Brit Reacts to What Do Americans Think Is Normal… But Everyone Else Finds Weird

[@williamwebb7917]

This is the same guy that said we don’t have toilet brushes in the U.S. He acts like he’s so well informed, but is actually clueless on many things.

[@rynsct]

Toilet Brushes?????

[@jackeyesteon9427]

Do you mean toothbrush

[@Ojisan642]

Evan’s channel is pretty ok but keep in mind he grew up in New Jersey and assumes the other 98% of America is the same. It’s not. As someone who also grew up in NJ but has lived in Chicago, LA, Dallas, and a few other places, I can confirm that he knows very little about the rest of the country. So take what he says with a grain of salt. It’s as if Lawrence assumed all of the UK was Grimsby from back when he lived there 20 years ago.

[@you_can_call_me_T]

"Americans aren't that into coffee. Americans are into coffee drinks." Dude, what??? Sure Americans like our lattes and mochas, but regular coffee with cream and sugar is still super common. Just about every office in America keeps hot coffee made/brewing for its employees all day. Lots of people make coffee at home. Most houses have a coffee maker or keurig machine. What is this dude talking about?

[@hardtackbeans9790]

It is hardly a random picture of a person. It is the picture of the real estate agent of the real estate company

[@jLutraveling]

I saw his video comparing grocery prices between the UK and and the US. HE USED New Jersey prices vs. Uk. He didn’t mention that New Jersey prices are a lot more than the Midwest.

[@pd-ou1tg]

Yes, I always made more money as a tipped worker than a regular minimum wage worker in retail. And it wasn't even close. There was no pity party for me as a server. I made great money and it was hard to match the money even if traditional 9-5 office work until I got a few years of experience under my belt.

[@chaserj9989]

Yeah he’s riffing on obvious things but lacks real stats or understanding of how incredibly diverse and huge America is. He’s really generalizing based on his life in New Jersey. I’ve lived in New Jersey my whole life and work in Manhattan and it’s always been simple coffee with unheated milk for me. Even if I go to Starbucks but that’s very rare. The coffee cart guy is only a $1.50 and it’s good hot coffee unlike Starbucks which has to keep it only warm so a dumb lady doesn’t sue them when she spills it on her cooter. That’s the real story he doesn’t tell

[@patriciafeehan7732]

If you are driving the speed limit and come to a frozen bridge, it is likely an accident waiting to happen. The Yellow Sign means Slow Down. It is no joke.

[@sherryjoiner396]

It's been explained a thousand times, but they still keep harping on sales tax. In European countries, the tax goes to the government. Our sales taxes go to the state, county, and city. Each community has different requirements. For instance, a city might need a new water tower or school. The whole state doesn't pay for that, just the community that builds it and charges a small tax to pay for it.

[@Mark_Alaska]

Dang! He missed the point on that one! Taxed aren't included in the US and is annoying because PAYING TAXES is SUPPOSED TO BE ANNOYING! In London the VAT (Value added?? tax) is 20-25%. they're happy to hand that over because it's part of the price. Imagine if somebody went to buy $100 worth of groceries in the UK and had to hand over $125?? The government would get overthrown on day 1! My state has no sales or income tax, and it remains that way because nobody wants to pay even 1%!

[@Ojisan642]

His point about coffee vs coffee drinks is a good example of how he thinks the whole country is New Jersey. He’s absolutely incorrect if you compare the amount of coffee consumed vs the amount of Starbucks drinks consumed.

[@larryprice5658]

Saying this is what Americans do is about as dumb as saying this is what Europeans do. Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, and Vermont don't have any billboards at all since they have passed laws not permitting them. Real estate agents sell bare land, houses, apartments, etcetera, but putting all of that on one billboard could be difficult. So they go with putting a trusted face on the billboard. And what face could be more trustworthy than their own?

[@Ojisan642]

Before handheld computers, there was no way to pay with a credit card at a restaurant without the server taking your card to the cash register. Maybe the reason Brits think it’s weird is because they adopted credit cards a bit later and by then the technology was better already?

[@craignickum6551]

Lots of people drink coffee and not coffee drinks. Also there is not a problem with "splashback" with American toilets.

[@cdfdesantis699]

Bless him, he has a rather narrow viewpoint of what the USA is like as a whole.

[@emmettdwyer7584]

if he doesnt know why we dont have 20% tax like vat. some of us like paying less than 10% taxes

[@Ojisan642]

The bridge freezing signs are because it’s not always obvious you’re passing over a bridge, and a wet road could turn into black ice very suddenly and unexpectedly. Especially in NJ where, as he says, there are a lot of very tiny waterways. A bridge might be 10m long with trees on both sides - without the sign you might not notice, and if the road is covered in black ice that could be very dangerous. So, a very odd thing for Evan to be bothered by, but it’s simply because he doesn’t understand it.

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

Cafes are called cafes in the US. You were probably trying to remember diners.

[@ESUSAMEX]

When it snows or rains during colder weather, a bridge will freeze faster than a normal road or highway.

[@donnabert]

No it's because condensation from the river will find its way onto the bridge, due to its proximity, and if the temperatures are freezing, there will be icc there while there will not be ice on the road, due to a lack of liquid water. So f'n' simple I don't get why so many people are clueless.

[@ESUSAMEX]

@@donnabert Yes, I know that. Water under the bridge hits the bridge and spays everywhere and once the water hits the cold surface of the road it freezes. There was a bridge near my old home and every day the bridge was wet from the river underneath. Once the temperatures dropped the bridge would freeze over while the rest of the road away from the river would be bone dry.

[@debbsc5176]

Bridges will freeze faster (i.e. before) the road surface because it doesn't have the warmth of the earth directly below it, they're exposed to the cold air all the way around.

[@donnabert]

wrong. it's because condensation from the river will find its way onto the bridge, due to its proximity, and if the temperatures are freezing, there will be icc there while there will not be ice on the road, due to a lack of liquid water. So f'n' simple I don't get why so many people are clueless.

[@debbsc5176]

@@donnabert wrong. Not all bridges are over water.

[@jimmyb.6272]

He’s so wrong about so many things.

[@pd-ou1tg]

No, you can definitely still drive small cars in the US safely. Just not older model ones, but that goes for any size of vehicle if you have occupants you wish to protect. Vehicle safety engineering advances exponentially every couple years. If it's just you, go ahead and take the risk if you have a nice old car you can appreciate. I've driven compact and mid-size sedans and coupes almost all my life living in the US with very few exceptions (rentals, friends' cars/trucks, etc.). I prefer to be closer to the ground, lower center of gravity feels very nimble and agile and adds to the sporty driving character that is lacking entirely in SUVs and trucks. Body roll is minimal and rollover risk is far less than a larger vehicle. If I need a truck, I will rent or borrow a friends' for the single-day purpose I need it and then return it. It doesn't make sense to get such a large vehicle originally designed to go off-road if it's going to be a pavement princess to shuffle you between work, Whole Foods, and your suburban house and maybe see a gravel parking lot once every couple years.

[@jLutraveling]

Yes realators have heir photos on the signs in the yard. It is a part of their advertising.

[@craignickum6551]

The guy had some interesting things but was also a jerk.

[@the_cruz_shooter]

He's wrong on several issues! 🙄 He's very out and clearly doesn't know how the real world works.

[@seagantaylor7470]

Fast food places don’t have servers, so that’s different. Fast food places pay their staff minimum wage or a few dollars more per hour. The restaurants with servers are the ones where you sit at a table while ordering from a menu and you do NOT throw away your trash on your way out or put food trays up above the trash cans.

[@jimmyb.6272]

There is no splash back. That’s not a thing.

[@Ojisan642]

Yes you make more money in a tipping job than the same job without tips.

[@DBOB-ys2tu]

That depends entirely on where you work.

[@stpaley]

@@DBOB-ys2tu yes that is so correct, many people don't realize the tip is based on the price you are paying which for the most part has nothing to do with how good the service is

[@Ojisan642]

@@DBOB-ys2tu that’s why I said “same job”

[@seagantaylor7470]

While minimum wage in Kansas is still about $7.25, there are exceptions that can allow the pay to be even lower. I think servers get paid less than minimum wage because it’s expected that they’ll earn more from tips and they should always get tips from each table and they get bigger than normal tips if they are really good at being friendly and speedy and go above and beyond for customers (and if the customer can pay more than the minimum tip percentage in addition to the meal and tax). But restaurants will have slow days and less customers means servers might get barely money at all those days. The only place where I’ve been a server was at a retirement community and the company that ran it had a rule against accepting or encouraging tips, so servers got paid $8 to $9.50 per hour and weren’t supposed to be clocked in until there was work to be done. This meant that we could only get paid during mealtimes (breakfast work was only supposed to take an hour. The other mealtimes were supposed to take 2 hours. We just not be speedy about bussing tables afterwards and make it take up to an hour longer, but we’d get in trouble if it took longer than 3 hours.), but not everyone lived within walking distance. So the amount of time between mealtimes, during which we’d have to be clocked out, was two short to be worth going home and getting back to work in time. This meant people, who lived too far to walk to work, had to only work one mealtime per day. Even if you worked one mealtime per day every day including weekends, it would only be 14 to 21 hours per week (21 if you managed to stay clocked in for an extra hour after each mealtime). That’s only $112 to 200 per week (depending on whether you get paid $8 or $9.50 per hour and whether you work 2 hours per mealtime or 3 hours per mealtime. ) How did those servers survive on that or pay rent? THEY DIDN’T. The only people besides me that worked as servers there were high schoolers who were still having all their necessities paid for by their parents and just wanted a little spending money and something to put on their resumes for wherever they applied to work after high school. Meanwhile I had two jobs that both had too few hours for the amount of pay and was still barely scraping by and they gave me a different position just in time. (Part time common area housekeeper at $13 per hour & weekdays only & 6.5 hours per day was the most I was expected to work each day, but overtime was often requested and I’d get paid time and a half for working holidays and events) I don’t work there anymore though.

[@patriciafeehan7732]

Billboards are illegal in Vermont and the impact is gorgeous. Nothing to break the eyes view and Vermont has so much beauty.

[@danncork1967]

A lot of wait staff would rather makes tips than a regular wage because depending on the restaurant you could make much more money on tips, sometimes a few hundred on a good day. Why does Evan talk so fast. Its so annoying. As a. American I cringe when he generalises things as if all Americans are the same. The Real Estate Agent's face is on the sign not a random person. It makes it more personal for the buyer or the seller.

[@seagantaylor7470]

Yeah. It gradually gets less populated (between cities/metro areas) as you go from east to west. You can’t see exactly how many miles of unused space once you get into the mountains after Denver Colorado though. (If you are going across the middle of the US from east to west)

[@ESUSAMEX]

Fireworks are illegal in most US states. In NY they are illegal but not here in Florida.

[@donnabert]

Fireworks for INDIVIDUALS is often illegal because they start fires. But a city can put on a fireworks display....

[@chrisvibz4753]

yeah bro we love the brits btw for any brits who are in the comment section, we just talk mad shit but so do you, we love you guys❤😂

[@Michelle-j4k]

Next, do what things people do from the UK that America thinks are weird!

[@KatyFaulkner-f6c]

My friends and I had a conversation about tipping last night! I see a lot from the UK that the customer service isn’t good at restaurants, so while annoying at times, our servers work mostly for tips so our customer service in restaurants is amazingly good!!!

[@AC-ni4gt]

Billboards for real estate? I've seen most billboards for insurance. And it takes about four hours to get from Northern Utah to Southern Utah.

[@josephtadlock1615]

As an American, I find it strange how many tiny ladies drive super wasteful SUVs that are twice as big as a regular car. Like shopping carts, they use their SUVs like weapons to exert power. Same goes for short men and their extremely tall, big trucks.

[@seagantaylor7470]

So most servers basically don’t get paid if they don’t get tips. It’s not usually “in addition to”.

[@jimallen1178]

I live on the West Coast and tipping is NOT mandatory. The three west coast states all have minimum wages that do not depend on your profession, so waiters have the same minimum wage as bus drivers. All three states also have minimum wages well above the federally mandated minimum wage. Having said that, it is normal to tip a waiter and not normal to tip a bus driver. I don't know why, because a bus driver is more likely to have the opportunity to kill me. However, I do have to explain to people not from here, (I work at a university, so I often give directions to people not from here) that when you get off the bus, you are expected to thank the bus driver, I guess for not killing you. Europeans in particular think that is really weird.

[@ESUSAMEX]

They make way more money by receiving tips, and soon they will not have to pay taxes on those tips after Trump returns to the White House in January 2025. This is because Trump will make all tips tax free once the Congress passes it.