Brit Reacts to 10 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT LIVING IN THE U.S.A!

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@0404DcT Күн бұрын

Walmart used to stay open 24hrs, but after the pandemic they now close at midnight. Toilet seat covers are paper disposable covers that you place on the toilet seat before sitting. A lot of Americans don't even go in the grocery stores anymore. We now order groceries on-line and either have them delivered or we schedule a time to pick them up. It's all about convenience.

@the_cruz_shooter Күн бұрын

Heard they are opening them back up 24/7 on the 1st. 🤷‍♀️

@RamblingRose08 Күн бұрын

I think a lot of Americans don't realise how good they have it and take it for granted.

@RamblingRose08 Күн бұрын

When she said toilet seat covers she didn't mean the lid. She was talking about paper sanitary covers that you can put on the seat to sit on and then flush them when you are done. They are in a box on the wall in most US toilet stalls. I'm jealous of (i think it's) Japan where their sanitary covers are automated and just automatically change the sanitary cover when you flush. So nice.

@miguelanaya95658 Күн бұрын

AKA butt-gasket

@travel4328 Күн бұрын

I traveled the world and came back to the US more patriotic. I loved other countries and cultures but it made me realize how great the US really is.

@NinjaMonkey5161 18 сағат бұрын

The bathroom thing I don’t get, yeah there’s a large gap under the door for multiple reasons but between the stall door, it’s very small. Majority of the time there isn’t even a gap or it’s so small that no one can see in unless they walk up to the door and squint to see in, which would be very odd. Basic etiquette is to not do that because you’re a creep if you do.

@RamblingRose08 Күн бұрын

At most supermarkets we have cashiers and baggers. The cahiers are supposed to ring up the items while the bagger bags all of the items correctly (heavy items on the bottom, bags not overfilled or too heavy). Doesn't always work out that way 🙄 The only shop locally that bags as they ring is walmart and i rarely get a bag filled properly. I prefer having a sole bagging person. But now i usually just use the self checkout. So much easier.

@wilhelm-z4t Күн бұрын

Never have appreciated the USA more than when I've been abroad. I'm not saying being abroad wasn't nice and interesting, but it did make me realise what I was missing. The USA isn't perfect, but it's still the greatest place imaginable.

@timb.4742 Күн бұрын

Crazy how people from other countries talk about the sales taxes in the U.S. it’s not really a big deal. Goods are shipped from all around the country or from another country - and every state, county and sometimes city have different tax percentages. And it would be beyond labor intensive for every store to label each item precisely. As long as the consumer has a rough idea or if they’re capable of basic math it really doesn’t matter. Much ado about nothing. The U.S. is massive. Think of each state like a country in Europe. Also the tax rate might change on Jan 1st or July 1st. Or a particular city might levy a special tax at anytime. The narrator might be annoyed by this. . But you would think that she might have bothered to understand or explain these facts.

@JustMe-dc6ks Күн бұрын

It’d make it a nightmare to advertise prices.

@TB-tr3cm Күн бұрын

Excellent point. Take the Philadelphia area, for example. Major newspapers, radio stations, mailers, and TV stations impact 3 states --Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. And the same in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. Not to mention on-line purchases, where many of us are accustomed to the web sites calculating sales taxes for our particular state. @@JustMe-dc6ks

@marksmith4892 Күн бұрын

Here's a word of caution to non-Americans: if you think America is a panacea, paradise, where they have everything and life is wealth and opulence like in the Hollywood movies, you're going to be greatly disappointed when you get here. If you think America sucks and everything is awful, you're going to be very pleasantly surprised when you get here.

@alisonflaxman1566 Күн бұрын

No the gaps in the bathroom doors aren't that big. She's lying. You can't make eye contact.

@gigigemini7433 18 сағат бұрын

Seriously. Everyone acts like we're using the bathroom behind a Popsicle stick

@tylerferguson3707 Күн бұрын

Pump then pay for gas used to be a thing a long time ago, but it's been gone from the us for 20 years. Walmart used to be 24 hours in most places, but they have been going away from that since 2020. Fast food restaurants have been going away from 24 hour stores as well, they generally keep one store in each area open 24/7 and close the rest after 11 pm so if you want Mcdonalds at 2 am you have to drive across town to get it.

@RamblingRose08 Күн бұрын

Amazon opened in America in 1995 (30 years ago). They opened in the UK and Germany in 1998 (27 years ago). They didn't open in Australia until 2017 (8 years ago).

@tryaluck Күн бұрын

You are correct, but just to clarify in 1998 Amazon just sold books, what Amazon is today only started in 2007.

@RamblingRose08 Күн бұрын

@tryaluck okay, now you got me curious lol. So i just checked my order history and i bought perfume in 2001, deoderant and some VHS movies in 2002, a pie plate and some books in 2003, some CDs in 2004, etc. So i googled it and they started selling more than books in 2001. Which was really cool because that means i made my first purchase right when they expanded. It was also cool looking into my first purchases. I remember the movies but i don't remember that purfume at all. Thanks for making me look further into it. 😊

@gigigemini7433 18 сағат бұрын

@@RamblingRose08I wonder if it's something they had transferred to in the earlier aughts, and when they saw how profitable it was, they invested into more marketing so people who don't look deeper into it feel like it started later?

@RamblingRose08 Күн бұрын

I'm in a small town and my TJ Maxx is open until 11pm (and that is Winter hours, it's probably later in the Summer). But it is true that a lot of shops that used to be 24/7 before Covid now are not).

@Kyle-q5v Күн бұрын

When I worked at Walmart before COVID they were open 24hr. During COVID we went to 7am to 11pm. They're still open 7-11.

@jimallen1178 Күн бұрын

At grocery stores, I usually use the self-checkout, but on the occasions where I use the cashier lane, I have never been to a store in this millenium where the cashier didn't scan an item and then immediately put it in a bag. By the time I punch in my pin, I am done. She is referencing procedures they used during the last millenium when they had cashiers and bag boys, but even so, by the time I settled the payment, my bags were ready. Also, I live in Oregon, so we don't have sales tax: the price marked is the price, and we have tax treaties with Washington and California, so I show my driver's license, and I don't have to pay the sales tax there either.

@seagantaylor7470 Күн бұрын

Yeah. Southern California and Arizona don’t have a lot of insects or arachnids outside during the day, because it’s too dry and hot for them. I didn’t have to worry about mosquitoes in Arizona. We do have scorpions which are arachnids, but they only come out after dark when no one is out in nature on hiking trails (unless they are looking for scorpions with a black light, because they glow under black light.)

@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817 Күн бұрын

Yes, there are bugs in Los Angeles: many types of spiders, ants, honeybees/bumble bees/wasps, lady bugs, gnats, cockroaches, potato bugs, silverfish, earwigs, beetles, snails, slugs, mosquitoes, mosquito hawks, variety of worms, fleas, ticks and others, that I'm sure I'm forgetting. You're just less likely to seem most of them inside businesses or apartments/condos. Single family homes, on the other hand, you may see a lot of them inside and outside your home.

@annfrost3323 Күн бұрын

Lav, my children grew up in Miami. When they visited relatives in Latin America, they were amazed to see flies for the first time. Common flies that may be attracted to food. They had never seen one. Keep in mind that in US we a have screens in all windows (and some doors) to keep flying things out. It was funny to see them looking at flies like They were F15 combat planes.

@pd-ou1tg Күн бұрын

24/7 stores are less common after COVID, especially Walmart whose absence from the 24/7 retail space still feels like a punch in the gut. But other options still exist. Usually drug stores (pharmacies), convenience stores, diners and breakfast chains, and most chain gyms are open 24/7. It can be nice if you get a random chest pain at night and want to do a quick run to the pharmacy to get an aspirin or run it off on the treadmill at the gym. A lot of businesses will also have after-hours services and security. My local dry cleaners, for example, has secured after-hours drop off lockers for clothes after they officially close their front office and they process my clothes by the time I wake up (a few hours later). Stuff like this is pretty typical in mid-size cities and suburban America. In the largest cities, a lot more businesses are 24/7 or very nearly 24/7.

@user-wc8fp4cx6c Күн бұрын

Covid isn't over. The 10th wave will hit full force in the coming weeks. 800,000 to 1.3 million daily infections are predicted.

@dane3316 Күн бұрын

SMAC! Shes great, dancer, kind of a performance artist, does some odd/funny things on social media. Shes also in a TON of US commercials. Like... a lot of commericials.

@jeffg.6110 Күн бұрын

Her dancing chicken videos w Malia Baker, et al, are great.

@Ojisan642 Күн бұрын

She didn’t explain some of these clearly. The toilet seat covers she’s talking about are paper things you put on top of the seat. It’s supposed to be sanitary but I doubt a thin piece of paper between your butt and the seat does anything. The stores open late really just depends on where you live. The bigger the city, the later the stores are open (generally). And it also depends on which store or chain. The thing about bugs in LA is really true. One of the only good things about living there. But they do have mosquitoes and spiders, just not a lot of other bugs. It’s a place where you actually can have windows without screens in America. Here in Texas I would never leave a window open without a screen.

@twalker2009 Күн бұрын

I always use a huge stack of them lol

@seagantaylor7470 Күн бұрын

It depends on the type of store/business. Gas stations and Walmarts and targets and some fast food restaurants and corner/convenience stores aka “drug stores” were open either 24 hours or until midnight or 1am, but most still don’t have enough staff members to be open late into the night after the pandemic.

@cincycats11 Күн бұрын

I live in L.A. and compared to the 10 different places I've lived across the U.S. bugs are not an issue here. Outdoor dining everywhere and I have never had problems with bugs around my food. The Mediterranean climate of Los Angeles features long, dry summers with minimal rainfall, which significantly reduces breeding grounds for insects like mosquitoes.

@toecutterjenkins Күн бұрын

Even better is full service gas stations. Some chap comes out pumps gas for you . When I was younger, they would clean your window and check your tire pressure .

@mickyo7171 Күн бұрын

In the US, you used to pump gas and the. Pay. However, people drove away;hence, you pay before pumping now.

@mattb.1357 Күн бұрын

Select number of stores are open because a lot of Americans work 1st,2nd,and 3rd shift to keep the country going

@jeffg.6110 Күн бұрын

Toilet seat covers are NOT the same as toilet lids. They’re disposable paper liners you pull from a dispenser that you put down on the seat for sanitary purposes. When you’re done w your business, just drop it in the water before flushing.

@carlbeaver7112 14 сағат бұрын

I'm 69 and I have never seen any grocery store run items past the register and into a pile before bagging them. I haven't been to a Target store in years, I've heard they are selling more groceries now. Maybe that's how they do it?

@TheGelatinousSnake Күн бұрын

"No bugs, no flies, no spiders" well.. at one house with a huge thriving garden, sure we get pests. Spider season helps. I see the flies get caught in the webs in the front/backyard and never encounter them in the house. Down the road, sister's place.. no garden, no flies, no spiders, no bugs. Less than 1 kilometer away, just concrete desolation. No snacks just growing around the house, trade offs.

@jdanon203 Күн бұрын

Most grocery stores you'll bag your own groceries because most of the time it's self checkout anyway.

@ericeric363 Күн бұрын

Compared to Australia I bet bugs seemed nonexistent in LA. I can’t remember the last time I walked in and paid cash for gas. Always use my debit card at the pump.

@angelagarutti6118 Күн бұрын

I am a American that when i was a lil kid in the late 80s lk 89 or 1990 the shops at least were i live in western ma were clsed at lk 6 pm on sundays i remember this so much cuz i only got to see my dad on sundays and we would be going shopping then the whole city closed (it seemed lk that to me anyway lol) and i hated it but somewhere between then and now everything stays open all the time exspect i hate it now cuz almost every mall is dying and in the 90s as a teen i lived at the mall with my friends and i truly am soo sad of the death of malls

@Kronicdice23 Күн бұрын

She’s really cool. I made a stupid comment about it but then I took it down cause I seen how cool she was.

@BrightHardDay Күн бұрын

She's been in LA too long. Most grocery stores still have baggers or if not to catchers are quite speedy.

@license2kilttheplaidlad640 Күн бұрын

Less than 2 minutes and she already has me annoyed

@chandrejenkins3036 Күн бұрын

My Walmart us now back to 24hrs. 7-Eleven, even the freaking McDonald's that one i dont get, but probably because I dont eat fast food, but good to know. The businesses near me either stay open 24hrs, or close very late.

@annfrost3323 Күн бұрын

Disposable, one-time use paper toilet seats to place around bowl and flush after each use.

@mickyo7171 Күн бұрын

Most groceries bag groceries as they scan them. This is the norm.