🇺🇸 10 Weird Things About America for British People 🇬🇧

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In this video, I look at the 10 things British people find weird when they first go to America. Please note, this is not a bashing video, but a way to share our awesome cultural exchange between America and Scottish/British people. Watch my Scottish V America Cultural videos here: • 10 Crazy Things a SCOT...
Back in 2017, I was invited by the US Embassy to the UK on a cultural exchange mission called Exploring American Values. Through this trip, I learned more about some of the similarities and differences between our great people. And that's how this series of videos began!
It's awesome to see so many people from America who celebrate their Scottish and Irish ancestry so keenly, and come on to KZbin to seek out people celebrating these cultural nuances. You only have to look at the success of the Try channel or Facts channel to see how people love seeing Irish People trying American things for example.
I feel sad that, for our part, so few in Scotland celebrate this amazing connection between Scotland and America, and I want to change that.
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[@landon1136]

We call advertisements ads for short usually, hearing adverts here in the US is rare

[@jamesgeorgeadamakos5016]

Shaun, sorry to do this to you, but it's not really a medical threat... Ach AYE: Just know that in the USA, a "doggie door" can mean so much more --> www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/north-carolina-woman-attacked-in-bed-by-rabid-fox/

[@jamesgeorgeadamakos5016]

Be your own boss, it's the American way, then you decide your vacation days. [You can conserve & build-them up even if not.]

[@jamesgeorgeadamakos5016]

Americans are Workaholics, this is true. My Greek grandfather was insanely dedicated, for instance. I've taken 2 sick days in the last 18yrs., and only 1 willingly. I've been back to Greece & also visited relatives in Canada, and I reckon we Americans practice the Puritan work ethic the best.

[@michaelcantley9699]

Dates mystery solved. Well kind of. There is no real reason, Americans look at the way the rest of the world does things and think ah yes, very logical and ingenious, however we must be different

[@bassmangotdbluz3547]

The worst and sometimes funny part of those tv medical commercials is when they reel off the list of possible side-effects at 90 miles per hour. They are usually far worse than what you are medicating too.

[@dollypop3015]

Sign me up for the unexpected diarrhea and death

[@andrewthezeppo]

But those are all possible side effects, the majority of people don't have severe reactions to psroiasis and bladder control medication otherwise the drug wouldn't get approved by the FDA

[@scottwoodruff8110]

I personally see All medication adds as fear mongering. The companies want you to feel like their product is the best solution for wharever condition you have and it doesn't end there. They convince the doctors to prescribe the meds to you to drive the sales too. You have to be your own advocate and research meds before giving in. I have been dealing multiple medical problems dor over 20 years...

[@c8linlovesyew]

I remember seeing a medicine ad and one of the side effects was "genital herpes of the eye" I was like what!? How can a medicine give you herpes, but not just herpes, GENITAL HERPES, in your eyeball!?

[@elethys9903]

"Treat some dry skin and potentially die"

[@18deadmonkeys]

If you visit a Southerner's home, we're going to feed you. Doesn't matter if you're not hungry. You're going to eat. A lot.

[@sallychase1564]

Northwest too

[@Voo504Doo]

Im from louisiana and you will drink smoke and eat till you cant anymore. best food on earth here :]

[@18deadmonkeys]

@@Voo504Doo Can confirm. Most of my family lives in or is from Louisiana.

[@chaoticnart9922]

VooDoo Wiz Agreed. My family is Cajun/Native American and literally all we do is drink and eat ;)

[@donnatritz7865]

Same with Irish Americans. Could it be that southerners have a lot of Irish American blood & that’s why?

[@HemlockRidge]

Advertisements, Adverts, Ads, on TV, are mostly called Commercials.

[@dedet6900]

HemlockRidge or just plain old ads

[@VivaCohen]

Commercials on t.v., ads in print

[@heididavison816]

Ads online, like KZbin and Facebook

[@daniellemelendez3544]

Yeah usually we just say "I'm good" even if we're dying on the inside.

[@simiamalum5487]

I would say the answer has a direct inverse relationship to the truth actually. "I'm fine." = Probably fine. "I'm good." = My cat just died. "Great." = I caught my wife sleeping with my best friend. "Living the dream." = I can't remember the last time I was happy. "Fantastic." = (You should find a way to get away from the guy who's doing fantastic...)

[@no1fibersplicer525]

I learned Gaelic on a computer and was taught to say “Ha ghu ma” no matter how you felt? Does anyone actually speak Scots Gaelic there?

[@Ship-security]

@@simiamalum5487 😂true

[@rodneywortman4698]

Regarding the large portion sizes, it’s extremely common to have the uneaten leftovers wrapped up in a “doggie bag” to take home for later consumption. It’s not uncommon for a single restaurant meal to be stretched into two more meals at home. A long time ago, say 50 years ago larger portion sizes were rare and many people would be embarrassed to ask for the leftovers. The term “doggie bag” was coined as kind of a joke because people wouldn’t be embarrassed to ask for the leftovers if it was for their dog, whether they actually had a dog or not. At that time, we didn’t get free refills on sodas/soft drinks. That evolved later.

[@pattymelt6577]

I am over fifty, and I recall free beverage refills forever. Fast food had that decades ago, but only if customers ask.

[@briandrummond8446]

As for the dates, we write the date the same way we say it. If you asked someone when their birthday is, they would say something like "March 8, 1975". So you write that 3/8/1975.

[@TEATimeAdventures]

Best Explanation!! 🙌

[@stephenpitt6363]

So why do you say 4th of july Not July 4th

[@markchristensen23]

@@stephenpitt6363 We say July 4th, when referring to the date, and 4th of July (or Independence Day), when referring to the holiday.

[@eksortso]

The only ones who have their dates in the right order are Japan, Korea, and ISO 8601. Year first, then month, then day. Makes it easy to sort them.

[@Richard-zm6pt]

@@stephenpitt6363 Interesting, but both are possible. Maybe an historical throw-back.

[@maryjennings4913]

I HATE prescription drug ads myself!!! Most Americans hate them. But, those companies do them anyway!!!!

[@JML6988]

Probably at the advice of their legal depts.

[@texastmblwd69]

I ALWAYS find it hilarious when non-Americans are confused by the way we write dates. It's really VERY simple. The way you say the date in common speech is like this: "July 24th, 2020." That's how it is said. No American says "twenty four July 2020" or anything like that. It just doesn't roll off the tongue. So, very simply, the way we write it is just a reflection of how we say it, nothing more and nothing less. PS If you feel confused and aren't sure how to write a date in a note to an American, just do this: Write the month out using the alphabet (or the three-letter abbreviation for the month, if you prefer) and then you can put the numerical date either before or after and NOBODY will be confused by that.

[@bjoeljones]

As an American-born Brit and a 'military brat', I have always written the date as date/month/year format except in school just to satisfy teachers, ...and tyme in the 24-hour 'Universal' format. There are a lot of Brits and other people in the US from other countries who write dates in the date/month format. It is the Americans who are weird.

[@myclickjournal]

You can also say 24th OF july. Just saying.

[@texastmblwd69]

@@myclickjournal You could but it’s not the most common way.

[@felixbergfors]

2020-07-24 is the way we swedish people Wright the date think about it whitch Year is is 2020 Month July and Day 24 simple easy 24 July 2020

[@markbradley7323]

​@@texastmblwd69 so why is the film 'born on the fourth of july' and not 'born on the july fourth'?

[@romonabrown7330]

Never, under ANY circumstances, eat cheese out of a can.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

It is NASTY!!! And not even really cheese!🤪

[@TEATimeAdventures]

Cheese "food"...canned cheese is seriously disgusting!

[@szqsk8]

Romona Brown Even if you've been out the whole night partying? That's the only time spray cheese tastes good-especially on a fresh Triscuit!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I guess the one good use for it is camping. Doesn’t require refrigeration😂

[@romonabrown7330]

@@szqsk8 I never, ever eat processed cheese. Very little processed food of any kind. I try to be nice to my body. It's the only one I have!

[@KrisWood]

American, here, and I **despise** drug commercials. They're horrible and they should NOT be legal as long as they're prescription-only. It's messed-up and it shows that they're putting millions of $$ into ads instead of using it to develop new drugs OR bring down the cost of current drugs. NOT A FAN.

[@hayliew611]

I find them funny becuase the side effects are worse than the illness and it cracks me up becuase sometimes a side effect will be death

[@meloneyparker]

I never remember these ads when I was a kid, or even in my 30's. Viagra did ads but that's it. Now it is out of control. Even hospitals advertise.

[@hayliew611]

@@meloneyparker my town has a jingle on the radio for the hospital "Jamestown regional medical center legendary healthcare jamestown regional medical healthcare we'll never stop building for you" Every kid from even 3 towns away has heard it and can recite it on a dime

[@squeakco]

frosty emeraldgirl6 I laughed SO hard when some drug “possible” side effect was “flesh eating genital bacteria”!!! None o’ that for me thanks!

[@meloneyparker]

@@bigloo609 I doubt it's a law, but rather is attributable to our overly litigious culture. Look how many medical class action lawsuit commercials there are.

[@gwenj5419]

The fancier restaurant, the smaller the portions.

[@elethys9903]

That is not particularly true. I have been to plenty of expensive and and fine dining restaurants with large portion sizes.

[@TedBronson1918]

ONLY if you let them get away with it ! While I was in the Army many years ago I took my ex to a very high class/high price restaurant for our anniversary. I noticed that the portions were light while the food presentation was nice. It was obvious we were going to be paying to have our food presented to us artistically. That was not going to fly, not on my paycheck. When we ordered I told the waiter that I was a soldier who led an extremely active life, and I was more concerned about getting a decent portion than a decent presentation because I'd need the energy early the next morning. He just smiled and said "I know exactly what you mean, sir !", and finished taking our order. When he came out with our meals we had nice full plates. It wasn't as pretty, but we were full when we left and most appreciative with our tip. They treated us real well that night. You'd be surprised how reasonable places can be. They WANT their customers happy ! PS - Half the fun that night was trying to hold in laughter. The older, richer clientele (who could actually afford to eat there regularly) kept looking at this young couple who had just come in, sat down and placed an order, and received two plates larger than anything shown on the menu. It was hard not to laugh knowing they were all thinking "How did they do that !?"

[@elethys9903]

@@TedBronson1918 If you pull the soldier card of course they are going to cater. 🙄

[@TedBronson1918]

@@elethys9903 There was no "soldier card" in 1981/82. ! There was an anti-military bias in much of the US. I stated fact to the waiter because I wanted to be served a full meal, and not because I was pulling the "soldier card". I needed a full meal. I said I was a soldier to explain my need for calories to burn (PT early the next morning). The waiter seemed to understand me just fine and took care of us with no hassles. I think you're probably young and don't realize how much this nation has changed over the past 40 years. Soldiers didn't get any kind of special treatment back then.

[@flakyanddelicious]

@@elethys9903 True that. I've been a cook at two high end restaurants. One a four diamond French-American place. The other was a fine dinning steakhouse. The steakhouse served huge portions of meat with miniscule sides by comparison. To-go boxes are often requested. The French place served small intricate dishes. Generally, the smaller the portion the more courses that are added to the meal unless you order a la carte. Guests should always leave feeling satisfied.

[@CannabisDreams]

Historian here: actually pumpkin was a staple of the colonists. They grew over 200 different varieties of pumpkins, though the common pumpkin today is a sugar pumpkin, very sweet, but heirloom pumpkins can varying sizes and colors, And can be savory, bitter, nutty, sweet, kind of like any other gourd. Fun fact: Halloween pumpkins is an Irish tradition, the jack o' lantern was related to an old myth about a miser tricking the devil a couple of times and forced to wander after death because both god and the devil disliked him, with a single lump of burning coal from hell to light his way in the darkness between the two. The Irish would use turnips in Ireland on Halloween because he would wander on earth then or something, but quickly switched to the pumpkin upon arriving in colonial America, presumably because they make better lanterns and are easier to carve than turnips. Plus hollow.

[@judithhope8970]

Turnips are very difficult to carve but look very spooky. :)

[@TheRockkickass]

I work in America and get 6 weeks paid time off a year, it all depends on your employer. It’s not mandated by the government like in the UK so it all depends on the job

[@myfavoriteplanet3247]

How'd you get so lucky? 6 weeks is very unusual. Do you work in congress?

[@TheRockkickass]

My Favorite Planet I work at a finance firm and if your 3 years into the industry it’s not that unusual

[@daniellegroves4830]

I think I need to transfer into finance. Me and my boss still argue over it's fair to make a person work the 4th, thanksgiving and Christmas eve...or maybe I just need to get a full time job and stop working multiple part times.

[@TheRockkickass]

Danielle Groves well ya if ur not full time your not gonna get great benefits

[@daniellegroves4830]

@@TheRockkickass True but nobody wants to hire full time because of the benefits.

[@bluchu22]

Ahh good old medical “ads”. We sure do have lots of them.

[@hayliew611]

Do you have ( such n such illness) well we have a solution for you (forgot this part) do not take if pregnet have frequent head pains legs pains cramps side effects could include rash butt rash head aches muscle and joint aches DEATH fevers and chills

[@poochoes1]

@@hayliew611 Or Anal leakage. Yeah, no thanks I will put up with the illness.

[@unseenmal]

The fun part is that, usually 2-3 years later, there are the lawyer ads...."did you or a family member die horrifically due to taking this drug? call us because you may be eligible for compensation"

[@bethshadid2087]

Of course the side affects are longer than the amount of commercials. May lead to death 😬

[@eksortso]

The medical ads, the ones that require prescriptions, are legally bound to include potential side effects alongside their benefits, in roughly equal proportion. They always end with "ask your doctor." Because you can't get those medicines over the counter.

[@jasonmiller3421]

As far as taking so many holidays off from work, Americans are kinda known for being workaholics, generally speaking. But we do have a number of federal holidays every year. Those are days when banks and the market and government facilities are all closed.

[@TheRandyHunt]

"Holiday" means something different in the states. Many/most businesses will have 8-10 holidays a year. Vacation time is something completely different. Most people get 1-4 weeks of vacation time, in addition to the holiday days.

[@Oddree3]

Also with tipping... servers tend to have to share some of their tips with the kitchen staff, bussers, etc.

[@frodo7244]

Fun fact an American penny costs more to make than what it's worth.

[@hop208]

I think the only coin with more than it costs to make is the quarter.

[@bjdon99]

@@hop208 the dime also 'makes' money for the mint. But the nickel is a money loser too

[@foxymetroid]

Many Americans refuse to take days off because they don't want to appear "lazy", especially when layoffs are a constant risk.

[@hamilde]

I just retired from a large company in the Midwest. I had 20 vacation days, 5 personal days, and 11 paid holidays and I used them all. That is not common though.

[@matthewireland1125]

Coins have historic names. Half-dollars are self explanatory. Quarters are, as you noted, are a quarter of a dollar ar 25 cents. Next is the physically smallest coin and is called a dime. It was originally made of silver, but no longer. The nickel is made of that metal so is larger but only worth half of a dime or 5 cents. Finally, the penny, one cent, is the smallest in worth. It was originally a copper coin but now a zinc-copper alloy due to the increased cost of pure copper. A lot of people feel pressure to work and not take vacation days to either keep a career moving forward or to even keep their jobs. Sprayed cheese is definitely on the lower end of cheese quality. "Tipped" employees are generally massively underpaid salary-wise. Especially in the southeast, college sports, particularly American Football, is almost a religion. Weddings are planned around "big games". They take precedence over any other activity.

[@kerodelkigh]

I agree except you forget Texas! It’s God Football and they are neck and neck sometimes Family

[@matthewireland1125]

I try hard to forget Texas, but it is so large that you can't ignore it for long.

[@DGraham9721]

Matthew Ireland lol

[@Mreffs101]

People that actually get paid vacation days (which is NOT most people in America) but don't take those days off are usually work-martyrs or workaholics. Some companies let you roll them over to the next year so some people save them up to take longer vacations or if they have a special occasion coming up like a wedding/honeymoon. Some also use it to add to maternity/paternity leave or in places where it is not offered they will use vacation days for maternity/paternity leave.

[@rogercole5054]

MOST people certainly DO get paid vacation days. The only people who don't are in very low end jobs, or sometimes contractors who are paid hourly only (but typically very well.) I've never had a FT job in my life where I didn't get paid vacation. I'll be 57 next month.

[@carolsaulsbury5973]

Every time I see spray cheese cans I think of the old movie Chu Chu and the Philly Flash, in which Alan Arkin examines a can and says, "Hmm. Shaving cheese."

[@natkatmac]

For people not taking the Holiday pay that they're entitled to: either we have a job that relies on us working on holidays like retail, or managers say that we're going to work that day whether we like it or not. Going against what the boss says is generally not a good idea, because they have plenty of ways to twist it around and use it against you. If you want guaranteed holidays off, aim for a job at any level of government capacity.

[@marycatherineprice6469]

He's referring to vacation days as holidays.

[@natkatmac]

@@marycatherineprice6469 Same still applies, just replace holiday time with vacation hours.

[@raymonddavis1370]

@@marycatherineprice6469 Vacation days are called Holidays in the UK .The trip you take on your vacation is even called a holiday.

[@bradleyanderson4315]

I worked for a government agency. When I retired I had taken so little paid time off and compensatory time for over time that they had to add 2 3/4 years to my service time(used to calculate pension rates). In my case I was given responsibility for projects that sometimes lasted 2 years. Nothing like getting to the end of a project and finding that your temporary help didn't do required documentation.

[@marycatherineprice6469]

@@raymonddavis1370 yes that's what I was explaining

[@jmfoster]

The way you thought you were pronouncing "advertisements" incorrectly is the way we pronounce it lol. Adver-TIZE-ments

[@fleetskipper1810]

AD-vertizements.

[@abbysmith2971]

Or to make it easier, call it a commercial! Haha

[@Revgal]

We are more likely to say "ads" than "adverts" also

[@raymonddavis1370]

I noticed that also .How do you like that Shaun you picked up our pronunciation without even realizing it.

[@daliadeluna5362]

Our U.S. Military uses the same date format as the UK. FYI.

[@jamesgeorgeadamakos5016]

23JUL20 & 23 July 2020

[@lorindav5549]

In genealogy they use the same date format. It helps keep the confusion down.

[@greghouser5393]

The pumpkin thing is just seasonal. Pumpkin really has very little flavor, it's just a vehicle for the spices.

[@sophiacromwell8017]

I LOVE PUMPKIN!!!!!! I find ways to put it in as many things as possible!!!! (Especially good in the fall & winter months - try putting a little puréed pumpkin in chili, or try making some cream of pumpkin soup with mushrooms, garlic, spicy& savory spices/ herbs on a cold winter night...YUM!!!)

[@sassygrammy1258]

In the southeastern USA, we make sweet potato pie more so than pumpkin pie.

[@sparky6086]

Until the UK went "decimal" in 1970, you guys had funny money denominations, that we Yanks weren't familiar. Remember "farthing", "crown", "tuppence", six pence, "quid" (I assume, that's a slang nickname), etc?

[@philipbutler6608]

Our denominations are based on the Spanish Pillar Dollar. Two bits is a quarter of a Spanish Piece of eight.

[@jamescarmon4480]

Quid is the same as us saying bucks.

[@dobiebloke9311]

@@jamescarmon4480 - As far as I know, a quid is a British Pound, which is more or less our dollar, altho it usually trades at about USD $1.25 - 1.50 per or so, depending on the day. A tuppence is two pennies, a six pence,the obvious and they used to have ha'penny as well, being one half penny. A farthing, is 1/4 of a penny. Even tho we often refer to ours as pennies as well, they are technically not, rather being one cent coins. A shilling (a bob) was 12.5 pence, something in use roughly as the quarter we use in the States today, A crown was roughly a half dollar piece, depending on who you are listening to. Good luck trying to figure out the actual worth of anything, particularly thru the years and the changes. I gave up long ago, so don't take any of this as exact. Most of these terms are now antiquated, I believe, but I don't even know that for sure.

[@hsdsaunders]

@@jamescarmon4480 Yeah but a quid used to consist of 240 pennies.

[@m.montague5228]

Omg you’re so funny 😂 “I don’t want to start a revolt” (over pumpkins).

[@triciareed4965]

Explaining our currency here: $0.01 = Penny $0.05 = Nickel $0.10 = Dime $0.25 = Quarter $0.50 = Half Dollar

[@JaimieJo]

If there's a medical ad, that's a good time to mute the TV and go to the restroom or kitchen for a drink. If you have a DVR receiver, just pause and then you can skip it after your trip to the loo!

[@PixelatedH2O]

We can afford to not have more holidays ironically because we don't have as many holidays. Being overworked is a key part of being American. I'm also really weird apparently because if someone asks me how I'm doing I'll honestly answer and ask back with a genuine interest.

[@raven3moon]

We generally say "ads" instead of "advertisements" or "adverts." "How are you?" is our version of "You alright?" Pumpkin spice or pumpkin pie spice doesn't have any pumpkin in it, it's just the spice mixture used in pumpkin pie.

[@matthewlee6168]

I appreciate that you don't denigrate the cultural differences but, rather, recognise them for what they are and show curiosity and interest in learning more about them. (From Texas)

[@brendarobinson1882]

Here's my take on the date issue. We have beautiful calendars in US. Month is at top, days and dates underneath. Visual order. July 23, 2020. Numerically, 7/23/2020.

[@Roguefem76]

Spray cheese isn't meant to be high quality. It's basically frat boy food! xD

[@logankerlee]

xD All it is, is convenience food. Simple/easy condiment like thing that can be added to foods quickly.

[@JO-ly3hi]

Or trailer park food.

[@howtubeable]

Snob.

[@jessicam725]

We have so few holidays because most businesses don't want us to to have that much paid time off.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Which is sad, right?!

[@jessicam725]

@@MagentaOtterTravels it really is.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Jessica M It’s also sad that so many folks in corporate America see it as a badge of honor if they work around the clock! In addition to not taking all their vacation days, many people work through national holidays! I’ll never forget when I worked at a fortune 500 company and the first time we got to a national holiday, I found out most people came into work anyway😳😳😳... insane

[@jessicam725]

@@MagentaOtterTravels i agree, I've seen the same. I refuse to go along with that mentality. My job is not worth my life.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Jessica M amen!!

[@DHforLife]

When going to public sporting events is available, going to an Alabama Crimson Tide football game is a must! Just make sure they are playing a decent team otherwise the game will basically be over before halftime.

[@jennrat513]

Go Dawgs!!...😬✌️

[@DHforLife]

@@jennrat513 you guys put up a good fight. You'll make the playoff.

[@withouthavingseen]

About the holidays, it varies widely. I get 14 federal and state holidays off, unlimited sick leave, and 15 vacation days per year. The number of vacation days increases by 2/yr in my company. Mine is more generous than normal, but the 10/year thing is usually only for early-career folks.

[@spreston1996]

Many american business actively "discourage" their employees from taking vacation days.

[@carolannwomack]

True...you have to schedule it, and as usual if they are short handed, it's a no.

[@deanmcmanis4862]

Yeah, I had several jobs where it was simply too much work to try and get caught up with work before a vacation break, and then catch up again, working twice as hard, once you return. Does Europe have all those days off, plus weekends too? One point in some jobs (especially union work or management) is that the longer that you stay in a job, the longer that you get for vacation. So an entry level job only gets the minimal national holidays (or less), and other jobs start with two weeks and can get to a couple months off a year paid over time. Also several companies are closed over the Christmas holidays, and so you get 1-2 weeks off then.

[@pashvonderc381]

Dean McManis yep, over here in Europe, am in Germany at the moment, I get 30 days hols a year plus all the bank holidays we have here, also a good couple of weeks sick time too.. Christmas is more or less a 2 week affair depending on when it falls.. No need to mention about the Health Insurance here as you may already know how good it is.

[@JMM33RanMA]

@@carolannwomack OTOH they will sometimes have blackout days, weeks or months, and may require employees to take vacations at times convenient to the employer but definitely not to the employee. I once had a dental appointment that my employer tried to block. If I remember correctly I asked if they would prefer a lawsuit for causing an abscessed tooth with complications and a long recovery period, they said no and that I could have a week off with a doctor's note. That shouldn't be necessary!

[@KathyM1611]

Also, many Americans choose to receive vacation pay instead of vacation days.

[@nuclearpoweredbrain2211]

Ads are intermissions. You learn to ignore the bad ones, and relish in the good ones. I don't watch the Super Bowl, but some of the Super Bowl ads are worth seeking out.

[@laurashelton9340]

Good thing about the Super Bowl ads is that they are now online shortly after they "premiere". For many years now I have not watched the Super Bowl, but have looked for the ads. Weird, huh? :) Usually it is the other way round (watch program, go get a drink/go to bathroom during commercials).

[@ambrsanford3703]

In response to your question about #4, I'd say it's a combination between chronic underemployment and poverty combined with a puritanical sense of relaxation and idleness being to blame for being poor. There's no benefits system to speak of other than food stamp programs and some state health programs. We're working more and more holidays as required by our employers, while still remaining at thirty hours or so.

[@citizencalmar]

We don't say "adVERTisements" or "adverts". We say "ADverTISEments" (third syllable rhymes with "eyes") or "ads". If the ads are on television, we usually call them "commercials". And as I said recently to an Irish KZbinr who was puzzled about the "How are you?" thing, don't think of it as a question. Think of it as a ritual set phrase that looks like a question, but actually just means "Greetings!" Don't try to answer the question, because we haven't asked you one. There are ritual responses you can use like "Fine, thanks", or "Not bad, how about you?" These are not comments on how you are actually doing; they just mean "I return your greeting!" This will be easier to understand if you think about all the cultures where people greet each other by commenting on the weather when they both understand that neither actually has any interest in discussing the weather.

[@hawkeyegirl2003]

At my job in the medical field, our vacation days/hours and our sick days/hours are all combined. We can carry over up to 320 hours and people hoard it in case they are ill or injured.

[@mlarson]

When I was in the UK I was thrown off when people asked if I was alright. I thought I looked mad or something

[@rogercole5054]

Meaning angry, but if you said "do I look mad?" they'd think you were saying, "do I look insane?" Two great nations separated by a common language!

[@jlovebirch]

Everyone always mentions the same things: food portions, tipping, forms of greeting -- you forgot sales tax.

[@laurahamm468]

My experience with “holiday “ time was that the employers give you as in say your entitled to that time. However they don’t approve when you want to take it. So you therefore cannot always use it.

[@DelGuy03]

We generally call them "ads" in the US, though "advertisements" is common in print, and we would understand "advert" if we encountered it in a British publication. Medical ads are a RELATIVELY new phenomenon in the US, in the last few decades, with a change in regulation (I think) that allowed medical companies to compete for customers. They tend to play in the off-hours -- late at night or during the day, and on lesser channels. Please be assured that they're not much liked over here either, except as a source of comedy. It's true that American money can be confusing, for instance with a a dime being smaller than either a penny or nickel, but being worth more. Still, the UK has its own weird history on this point, with the older money with its multiples of 12 and 20, and shillings and bob and all, not to mention guineas, which didn't physically exist but which increased the total by 5% (I think I have that right). Many of the things made from pumpkin don't really taste much like pumpkin -- for pies, spices like cinnamon, ginger, cloves are the essential (and dominant) part. Drinks and other items that advertise "pumpkin spice" contain those spices but no actual pumpkin. I think you would like pumpkin pie a lot, actually.

[@kympeplau1635]

Holiday: we accrue vacation days/holiday, and we can take them whenever we want. Different companies have different rules. And the other holidays like Memorial Day, Christmas, etc. we get off as well. I get 2 days a month off. So when I get up to 5 days off sometimes I’ll just take a week off if we’re not to busy. Oh about dates, I like the format that the UK uses better. We can write them any way we want. On forms sometimes they determine the format. Spreadsheets have several different format and the one who creates the spreadsheet chooses the format for the date. And then it’s entered into the computer. Regarding advertisements, we just shorten it to ads. And the medical ones I ignore. Usually those are pharmaceutical ads and the new medicine is gf

[@kympeplau1635]

Sorry I accidentally posted it without finishing. The medical ones are advertising expensive medication or treatment.

[@DelGuy03]

@@kympeplau1635 And they're trying to scare people into thinking that they have dire conditions that they don't have, so they'll buy or demand this treatment. Everyone I know ignores/mutes those ads (or makes fun of them), and lets the doctors do their own diagnosing.

[@Stevarooni]

The date thing is confusing, yes. I prefer YYYY-MM-DD, myself. No mistaking what you're saying. MM/DD/YYYY is kind of odd, but one thing is, we often _say_ dates like that, "March 5th, 1972."

[@jamesgeorgeadamakos5016]

1 Major Exception: "The 4th of July" Independence Day.

[@nuclearpoweredbrain2211]

some places in Asia does YMD. Omit the year, you get month-day, like America. YMD sorts unlike DMY.

[@Tnknlucrd]

I think M.D.Y. makes more sense phonetically but I can see why it might be a little confusing when written.

[@sierra-nana]

I learned in the military many years ago to write it like this...23 July 2020. Have done it this way forever.

[@randlebrowne2048]

@@sierra-nana Blame NATO for that. The US military uses that dating method, along with the 24 hour clock, in order to avoid confusing the rest of NATO.

[@jmfoster]

You need to visit Knoxville, Tennessee in the Fall! The foliage in the mountains will take your breath away. And get some pumpkin or pecan pie to make it extra special. Actually, try to join an American family during Thanksgiving. It's a real treat!

[@DelGuy03]

One of your other points reminded me of a book I read many years ago, designed to teach children polite behavior: "Don't tell your friends about your indigestion. 'How are you?' is a greeting, not a question."

[@rhoetusochten4211]

Shaun, i hate pumpkins, any squash really, but pumpkin pie is fantastic. Most "pumpkin" flavoured things are really just the spices used in pumpkin pie and not pumkin at all.

[@mandaleeross1325]

You need to try a pumpkin roll. Really thin pumpkin cake, with cream cheese layered on and then rolled up and sliced like pinwheels. O. M. G. Life changing

[@rhoetusochten4211]

@@mandaleeross1325 it's pretty good.

[@romonabrown7330]

There may only be ten or twelve or so National Holidays in the US, but most companies throw on at least two more weeks of holiday, or as we Yanks, say, "vacation" on top of that. Certainly there are some jobs where people do not get to take the National Holidays off, but they are often given time to compensate for this, oddly enough, we call this "comp" time. Now while it's also true that a lot of Americans do not take their allotted vacation time off, these are usually people so obsessed with making money, you wouldn't want to meet them on holiday anyway. No worries about time off. We Yanks LOVE time off. Really.

[@Djarms67]

No the tipping culture is not mandatory even if people pressure you to tip. You are never obligated to tip. Remember that.

[@8mycake244]

My wife is an HR executive. She gets about a month of vacation (holiday) time off. She usually takes 5 to 7 days of it a year. We work very hard here, and too hard in some cases. She can't take her holiday time because when she's away, her work load builds up. There's no one to fill in while she's away. It's insane. And she often works on holiday from our hotel room. We work and then die essentially.

[@Roguefem76]

UK currency threw me off because I'm not used to the bills being different sizes. That threw me even more than the bills being different colors! How do you fold your cash neatly? xD Edit: Also, medical adverts are the WORST, and so is the lack of holidays/vacation. It sucks working for a living in the US.

[@brendarobinson1882]

Besides the bills, pence and 20 pence etc. It took a second trip to UK for me to attempt exact change payment.

[@sonny2593]

I usually put the larger denominations to the bottom/outside of the fold, going to the lesser denominations to the top/inside. Well, I did before the lockdown; it's been a while since I had a stack of money lol

[@Roguefem76]

@@simonrobbins8357 We don't understand it either, tbh, we just roll with it.

[@shch1673]

Simon Robbins but your 20 p coin is smaller than your 10 p coin, isn’t it? (I mean I just looked at my change from my most recent UK trip, so...)

[@markbradley7323]

​@@shch1673 think of it from a blind persons perspective British notes and coins are easily to identify by touch.

[@bdavis24296]

Most employers give you 2 weeks of paid time off in addition to the holidays to start with the opportunity to earn more time off with tenure.

[@ronaldchevalier9804]

Thank you from Texas for speaking so .comfortably and openly about anxiety from a fellow sufferer.

[@madz2876]

You definitely have to try a proper homemade pumpkin pie with whipped cream. So good! You should totally plan a road trip too, best way to see the country!

[@dennisb2450]

Visit Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The only Pittsburg spelled with an H keeping true to Scottish roots. The Laurel Highland games are a great attraction. Additionally in Pennsylvania you can visit Penn State for college football 🏈 and Philadelphia the original capital of the United States where America was founded

[@catherinerobinson2205]

Been to Scotland, loved Edinburgh and also Stirling. Beautiful country !

[@bobohm21]

The date thing just comes from the way we say it. April first 2020 = 04/01/2020. Somebody just decided to write it like we usually say it.

[@irishmom3910]

I have been a server most of my life and servers only make $2.13 an hour. So the tips help with paying bills. Servers also have to tell how much they made at the end of their shifts and so the government takes the tips out of our paycheck leaving us with no paycheck.

[@ilianacatspawn8848]

I remember when spray cheese first came out, it was meant for little kids. My parents never bought it for us, but some neighbor kids had it. It was also around the time space-age type foods were really popular in the 1960s. So cheese in a can would probably fit that mold. As for big portions being served in restaurants, food in America is incredibly cheap compared to the rest of the world. So skimping on food portions would be seen as ripping people off. Even if you're at a very expensive five star restaurant and you're paying for the ambiance.

[@johnalden5821]

On number 5 -- I actually don't know anybody in the US that eats "spray cheese" (Cheez Wiz?). I can honestly say I have never had it. So, it's not a common thing in my experience. On vacations, the reasons people don't take more vacation are (1) many Americans work hourly wage jobs with no paid vacation benefits, (2) even if you get paid vacation days, being away too often or too long is frowned upon by your employer and therefore risky, and (3) travel is expensive and often not affordable for many Americans. On college sports, you are really just talking about college football, and basketball to a lesser extent. These are major industries in the U.S., and they serve as minor leagues or prep leagues for these sports. They also earn money for the universities to cover the costs of "non-revenue" sports (lacrosse, baseball, tennis, track & field). All of the sports at colleges have scholarship money that colleges use to recruit the best players, which in many cases allows students to afford university attendance who otherwise would not get a higher education at all. In the case of football and basketball, however, there is growing pressure to pay the athletes, who are at the bottom of a massive $ pyramid, and who often never graduate but are just exploited for entertainment value.

[@blowba]

Pumpkin pie is good covered in cool whip. A regular sized pumpkin pie from the grocery store is usually really good.

[@karingriglak5682]

In most places in the US, tipped restaurant employees make less than $3 an hour, they are expected to make up the rest in tips.

[@myfavoriteplanet3247]

If you think our medical advetisements are scary, You should see our medical bills! The whole system is a nightmare.

[@MarySpain1958]

more ppl in usa go bankrupt and or lose their homes because of medical bills. they get a disease or have an accident and cannot work but the bills pile up. sadly is very common here.

[@theeternalsuperstar3773]

Yet Canadians still run to america when they need surgery because their sysem makes them wait months to a year, or more to get treatment. Actually, from what I heard the people most upset about a possibility of America changing it's healthcare system are Canadians because then they'll have no where to go in an emergency.

[@myfavoriteplanet3247]

@@theeternalsuperstar3773 People from the U.S. can wait months and months to get treatment or wait months and months to be shoved from one specialist to another sometimes until it's too late. Then each time they have to deal with the insurance companies.

[@theeternalsuperstar3773]

@@myfavoriteplanet3247 true... every system has problems I suppose.

[@myfavoriteplanet3247]

@@theeternalsuperstar3773 True. U.S. healthcare is extremely expensive and insurance companies are a nightmare.too.

[@MsRomasi]

I'm in my late 30s and I remember when the law changed to allow drug companies to advertise directly to the public. It didn't used to be this way. I remember it being strange when I first started seeing creepy drug ads and it caused me to have anxiety, as well. But then I got used to it and now I don't even really pay attention to them anymore.

[@rogercole5054]

The large portions started a few decades ago when restaurants realized that, as odd as it seems, about the cheapest part of serving someone a meal was the food itself. The staff, overhead, all the other things cost way more than the actual food that's on the plate. And so some started to compete on portion sizes, and it just took off to where now if I pay for dinner I kind of assume I am getting tomorrow's lunch I'll warm over with the price, and I'm a big guy (6', 250 lbs.) and my appetite is not exactly dainty.

[@craigboesen649]

We have gotten out of control with Pumpkin in everything.. I prefer sweet potato pie

[@mandaleeross1325]

I recently got my hands on some sweet potato butter! Kinda like apple butter, but with sweet taters! Dude, life changing

[@terriwynne8440]

Sweet Potato Pie is 100% Better!

[@jamesgeorgeadamakos5016]

Wrong; pumpkin is better. Pumpkin seeds for men's health also.

[@hayliew611]

Dried and salted pumpkin seeds are the best

[@bradleyanderson4315]

I actually made pumpkin cookies last week from pumpkins that I grew myself. They were quite good.

[@bassmangotdbluz3547]

Most Americans are nose to the grindstone workaholics, thus the lack of "holidays". In the US we go "on vacation", not "on holiday". That is a British euphemism. However, we refer to certain days as "National Holidays", some of which you've discussed in other vids, that we revere and "keep holy" in a completely secular way. Oh, and we refer to tv advertisements as "commerials". In print we would call them "ads". American English usually seeks the shortest route to an end. Instead of "disembarking" a ship, we "debark". Here's one that throws most Americans for a loop; Worchestershire Sauce. If it weren't for the fact that I'm madly in love with Nigella Lawson I'd have never known it's properly pronounced "Wooster Sauce".

[@2HRTS1LOVE]

Well, "woostershire" sauce, actually. We have our own Worcester, in Massachusetts. "Wooster", Mass. It's like Leicester, pronounced "Lester".

[@deborahlower1329]

About those Rx ads . . . I’ve Never seen an ad for a prescription and rushed to my doctor to get it. Why don’t we just forbid Rx ads and make them cut the cost of drugs?!

[@weirdguy564]

Fun fact. Watching TV commercials can tell you who mostly watches that show. If you see lots of medical commercials, thats a show popular with the elderly, like current news or game shows. If you see lots of commercials for clothes and sports drinks, thats a show is popular with teens and 20 year old people watch like reality TV shows based on dating. The addvertizing companies do their homework and make sure that their commercials run on programs that get their target audience to watch.

[@arnoldsandoval8297]

You gotta come see Oregon’s forest man you’ll love it

[@subgum3403]

Mt hood 3 sister and vinyards

[@brendarobinson1882]

Yes. Oregon coast and mountains. Stay out of Portland and Seattle. Too screwed up right now. Boise is better atmosphere, though changing fast from population growth.

[@michaelsmith-iu1be]

Just avoid Portland. What a mess.

[@kinghershybar4294]

Brenda Robinson went to Seattle and Portland last summer. Happy I saw it before rioters destroyed those cities.

[@deborahallen3349]

College ball is much better, passionate and exciting, than pro ball

[@nwmonk3105]

College ball, that sh#@ gets real! It's just one of those things you must experience in person.

[@HemlockRidge]

Yup! You got that right.

[@deborahallen3349]

@Doug Sawyer You must have had a sorry team then.

[@1bigmac3]

High school sports are even better. Colleges get their players from high schools then professional sports get their players from colleges. That's the cycle. High school football or Friday Night Lights are played in every town across the USA on Friday nights. The games are attended by everyone from recent graduates to senion citizens who played there 60 years ago. The ultimate tradition.

[@cbelyse]

Only if you’re alumni from that college.. I could care less. I didn’t go to a college that had a big team though 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@ryanbender414]

A lot of the places I've worked will give you 10 days vacation when you first start out, and the longer you work for the company the more vacation time you accrue.

[@maureenholtzinger1195]

10 days vacation a year is blessing for most people. I know many that don’t get any days at all. And if they are paid days that’s even luckier. Larger corporations and unions often have vacation time but many many people don’t . Small local businesses often let people take time off but don’t offer paid days. It’s becoming much more common though. Also many ppl work more than one job and getting those vacations to align can be hard. Many parents use these days for when they or their children are ill as well so don’t have any left for travel. With that said it’s becoming more common to have paid time off but not nearly common enough and it’s usually a few days and then goes up a day or two each year you’re with your employer.

[@louchat333]

A lot of people split plates. Or they want to food to take home.

[@billboth6572]

Holidays and Sick time are the same thing. When your employer grants you their blessing of 14 days off, this is exactly that, 14 days. Sick time / Vacation-Holiday time. Americans dont use them in case you get sick.

[@musiholictara]

A typical employer only offers 5 paid days of vacation per year. you have to earn hours weekly or monthly and accrue them in order to take time off from work for being sick and do you have to have a doctor's note or a doctor's appointment

[@derdin8]

@Bill Both - Holidays and sick time are the same thing when it is called PTO (Paid Time Off), but the employers I have had over the last 25 years have kept separate balances for Sick Leave, Annual Leave, and Holiday pay. [for example, the hospital I worked for split the sick time even further into major (3 consecutive workdays or more out sick) and minor sick leave (less than 3 work days out sick)]

[@YellinInMyEar]

exactly, because when you're sick or unplanned emergency, can't really afford not getting paid that day.

[@JMM33RanMA]

Strangely, nobody has mentioned jury duty. They are legally required to give three days JD without question. IF the duty is longer, which it can be, how it is dealt with differs by location and by employer. 4 years ago I got called twice in the same quarter of the same year, one Federal and one state. Fortunately I only missed one day for each.

[@YellinInMyEar]

@@JMM33RanMA Yes, because that's totally like taking a holiday. totally relaxing. yup.

[@bkbff]

If vacation/holiday days roll over each year, people tend to save them either for extra "sick" days or for their retirement. A lot of employers are now requiring that vacation days be taken every year or every couple of years so that they don't have to pay those days out when someone leaves. I don't know if the number of days lost that you cited includes days that were saved rather than truly lost.

[@waynepurcell6058]

Wow. Are there ANY rollovers in the private sector? Everything private in my area is "use it or lose it". My dad could "build time" way back in the day with the Forest Service, but that was government work.

[@bkbff]

@@waynepurcell6058 It's less common. I can't say for sure if there are still employers that allow it. If they do, it's probably just for one year.

[@CrankyBeach]

I left a job in 2007 that I had worked for over 25 years. I had so much trouble finding anyone to cover my job if I took time off that I hardly ever took more than a long weekend. I had 6 months of accumulated vacation when I left, and they paid me for all of it. The job was in a doctor's office, private sector, very generous boss. I only left because he closed his practice.

[@escape30491]

Here in the US, companies value employees that spend all their time at work. Usually you have to work for a company for a year before you earn 5 days. Tips, also because cheap companies don't want to pay their employees. People that work for tips also rarely get paid time off.

[@bassmangotdbluz3547]

There is nothing in the world wrong with waiting on tables for tips. My youngest daughter put herself through 7 years of college by waiting on tables at a fine dining seafood restaurant in Houston for 5 years then she was the HR Director for a chain of pharmacies for the remainder and beyond. No student loans to pay back and she's 29, a world traveler, recently engaged to marry and doing very well for herself. We could not be prouder of her. And all because she's smart, can hustle and knew what she wanted out of life. It's the "American Dream". Come and be a part of it Shaun!

[@williamf4544]

Dont believe all you hear about the Uk - here a lot of students wait on table and although people say they get the minimum wage is only a minimum rate per hour - most of these students are on zero hour contracts so some weeks the could be needed 20 hours other weeks they might only work 5 - and there is nothing they can do about it so they are so very grateful for any tips they get

[@maryannebrown2385]

william f That is such a good point about the zero hour contracts. I know a lot of businesses in the UK have their employees on these contracts, which can be really hard for them! If you are supposed to have an open schedule for your employer can schedule week to week the time they need you, yet don’t give you enough hours to pay your bills, how are you supposed to survive. That is very difficult. We don’t have that here in the US. Usually you can ask for a certain number of hours or a certain schedule, and then if you need or want to pick up a second job you can.

[@larryyeadeke7409]

And by the way. If you've seen Detroit play, they should be called frogs.

[@harrisonmishler616]

Just saying in the game he vlogged detroit beat the giants

[@sparky6086]

Pumpkins are really just big in America, because of their association with Halloween as jack-o-lanterns. Pumpkin growers started marketing other uses of pumpkins, so they could sell them year round. Pumpkins were strictly a seasonal thing, when I was a kid in the 1960's.

[@christomashofski9160]

Cheese in a spray can! LOL! As the late great George Carlin once used in his stand up comedy routine, "Hey don't be mad at me for being an American! I can't help it that I was born in a country where I can buy scented toilet paper, edible women's panties, and Cheez Wizz in a f***ing spray can!" //// That being said, the best part of Cheez Wizz in a can is feeding to cats directly out of the spray nozzle. The little buggers seem to love that feeding method. Maybe it's a vestigal memory from kittenhood!

[@jet1241]

Yes “Ads” (rhymes with “adds”) rather than “adverts” etc

[@alskjflah]

Re: holidays, after the restoration of the monarchy y'all sent us all your bloody puritans.

[@christomashofski9160]

Caution about pumpkin pie--- There are many different recipes for making the "punkin' " filling. Some are good, some not so good, some are awesome! So don't give up too quickly if you get a bum one. Some are very strongly flavored with the mulling spices, which are good, but have nothing to do with the pumpkin flavor itself. Others are closer to the natural gourd flavor. Some recipes, usually restricted to private family recipes rather than mass produced commercial stuff, use sweetened condensed milk to sweeten the gourd mash rather than just sugar. Since I'm a fanatic for the flavor of condensed milk, my personal favorite is this latter variety.

[@maryannebrown2385]

Oh jeez-I am an American and I have never heard of using sweetened condensed milk. I must be using an old timey recipe.

[@christomashofski9160]

@@maryannebrown2385 I don't know whether the condensed milk version is old-timey or not but it's found in Pennsylvania Deutsch country. Give it a try sometime. It's awesome! I've no idea what the recipe is. It is some magic that happens in the kitchen, which is a territory not within my skill set. LOL

[@CrankyBeach]

I haven't baked a pumpkin pie in decades... I always just followed the recipe on the side of the pumpkin can. I do remember that it included several spices (or pre-mixed pumpkin pie spice) but I don't remember whether it had condensed milk in it.

[@pmauza]

Hi Shaun, while Americans do say 'ad', we also say 'commercial'. Thank you for your great videos :)

[@325aliceI]

You haven't missed a thing by not trying canned spray cheese...it's vile stuff....generally speaking cheeses are better from your side of the pond...

[@panaddict3448]

Speak for yourself, Wisconsin is Cheese, Guns and Fish

[@325aliceI]

@@panaddict3448 I stand corrected... 😏. ( Although I did say generally speaking.....)

[@kimwilliams8834]

HOW dare you!!!! Pumpkin pie is the food of the gods! No , really a lot of people don't care for pumpkin so don't worry about it. Though I must say I love pumpkin everything. Dates : there are 12 months, 30/31 days and unlimited years. We just say it in least to most.

[@jmilne29]

The ads are the tip of the iceberg on the medical system unfortunately. It affects everything over here. Not the “feel sick - go to the doctor - get fixed - go home” system you’re used to. A Michigan Ohio state game in the Big House in Ann Arbor would be a blast - Michigan haven’t been great in that game for a while though

[@woodieboy43]

The date thing is actually simple (if it hasn't already been answered). It is how we read it aloud. 08/01/2020 is read aloud as, August First Twenty Twenty. That's it.

[@Dinkdownn]

New Orleans misses you 🖤⚜️ Come back soon 🥰

[@shaunvlog]

I would honestly love to 😊

[@jamesallen5591]

@@shaunvlog Lay off the Hurricanes, though! Stick to beer.

[@jaxquiet2290]

We don't take vacations/"holidays" because we can't afford to, honestly.

[@timbusby9526]

I disagree. Holidays are when the business is closed for a national holiday like Christmas or Independence Day. Vacation days are the ones you can lose. If you work a Holiday you'll usually make time and a half or double time and a half. That means 1.5 or 2.5 times you're normal hourly wage. Vacation days may or may not be paid. If not then affording it can be an issue, but paid vacation you don't lose wage so affording it ie: wage loss isn't part of the equation. I save up vacation days because when you quit or retire you cash out you unused time off. That can be a tidy sum.

[@howtubeable]

@@timbusby9526 I'm glad you are a member of the liberal privileged class. My employer is only closed Christmas, and even on Christmas, we must prepare the store to re-open on December 26th.

[@JMM33RanMA]

@@timbusby9526 You can't save up unlimited days if your employer has a cap, and unscrupulous ones either cancel unused vacation days or let you redeem them for less than 1:1. Some if not all of the variance depends on state and local regulations. Red states are far less likely to protect the workers.

[@timbusby9526]

@@JMM33RanMA true, there may be a cap, but then you save up until you reach the cap, carry the balance, and use any hours above the cap. I don't know about where you are, but here I don't know of any employers that don't offer at least a couple of weeks of personal time that can be used for either sick leave or vacation. Because of labor shortages, employers here have to offer incentives, or they don't get workers.

[@MarySpain1958]

@@timbusby9526 this you tuber probably calls a vacation a holiday .(language difference).

[@YahavehsSoldier]

I know for me, depending on the company you work for, we didn't always get holidays off due to the type of work we did. If we wanted the day off, we had to bid for it off. Granted, we were paid time and a half for working the holiday. Also, due to medical Bill's, some choose to work to save up to money in case of emergency bills or what not.

[@robertschwartz4810]

Americans usually get about two weeks of vacation days at first, increased to four weeks over several years. People don't take the time off because they're worried that they'll be replaced or looked on as lazy. Our Puritan ancestors have a lot to answer for. Spray cheese is dreadful, the only good thing about it is that it doesn't need refrigeration. (Good for college dorm rooms). Pumpkin is seasonal, as are cranberries. They appear every fall sometime around Halloween.