german: it's not called toast before it's toasted, it's called Toastbrot (toast bread) Also, that's just the beginning of the whole bread discussion. There are so many more things to talk about. haha
About the Netherlands: It’s not as much “shunning” individuality-you’re free to be whatever you want to be/whatever you are,-but rather that whoever you are, you should be a decent person/not be flashing around everything about yourself wherever. You’ll see a lot in the Netherlands that people are very controlled/friendly (usually, in my experience) around strangers, but we’ll show a completely diferent side of ourselves once we’ve become close enough to be considered trustworthy friends.
Perhaps connected to the idea of not 'making a scene' that's quite strong in some parts of the UK. The notion that it's bad to deliberately attract attention to yourself?
I feel like a good portion of European countries have this exact mindset, especially the ones from West to Central. Despite our many differences, it seems like most European cultures are a weird mix of individualism and collectivism- self-expression and pursuing goals in life are encouraged, but at the same time there's a certain social and group cohesion that needs to be uphold. If you're confused, think of it like this: In Europe, there exists an "I" (the individual) and a "We" (the community/group/family) identity. Most of the time, you're allowed to nurture your "I" identity, but it never should disrupt the "We" identity. For example, being loud and bringing attention to yourself, intentional or not, in public is heavily frowned upon because you're disrupting others' peace and makes you look like you're stepping out of the community. Of course, on which side each country stands more is different, but generally speaking, Europe isn't as individualistic as the US or Canada, nor is it as collective as China or Mexico. It'd be nice if any other Europeans gave me their two cents on this.
Swedish bishop Olaus Magnus said in his 1555 work "A Description of the Northern Peoples" that in the far North there are only two seasons in the year - one day and one night.
That does depend on the location though. People don't think of it that way bc of the climate but the UK is pretty far up north. The northern half of the UK is about as far north as the southern third of Sweden.
@@MellonVegan I was gonna write a long comment explaining that you're wrong but I'll just say that instead, you're wrong. The UK is at best the southern fourth of Sweden and at worst the southern fifth of Sweden
@@TurtleMarcus That isn't technically that far off. In fact that is exactly how it is on the poles. At the north pole the sun rises on vernal equinox and doesn't go down until half a year later on the autumn equinox.
Oh - another weird thing I noticed about coming home to the UK is that I started to look up at the buildings and enjoy the architecture more. I didn't do that where I grew up because you're usually not looking at your hometown like a tourist would, you just use the buildings for their purpose. But when I moved abroad I looked up at all the beautiful buildings and I brought this habit home with me, it gave me a new thing to enjoy about my home country.
Is it sad, but when I was in the UK, I missed using escalators and rotating doors, but coming back to the states, having escalators and rotating doors and self opening doors felt like home?
God I SO relate to the whole american flags thing. I did an internship in London and travelled around Europe for a bit and it never ceases to amaze me that not a single other country loves their flag as much as Americans do. One of my neighbours even has a business where they put American flags on everyone who lives on my street’s front lawn for $50/year for all of the American holidays. They’re all up right now for Memorial Day. As I drive down the street it’s just like a PARADE of gigantic american flags and it seems so cult-like.
I mean... for 13 years of our lives, from ages 5 (before we understand what's happening at all) to 18, we're taught to stare at the flag and recite our allegiance to it 5 days a week, 9 months a year (at a minimum). So.... yeah, it's a cult.
I honestly think our love for the flag started as a giant red white and blue middle finger to England after we got our independence and we are so petty as a country that we just never really let it go and now we just live like this
@@haashirkabeer2671 yeah, we even have to write essays and stuff about what the American flag means to us, have flag rasing and lowering ceremonies in some instances too. The American reverence of the flag is definitely taught not aqquired on your own.
Biggest reverse culture shock for me was hearning my native tongue EVERYWHERE. I'd become so used to associating it with tourists from my "home" country that it took quite a few weeks for my brain not to blast me with notifications each time I heard my language (which was suddenly ALL OF THE TIME).
Everything in Japan works and is good for one reason, self-pride. Most of the entire culture has incredible self-pride in everything they do and they do it to the high standard they expect from themselves. This means that every job from bin man to train conductor is done to the highest standard they can muster. Its a shame people also kill themselves from over work :/
@@Lobboi I've heard about that too, and I think it's really toxic. If you did your work well and you are finished, hanging around is nothing but a waste of precious time. Thinking that the people who spend the most time at their desks are the ones who work the most, or the best? It feels like an excuse for being to lazy to just sit down _and check the work they did_ .
Victoria Turner Sorry but are those videos of people being literally stuffed into Japanese trains true? If so wtf are you whittering on about sweetie??
It’s probably because Japanese work culture is one of the most toxic and unhealthy ones I’ve ever seen. I mean really? Some people being worked till they get unwell or die? I don’t know if Japan is trying to fix this issue now or anything, so take that with a grain of salt.
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"Americans do not know bread." Why is everyone saying this? Because it's the truth. ;-) (Greetings from Germany ;-))
UNLESS you go to an independant bakery in the usa all the bread is absolute garbage. even the stuff from the bakery in the supermarket is godawful. Dear america - NO sugar is needed in your bread. bleugh.
@@keltait I love that Subway ran into a spot of trouble in Ireland, where the bread they use is legally cake (the sugar content!), so the taxes are higher on it. Serves them right; good bread does not need sugar.
At this point when I go to a restaurant I just expect that I’ll need a box. I realize that this is probably a very American thing but because I’ve grown up here it just seems normal to me that when I go to a restaurant I get a meal that lasts me two days. I’m not sure if it’s the price of one meal though, I haven’t had many opportunities to travel outside of the us so I’m not sure how our meal prices compare to other countries
I lived in Denmark for two years when I was in middle school and came back to America to start freshman year. I can definitely relate to the portion sizes being very large and the grocery stores having way more options, I definitely missed that. But the most shocking thing is that most American adults don't respect the opinions of children. When I was in Denmark I felt more independent and respected by the adults in my life. Coming back led to some major disappointment as many freedoms were taken away from me. Adults should listen to children more, it gives them confidence and helps foster their learning of real-life skills. But nooo the children are too young to be a part of this conversation.
Ive not lived anywhere else but I hands down can understand your point on children not being respected. Im 19 and I still to this day get told things like “shes acting like shes grown” or “she thinks shes grown” when I have an opinion or feeling on something. Or when I try to do anything that is ‘adult’ like, like getting insurance or a car. Or making phone calls, yes I told someone i was about to get on a call so they wouldnt bother me and as i walked away they made the sly ‘acting grown’ remark. Edit: I cant be upset or angry either about anything without it being ‘disrespectful’ or rude. Or without being told that ‘they are adults they can do what they want’. Even if its something that should not be acceptable behavior. Yet as a 19 year old im not considered adult enough to be taken seriously.
Signe Øy You are, and yes Im from America. But even at 18, the legal adult age, you are not given very much respect in regards to just being an adult in general.
@@Makalasbeautybar Just curious then - at what point do you start getting treated like an adult? Surely it's not something that magically ticks over at 21?
@@DebSrsns in many places it sometimes boils down to life experience. Example. you have two young men both aged 20. One graduated school, maybe did a year of college and is at a simple job. Many old timmers would see and treat him like a child. The other man, graduated school, joined the military, went to war and came home due to an injury and works that same simple job as the first man. People would treat him more like an adult, because "He's seen shit, man" "He's done things" "He's gone places" Women are basically treated as children until they birth their own children.
Me: Watches Evan Edinger complain about the UK being dark in the winter... Also me: Laughs in Swedish 😂 No joke in the summer it DOES NOT get dark, we had some Aussie friends visiting and they could not get over the fact how it never fully got dark. But on the flip side we also get Game of Thrones level winters 😂
Sweden once had a THREE YEAR LONG winter (after a volcanic eruption if I remember correctly?). Old rune stones mention how absolutely awful and deadly it was
Ah, yes... I was up late yesterday and thought I might take some photos of the sunset... but accidentally missed it and it turned out to be the sunrise.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT. Omg, I love the winter, but without snow it's literally constantly dark. And I hate the summer 'cause I can't sleep when the sun is up literally 24/7 lol. I do feel really strange whenever I'm in southern Europe during the summer and it actually gets dark at a reasonable time, and stays dark for several hours. It blows my mind.
It’s really both the best and worst! I personally adore being out late in the summer and watching the sun set at like eleven and then getting home and seeing the sun rise again at two in the morning but man winters suck a lot
@@GoogelyeyesSaysHej Out of interest are there people who have summer and winter homes in different parts of the country so they can avoid living in the dark all winter?
I'm English and when I went to the States I found shopping harder than I expected. It wasn't just the different names for everyday stuff and the ounces and gallons etc It was the choice. There were a couple of times when I actually felt panicky because I'd been staring at an enormous choice of products for so long and just didn't know what to choose. It was overwhelming. A couple of times I gave up and left with nothing. Other times I just randomly chose something not knowing what I was getting. Btw I always say 'bless you'.
Thing is, under the packaging, most of the products are exactly the same from brand to brand. Sometimes they’re even made in the same facility by the same people.
dude i'm an american, sometimes i go to the dining hall at my college i get SO overwhelmed by all of the choices and i end up not eating anything, too much choice is SO hard for me lmao
When I moved back to Scotland after living in England for ten years, everything felt damp. Also, I kept being surprised that people did things on Sundays. We’d lived in a semi-rural town in South Yorkshire, and it felt like the entire place was just abandoned on Sundays. Deathly silence and the smell of a hundred roast dinners. Then we moved to an almost identically sized semi-rural town in East Lothian and the very first Sunday in our new house, a pipe band just randomly marched past our house. We’ve been here for 12 years, and I’d say around 20% of our Sundays have involved pipe bands marching past our house. Sunday is just another Saturday in Scotland, just with slightly less drinking if you have work on Monday.
I’ve been back in America for over a decade now from living in England for 3 amazing years as a young teen and the doing things on Sunday part still surprises me sometimes (especially the stores being open for significant periods of time on Sundays).
Okay so this might not make sense to Americans but I went to high school there as an exchange student for a year and whenever we needed to go to the bathroom you had to raise your hand, ask the teacher for permission in front of the entire class and get a hall pass. I thought it was weird at first but then it just became standard. When I came back to Sweden, I did just this. Raised my hand and proclaimed in front of the entire class that I needed to go to the bathroom. The teacher and everyone else looked at me like I had lost my mind because in Sweden, we NEVER do that. You just casually slip out of the classroom and go to the bathroom. It was incredibly embarassing, especially since it was one of my first days with my new class since coming back home.
im american and have jumped around between a lot of schools in america and abroad and while the asking to go to the bathroom thing was common in almost all of these places, at the american school went to (before covid) most teachers just let you go without asking. was a little weird to me at first and i would still ask to be sure but it definitely is nicer overall.
In France we also ask before going, and often the teachers don't even allow us to go. We'd get fuck by the teacher if we'd just walk out of the room without saying anything. Like properly "scream" at in front of the whole class
I think that we require students to raise their hands before going to the restroom for several good reasons. As a teacher myself, I am required to keep a record. I have forms that need to be filled out with information about who left, when they left, where they were going, and then write down the time they returned. It’s at least done this way at the school I work at for safety reasons. If a student is lost or in danger, we have a record of where they were going and what time they left. Also, it discourages students from using the restroom as an opportunity to skip classes and end up missing the information being taught during the lesson. Finally, in the US it is often considered good manners to politely excuse yourself in a group setting (for example, excusing yourself from the table when eating with family and friends).
The clapping after sneezing to save the faries is such a british theatre kid thing. Nobody else does it. I tried to explain it to my non theatre friends and they all thought I was crazy.
"Act normal, that's crazy enough" is a real thing in the Netherlands. "Be yourself" is another real one and both are visible in the Dutch culture. It shows in our no nonsense approach to a lot of things and in the complete madness when we celebrate and party. Some parts of the Netherlands are more attached to "acting normal" than other parts. Since I never met a normal person, I believe that it is normal to act a bit crazy.
for me it always ment just be your own normal (doesn't matter if someone else thinks it's crazy) and that it's oke to be a bit weird or crazy or what ever :)
From my understanding "doe maar normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg" means that you have to be yourself. Don't try to be someone else just to be liked. It's crazy enough to be yourself, and if that's not good enough for someone, that's too bad for them. We basically do not like fake personalities, which is why "we" get uncomfortable with what we call the ingenuine overhappy greetings in America. It feels fake, it feels like something is up. Act normal, act like yourself. And here we see it, it means different things to different people. tl;dr Just be yourself. Don't act like someone you are not. So normal = your normal, and crazy = life is already crazy enough as it is.
7:28 As a german I screamed. Literally screamed. There is such a huge difference between not supposed to be toasted Bread and supposed to be toasted bread. To me “toast”(I’ll refer to bread that is meant to be toasted as such) is not bread. Bread is good as it is and it has texture other than very soft sponge. I mean, toast is good occasionally but every time I travel I start to miss bread strongly after 1-2 weeks and I’m not even crazy about bread for German circumstances. As a conclusion: bread that is meant to be toasted needs something on top or it tastes like nothing. It only gives a neutral base for whatever you put on it. On the other hand, you could eat actual bread as it is and it would still have a good taste. When putting something on actual bread it adds to the taste of whatever you put on there and makes it better. Thanks for coming to my BREAD- Talk.
I love it when Germans write stuff that's super German. I once lived (in the US) with several people including one young German guy. Of course we made fun of him for being so "German" (even though he was really just a typical guy about like anyone else), while he always claimed that he did not fit the stereotypes. Then one day he totally freaked out about the washing machine only having cold, warm, and hot settings, not a choice of precise water temperatures. By the way, my mother was born in Germany near Freiburg.
10:23 I'm from Costa Rica and we have a almost our population in tourist during the year so we hear always the "ah, it's like monopoly money"....no, your country is the only one that doesn't do this, it's mean to be on different colors and sizes so people with dissabilities can identify it easier
And also people without disabilities! Plus, I don't know about other countries but in the UK the more the note is worth the bigger it is (a £10 note is bigger than a £5 note, £20 is bigger than £10 and £50 is bigger than £20!) which also helps you to differentiate them!
8:08 that phenomena happens to those who go away to college/uni and return revisiting their friends back home. Away at school, one does meet a more variety of people and one undergoes a maturation process that makes one's home friends think they are snooty/snobbish.
"Does your language have a word for untoasted bread?" Yes, the word is bread???? You can toast any bread why do you need a word for bread that is not toasted other than just the word bread?
Yeah, that's a cultural difference. I've been to Germany and they definitely use a different type of bread when they want to 'toast' it. It's shaped differently (more square) and of lower quality. I guess it doesn't occur to the person who wrote it, that you can also toast other types of bread ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
For me (German) it's because of the taste. Bread made to be toasted tastes totally different from normal bread. I still toast both xD It's just the type of bread for me and doesn't express whether it's actually toasted.
In Poland we also have different names for those type of breads. Normal bread is called "chleb" and it's long and round (idk how to describe how it taste). We also have "chleb tostowy" which roughly translates to "bread to toast" (there's no direct translation). It's sliced, square and more sweet than normal bread. But of course you can toast both kind of breads. It just looks and tastes different. :)
@@silberh5672 every time when we're on vacation in Germany we call the bread that's supposed to be toasted toast-bread😂 (or translated in Frision: toast-bôle/Dutch: toast-brood)
@@LadyMephistopheles and it's still not as good as German bread. Just as accept defeat, you can't win against our variety of a couple hundred different bread types.
I find it weird when I come back to the UK and I have to get used to being able to actually understand what people are saying. I know it sounds weird but I get used to not being able to listen in on other people's conversations and it's so strange just suddenly being able to understand what people are saying
Yes I can relate to this. I lived in Puerto Rico for a few years. I just sort of got used to hearing gibberish all the time that now it is sometime hard for me to pay attention because I’m used to just tuning it out.
After I lived in Spain for a while, and then went back to the Netherlands, I remember for the first few days, whenever I passed people on the streets, I would think "woah, those people were speaking Dutch!" And then I'd remember I was in the netherlands. :)
6:38 yeah it is literally like that. In autumn, I would get so depressed because I would arrive at school before it got light and I would leave when it was dark. I felt like I was completely missing the day because I was at school all day. It was so sad.😭
The saddest thing after moving back to the US from France was when I was at Starbucks and I had pulled out the exact change just for the cashier to remind me that tax wasn't included in the list price.
@@funkyfranx God no I'm English and don't believing in tipping for stupid things. I probably will in a restaurant or buy the barman a pint but that's only when I think they deserve it.
@@funkyfranx I have seen tip jars in them though. I was in Burger King in Ireland and they had a tip jar in front of the till it annoyed me and I had to move it so I could see the price. I made a smart arse remark about it. I couldn't of been the only person to say something because the next time I went in there wasn't one at all. Lol
That happened to me too! I had just finished up a semester abroad in Germany and had gotten very used to the "tax is included" thing and I wanted some caramel corn from one of the stores in the airport. It took me a good few seconds to realize why the price was different from the one listed and meanwhile the cashier looked at me like an idiot
@@gearsandsteam1 Had that one in reverse when I came back from 9 months in Florida and tried to buy something can't recall what it was now just remember that it was priced at £2.99 and handing the cashier the item and £4 only to be momentarily confused when they immediately handed me a pound coin back before they even scanned the item. Followed a few seconds later by feeling like a complete moron as it clicked in my head "Real prices you idiot", sort of barely mumbled thanks as I left too as I suddenly felt very self conscious that my still recognisable accent would make me look like a bigger idiot though thinking about it later while still obviously British to Americans I sounded kinda American to people back home at that point anyway so probably would have gotten away with it lol.
About being more eccentric or outgoing as a foreigner - I think a lot of people find it easier because, as a foreigner, you are already an outsider, and a lot of your behavior will be excused (if not approved) due to you being an outsider. When people return home they're expected to behave as a respectable member of the community, so any eccentricity will be judged more harshly.
True! Although we dó have a little bit of a 'act normal'-culture here...at least more than the USA, for example. They celebrate 'the more crazy the merrier' sometimes and we don't. If you are wearing a nice dress, that's great and you'll get a compliment. Nice dress and leggings, another compliment. Nice dress and leggings and bright-coloured hair and a hairpin with glitters that is waving in the wind and you're on glitter-heels...you better have a good reason. An event, a cosplay-meeting, a performance, your wedding, a drag-event, godknowswhat. But if it's your usual day and you decide to walk around like that, people will look at you funny. Not saying they'll hiss mean comments at you, but they'll definitely assume you're trying to cover up your insecurities or something, trying too hard to be noticed and they'll just see it as fake. And I like cosplay, I go to cosplay-meetings sometimes. And I like to be noticed in nice clothes. But I recently met two girls that dress in cosplay daily and always go head-to-toes in bright-coloured ruffles and lace and wigs and honestly, it started annoying me after a few days. You can't see their face through the make up, you're speaking to a clownesque face-paint and you're constantly distracted by the colours, as if she's mocking the situation. Which is a stupid thing to say, I know. And one has a severe depression and I support the way she's working through it, so I never said anything negative to her. But deep inside of me, I really wish she'd come and visit us in a normal attire, and have the costumes as an every-other-day-thing. It just seems insane I've never seen her 'real' face.
There's a unwritten law in Sweden (in Norway and Denmark as well if I remember correctly) called *jantelagen* that literally means "don't think you're better than anyone else". Individuality is shunned in a way, but at the same time a lot of people try to be unique and/or brag about something they have/do regardless of jantelagen, which I find kind of ironic.
About toast: The first time I realized that we are a little bit strange in that regard here in Germany was when James Rolfe/AVGN mentioned it in one of his videos, that only toasted bread is toast. But... I agree with the other German dude: what do you call the untoasted toast if not "toast bread"? :O And yes, we NEED to differentiate that, because bread that is supposed to be eaten un-toasted is completely different from bread that is meant to be toasted. :D
@@susanboyd6592 That would not work for us. You'd use proper bread or a bun to make a sandwich. No German in their right mind would eat untoasted toast as a sandwich, unless it's in the middle of the night, all the stores are closed, and the toaster broke/the power is out.
Speaking of trains in Japan, after living one year in Osaka, it was really hard to come back to the insecurity in Paris. In Japan, as a woman, I could go out at night, come back home drunk, and not feel like I was risking anything in the trains or the streets. Went back to Paris and the insecurity feeling came back instantly. Well, at least the cheese and the coffee are worth it.
Trains are the same in Switzerland. I could tell I was acclimatised to CH when the train was 6 minutes late and I was thinking that was late! We have train connections that are 3 minutes apart, the efficiency is that good.
I also lived in Japan - Tokyo, myself - and you're so right. Living in Japan was amazing as a woman alone. I went anywhere, any time. Enjoyed the solitude of a beautiful city at night, walking the streets, alone with my thoughts. The freedom of it felt like being a kid again.
When I moved back to the UK from Korea, it took a while to already. Korea has a 빨리 빨리 (balli balli - fast fast) culture, and the UK just doesn't. When I got my Internet set up in Korea, an engineer arrived the day after I placed the order. And when it broke down a few months later, an engineer was there in two hours. Moved back to the UK, and tried to get the Internet set up. It took two weeks to get an appointment.
@@mermaidismyname yeah here you're expected to finish your plate and if you're so full it's impossible to eat anymore THEN you get to ask to take home the leftovers. It's expected to clean your plate here in Europe.
When I was in Japan it felt so awkward for me to bow to people even though I knew that it would be technically more awkward not to bow. However, since I returned to my home country I slightly bow to everyone I meet greet or thank. Why? And, oh my god, I miss Japanese convenience stores. Germany, what are you doing? There is nothing like a convenience store. It's such a great concept.
Bin generell dafür, die Pandemie als Sprungbrett in eine handschüttelfreie Gesellschaft zu nutzten. Verbeugen ist nicht nur genauso einfach, es ist hygienischer, geht auch auf Abstand, geht mit vollen Händen und benötigt eigentlich nur Sichtkontakt. Und ich stimme absolut zu, wir sollten uns so einiges von Japan abgucken, angefangen bei Conbini.
Yes! Japanese convenience stores are good! We do have convenience stores like some those chains in Japan but the stuff inside is NOT the same quality. And for bowing, I'm Asian even though we don't have the custom of bowing we do have noding and it's easy to adopt to bowing. Good thing I can control myself from bowing when I'm back in my country. Also, I sometimes forget the escalator etiquette as in Japan and SG you have to line on the left side of the escalator and in Korea on the right. But in my country nah, you do what you want even if the standard is keep right.
As an American, we really don't know bread or cheese, whenever I'm in Europe both those things are to die for and I just can't eat american cheese (unless it's melted) or white bread anymore
I literally remember running to the bus stop in the winter after school because of how quickly the sun set (this was when I was like 11 and my bus already came a lot later than most of the others)
NYC is at the west end of a continent in the northern hemisphere and western Europe is at the east side. Plus the Atlantic circulation from tropics to up the east coast of N America and across and down the west coast of Europe.
emjayay Sorry to correct you, but the Atlantic circulation goes the other way around. That's why Europe is so warm, even though it's way up north by latitude.
@@emmynoether9540 You are right! The tropical water goes across from the US and continues up the coast of N Europe and then makes a figure 8 and back south. One way or another it keeps N Europe/UK warmer in winter than it would be otherwise because the prevailing winds in the N hemisphere go W to E. The Pacific is cold along the west coast of the US in the N part of California and up, so San Francisco for example is way colder in summer than tourists from elsewhere in the US expect. If global warming continues to ruin the Atlantic circulation N Europe/UK will be screwed. It will turn into Sweden in the winter.
3:52 The coffee was so hot that her labia fused, trust me that's WAY TOO HOT. That's not supposed to happen if you spill coffee on yourself. Yeah McDonald's deserved to lose that law suit.
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The Netherlands does have that saying. “Just act normal and you’re weird enough already.” You don’t hear it as much in the bigger cities as in smaller towns.
komt meer op neer om geen scene te maken van dingen en dat te veel aandacht naar jezelf trekken een tikkie onbeleefd kan zijn. "Don't show off" would be better interpetation of the saying
To be fair, I regularly dye my hair funky colors, wear a cowboy hat, a singular sword earring and docs. Plus I'm neurodivergent. I'm gonna be weird anywhere ☠️
when i was very little my family lived in england for three years (cuz military parent). i quite clearly recall an interaction shorty after coming back to america in which i said i wanted chicken nuggets and chips, and had to correct myself. my sister got in trouble at school because she asked for a rubber. it also took us a few years to completely lose our british accents since we were so young when we lived there.
I remember moving back to England after living in Germany when I was 11 and being horrified that there weren't colour-coded recycling bins in the classrooms at school
Maryam Usman It’s really so incredibly sad that the ppl whose job it is to teach children this kind of stuff, have to be taught instead. Keep fighting for it and maybe ask your school mates to also pressure them. Explain to the “adults” how important recycling is in our societies and slap them with “if you can’t understand simple things like that i don’t think you’re fitting to decide about anything related to education”. Because it just is true. Also tell your parents some cultures really just need to be told by adults so they listen, even if the “younger” say the exact same thing somehow it’s invalidated just because they are “too young to understand”... fighting!!
Damn that "I don't belong anywhere" hit hard. Moved to France in september and it already feels like that when I talk to people from home. This only makes me want to not go back home more tbh. I will just keep moving around forever I think. Easier that way.
Same here! I consider myself English because my parents come from England and English is my mother tongue. But I’ve never lived there. I was born in Germany and now live in Switzerland, so I’m really a foreigner in all three countries.
Same, people in Brazil say I don't speak or sound like from Brazil, in Spain I'm not Spanish enough (was raised in both culture exposure), so I think Im a mix. So I just say I'm a citizen of the world because when outside I fit more than when in my own country and culture. Also the perspective you see things are not the same, so for some people you migh sound a bit snooby and trying to be smarter, at some point I had to just behave like I know no sh@ from my own country. XD
I had exactly the same, returning to the UK after living in Japan for 3 years. What helped me though was getting a job offer practically the opposite end of the UK from where I'm from - going home leads to really strong feelings of reverse culture shock, but a new place that's still in my home country is easier for me to re-adapt to than my hometown.
On a smaller scale, this is happening to me even though I'm French and haven't left France. I was born and raised in Nantes and moved to Paris three years ago for university. When I come back to my hometown they call me "the parisienne" and when I'm in Paris I'm "the nantaise". Can't even imagine what it must be when you live abroad from your home country.
I'm Italian, from Rome, have lived in the UK for an entire decade, then moved back to Rome. Like the other Italian commenting in this video, my biggest reversed culture shock was also the queueing thing. I got used to the orderly queues of the British, then came back to Italy and felt infuriated and stressed by the way people here spread out everywhere and, if they get a chance, even jump the queue! Outrageous! I feel like a selfrighteous Brit when I wait in line in Italy, now.
I am an American who was born in Austria, but spent 15 years of her childhood in England. After moving to the USA at 16 my mind was blown at the amount of patriotism displayed everywhere. The English tend to be pretty reserved about showing patriotism (especially around London) and to see such a blatant display blew my mind. Also... the ice cream aisle at the store... so many choices... after 3 years in the States I am still shocked.
Moving back in with my parents was my biggest culture shock! I lived with a group of friends in Spain for 3 months in an area where everyone only spoke Catalan, we figured things out for ourselves and tried new things and then suddenly when I got back home I couldn’t even leave the house without saying where I was going. It was so strange and I had to keep reminding my parents that I managed on my own in a foreign country where no one spoke English for the entire summer, I was a different person from when I’d left and could manage on my own. I found it so hard to adjust back to that after tasting the freedom that I moved out to my own place pretty soon after! (Love my parents but upon returning I felt SMOTHERED)
I will probably have that same culture shock as you. After 5 years on my own in Amsterdam I can't find a new apartment so I need to move back to the parents. Will it be very rough?
Ugh, I totally feel this! Especially now we are in lockdown. For seven years I went wherever I wanted and just told my parents what they'd find interesting when we caught up. At the moment they want to know what I'm up to when they hear the door opening for me taking the recycling out! I know it's because they're bored and I love them, but I am SUFFOCATING. I do love having access to a dishwasher and tumble drier and knowing I won't get made homeless for forgetting to put the sofa cushions back (yes, this did happen to me - housing insecurity is traumatic and I love my parents for providing me with security again.)
@@LadyQAB It will depend on how independent you like to be and your relationship with your parents. What helped my transition was gratitude for the luxuries of their middle class home after living in poverty for seven years. Best of luck to you!
LadyQAB as somebody currently living back with my parents, because social distancing rules make living alone incredibly boring, it depends. For one, we agree this is a temporary arrangement, so I it’s more of me permanently visiting, then moving back in and I think that’s very important. It’s also critical to have a similar understanding of boundaries. We do things/ eat together regularly, that’s why I’m here in the end, but if I or they don’t feel like it, that’s ok. They have their own life and I have mine and it will stay like that. I’d say we currently live more as roommates and that way it works ok. But I will definitely move out again, once having somewhat of a social life is possible again.
I've had the complete opposite happen with the "Bless You" when you sneeze. Back home in Belgium you'd rarely get someone saying "Bless you" (or y'know, gezondheid), but when I moved to the UK I get it all the time, and started doing it myself all the time. :'D
I am really experiencing the “I don’t belong anywhere” feeling at the moment. After 4 years in the UK coming back to Switzerland has been really difficult. It’s been almost a year and I still find it extremely hard to make friends as I feel I have nothing in common with the people down here. Plus most of my “home friends” have moved out of Switzerland or started their own families which really just makes me feel even lonelier. If anyone has experienced this and perhaps has some tips on how to “rebuild” your life back home I would really be grateful :)
"Sun sets at 10pm during summer" Try northern Sweden, the sun currently doesn't set at all :-) And during winter we get roughly 3 hours of sun if any at all
Even in southern Norway it's currently light out until around 11 pm, with still a month to go until summer solstice. And I don't consider 10 pm to be "night", just late evening :P
Yeah, this was a "bless you, Evan, London is sooooooo far south". Loved my time in Bergen where it doesn't even think about getting dark before 11.30pm in summer. Left before winter...
Heh was enough of a jump when I returned from 9 months in Florida having just about adjusted to the day length being essentially constant (Sure it does vary a little but when you are used to the UK where the day length can vary in a month by about as much as the yearly variation in Florida it's basically constant by comparison). Though I did return in the second week of January though so that is a large jump when you have gotten used to having almost no variation to suddenly lose over 6 hours in a day.
I live in Melbourne, Australia. It gets dark here at about 8.45pm at the height of summer (Most other parts of Australia get dark earlier than this). I couldn't imagine 11 or later, that's just crazy. But I'd love to experience it. The good thing is our winter days aren't as short as yours, so it's swings and roundabouts
It's actually a thing in Northern latitudes, that people seem to need a little less sleep because of it being so light. A friend from Lapland told me it's pretty usual to go visit friends at eleven in the evening, during summer, because everyone's awake anyway :D
As an Austrian, having lived for 6 months in Italy: 1) Coming back, I disliked almost all pizza and pasta dishes in Austria. It seems, there are hardly any good places and the Italian food is just mediocre at best. (Very frustrating, if my grandma cooks spaghetti with ready-sauce. Ugh) I have to cook my pasta now on my own, that it's more or less good 2) no shops are open on Sunday: In Austria, almost all shops are closed down on Sundays due to religous (or pseudoreligous) reasons. In Italy, however, one of the most pious countries, you can shop groceries on Sundays without any problem. 3) the gesticulation: Italians make gesticulations while talking and I love it. It's just funny, that whenever I speak German, I don't do them, but whenever I speak Italian, I throw my arms around like crazy.
Adding to 2) stores in Germany are also closed on Sundays but in Poland they are not, despite Poland being way more religious. I always wondered what was up with that.
Summerpoison same with the Netherlands and Switzerland. quite odd, kinda irritating when you’re hungry and you’ve got no options, but it is what it is 😄
Italian here and I really love shops being open on Sundays. I remember the old days when they were not, and there was also a day when the stores were open until midday but it was not the same day everywhere, so I remember the grocery store nearby was closed on Wednesday afternoon, and the first mall opened around here was initially closed on Monday morning. Toy shops, house and body care shops and not food related shops in general were usually closed on Monday all day. I remember very well all of this and the fact that mom and I went shopping only on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Saturdays to be sure that every shop was open. This was until 2000 or so. With my family I went to the Italian Sudtirol every summer. I remember that shops followed austrian customs so they were closed on Sundays and Saturday afternoons, and closed every day at 6 PM, it was a nightmare
The expression "just act normal, then you're weird enough already" actually means something like "don't be a show off, that isn't necessary" or "act like you normally do" or "not do something outrageous" but it is often confused with "be like everyone else". This is mostly because of the translation and because it is a saying that's not really used in other countries. This saying doesn't order people to become like the rest, but it is more like be yourself and don't do something outrageous.
I do agree with your meaning of it, but in reality I often see it used when someone does or wears something that is not "like everone else" even when it's their own normal
Not gonna lie I say bless you every time, it’s after they say thank you and I respond “your welcome” that cracks me up. I’ve always said it since I was little and still it surprises people 😂
Hi Evan, I have said this before but London is NOT the UK, in the "north" we have manners and we say hello to people as you pass them in the street, say bless you when they sneeze and keep 2 metres apart :) You need to visit Liverpool in the summer!
Whenever I come back to the UK from living in another country, for a few days or week I literally have no idea which way the traffic is going to come when I cross the road. It’s terrifying! 🤣 See also, getting in the wrong (driver’s/ passenger) side of the car.
The summer sun in the UK was the best part of visiting my Nana when I was little. We could have dinner and then I could go back outside to play in the garden. Way better than sweating to death back home in Florida
I must say that the point that was made about the Netherlands is quite true (Excluding Amsterdam at least). Where I grew up you couldn't really be weird without being shunned to a certain degree. Thankfully I was able to surround myself with the "weidos" that didn't really care what others thought and my parents raised me quite british so I didn't get the typical Dutch upbringing (British mother and Portuguese father). Now as an adult I notice that I am allot more open and "weird" than some of my peers here. Hence why I'm moving to London as well, to escape all these close minded people and hopefully find more like minded people.
American (Californian) living in Scotland now. First: thank you for this video. I didn't appreciate that it wasn't uncommon to feel that anxiety of not quite belonging in one place after moving like we have. It's nice to know I'm not alone! Now for me, a huge thing when I visit the States is tea. I never drank it before I moved to the UK, now I'm very much converted. I have so much trouble getting a decent cup of tea in the US, especially tea with milk in it. And it would never come with milk, and I would get funny looks for asking for milk. That, and cheese. Like, cheese you get in a standard grocery story (like Tesco in the UK vs Safeway in the US) is soooooo much better in the UK
I loved this. I have definitely felt this going home to New Zealand for visits. I no longer know my way around a Kiwi supermarket like I used to after 18 years living in London. Half of the brands back home are all different. Of course the favourites are still there, but so many new ones have popped up since I left.
Living in Italy for almost two years, it took a bit to get used to waiters not being overly friendly. Returning to the states, all the waiters were just so nice... because they’re working for that tip. In Italy, tipping is not as common except from tourists. Ironically, as long as my food comes out correctly and the waiter keeps me informed of any delays, I’ll likely tip more if they leave me alone haha.
"Hello and welcome to my hair is growing even faster than the list of countries I'm cancelled in." My family moved to NZ when I was 8 and I moved back to the UK when I was 20. I really feel that loneliness of people being unable/unwilling to relate to any part of you that's not from their culture. I have huge gaps in my knowledge when it comes to everyday things like the school system (like I'm at uni in the UK now and applied directly, so I still have no idea what the hell UCAS is, but people look at me like I'm an idiot when I ask!) I get so mad when people are racist/xenophobic/anti-immigrant/whatever you want to call it - being an immigrant is really bloody hard as a white, english-speaking, middle-class person moving to another white, english-speaking country and back again! Props to anyone who survives losing a single one of those privileges! /endrant
UCAS is the centralised application system that UK students have to use in order to apply for uni. If you're an intl' student and thus applied directly with your unis you wouldnt ever need to know about it.
Yes! My family moved to the UK when I was 12. I grew up speaking American English as a child of an officer in the US Navy, but it was really hard to adjust to British English all of a sudden and even how different the schools were- I almost failed one of my early maths units because I didn’t understand how tests were given and I didn’t understand British terminology reliably yet, despite my friends’ and neighbors’ best attempts. Mom had to stand up for me and the teachers had to accommodate me a bit more after that, but I did adjust by about Christmas or so of that first year. I think of this maths unit frequently when I have English language learners in my American elementary school classroom now and have a ton of sympathy for them! Also, it will be 16 years this August since my family moved back to the States (I did spend 2 semesters abroad, including one where I went back to England, during my university time, and have traveled internationally since then though) and I still sometimes get overwhelmed by all of the choices in the grocery store (this is rather rare now, but will occasionally startle me out of the blue randomly).
12:12 I had this teacher who whenever someone sneezed, she would IMMEDIATELY say "God bless you hand sanitizer" in her southern drawl as if programmed or something. It literally ended up becoming a meme in our school lol
I moved to Uganda from the UK for work. when I came back home, my mum picked me up from the airport and insisted on driving home via...a Dunelm... I have NEVER felt so much culture shock and vividly remember asking "why do British people need so many different types of cushion?" I could not handle the sheer amount of consumption/unnecessary choice and it took a few months for life to feel 'normal' again...supermarkets were a wild ride
I get this with reverse culture shock when returning to Australia after months in Uganda. The consumption here, and the normal expectations of choice and comfort are willlldd
Missouri --> Amman, Jordan --> Missouri Reverse culture shocks: • The lines on the road are clear • Ice cream actually tastes good • Driving isn't a game of chicken • Tabloids are so disrespectful • sugar is in EVERYTHING • pork product is in EVERYTHING • people walk around practically naked • Food portion sizes are enough to feed me two or three meals
I was having a discussion with my mom about saying “bless you”, and I pointed out how only in English is it construed as a religious thing. In any other language their word for “bless you “ translates to something along the lines of “good health”.
Nope, "bless you" in continental Portuguese translates to 'Santinho/Santinha' depending on the gender of the sneezer and it very much is a religious construct.
Dang, the difference in the quality of the UKvUS video and this one is crazy! You've really improved your videos so much in the past few years! Great video, keep up the fantastic work.
I've lived in four different parts of the UK and definitely feel like I can relate. Accent just outs you as an outsider, but now my accent is just a mungle of all four places and it doesn't fit in anywhere.
The ‘do normal, then you’re weird enough already’ saying is especially prevalent in smaller towns and villages! I was born in The Hague but moved to a tiny village. We never really fitted in and especially because my parents never cared how we acted or dressed (if we were nice to people, we were fine). Flash forward to now, I wear alternative clothing and luckily people have never told me that I was looking for attention, but the staring jeez. People have also asked why I dress how I dress... individuality is definitely important, but not in the way you express yourself!
