21 Things in the US That Puzzle Most Foreigners Reaction 🇬🇧Brit Reacts

[@jimmyhudzgarage]

Welcome back to America Jase. I hope you get to come and enjoy your visit soon. It's cold here right now. Glad when summer gets here. Peace.

[@planetjase]

Cheers Jimmy! Yeah would be really nice to get over there next year. Just gotta save up like mad! Have a great day man.

[@jeffburdick869]

14:10 I think even more common than "how are you?" is "how ya doin?" and "whats up?"

[@planetjase]

Yeah, I use “how you doin” quite a lot tbh.

[@RealSteveTheGoat]

"How's it goin'?" is another really popular one

[@Dorkifier937]

No free refills on alcohol in the states. Just sodas or some kind of soft drink like lemonade.

[@planetjase]

You don’t get free refills on alcohol here. It’s more because the pop is so expensive and not refillable you might as well just drink alcohol lol.

[@SPro1006]

If you are mixing up the content bro there’s loads of good stuff from “over simplified” it’s informative and funny at the same time! 👍🏽 keep up the work bro! Enjoy this channel a lot!!

[@BecomingFabulous]

The "how are you?" thing is hilarious. I went through a real a**hole phase in my mid 20s where I actually answered that question honestly. Yeah...no one actually asks that question wanting a real answer. People literally have no idea what to do when you answer that question with anything other than some variation of "fine, how are you?" You can really mind f**k people, especially as a girl. There's a 4 to 8 day window every month when people REALLY don't want an honest answer to that question LMFAO 🤣

[@planetjase]

Haha! Yeah I bet. It is a weird one. People always come back with a pretty mundane response. Tbh unless it’s someone close no one really cares deep down. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@lukeingram7655]

I've tried out many, many ways to answer this in an interesting fashion but over time I've narrowed it down to only 2 responses, depending on my mood; "I've been worse" or "never better"

[@hifijohn]

@@lukeingram7655 In college as an experiment I would answer Im dying of cancer, and sure enough nobody even noticed.

[@jeffburdick869]

6:10 the thing is tho...the sugar in drinks like coke and pepsi are worse for you than the alcohol in a beer.

[@planetjase]

Yeah it is to a certain extent. Beer makes you put on weight faster - we’ll it does me anyway. Can always tell when I’ve been drinking.

[@jeffburdick869]

2:50 Two weeks is common at places that need talented employees and need to treat them well to keep them. Places that employ "unskilled workers" give them no time off. I've known people who've literally worked every single day(including weekends) for years straight...which the exception of maybe the place closes for Thanksgiving or Christmas.

[@planetjase]

That’s insane man. You get like 27 days in the UK pretty much. It’s decent tbh. Still I believe it’s not enough.

[@raggaduxjones]

Aren’t there Labor Laws against this?

[@jeffburdick869]

@@raggaduxjones Wouldn't that be nice. US government def. leans heavily towards the corporations' side in regards to labor disputes. Some states have far better labor laws than others. In a lot of places in the US, labor laws are negligible.

[@scott3805]

@@jeffburdick869 That's because the US government is paid for by the corporations. This is the UCA (United Corporations of America) not USA anymore. 😖

[@lizhorne923]

You work that much here because you HAVE TO. Medical care and rent/mortgage payments are asinine, and food is expensive, too. And god forbid you get some chronic illness and don’t have health insurance. A vial of insulin is over $300 without insurance. And Chemotherapy for cancer is worse. $8,000 for one dose of some chemotherapy. $8,000!

[@planetjase]

Yeah the one thing I’m pretty glad for over here is the NHS. But we pay that much in taxes the working people probably pay more than they use. And the scroungers get it for free. Thanks for watching and commenting. Appreciate you supporting the channel.

[@mattscoggins]

Yeah that 2 weeks on average is starting out typically, and it will go up the longer you are with a company. We do get holidays off too but that varies depending on which ones your company has available. My last job had Good Friday off as a holiday, but my current one does not offer it. But I've been here long enough now to get 24 days off a year so that is much better.

[@Sunset553]

The “pharmacies” didn’t start as a pharmacy. They were convenience stores which added pharmacies to them.

[@athenataylor3800]

You should definitely visit Charleston South Carolina! Believe you me you’ll love it. Especially the historical parts! I’m bias because being a military brat I grew up in both Texas and South Carolina lol

[@jtoland2333]

Athena Taylor, I agree 100%! I got to live in Charleston for temporary work, and I loved it! My favorite place to hang out was Henry's. Such a cool and historic building. And the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon gave me chills. I want to go back sooooo badly!!

[@planetjase]

Thanks Athena! Sounds ace. I’ll write it down as a potential place to visit. Thank you. Haha yeah I went to school on a army camp so you do get biased to certain places.

[@planetjase]

I’ll write these places down J. Thanks!!

[@brookehughes4795]

I was waiting for you to admit u shout rather than talk normally…ur the loudest talker I know babe xx🤣

[@planetjase]

Haha cheeky mere! Xx

[@jeffburdick869]

1:50 "A lot of Americans have very limited job security and very few workers' rights so management intimidates them into not using vacation days." I fixed it for them.

[@jeffburdick869]

@@Kal_DJ_Adon5545 A lot of us are great people who really have open minds, trust science, learn about and travel the World, understand economics, political science, geography, history. But admittedly, sadly, we also have a ton of mind-numbingly stupid idiots who keep procreating. But I digress. Yeah, health insurance tied to your employer is a capitalistic ploy to have power over their workers.

[@planetjase]

Ahh that sucks man. Yeah, I’m the UK the workers rights are too bad. They can’t sack you without a proper valid reason using a lawful process.

[@planetjase]

Cheers! Will be taking on all the comments about where to go etc. will help when I’m Booking everything.

[@scott3805]

The 2 weeks off is not the workers choice, it's the companies choice. I got lucky and have a job that give me 5 weeks off at start and grows with time at the company. I also work a 5 on 5 off schedule. So when I go on vacation I take all of Jan and Feb off. 😎

[@jeffburdick869]

14:40 I think the increased size bathroom doors and increased privacy are why in Europe its more acceptable to use the bathroom of not your gender. I remember being in a pub in Amsterdam, waiting in line, and the Irish guys behind me were like "just use the women's room mate." And to me, this was like such a blasphemous faux pas. And I was like so hesitant. And then he's just "aye, come on mate" and started walking into the women's room, so I followed him. And went into the stall, peed, and left. It was such a surreal experience for me. But the stalls are so incredibly private, it kinda makes sense why its not a big deal.

[@planetjase]

Probably haha Europe is a bit strange. Tbh you’d get crucified here in England if you went into the other genders toilet. However, if you identify as the other you get praised through the roof. Yeah this one was a funny one tbh.

[@jpeopolis]

The 15%-25% gratuity is not set in stone. For instance, if I go to a diner for a late night snack with my friends(I miss pre-Covid days) and the bill only comes to $10 on my end, I'm not going to tip $2.50 when that server did just as much work as a waiter in a high-end restaurant. In those cases, I usually double so I'll put down $20 for a $10 check. And speaking of diners, when you do travel across the Atlantic I highly-recommend hitting up a Waffle House at 2 AM on a Friday night. The food is crap but there's always at least one brawl. Often the employees get involved. A must visit for a foreigner looking to experience true American idiocy:)- Becks

[@planetjase]

Haha cheers Becks! I’ll keep the 2am trip in mind. The one thing I am looking forward to is the food. A 10% tip here is considered pretty generous tbh and with card payments a lot of people don’t even tip. Mad really. I’ll remember to tip well when I come over!

[@jpeopolis]

@@planetjase Oh, you don't have to tip crazily like I do. I only overtip because I have an irrational phobia of someone sneezing into my food. ha!

[@phillychick4196]

You’re VOICE is the SHIT BOYYYYYYYYY! Get yo ass to PHILLY!!!!! Love your raw reactions!

[@hifijohn]

We're really not workaholic but we are spendaholics so that makes us workaholics to pay all our bills.Also people from around the world that complain about our AC use have never dealt with the swampy sticky heat of the south in the summer.

[@xianlo3246]

When the US beat the Brits, most of the brits were on vacation,I mean holiday 😛

[@adirondackmama7724]

The red solo cups were just cheap plastic cups. It's funny they have became an American thing. Solo has done well in their marketing.

[@jtoland2333]

Hey, Jase, I'm making my living otherwise these days, but once this Covid mess is over, I'm going back to guiding tours. Not sure where I'll be working* when you make your visit, but before you come, make contact with me. I'll happily get you on my tour for free. You won't even have to tip me. *Currently in Seattle, WA, but plan to be on the Gulf Coast (Commonly known as FloraBama, where the Alabama/Florida border makes a whole other area).

[@brianlewis5692]

Not all of these are accurate - for instance $14.88 will usually be around $14.98 with sales tax (give or take) not $16.14, that's crazy! And I get 8 weeks paid time off for holiday where I work, and I'm in the US. Take everything here with 2-4 dashes of salt ;) Red solo cups - yeah not sure why they have that on this list...it's just a plastic disposable cup, it's not like a big thing here. I remember when pharmacies also sold cigarettes - man that was crazzzzzy I heard that the reason they put so much space under the bathroom stall doors is to discourage people from having sex in them...which apparently used to happen quite often 🤔🙄

[@jeffburdick869]

Something that costs $14.88 before tax will cost $14.98 after tax? So the sales tax is 0.0067%? Where on Earth is that sales tax? In my experience, sales tax is generally 6% to 10%. So the $16.44 is fairly reasonable.

[@brianlewis5692]

@@jeffburdick869 ok you're right...I was rushing when I typed that comment. It would be more around $15.92. My apologies. I must have been thinking $1.48 not 14.88.

[@jeffburdick869]

@@brianlewis5692 No worries.

[@planetjase]

Lol yeah the pharmacy selling cigarettes is mental tbh. Yeah some of them seemed quite far fetched tbh. The red cup thing though - when you buy a beer pong set, you get the American red cups lol. Haha as for the bathroom stalls - yeah I can see that being a deterrent.

[@lukeingram7655]

Ok, I've always been puzzled by UK terms for money; quid, pounds, shilling, dosh, etc. I know I could easily google but I have a feeling that very few of your US viewers understand it any better than I do ....so care to fill us in on the more common ones and their equivalent in the States?

[@real_womanonamission9528]

I’m an American and I get 5 weeks off. Some of this is not completely accurate.

[@RCTPatriot75]

We take 8 weeks off a year. Why are we behind America economically?