9 things foreigners do that annoy British people

[@davidhyams2769]

A Texan was comparing the size of the potatoes he was served with his meal when visiting the UK compared to how big they were "back home." The response, was "we grow them fit our mouths, just like you do."

[@Kay-ly3hb]

Epic

[@mrade5321]

😂😂😂 (I love Texans by the way) 👍

[@midnightwind8067]

How unwelcoming. I’m sure your response to his observation made you look...... pathetic.

[@davidhyams2769]

@@midnightwind8067 Maybe I should have expressed the Texan's observations better as being more by way of complaint and being boastful about how much better everything was in America. He fully deserved the put-down, not that he would necessarily have understood the depth of British sarcasm.

[@michellemaine2719]

Perfect!

[@nickshale6926]

7:38 Just to quantify here; to receive a British ‘tutting’ would be the equivalent of a drive-by shooting anywhere else in the world.

[@robertewalt7789]

Maybe the US, at least.

[@welshpete12]

Yep, can be quite deadly !

[@MS-19]

Queueing should really come at the head of the list. One of the best ways to avoid committing that unforgivable sin of queue jumping (or, as we said at school, "pushing in") is to arm yourself with such questions as: "Is this the queue?" "Are you in the queue?" "Is this the end of the queue?" In the event that a queue doesn't look obvious, such questions may be worth asking of those standing in the area. It could save your bacon, as the saying goes!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂 you're so right!

[@jillhobson6128]

@@AdventuresAndNaps Surely all civilised countries have the same attitude to queuing, it's not just a UK thing, it's politeness. It's sad if other countries can't understand manners.

[@corleth2868]

When I've seen queue jumping it's resulted in a lot more than staring daggers and tutting too. It's usually a lot of swearing and threats of violence, or maybe that's just me ;o)

[@jillhobson6128]

@@mementomori1022 I just mean polite and considerate.

[@davidwebley6186]

@@mementomori1022 Yes ! If they do not bother to learn the basic etiquette of moving around and behaving in foreign lands. These days with the internet information is freely available so there is very limited excuses. In my experience of living as a Brit in the UK and also in parts of Europe the most rude and discourteous are North Americans and German Youths.

[@blumatrix1960]

The queue cutting thing is so true, you risk being the recipient of a severe tutting at with that kind of barbaric behaviour.

[@marck717]

Hi Alanna, That was another great video. I’m from Illinois (Long Grove), and when I was young, I used to go to South Florida (Sunrise) to visit my grandparents for Winter Break. About half the population of their neighborhood was Canadian Snowbirds and the other half was mostly from New York. My grandparents Canadian friends would always greet me with the biggest hugs while most of their friends from NY would simply shake my hand, which being from the Midwest where hugs are the standard way to greet people you know, I thought the New Yorkers were cold and unfriendly. So my grandma explained that her New York friends are just as nice as her Canadian friends, but are raised with cultural differences. And that was really the first time I became aware that people from different regions had completely different customs. I think your video was really important because it is very helpful to understand what not to do in another country. Thanks, Marc K

[@marcelwiszowaty1751]

Regarding the "getting in the way" thing. The absolute worst is a group of people (not necessarily foreigners or tourists) stopping and chatting in the *only* doorway in and out of a building, particularly shops. Please don't do that! 😉

[@ShaneWalta]

British people do that too in some situations. I've worked in pubs, and it's so annoying when a group of people stand right next to the door to get behind the bar, and it happens so often!

[@marcelwiszowaty1751]

@@ShaneWalta I can imagine! I would think in any case that working behind a bar on a busy Saturday night (particularly as certain patrons get more and more inebriated) can be pretty stressful.

[@eze8970]

I give this video 9 out of 9 Faux Pax..., which being French, shows how diversified our language is! Thanks Alanna!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂 Thanks for watching!

[@AaronTheHipHopGuy]

That was so funny! You always do a great job at making the sponsored sections of your videos funny! I really appreciate how light hearted and fun your videos are right now! Hope you’re having a good day and hope you have a great weekend!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks so much Aaron!!

[@MrLukealbanese]

I remember coming back home to London on a plane from the US once and a very nice elderly couple from Texas got talking to me and asked what Church I went to. I asked them if they had ever visited the UK (or Europe) before and they said that no, this was their first time abroad. I had to gently break the shocking news to them that it was not OK to ask someone about their religion in the UK unless specifically asked to do so. In the US people frequently seem to ask about your religious beliefs, but then they obviously didn't realise that we've been through several hundred years of religious wars (and in fact are quite secular for the most part in modern times).

[@SteveMrW]

I do not see that as a problem.

[@welshpete12]

@@SteveMrW I do !!

[@SteveMrW]

@@welshpete12 Why?

[@BiscuitGeoff]

The flipside of the queuing phenomenom is that I have seen nervous tourists start a trailing queue in a pub, rather than gathering around the bar. You still need to wait your turn in a pub, but you wait at the bar.

[@stephenparker6362]

Hi Alanna, a nice relaxed video, just what we needed. Some very interesting points. Well done.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks so much!!

[@neilgayleard3842]

I am from Kent and foreigners don't bother me. Northerners on the other hand do.

[@dave_h_8742]

@@neilgayleard3842 Get scared of the big Northerners do you ?😛

[@eddymccabe5351]

True story on "getting in the way/being in a hurry" - a visually impaired chap in London had a small German Shepherd guide dog, they were a very fast-paced unit, and to get past slow-walking women the dog would put her cold nose on the lady's leg, then skip past when the person cried out and stopped. Sadly she had to be retired very early, as her frustration grew and she progressed to nipping them on the calf, and complaints were made about this "aggressive alsatian"....

[@welshpete12]

:-) The thought of a sheep dug shepherding slow walking tourists in London makes my mind boggle . What a wonderful idea ! Have you thought of putting up the idea to The British Tourist Board in London ?

[@michaels1422]

Great video Alanna. 1. With you on queues. Hardly a week goes by without me giving the evil eye to someone queue jumping. 2. Not just foreign people playing music out loud. UK teenagers do it. A lot.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

It's so funny you should say that - made the mistake of being on the train today when kids were leaving school and they music they played out loud 😩 horrible!

[@dave_h_8742]

@@AdventuresAndNaps That's not music...... Had a beat in my day....... and you never heard Val Doonican swearing. 😂

[@alancrane4693]

It used to be getto blaster's on their shoulders and hopefully a valcun visitor will perform the stun grip on the offender.

[@shearerslegs]

I honestly thought the only foreign thing that really bothered me was not saying aluminium properly but the idea of random hugs from strangers is not a comfortable one. Thank you for the video I am enjoying the three videos a week and hope they continue. I hope you and the butler have a great weekend

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you so much!!

[@zapkvr]

Aluminum and Aluminium are two different things. One is an element. The other Is an alloy. Most US kids never learn this. For some reason.

[@clivebrealey6795]

@@zapkvr They're the same - it's just a different way of spelling the name, one is typically North American (Aluminum) and the other English (Aluminium) - it's the element with the atomic number 13 in the Periodic Table, I've seen both spellings on illustrations of the table :-)

[@jillhobson6128]

@@AdventuresAndNaps I strongly resent being hugged by anyone.

[@matthewnewling2707]

@@zapkvr There is no difference, they are separate names for the same thing. Upon discovery Humphrey Davy named it Aluminum, but other contemporary scientists disliked the name on etymological grounds. It was later mentioned in a publication of one of Davy's lectures by The Royal Society as Aluminium, and the two have been in common parlence ever since

[@ashofthe3yamyamsa.k.aasher675]

Really great chilled video. Expanding on accents, one thing I find annoying is when people assume they know an accent then say you are from there. Very rude as each area has its own heriatage & the people are proud to be from there. Also a good way to start an argument. I find more these days people stopping randomly are paying more attention to their phone than their suroundings, gives me road rage

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Cheers Ashers!!

[@tiny5719]

Not me waiting for putting the milk before the water when making tea

[@davidjones332]

I'm surprised that in discussing "getting in the way" you didn't mention escalators in the Tube or department stores: stand on the right, walk on the left !!!!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Ahh of course!

[@trickygoose2]

And then there's those really annoying people who step off the end of the escalator and stop!

[@alancrane4693]

And do as you are told! Unless you are bojo

[@iainmalcolm9583]

Queuing never really bothered me. I'm always telling people to just go in front of me when I have a full trolley and they have a little basket. Strange thing is that only about 50% take up the offer. Must be the power of the 'queue'.

[@Quaker521]

Ah, tutting - Then you know that you have invoked the maximum distaste from a Brit! 😂😂 Great video. 👍😊

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks! 😃

[@billmayor8567]

Add an uff to it that’s seriously getting into dangerous territory 😉

[@weedle30]

@@billmayor8567 and a raised eyebrow or two….accompanied by a 🙄

[@Doug791]

@@weedle30 that's going too far .

[@weedle30]

@@Doug791 one eyebrow?

[@Richdbiskit]

The personal space one, I Also get annoyed when I park in a supermarket car park miles away from any car, and when I return with my shopping someone has parked RIGHT next to me. When there are 1000 empty spaces

[@stanleybuchan4610]

So true. Why do they do it?

[@delskioffskinov]

Yeeeaaaahhh! you got sponsored! welldone girl you deserve it! i'm so happy for you! see your content is good enough to get a sponsor! lol!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks for watching!

[@stanettiels7367]

Tutting followed by an audible exhale is one of the best, most passive aggressive put downs ever. I love it and do it to my girlfriend all the time to annoy her. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇨🇦.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂

[@RichDoes..]

I worked at a northern place for many yrs... got friendly with a cpl of Londoners that used to use the bar in my workplace... they LOVED the fact they could spark up a conversation with anyone!

[@Nanonic001]

As to 'not getting in the way' you'll also see this played out when tourists take photos of things or each other. British people will literally STOP and wait until the photo has been taken because we don't want to get in the way!

[@flitsertheo]

I really hate people running in front of the camera when I'm obviously taking pictures, especially when there is room behind me to pass. If it wasn't such a precious tool I could bash their head with my heavy East-German camera.

[@eddymccabe5351]

Re - buying of rounds, many years ago back in my native Scotland, it was even unacceptable to have, for example, a full pint except on your own round, then only buy a half-pint for yourself. Nor could you drop out of other people's rounds - to do so would make you a "lightweight", and therefore a laughing stock...., then you'd find they'd bought you a pint anyway!

[@roysimpson9711]

I'm a very tolerant person from Yorkshire and we tend to be friendly and warm .In fact there are only 2 things that annoy me about foreigners and that is Everything they say and everything they do. (only joking )

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂 brutal!

[@roysimpson9711]

@@importedvixen Also they have no sense of humour

[@BostonBobby1961]

I’m an American and I love that sense of humor.

[@afpwebworks]

I'm in Australia. I once worked with a Brit who had migrated to Australia about 3 years previously. He was forever telling us how much better it was back home in UK than in Australia. (Yes guaranteed to endear yourself to the locals!). It nearly came to a fist fight one day when he was complaining that Australia was a backward country compared to the UK. "Back home we could get a newspaper outside the football stadium with the results from all around the country at about 5pm on Saturday afternoon. Here in Australia you guys are so backward none of the Saturday papers have the UK football results!" Despite our efforts we could NOT get him to see that at 5pm Saturday in Australia, none of the UK matches had even had a kickoff yet, let alone have a result.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Oh my goddd 😂

[@wessexdruid7598]

Stupidity is not a trait peculiar to any nationality.

[@zapkvr]

@@wessexdruid7598 neither is withering contempt ;)

[@thetrevor861]

Sorry mate. I hope other Brits have not been such dipsticks in your presence, and with other Aussies. On the other hand, we had a new barman in the pub, an Aussie. After about 2 minutes, he was named Skippy.

[@AutoAlligator]

Australia is a shit-show of a country (respect)

[@stevelknievel4183]

I'm fairly sure you'll realise this once I mention it but doing something 'in the round' usually refers to a theatre performance where the audience sits around the edge of the stage. What you mean is 'buying a round' or 'getting a round in'.

[@101alexs]

Another great video! The one that gets on my goat, generally North Americans, is "hey I can do a Bri'ish accent!" and then you are subjected to some strangled version of Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. Oh and it is usually very easy to spot tourists because they'll smile in public.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂 oh my god, smiling in public breaks my heart but you're right!

[@StonefieldJim4]

I love your videos. You always look like you're about to start giggling - and you often do. A tonic in these testing times. And you've become quite the expert on the UK. The new Bill Bryson? Brits love having a flattering view of their country reflected back at them. ✌️

[@harrybarrow6222]

Thank you for another great video Alanna. You are spot on with your list. You are now truly a Brit. 😄 Bye the way, you can check to see any of your fellow travellers wants to talk by a gentle moan about the weather to no-one in particular. And someone may well notice your accent and ask where you are from.. Take it from there. The stereotype is that Brits are standoffish. Not really. We just don’t want to intrude upon or annoy others who might want peace and quiet. So, nobody starts the conversation. 😆

[@garywallace8521]

A phrase we use in the UK is ‘going against the grain’ roughly meaning upsetting the normal practice of daily life. A pleasant video Alanna. Thanks 😊

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks for watching!

[@SnabbKassa]

Famous joke headline: Northerner terrorizes Londoners by saying "Hello"

[@markelliot1248]

Agree about the queue. Was in the supermarket last week and someone tried to jump the queue people were furious, I distinctly heard some people tutting.

[@andymcgarty3099]

Great video. I'm all for the hugging, well I was precovid! Great examples, and all valid. Bad manners also annoys me.

[@anthjs70]

It's lovely, you've made the transition to being British in No.8, mainly by saying we throughout it. Hadn't really thought about it but I always get out of the way if i don't know where I am, it's honestly instictive if you're British I think.

[@richt71]

Hey Alanna, Great vid. I like you have experienced both sides of this having lived abroad for a couple of years. I hated it when expats there would say oh it happens this way in the UK so should be the same here! Isn't part of living abroad that fact you get to experience how countries do things a little different? Oh and to your point of stopping in the wrong place. Only yesterday a couple of young tourists decided to stop at the bottom of the stairs in baker street station during evening rush hour! They quickly learnt this wasn't the best idea!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@RoyCousins]

You're not a foreigner. You're a Canadian. 🇨🇦🇬🇧

[@zapkvr]

For decades I thought the "round" was Australian. I first read it in the book Theyre a weird mob by Nino Culotta a nom de pseud of John O'Grady. I read the book in 73 in high school. It has been a cultural institution here for a very long time. It's call a "shout" not a round.

[@Doug791]

As a Brit I hadn't actually realised how much I hate people just GETTING IN MY WAY . Just thinking about it now makes me want to push some idiot over. I might nip into my village tomorrow and hang around till someone gets in my way , then they're in for it.😂

[@welshpete12]

I for one like Americans and we used to get a lot here before the pandemic. The two things that make me see red is talking loud in a restaurant or shop and queue jumping . I dare say there are things I do that Americans don't like when I'm in the States .

[@SuzieLady]

You have us sussed young lady. Good job! I am a 4th generation born Londoner.. I notice that I have grown so accustomed to the sound of the city, traffic etc that when I go on holiday or somewhere quiet, and it’s time for bed I can’t sleep! I end up putting the fan on or radio. It really unsettled me. Oh.. I hate it when someone invaded my space unnecessarily on transport! Or jumps the queue.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks for watching!

[@daniel_unique]

you are so spot on with the shame of getting tutted at when you do something wrong, I always find it funny queuing where there's no space to properly form a queue and the awkward feeling of having to then join the queue when its gone done but you feel like you are jumping in, I never look back to see if the person behind me has understood the predicament i was in when there was no space to join the queue or if they are now just killing me with a stare

[@DontPanicDear]

I was in the USA for the first time in my teens. It was amazing and I loved it. ….but if I dared mention anything new and different, it was taken as a complaint by my over sensitive hosts 🙄

[@zapkvr]

Now if you were a contributor for HHGTG you could always offer to give them a write up.

[@billmayor8567]

Absolutely Alannah . As a Brit I totally agree. If I ever went to Canada, I would totally adopt the culture and lifestyle eh!😊

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks for watching!

[@RobG001]

Lol

[@suzanneantippas8420]

You so perfectly described the custom also in place in New York City!! Everyone walking must keep moving while adjusting to everyone else's pace and direction so no one touches anyone else and no one stops unless they first move out of the stream of traffic. I've lived here so long it's second nature to me and I don't even realize the adjustments I make for others as I'm walking in the street or on the sidewalk. I hate to admit it but I hate walking in the City with an out-of-town friend or family member who doesn't know how to navigate our streets, there's often some embarrassing encounter I have to explain. And I can be silently infuriated at some person, probably a tourist, who is blocking my passage when he/she should simply move a tiny bit out of the way. In a way it's kind of fascinating how all of this silent communication and perception has developed among city walkers. It was quite interesting to hear that it's the same in England.

[@dbracer]

This has been one of your best videos, especially the personal space parts.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Yay, thank you!

[@adfe8921]

Awesome video! I've watched them all. Particularly enjoyed this one! 👍

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks so much!

[@Dan-zb7vn]

Good afternoon Alanna great video as usual thanks again for entertaining us.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@chrisfg13]

Just to comment on the subject of queueing Alanna, I totally agree. I was lucky enough to spend nearly 4 years living in a "small" town in central China and, in my experience, they had no concept of queueing whatsoever. It was a complete free-for-all at supermarkets and shops, although different in banks where armed security guards were there to keep order lol.

[@RGC198]

Hi Alanna, thanks for sharing those great pointers. I even found when moving to Melbourne to not say how great my previous home location , Sydney was. That actually wasn't too difficult, as I prefer Melbourne to Sydney. I think it is similar situation when talking about Australia in New Zealand. I found an interesting situation in Sydney. Some areas would never accept queue jumping and other areas it is everyone for themselves. Here in Melbourne in any queues, the front person always has the largest space. On escalators here in Melbourne, there is a keep to the left rule, which allows anyone in a hurry to rush up or down the right side. Anyway, take care. Robert.

[@patrickneylan]

The escalator rule is good. Australians and Britons both drive on the left, as do all civilised nations, which means that slow traffic keeps to the left and is passed by faster traffic on the right. Australians also (annoyingly for us) play wonderful cricket and rugby, which puts them in the top rank of civilised nations. Now that the Irish, who also drive on the left, have a decent cricket team to go with their wonderful rugby team, we now have to accept them as a civilised nation, overturning eight centuries of prejudice (although the genius of Irish literature should have put that prejudice to bed years ago).

[@RGC198]

@@patrickneylan The escalator rule operates on all city and major suburban railway stations here in Melbourne. However, I am not sure what they do in other Australian major cities.

[@matc6221]

Phew! No premiere reminder, I was thinking you weren't doing a video today 😢 Lucky I was totally wrong! Its sunny, its Alanna Friday. You amped up Friday so much that I forgot I was freezing my butt off 🤗🎉🎈

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Videos every Friday!! Just not doing the premiere's anymore, but thanks for watching!

[@matc6221]

@@AdventuresAndNaps 😀

[@georgefoster8133]

The hugging thing is spot on 😂 I went on a school trip to a family in Chicago at 11 y/o and they all hugged me, I totally froze, most Brits/Irish are not huggy 😂

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂

[@gdfggggg]

I’m a huggy British person and everyone except me finds it weird.

[@michaelball4683]

@@gdfggggg You're in the minority then. You should learn from that

[@grahvis]

I've worked where there were many international students from all over the world but I don't remember any raving about their own country. The nearest was a Canadian woman who recommended I visit Canada, suggesting I would enjoy it..

[@janrogers8352]

Students aren't the same as tourists. They come here to learn, not sightsee.

[@worcslee1287]

I'm loving your Friday videos, keep them coming :)

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Yay! Thank you!

[@ForburyLion]

The worse queue jumping happens on the roads, If you jump the queue don't expect to be allowed back in when reach the front.

[@malcomflibbleghast8140]

the teef thing sis a hangover from ww2...the yanks with their pearly whites, and us brits with their gummy grins, gurning at em....

[@Elwaves2925]

Hey Alanna, a nice light video for a Friday, just what is needed. Queue jumping is the ultimate sin, foreigner or not. Two from me. 1 - Upload at 3pm on a Tuesday or Friday because that's AlannaTiime (TM). 2 - Over emphasise the 'ham' at the end of place names, i.e. Nottinghaaammm.

[@dragonmac1234]

I agree with all of these points Alanna, especially hugging. I do hug people I've known for years (family, good friends etc) but I would never hug a stranger. If you jump a queue at the supermarket you will get the death stares and disapproving tutting sounds :)

[@3lmodfz]

I'm from the south and I agree with the personal space thing lol. I was on a bus many moons ago, right at the front at the top of a double decker. Loads of free seats up there, it was super empty. And some woman decided to sit right next to me! I was like WTF, are there no other seats you can choose?? I was so angry lol.

[@wayne7521]

Why did you forget to remove your stick ??? Was they offensive ...with b o ...? Ot looks ..not good enough ... Southern pompous asses 😂😂😂😂😂 fro. A friendly northener

[@redsnappersadler34]

It’s really annoying the way Elana has worked us out so well! Great video-as usual! Thanks for the laughs

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks for watching!

[@galaxywhispers1787]

Great video as always Alanna. 🙂

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Yay! Thank you!

[@matc6221]

Have a great weekend Alanna 👍👍👍

[@gabbymcclymont4167]

My brother is a burns victim, at 11 months he got 48%, he was tied down for a very long time. He’s a grown man with 2 kids, but he never learnt spacial awareness, so he stands too close to everyone, I just push him back. It’s odd after 17years of horrific operation this is his biggest problem, he is great when kids watch him he says don’t juggle with kettles, it puts kids at ease.

[@KingOuf1er]

AWKWARD BRITISH PROBLEMS (not specifically related to foreigners): 🇬🇧Staring at your phone in silent horror until the unknown number stops ringing 🇬🇧Hearing a recording of your own voice and deciding it’s perhaps best never to speak again 🇬🇧The relief when someone doesn’t answer their phone within three rings and you can hang up 🇬🇧Filming an entire fireworks display on your phone, knowing full well you’ll never, ever watch it again 🇬🇧 Mishearing somebody’s name on the second time of asking, meaning you must now avoid them forever 🇬🇧 Leaving it too late to correct someone, meaning you must live with your new name forever 🇬🇧 Running out of ways to say thanks when a succession of doors are held for you, having already deployed ‘cheers’, ‘ta’ and ‘nice one’ 🇬🇧 Changing from ‘kind regards’ to just ‘regards’, to indicate that you’re rapidly reaching the end of your tether 🇬🇧 Realising you’ve got about fifty grand’s worth of plastic bags under your kitchen sink 🇬🇧"You’ll have to excuse the mess” - Translation: I’ve spent seven hours tidying in preparation for your visit 🇬🇧 Indicating that you want the last roast potato by trying to force everyone else to take it 🇬🇧 "I’m off to bed” - Translation: “I’m off to stare at my phone in another part of the house” 🇬🇧 The overwhelming sorrow of finding a cup of tea you forgot about 🇬🇧 Turning down a cup of tea for no reason and instantly knowing you’ve made a terrible, terrible mistake 🇬🇧 Suddenly remembering your tea and necking it like a massive, lukewarm shot 🇬🇧 Waiting for permission to leave after paying for something with the exact change 🇬🇧 Saying hello to a friend in the supermarket, then creeping around like a burglar to avoid seeing them again 🇬🇧 Watching with quiet sorrow as you receive a different haircut to the one you requested 🇬🇧 Being unable to pay for something with the exact change without saying “I think that’s right” 🇬🇧 Overtaking someone on foot and having to keep up the uncomfortably fast pace until safely over the horizon 🇬🇧 Being unable to turn and walk in the opposite direction without first taking out your phone and frowning at it 🇬🇧 Deeming it necessary to do a little jog over zebra crossings, while throwing in an apologetic mini wave 🇬🇧 Punishing people who don’t say thank you by saying “you’re welcome” as quietly as possible 🇬🇧 Loudly tapping your fingers at the cashpoint, to assure the queue that you’ve asked for money and the wait is out of your hands 🇬🇧 Looking away so violently as someone nearby enters their PIN that you accidentally dislocate your neck 🇬🇧 Being sure to start touching your bag 15 minutes before your station, so the person in the aisle seat is fully prepared for your exit 🇬🇧 Repeatedly pressing the door button on the train before it’s illuminated, to assure your fellow commuters you have the situation in hand 🇬🇧 Having someone sit next to you on the train, meaning you’ll have to eat your crisps at home 🇬🇧 The huge sense of relief after your perfectly valid train ticket is accepted by the inspector 🇬🇧 The horror of someone you only half know saying: “Oh I’m getting that train too” 🇬🇧 “Sorry, is anyone sitting here?” - Translation: Unless this is a person who looks remarkably like a bag, I suggest you move it 🇬🇧 Worrying you’ve accidentally packed 3 kilos of cocaine and a dead goat as you stroll through “Nothing to declare” 🇬🇧 Being unable to stand and leave without first saying “right” 🇬🇧 Not hearing someone for the third time, so just laughing and hoping for the best 🇬🇧 Saying “anywhere here’s fine” when the taxi’s directly outside your front door.

[@gert8439]

Impressively relatable!

[@Judgles]

Great video, Alanna. I liked the way you said these things annoy Brits, but then made it clear they annoy you too! One you could have added: people not saying "please" and "thank you" at every possible opportunity - some of my foreign friends find doing this very strange!

[@MS-19]

You've reminded me of an occasion, when I worked in a school, on which I had to educate several pupils in the essential politeness of thanking others. I was holding a door open for a group of them; they came through and didn't acknowledge me, so I fired back at them: "Oh, thank you so much for letting me hold the door open for you!" That schooled 'em.

[@RoyCousins]

It's common courtesy. Without the courtesy, it's just common.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks so much for watching!! Please and thank you are huge, you're totally right!

[@iriscollins7583]

@@RoyCousins Nice one.

[@Mark-he3tl]

"you may even get Tutted at" - Love it, did make me laugh. :D

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

☺️

[@lilyliz3071]

Trying to dodge a round in the pub is definitely a no no,my friends and I get seated and first talking point is kitty or rounds ,once that's sorted we get on with enjoying our night

[@srspower]

06:57 at the end of the first lockdown in the UK I spontaneously popped to McD's for a meal at a place I'd not been too before. I accidentally jumped a MASSIVE queue in the drive through but before I realised so it was too late to go back. I got a lot of abuse ...

[@kJ922-h3j]

With queuing, when you think of other cultural traits from all over and you think well fair enough if it’s different here…..we are just flat out right when it comes to how serious we take queuing 😂

[@stephenphillip5656]

It's true- jumping a queue here in GB is a social sin second only to spitting at someone!

[@janrogers8352]

Maybe it has something to do with good old fair play. Everyone gets their turn regardless of gender, age, wealth, health etc.

[@kJ922-h3j]

@@janrogers8352 yeah exactly, there can’t really be any argument to it

[@raiskis1]

UK expat here. My only experience of Canada is Vancouver where I found people to be quite reserved.

[@Chahlie]

Vancouver is a completely different animal, unless you go to the Punjabi market district. The island is where we are friendly :)

[@Dan-B]

As much as I hate to admit it, I’m so hard wired to be British that I’ve made sure someone heard me express my annoyance at them jumping in front of me in a queue, even though I wasn’t in Britain, on at least a couple of occasions 🤣 It’s just such an immediate, literal foreign concept to not form an orderly line that I couldn’t help but react to.

[@deancousins7360]

The buying a round one is crucial, do NOT leave without buying your round lol

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Glad you agree!!

[@jeremywentworth1833]

It never ever happened jumping the que until other European nationals as in the other side of Europe and I've scene several times people going mad but thank god who ever at checkout kiosk etc has refused to serve them and told them they must join at the end of the que

[@eightiesmusic1984]

English exceptionalism means many people are uptight about how they think things should be done, although as an English person I think it is more of an English issue than in the other nations of the UK. My wife is French and having been fortunate enough to visit there many times since 1999 I have always observed the cultural norms regardless of how different they might sometimes be compared to the UK and have never been made to feel stupid for any unintended faux pas. On the contrary, I have only found great understanding and patience. Nowhere is perfect but one of the many things I think is great about France is the impromptu conversations with strangers in the street and shops that are a daily feature of life as well as the courtesy that is expected when entering and leaving a shop- it is rude to not say hello or goodbye. I saw a woman say goodbye to two receptionists in a clinic where I live in England yesterday and neither responded even though they must have seen and heard her. Not surprising but I reflected that in France it would stand out. Admittedly, levels of civility in France have decreased to an extent since I first visited and my wife thinks so too but in general everyday life is so much easier knowing you are more than likely to enjoy friendly interactions with strangers. My impression of Canadians is that they are very polite and well mannered as well as level headed. I am 52 and while there was never a golden age, there is no doubt that in general people have less time for each other today than in the seventies and eighties when I grew up. There are many reasons for this but casual rudeness goes unnoticed by many, not least of all the lack of respect for older people that used to be commonplace.

[@michaelball4683]

I can't believe you've ever been to Paris

[@eightiesmusic1984]

@@michaelball4683 ??

[@archiebald4717]

A firm handshake from a safe distance is more than enough as a greeting.

[@Phiyedough]

As a Brit who has lived in Hungary and Croatia, one point that would likely annoy British motorists is when pedestrians treat a car park like a pavement rather than a road. I think from the pedestrian point of view it is more about self preservation than politeness but people in UK don't tend to walk in front of moving vehicles. In both Hungary and Croatia pedestrians in car parks seem completely oblivious of moving cars and vans whether they are moving forward or in reverse. This means the motorist has to be ultra cautious, making constant observations in all directions.

[@grapeman63]

A queue doesn't necessarily have to be a line. The maul at a pub bar is still a queue and people will expect to be served in the order that they arrived. A person, about to be served, will be expected to defer to another if it is clear that he knows he wasn't there first, and a barman, who serves out of sequence, will have daggers stared at him and might even elicit a muttered complaint.

[@johnreynolds5361]

The other one that really annoys me on public transport is when someone is talking very loudly on their phone!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

True!

[@BostonBobby1961]

I drive a shuttle bus in Boston, Mass for the company I work for and the conversations I hear. So annoying.

[@watersideanimals215]

I lived in York until I moved away for university. When I was in my teens a group of us had a game . We would all stop in the middle of the street and look up to see how many tourists would join us in staring at the sky 🤣.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂 oh my goddd

[@ruthfoley2580]

Ha. I went to nursing college in York & we did that too. 🤣

[@howardkey1639]

Great video Alanna, all those things on your list are definitely annoying but you missed out No.10, having a foreigner hold up the queue at the supermarket till because they are expecting someone to load up their bags. Also I did not realise how good a VPN Nord VPN was, I must sign up specially if it makes you feel like you are being snuggled by a duvet. By the way did I mention Nord VPN. 🤗

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks so much Howard!

[@Dragonblaster1]

I think we’re so focused on our personal space because it’s such a crowded country. The UK is about the size of a medium American state, but we have one-fifth the population of the United States.

[@RichDoes..]

quite right about the round thogh.. everyone hates the short armed, deep pocketed one

[@Dragonblaster1]

I totally agree that if I moved to another country, I would adapt to its way of life. I don’t do that on my frequent business trips, because I think it would come across as patronising if I tried to come across as American, Turkish or French, but I would use local words where the English equivalent could be confused, so in a Turkish restaurant, I tend to ask for “mercimek çorbası” for lentil soup, or in an American restaurant, I would ask for “French fries” rather than chips.

[@Andrew36597]

I would say they are all generally true, except for the hugs, hugging was such a normal thing when I was in the UK, from close friends, family members to meeting friends of friends for the first time, and if drunk, that can literally be anyone you’ll hug hahaha (But that may be the northern friendliness thing 😂)

[@grenvallion]

congrats on the sponsor! you finally got one!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Yes! Thank you!

[@grenvallion]

@@AdventuresAndNaps it's your claim to millionaire KZbin stardom

[@donmurray3638]

Re the stopping to take a photo. You can see the extreme version of this daily on the Abbey Road London webcam. It's focused on the Zebra crossing made famous on the Beatles album of that name, and tourists dice with death trying to reconstruct it in the traffic!

[@chrisshelley3027]

You are some kind of miracle worker, when you started this public service announcement I was expecting it to be perhaps predictable, I swear that you have the ability to turn dust into gold, not once did you make it seem as though we Brits are monsters toward tourists, you gave excellent information from both perspectives, yes we have all been there at some point and it is horrible, but you Alanna should be getting paid £££££ for the service that you provide to the UK, bless your heart and thank you from the bottom of my heart :)

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

You are so kind! Thank you!!

[@VFLPlus]

Great video. Let’s add another. Hugely important Brit etiquette, especially in crowded London. When somebody bumps into you, it’s socially essential that YOU (the bumpee) apologise to THEM (the bumper). If they bump into you and you do not apologise you may get arrested and thrown out of the country, passport stamped to prevent re-visiting etc. Essentially it’s like as if they bumped into you because you were in their way, so of course it’s your fault. LOL LOL LOL LOL, but seriously, always apologise.

[@jcasillas78]

Great video! Also asking for ice in a beverage, it will get you a disgruntled sigh and a single lonely ice cube...

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks so much!!

[@jrd33]

I find it's more of a battle to stop bar staff putting unwanted ice in my drink (which often happens even after I've asked them not to).

[@petertyson4022]

We don't mind buying a drink if someone says in the beginning, that they haven't got much money . One thing we British that get up our nose. Is when you open or keep a door open for someone and don't say thank you or in some way. Very rude. Good show.👍. Be safe 😷

[@zapkvr]

Welcome back Alanna. 5:18 am in Geelong. Thanks for the delightful wake up call.

[@colinearnshaw7725]

How to annoy the entire population of the United Kingdom. Call, or believe, every one is 'English'! For example it is NOT the English Royal Navy, or the 'English' RAF or the 'English' Army. Oh no. Do that to an an Irish soldier, a Welsh sailor or a Scottish pilot and they will get VERY annoyed and be backed up by all his English mates. We are British but the UK is 4 nations! As Alana has just said.

[@stanleybuchan4610]

Ex RAF here. So, so true. The armed forces guys are all "together" regardless of where in the UK you were born.

[@fionnaaragazza7777]

Cannot say for Southern English but I went to Yorkshire, very friendly people who when they heard me speaking French asked where we came from and several times in the streets even without talking , English came to talk ... Which was very funny. The queue might be true as well as waiting to cross the zebra crossing as pedestrians , people do not want the red picture or the seconds to cross , they just check out if no car.

[@Upemm]

Everything annoys us British 😂

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂

[@BostonBobby1961]

I live in the USA but I’m of Italian descent. Italians are very touchy-feely. I only hug people I’ve known or haven’t seen for a long time.

[@fionnaaragazza7777]

Same , and as well from the Italian diaspora but in France.

[@garywallace8521]

A particular annoyance I hate is from experience that North Americans don’t add Please when asking for something ie I want a glass of water or can you get me another drink 🍺 that added to the fact men will enter a building or home and sit eating still wearing a hat , normally of the baseball variety. Again I am sure this is the norm within their culture but somewhat frowned upon here in the UK 🇬🇧.

[@grantparman4705]

My brain has not yet adjusted to there being a Friday video on this channel. When I saw the notification of a new video, I got excited 😊

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Yay!!! Always new videos on Tuesday and Fridays now!

[@grantparman4705]

@@AdventuresAndNaps 🙂

[@Dragonblaster1]

It’s not that we’re unapproachable in the south of England. I live in North Hertfordshire, about 30 miles north of London, and we’re very approachable around here, willing to strike up a pleasant conversation with any stranger. However, you’re right, we’re not fans of the “Big I Am” in-your-face kind of confrontation.

[@andrewmurray9350]

The most annoying phrase I hear when answering the 'phone is "Hi, it's me". Endearing when spoken by a visible Canadian lady though.