Comparing International Culture Differences! (Culture shock around the world!)

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[@henri_ol]

I like the reaction of others to the Vietnamese language, it's a totally different language than what they are used to , great video

[@elinborg3653]

I'm Swedish and tipping really depends on if you are at a restaurant and your server has really gone above and beyond for you. Servers in Sweden get a salary so tipping isn't really needed. My parents will sometimes give a tip just to even out the bill. No one will shame you for not tipping since everyone knows that what a server may perceive as good service is not the same perception that the customer has of good service. Sometimes you can't even tip, but if the option is available then it is fine if you tip or don't.

[@wesley.peterson]

Oskar is also from Stockholm where tipping is a much bigger thing than in most other places in Sweden..

[@henri_ol]

"Carnival is like dancing with your friends and kiss everybody in the street" Lol , i've never seen some holiday like that

[@no1xtz765]

This pandemic must be killing them in Brazil 😂

[@shinrakusakabe8537]

Yeah, that's true. I'm Brazilian and Carnival is a such an enjoyable moment if you are really into partying. Not gonna lie, kissing as many as you can, dancing and drinking would be 70% of the festival.

[@ancientgamer694]

@@shinrakusakabe8537 is dressing up a part of it as well? I'm from the Netherlands and a big part of our carnaval is what you're describing but also dressing up in funny costumes

[@shinrakusakabe8537]

@@ancientgamer694 Yeah, it is as well! Not only funny, but any kind of costumes would be acceptable! From the funniest ones to the most amazing ones. Men dressing as women, clowns, barely wearing clothes, nurses, cartoon characters, indigenous representation and much more. I didn't know about the Carnaval in The Netherlands, that sounds so cool! I'm gonna check it out.

[@ancientgamer694]

@@shinrakusakabe8537 yeah wow that's pretty much how it works here as well! You look ridiculous if you aren't wearing a costume that makes you look ridiculous. It's amazing that our traditions are so similar even though we're so far away! Another tradition we have is prince carnaval, someone who's known and does a lot in the community around carnaval gets crowned 'prins carnaval'. At the start of carnaval the mayor gives him the key of the city and he's symbolically in charge. In reality he's just the center of attention and the festivities and he also gives a lot of beer away.

[@vyhuynh7406]

Vietnam. The elbow is considered rude back in the day, but now people don’t really care anymore 🥹👍 and manners is different from region to region so there are some regions that have a reputation for paying more attention to the manners and traditions…like in my place, many rules are only apply for formal/important occasions🤷

[@johnnorthtribe]

We definitely do not have a tipping culture here in Sweden. The "tip" is included in the price. I have not given a tip to any restaurant since at least the last 20 years. I don't know where this guy Oskar gets it from that we have a tipping culture here. Specially since our society is almost cash free.

[@dutchgamer842]

How can the tip be in the price? The price is normally, the price of the product and service included tax, tipping is normally not included.

[@johnnorthtribe]

@@dutchgamer842 It is the same in every country in European Union (at least in theory). The service fee is included in the bill and therefore already included in the employees salary. That is a European union law. At least in Sweden the employee get a fair amount of money for their work that they do not need extra tip than what is already included to survive.

[@dutchgamer842]

@@johnnorthtribe The service fee is not a tip. A tip in Europe is something you give out of genirosity not cause obligation, this can never be included in the bill at all and there is no law for it. I already stated in the post you're replying to, the service is included in the bill anyway.

[@johnnorthtribe]

@@dutchgamer842 call it what you want. Doesn't make you right though.

[@dutchgamer842]

@@johnnorthtribe You're so wrong about tipping. The hourly wage for servers is only €10,48 before taxes and insurance is taken off(health insurance is not covered)

[@hollish196]

These were wonderful differences to learn about. The toilet/bidet discussion was just marvelous.

[@johannakrantz8795]

I don’t think Oskar has been in sweden for a while or he only been in Stockholm or something because the tipping culture is non. We don’t have it,

[@hanamari99]

The brazilian girl would be mentioned the Festa Junina (June's Festival). When we celebrate the countryside culture. Flags, traditional dances and A LOT OF FOOD👩‍🌾🌾🌽🍰🥧🐮🐷🐴⛪🎉🎊👰🤵

[@claudinbbc1107]

But i kinda feel like it's not a former Holyday. It is a big party and all, but there's not a determined day to party. The country doesn't "stop to party" like in carnaval or christmas. In the other hand i indeed think that Festa Junina is a way more intresting event than carnaval because of the culture behind it.

[@stephenrowell9373]

I think the lady from Vietnam was really good, her language was the most different by a long way , she did very well speaking in English even though it seemed she has not been speaking it as long as the others .I hope she appears in a lot more videos .

[@edevaldosouza1109]

In Brazil, most of the houses have both toilet paper and a little shower next to the toilet vase such as the picture depicted. So you might use some water and then dry yourself with the paper. It's better this way. Some houses do not have that, then people use the toilet paper and go to take a shower. In public restrooms, we just have toilet paper, so no water to clean. In Brazil, we do not throw the toilet paper inside the vase, there is always a little trash can next to so there' s go the paper. Then the trash is throw away frequently because, of that, obvious, the cleaning is more frequently. The rest is not that different from other countries. In Brazil, there are so many hollydays, she talked about the three most important ones. But we have junine festival, with countryside music, food, playing and dancing. We have Easters too, but our eggs are not chicken ones, but shaped chocolate eggs and chocolate bunnies for children.

[@froggie_8301]

What the Frick, where does the Oskar dude live🤡 I'm from Sweden and I've never seen any sort of tipping culture

[@tardicacacamp]

in mexico we have like 5 main celebrations and our birth day. some of them are new year, mom's day independence day dia de muertos and Christmas catholics have more celebrations like easter and the virgin of guadalupe day we celebrate halloween and valentines even is not part of coulture.

[@marialinguist]

In Vietnam, tipping culture is not common yes, people will be hesitant and awkward, but tipping is more common in hospitality & tourism industry. My Viet parents do tip when travelled and the staff happily accepts. The bidet is a lifesaver here, so convenient, and it appears in almost every apartment.

[@michelehoffman1308]

Server wages depend on the state. I'm from California and servers wages are $14 an hour ($1 less then minimum) and they get tips on top of that. Also one of the reasons our food is cheap in restaurants is because of our tipping culture. So either way we are paying the same costs when we eat out. We just choose to pay our cost in tips, while the rest of the world pays their cost in food.

[@aohai7253]

ultr anh áo xanh ngồi giữa quá là đẹp luôn, xỉu up xỉu down

[@ES-gq5jd]

In Spain there was common tipping on Royal Theatre workers for their assistance. However, since not that long ago, it's forbidden! It's kind odd seen people trying to tip the assistance when leaving and the poor worker denying as they can be directly fired! We normally accept tips in bars or restaurants but as a very non common reward, like there's 10cents left from the .00 so keep it yourself 🤭

[@TomasOfSweden]

I'm from Sweden and we do not have a tipping culture as a rule. People in the service industry actually makes a decent, livable wage. The only reason for tipping in Sweden is if you are in a fancier restaurant or if you as patron don't want to bother with change, like 20 in change of a 200Kr meal (about 20-ish dollars). More often than not the tip is included on the bill and the price of the meal as a percentage, if it's that kind of restaurant.

[@reineh3477]

I'm a Swede too and I agree, we do NOT have a tipping culture in Sweden. Don't know what the guy in the video is talking about. We do (as you said) like to round up to avoid change in our pockets.

[@Sokrydes]

Yep, I'm also swedish and I agree. We do NOT have a tipping culture here. I have never tipped...

[@skinnylegend3812]

Video idea: Make the people from this channel react to countryball memes of their countries. I think that'll be great.

[@greenmachine5600]

that'd be fun

[@nathanspeed9683]

I’ve never used a bidet in my life! It’s not really a thing in Australia. I love how cheerful the Brazilian girl is!

[@greenmachine5600]

they are great. Pretty cheap on Amazon in the US as well.

[@seraraujoo6932]

Too

[@thespankmyfrank]

I'm Swedish and I've literally never given a tip here, only abroad. I feel like it's almost rude to give a tip because it's usually just to get rid of change in your pocket. I know my parents tip sometimes at nicer restaurants if the service is really good, but only then, and usually only rounded up to the nearest 100 SEK since you put in the total yourself on the card reader. So I would say we definitely do NOT have a strong tipping culture. Maybe Oskar comes from Stockholm and it's different there? Idk.

[@dutchgamer842]

The Netherlands is also in Europe and we use the €, still people tip, while most pay with cards. It is not mandatory to tip it is to be generous to the server and not everyone does it. But most earn minimum wage and after tax and insurance(no health insurance that's your own problem) not much is left. If a, server gets €0,50 to €2 a customer and this for three days of work it adds up nicely Since the Netherlands doesn't use 1ct and 2ct coins normally, they don't have to worry about it. It's legal tender, just not used. So they won't get trash coins, most servers are students and not FTE.

[@ThePoonish]

Your guess is correct Jessica! And it’s good to hear your imput! I was raised and taught that you should tip atleast 10% at a nice restaurant. Next time I’ll try to clarify abit more that it’s my experience of our tipping culture, and that it can be very different depending on where in Sweden you live and what type of restaurant it is. Have a great day :)

[@khangnguyen550]

I was born and raised in sydney australian but my nationality is vietnamese I can relate to the culture of vietnamese and australian

[@Zeroknight34]

As a Vietnamese person I agree Tet is mostly about the money XD

[@dukhanhle3605]

But thats only when we were young Ọ ^ Ọ

[@Zeroknight34]

@@dukhanhle3605 Hahaha true, now it's like son or daughter you are older now go earn money you you get none on Tet.

[@sikorilzcx4513]

I'm Swedish and have never heard that we should tip, only from an acquaintance but that is because she has worked in a restaurant. I live in a small town so maybe that's why.

[@luxembros6791]

Living in the US, I have never seen a bidet. Ever. I only know about it because I think they have them in Britain.

[@anndeecosita3586]

I’m American and I’ve seen them while in some people’s homes. I chose not to use them. I should say the people whose homes I saw them in were wealthy.

[@cahinton.]

We do have bidets in the US, but they're very rare. Usually if someone has one in their home, it's because they installed it themselves. It's definitely not a common thing.

[@luxembros6791]

@@cahinton. Yeah I feel like they might install them in bigger, newer houses nowadays but I would not use on if I had it

[@greenmachine5600]

Pretty sure they aren't common in Britain, but bidets are very cheap on Amazon and easy to install on toilets in the US. Many people have them here, of course not everybody and usually not public bathrooms, but they are somewhat common in the US.

[@anndeecosita3586]

@@greenmachine5600 The ones I’ve seen in homes were entirely separate contraptions next to toilet but I’ve heard of the type of bidet installation in the toilet. Some people wash their feet in bidets but I’ve never heard of doing that in a toilet.

[@EvanJGMegson]

In uk my list is: Easter, Guy Fawkes Day and Christmas

[@PongoXBongo]

Always strikes me as odd how yall celebrate a (literal) idiot who tried to blow up Parliament, lol.

[@greenmachine5600]

I hate tipping culture. Get rid of the loophole where you don't have to pay waiters/food service people minimum wage.

[@zacharymogel9500]

Yea it should be optional

[@alexanderzschusschen8300]

I mean in certain countries people would literally be homeless, making almost no money without tips.

[@Shythalia]

@@alexanderzschusschen8300 Then those people should be paid more to live. Relying on tips shows that you aren't being paid well.

[@alexanderzschusschen8300]

@@Shythalia That's true but that hasn't changed in a while and doesn't seem like many people are doing anything to change that so just straight out refusing to help these people at the moment is not doing benefit.

[@marydavis5234]

TIPS- To Insure Prompt Service, it is NOT mandatory to tip in the US, and I worked as a cook in a restaurant in the U S from 1980 to 1993 and the waitresses were paid $12.00 an hour.

[@eduger]

Not everyone likes Carnival in Brazil this way, but we like the holiday.

[@seraraujoo6932]

Eu gosto da diversão das pessoas

[@ilhamrj2599]

That bidet thing is not weird at all here in Indonesia. New toilets mostly are built with bidet.

[@SqueamishNerd]

What. There's no tipping culture in Sweden. It's not rude at all not to tip. "Keep the change" is the most common way to tip.

[@TextiX887]

Maybe it's a stockholm thing for good restaurants? I don't think he even considered tipping at fast food restaurants and such.

[@zaydbinmuhammad8827]

I'm asian, I use 2 tipes of bidet, asian and american style in one toilet, but no tissue here 😂 we called Water Closet instead of toilet in Indonesia

[@TheRoloBear]

For me it was funny that the Swedish guys considered 10% to be an expensive tip because as an American 15-20% is generally the normal average tip. Eating out, especially with others can get real expensive, real fast.

[@larsradtke4097]

2$/h! How is this even possible. That is slave money.

[@TheRoloBear]

@@larsradtke4097 It’s terrible! That’s why it’s extremely taboo to not tip in the US. It’s so rude to give no tip, even if the server wasn’t that great.

[@Mike8827]

I‘d give no tip ( or wouldn’t eat out ) just in order not to support this kind of exploitative system .

[@greenmachine5600]

@@Mike8827 its a loophole in the minimum wage law, where you don't have to give server the minimum wage because they make it up in tips. I don't like it.

[@CarlosEduardo-pb8uw]

andy is so ENFP

[@Noah_ol11]

Like Oskar said it's rude give more money in some countries , i think Iceland 🇮🇸 is like that , i don't know if this is true , i just heard about it

[@thespankmyfrank]

It could honestly be seen as rude in Sweden too, depending on the place. I guess most would accept it, but it's really not expected. Only high end restaurants would be more welcome of tipping and usually only rounded up to the nearest 100 SEK (so if it was 570 SEK you'd put in 600 on the card reader). Idk where he got it from that we're part of a big tipping culture because we're really not. 😅

[@SqueamishNerd]

4:18 "And also the fact that in some countries it's considered very rude" Yeah, like in YOUR country xD Sounds like Oskar has only eaten at tourist trap restaurants and restaurants owned by immigrants, those types of restaurants often encourage you to tip. In Sweden, never tip at restaurants owned by Swedes, lunch restaurants, and fast food restaurants. Otherwise it's usually fine, but you certainly don't have to tip. It's not rude not to tip, it might come off as rude to tip if you do it in the wrong type of restaurant.

[@nedflanders4158]

I love huyen ❤️, she's so gorgeous

[@Errathetube]

Good and interesting video, but as others have said Oskar's experience with tipping culture seems a bit off. There is no tipping culture to speak of in Sweden unless you have been served exceptionally well and therefore want to give tip as to show gratitude. However, in recent times a lot of pubs and restaurants will make you type the total amount in the card reader when paying as a way of asking for tip, though from my experience a lot of people round up to the next even number. My thought is that this practice is a way of trying to introduce a form of tipping culture which in my opinion is something we should avoid. When visiting Sweden keep in mind that you are in no way obliged to give tips and you will in 99% of cases not be judged for not tipping.

[@elisianordsveen8854]

Yeah when I heard Oskar said that about the tipping I was like, wtf.. did I hear that right? I do not agree at all. There is no tipping culture and it's normal not to tip.

[@tinyhexa5721]

Does anybody know by chance where lauren is?

[@Mynistrh3ll]

No tips in France as well, if you do : well good for you and they will thanks you, but otherwise it's okay .:)

[@theolindberg]

Go to France every summer and we always tip BIG lol. But it’s in the summer at only fancy restaurants and beach clubs etc.

[@marydavis5234]

Some US states, you need a burn permit to burn tree branches, anything made of wood etc...

[@theolindberg]

We just had “Valborg” here in Sweden last week, I’d recommend you look it up! Imagine everyone that lives in the area you live in come together with big tree branches and sticks and make a pit in the middle of a field. Once it’s time to burn the pit you have like at least 500 people with marshmallows on sticks standing next to this pit of fire that is as big as a house, some people are singing and others are just drinking. Then you go home for one or two hours and get ready for partying all night long!

[@greenmachine5600]

@@theolindberg oh seems like a bonfire we have in the US, and I guess you's picked up marshamallow toasting from us.

[@anndeecosita3586]

I’m glad too because we have idiots who start forest fires by burning under dry conditions then it gets out of control and sometimes houses burn down.

[@garrisondelgado7386]

Did this guy not mention Christmas in the US? Christmas is def the biggest holiday here

[@jlpack62]

Fun fact: Halloween actually isn't an official USA holiday, though it's widely celebrated. Memorial Day (end of May) and Labor Day (beginning of September) are long holiday weekends that bookend the unofficial Summer season.

[@marydavis5234]

Wrong, Memorial day is to honor fallen US Soldiers and Labor day is to honor US workers.

[@cococovers1333]

As a swedish person i hate that everyone outside of sweden that isnt swedish now thinks we celebrate midsommar how its done in that damn movie. That movie got EVERYTHING wrong! Its not like that at all. Its literally just a holiday where you get together with family, hang out, make flower crowns, dance around the maypole and eat good food

[@destyara3111]

In my country, mostly the toilet there are toilet paper and bidet at the same time

[@lavendertiles]

I hate how the us guy cutter off the viet person while she was talking just so he could ask a question

[@satya7900]

India has so many holidays. Holidays in India varies from state to state according to the culture.

[@nobodyexceptme7794]

Lol what I going on!? 🤣 how tall is the right side of the room??!?? Is there a perspective shift I'm missing?

[@oliveranderson7264]

Lol they're also sitting closer to the camera

[@anndeecosita3586]

FYI In the USA, restaurant waiters aren’t the only people who commonly receive tips. We tip hair stylists, bartenders, bell hops, cab drivers, and more. Bartenders don’t make a piddly hourly wage like waiters do. Actually my friends who are cocktail waitresses in casinos make more money by working for tips than they would working a regular job because they work around high rollers. They wear little short skirts too for some reason 😂 Also elbows on the table, smacking and slurping are bad table etiquette where I’m from. You might do it with friends at a pizzeria but at a formal dinner you might get looks.

[@danielleporter1829]

I have only given my beautician a tip a handful of ttimrd since I've been going to her.. But she understands what my financial situation is . And minimum wage is dependent on whether the strictly follows the federal minimum wage guidelines of $7.25 , how much cost of living is on that state, (States ob the west coast typically have have higher minimum wage because cost of living is higher than states like South Carolina, West Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas etc) . Waitstaff in California ( my home state);@ a minimum make $15/hr + tips when they typically start out making around$16-$17 /hr + tips. where in New Jersey for example, a waiter at Applebee's may make $13.50. While Chain restaurants should pay employees more, the likes of sizzler, Applebee's, Outback , etc are typically one of many under the ☔ of a parent company and it's a fact of life that the poweres that be of Corporate America will look out for their bottom line first than maybe throw bits here and there to the cogs of the machine. Small business owners try their best but they're competing with the likes of the parent companies of the chains

[@anndeecosita3586]

@@danielleporter1829 That’s interesting. I prefer doing my own hair and avoiding busy bodies so I stopped going to salons a long time ago. But most people like bartenders and such I tip. Also I’ve been to many private events with open bar so not tipping would be frowned upon as super cheapskate.,But I find it surprising when people in some other countries say they never tip. I can’t imagine not tipping a valet.

[@aroangeI]

the swedish guy is hot

[@SphericPixels]

I'm Swedish and I have no idea what the swede is saying. We don't tip. Maybe bars have a jar but that is out of the norm.

[@Korruptor711]

Vietnamese use a hand sprayer bidet, but they also have squat toilets with no bidet and no toilet paper. They just have a cup with water.... never figured that out. A lot of people have toilets, but the seat is removed. Never figured that out either.

[@knowledgehunter_]

Asians use water! Always. Be it Asian/South Asian (like Indian subcontinent)/South East Asian (like Indonesia, Thailand area)/Middle East everywhere. No offense to anyone but just wiping out using toilet paper instead of washing out with water is kind of gross to me.

[@Syiepherze]

Same, bidets are based.

[@Enne-]

yes!!! 👏👏👏 handheld bidet should be international law!

[@anndeecosita3586]

Well if you think about it water alone really isn’t cleaning. So it’s still gross.

[@greenmachine5600]

@@Enne- no handheld bidet is gross in comparison to built in bidet. It is not hygenic. I have a bidet and use toilet paper.

[@prasannashetty965]

Indian Subcontinent is South Asia not South East Asia

[@MiseryKira]

2:16 hahaha I like her xDDDDDDD

[@seraraujoo6932]

Too kkk

[@soumi3885]

Thanks for such a funny video🌹 I was really enjoying while i was discovering new cultures 😊 from algeria 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@TheRealAThom]

Wait what. Those are not the main USA holidays. Christmas, 4th of July (Independence Day), and Thanksgiving. Then (in this order more or less) Easter, Halloween, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, as well as federal holidays (MLK, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day), also Mothers and Fathers Days. I'm sure there are even more but these are most widely known.

[@sharonwilliams8552]

Easter is definitely not more popular than Halloween. Atleast not where I’ve been

[@aznmochibunny]

@@sharonwilliams8552 I think Easter might not be as widely celebrated. It used to be a majorly religious holiday, but now it's just about the commercialism and the candy.

[@31tentacles]

Why in all the videos...they are not wearing shoes??

[@RunrigFan]

UK has many holidays, Christmas, Boxing Daym New Year, Valentines, Mothers day, Spring Bank holiday on at beginning and one at end of the month. Summer Bank Holiday. We also celebrate St Patricks day, St Georges day, St Davids and St Andrews day. We have longer holidays in the summer.

[@Emmet_Moore]

Also: Bonfire Night, Armistice Day, Pancake Day, Hogmany and Burn's Night in Scotland, May Day

[@RunrigFan]

@@Emmet_Moore Yep, some are holiday, usually be of Easter, Christmas. Or if it falls on my day of. Most time im working.

[@KC-qi7gn]

As far as Holiday's go in USA 🇺🇸 (where I'm also from) Not only do we celebrate Independence Day a.k.a. The Fourth of July,N Thanksgiving (alot of people in USA 🇺🇸 celebrate Halloween) we also celebrate Christmas,🎄 😀 😉 ❤ ♥ Valentine's Day 😀 😄 ❤ 😉 😊 😘 N Easter 🐣 😀 😄 😊 😘

[@ogone1465]

Will I get arrested if I don't tip in those countries 🤔

[@renowilson6226]

the way that they position the chairs is odd. if you notice, the us and brazil have smaller chairs

[@u3u36]

Nope it's just that they're a little bit far from the camera, they look smaller.

[@Zeus-gi3ih]

Talking about bidet without mentioning Japan is a sin.

[@BerryWithAcneScar_2000]

Yeah. Ppl dont need to do themselves, Japan will do it.

[@scotthullinger4684]

$2.13 an hour to be a server in the USA? Uh, NO. In any case, you're paid a minimum wage, which is many times more than your claim there.

[@aznmochibunny]

That could depend on the state and how long ago he worked as a server. Things have changed a lot since Von has worked as a server in the US. I'm in California, and minimum wage now is at least $15-16 across the board. Either way, we still hear cases of managers at restaurants taking away or stealing their employees tips. For example, a while back, a girl in Arkanas got tipped $1,000 but the manager stole it from her and then proceeded to fire her over the tip.

[@scotthullinger4684]

@@aznmochibunny - Be sure to show us a link to a video about that Arkansas girl getting fired. But I'm sure you have no proof anyway. In California, things are so bad now that even $15 an hour won't purchase as much as $2.13 an hour in most other states.

[@Head_of_the_Table2.0]

Americans are very different

[@sushi777300]

US tipping culture is completely insane and to the disadvantage for everyone except the restaurant owner who basically don't pay the service staff and charge for the food

[@sharonwilliams8552]

Yep yep

[@marydavis5234]

I was a cook in a US restaurant for 3 years, the waitresses were paid $12.00 an hour back then, tips stands for To Insure Prompt Service and it is not mandatory to tip in the US, I tip $10.00 for great service, for bad service, I tip no more that .50 cent and before I leave , I go tell the manager why I only left a .50 cent tip.

[@vonnvoyaj]

I’d have to disagree with you here. Although the wages are low, you can make a LOT of money as a server just based on your tips. I used to work in a sushi restaurant and I would bring in anywhere from 300-450 per shift and my shifts were only 4-5 hours long. Was super easy to save money!

[@PierreMiniggio]

10:55 5 not 4 ahah :P

[@vladiauski-8284]

Here in Argentina we have bidet but honestly i just use it to clean my feets.

[@greenmachine5600]

waste of the bidet

[@teofilol2666]

Why don't you use it? I'm our part of the world using toilet paper is considered kind of not clean.

[@greenmachine5600]

Didn't know tipping was a thing in Sweden. That's annoying.

[@thehoogard]

It isn't. Don't know where he's coming from. Yes, if you're going to a fancy reastaurant you would tip (maybe 5-10%), but not really in many other scenarios.

[@anonnnymousthegreat]

The guy from Australia would love to go to the kentucky derby in america.

[@anndeecosita3586]

I’m American. I’d say religious type holidays like Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving are big. Independence Day and Veterans Day are big. I think some things depend on the region but where I’m from we celebrate Carnival season/Mardi Gras.,Schools are closed for Lundi Gras and Mardi Gras. But our Carnival season lasts a lot longer than two weeks. We shut down streets every weekend for months to have parades. Some during the day. Others at night. We have formal balls where we wear gowns and introduce our krewe queens and kings and their court. I used to belong to a krewe but it’s not for me. My family is in into all that though because that’s our culture.

[@dutchgamer842]

Parts of Europe, religion is almost ebolished and the Christian holidays aren't that religious anymore, while other parts of Europe is still religious. Don't be surprised if you are in parts of Europe where people don't even know anything about religion.

[@anndeecosita3586]

@@dutchgamer842 Interesting. I remember when I was in Spain our tour guide took us to several churches. But it was more like a museum visit to see the art and architecture. She said most Spanish people don’t regularly attend church. On the other hand when I’ve been to Latin American countries, they struck me as very religious. I visited the Vatican and it was beautiful but a bit much at the same time. I don’t regularly attend church anymore but most of my family does. I went for Easter. I consider myself more spiritual than religious so I find it difficult to belong to a church. I think religion is often used to manipulate people. I don’t think trivial things like not eating a food, not cutting your hair or things like that makes you a “good” person and someone else a “bad” person.

[@cahinton.]

Thanksgiving isn't a religious holiday.

[@anndeecosita3586]

@@cahinton. Hence why I wrote religious type holiday instead of religious holiday. The purpose of Thanksgiving is to expressing gratefulness for blessings. While someone who is atheist can certainly celebrate Thanksgiving they wouldn’t believe in being blessed.

[@tranthuong6714]

Vietnam is the best 🇻🇳

[@raquelfigueroa5539]

8:42 in the country side in Dominican Republic is like that too

[@jeffbezoz2542]

Thank you so much sir, for sharing advantageous advices, please upload a video, how to meet with new foreigners in the Refugee camps.

[@Ailasor]

Oscar is fkin lying about the tipping culture in sweden.. we DONT have a tipping culture.. but we can do if the service was exellent.. or we just have some spare change if we pay it cash..

[@Meta_ex]

I wanted to chime in about the tipping culture, I am from Nepal a poor country compared to any that have been on this channel. All the restaurants take 13% VAT (Value added tax) plus 10 % service charge so tipping doesn't make sense. The fact that tipping 10 dollars is considered cheap erks me so much. Why doesn't the "greatest country in the world" ahhmmm USA not give a livable wage to basic workers is beyond me. I have lived in Stockholm for 1.5 yrs but, only in high end places they expect tips. Other wise I'm paying 650 SEK (6 Euros) for a pint of Norrlands guld and 1500 SEK (15 Euros) for a glass of wine at a decent place, I don't see the point of tipping 50 euros unless I am rich. I do give the odd 1 or 2 coin if I feel like it.

[@marydavis5234]

It is not mandatory to tip in the US, back in the 1980's , I was a cook in a local restaurant, the waitress were paid $12.00 a hour, TIPS = To Insure Prompt Service, I tip 15% for good service, that is before taxes and I will leave no more then .50 cent if the service was back and the waiter/waitress was rude , and before I leave I tell the manager why the tips was .50 cents and it makes no sense to stay at a job that pays so little.

[@keqinghan5090]

咱就是说，咱中国用卫生纸啊😂

[@giacomosimonin212]

Here in Italy it seems it is mandatory to have a bidet in the bathroom since 1975.

[@homosapien.a6364]

I never used the toilet how the F do people use it? Lol

[@E-hab]

In Arab/Islam world you have to use water in the toilet or you are a filthy person and it's not acceptable at all to use toilet paper or something like that unless you are in the middle of nowhere then it's normal until you find water. Also we mainly use the "hole in the ground" type of toilet because it's better and easier in *doing the thing* (I think it's clinically approved) but also use the western style toilet for old, sick, fat, who have other physical problems and some people who prefer the western toilet, probably the people affected by the western lifestyle.

[@salmaamgd9311]

totally all that is really true.😉 and the main reason for using water is to be able to prey, but if u don't, u'll be impure and u can't prey

[@anndeecosita3586]

I used the bathroom a few times in Morocco that was me squatting over a hole in the floor. No tissue in there. Thank the Lord I only had to do number 1. I held out number 2 until we got back to our bed and breakfast which had western style plumbing. The Arab style isn’t for me.

[@E-hab]

@@anndeecosita3586 It depends on what you Grew up on and used to also.

[@E-hab]

@@salmaamgd9311 That's for Muslims in the first place, but don't forget that we have many other religions and nationalities in Arab land that use it also.

[@cartier2312]

Hello, my name is Cartier and I’m from the USA 🇺🇸

[@eliotsalgado9908]

One thing that really shocked me about Swedish people is how quiet they are. I remember on the plane, literally nobody was speaking at all… when I was in Stockholm and took the Arlanda Express train from Arlanda Airport to Stockholm and still I didn’t hear noise whatsoever I was like whoaaaaaaaaa this is so amazing. In America wherever you are you always hear noise or people talking hahaha but Swedes keep it quiet. That’s something I really like about Swedes. Not to mention how they were raised with the Jantelagen thingy. I love how humble they are. If there’s anything I don’t like about Swedes is that they’re way too politically correct, but other than that, amazing people, Amazing country. Swedish women are by far the prettiest women I have ever seen. There’s no comparison at all. Älskar Sverige!

[@Aurora_Animates]

Swedish people man

[@jackjacobson3893]

Yes I'm from MN we learned it from Sweden too 😂 and all Scandinavian country's

[@theolindberg]

Because Swedish people respect each other’s personal space.

[@eliotsalgado9908]

@@theolindberg totally

[@Zapp4rn]

I'm swedish and my great grandmother has a bidet

[@Aurora_Animates]

1:17 this person from Vietnam is better at Literature than I am… and this is my native language!

[@Mr_Seppo]

That sweed guy annoys me a bit, he says we sweeds do this and we do that, no we dont, he does that, he cant say all sweeds do stuf the way he does it.

[@the80386]

which things you're talking about?

[@Mr_Seppo]

@@the80386 We dont tip in sweden, we dont all have summer houses and what we do on our hollydays, not realy what he said, hiding eggs, not realy, thats an american tradision not sweedish one, we drink on midsummer usually we have festivals at that time, i know he tryed to sound cool but we dont live like he doo.

[@theolindberg]

@@Mr_Seppo Mannen vad lever du för tråkigt liv? Gömmer ni inte ägg på påsk eller dricker på midsommar är de inte hans fel, utan din förlust. Beror väl på vart man bor, och antar att du bor i någon håla där man inte gör så mycket roliga saker. Där jag bor gör man allt han sa!

[@Mr_Seppo]

@@theolindberg Really, om du vill leva i ett liv som dom har i usa, flytta dit.

[@anndeecosita3586]

No single person can represent an entire country in every way.

[@E-hab]

The vietnamese girl is mashing English like a mashed potato 🥔

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

2nd ! 😃

[@azharshaharuddin8649]

Hi