We dont ask "How are you?" just because often the answer is "Na hovno" and that is not what you need to know ;-) (like my mother-in-law - she always starts to complaining...)
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Vendula Kratochvílová hahaha had no idea 😂
@pichinpichi4 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner You sometimes can get an answer "Nemůžu si stěžovat." - "I can't (not allowed to) complain." as sort of double meaning joke. Are you fine so nothing for complain or you are so bad that you are not even allowed to complain?
@petrskupa62924 жыл бұрын
Arepas for Dinner Yeah, it’s more like it is impolite to give answer You don’t mean. So if How are You is coming at You ... what are You supposed to answer? Especially if You are having bad day, it crosses all instincts to say “fine”. To ask “How are You” in itself is not impolite... except from strangest of strangers (guess it would be intrusive), it’s just the answer. Both sides expect it to be somewhat more tending towards the real state of how are you doing. Put it differently - impolite would be to ask and not expecting answer.
@marketcernikova70244 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha, uhodila jste hřebíček na hlavičku
@Babyyromrom4 жыл бұрын
Thats interesting because my mother in law hates Jak Se Mas & when some one asks my husband he answers Na Hovno hahaha makes sense..
@jansuser63454 жыл бұрын
To the small talks: Some people say that in modern Czech history (the two totalitarianisms, nazist and communist, and also in the era of Austrian-Ungarn monarchy) there was always the secret police present. So the stranger spontaneously talking to you in the public could be a potential danger, trying to catch you at saying something subversive (have you seen the movie The Good old Soldier Schweik? There is one typical scene about it, with an agent sitting in the pub and trying to start a political talk all the time). And it was part of Czech culture so long that it became a cultural thing: Never talk to the Stranger... (I don't know if it is a valid explanation, bud some people say that.)
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
WOW that's quite a reason!
@jansuser63454 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner And here's that scene from the movie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lau0g6aXhNFjqK8 :)
@johannessugito16864 жыл бұрын
In the past, before 1989, Czechs abroad were also not keen to have a chat with strangers. We live in The Netherlands and my wife is from Prague. She noticed that Czechs she met in The Netherlands were reluctant to talk. Because both parties don't know what their position is. Did you immigrate officially, are you in touch with the Embassy (and thus the secret police), or did you flee the country, are you against the socialist government of that time. Czech students who were in The Netherlands on an exchange program, were questioned by the Czechoslovakian secret police once they were back in Czechoslovakia. It sounds weird, but that's how it was before 1989.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Johannes Sugito that’s horrible!.. PTSD 100% Venezuelans we have PTSD too with some things. Communism is shit
@Anastazka004 жыл бұрын
It can partily be a reason, but I think it's Slavic And perheps Central European thing in general. I just think we don't see much sense in small talks. We ar straigh forward ppl and we don't waste our time. Either u ar interested in something or u ar not, u don't talk for the sake of talking. Scandinavia same thing. Or even more. We ar kindda "in between" Southern And Northern Europe in this. Like in many other stuff.
@xXhelcaXx4 жыл бұрын
The thing with qeues is that especially in pharmacies, banks and at atms theres this called "diskretni zona" where the person standing behind the person being served should stand far away because either they are talking money or health issues and you should have at least some privacy. But other people in the line can stand closer to each other. Its just the first one.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Helena Plicková but’s not just behind the person being served. Is behind any person. That’s what’s weird to me. They leave even 1 metro from the diskretni zona line. Which is already different. And then the person behind them leaves another 1.5 metro. More than once I’ve being forced to wait outside cause there’s 3 people in line with more than 1 metro between them
@standabernatik0074 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner I'm sorry, Andrea, but I think you've perhaps misunderstood(?) something. In my opinion, such queues (or lines, if you like) are just the currently "covid19 forced" ones, normally queues look (well, ok, looked) like Helena Pickova has described above. I know you've mentioned that it's not just now, during the "corona times", but it's weird, I really don't remember anything like that before.
@patricie_kesy4 жыл бұрын
And about pick up your friend on metro station. I understand it in Prague, but in small city is normal pick up your friend at home.
@Anastazka004 жыл бұрын
2. It's not just your husband, everything Is to be eaten and everything should be finished in ideal case :D Empty plate - ideal.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha was funny seeing him eat the parsley that came on the side 😂
@Anastazka004 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner I got simular reaction from my Bahraini bf xD I Always need to finish everything And never realized that can be considered weird 😁 BTW Is greeting considered good manner in Venezuela? I mean greeting when coming to a shop,waiting room,etc.
@Samo7624 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner we all got pestered by teachers in school for not eating everything, so yeah :D
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Stázka yes “Buenos días” is always said even when entering an elevator and “Hasta luego” when leaving it. A store, an elevator, a doctors waiting room, a pharmacy. Everywhere 😂
@adamprasek96404 жыл бұрын
I think it's weird and even stupind to throw of food for no real reason - after thousands years of human civilization, we are one of the first generation that doesn't have to worry about food, and even today many people in other countries are starving, so we should be grateful fir having any food at all, and eat it.
@ScalexCzech4 жыл бұрын
I don't think most Czechs consider "how are you" to be rude. Rather, we mean the question. When I meet a friend, I ask him, "Hi! So, how's life?" And I'm really interested. As for the wedding, my wedding was even divided into two days. One day there was a ceremony and lunch for the closest relatives, then we all rested in the afternoon and night, and the next day at noon the party began.
@otakarsulc46864 жыл бұрын
Nice video and mostly very accurate. I would like to just add some thoughts. 6. it depends on location because if You need to pick 3 people in diferent location in Prague in rush hour it can take You 2-3 hours without problem so its easyer for everyone to meet at some point, metro usualy. When You are in vilage or small city its usual to pick people in their house. 7. You definitely don't drink or eat in public transport but it's completely ok to walk and eat on street. 9. I noticed it only at this covid situation, otherwise 1 meter is perfectly ok 11. it depends I think it's not rule. In my experience is usually by couples 15. its not only about music but about noise in general (drilling, hovering etc.)
@rosanamehandi92864 жыл бұрын
For a latin person, one meter distant in a line, is a lot. That what she means. I am Brasilian, and when we say close, it means something diferent then for you czechs :D
@mrkv4k4 жыл бұрын
@@rosanamehandi9286 Well, we look the same way at Scandinavians. They have no problem standing 2 meters appart from each other just waiting for a bus.
@caleuxx91084 жыл бұрын
p.s. Shoes - in Czechia in winter, when women go to the theater, balls, dancing, etc.... they usually wear boots and bring their heels in a bag and change shoes, when they get into the building, where the event is. Its about being clean and warm. Taking shoes off at home or at someone elses house is also mostly about being clean, their home/carpet staying clean. I tend to often think outside the box.... In my opinion, if a woman likes to wear nice heels at parties, then the Czech way to do this, might be to wear other shoes on the way to the party and then at the Czech person's house, take off those outdoor shoes and ask to wear your very clean heels inside.... I would not mind, if the heels wear clean and did not make dents in my floor.... It might surprise people, but you can always bring your own slippers, so why not bring your clean heels....?
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
I have too strong feelings about this. I tend to teach guests how to clean their shoes in the mat cause that’s like 90% of the problem tbh
@smithryansmith3 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner Wearing shoes indoors is the most barbaric thing I can think of. (My country does it and I hate it)
@drakulkacz64894 жыл бұрын
1) Everything on plate is for eating. Always. To leave empty plate is a sign that you enjoyed the meal. SO we take just the ammount of food we are able to eat not to let anything to waste. We don´t use fake decoration, we decorate food to look good and tasty - to eat all. 2) The distances - yes, if we can, we keep the distance but in the bank, post or pharmacy etc. we keep them because it´s rude to listen somebodys privat conversation (we don´t have to know how much money he has, who sent him a letter or his health problem unless he says it himself to us 3) The same goes with the telephones in a bus or tram - especially when they are arguing or something - we don´t need to know other people problem, it´s extremely incomfortable especially when we know the other side of the problem or the people they are talked gosipped - we have not opportunity to leave so it´s better to let it to privat 4) After 10PM we ought to let our neigbours sleep - person who can´t sleep is not feeling good, it can´t work properly and can be extremely rude to us 5) Small talk and the saying Hi insted of asking "How are you" have common root - we just don´t talk about nothing - when we talk, we mean it. So it is common to start to talk with a person you don´t know for example waiting at the doctors to spend some time or parents in the school waiting for their children or people going by train talking together in the coupé or fans at the concert. But it is usually not a small talk, it is often very serious and interesting. We try to listen what the person is telling and sometimes we can even make a new friends there or have a good idea to make something happen. So that´s why we just say Hi if we are just polite and don´t want to know how the person feels. If we ask about it, we want to know. Or we will say: "Why are you asking if you are not interested?" It is considered that you are trying to be "just polite" and it means that the person is not worthy enought for you to be interested. So when you don´t want to know, it´s better not to ask at all.
@kasuha4 жыл бұрын
The reason why people don't pick their calls in public transport is usually more about the noise making the call pointless rather than about not disturbing others. I use public transport every day and almost always there's somebody doing their call, usually using headphones. As long as they're not too loud, I think it's fine. Queues: I don't ever remember people standing 2 m apart in queues before covid. Banks and post offices used a marker on the floor as personal space for the person at the counter so people behind them don't see their personal info but the rest of the queue was usually quite packed. Small talk: people who start it are usually "clingy" - they'll start talking with you and if you respond they won't stop and it's awkward to get rid of them when you need to move on. Best way to avoid it is to ignore them from the very start. At least that's my experience. "How are you" is actually quite normal among friends and relatives, but if you use it, it means you're really willing to talk about their and your recent life experience. The english "how are you" is just a phrase that lost its meaning over time and only serves as a greeting, similar to czech "dobrý den" where you're also not actually wishing the person well being, you're just greeting them.
@FalkonNightsdale4 жыл бұрын
I disagree about calling in public transport. Its rudeness is based on 2 things: 1) discomfort for fellow passengers, who have to suffer extra noise source 2) awkwardness of breaching the barrier between private and public. Even if passengers are listening only to the half of the passionate call about recent visit on venerology by present person or the other, still it is somewhat awkward. And since there is noise in a tram, people tend to convey that recent Chlamydia experience to the whole tram...
@kasuha4 жыл бұрын
@@FalkonNightsdale I'd guess some consider it rude while some are fine with it to certain extent. I'm not forcing my opinion onto anybody else. The fact is that it happens and at least to me it happens pretty often.
@MrToradragon4 жыл бұрын
The noise part is true. Once they called me from one company while I was riding in Regionova with all windows open. I heard like every 10th word, shouted that I AM SORRY AND I'M IN TRAIN AND I'LL CALL THEM BACK LATER! and hung up, even though I was effectively alone in carriage. (I do not speak so loud on the phone that people on other side of carriage would hear well)
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
kasuha I have photos of the weird distance I used to post a lot about it pre COVID on my Instagram. Even my Czech friends didn’t realized that Until I pointed out 😂
@kasuha4 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner There's no discussion about being loud in public transport, that's for sure. If you're loud doing anything, even listening to music while spilling it all around from your headphones you get frowned upon and people will keep away from you. But that doesn't mean you can't talk in public transport or make a phone call. I spend about hour and half in public transport daily, I meet all kinds of people and I have absolutely no problem with a person with headphones "muttering to themselves" but I really mind if somebody is so loud that I can't avoid listening to their life story while I'd rather read a book.
@MilanFornusek4 жыл бұрын
When in the Czech Republic someone ask someone else How are you? (Jak se máš?/Jak se ti daří?) it means that he is really interested about his current life. And it is considered rude when asking person is not interested in the answer at all. It's completely different from Hi (Ahoj). On other hand in America is totally normal to greet someone with that question and as an answer there's another How are you? even when no one is interested in the real answer to that question.
@beleaa77294 жыл бұрын
Totally agree! Only on phrase "how are you?" I must say, that for most of people here, in my opinion, this question means something very personal. And, to be honest, if some random guy/woman would ask me on the street "how are you?" I would respond him with a some annoyed look on him 😃
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
BOC Viky hahahah biggest difference
@veilenedream58254 жыл бұрын
that was a good way to put it. people always say that at least people in the US ask how you are and they don't really care about the answer. that's true for some people but not everyone. i am open to hearing any answer and i do care. if someone has something to complain about, or they're sad... i probably am too and we can relate. i always answer honestly. the people who don't want to tell me just say "i'm fine." but i never thought about how it could just be rude and too personal.
@dracoian4 жыл бұрын
@@veilenedream5825 Not sure exactly where but i think in Iran thumb up gesture represents middle finger.
@michalkucera99444 жыл бұрын
Yes, we clean everithing on dish. All ours grandma teach it us. :) If something is not for eat, never give it to czech dish :).
@VictorMedinaM4 жыл бұрын
laughing in Venezuelan with "riding like portugueses" 😂my brain was like: "she wont say it, she wont dare to say.... OH dear she said it! 😳"
@elainepereira37234 жыл бұрын
I'm from a small town in the state of Sao Paulo,Brasil, and I could notice that Venezuela and Brazil have a lot in common, same kind of manners.I have been to Prague once and fell in love with it. Dying to go back.I really like your videos.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Oh I’ve heard that before!! That we are very similar in our manners!!! I have never been. Need to go there one day 💜
@apprendrelechinoisavecvivi6634 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much I so much need it. Please make more video about Czeck
@lukoshey794 жыл бұрын
We once played a (concert) at a wedding here in Czech and as band members we had to do shots at 10.30am with the guests, it was an amazing day, by the time we had to play, hours later, we were sloshed..
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
hahahahahaha OMG that's so funny!! If you ever wanna come talk about czech weddings to the channel I would love to collab!
@kristynaberankova27034 жыл бұрын
I really like your videos because I always learn something interesting. And I think this video is one of the best. With a "small talk" in the queue, one often encounters in the southern countries and it always surprises me. I immediately think of reactions like "what do you care about what kind of pear I buy?" "who are you?" "What are your intentions?" The reluctance to talk to foreigners is very deeply rooted in our country. As for changing shoes, yesterday we had a dishwasher repairman and his first question was "where should I take off my shoes." :-) The shoes in a foreign apartment are worn only by people dealing with the owner from a position of force - a bailiff, police officers, if they want arrest him...
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Oh yes once a person came to fix my washer in the old apartment I was unable to tell them to NOT remove their shoes. His feet smell and o had to clean my house again cause I got fobia of fungus infecting my apartment 😂😂
@kristynaberankova27034 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner Funny :-)))
@ramran214 жыл бұрын
Very informative and interesting to hear the cultures of the two countries.
@sunfl0wertea1514 жыл бұрын
about space in lines, it is only after first castumer or client and rest of line. it is just to keep private space for person who is solving his things.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Noo is after that person too. Now I’m used to and every time I go to US or Venezuela I feel everyone is on top of me 😂
@humr23464 жыл бұрын
About shots... My grandma drinks shot of rum every time when she feels sick or something hurths her. My grandpa is 83 y.o. and he does not have problem with some shot too. I noticed that small talk is much more common for old czech people. They sometimes do that in public transport. A few times they started to talk with me and i was fine with that. I would start to talk to another person only in case when something on him/her got my attention. For example if he/she would read some book i like.
@meganb48983 жыл бұрын
such useful content! Thanks!!
@SentryUwU4 жыл бұрын
Podle mě je úplně v pořádku si s někým volat v metru apod. Ale dotyčný by nemusel mluvit nahlas. Neslušné je třeba si pouštět hudbu nahlas.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
I agree with the hudbu part for sure
@Kirarak4 жыл бұрын
How do you call in Metro I wonder :D
@sebastienzikmund44354 жыл бұрын
There is now signal in some parts of subway. :)
@golet0014 жыл бұрын
You are right about the music part. Usually, when I meet a gang of teens with some nonsensical shit blasting out of a bluetooth speaker, I feel like I should punch their faces in.
@erikhendrych1903 жыл бұрын
Tak ono ve většině tunelů mezi stanicemi pořád není signál, takže je slušné říct "jsem v metru" než se hovor ukončí sám. Jinak teď jsem v metru potkal dost podezřelého týpka, co pořád telefonoval i mezi stanicemi, kde nebyl signál. Myslel jsem si, že krade peněženky a telefon má jako zástěrku. Když jsem vytáhnul svůj telefon, abych si ověřil, že tam fakt nemám signál, začal řvát, jako kdybych na něj mířil pistolí.
@mari.be.864 жыл бұрын
@Arepas for Dinner Hi Andrea :) 1. changing shoes. It was not a custom in the old days. Having more than 1 pair of shoes was considered a luxury, and with the arrival of Tomas Bata and his advertising campaigns, slippers flooded the market. Taking off shoes definitely won in the 60s with the construction of housing estates. The flats in the block of flats were approved sometimes two or three years before the asphalt sidewalks were built next to them. So there was mud everywhere and nobody wanted it at home :) 2. During the past era and especially after the war, there was nothing to eat and so we were taught as small children that we have to eat everything, we must not leave anything on the plate. Leaving something aside was a sign of pampering and wasting. In kindergarten, we were literally forced to do so :( Yeah, how many times someone threw up when they stuffed him/her like a goose. 3. + 4. it is not true, not everywhere, it is rather a village custom more often it is more general to offer something to drink such as coffee. Yes, someone can offer a shot, but it is not rude to refuse. 5. Yes, usually a father wants to celebrate his first child with friends 6. It depends on the agreement and the route, so if the driver has it on the road, he will pick everyone up on the road, but if it is in the opposite direction, it would be arrogant and rude to ask him for a pick-up. 7. again, this is because they have always taught us that they sit down and do not talk. And wash your hands before you start :D 8. That's right :D, it's very rude to make phone calls in public places where other people are. 9. It is generally called a discrete zone, so yes, we do not stand behind anyone's back and do not listen to what they are talking about, and we also speak more quietly. 10. It's not rude, and rather weird, it's not usual. In the past, it was considered a provocation from state security (secret police) 11. This is rather individual, it cannot be generalized 12. Here it is also common to have only a small family celebration without guests after the wedding ceremony. 13. name-day is more celebrated in Slovakia, it's like a second birthday :D 14. Yes, it is rude to annoy neighbors with noise, including the scream of small children, or even the barking of a dog. 15. Well we call it "Noční klid" (night quiet) and is even kept under the law, and in case of violation it is solved by the police, there are fines for it. § 34 of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., On the protection of public health. According to this provision, night time means the time between 22.00 and 6.00, for the purpose of checking compliance with noise and vibration protection obligations. For the period between 6:00 and 22:00 the limit is 40 decibels, for noise from singing, music and speech it has a limit of 35 dB during the day and 25 dB at night. So Andrea don't be noisy so you don't have to make a video about your stay in a czech prison :D I'm kidding. 16. not true, sometimes we also say it ... how is it going? Yes it's going okay. Or we usually swear :D I am asking at sometime Tak co, jak ti dupou králici?
@Desperoro4 жыл бұрын
In Madrid when entering public bus, people are saying to bus driver "Hola!Muy Bien" shortcut
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Never being in a bus in Madrid :) Good to know
@paulselinger66584 жыл бұрын
Hi Andrea, thanks for a nice video! You really surprised me when you said that in Venezuela you don’t force people to do shots. I would have expected it to be like in Spain, where I was made to drink one shot after another and when I stopped, my Spanish client started pouring liquor over my full glass and the tablecloth started to get soaked. I was told to better drink up or the puddle would just keep getting bigger. I caught up with the rest and after some eight shots returned to the office, because this was at lunch! I was ready for a siesta at that point, but apparently we missed siesta because that was while we were getting drunk, so I was out of luck. Then I had to wait till midnight for dinner.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Wow those are some crazy clients hahaha!!! Cause in Spain is also not good manners to drink shots
@paulselinger66584 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner Yeah, they're crazy all right. And that's just the tip of the iceberg! More stories about that experience in person, after Covid!
@jeremyjinglebell27624 жыл бұрын
lol, that is funny to hear and yes very true and one does not realize until I hear from "stranger" :-) To me, I always feel like "abused" when I hear "Hi, how are you ???" and nooow the silence and nooow because it was not a habit here I think intensively and I force myself to ACTUALLY find an answer. Even if I feel good and happy, which is most often the case I feel obliged to at least not "brush off" the questioning person because he wants to know the information, why else whould have he asked, right ? So responding "good, thank you" mechanically I feel would be like spitting him into his eyes. So I occupy 100% of my brain capacity to find out some detail about my current state. But guess when you try so unexpectdly, it is always something "slightly negative or some slight complication" or issue I currently try to solve so I usually tend to reply something like "well, yes, overally good, ... currently I have a bit headache and my dishwasher broke" and I feel that giving this detail 1. pleases the questioning person like he does not have this problem, right or to make him sure that everyone has some little problems not to be sad, right? And I feel satisfied I give him a chance to continue with smalltalk. But it tends to sound negative for someone who does not know me so good to know I usually am skeptic, but happy in long term sense. This difference is quite hard to overcome because it happens usually together with you try to remember someones' new name, you are under stress of meeting someone and many times it is unexpected and real-time process. I wish I could respond "great, thank you" automatically and in a booosted naturally-looking manner !! maybe I can practice this in some self-training. :-) Others here are right that when someone asks here in Czech Republic, he asks because is really is ready to listen to your current life situation/details/stories and wants to open this dialogue (and spend a quite some time in this subject). It seems to us on contrary rude to ask when you want to hear the template answer only. It is like you had 100 dollars in your hand and tell some stranger "hey! do you want 100 dollars?" and put your hand forward. Then not wait a single second put the banknote to your pocket and say "ok, you dont want, never mind, good bye".... the same feeling
@veilenedream58254 жыл бұрын
this was good for me to read, thank you!
@kibicz4 жыл бұрын
Just clarifiction: Czech the question "How are you?" is the small talk iniciator.
@otakarsulc46864 жыл бұрын
Could be, but honest answer is expected and I think that is rude to ask someone in czechia "Hi, how are You?" if You are not intrested how are they and You dont want to listen them.
@kibicz4 жыл бұрын
@@otakarsulc4686 Exactly, and that is start of talk. The other side complains about something, and you can react to that.
@Desperoro4 жыл бұрын
Actually starting talk with "How are you?" in Czech Republic with person I don't know is very strange
@leonklouda4 жыл бұрын
Soo one of the things which is probably more typical in Cech (maybe Germany, Austria too and even more England maybe...) is to say quite always please and thank you ... I compare with Spanish culture (my husband is from Spain). In Spain they would say you thank you for a gift or something "bigger" but when family eat a dinner they would not say : Could you give me a bowl with salad please? ... Thank you. Soo czech people would often correct they kids and teach them this. (At least in my circles) And my husband needed to learn that too because he was considered rude here in Czech.
@Pidalin4 жыл бұрын
Yes, when I started traveling, I realised other nations are not doing this so often, mostly only people from our cultural region and maybe other slavic nations.
@ArepoEn4 жыл бұрын
@@Pidalin Yes, in our culture environment we in CR (and Central Europe) are relatively quite polite in comparison with some other countries. However, in countries like Japan or S. Korea, the level of politeness is yet on another (much) higher level. Even when writing an informal email to friends from Japan or S. Korea, one should always adopt a higher level of politeness than is a norm here.
@Pidalin4 жыл бұрын
@@ArepoEn I was happy this year when I was in Croatia, because it works similar as here, same in Poland and such countries. It's always weird for me when I am in some country, I greet in supermatked and thank and they are watching me like idiot. But I think our level of politnes in shopping and such common places is even on higher level than in other slavic countries. If you don't say at least hallo in Czech supermarket, you can receive very angry reaction from cashier. :-) We have many Ukrainian workers here in my village (there is some building where they living near) and when I see them in Supermarket, I don't understand why they can't learn at least that few stupid phrases in Czech when it's almost same as in their language. I understand they are shy, but you have to start with something, you can't be here for years and not speaking at all or speak only with your co-workers, that's just not understandable behavior for me, I think we are not like them. Maybe they don't want to speak with accent and try to not be visible, but you can still immediately see someone is Ukrainian by clothing etc...so this reason makes no real sense.
@ArepoEn4 жыл бұрын
@@Pidalin Thanks Ondřej. Yes, in particular in Croatia, one feels so many cultural/behavioral similarities... Similarly in all Central Europe, too.
@Pidalin4 жыл бұрын
@@ArepoEn But how waiters are working in Croatia is black magic for me. I still don't know if I should wait of do some guest or call him or how the hell it works there. In Czech restaurant when you try to call waiter or doing some guests to him, they will be rude to you, you have to just wait, they are going and asking if you have everything what you want every few minutes, but in Croatia they will come to you only once so you are sitting there with empty glasses even 1 hour and nobody cares about you, so you have to call waiter and ask for another beer or food or if you want to pay, so that's different than here.
@tessak2144 жыл бұрын
The regularity of a habit of eating or not eating/drinking on your way somewhere can be identified in each country based on the amount of trashcans on the streets. I honestly don't consider eating on your way rude, there are many places that you can grab something, public transport is a no-no though, there are fines for eating on pretty much any public transport, with the exception of trains and buses that offer food. We have many trashcans pretty much everywhere :) The only thing I'd think about would be if I'm going to mess myself up if I eat it right away. On the opposite side I can name Korea, no trashcans anywhere, if you eat on your way, you'll be carrying your trash a looong time, they also have a small sitting/standing area in convenient stores (and even microwaves or kettles!) that you can eat your food at, and you're expected to
@zshalenkovice19464 жыл бұрын
and about the sentence '' how are you '' - it is a start of conversation, that's why you should answer it ;) and then people share what is new in their lives ;) If we dont wanna talk, we just say good morning, hello, or just wave if its across the street... someday you run to the person, someday you just wave and smile ;)
@saiien24 жыл бұрын
Just a small note to the "music after 10:00 p.m.". In Czech republic we have something called "night peace" or in Czech "noční klid". That means no music, or loud parties after 10:00 p.m.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
I know most countries have this rule. Almost no country reinforces it. At least not if you are just playing music and having some friends over.
@tommy3nec4 жыл бұрын
You've been on weird wedding. It is absolutely normal to go to party straight from the church or town hall. And second day is usually afterparty, this is the time when people come in the informal clothes.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Not the second day. I meant church in the morning. Lunch everyone is dismissed. Then the party. It’s the traditional czech way
@tommy3nec4 жыл бұрын
Arepas for Dinner still not. Czech traditional wedding is something like that. Breakfast: Each family serve breakfast in their place of living. All their relatives come already dressed for whole wedding. After breakfast (sometimes there are some different traditions, especially in villages and countryside) is everyone going to church. And straight after that to lunch and party which are both on the same place. Second day there can be afterparty.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
TommyG perhaps!.. I’ve been to only 8 weddings so far. And was always explained the being dismissed for lunch and bride and groom only eating with the close relatives is the tradition. So you have 100 ppl at the townhall then 20 at lunch and back at 100 at the party. From the ones I’ve attended only 2 were like that. But my husband always attended those with that partition before me coming here. Specially if the person was not from Prague
@220volt-u73 жыл бұрын
hranolky s medem..bašta amíků :)
@claudiacarrera32814 жыл бұрын
Hola Andrea, hace unas semanas te “descubrí “ gracias a un vídeo que hiciste junto a Dream Prague y desde entonces me quedé pegada! Porque ...”chama muerete” jajaja , soy venezolanaigual que tú, ALE NARODILA JSEM SE V PRAZE A žila jsem tam do 20ti ley ! Después viví en Caracas , toda mi familia es de allá y en el 2000 me mudé con mi esposo e hijos a Québec ,Canadá. Me encantan tus vídeos ya que conozco ambas países muy bien y los amo por igual , para mi una svíčkova s knedlikem y un pabellón están en el mismo primer lugar jeje. Hay muchas diferencias culturales , dígame la forma en que se celebra navidad o los cumpleaños , seguro que seguiré con interés tus vídeos a ver qué más descubres . Cuando yo vivía en Praga era muy pero muy raro ver a un venezolano allá, me alegra saber que eso ha cambiado , y que ahora hasta hay una arenera OMG! Čechy a Češi jsou mimohodně krásná země a lidí , a tvůj muž má štěstí že si našel tak krásnou a sympatickou venezuelanku. Espero tener el gusto de conocerte la próxima vez que vaya a Praga. Un abrazo!
@claudiacarrera32814 жыл бұрын
AREPERA no arenera jajaja
@andrewmiller67544 жыл бұрын
In the UK when we have weddings we do a similar thing where we have the marriage part and for the lunch everyone stays in what they are waring and at the party everyone exept the married couple will change into a more smart comfetble clothing
@lonedg2434 жыл бұрын
I like to listen your south american accent and voice color, i think i would watch your videos whatever you talk about. BTW my country side house stay most of the time open for dogs and cats so we do not take shoes off as well, but when someone visit us i must tell them to not take shoes off because most of people are used to do it
@janab66604 жыл бұрын
This is very interesting. Thanks for that. The point about Czechs being very quiet made me laugh because I remember when I visited Estonia and went to a restaurant there it was dead quiet. And people were actually looking at us judgmentally because we were talking in normal voice and not whispering. 😂
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
J B oh no that’s like my worst nightmare 😂 I’m not loud myself and hate a place where everyone screams and you can’t talk but I remember going to my in laws cottage and there you need to whisper too cause of the neighbors!.. I don’t think I’m going again 😂 in English we say “your freedom ends where mine starts” that’s more or less it 😁
@oxid714 жыл бұрын
Our most famous chef always says, everything that is on the plate should be edible, and we do that
@janaz64864 жыл бұрын
1) mobile phone in metro - there is problem that all metro stations don’t have signal. 2) between 10 pm and 6 am is according law forbidden to make noice or have music very loud - neighbours in these hours have right to call police and you can get fine till 5000 czk (approx. 200 €). These hours can be prolonged but not shorter- it depends on each city.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
That’s a tule everywhere I just not followed through anywhere else. That’s what’s odd (the 10-6)
@Desperoro4 жыл бұрын
I eat and drink on the go in my Czech town, I don't give a sh.. :D About picking up: It's very Prague and big cities thing. If there is metro or tram to the freeway. Going by car is losing time
@MakeUpWitch4 жыл бұрын
Hi Andrea, I enjoy watching your videos. I guess most differences between our habits and manners are caused by one thing: Czech people are introverted while Latinos are extroverted. We are very private people while Latinos (or even Americans) are very outgoing. I have endless discussions about this with my friend from Galícia LOL But for me the bottom line is respecting the manners of the country one visits.
@devvongreen4 жыл бұрын
A really good video. It was very informative. Can you produce a video with more about the Czech culture ? and one about visas for people who wish to live in the Czechia ? I have heard about the freelancers visa. Thanks in advance.
@andrewmiller67544 жыл бұрын
In the UK no one will ever speak to enyone in public unless you know them, if it's friends you would usely say Alright, or in Scotland it would ne Oright, but if it's family or teachers it would be something like "hi, how are you?"
@Lenka-gv2vs4 жыл бұрын
I'm Czech living in the UK for 14 years and can certainly see differences to Cechia now and back then. I went for a Czech wedding couple of years ago and couldn't believe my eyes when everyone got changed after the lunch into jeans! 🙈 I was the only person who stayed dressed in heels and pretty dress till the end. I would never want people to wear jeans and a t-shirt at my wedding it's like a 0 effort for such a special day..I understand if ladies change their high heels to flats but the rest? ....
@SneakyBadAssOG4 жыл бұрын
As you know being a Czech, there's a tradition to get plastered at the wedding party and usually start a fight. Especially if you are from Moravia. Even if we remove the fighting aspect, it can get quite messy, so you don't want to ruin your clothes. It's effectively saying "Ok gloves are off, bring out the hard liquor". And to be frank, suits are really the least comfortable clothing when you are drinking and moving too much.
@josefmalar78374 жыл бұрын
dokonce i můj kamarád programátor a jeho drescodu znalá přítelkyně měli po svtbě na hostině drescod bussines casual.
@Lenka-gv2vs4 жыл бұрын
@@SneakyBadAssOG ještě jsem nikdy neviděla fight na svatbě,to bude asi tím,že nejsem z Moravy 😉 a normální kalhoty s obyčejnou pohodlnou kosili se dá sehnat všude. Člověk nemusí být napresovany v kvádru ve kterém se nedá pohnout.
@Desperoro4 жыл бұрын
Zažil jsem svatbu v 37 stupních a to nešlo ve společenském
@vladp74054 жыл бұрын
Hi Andrea, Great video again! However, I have few objections to some points ;) I didn't want to make such a detailed comment :) but I think it might be interesting for you to have a different perspective... Ad 2) This not a general rule. It's more the thing that we don't have explicit food decorations on plates so often. It's more in a form of side dish like a small salad etc. which you are supposed to eat (but not strictly :) In case os "svíčková" you are right. Ad 6) This is quite individual - some people do, some don't. I personally prefer to pick up my friends at their homes and drop them there again. Ad 7) Eating in street is quite normal, I think, at least in Brno :-D It's only restricted in public transportation. Ad 8) I've never heard or seen this one. Everyone is using their phone on public transportation :) Yes, sometimes you say you will call back but only because you cannot hear properly over the noise in tram or bus. Ad 9) Where did you see this one...? This is really only a coronavirus restriction. Otherwise we are queueing quite normally. Sometimes you keep a distance just in fron tof the cash desk or window but this is only because of keeping a space for privacy of information exchanged. Ad 10) This is also quite individual but you may be right here :) Ad 14) This used to be this way but is not maintained any more... Nowadays, in time of a "child's cult", kids can do whatever they want and nobody would even look at them, let alone strangers, it's a complete taboo. When I was a kid and was not behaving in the street somebody would shout at me or even slap me sothat I would remember for the next time :-D These days it's a complete sci-fi Ad 15) This is a theory but in reality nobody respects it :) Ad 16) I'm not sure about this one either. We often say "Ahoj, jak se máš?" or "Ahoj, jak to jde?" For sure it's not RUDE when you do. As always, there might be differencies between towns and countryside or Prague and the rest of Czechia ;)
@someawesomeguy232 жыл бұрын
11. It's usually not because men would want to sit and talk together, but it's because the front seat has usually more space, so it's usually offered to taller people (so they don't have to suffer so much in the back seat) or to elderly
@ArepasforDinner2 жыл бұрын
Makes so much sense... Nowadays I have it super normalized tbh... But when I get back home and it's not like that I'm like mmmm I forgot about it
@itsallaboutfun54614 жыл бұрын
Wow so true!! I am really curious how Czechs educates their kids to be so calm. I am from Greece and my kids are the most loud kids wherever we go!!!haha One other thing that surprised me here regarding namedays and also birthdays is that everyone pays their own drinks, but in my country this is very rude as the birthday person should pay everyone's drinks. How is it in Venezuela ? :-)
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Its all about Fun well in Venezuela it variates. Or birthday girl doesn’t pay a thing or she pays for everyone!.. depending on who is organizing 😂. And about the kids, well the fact that they don’t interact with other kids much until they are 6/7 might be a reason and also the constant shhh of their parents all day every day even at home. I honestly don’t like it. I miss the screaming playing happy kids some times 😂
@andrewmiller67544 жыл бұрын
In the UK everyone takes their shoes off too😅 but we never offer slippers
@DaweSlayer4 жыл бұрын
Yeah you are doing it wrong, learn from us :D Isn't it better to have covered foot? There is more reasons for it. It's still optional but some people here especially grandmoms are so polite that they will tell you to take that thing all the time all overagain cause they can't imagine how can you be OK not doing it that way.
@andrewmiller67544 жыл бұрын
@@DaweSlayer well we're never really bare foot we always ware socks 😅
@DaweSlayer4 жыл бұрын
@@andrewmiller6754 That's one of the things, they got more dirty 😅 And ground can be cold, especially now when ppl don't like carpets... it can kill you!
@michellemaine27194 жыл бұрын
Czech-American living in the UK, I always take shoes off, but love being barefoot. I have slippers and never use them. I only put on socks if my feet are freezing.
@JURITO10004 жыл бұрын
Its not rude to ask “how are you”,but it must be honest question and you have to really care about that person answer because he will tell you usually negative things :D we dont like fake emotions and saying “im fine” when you are not edit: i see people already explained it in comments :)
@frantav14 жыл бұрын
#2 - The rule is very simple... what is on the plate is supposed to be eaten. Leaving anything there is considered as an insult of the cook/host. For the cook - do not put anything non-eatable on the plate. #11 - Wedding... many reasons here; the wedding lunch is considered as a private event, where only family relatives and closest friends are invited, not to mention the price - where the number of lunch guests makes the whole wedding more and more expensive. Even for attendees of the lunch - is it common to change the clothes for the evening party to something less formal. For example, the last wedding I attended - my wife got to switch from 16cm heels (which she wore for the ceremony and lunch) to the ballroom latin shoes so we could enjoy dancing all night long. #16 - Simple... don't ask questions when you don't want to hear the answer :)
@peterinvestor4 жыл бұрын
I have a question with those shoes on/off. If Jan would do it in Venezuela in your parents house. Would it be considered as being rude or weird? If Peter would be from CZ living in Venezuela and your family would ask him (stranger) to fix something and he would take his shoes off, would that be offending or weird for person(s) living in that house?
@martingross89183 жыл бұрын
Our common greating is "dobrý den" "good day" Wishing with it at first. "How are you?" mainly is second sentence.
@samkumar17174 жыл бұрын
Very nice video z☺☺
@golet0014 жыл бұрын
You are not right about keeping the distance in queues. People usually crowd together quite uncomfortably (outside corona times), they only keep the space behind the person who is actually being served at the cashier/window. This is called "diskrétní zóna" and quite often, there is even a line painted on the floor with a short note asking you to "observe the privacy zone", so that you do not overhear any personal information.
@ZuzkatronTheRobotica4 жыл бұрын
I don't agree with the picking up people at the location.. if we go somewhere I always ask my friends to pick me up .. I eat and drink in public all the time.. I dont think it is a bad manner to be honest.. and also.. if I get a phone call on the bus I just answer it.. if you dont yell like a crazy person I dont seem anything wrong with that .. oh and I small talk all the time.. and I am 100% Czech.. :) not hating or anything, but these are not considered bad manners ..
@miroslavpalas47344 жыл бұрын
Or, maybe, you're just bad mannered. ;)
@ZuzkatronTheRobotica4 жыл бұрын
M P could be.. 🤷🏼♀️
@iamthevillain90414 жыл бұрын
7. adults usually dont eat on streets or in bus, but kids and teenagers do, especially if you’re not alone, u usually buy some drink, but for food u do usually sit down (but i often eat in bus, cause i’m always late xddd) 11. it’s because the couples are always together and the girls will talk to each other and boys will talk to each other, so why should they talk to person behind them when they can sit next to each other? it’s also because the boys will probably change seats and that’s easier like this 12. usually only the closest people to the couple have clothes to change, but we don’t go home, we’re at the wedding the whole time, we just go to our car to change... it’s because it’s easier to party in comfortable clothes and no one wants to destroy their pretty clothes xdd especially bride 13. usually only your family gives u something on name day, other people don’t 14. it’s not true we’re quiet, lots of us don’t have just czech blood but also slovak blood, which means that we’re super loud and we dont know how to be quiet, but kids screaming is just annoying and it annoys everyone 15. that’s not true at all (or maybe i’m just from weird family), but it’s only that after 10pm u should be quiet, cause people can call the police and u can actually have to pay a fine, but usually no one cares, all of my bday party’s were extremely loud and usually we were loud until 2am... last year when i had last day at school before christmas, my parents had a christmas party in work and they went to our house after (it was like 4am) and they actually woke me up, cause their music was too loud 16. we usually don’t wanna hear all the complaints xdd i don’t ask that even my friends, cause they either lie or it makes me sad, that they’re not good
@iamthevillain90414 жыл бұрын
and 1. we also have to take them off in school... sometimes even in high school, but that’s rare... we have dogs to take in all the dirt, people don’t have to do that too xdd 10. it usually looks like that person is not a good person and once i was in bus and some guy was talking to me and i was actually scared that he will follow me, because it was just weird and i was afraid that he will want to rape me or something... but it’s okay if the person talking to u is and elder, cause they usually do that, especially in a bus, they usually talk to each other even though they’ve never met, but sometimes some elders answered to some of my weird conversations with my friends and that’s usually funny and that’s okay, but if you’re not an elder, it’s kinda weird
@malikovajana4 жыл бұрын
I´m czech from south bohemia and I never heard or experienced "shots tradition" isn´t it just something only people from Moravia do? Also to lines mostly pharmacies and banks has sticker on the floor asking you for discreet distance so maybe it´s because of this? Also no music and other loud sounds after 10 pm is actually mandatory, it´s called roughly translated "night silence or calm" (noční klid)
@miroslavantonin93544 жыл бұрын
asi záleží na přístupu každého jedince .. třeba ja se s tímhle setkal už tolikrát a i já když někoho pozvu tak první věc je že nabídnu panáka ... a to jsem z budějc :) :) pro mně je to povinost/slušnost
@lucyhrubesova23404 жыл бұрын
hahah Im czech and I love to eat plate decor :D I actually never think about it ...
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha I think now I do it too!.. I think I did it in Italy in my last video 😂
@TGrunwald4 жыл бұрын
I'd say, that asking "How are You?" isn't exactly rude. Just it's strange, when asks someone who is not friend or relative. But If You ask, You do it on Your own danger. Czech people will answer in most cases. But we don't mention things which are fine. It is normal state, that things are fine, so there is no need mention it. Sometimes You may hear what made them happy. But it's rare case. Usually people will tell You what's wrong. And that's something most foreigners aren't prepared for... I think.
@jakubvacha16814 жыл бұрын
about turning off the music after 10 pm: actually there is the law abou night silence (from 10 pm to 5(?) am)
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
6am actually! Every country has that law is the enforcement that is not normal elsewhere
@minduton4 жыл бұрын
Shoes off - Slippers are required for guests or they simply go in socks. Slippers are generaly used in offices too (not for guests). Decorations on plate - If it can be eaten, it is simply eaten. Simply. And the tips are small ( CZK 500 not CZK 483 > CZK 520 etc.). Riding in cars - Male have to always drive, no female. The opposite situation is considered as a male's weakness (="omega" male controlled by female). No picking the people at home - The opposite situation is often considered as a violation of privacy. No eating by walking - because in CR is massively used the public transportation and on many places it is prohibited. No phone calling in the public transportation - I know a bus driver (a woman) who is able to drop you off because of it. And alas, if someone lets their cell phone ring unnecessarily long! She is nervous as the first-birth-giving female. But the incoming call is acceptable. Name days - I am not aware that this would be insisted on in the Czech Republic. But the pinnacle of indecency is when someone at work among colleagues tries to hide their round birthday (30y, 40y, 50y, etc.). It is practically obligatory to organize a post-work relax meeting in a pub, etc. How are you? How do you do? - The most popular answers in the Czech Republic. Na hovno (It sucks). Ujde to (Not bad).
@zshalenkovice19464 жыл бұрын
about those small talks, mostly they belong to weird situation, when two strangers want the same thing and then they laugh and talk a bit about whatever, but mostly are czech people in supermarkets during shoping closer to beeing introvert, but its different in a small farm shop or bakery when they are going twice or three times in a week to buy a few things where those people talk a lot even they dont know eachother. And farm markets are the best, it's more offen and people communicate more.
@Desperoro4 жыл бұрын
Or complaining. Start small talk with complain and you get people to your side
@Merry3574 жыл бұрын
15. Well, actually it's a law. At 10pm- 6am is (idk how to translate) "night calm", "night peace" or "night hours" When you are obliged to maintain peace and quiet becouse of sleep (so no no techno party, or use drill etc.) If you be really loud neighbors can call on you police ad you pay quite big fine for that.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Lada Tranová yeah it’s the same everywhere in the world I think but nobody really enforces it too much that’s what I mean
@Sklepmistr994 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner Maybe in Prague ... Don't play with fire. Sooner or later, there will be someone who will call the cops. :)
@LinaOunejl4 жыл бұрын
That thing with picking up outside the address: In my opinion, it is just a stigma of Prague residents who are lazy to wander around Prague to pick up their friends at their address, or it is often faster when they move by subway than get stuck in a traffic jam.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Mmmm probably you are right. Haven’t tried to do that anywhere else tho
@Richard-Vlk4 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner I could alse be to ease the navigation, to avoid one way roads and thus saving mileage, to avoid unnecesary looking for a parking spot...
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Richard Vlk maybe... But that’s a difference there between our cultures for sure :)
@caleuxx91084 жыл бұрын
Hi Andrea. Like this video and must say, that I resonate with quite a bit in this video. I am Czech-American, my husband 100% Czech, live in Prague. When it comes to the shoes and 3 part wedding - that (I believe) has much to do with money and what a person can financially afford - from a certain perspective financial boundries (I guess): In the US people wear their shoes at home but then often end up getting new carpets every few years or so - bad for the pocket, bad for our planet - its cheaper to take shoes off, and more comfortable. Its cheaper to invite 20 friends to a cottage BBQ than to a formal afternoon and evening wedding reception. Czech weddings last for many hours, often long into the night (great), whereas in the US wedding receptions may only last a 2-4 hours (not so great) because of the cost of the venue. When it comes to alcohol, my husband and I very much dislike how in Czechia people at parties and BBQs often try to make others drinks shots and too much alcohol all together - force it onto them. Alcoholism is a big problem in Czechia. Czechia is in first place, when it comes to amount of alcohol consumed by the average person per year - 1st place in the world - also, Czechia has the most alcoholics per 1 milion population (as far as I have researched). Czechia is also in the top 5 for usage of several drugs. On average Czech people resort to drugs and alcohol more than any other country in the world, yet they (on average) shame those who go to church, talk to pastors/priests or go to psychotherapy. Which is healthier? Statistically Czechs are bad at managing emotions and resort to unhealthy drugs and alcohol more often, than any other nationality in the world. I find it frustrating and rude how/that people do things, that impact others, disrespect other peoples boundries and never think about it ("its culture"). In a book for tourists, I once read, that the typical Czech housewife (hospodynka), will offer her guests things (koláčky, coffee, etc.) 3 times, because she expects people to act humble and refuse the first 2 times - when I talked to my grandmother about this, she outright refused the notion, yet later I noticed that she always refused to accept my or other peoples first no, and kept offering until the person accepted (even 5x) - just plane rude, lack of respect for other peoples boundries. If you were to read parts of the Etiquette book written by Ladislav Špaček (he was Vaclav Havel's assistant), you would find information that probably the average Czech person would claim is not true - eg: that presents are supposed to be opened in front of the gift-giver on the day the gift is given (not behind the scenes as many many Czech women want and claim is correct). Many many people act on programs that were put into them as children and never think about them. "Humans (Homo sapiens) (according to wikipedia) are highly intelligent primates that have become the dominant species on Earth. The species name "sapiens" means "wise" . Yet many many people are not wise, many are foolish (react only emotionally), and some are even evil. The same sort of programmed behavior can be found anywhere in the world. Many many people are not wise, they run on programms and dont bother to think enough, dont respect other people boundries enough. Videos like these help me understand, which parts of me are American and which are Czech. Thank you.
@jackrussell75594 жыл бұрын
Hello, I believe taking your shoes off at home is a matter of hygiene rather than anything else. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to implicate that other nations don’t keep their houses clean, however, personally I can’t imagine walking into my house with my shoes on, there is simply a psychological barrier of bringing something dirty from outside into a place where I want to feel safe and relaxed. Also, wearing shoes all the time is really uncomfortable.
@Kirarak4 жыл бұрын
I think you draw connections and conclusions that are simply not there. I'm not saying this to blindly defend my country. In fact I'm abstinent and many of lot of the culture bothers me as well. But there are several layers. You have to realize beer is a national beverage, we don't consider it alcohol, it's cheaper than water and everybody drinks it (no matter the time of day) just to quench the thirst or cool down. Even kids are tought to drink beer with dinner at home. When you look at the per capita consumption it looks scary, but it doesn't mean Czechs drinks a lot. It means that lot of people drinks a little. I belive WHO also reports consumption among drinkers that is not that bad in our case. When these two numbers are close it means almost everyone is a drinker. The more they're different, the less people drinks a lot more. We are quite down in this metric. Average person don't go to pub with friends to get wasted. Only wild young and depressed people do that and there are easier ways to do it. I'm no expert, but I think the alcoholism criteria do us a disservice here. The whole mentality is just different. And with the drugs, I believe lots of drugs are made here, but mostly exported. While I agree its unhealthy bad habit to drink a lot (as well as smoking or eating lots of fat), I don't think it directly points to psychological problems and addiction as much as you seem to imply.
@caleuxx91084 жыл бұрын
@@Kirarak - Oh, but those are exactly the conclusions. What many many Czech people consider to be "normal drinking and/or normal beer cosumption" leads to cirhossis of the liver (it damages the body, health) = therefore it is alcoholism and it is alcoholism that is denied by main stream Czech society. I work in healthcare. I do know what I am writing. Denial does not change the negative effects on human health. Facts are facts no matter what emotions you have about those facts. Many Czech people drink too much and many many of them try to make other people drink as much as them. I live in Prague and have done for years, so I not only know the facts but I have seen the behavior many many many times. I have also lived outside CZ, so I also seen how people behave elsewhere. Pychologically - czechs are atheists or agnostics, who statistically need alcohol and drugs to cope with the world, Czechs statistically rely on "šarlatany" (natural healers, sects, and other such dangerous persons, etc.) more than any other nationality in the world. Those are also facts. Current Typical Czech culture does not allow for conversations about death and dying (it is tabu in main street Czech culture - how are people to process normal negative emotions including those in the grieving process - people offer them alcohol, not an hear to listen. I work in the field. I know what I am writing. Those are facts.
@caleuxx91084 жыл бұрын
@ Adriána - I work in healthcare - many people and their families find out they are alcoholics (four beers per day), when they end up in the hospital (no alcohol allowed) and get delirium tremens (dramatic withdrawl symptoms)....
@Richard-Vlk4 жыл бұрын
If you are so suffering with the removal of shoes, maybe a have a tip for you. I know a girl who carries a pair of ballerina slippers in her purse. They are very lightweight and take almost no space when folded. Here they are: Scholl Pocket Ballerina www.muj-scholl.cz/damska-obuv-scholl/modni-spolecenska/letni-obuv-balerinky/pocket-ballerina-gold-zlata About that "music curfew" - it is actually a legal term "noční klid", meaning approximately "nighttime calmness", which last from 2200 to 0600. And there is a legal offence named "rušení nočního klidu", "disturbing the nightime calmnes". Germans have simillar hours and call it Nachtruhe. So if you are making too much noise between 22 and 06, your neighbours can call police and if they catch you "red handed" you will have to pay a fine. The "how do you do" question in czech is not necessarily rude. It is just used between friends and the protocol requires to actually wait for the answer and then usually answer the same question. It is more of an equivalent of "How was your day". Or maybe "How were your days since we talked last time". If used between acquaintance (e.g. when you see your work college third day), it could serve as an invitation: "Let us be friends". But such invitation can be turned down, and if it is accepted, you need to handle the oncoming smalltalk.
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Yes I’ve learnt to do that. I have my own inside shoes I bring everywhere with me!
@yose424 жыл бұрын
I didnt know about No.6
@katerinasera67954 жыл бұрын
Music after 22:00 is tolerated when not practiced very often, but it is not appreciated. How often is too often very much depends on how bearable is your neighbor's music taste. 😂
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Kateřina Šerá for us Venezuelans I guess is like 1 time a month is ok. More can be tolerated but people could get fed up 😂
@j4uznev1mc04 жыл бұрын
Tak neviem aku pracovnu moralku maju vo Venezuele, ale ked volakto roby na smeny a ma ist rano cez vykend do roboty a volaky sused by mu mal do rana hulakat v baraku, to asi moc pochopenia pre neho nebude mat.
@davidbroz67554 жыл бұрын
The seat next to the driver is called the "death seat". In the event of a car accident, on the other hand, the rear center seat is considered the safest. That's why it's polite for a "death seat" to occupy a gentleman. In fact, this is not a strict rule, because this seat is also the most comfortable. Therefore, it is usually offered to an elderly person or someone who is overweight. "Small talk" is not really such a problem in the Czech Republic. People here are really more shy than, for example, in the USA. If you are nice and say something good (for example, give good advice in a store), people usually respond positively. But I feel there is little difference. "Small talk" is often seen as offering real conversation ("normal talk"). From talking about the weather, it is possible to gradually move on to more personal topics. Therefore, it is necessary to be sensitive and perceive whether the addressed person wants to participate in the conversation (if not - end the conversation with a nice smile). In fact, Czechs are more open than Americans (they only talk about personal things with good friends - in my experience). Czechs prefer sincerity to politeness and consider it a good quality. Therefore, polite speaking without a genuine interest in the other they consider stupid chatter.
@katerinaciencialova89114 жыл бұрын
I do agree with the differences, but you use too much word "rude". It is not rude to ask how are you, it is not rude to speak on the phone in the public transport it is just not common. I know that a lot of people is surprised with small talks and they are actually happy about it. You can freely talk in a bus but not scream or speak loudly, just out of the respect. And kids should not scream, because their voice is really high pitched. I wonder what would be your comparison for USA and Czech kids. Because from my personal observation, the CZ are behaving more respectfully to their parents. And you can play music after 10 or have a party. But not every day. Your neighbors gonna respect that. Unless you are making noice until 3 am, screaming, breaking things and then put it on repeat every night. And I never experienced the 2m lines :D but I believe some people do
@Anastazka004 жыл бұрын
Yea, I mean it's polite to inform your neigbours u will have a party, or in best case scenario they will be on the party too :D They will deal with it once in a while.
@kristynaberankova27034 жыл бұрын
The truth is that one does not realize how comfortable one is in some things that they do not perceive as common in other countries, for example. I can't imagine that I would have to endure a night riot from the neighbors, people would stand in line right next to me and would like to talk, visitors would go to my shoes at home ... :-) The children would scream. Although this is relative, we were on holiday in the north of Germany and the ONLY child who could be heard on the beach (at least a little) was our daughter. Otherwise, German and Scandinavian children played in such haunting silence. Seriously, waves were heard. There was such a silence :-)
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a horror film for me haha there’s nothing more heart warming that laugh and screams from kids playing idk why I like it so much
@poro90844 жыл бұрын
How are you - in czech it is simply considered rude, because why some random person care about me? does he wants something from me? who is that? do i know him? we only ask how are you, if we really know that person and for example meet him randomly after some times, or when it is friend
@erikhubel10644 жыл бұрын
Normally, newfathers get wasted after his lady and baby are at home from hospital. NOT when they are at hospital or getting birth.
@mrkv4k4 жыл бұрын
About the 10pm curfew, It's not polite to make noise after 10pm or before 6am. On the other hand, it's also not polite to call the police on someone that does. When I was visiting my friend in Finland, we had a small student party (we weren't even that noisy). But someone called the police 5 minutes after 10pm and that would be extremely rude thing to do in the Czech republic.
@Desperoro4 жыл бұрын
Same they do in Swiss. People who leave party at 21:50 call police at 22:05 there is noise and weed
@Lightstrike97034 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say, that picking up phones in public transportation is considered as rude, if you are solving something important by phone for example... I mean... just do not speak loudly and everybody should be ok with it in my opinion :) Or...does anybody thinks I am wrong and it actually is rude ?
@otakarsulc46864 жыл бұрын
I think that if you are not loud, its acceptable but it's definitely more polite to not talking to your phone in tram/bus.
@ScalexCzech4 жыл бұрын
It is not rude, but for me is uncomfortable to listen other people's private talks. Sometimes very intimate.
@handycandy72443 жыл бұрын
It's true with the shoes.But polite host will say you to not take your shoes off. Although very polite guest will insist on taking them off anyway :-D
@ArepasforDinner3 жыл бұрын
100% it's exactly like that... We usually get stock at my house door for about 10 minutes talking about shoes on or off!.. But usually I say "I'm gonna keep them on so you do you" so they do keep them on!.. haha
@SUMMER-hp9df3 жыл бұрын
the name day is something that people celebrate more when you are younger I think or at least they stop to provide me with chocolate and stuff cause I am not a child any more I guess. The only person I care about the name day is my mother actually... I completely understand that insisting on drinking shots is something annoying and I think it is rude even if I am Czech but the guys do it very often. it happened to me that in a bar in the winter time they refused to sell me a tea because they wanted everyone to drink alcohol, even the bar tenders... I do not let the guys sit in the front, just if they are very big so I understand that their legs need more space but I do not think that I just should sit behind because I am a woman.... It is not very common to speak with foreigners in shops and so on but if I find something funny or interesting I just go with the feeling and I speak to people that I find open minded but it is true that when I was in Brasil my neighbours were greeting me like hi my love, hi beauty and so on and even the stuff in shops but here it is not imaginable, Czech people are not that sweet to people they do not know... the music law is so annoying for me too even if I am Czech. My neignours are complaining even if i put the music on in my garden during the day I mean I am dancing and putting some life into this fucking village and they are like this girl is rude, come on :D
@PavelSkollSuk4 жыл бұрын
Eat the decoration - There should be nothing that does not belong to the food on the plate. If there is something like it, the cook is bad. Drinking shots - It was even worse in history, we are slowly learning there are some people not drinking at all, so it is already acceptable to refuse. It was not possible to refuse some 50 years ago. You were literally forced to drink it. New father - Nearly the last time he can get wasted in next many years and the last time he gets some sleep. We do it, at least with the first child. Picking people at their house works for some locations, but never for the center of Prague. We don't go there (especially by car). I pick my friends at their home, because they don't live far from me (Zahradní město, Modřany, Chodov). Men go in front for two reasons: Men talk together, women talk together and men might not fit to the back seats of some cars. For example you can't fit me into back seats of Passat CC, because I am just 1 head taller than the designer expected.
@samkumar17174 жыл бұрын
Keep it up😀☺
@erikhendrych1903 жыл бұрын
Picking at the location. - I think it is impolite to force the driver to take 1 hour discourse when you can often get home faster by public transport. If he offers you to drive you home there is absolutely nothing wrong about that (unless you don't trust them yet and want to keep your address secret).
@ArepasforDinner3 жыл бұрын
Probably yes. Just a huge cultural difference there :)
@aksileb4 жыл бұрын
It’s funny to see it all through the eyes of a foreigner. I have some remarks: Picking up friends at a metro or railway station etc is not normal in Czechia. I’m sorry you have to experience this. It’s either a Prague thing or your friends are weird 😁 I’ve never forced anyone to go outside their home when I was driving. Nor have I had to go somewhere to be picked up. The 2-part wedding is a new trend. You would not have it like that a few years back. (And they probably still don’t have that in Moravia today). Traditionally everyone is there from the morning till the night, first at the house of the bride, then the ceremony and then the reception. Turning off the music at 10pm is not really a matter of politeness, it’s just not allowed.
@Pidalin4 жыл бұрын
It is common because people with cars are very lazy and very rushing and even another 5 minute drive can very annoy them, yes, it's typical Czech village car culture, but I don't know how about Prague. I am originaly from Prague, but we were using public transportation only whole my life, sometimes when someone drives you to home, you will say stop somewhere and it's ok, but it's mostly because he would have to drive back or there is no place, it's tinny street etc...it has some logical reason mostly, but people in villages are just lazy and they have no problem with leting you somewhere 2 km from your home.
@aksileb4 жыл бұрын
Ondřej Matějka So everything outside of Prague is village culture? I’ve never lived in a village so my experience is definitely not “village culture”
@Pidalin4 жыл бұрын
@@aksileb I didn't say that, but I think this region where I live now is very specific. It's area near to Nymburk or Poděbrady and people are really extremely lazy here and using cars even for shopping 1 milk. I don't mean exactly cities Nymburk or Poděbrady, but that villages in surroundings.
@Verrisin4 жыл бұрын
Of course you eat everything on the plate. XD - I would be mad if they gave me something I'm _not_ supposed to eat.
@Brug984 жыл бұрын
You should always eat everything what is on the plate, even that small decoration with letuce, cucumber, carrot, etc. but that with eating and walking on streets, in cities you see a lot people with food just walking, i'm pretty sure that is normal, atleast in parts when i was and yes czech people are quiet and if you will be lound in public places some people will stare at you but also some people won't, it is fifty fifty chance :D small talk is pretty common actually, but mostly around elder people, in villages, but yeah it is kinda annoying :D with my friend we don't care were we sit in car (even when couples are there) or where we pick someone when we are going on a trip, sometimes in front of a house and sometimes in some location if we want to pick all people at the same time.
@NAConen3 жыл бұрын
It’s called GARNISH
@ArepasforDinner3 жыл бұрын
Yup... Here is called salad XD XDXD
@jannovak37004 жыл бұрын
Ahoj! Takhle rychle mluvíte ve Venezuele všichni? Nebo se pletu, když řeknu, že takhle rychle mluví jen ženy ? A to po celém světě. ;-)
@petermato77174 жыл бұрын
Yeah that’s true even in Spain you can see that language not connects the cultures. Like Venezuelans and Spaniards. Many friends of mine Spaniards are complaining about people from Latin America that they are loud with the music after 10pm 😅 especially in Madrid Venezuelans and Colombians
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Oh really I hear different things my Spanish friends are all mixed with Venezuelan friends atm and Spanish people are kind of obsessed in the past 3/4 years with Latin music. They defo dance it and hear it more than me at least 😂
@samkumar17174 жыл бұрын
👍👍
@freddiethompson584 жыл бұрын
Regarding the aspect of putting off shoes in Czechia. In Venezuela is a different climate. 1. I can't even imagine to go into someone's living room when it was raining outside or there is wet snow slush, muddy shoe weather etc. The house would be mess and lots of clean up would be needed after visit. 2. from the hygienic point of view, lets say that you go to some public washroom and walk over some dirty stinking floor, or pick up on your shoes something gross that you step on on the street. I don't think, anybody would be pleased to let you be wearing those shoes in the kitchen or any place in the house!
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
I get why you guys do it. I don’t feel I’ll ever get used to it. We always clean after visitors (we clean every day so that’s a huge difference) and something I’ve noticed: czech people don’t know how to use a doormat. Was crazy to see how in a rainy day my Spanish guess were perfectly using both mats I set for such days (coconut outside to get any possible mud off and cloth inside to fully dry the shoes) the Czechs were just stepping and coming in without swinging their feet on it properly. We swing our feet on any mat we encounter when entering (the mall, the clinic, the restaurant etc)
@jakubstupka29224 жыл бұрын
Hola Shoes off in house- some can say that their house is clean, so you need no shoes Dads on getting drunk to the bone- people say that the more dad is drinking, the healthier the child Call in public transport: no one, like n.o o.n.e is interested in other people´s personal calls unless a spy )) That´s why a lot of people wear headphones. Also small children shouting.. not good ))
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Jakub Stupka we do drink after baby is born but when mom gets back home and everyone goes there to greet her and cheers 😂
@VladimirLukele4 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner as you said. It's not very common for father to stay in hospital over night. When it does, a lot of fathers will change their habits as well I believe.They should be ready to help in the next morning anyway :D
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Vladimír Lukele yeah what freaks me out is that the mortality the first week is, not high but the highest in an infant. Imagine the horror if something happens to your new born and your husband/you are wasted somewhere. It almost happen to a good friend of mine. She breastfeeding her kid the night of that party almost drowned the baby in milk. Baby stopped breathing for a bit and father was nowhere to be found drunk 😵
@VladimirLukele4 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner I get your concerns. on the other hand bad thing can happen anytime. It would make you mad when you think about these things all the time. Anyway parents should have an oportunity to stay together if they want.
@VladimirLukele4 жыл бұрын
I hate having a decoration on a plate but I don't like leaving any rests on my plate :D Picking people up is up to them. It's not a habbit. I would pick anybody up in their home. The person can choose a different place for picking up but it's about free will :D Sitting in car is the same as before. I don't feel there are any rude manners. It's about the people themself. In Swiss you can't be loud even whole Sunday not only during night (22-6).
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Funny enough yesterday we went out to eat. And I ate like 3/4 of the food (was too much) and the waiter was kind of offended 😂😭
@VladimirLukele4 жыл бұрын
@@ArepasforDinner poor guy 😁
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Vladimír Lukele 😂 I ate all the meat tho
@andrewmiller67544 жыл бұрын
In the UK if you speak on public transport you should be fine but if you speak in the underground it is really really rude and makes EVERYBODY uncomfortable 😂🚇
@luisaelenadiaz13954 жыл бұрын
I have some comments ...latter
@skadi67503 жыл бұрын
Food aint a decoration.You dont purposefully put a food on your plate just to throw it away. 10) smalltalk...thats the thing you do when you wanna get to know someone. The person in grocery store is a loss of time, they aint probably gonna become my BFF and my life aint any of their business... And to the music late night rule. When I was at uni, lived in the dorms, we used to have a group of spanish speaking students on our floor. It was extremely hard to explain to them, that them spending their night in the middle of the hallway, talking over each other loudly and playing music was ABSOLUTELY INTOLERABLE. Thats the thing that would ensure you get a police visit for public disturbance complaint anywhere else outside student dorms:-D We just respect each others right to have a good nights sleep... You dont party where I sleep, you party where other people party:-D
@martink63754 жыл бұрын
In czech we follow the rule what you can't eat doesn't belong on a plate
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Makes total sense
@marcelagomm46834 жыл бұрын
I'd like to say that I don't think we (The Czechs) are quiet. We were raised as tolerant and mindful of others. :)
@ArepasforDinner4 жыл бұрын
Marcela Libalova Czechs are very quiet Is hit me saying it. But just think about all the other cultures you consider loud... pretty much all of them!!.. at the same time they are indeed much more tolerant than other societies and despite what the expats say they are very inclusive and open minded in many aspects. They are not cold as people think just in general more shy. But I also had enough only Czech parties to know they aren’t always quiet 😂👌
@petrahajna90414 жыл бұрын
It is not rude to asking someone in czech how are you ?you must be preperad they will tell you all shit whot is going on in their life ,and if you are not ready to listen or dont know how to react on that ,this make you very uncomfortable. So is not true in shop or somewhere you cant have conversation with customers or workers .Maybe in Prague people not care very much ,but in villages small towns are different life.
@ArnyRimmer4 жыл бұрын
We Czech are very alcoholic nation. I don't like it. We are considerate of others. So you can do whatever if you don't affect others people. - Loud noise. Maybe it is also the thing of not to speak to strangers. For us it is really rude to bother other people. - And we don't know if the little talk would be for the others annoying or if it would be fine, so we are really shy. We were so educated to be shy. Very often it is our loss. But that is it. Ask somebody how are you? - It is ok if it is really empathy. If you want to know if other is ok or has a trouble. And if you are prepared to help him. At least say him something encouraging. We relly hate fake.
@Desperoro4 жыл бұрын
Small talk: Usually no, not like you said. But what people connect's together is "complaining together". If train broke, elevator not working, quee is looong, you can start complaining with other people suffering with, in that are Czech very connecting Anyway what I hate in America is small talk from people who sell in shop or cashiers. First mind is "you don't care about me, why the hell are you talking I have nice phone or it's raining there or how am I?"
@Pidalin4 жыл бұрын
I think only some old vilagers will force you drink shots. I know it's common thing here, but as a native Czech I hate that and I really don't consider it polite. Forcing anybody to drink alcohol if he doesn't want looks very rude to me. That about picking up at street comes from rushing car culture in last maybe 20 years, I still don't understand that behavior, people with cars are always rushing and even another 5 minutes drive to your house is problem for them, even when you pay to them. But ofcourse sometimes when you can help with go somewhere and not forcing him driving to your home than you can do that ofcourse and driver probably appraises that, especially in city with tiny streets.
@Desperoro4 жыл бұрын
Me neither, I don't like drinking this type of alcohol. Better to enjoy beer. But more east, more shots