American Reacts to British Manners and Etiquette..

[@crazycatlover1885]

The impulse to apologise any time you collide with another person is so strong that I have apologised many times to objects like poles or doorframes that I have walked into.

[@anguspate6510]

Misread poles as 'potholes' scanning your comment but I think that's even funnier tbh.

[@elainethemusician3310]

I have very often said thank you to cash machines when I have just got some money out.

[@22mdh6]

You made me laugh Ive apologised to a lamp post before. ~The sorry, please, thank you etc is in my DNA how my parents taught me. Good manners cost nothing.

[@vallee3140]

me too

[@Sophie.S..]

Me too - I have often apologised to chairs I have bumped in to.

[@PolarBear4]

There's definitely a difference with please/thank you. I was in a restaurant and there was an American family and when they wanted something they just said to the waitress "I want a drink!" or "get me the xyz/I want the xyz!". Meanwhile, the Brits there were saying "Can I have a drink please?" or "can you pass me the xyz please?". Costs nothing to be polite and not bark orders to treat someone like they're just a servant below you.

[@fionagregory9147]

I agree. The yanks never say please and thank you.

[@dianeleitch7049]

​@@fionagregory9147 They do say thank you, on the odd occasion, but very rarely say please. I lived in the States for 31years and it drove me nuts. Can I get!! Not.. can I have please... grandchildren were praised at school on there good manners because from a young age they were taught please and thank you. They never got what they wanted unless please was said

[@elainethemusician3310]

Yes, “I want never gets” is a mantra instilled into almost every British person from a very early age.

[@zcustard]

"Can I get" is being said in UK a lot now. It drives me mad. The counter staff should just say "yea the coffee machine is behind me, knock yourself out. And get me a coffee while you're at it"

[@lyndagould9405]

@@dianeleitch7049 I even say thank you to the bus driver when I get off.

[@Lily-Bravo]

In the supermarket you might be queueing with one or two purchases behind someone with a trolley load, and it is becoming more common to let the one with less go ahead of you. I always thank the person profusely if they have done this, and try to remember to look at the person behind when I have a trolley load to see if I can pass the good deed on.

[@philipashley9723]

I've often let Americans go before me in supermarkets, when they only have a couple of items to purchase. I'm English, they often look at me, like I'm insane, Americans can't understand the concept of, waiting. 😁

[@22mdh6]

I do that often to someone behind me holding one or two things when I have a trolley full. I appreciate it when the opposite is the case and I'm in a rush. It costs nothing to be helpful.

[@patriciacrangle8244]

Where I live people always say thank you to the driver as they get off the bus

[@krpurple2678]

We do the same in Australia

[@RockyBobbieBuster]

I think queuing was instilled in us Brits at junior school when we had to queue for our dinner and I ALWAYS say please and thank you and that was instilled in me by parents,stay happy, safe and healthy everyone ✌️

[@What.he.sayyyyyyy]

This is facts I was a fat kid in primary, queuing on a Friday was a anxious time , anyone from the uk knows Friday was fish and chips burger and chips ect, asking for seconds was a guaranteed PLEASE lol

[@Stevehboy]

@@What.he.sayyyyyyy spot on mate

[@GrafindeKlevemark]

Don't laugh, but I always say pardon if I step on the paws of my animals - it's ingrained in me; my parents were very strict about the "please", "thank you", excuse me etc.

[@RockyBobbieBuster]

@@GrafindeKlevemark why would I laugh I've got two dogs and I'm forever talking to them,saying please and thank you to em both, stay safe, happy and healthy ✌️

[@britanniafirst1254]

Joel, your British DNA is definitely showing through! I was with a group of colleagues in a hotel restaurant in South Africa, when a group of Germans started to make fun very loudly and visibly (in German), of an elderly gentleman in our company who had a set of protruding teeth from under his upper lip. As it happens I speak and understand German, so I followed them out of the restaurant. I stopped them and explained, in German, that my colleague was an retired Major from the British Army, who had fought in Italy during the last war, and the reason his teeth were protruding was that when he was taken prisoner of war, a German soldier had used the butt of his rifle to smash in his face, and that it had to be reconstructed with surgery in the hospital at the prisoner of war camp. The look on their faces was a picture when the realisation hit them of their inappropriate and extremely rude behaviour. Good manners cost nothing! 😇

[@maureenlouisemcilkenny1377]

Truly admirable of you x

[@melissamck3181]

Queue jumping is an act of treason to us Brits, the result of which can often end with a heated, verbal and physical confrontation 😂 🇬🇧

[@sallywalton5375]

Haha!! So true

[@edf6607]

More likely we fume silently or say something passive aggressive like "don't mention it" !!

[@kumasenlac5504]

As a fairly recent incident illustrates - anyone who would skip a queue is immediately suspect of other improprieties.

[@moonramshaw1982]

Joel is definitely a UK citizen in the making

[@zoeadams2635]

Another London based one is walking is on the left. If you're walking through interchange tunnels on the underground, you stay to the left. On the escalators if you want to stand and just ride you stay on the right, leaving the left side clear for people who want to walk up/ down.

[@ClaireTee123]

I read a comment years ago by someone who sat next to the Queen mother at a dinner party, they asked Her Majesty what was the most important thing to teach a child, QM thought for a while then said "manners".

[@grahvis]

Good manners will get you anywhere. Being well mannered gives you confidence.

[@anglosaxon5874]

I used to be a train driver [UK] and was going to my train. It was 'full and standing' [rush hour] and because it was an old train, had to get to my cab via the saloon. The people would not move for me so I couldn't get. Despite many attempts at explaining why I needed to access the cab, they refused to move. So I said that I was the driver and will be cancelling the train as I could not get into the cab to access the controls. They soon moved! lol

[@veronapaisley6915]

I have no fear of calling out queue jumpers.

[@lornaanne9242]

My Dad came from Yorkshire, we had every kind of etiquette instilled at an early age, he called please and thank you the 'magic words' and he'd add, manners are free, use them.

[@davidberriman5903]

Oh my goodness. I am Australian and my parents were the same.

[@CarolandDave]

So are table manners

[@bernarendefmarn4429]

The queen's funeral had 24 hr long queues. The grieving King and The Prince of Wales even came to shake hands with, and thank, the queuing mourners. There was a huge scandal and furore because of two TV presenters who joined the queue to interview their fellow queuers then seemed to skip the queue and were later filmed passing the queen's coffin much earlier than if they had queued properly. They used their VIP press access pass. Editorials demanded apologies, social media users, and twitterati demanded their sacking or at least their being sent to the Tower for treason, and comedians haven't stopped mocking them yet.

[@vallee3140]

they will never live that down,

[@anthonynettleton8346]

That's because it was disrespectful to the whole nation not just the locals ..

[@andrew4829]

Queuing in the rain for the Queen was just about as British as it is possible to be...

[@kumasenlac5504]

Hubris reaped its own reward for at least one of the malefactors.

[@prezzeruk4054]

Thing is manners literally cost nothing. I always say please and thankyou, i dont even need to think about it. I hold doors open for people behind me, its just common sense!

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

It's an old saw that the iconic impregnability of the British infantry's Thin Red Line wasn't because the soldiers were particularly hardy warriors who wouldn't let the enemy break through, but rather that they thought they were in a queue and totally refused to allow anyone to break into the line. 🤭🤔 My kids and grandsons are told, "The difference between saying please & thank you, and not doing so, is the difference between being brought up and being dragged up." 🥴😇

[@neuralwarp]

A usual response to bad manners is "Where was you brung up?"

[@georgejob2156]

I ask if they were spawned in a gutter,I hate bad manners.

[@acommentator4452]

@@georgejob2156 or what did your last slave die of ? said in response to barked orders. but maybe that's a bit too close to home for some americans ...!?

[@davidberriman5903]

My parent said "kicked and told to get up'"

[@lg_believe333]

When I was younger I didn’t realise queuing up was just a British thing, and not something that is universal around the world. The way I see it, it’s about manners and showing respect to people who are waiting patiently to be served by the customer assistant. Manners doesn’t cost a Penny, but it says a lot about a persons character. :)

[@johndixon3631]

It seemed fitting when our Queen Elizabeth passed away that we paid tribute by forming an enormous queue to file past her coffin. It went on for miles and would take many hours to reach Westminster Hall. The indignation felt when a couple of tv presenters were seen skipping the queue reached fever pitch. All very British.

[@archiebald4717]

If somebody pushes in front, I will always tell them to join the back of the queue. Children are taught their pleases and thankyous from the time they start to talk.

[@fionagregory9147]

Yes and especially if they are upper middle class.

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

@@fionagregory9147 Are you saying they are the one's likely to push in or bought up to say please and thank you?

[@archiebald4717]

@@fionagregory9147 Nope, children in most homes are taught to be polite.

[@iriscollins7583]

@@W0rdsandMus1c I wondered that.?

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

@@iriscollins7583 Still no answer, does silence speak volumes? 🤣

[@Kai-up1rf]

I am a Brit and I discovered Joel's channel this year. Just want to say I've really enjoyed all of the videos you have put out - keep it up and have a great new year

[@michaeldaley7511]

Morning all. Queueing is meant to be respectful for the person in front of you. It’s a question of justice and being polite. It’s changed over the years and is no longer as commonplace. Totally agree with Js comments re ingratitude and entitlement. As regards tipping, remember in the UK we usually have a hefty service charge added to bill. Nice video, nice young couple 👍🏽😘

[@neuralwarp]

JPS you've always struck me as a very well-mannered, polite, and respectful young man. The motto of my school (1710) was "Manners Makyth Man".

[@acommentator4452]

does it begin with w ?

[@Soggyoldsock]

I'm british, I find it hard to accept that people don't queue elsewhere. It's like it's part of my programming

[@larissahorne9991]

In Australia sometimes we queue up for a lot of different things, jumping one is frowned upon. But if we're standing around a deli section in a Supermarket it might not look much like a queue. At one stage they tried getting us to take a number and wait. But they soon realised it really wasn't necessary because we're polite and good at remembering who was there ahead of us. If the servers can't remember, we can tell them. Please, thank you, I'm sorry and excuse me are also very important over here. We're pretty good at waiting for people to get off a train 🚉, bus 🚍 etc first. You also thank the bus, taxi or Uber driver.

[@frglee]

Servers here in the UK on busy shop counters or behind a bar usually have a pretty good idea who is next in a group of customers, and will remind you so. As in: 'I'm serving that gentleman first, he was here before you'. If you are rudely insistant on being served out of turn, you may be ignored completely. That'll learn ya some manners! 😃

[@dov0000]

@@frglee here in Melbourne, at deli's or bakeries or similar, it's very important who is next. The server will often just call out for who is waiting and customers will know who is next. Sometimes two customers will have to discuss who arrived first if they arrived at almost the same time, but it's always very polite in my experience.

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

@@frglee I worked in retail for years and you are correct, some customers can be vile to you, if they think you have served someone out of turn, I tell you, you see all sorts when serving behind a counter, I always tried to keep my eye on the one's you knew were to quiet to speak up, and I would ignore the one's who thought they were entitled to push in (usually middle class snobbery) not about money, we served many well known people (football and theatre near to us) and they were always very nice, waited their turn, me and the girls I worked with have been threatened to have our throat cut, threatened they would wait outside for us, funny they never picked on the only man I worked with 🤣

[@psychosoma5049]

Australians have manners xxxxx

[@geekexmachina]

indeed sometime the queue is a sideways queue especially at a deli or chip shop as long as people are able to work out the direction, sometimes you may get "sorry im not in the queue"

[@PhillipLWilcher]

Joel, this has been one of the most enjoyable presentations you have done! Loved every minute of it!

[@sallywalton5375]

I hate it, when its my right of way driving, and i sit and let someone through. Then they just drive past you, without any thank you, or dont even acknowledge you. Takes nothing to be polite. (UK)

[@patriciadavison1486]

We all moan and groan when we have to queue but God help anyone who doesn’t observe this unwritten rule. Our stiff upper lips turn into a snarl at the site of the first offender ….and we usually call them up on this breach of etiquette. 😂

[@maviscruet277]

U have great manners Joel ..ur mum & dad have brought u up well x

[@adrianhempfing2042]

Hear hear

[@grahvis]

I used to get fed up with people crowding round the train door when trying to get off and having to push my way through them. Wearing a backpack, I would give a little twist of my body which had the effect of giving them a good shove. One day I was so annoyed, I stood in the train doorway and gave them all a loud lecture on the consideration of letting people get off the train first and how much easier it made it all round.

[@andywrong3247]

Joel when I worked at a ink production factory we were covered in ink there was only one wash basin there would normally be 5/6 of us queuing to wash us hands & arms first come first served basis those waiting would put swarfiger on to lather up ready for rinsing with off with water 💦, the soap was like hair gell with polystyrene balls to get the ink off, everyone would wait patiently in line, but one bastard pushed in down the line & try and take over the basin before you have finished. It was so annoying, sometimes my hands & arms would be spot less clean he would still barge in and get you dirty again from his gunk from his hands & arms.

[@trevorjackson4157]

Morning Joel, 1 minute in, and I'm laughing already. Your Patrons are so polite, we even queue to insult you!

[@adrianhempfing2042]

Haha. Not sure how you can have a society without queues

[@debs6475]

🤣🤣🤣

[@geekexmachina]

Another piece of table etiquette is not leaving the table until everyone has finished, or if its really important then say "excuse me" as children we used to have to ask permission. In fact there used to be childrens games which taught manners such as "May I?" one of my grandparents used to have a rule of no talking at the table, also not TV (this was before mobile phones, but i know a number of people think phones at the table is rude too). in old etiquette a person sat opposite their spouse and talk to the person on their right or left (the host starts on the right and the pairs pair up accordingly) I saw a video about royal banquets and this was something the Queen did with whichever special guests were sat next to her.

[@cabbageplays6710]

im 6'2 and weigh about 20 stone. (240kg) When ever i take public transport people do not get on until ive gotten off. i litterally block the way until ive gotten off. Its the rules and people will follow them, or get nowhere.

[@cornishmaid9138]

Push in a queue at your peril. I certainly have something to say when it happens. On saying that, when I was young, a pregnant lady was automatically invited to the front of the queue.

[@PedroConejo1939]

It's all about decency, like giving up your seat on the bus.

[@jules.8443]

Restaurants are supposed to give you at least 2 and a half hours. Thats from the time you have ordered, to the time you are walking out of the door. If they tried to rush me, I would tell them that and I wouldn't return.

[@DrDaveW]

We don't queue at bars though. Early in the evening there's some etiquette, trying to remember who was before you. As the night draws on and the drinks flow, it's a free-for-all, with everyone trying to get the bartenders' attention. If you are too polite now you will not get served. A good bartender will remember the order. It's probably the most stressful thing we ever have to do. The most wonderful thing to happen is when you are second, and the person in first says to you "do you want to go before me? I've got a big round to buy."

[@petersp63]

Please ,I used to drive Buses and the Passengers Queue very Politely and then you'd get a "Tourist" jump the queue and the old dears that were waiting certainly used to say something! Thank you!

[@gammock4026]

Great video, Joel as always. During the pandemic when we had to stand 2 metres apart and I joined a queue but it wasn't obvious because of the aisles which one couldn't block. I inadvertently pushed in but was politely told that there was a queue so I said "sorry I didn't realise" and then waited my turn.

[@raythomas4812]

Recently in New York - I noticed that plate clearing early business , and the tip culture is madness, they circle what they think you should pay...I was chatting to the waitress and she said that British are the biggest tippers ( and drinkers ! )..oh and on the tube doors - I always stand back and let people off first , the people come from behind you and get on before you - Blimey, Ive annoyed myself now ...Cheers !Happy New Year JPS

[@davidberriman5903]

Joel you really are very refreshing. You are a very impressive person. To a degree we are a product of our upbringing but we have to adopt the lessons we are presented with. Your parents are to be congratulated but you should be too. Thank you.

[@scokeatia]

What a great video Joel. I have noticed over the past recent months that you are becoming more and more Anglophile. You are saying things now that you wouldn't have said 2 years ago. I absolutely love the fact that you are embracing us and it makes me love you even more. Keep doing what you're doing Joel. Lyd x

[@daryllmoreton7131]

Joel you are more than polite, we British are polite at most times but there are occasions when it goes out of the window and certain individuals are just plane rude! Keep up the good work and be yourself always.

[@jillosler9353]

Those who don't say 'please and thank you' I call pig-ignorant. My mother used to tell us, " I WANT gets nothing, PLEASE MAY I HAVE gets a lot". Queues are just another form of politeness; like holding a door open for someone behind you.

[@gammock4026]

Heartily agree! Although once on a country ramble on my own there were several gates to open. Two were particularly close together and I noticed a group of four or five women not far behind so I stood and held the gate open. It took them longer to reach it than I'd expected so perhaps it was a bit silly of me, but they were quite rude and not at all appreciative. There's something that appears to be offensive when a man holds a gate/door for a woman - I just thought it was manners.

[@davidgreenfield3204]

You said it ; the difference between Manners, and, NO, ME ME ME first.

[@stanleywoodison8699]

Anyone jumping the queue in Britain is likely to receive a barrage of tuts and looks that could be lethal at close range.

[@atinukeladipo2164]

Haha this is hilarious. I love your channel more every day Joel :)

[@79BlackRose]

You made me laugh bro. 😀 I love your energy both for things you agree with and when you're pissed off about something. And I agree with how you feel 100%. You have an amazing family and have been raised with good manners and etiquette. The hits you have had for how you eat only happen because that is how you were taught. I don't see it as wrong, just different. Have a great day matey.

[@acommentator4452]

well it did look a bit uncouth, which surprised me as you generally seem so mannerly, and your companion was not the same. puzzled your family did not correct you before now. no offence but you are so mature, insightful and polite, so don't let yourself down by eating like a toddler.

[@anntaylor3131]

Love your honesty ! In England we are taught to say please and thank you when we are very young. You have been raised well by your parents Joel. Talking of tips..we tip in restaurants, as wages are low , at hairdressers, tour guides etc. Love your humour and how things are in America.

[@tintooki]

Australia follows the UK on each of these issues. Queue, say please and thank you, sorry and wait for everyone else to have their food before starting to eat. It's a bit hit and miss with the clearing of plates before everyone has finished. BUT at least it's nothing to do with earning tips for a living. The national minimum wage in Australia from 1 July 2022 is $21.38 (AUD) per hour (before tax) (which is about 14.50 USD). Casual employees covered by the national minimum wage also get at least a 25% casual loading. The casual loading is to make up for missing out on public holiday pay and sick leave. So no great need for a tipping culture in Aus.

[@acommentator4452]

sounds good.

[@duelroadknight737]

Like I say,manners doesn't cost anything 🙂🙂🙂

[@lorraineyoung102]

All hail the queue! 🤣 We do love it, after all we all know where we are with the queue (all fair and above board). 🥰

[@busybee844]

My children were taught please & thank you from when they started talking. Manners cost nothing. If someone jumps the queue I always tell them. Why should they jump in and others have been waiting ages. I always tip for good service.

[@pheart2381]

Cant imagine a system without queueing. Do all the weaker ones,grannies with angina,disabled people,people with social difficulties end up in a pile at the back?! Servers can only serve one person at a time,not all the people with sharp elbows.

[@jeanettewoodrow1731]

to be fair it just seems to come naturally, my friends little boy even thanks the bus driver when he gets off the bus, as he has heard others do it

[@kallumleader9110]

I've just come back from Buffalo and I always say "thank you kindly" or "thank you so much" and people look at me like I'm mental it's sooo funny, always get a warm "you're welcome" reply but I don't think people expect it :D

[@christinepreston8642]

'I need a coke' vs 'please could I have a coke' can make a big difference to a server!! The need bit especially grates!! I was told the low service industry pay was left over from when slavery ended and a token wage was introduced for the employment many were expected to get. If so, well overdue an update!!

[@bernarendefmarn4429]

In Ireland, if eating out and the waiter or inviter asks, "How is your meal?" people usually say "it's great, delicious, gorgeous, lovely, beautiful", or some other positive complimentand add a thank you Then, once that person is out of earshot, one gets the real verdict. "Terrible, awful, disgusting, inedible, wouldn't feed that to the dogs, or that's the last time I'm eating here." Are people more honest about meals where you come from? BTW thanks Joel and Joel for this clip.

[@frglee]

😁Like from the Muppets: Waldorf: That was wonderful! Statler: Bravo! Waldorf: I loved it! Statler: Ah, it was great! Waldorf: Well, it was pretty good. Statler: Well, it wasn't bad... Waldorf: Uh, there were parts of it that weren't very good though. Statler: It could have been a lot better. Waldorf: I didn't really like it. Statler: It was pretty terrible. Waldorf: It was bad. Statler: It was awful! Waldorf: It was terrible! Statler: Take 'em away! Waldorf: Bah, boo! Statler: Boo!

[@dianef4227]

Unless you were eating with Uncle Jimmy who always said the food was crap even when he liked it… strange man

[@acommentator4452]

well, you know, geographically, ireland is part of the british isles...and that is a typically british behaviour too. yes, the meal's lovely thanks. whether it is or not.

[@JonInCanada1]

It all come down to courtesy and respect, two words that have sadly gone to the wayside when it comes to interaction with people. I was raised to be courteous, which in turn results in being polite and, as my mother would often say "courtesy costs nothing, but the dividends it pays are limitless". Respect goes hand in hand with courtesy, because showing courtesy shows a respect for others and while respect should be earned and not bestowed, there is no cost to you for showing it regardless as it reflects on your own self-respect and others will see that.

[@jamesvanian5524]

I was brought up as a kid to always say please and thank you and to treat evryone with respect. I would always give up my seat on a bus for elderly people and hold doors open for women. My dad was in the Army so he expected me to behave accordingly. Keep well and safe. James.

[@rickybuhl3176]

Love the reaction.. Credit where it's due, obviously raised right *and* he gets the queues.

[@Macros198]

After the shoulder-bump, you can go for the pro-move passive-aggressive "sorry".

[@Studio93013]

I'm American and I agree with everything they said, except for their opposition to clearing the empty plates off the table at a restaurant when others may still be eating. Yes, it could be seen as a passive-aggressive way to get the patrons to move on. But, when I'm at a restaurant and I finish my plate, I'd prefer that it's taken away so I don't have to look at a dirty plate and I appreciate having a cleaner space while I wait for the others to finish their meals.

[@TheMightyHams]

Queuing is a strange one. I have no specific recollection of being told of the importance of queuing, however it has been ingrained into my psyche slowly but surely for decades. I'm now in my mid-20s and if I were in a queue to get a train ticket and my train was scheduled to leave in 2 minutes, with no more trains for another 10 hours, I'm buying a hotel rather than skipping the queue. The silent judgment from my peers is the worse outcome than having to wait for 10 hours... And it also seems that many tourists aren't attuned to it, as when they receive this judgement they appear to not even notice for most of the time. To add to this list, I think I remember something about table manners, and American-isms that have you eat with the knife & fork in the opposite hands to us. And we point the fork downwards to "skewer" the food rather than scoop it. We also rarely put the cutlery down, whereas American's style of eating apparently seems to include pre-cutting everything then placing the knife back down when you eat.

[@annecooke4206]

Morning Joel, have a nice day 🔆

[@jules.8443]

As for eating. If the restaurant gives everyone their meals separately for example, they are at fault. I wouldn't wait for my food to go cold. I would eat it.

[@AledPritchard]

Hahaha 😂😂😂 Joel, I love your videos, fairdos. It shows how different, yet so similar that we are. Keep ‘em coming. Come to Wales, specifically, Cardiff. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 👌🏻

[@andreaodonnell2159]

I agree Joel. Manners cost nothing and I can’t stand it when people don’t say please or thank you. I work in retail and whilst most people do use ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, there are some customers that are so rude and use ‘give me’, it drives me mad, as you say it’s down to how people are brought up! x

[@acommentator4452]

i think some foreigners do not realise how rude it sounds in english.

[@janetisaacs9859]

Very true. We are a nation of people who queue!

[@GrafindeKlevemark]

I live in France and queuing is not in their customs - when the bus finally comes, it's like a herd of buffaloes pushing you around to get on the bus, never mind if you are first in the line. In the supermarket, everyone queues reasonably quietly and yes, I let the person behind me pass if he/she only has a few items or are definitely older than me. However some people try to jump the line by leaving their half-full basket at the cashier's desk and then disappear to continue their shopping - not just 1 or 2 items, but armfuls. They then have the cheek to pass you in the line - at least they try, but with me I now move their basket to one side and although I'm British, I see no reason to let them pass - elbows if necessary - lol !!!

[@chrismackey9267]

I've just returned from Christmas with family in France. They shopped in a street market and everyone seemed to be politely queueing at each stall. However they took me into Paris on the double-decker trains and I had difficulty in getting off as it was so busy and so many people felt the need to rush to get on. Luckily my family helped me - I'm not frail but am in my 80s. I noticed quite a lot that Parisiens seemed to want to walk through you and seemed to barge their way around!

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

We say sorry when we haven’t even done anything. Sorry sorry sorry. All the bloody time I😂

[@carolecollins853]

We had to queue during the war for rations. I think the habit has stuck with us

[@acommentator4452]

we were queuing long before that, from time out of mind,

[@paulharvey9149]

Bus queues are gradually being replaced with mobs, especially in London. Local authorities are sometimes partly to blame as the shelters they provide are designed to show maximum advertising space to passing traffic and therefore don't shelter much at all - whereas many of those they replaced had back entrances that encouraged queueing. We also used to have 'Q this side' notices, which have largely disappeared.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

The word "Queue" is French. You take quite a lot of our French Vocabularies 🇬🇧🇨🇵

[@grahvis]

There was once a law in the UK which said people had to queue at bus stops. It was repealed because no one had ever been prosecuted under it.

[@sandradring6265]

You do make me laugh Joel. 😃 I agree with all that the couple said. We do say please, thank you and sorry a lot. I wouldn’t dream of not saying these things to any one for anything. One of my pet hates is, if I hold the door open for anyone to pass through and they just walk straight through without a thank you , I say loudly ...you’re welcome, with steam coming from my ears! 😠 and I always! Look behind me to check that there is no one behind me as I enter a building, if there is I hold the door for them to take so it doesn’t smash into their faces...I’ve had lots of almost squashed faces and sadly it seems to be young people that do that! As for queuing... I’m so glad it’s what we brits do. It does make life so much nicer and easier. 😉👍 great video Joel.

[@gammock4026]

Sandra, I was pushing my supermarket trolley around Tesco and was aware of someone coming up behind walking faster. I stood aside and let her pass. She did say thank you but in a tone of voice that sounded like "I should think so!" I just wish I had said "you're welcome" but that would have suggested I was willing to accept that attitude. Instead I grumbled about people who come up behind but she didn't hear.

[@sandradring6265]

@@gammock4026 it’s really rude isn’t it. Just a small gesture of a smile would have been fine with a slight nod. The majority of people a really polite. Just those few morons who have no manners! 👍

[@willmark100]

Thank you J- That was great- Manners do not cost anything but are worth everything. We teach our children these. Its not difficult. Now if we could only teach the USA to "speak correct English" . LOL? . Thank you, please and Sorry from the UK.

[@Lily-Bravo]

I really hate it when you hold a door open for someone and they walk through without thanking you. In situations like that I say "Thank you too!" and hope they feel ashamed.

[@johngardner5636]

I’m the same. And if there is a second door, I will not hold it open.

[@marymary5494]

Yesterday I watched several episodes of The Gilded Age on tv. For those who don’t know it’s the story set in 1880’s New York of new and old money. Funnily enough one of the storylines was of how luncheon was to be served, the American way or the English way, much emphasis was put on which was correct. ☺️

[@terryjohinke8065]

I like your videos Joel and find you to be a wiae young, well-mannered young man. That's from a "grumpy"old man man ( I'm 66.) You'll do well at something one day-whatever you choose. Terry from OZ.

[@nightowl5395]

I like those two, so that was a great combination with you reacting to them....and interesting that all the points they made do chime with you too, not surprisingly 👍 (do tell your parents from me that you have clearly been very well brought up....and I have no doubt they must be very proud of you 😇!)

[@acommentator4452]

yes, that young couple are much better than the middle-aged bearded british man

[@JackSadler]

Mate I think you’re becoming British I can hear it in your accent and you’re glueing to our culture I’m sure of it haha!

[@gerardharrison262]

In my experience it is not 'always' foreigners who barge onto the Tube before passengers have got off. Nor is it always foreigners who don't queue at bus stops. Sadly, it is becoming the norm for many people, British or otherwise, not to queue at bus stops or anywhere else for that matter. .

[@ScottishDeeSideEye]

When we were at primary school as 4 year olds. We had to queue to just get into the school. It's just basic manners to us. Once I was waiting in a huge line for the bus, waited about 20 mins, and a bloke walked up and pushed to the front of the queue, people were raging!! So furious. Lol.

[@dorothysimpson2804]

People in the UK get a full wage. Taxi drivers and restaurant staff sometimes get a tip.

[@dov0000]

During covid, queues at checkouts here in Aus could really get confusing as people were standing so far apart, but the idea of queuing and being polite is so ingrained that we'd figure it out pretty easily.

[@grahvis]

Yes I remember that, having to ask people if they were in the queue and then tryong to find where it eneded.

[@trailerman2]

Great vid Joel....only got to 2.00 in and was laughing !!!

[@TheHillingdon2]

I say “Oi there’s a back to this queue!”

[@margaretdrew2844]

When we are in a queue if someone pushes in front of us we tell them we are next ❤

[@jules.8443]

The Joel in your clip would hate Leeds, West Yorkshire then because a lot of bus stops here are hectic. People just push in and are not bothered if they don't get a seat, as long as they get on the bus.

[@AgentLynch616]

It’s ok to bump someone to teach them a lesson…… just say sorry after you do it 😂

[@terrym3837]

We queue quietly until it’s near kick off time

[@nightowl5395]

.....laughing already at your opening comments....well, we love you now, so that includes accepting all your......little peccadillos 😅 [Interesting that you mention queuing today, as already in the 'review of the year' on the radio they are referring to the unbelievable queue there was to see the Queen lying in State....saying that if queuing was made a competitive sport we would be the world champion....😏]

[@sunnyshine2215]

If people don’t say please and thank you, or they don’t queue or have manners like opening doors for you etc, it does wind me up the wrong way. Manners cost nothing

[@emmajones5470]

Thank you for put up amazing videos and kept it up

[@vallee3140]

We love a queue? no we dont but, its a fair system, I've been known to make people go back . Especially at Bus stops, if somebody comes from the back, and tries to get on first, thats a no no. That bit about cleaning, the tables in a restaurants, we have had people trying to vaccuum under the table while eating.

[@karencooper3428]

The times I've said there's still people getting off in a bus queue

[@jonathanshott6571]

Hey Joel. A quick note on your use of the word Taiwanese in your pre-Xmas unboxing video with Ben. Things from Thailand - gifts, the people, the language - are referred to simply as Thai. Taiwanese refers to things originating from the country/territory (depending on your political stance) of Taiwan. Note that Thailand/Thai both have a letter 'h', whereas neither Taiwan nor Taiwanese do.

[@adrianhempfing2042]

Jps apologised in the Livestream. He said he knew the difference between the 2 countries but got muddled when he spoke

[@jonathanshott6571]

@@adrianhempfing2042 Cool, thanks for letting me know Adrian. It was kind of a hectic livestream so I probably just missed Joel's self-correct in amongst everything else that was going on. 👍

[@adrianhempfing2042]

All good. Cheers

[@jonathanshott6571]

Brits learned to queue out of necessity. We only came to love queueing, or believe that we love queueing, some considerable time later. During the industrial revolution in the UK, hundreds of thousands of working class families relocated from the countryside into huge industrial and urban centres. Queueing became a necessity to maintain social order with so many people crammed together in one place. Then food was rationed during World War II, and queueing again had to be tolerated if everyone was to get their fair share and avoid the situation becoming a free-for-all.

[@iriscollins7583]

When there was a delivery of certain produce, during WWII, it was was first come, first served. We used to get used to queueing. I still go mad in a Sweet shop.

[@sapphireelliott8432]

"Who raised you?" 😂😂😂 that killed me, but facts though.

[@pauledwards9493]

A queue is civilised

[@DrTinyToff]

Queueing and minding your P's and Q's was once a part of basic education. Now only the queueing remains.

[@missmerrily4830]

'Thank you' when getting off the bus! The driver may have rudely growled at you as you got onboard, thrown you all over the bus with heavy braking, given you a headache dropping into potholes or hitting the kerb, but don't dare get off without a 'thank you'! The driver might growl again, but it's obligatory!