American Reacts to REVERSE CULTURE SHOCK returning to the USA from the Netherlands 😵‍💫

[@annemieverhoeven2566]

Tipping is so bs, a boss should just pay their employee a decent salary. They work for the boss,he hired them to work in there establishment to begin with.

[@grahvis]

The tipping culture means a restaurant can advertise what are false prices. What they say a meal would cost, is not what it actually costs.

[@MrMajsterixx]

As a european that is bullshit, pay them well and let them get tips on top of that.

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

Funny, American tipping culture was imported from France and Germany as a way to suppress the wages of the liberated. Meanwhile over here the originally american idea that tipping was classist caught and tipping greatly diminished.

[@WhoStoleMyAlias]

I sort of get the idea, that as a customer you are likely more able to judge the waiter's performance than the manager on the other end of the room. That said there is an unfairness with regard to kitchen staff who will never be tipped regardless of how much attention they give to your food, but will affect how much of a tip the waiter might receive be it in a negative or a positive way. In The Netherlands this is done differently, though (a huge) part of that may be the result of the concept of legislated minimum wage. Tips are generally divided amongst all of the staff, making it a group reward for a group effort.

[@Bladel1965]

@@WhoStoleMyAliasimage buying a car and you only pay the parts and then asked to tip for the employees to get paid.

[@duncanfairbairn2195]

Here in the UK, tipping your waiter/waitress is more a reflection of the service you receive rather than topping up their earnings. We have a legally imposed minimum wage set up at government level.

[@nicklomas181]

I like in the U.K, The biggest tip i've ever left was my local pub, after spending £60 on food, I left a tip of £16. simply because the service is always excellent.

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

The US has minimum wage also. Tipped workers have to be paid the minimum wage by their employer, if their tips do not bring their pay up to the minimum wage. Their starting wages are at a different controlled wage, but their pay, with or without tips, has to match the minimum wage. In busy cities that's not a problem, as there are enough tips. In rural areas, often there aren't enough in tips to meet minimum wage and the employer has to pay the difference. So, yes, they always at least the minimum wage. In major cities, servers can make far more money in tips than the minimum wage and far more than any restaurant could afford to pay them. They can actually make very good money from tips.

[@Rafaela_S.]

@@BrandonLeeBrown As far as I know, the minimum wage for workers in tip based jobs is lower by standard and you don't get paid, if you are below the minimum wage of normal jobs with your tips. (Based on which us state you are in.) While all over the EU, the minimum wage is what the employer must pay you and your tips go on top + you got the same minimum wage as every other worker, if you are paid minimum wage.

[@bruisend1]

A medical bill of 60.000 would cover 30 years of healthcare in the Netherlands 😂

[@corbeau-_-]

well, no. It's just that everybody pays insurance. And they take care of the bill. In the US coverage is different - he did have insurance through his US employer.

[@Flaggyt]

​@@corbeau-_- well yes. But let me guess socialism is communism right?

[@bastiennietveld7128]

​@@Flaggyt Goodzo ! 😂

[@bastiennietveld7128]

​@@corbeau-_- Well, that is excactly the issue : Universal healthcare is payed by our employer ! ( as work-unemployent insurance and pension.) The 'over-couverage' is payed by us. Anyone can choose their insurance company ( although most of the companies have an agreement with à specific company. This couvers the 'extra-cost' of hospitals and privet clinics. (Last year I forgot to extend my membership of my private healthcare.....Just payed the bill : €50.11c. ! 😂 For one year of médical care. So you see ; everything is payed by everyone together.

[@corbeau-_-]

@@bastiennietveld7128 yeah, but it''s mandatory in my country. Basically everyone is insured to some degree. It's virtually impossible to get a $60.000 medical bill. I broke my jaw last year. Real cost for the operation was around 6k. I opted for a 'higher risk policy' so it cost me 585 - which I can pay in installments. I had to go to the dentist three time, 60% was covered, I had to pay €185,-. I pay about 2300 a year for coverage - I also have more dental coverage than the basic package. But like you, I'm also insured through a company at 5% reduction. But on the whole, medically, the US has the best healthcare - it's just that it is marginal and at astounding cost. Policies in Europe after the war became more about meeting the many, instead of the few. US took a path in between, as seen political/corporate lobbies also in healthcare. Government is frowned upon in general. Risking TLDR, it's also seen in US' political system. Most Europeans consider your left to be center right wing. Exceptionalism and class, poor vs rich is much more of the essence, like Europe before the war - when we basically made the USA. Like said, such policies come at a cost, as the british found out ;) To me, with Trump/Biden, but also healthcare/obamacare/medicaid, is about the US trying to find balance between serving the many/serving individual/corporate greed. That 35 trillion debt doesn't bode well... Though Europe is facing similar problems - I'm glad I don't have to worry about medical bills, whatsoever.

[@wandeling127]

The cheese comment was nonsense. Even in small supermarkets you have a large selection of different cheeses. Both dutch and foreign. They only showed the "standard" cheese refrigerator. Specialty cheeses have their own seperate refrigerator.

[@Ekitchi0]

Best waiting experience i had was in Japan, they have silent buttons on the tables to call for the waiter. The waiters don’t have to check on you and you don’t have to catch their attention, just press the button anytime you need something.

[@anotherthez7598]

Charlie, you're still young, you've learnt a lot, and I guess it's time. Choose wisely and welcome to Europe. All the best!

[@janeising3585]

I live in the Netherlands, i sleep through out the year, hot, chill, freezing, with an open window. AC, do not have it.

[@dunk92]

Crazy idea for a dutch person here, that there are places in US you can not walk from A to B. There should always be a walkpath somewhere. Even if it just at the side at a highway. Because your car can have problems or there might be other problems. For safety you always need a walkpath... Or at least on bridges so you can walk on the grass next to the highway but still crossing the bridge in a safe way.

[@grahvis]

There is a video where a man is staying in a hotel and needed a new suitcase. There was a store just 800 metres away, so he decided to walk there. The walk, short as it was, was so awful he got a cab to go back.

[@MrMajsterixx]

Its similiar in Mexico, as a european ive been there last year with my dad, we (as classic europeans) decided to take a walk to the city from our hotel :D it looked like a walk for 15 minutes on the map, instead we walked like an hour through grass and dirt with ocasional sidewalk around some businesses and hotels. Also on a sidenote, what made me a bit sad is that a lot of people assumed iam some entitled american so they didnt wanna speak english with me but they didnt understand that english is not my native leanguage too and i just wanted to comunicate.

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

@@grahvis That was @NotJustBikes

[@NOne72]

That's one reason they're obese

[@squidcaps4308]

Freedom to walk from A to B is a right. Freedom to drive is not. Walking is our primary mode of transportation and we all have access to it. Thus, it should be a protect right that is in the constitution.

[@antiqueinsider]

I HATE the fake friendliness in US service industry! I'm glas we haven't copied it in Benelux! Well said Charlie!! Time to emigrate!!

[@Phiyedough]

I don't think of it as friendliness, more obsequiousness to try to get bigger tips.

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

"no thank you, i'm trying to have a private conversation here." is what i told an immigrant american waitstaff at a restaurant once.

[@hagelslag9312]

@@Phiyedough Yes it's the intention behind the friendliness. You can tell the difference when it's sincere because they love their job or are having a great day, or someone who hates to be there but has to convince you for a bigger tip. The second is just frustrating, because it pushes behavior nobody in that room asked for and wants.

[@lindaraterink6451]

@@Phiyedough To most Europeans it would give the oposite effect. You come to my table every 5 min to see if I need something, I'll tell you I did not like the service through your tip.

[@chronic2023]

In the US I find it fake because yes, they are trying for a tip, but here in Sweden I am glad that they check back that everything is fine with the meal. They don't get tips here as a matter of custom.

[@baronmeduse]

That's not all the cheese section though. In AH that's just the standard cheese. There's also the more expensive cheese and then an entire fridge devoted to speciality (foreign) cheese. Dirk van de Broek also has that, with standard cheese on one side and the mainly French, Danish blue , Parmigiano Reggiano type cheese on the other.

[@FrVitoBe]

They clearly did not find the secret room of cheeses where you can only enter with eu citizenship of min 5 years

[@Attirbful]

Airing out rooms is big in Germany as well. Because our houses are so well insulated, we open the windows - even in the dead of winter - periodically for a short time to get fresh air in. Whenever I‘m in the states in summer, I immediately get a cold from a) coming into overly cooled down shops and stores when being hot or even sweaty from outside and b) because all of that air that keeps circulating over and over without being „refreshed“. You are correct: you simply keep circulating all the germs and bacteria from hundreds and thousands of customers before over and over again (esp. since no one ever cleans all the pipes either. They have dust in them etc. that just keeps being blown into people‘s faces. Yuck!

[@alainmellaerts8926]

In French a tip is called a pourboire, literally means to be used by the recipient to have a drink, pour is for and boire is to drink. Usually it is rounding off an amount like if you have to pay 48,50 you give them 50 and they can keep the change if you are happy with the service. It is not expected but just a nice gesture. When I was young I worked a while as a tour guide, I was paid a full wage and was not expected to depend on tips for income but with American groups it happened often they all gave me a tip. One starts and the whole group follows. It was nice to get so much money but it wasn’t necessary. Just to make things clear, in West and North Europe you do not need to tip except if you if you want to make a nice gesture. Food delivery drivers and waiters are usually about the only ones Europeans tip if they feel like it.

[@RustyDust101]

Same in German. Trinkgeld is again literally: "trinken" = to drink, so drink and "Geld" = money= drink money.

[@mz8194]

Wht don’t the reastaurant at least the minimum wage?

[@alainmellaerts8926]

@@mz8194 It wouldn’t be enough for good staff. People working in good restaurants here went to a special school to become waiters, cooks, kitchen staff and so on and expect a wage reflecting their skill. Expectations are high when people eat out in a restaurant. They want quality for their money so mainly professionals work there, We can buy cheap frites or other fastfood but in a restaurant people expect quality and the price reflects that because the staff is paid well. Same in hotels here. Not many people like to work long out of office hours. I did it when I was young as a student and you start at 11 until 14-15h and then you can go home but need to be back for the evening shift 17-22-23h Tuesday to Sunday and free when others work. It’s not good for a social life.

[@Arltratlo]

Trinkgeld in German, drinking money!

[@Asa...S]

Americans always talk about cereal when talking how many options there are in the US. Like "Look how long the cereal aisles are!" But it always feels like it's tons of options... of basically the same sugary cereals, just different colors and sizes that I think most European adults don't eat. What about the bread aisle? How many different options of bread are there? Just different bags of sugary toast bread..? And where even _is_ the pickled herring aisle? No options at _all_ ? 😁

[@antiqueinsider]

How many different types as well?? Having it 3 metres wide per sort and in five different sizes is NOT adding to the variety!

[@chinchillatwitch7234]

I mean, when everything is car depedent it makes sense that the shops are bigger. Cause once you get there you buy in bulk, cause you drove there 30 minutes by car. here you roll around the corner, and bam, supermarket. And yeah compare'ing cereal, that is a little bit silly, there is just not really a demand for that stuff here.

[@corbeau-_-]

@@antiqueinsiderUS stores are different though. Here you have 6-20 stores close by. In the US people stock up and travel much further. Taking a plane is similar. The US is just so much bigger. 30-60 min trips. You drive through the Netherlands in 2-3 hours...

[@Arltratlo]

i dont eat cereals, i got vegitables!

[@baramuth71]

Charlie I don't want to say much, you've already seen a lot here, but take your family, pack your bags and come to Europe. Charlie I can recommend some very good videos from the Black Forest Family, now called Type Ashton, they are very interesting videos. She lives and lives with her family in Germany, Ashton did her doctorate in Germany and works for a university in Germany. I can only recommend you to watch her videos.

[@RustyDust101]

Fully support Ashton. Another great channel is "Life in Germany". She even has checklists for what to do when and how if you intend to move, with or without a family.

[@titoqsan4686]

I'm from NL. I once had to work in Chicago and ordered food but didn't eat it there. When paying, I saw how much tip they wanted written on the receipt. I call that extortion

[@darkracer1252]

i simply refuse to pay tip in usa. and if they give me a bad look i just double down on the statement. they are the ones choosing to get scammed by their boss. the meals already cost more then they do in the netherlands and they pay about a quarter or less then what servers are paid in the netherlands. and then expect us to pay even more to pay for the servers salary with tips? HELL no. i'd rather not even eat at the place then pay tip. i'll gladly pay tip here in the netherlands. but i flat out refuse to continue that culture in the US.

[@IgnacioVS]

mind you, they compared bio cucumbers from the AH (Acronym for Albert Heijn), but the 'normal' cucumber is also around the same prize as in the USA, but it's also bigger than the USA cucumber

[@marceltimmermans4505]

In The Netherlands there is a minimum wage. So in a restaurant everyone gets at least this amount of money. You only tip when the food and/or service was worth it. There is also not a minumum or percentage for tips. Just what suits you. The tips go normally to a tip jar and will be shared with all the staff.

[@darkracer1252]

the tip jar is something you put money in at the checkout bar. that's for general staff. if you give a tip to a waitress because you liked your service. then that tip is for that waitress AND NOBODY ELSE.

[@marceltimmermans4505]

@@darkracer1252 not always. That will say the waitress who gets the same wage as kitchen staff who cant do anything about service gets more at the end of the day? When the food is good, the restaurant is clean and the service is at a high level all the staff has to get a the same bonus (tip)

[@darkracer1252]

@@marceltimmermans4505 now you know why the tip jar exists. for the kitchen staff. if i wanna tip the cook specificly i'll make that known. i will freaking burn a place down if they steal the tip from the waiter or waitress that i gave the tip to. that is THEFT!!! it belongs to the person who served me. if i think the service was exeptional i will tip the PERSON who served me. not the entire staff. they didn't deal with me at all. if i think the food was exeptional i will tip the cook. and nobody else. the cook did a good job but the waitress didn't. so why should i tip that waitress? if i think the whole vibe of the place is good but nobody stood out in any exeptional way. then i will put money in the tip jar. if everything was just ok. i will not tip at all.. it's as simple as that.

[@tonibaker3823]

it was minus 3 centigrade here in england today i still opened ny windows for 30 minutes this morning

[@satyakama001]

if your income depends on getting tips. I can imagine that there is a lot more of "fake" friendlyness. 😇

[@karlmcgowan9375]

Hey Charlie, The thing i noticed more & more is, that when people get back to the US. They say that the food makes them feel crappy.

[@Arltratlo]

after 2 months food in the USA, its took me 2 years to loose it again, in Europe!

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Nobody will work here for tips, pay your workers! And yep, we workers have the right to go on vacations, we do get paid when we get sick, have health insurance, etc, we are humans too! And our wages are negotiated by our union...As in any civilised country. So we can pay for our houses, etc etc.

[@JaapGinder]

Abput tipping in the Netherlands: indeed it is uncommon in taxi, Uber etc. But in Restaurants it is more common. But normally it will not exceed 10%, at least that is what we do. Last time we had a bill of a little more than 100 euro, so we tipped up to 110 euro. That is common here to do. To be honest, they never expect the tip, it seems. A lot of people do not tip. Calling for the waiter depends on the restaurant you are in. In most cases they always will ask you now and than if there is anything they can do, like serving another drink or so. We've been in the US a couple of times, and I must say that the times waiter show up at the table is annoying, too many at least.

[@kathylecluyse7820]

Tipping culture is something I abhor. What it comes down to is this: you're working to be allowed to beg. If a business can't afford to pay their workers, they should go bust or improve.

[@hushus10021971]

Charlie. Remember these numbers 30 mph = 50 kmph 50 mph = 80 kmph 80 mph = 130 kmph These are the most used speedlimits

[@the_real_Wieniet]

Stuppit imperial. The USA must learn Metric, Like all the rest of the world. Wtf is a foot of a child. ore adults. Yes USA is SO backwards

[@renekuipers4563]

Ventilation is total dfferend than a airco.system...

[@ankra12]

I feel sorry for Americans.

[@jackofalltrades5761]

Amputating my leg cost about 200.000 euros but it cost me about 375 euro.

[@DT-wp4hk]

Those windows work. I live in an old house now. Less good ventilation. In stead of of ventilation it's more like draft. Those vents are placed strategically.

[@SergioRatz]

I don't know if i missed that but we in the Netherlands have the VAT(tax) calced in the price.

[@joyl7842]

I live in The Netherlands and personally hate those vents and only use them because the previous windows my apartment had could open. Who the heck would replace a window that can open with a tiny vented one in a kitchen? Now I have to open a window in my living room and my front door so all the cooking vapors can leave my apartment.

[@h1e2n3d4r5i6k7]

Tbh, it`s just like you said Charlie, i wouldn`t want to be checked in with every 5 minutes while i`m having dinner. Here in the Netherlands in some restaurants they will check in on you maybe once or twice tops, just to ask if you want another drink or if the food is to your liking, but in general ,once your food has arrived, they`ll let you dine in peace.

[@andrewdavidson665]

When getting an income that you can actual live on depends on being friendly you're going to be "friendly".

[@basvandiepen2772]

5:41 AH isn't the cheapest, it's on the more expansive side.

[@pauljones2510]

Drivers moving over for pedestrians: In southwest Missouri, drivers go nuts to get over for pedestrians. They move completely into the oncoming lanes of traffic for someone who is completely off the roadway.

[@Linda-hs1lk]

I have the ventilation system too over the windows.

[@RoeldeBruin]

I am from The Netherlands and i THINK its so funny you USA guys are proud at your guns, BIG meals and adding bacon on almost everything or cereals with loads of sugar , very healthy !! AND then are surprised you get FAT and not tall, maybe it has something to do with the fact that you eat more then you burn cause you dont bike or walk anywhere, sorry i call it lazy and dumb! And about tipping, you work for money not for the fake polite stuff which i experienced as fake kindness, i tip IF something is really good and if i feel threated as a human, not because everyone else does it! ( I call that sheep behavior and i got my own opinion and im proud of that) Almost forgot the Large drinks you got cause thats the average a dutch person drinks in a week.

[@marcovtjev]

@3:16 boxes are only stacked two rows deep. No wonder that the supermarkets are so big. The same product occupies much more space than needed for display purposes. @21:38 Note that going to a general practitioner in the Netherlands is (mostly)is not going to cost you from your deductible.

[@Judith_Remkes]

This is why I rarely shop at AH, at Dirk van de Broek shops, a cucumber is around €0,79. And that still includes taxes, there is talk of lowering taxes on healthy food.

[@lindaraterink6451]

Most Dirks are below Zwolle I live above Zwolle. There are only 3 Dirks here, the fuel I use to get there, would not make it any less cheaper going to our local Jumbo.

[@elsvanzwoll]

Just open a window for half an hour or an hour a day. Just a little. Even if it is freezing. It helps. Believe me 👍🏼👍🏼🧡

[@basvandiepen2772]

5:00 but you as a shop know what the tax is there

[@dudie5403]

Yes a good indoors humidity is really promoted in the Netherlands and it's advised to only close the vents when there is an emergency outside. I also close mine when the wind is from a certain direction it starts to howl in house or when it's really cold. Before I had those vents installed the humidity in the house was way to high causing mold to grow due lack of good ventilation. If I see certain reddit pages mold in houses in in US seems to be quite an issue sometimes.

[@hjwardenaar8670]

The Netherlands are great❤ I can know, i live my hole life in Amsterdam... You Americain, you have to visit the Netherlands

[@Dsbarrynl]

You wrote American like we write filet americain in NL😂😂

[@edgroenenberg5916]

In one of my (work) visits to Menlo Park, CA, I walked from the hotel to the office, a mere single Mile. When I arrived, one of my colleagus asked if the drive went well. I just said that the walk was nice and refreshing. He was rather puzzled.... Having said that, when will you do a vlog here locally? After all, I guess you can do a first hand experience of the vented windows, the selection of cheeses in a cheeseshop or experience the lack of parking near most supermarkets ;)

[@nicklomas181]

An important point I often see forgotten is quality. That cucumber in USA maybe cheaper, but I know which one will be tastier/healthier.

[@chinchillatwitch7234]

Its true that the costumer service is more friendly in the US, but I will say that dutch costumer service is also not the coldest, since we are very open. If you go to a restaurant in the Netherlands there is generally not the expectation that you will have a conversation with the staff, cause 1. the waiter is on the clock and pretty busy (and there is no sentiment to be oververtly friendly due to no tipping culture). and 2. allot of costumers are there to enjoy their time with their friends and family, and not some stranger. If you are a american, that wants to tip in a european country, you can do that, however, if you outside more tourist area's I will advice you to look up the general stuff. I whent once to the czech republic, and my sister handed unknowingly a tip 3 times the amount she actually had to pay for the food. The waiter was deeply offended and said :''do you think I am that poor? I am not a beggar.'' This was a story from 17 years ago, but do your research.

[@xKynOx]

Dutch people speak lots of languages Dutch,English,German etc, I have a Dutch friend who can speak 5

[@pvdppvdp6638]

Not only Dutch people. There are others in Europe too that speak 4-5 languages.

[@lebronismid]

im dutch and seeing how it goes in america is insane to me. im gratefull to be a dutch man

[@JustRoharas]

Having visited the US and from stories of some acquaintances I came to believe that the differences in (grocery)shopping habits and the corresponding locations are caused at least for a significant amount by how urban planning is done. I completely recognize the point of American towns/cities typically having a giant shopping mall or a shopping center somewhere on the outskirt of town with just a single or at best a couple of huge stores where you can get as good as anything in any shape, form, or brand, that exists of a singular item. A big part of the reason I think lies in the point they made with not being able to take a walk, bike, or public transport to the mall and even a drive there in car might take you like 15 to 30 minutes. On top of that, the impression I get is that "going out to shop" in the US is a matter of absolutely having to and my acquaintances end up stockpiling for a week (which also kind of rules out many fresh products at least near the end of the week(s). In turn I think that because of it being a hassle and difficult to reach on top of no one wanting to go often, and certainly not to multiple locations it's much more convenient to have everything in 1 place. Extra bonus is that you can't send younger people to quickly get something as that often requires getting in to the car which is not something youngsters can do. In contrast, over here in the Netherlands even in small towns there will be easily reachable stores even by walking or bicycle. As a matter of fact I dare say many stores are actually easier to reach on the bike as many city / town centers are designed to discourage car use and encourage bicycle, walking, or public transport. As a result different stores are often not further then a couple of minutes walking away from each other and your car if you took that one along. This makes it much easier to hop by a variety of stores before returning home. One thing you see often over here is that supermarkets basically have "everything" of the more basic stuff but just not in every brand or packaging conceivable. More exotic stuff or specialized stuff like a great parmazan cheese or a wedge of fresh goat's cheese from a local farmer could be found at a cheese shop down the street so we DO have all those types of cheese, just not in the supermarket. Same goes for other specialized goods, the place is riddled with fish shops, butchers, bakeries, veggie shops, and everything else conceivable. Because none of them are usually hard to reach AND are safe to reach by any means of transportation even your 10years old daughter can quickly go there to catch that loaf of bread you forgot there. Now just letting your kid go anywhere "unsupervised" even at a young age is a interesting topic on its own but lets not dive into it here. I strongly believe that this plays a quite significant role but there are other things such as many cities being quite old and not having space for those massive buildings so in the past they had to divide stuff over multiple buildings anyway which also might have contributed to the difference in mindset. About the tipping culture? Well I was on business so I could use the company card and had instructions to tip 27% no question even though in that area 15 to 17% was the norm at the time so "my" tips were huge. I also didn't look at the prices of what I ordered so sometimes I came out with something rather expansive. What I really noticed was that initially servers were often super friendly but not extreme the first time I came to a place. They did act a bit like I was a bit important as I was ordering expansive stuff but it was not extreme. The second time though?? man It was like I was the president and helping me well would bring in millions or something. I've never seen people work so hard and be so afraid to do something wrong, I really didn't like that atmosphere even though I knew those servers have probably not tried harder for anything in their lives. It just felt wrong to me to have that much power over giving them a great weekend or a lousy one. Just pay them. It wont make everything more expensive as you are paying even more in tips anyway. As you could see going out for dinner is actually cheaper here on average.

[@anniek4681]

Oh it can be done here too. My friend has a house where her garage is under the house but she only has to go up a little bit and her backdoor is groundlevel again. There are also houses where the garage is on groundlevel with a hallway and room (Often used as storage) And your livingroom is on what we call the first floor. So you need to get up the stairs to get there. And you have your bedrooms on the second floor. (so you have a 3 storie house.)

[@Bioshyn]

they compared the half size cucumber to the full size one in the Netherlands, so no the Dutch one was cheaper.

[@darkracer1252]

i'm pretty sure if you based it on weight. they would be the same price.

[@Bioshyn]

@@darkracer1252 how would that be possible if the one that weights twice as much is the same price as the smaller one, by weight the small one would be twice as expensive.

[@darkracer1252]

@@Bioshyn price per weight. Either grow a few braincells or stop trolling. As in you put them on a scale and you get a price. Rather than it being a price per item thing.

[@Bioshyn]

@@darkracer1252 yeah you idiot one cucumber weights 200g the other 400g , both cost 79c which one is twice as expensive?

[@joyl7842]

The thing about what's grown in The Netherlands is that the vast majority is for export. We basically get the leftovers and it's overpriced. That's why The Netherlands is one of the biggest exporters of meat in the world even though we're such a tiny country. Another example of us getting the leftovers is those little red onion looking-like vegetables with a bunch of leaves growing from them that are usually put in salads sliced-up. They are completely white on the inside and supposed to be sweet-spicy. The ones we get in The Netherlands, as leftovers, are not spicy at all. I forget the name of the vegetable.

[@vvsandgaming4648]

for long drives turn on the seat warmer if you have one and put it on low to medium if you have that setting, it promotes bloodflow in the posterior area and makes it less numb and sore and also bleeds some heat to the lower back as well

[@Yvolve]

Vented windows is mandatory by law. Some apartment complexes will also have mandatory extraction fans, for moisture in the bathroom and to vent the kitchen. Our houses are built to keep out the rain and cold, but that also means no fresh air is coming in. This causes asthma and other lung diseases, so there is a minimum amount of air that needs to be able to move around a home in cubic meters per hour. Minimum gaps under doors, minimum vent size and more. The fresh air isn't just healthier, it also gets rid of the moisture, so you don't get mold. Especially black mold can make you really sick and is very hard to get rid of.

[@Linda-hs1lk]

I have the vented windows and fans.

[@dudie5403]

I believe it was ventilation 24/7 plus opening a window for 15 minutes in each room to let some extra air in a day. I had a really bad cold this weekend and I also opened my bedroom window a few times for extra fresh air and get rid of my cold germs in the air fast.

[@doposud]

Windows are big difference between US and Europe. i used to work here in Europe with windows and i remember when i've seen American windows and i was like wtf is that ? :D

[@pauljones2510]

Deductible: Most insurance plans allow you to choose a deductible. The higher your deductible, the lower your premiums. The deductible is the amount you pay before your insurance starts. Same with homeowners' insurance, auto insurance, business liability insurance, etc. Deductible lowers your insurance costs two ways: 1. if you have to pay out of pocket, you're going to be more conscientious about incurring medical bills -- because you're going to have to pay them. Further, because it reduces demand, it brings medical costs down in general. 2. The more you pay, the less your insurance has to pay, the lower they can make your premiums.

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

Tipping was meant to be a privat interaction between the customer and the employee, where the customer shows his satisfaction with the service done by the employee. The US has perverted it to "the customer is paying the employee for its work, instead of the employer"! An honest price tag in restaurants would be like: Meal 20$, bringing the meal to your table 10$.

[@darkracer1252]

even if i were to pay for the full salary of the waitress. anything more than 50 cents would be outrageous. they spend at most what? 3 or 5 minute at your actual table doing the service. all the other time they are dealing with other customers. the whole tipping thing in the us is a scam. both the waiting staff and the customers are being scammed.

[@Wrecker3D]

The deductible in NL is a max of 385 Euro per year atm, you can choose to pay it in 10 installments, and what's not used by the end of the year you get back -do note, everything past this amount will be paid by the insurance as set in the coverage contract you've chosen... And the Max Deductible is set by the government, but also created to discourage abuse of the health system which would make it more expensive

[@pauljones2510]

Population density in The Netherlands: 1,353 people per square mile. US: 93. The Netherlands is 14.5 times more densely populated as the US. Makes sense that they have more public transportation. San Francisco, for example, has a population density of 18,635 people per square mile. San Francisco has lots of public transportation.

[@manub.3847]

No additional travel health insurance? The annual costs for such insurance are usually really cheap. And also include medical repatriation if, for example, you have had an accident and can no longer travel home the regular way. * little tip-> check your credit card conditions. Some credit cards also have travel cancellation insurance and/or travel health insurance if you paid for the trip with the credit card.

[@frankmitchell3594]

If you are travelling to the US, travel insurance is more expensive than other places in the world. And, yes, you need repatriation insurance.

[@NederlandseGeschiedenis]

I understand that they live in Dordrecht, South Holland, but I have never come across them, as I have lived there since 1986.

[@Bierzgal]

I guess it depends on what kind of person one is but disturbing my meal every 5 minutes would REALLY annoy me personally. I'm the kind of customer that perefers to be left alone, does not matter if it's a restaurant, a clothes shop or an Uber. I remember giving tips to Uber drivers for not bothering me the whole ride in the past.

[@dobberdop]

They have really a lot of fun videos. Worthy to comment

[@Deku20235]

Albert Heijn is one of the most expensive supermarkets. Dirk would be cheapers and lidl as well giving you the same price for the cucumber.

[@bert2526]

They're eating an eierbal at 1:51 haha

[@pauljones2510]

Ventilation: Really? Open the window.

[@Trenjeska]

In summer, cucumbers are 35 cents, in winter indeed over a Euro

[@GeorgeSaint666]

Wait... were they justr happier with the cheese section in the USA!? Darned! You will not be allowed back here in the Netherlands! Our cheese is much much better. ;-D

[@BommeltjeNL]

“You’re a piece of trash if you don’t”…. Don’t you mean that their boss is a piece of trash in not paying them a decent salary?

[@matfudge1143]

Congratulations! Your reaction video had a link to the original Content. A huge THUMBS UP and new SUB.👍

[@Dan-B]

I’m autistic, and I feel like I’d have a panic attack with how huge U.S. grocery stores are and with the overwhelming amount of choice 😛

[@toaojjc]

I'm probably autistic (waiting for assessment) an have been to an US supermarket in 2000 and 2005. It was hell... Had to leave within 30 minutes and we had defenatly not checked out the whole store by then.

[@fermitupoupon1754]

There isn't really more choice than say in an AH XL. There's just a LOT more of the same item on the shelf. Like AH would have 1 row of Kellogg's Cornflakes, and then maybe 3 other brands of Cornflakes next to them, but it's only 1 row of each. In a US big box supermarket it's still the same 4 or 5 brands of cornflakes, but there's 100 boxes of each on the shelf, rather than maybe 25. The biggest issue I have with US supermarkets is that it's too much damn walking to get everything. The parking lot is 5 times too large, they could probably have 25% of the amount for a single item on shelf and still offer the same assortment in a much, much smaller building. The solution is to just go to Trader Joe's, which is just Aldi Nord rebranded, with a very similar assortment in a similar sized store. Or to a smaller convenience store if there's one in the area. Sure it's more expensive than Wally World, but at least you're sponsoring a local business rather than just making one of the most rich families in the world even more rich.

[@squidcaps4308]

US healthcare insurance is like having a car insurance that only pays if you total the car.

[@Arltratlo]

garages in the bottom of the house is common here in Germany!

[@casperdeboer12]

In the Netherlands ventilation is a must when you build an house. It is even in the law the amount of ventilation

[@annekedebruyn7797]

I was a waiter for a while for multiple restaurants and it was pretty common for waiters to talk down or even talk people out of tips we felt were too much. But yeah, I rather have people trying to contact me versus me disrupting conversations constantly.

[@happyold63]

jullie mogen een 3 dage bij mij logeren . ik heb alleen een stapelbed over. jullie filmpjes zijn zeer verhelderend maar heel herkenbaar. ik ben 12 dagen in Washington state geweest.

[@MrAmity009]

Comparing prices at albert hein is not fair, it’s the most expensive supermarket in the Netherlands

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

And the American Ambassador to Denmark (During Trump!) who claimed that it was because The Danes couldn't afford to buy a car, that that many Danes used bikes!!!

[@ArumesYT]

6:25 Yeah we grow a lot, but there's also something called "seasons". Cucumbers don't grow well in winter, so we need to get them from warmer countries. On the white card on the crate you can see that in the center it says "Spanje". I can't make out if the entire line says "Land van oorsprong: Spanje" or "Land van origine: Spanje" but the cucumber is from Spain in any case. In summer, when we have Dutch cucumbers, the price drops drastically. BTW I can also tell it's not the best Albert Heijn because of sloppy presentation and incorrect information on the price tag. The price tag says the cucumbers are Dutch. :-)

[@darkracer1252]

you have too much time on your hands.

[@ArumesYT]

@@darkracer1252 Very constructive contribution. Didn't expect anything else with that avatar.

[@darkracer1252]

@@ArumesYT jezus what a sad life you have. heard of this thing called a joke? yeah instead of me making one and us laughing about it. this has turned into you BEING one.

[@ArumesYT]

@@darkracer1252 I'm perfectly happy with my life and couldn't care less about your opinion. You must be pretty new to the internet, right? I can't see your gestures, facial expressions, intentions. All I see is a blunt one-liner. How do you think I'm going to respond? Ever heard of smileys?

[@darkracer1252]

@@ArumesYT you calling me new to the internet is funny. You are likely the single most autistic guy i have met online ever in my life. For the love of god. I hope yours is over soon

[@cliffordmace9197]

@8.40 Its not the flatness of the Nederlands which give it good public transport.

[@johanea]

I never tip and never will. It is up to the employer to pay the employees their salary, end of story.F it.

[@baronmeduse]

The 'fresh air' thing is a fascination here in NL. Some people have doors and windows open all the time letting air flow though. I do that even in colder months (with no heating on). My neighbour has her back and front door open almost permanently when she's in.

[@_Vv77_]

Tips in restaurants are pretty common in the Netherlands unlike in France

[@Dsbarrynl]

Charlie, you are ready to come to the Netherlands according to your answers and opinions 😂

[@curtiscriscoe367]

Please people, as a ground to earth america, just remember to flush twice, it's a long ways to Netherlands and Mexico

[@nickgrazier3373]

I can imagine each state or city is differently taxed but why is it the same country wide? Is it federally mandated only to show the tax added at the check out? This is not what you should reasonably expect, show the tax you’ve paid included in the total price like in most other countries! You realise pricing machines are all integrated which means they are all run from database spreadsheets there is no reason that they can’t add the total tax for each item then show tax that you’ve already paid at the checkout. I’m “Gob smacked at the arrogance at the pricing policies in the USA.

[@loerelauloerelau6346]

As a Dutch guy... making blue pointers In the map (blue is water) is disturbing for me!

[@jensholm5759]

Here in Denmark its no evenm allowed to live in the basement. All houses are contruct so You can ventilate them as well. Thats the law. Here every room at least has to have door and enouh wide window. In part of the world(Denamrk) several windows are open most of the year. They have electrich ventallation for stove and bathroom. By that are donr need air conditon and as some fan above me. Warn and cold. The house his 20 or 30 cm real wall and not in the plyewed stile. The supers are same thing. It seperate temperatures well both ways. You god better comfort all over and pay less for summers as well as winters.

[@deetgeluid]

I’m from the Netherlands, and would vever buy a cucumber fore more than one Euro. Albert Heijn can be so expensive.

[@coverhoeven2904]

Life was so much easier when there was only orange fanta, 7up and coca cola. Regular salted or paprika chips

[@purewhitechocolate]

Please make a video with a bodycam, and go to dinner, lunch whatever and DoNT tip 😅 i wanna see that

[@helenagreenwood2305]

Me too 🙋🍽️🍹🏃

[@xsses2136]

btw how is it possible for employers to not pay the minimum wage? Its called minimum wage right?

[@angelas9696]

Point 1. Mom had hipsurgery actually. Fanciest hipreplacement ever: Bill of about 6000 euro for the prothese, the operation and the stay in the hospital (12 days due to complications). Total paid? 0 euro. Because healthcare.

[@billydoyle6919]

Tipping is such a weird concept. Especially the idea of bulstering a minimum wage. In NZ, the minimum wage is around $23.10/hr. Apprentices in the trades (electricians, builders etc) or other training like hairdressing are paid $18.50 as a minimum while training. In NZ, tipping has started to creep in by asking for preset $5, $10, $15, etc, while you're paying via debit/credit card or EFTPOS for almost anything. Despite this, I do tip sometimes when I receive genuine, helpful, and more than just the standard service you'd expect from a paid individual who's doing the job they're paid for. Go further, solve a problem for me, or help me enjoy my dining experience, then you've earned a bonus. Tips, if required at all, need to be seen as 'performance bonus' for exemplary service, and they should be divided up across the entire team, excluding management. The waiting staff are the pointy end of the customer's experience, but in the kitchen is a whole team working together to produce high standards. Great service; when you see it. You see it.

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Vented windows, yep, remember before the 1970s, people heated their houses with coal, many deaths because of carbon monoxide happened every year in non vented houses...

[@pythregius]

Here in the netherlands, we usually only tip at restaurants as these people offer up quality evening and weekend time that could be spent with friends and family. The minimum wage is actually good tips gets split with all workers even chefs, but owners are not allowed to even look at the tips by law, as if he does, he should pay taxes over it. Tipping is not bound to rules here. Many people just round it up.

[@AHVENAN]

One thing that I was reminded of when they were talking about grocery stores and the gigantic parking lots, I heard in annother video from a very reliable source that you guys have TWO BILLION parking spaces nationwide, but only around 250 million registered cars?! That's a ratio of EIGHT parking spaces for every single car in the country! Tell me how in gods name that makes any freaking sense?! There is NEVER a time where every single registered car in the entire country is out driving at the same time, it just does not happen! You could literally quadruple the number of registered cars in the US tomorrow, and there would still be TWICE as many parking spces as there are cars! You also dedicate a larger land area to PARKING than you do to HOUSING, meaning it seems more important to you to have somewhere to park your car than to have somewhere to LIVE! It's just absolutely mind blowing, baffling, confusing, ridiculous, laughable, hilarious and almost a little sad.....

[@yvonnevanleeuwen5699]

If you buy summer food in the winter time you pay more

[@annewint]

Okay but albert heijn is one of the expensive grocery stores in the Netherlands

[@mavadelo]

Meyer and Kroger are the same company, Kroger bought Meyer in 1998. The Netherlands is flat right. I think I mentioned it before, the Netherlands is flat until you actually go bike around. Than all of a sudden it isn't all that flat anymore. Especially places like the Utrechtse Heuvelrug , certain parts of de Veluwe and of course Limburg are far from flat. 13:20 This is why non Americans call American workers in retail and hospitality "fake nice", they are not nice to be nice, they are nice to earn more money. Fresh air: I live in an appartment building, each room is equiped with a window that can open in 2 ways. Either a small thumble opening at the top or the standard way opening like a door to the inside. I also have a balcony, the balcony has a ventilation slit like you saw in the video but can also be put on several ventilation settings with locking slits that lock the door in a state of open enough for fresh air but still closed enough to not get cold.

[@vanhetgoor]

I don't know if I would survive in the United States. The food deserts, dealing with underpaid workers, the lack of public transport. The total absence of diversity in politics, the absence of trustworthy politicians, police, doctors. The third world healthcare.