Brit Reacts to 5 THINGS AMERICANS DO DIFFERENTLY THAN EUROPEANS | Feli from Germany

[@frankd1286]

Remember where most of her experiences happened... College. You cannot take the actions of college students to represent everyone. Plus... These things all depend on your relationships with the other people.

[@3ppatriot42]

Facts

[@briansmith48]

I was thinking the same thing. Some of those sounded like a generational difference. Like talking to someone on the phone or cutting off a conversation midstream to go to class... ect

[@chadclark48]

Same, there's alot she says that I don't recognize or haven't seen in my 42 years of life.

[@bjcee1108]

I was born in America and have lived here my whole life. I've never had anyone just say "bye" in the middle of a conversation, then just walk off. Generally they say something like, "I've got to go. I'll talk to you later.". Then give people a moment to respond.

[@jamesturner9651]

Exactly. I got a feeling she’s so annoying people just tell her bye and leave.

[@sgtbilkothe3rd]

As Americans we have a code. As soon as somebody says "So, anyway...I gotta run" that's your chance to wrap things up.

[@jamesturner9651]

@@sgtbilkothe3rd "damn thats crazy" and "no way, really?" lol

[@catlady443]

Then you never had a friend that has to be somewhere at a specific time. School?, work, date, someone who jams 20 hours of activities in 14-16 hours? Never had to get home and make dinner so everyone has evening appointments, or work or after school activities. I usually interrupt, say sorry to leave but I gotta go. And leave. But if you are not a close friend or family, no body contact

[@sgtbilkothe3rd]

@@jamesturner9651 fr

[@jimmybobsap8729]

Our tests required you use a number 2 pencil on the bubbles, so the machine could read it and grade them lol

[@lynnw7155]

And they had to be sharp or they made a mess all over the page.

[@catbutte4770]

Though I like Feli from Germany, she comes across as a person who give "backhanded compliments". She tends to place all Americans in one category. Btw, are you sure you're British? You do respond and do many things just like Americans. Can't wait for you to visit the US! You'll fit right in!

[@DashRiprock513]

Well hate the generalized but she falls in the category of 20 something year old girls who have a huge sense of entitlement and no brains

[@philmakris8507]

💯

[@arnodobler1096]

Yes the UK is the most American country in Europe. Both are called Anglo-Saxon (German Tribes!!!😂).

[@Poncho555]

To be honest I don’t think that’s just Feli, I went to Germany this summer and met all different types of people but they sorta talked and acted like this. They don’t seem to think it’s a backhanded compliment, I feel they view it as just an observation. They are honest and don’t shy away from telling you the truth, again they aren’t trying to be rude, it’s just their culture.

[@arnodobler1096]

@@Poncho555 yes

[@GS-Das]

This isn't about "Europeans" but weird Germans.

[@philmakris8507]

Lmaooo

[@FourFish47]

😆

[@jenniferhanses]

American phone etiquette: Okay, this is a bit older, but here's how I was trained on speaking on the phone starting in kindergarten in the US. This would be the 1980s. You answer the phone by saying hello. YOU DO NOT TELL ANYONE WHO IS SPEAKING. The person calling in says "Hello, this is Jennifer, is Lewis there?" Once the person has identified themselves you say something along the lines of "Oh, yes, Jennifer. I'm afraid he's not here right now." Or "Oh, sure, I'll go get him." It is the person who is calling in who has all the power and knows what's going on. So in stranger danger terms, it's their job to identify themselves. If they don't identify themselves immediately, you hang up the phone. It could be a burglar or kidnapper calling to assess you as a target. The whole "Grant residence, Felicia speaking" is more how Americans answer a business phone. "Hello, this is Ace Hardware, Jennifer speaking, how may I help you?"

[@m.l768]

You forgot Lewis is not in right now may I take a message.

[@jenniferhanses]

@@m.l768 Very true that this is a potential offer to be made. It depends on how charitable you're feeling to Lewis as to whether you offer to take a message. (aka most of us do not want to be message services for our siblings) But if someone asks you to take a message, you have to do it.

[@goofyahboikins69]

Never heard nothing like this lol I just say "yo"

[@jenniferhanses]

@@goofyahboikins69 But did your parents ever bother to teach you how to do it properly and say that was okay, or is that just what you do because no one taught you how to do it?

[@goofyahboikins69]

@@jenniferhanses nah I just like that ig they don't really care how answer the phone that up to me

[@nicgara8781]

Has she lived in anywhere in the US outside of Ohio for an extended period of time? Because each state, city or even living district has their own culture and way of doing things. I almost never use the same greeting between anyone I know, only for those I don't really hang out with or know a great deal about them. Also for pens and pencils, math classes basically always have you using pencil to fix mistakes or else you're going to have a lot of scribbling and wasting paper because you ran out of room because you forgot to square something or get the natural log of. Pen is mostly just for language and history classes. Also who the hell sleeps in tucked in sheets? I never tuck them in because I end up just untucking them anyways. 90% of the people I know take off their shoes upon entrance in someone's house unless there's no indicated spot to leave your shoes.

[@philmakris8507]

She lives in a really crap neighborhood in Cincinnati. I imagine bc as she has noted before in her prior videos she's real cheapskate. As well the University of Cincinnati is somewhere between 2nd and 3rd rate.

[@LadyCarol77]

Lol! No. I've NEVER had such abrupt goodbyes. Usually, my friend groups take FIVE-EVER to say goodbye. We'll say bye, then start chatting again, and a whole conversation starts up. Then, it's like yo, we really gotta get going, start chatting some more...you get the picture. Idk who these people she hangs out with are.

[@L3WGReacts]

yeah most people are saying the same haha, maybe her friends are just busy and need to get to places asap all the time XD

[@carlacook5181]

Right the Columbo goodbye, just one more thing…

[@catlady443]

I got more things to do than spend 5 min saying bye

[@catlady443]

​@@carlacook5181I hate that

[@vodriscoll]

I'm old but when I was in school we were taught cursive. Today in schools, cursive is not really taught anymore. I can't remember the last time I used cursive other than signing a personal check. My guess is if someone said goodbye in the middle of the conversation, it's because they were trying to get away from her. If saying goodbye is a long process for her, which it sounds like, that's why they were trying to get away from her. That's annoying. What you call a quilt, we call a bedspread or a comforter.

[@777slynn]

I thought the same thing when she talked about the goodbye in the middle of a conversation. That's funny. I guess she doesn't understand hints.

[@xirasronin]

I had the exact same thought, she just couldn't tell that the other folks were ditching her. As far as writing in cursive goes, it is truly a lost art. Writing letters (snail mail) in cursive is something my old heart wishes we could get back to.

[@FourFish47]

Quilts are actually different from bedspreads or comforters. A lot of people make quilts as a hobby, sewing squares of material together and adding padding between. Because they're hand made they can cost quite a bit.

[@valerielander2310]

I have three young kids and my husband has been a teacher for over a decade. Kids do still learn cursive in school. I agree that letter writing is a lost art though.

[@marydavis5234]

They still teach cursive writing in the elementary school in the town ,where I live.

[@FourFish47]

As far as Americans taking off their shoes when visiting someone... we don't usually ask unless it's a fuckin mansion or white carpet or something like that. I think our mindset is more focused on the guest being comfortable and feeling welcome instead of having rules as soon as they arrive. 🤔 We're chill mofos!

[@DashRiprock513]

So true.... If I go somewhere and I'm imposed a bunch of rules and I have to take my shoes off and eat vegan... Not somewhere I wanna spend time.

[@hotsoup1001]

I'll gladly take my shoes off if asked. It wouldn't offend or embarrass me. So, if you want your guests to take their shoes off, just ask. 🤷‍♂️

[@martina21953]

@@hotsoup1001 I'd be embarrassed if someone asked me to take off my shoes. I cannot walk without having my arch supports. In my home, anything goes. I have dogs so I really don't think someone with sweaty feet would want to walk around on my floors. LOL!

[@lilacpower2693]

Everyone that has entered my apt so far in NYC, automatically starts taking off their shoes👍💯. It's so sweet but I tell them they don't have to.

[@lynnw7155]

Maybe I've been rude my whole life, but I've never taken my shoes off at someone's house, or even asked. No one does where I live. We do wipe our feet on the mat so we don't track something in.

[@Laura-mi3nv]

She's talking about a fitted sheet and a top sheet. The top sheet goes over you and then the comforter. We tend to tuck in the top sheet. I don't think many Brits use a top sheet,

[@L3WGReacts]

yeah, i don't know any brits that have one, we just use a quilt

[@lith3055]

I cant sleep without a top sheet. But I HATE them tucked in. I pull them loose first thing. I guess hotel maids hate me! 😂

[@pinkonesie]

I knew this comment had to be in here somewhere. :)

[@nolame100]

She is very nice, but way way misinformed!!! Bless her little uniformed heart!!!

[@scumonkey]

😅🤣😂

[@DashRiprock513]

Cincinnati is sister city to Munich anyway... Tons of German immigrants have come through here since the old days. Where do I find interesting is that she doesn't realize that people that live thousands of km away from each other in other countries happen to have different ways to do things. lol. I find it interesting I don't see any right or wrong in there though.

[@Crystal_3777]

She really is.

[@elijahfeuerstein4710]

More like she's seen a limited sample size... like her thing about germans always make themselves a blanket burrito... no one is going to do that in the US southwest during summer except the person who is sensitive to cold and lives with a partner who sets the AC to 60... go to a cold state? I imagine MOST people will be doing that especially during winter months...

[@lilacpower2693]

This girl is totally bugging. No one ever approached me or my dorm mates with drugs. Where did this girl go to college? Attica?!(a notoriously horrible prison)🤭😂

[@sue3317]

I haven't seen a pencil sharpen like that in decades. Electric pencil sharpeners are the norm for classrooms as far as I've seen, with students often having their own individual small sharpener.

[@777slynn]

I attended the University of Cincinnati years ago. To be honest their buildings are old. Those pencil sharpeners were on the wall when I was there. That was 30 years ago. Even then, I never saw anyone use it.

[@jcatfl]

LOL. I have a pencil sharpener like that in my shed where I work on my projects. Don't like the electric ones. I need my exercise. 😊

[@eemaylouise]

I have one in my basement

[@gerardroth7314]

As for pencil sharpener, behind an open door to a room where I was reared up in there was a pencil sharpener, although it was not used much our household had one.

[@P.G.G.]

This chick was the inspiration for the mute button.😂

[@JohnRichards-hh5dz]

That's funny, yet true

[@kevinNash1985]

The Phone thing shes talking about is true except its from years ago with landlines and before the widespread adoption of caller id. Now everyone Ive ever known or met answers the phone with "Hello"

[@FourFish47]

"ALL" Americans don't do ANYTHING the same. And she chose to LIVE in America so I hope Americans are showing her the right way to do things 😂

[@lesscoRyden]

she's living in Cincinnati so I can guarantee they're not.

[@margotjones7168]

@lesscobrandon LOL!!! 😆

[@Estranged180]

They can try, but she'd probably get offended at being "corrected" so often.

[@ThatoneGuy-zd4rl]

Ok that was funny lol good dig

[@nancymcclain2533]

I think she didn't mean aggressive but CURT! (No German translation) No fuss no muss. Also about street shoes, everyone is different but we do ask and are asked before entering. However my preference is to keep shoes on. I'd rather clean the floor a hundred times than smell someone's feet.

[@davidvines6498]

Ain’t that the truth, I might wear socks for a couple of days or longer

[@TempestNoTeacup]

She's so interesting to me because I'm assuming she's only ever lived there in Ohio. When I was a little kid, there were wall pencil sharpeners in every classroom. By the time I was I high school, they were all gone. So the schools where she is must have just never taken them out.

[@ViolentKisses87]

Yeah mechanical pencils took over at least 20 years ago

[@briansmith48]

When I was in highschool we had wall hung pencil sharpeners in every classroom. But I graduated back in 93. 😅

[@kkaye76]

Lol. I have one in my basement hallway, left from when my kids were young.

[@aureissimus]

Don't take these comparison videos too seriously. They're one person's impressions, usually after a limited amount of time and having experienced only one part of the U.S. Some things are pretty much the same with all Americans, but there can also be big regional differences. The ways of greeting and saying good-bye she describes are totally foreign to me, and I'm an American!

[@lareeseblaque8303]

This input from her is so wrong 😂😂😂

[@Ira88881]

That’s how we do a 4, but that other 4 is totally acceptable here. And Germany doesn’t have an individual culture.

[@Nitehawke]

We commonly had our own pencil sharpeners in school. The wall mounted ones were for students who lost theirs. I've never had anyone just walk off in the middle of a conversation. Now that we have caller ID, I might answer the phone with "hello" or "hey, what's up?". Depends on who it is. "Love ya bye" is a common sign off with family, lol. With anyone else, it's "have a nice day" or whatever. Untucking the sheets must be a cold weather thing, lol. Or maybe it's the German in me because I love to cocoon in the winter. No we don't generally ask if we should remove our shoes except in winter when we don't want to drag snow and mud in. Generally if a person wants guests to remove shoes, they will simply say "I'd prefer that you remove your shoes" and it's not considered rude by the guest.

[@hkandm4s23]

Nah.... the greetings and goodbye depends on context and location. I mean there's certain areas of the USA that agoodbye means 2 hours of chatting next to the car. On a college campus or in school people have to walk to class to make it on time so yeah that's not time to give hugs or whatever. On the phone...I mean how else are you supposed to say bye? We don't sing it.... well sometimes we do a bye bye😊 but if you're gonna say love you mom, bye..... it's not rocket science.

[@joanna400]

That is how we write 4s. We typically don't use the extra line in 7, but I have seen it enough it's not unknown. Same with z and printed Is and Js typically do have the lined. Neither capital in cursive needs them, but when printing, which we seem moving away from cursive writing because things are more often done via computers, some of these capital letters are more and more less used in cursive scripts. Same with the letter Z in our cursive... There is no extra line needed, but when printing the letter Z, it can be helpful and I did see fellow students adding it 20 years ago, along with the line in the number seven. I think because "I", "1", "7", and "Z" were easily confused because they were written so similarly. Knowledge of Cursive solved half the problem with the letters, but then technology took over and handwriting mattered way less. Everything now is typed. Cursive is becoming obsolete outside of history. No longer do people confuse 7, 1, X, L, l, ... Because what we see is in perfect computer language. No one is handwriting with bad penmanship anymore..

[@AuntieOfSeven]

You really can’t say Americans, as a group, do things a specific way. It would be like saying Europeans, as a group, do things a specific way. Her examples were pretty much all wrong. Even the shoes. Most of the US is casual about shoes in the house, but it depends on the time of year and the area you’re in.

[@FourFish47]

She must annoy the hell out of people around her 😅

[@margotjones7168]

😆

[@DashRiprock513]

I live in Cincinnati I don't know her but yes she annoys me. Cincinnati was a huge German immigrant area..it's actually sister city to Munich... And they pronounce it German style zinzinnati. So yeah we know how Germans do things most of our relatives came from there.

[@FourFish47]

@DashRiprock513 Here in Illinois German ancestry started in Pennsylvania from Germany, so I'm not sure who she thinks Germans are, but the town I live in here is actually nicknamed after Germans who immigrated here 😄

[@roseboogie75]

I mean, people are literally walking away from her in the middle of convos… Sweet summer child. Lol

[@DashRiprock513]

@@FourFish47 if she knew about the German triangle between Cincinnati, St Louis and Milwaukee ..roughly.. Thick with German heritage. She probably has relatives here she doesn't know about.

[@nicholecreasman9272]

"Hello?" and "Okay, bye". That's totally normal! Lol

[@cyn37211]

I write my 7s with the line through it, as well as the z. I took Spanish & French in school, and it became habit to write numbers the European way

[@christined6321]

I think people were just trying to get away from her😂😂😂😂😂. She’s annoying! I have never had anyone just walk-off during a conversation. Everyone I know just answers “hello” and usually end a conversation with “bye” or “talk to you later”. We used pencils in elementary school, pens about 3/4 grade on except for math. By the time I was in high school a lot of people were using pens for math as well.

[@janeb5725]

When I was a kid in the 60’s and 70’s we didn’t have our own pencil sharpeners. We even had a wall pencil sharpener in our house. I think it was just inside of a closet so as not to spoil our lovely middle class mid-century modern decor, lol. Five kids in the house so it made sense. Much more environmentally friendly than everyone having their own plastic sharpener. But woe to the child who dared to use it on a crayon.

[@briansmith48]

Some crayon boxes had their own sharpeners. 😊 🖍️

[@janeb5725]

@@briansmith48, yeah, I almost mentioned that but didn’t want to get too lengthy. In my day, it was only the 64 crayon box that had a sharpener, and we were hardly ever treated to that size box. Five kids, not a lot of extra money.

[@lynntaylor9681]

I graduated high school in 1999 but the entire time I was in school. I used pencils. Since I'm terrible with math, they're very useful in erasing wrong answers and a #2 pencil was required for tests. I mean the scantron ones I think they were called where you had to fill in A, B, C, or D. I have a bad memory so it might have called something else. I've been out of school for a long time. Pencil sharpeners are/were normal here. They were around when I was in technical school as well in the early 2000's. I was never into cursive that much. I only used it from third grade up until 10th. My 10th grade English teacher couldn't read my handwriting and asked me to change back to print so that's what I've done ever since. Except for my name, I don't remember how to write in cursive anymore except for a few lower case letters. In the Midwest (in WI at least) a lot of us are used to saying long goodbyes. To me it sounds like the students she was with were trying to ditch her if they said goodbye to her when she was in the middle of a sentence. I've hugged goodbye to my friends so it sounds like she doesn't have any close friends here. Edit: i just say hi when picking up my phone. I thought that was normal too. I grew up with landline phones so when I was a kid I used to say "Hi is (friend's name) home? And if the answer was yes, "Can I speak to them please but I haven't done that since I was a teenager. Also since I was a kid, yes I wear shoes indoors but when I visit someone's home, I take them off by the door. I just think it's awkward to take them off in the garage and they're harder to put on that way too. At home I have a mat on the floor of my kitchen which is where I enter from my garage and I just take my shoes off on that mat. The only times I don't is when I come back from the grocery store and put food items in my freezer downstairs. Or if I'm in a hurry to go somewhere and forget one thing from my bedroom, I'll just go get it with my shoes on if I'm already in my car by the time I realize I forgot something. Yeah we don't wear slippers here or at least we don't in the Midwestern US. I just wear socks at home in the winter and I go barefoot in the summer.

[@TangoTreeWoods]

"friends" don't just walk away mid-convo

[@juls383]

The way she describes hello and goodbye in person and on the phone makes me wonder if that is just her experience because she is a bit long winded. 🤷‍♀️🤣😂

[@ajwinberg]

I don't know a single person who sleeps with their sheets all tucked in under the mattress. They may tuck them in when they make their bed, but they don't sleep that way. I an severely claustrophobic, so I only sleep with something over me if I am really cold. I would never sleep with my sheets tucked in.

[@jcamp7421]

I write my 4 just like this “4” lol. The shoes thing is definitely regional! I live in the north and taking off shoes is pretty much expected summer or winter. The goodbye…again, it’s regional. It’s a large county and different regions say hello and goodbye differently. Some areas are more huggy and others aren’t. We have what we call the long goodbye here in Minnesota. You start by saying “well, I suppose…” and start toward the door and a half hour later you’re still standing there! 😂 We had to use pencils through high school but I think they allow more pens now which is why you don’t see the pencil sharpeners anymore.

[@ronnierodriguez6247]

What you see on your phone and computer is how we right

[@kathigreen1479]

Omg, I'm LMAO with the "Bye" segment. 🤣 Yes. Its usually that abrupt. No need for drawn out good-byes unless its someone leaving for a super long time. Shes tripping with the tucking in the bedding. Unless You're 4. I mean when you make the bed, some people tuck in the sides of the sheets, but ... No.

[@discoduck2288]

I have lived in the US for 54 years and have never seen anyone tuck in their comforter or quilt or have separate bedding if they have a split mattress. I’ve actually never had a split mattress, just a split boxspring because i couldn’t get it up the stairs otherwise. I wonder where she sees all these beds. She really needs to stop saying “in America” and say “in the Cincinnati area” or “in my limited experience.”

[@champ1ontryymegaming304]

Hotel staff should not be complaining about retucking sheet of a guest because after checkout, THEY SHOULD BE CHANGING THE SHEETS!!! I'm beginning to think this girl adds her own commentary because it's expected that sheets are changed between guests!

[@TanyaQueen182]

yea she doesn't have a clue lmao I can't stand her videos.

[@discoduck2288]

I think she means when housekeeping comes in to make the beds and clean up for the guests during their stay, not after they check out and new guests are coming in.

[@bambamnj]

Never been to anyone's house where the comforter is tucked. The sheets yes, but never the bed cover. "Tuck you in" is not tucking the covers under the mattress it just means tucking the covers around your body, this was done to help prevent children from rolling out of bed

[@brandonaston301]

Americans call the big blanket on top of the bed a comforter. We’d call a quilt a quilt. But if its not a quilt its a comforter. A quilt is made of yarn and has square patches that are different designs sewn together.

[@charlesrogers4085]

Pencils are used by all grades in America.

[@michaelhitchcock9255]

People in the US don't just randomly say goodbye in the middle of a conversation. Goodbye at the end of a conversation is a polite parting word. Goodbye in the middle of a conversation is a polite way of saying, leave me alone, go away, I don't want to talk, I don't want you to walk with me, etc. Goodbye in the middle of a conversation is a dismissal and the polite response is to also say goodbye then walk away.

[@tappingthevein1]

I wear shoes inside because I'm a diabetic and if I step on something sharp it might get infected.

[@juliemckew1728]

We use #2 pencils forever and a ballpoint is a regular pen, but a fountain pen to me is wild

[@alhslm]

I have never had anyone just abruptly say "bye" and walk away in the middle of a conversation lol

[@u140550]

A lot of this depends on the person, and the state you’re in. We all are unique, but i write 4 both of the ways she’s done it; but for the triangle 4 I connect it. Which she didn’t do!! Regardless as long as you get it, then you’re fine. I don’t get some of the German writing of numbers from her eyes, because to me they look odd; but I’d assume it’s a subset of Germans. From the last time I was in Germany long ago, I didn’t see all of these things happen; so in my eyes it’s interesting.

[@juned1719]

I’m sorry but Germany sounds exhausting…lol

[@lynnw7155]

Maybe not Germany as a whole...SHE is exhausting. And judgemental.

[@bjcee1108]

We just day "hello", when we answer the phone.

[@ajwinberg]

As for the shoes, I think she is mostly talking about their own house, not necessarily someone else's house. And yes, we Americans do where our shoes inside the house very often. If we go to someone's house who asks us to take off our shoes, we will oblige, but otherwise we usually wear our shoes in other people's houses too without asking. It is a very common place. No one wants to smell a guests stinky feet the entire time they are visiting.

[@gerardroth7314]

Only once I started looking at KZbin videos, I never realized that in some US locations that removing one's shoes was practiced when entering a residence.

[@jimreeves9510]

This has got to be the funniest video I've seen from you. 😂 Love it!

[@jordanparker5949]

Check out the Christmas video. His funniest and one of the funniest of all time on YT.

[@ronnierodriguez6247]

Should named it 5 5hings Europeans complain

[@juliemckew1728]

Hahaha I loved it, how do you cuddle, our box springs are separate but not the mattress, so cute

[@necron99confussion]

For the record no one that I know tucks the bedsheets and bedspread under the mattress. The fitted sheet, sure but not the rest. It’s uncomfortable! Lol. They do that at pretty much all hotels though. Idk why. I always untuck it.

[@paulameads1207]

In the US we have a bottom sheet on the mattress and a top sheet that goes on top of the person while in bed. This top sheet can be tucked in (under the mattress) to keep children primarily tucked in the bed. A quilt or coverlet would go over the top sheet.

[@Poncho555]

I was staying in an apartment building with a German family and it was so weird seeing the shoes and taking my shoes off and leaving them in the shared hallway. In America those would’ve been stolen in seconds

[@lindabonesteel364]

Years ago before we had caller ID I would answer the phone by saying hello but now that I know who is calling I just say, yeah ? My one friend always complains that I didn't say hello !

[@ralphwilson6859]

Simply say hello unless we're answering for business

[@manxkin]

The biggest difference in handwriting is that we (U.S.) generally write in English and Germans write in German. I wonder how Germans sharpened their pencils in school? When I answer the phone I just say Hello. Then bye when you hang up. I just tuck in the bottom of the sheets. The quilt/comforter stays loose. I always take my shoes off. I’m barefoot right now.

[@ryanwesley523]

So youre telling me 911 in german is g77 ? lol

[@Deedric_Kee]

It's fun listening to her she's cute and I enjoy her little videos. I'm glad she's able to pick up on things she like.

[@Thedead_treeguy]

15:22 Some of us Americans tuck the sheets under our bed because the sheet might fall off the bed, especially if you're a rough sleeper so we do that to keep the bed sheets from falling off the bed.

[@ChiyoRR]

It also depends on the terrain. In the southwest we keep them on because we tend to drag in goathead stickers. If you step on one of those it's not only painful but can make you bleed a little too.

[@CCRedMaiden83]

Americans have a bottom sheet, then a top sheet and then a blanket / comforter. The bottom sheet is always tucked. The top sheet is always tucked on the bottom of the bed and maybe tucked on the sides depending on the individual preference.

[@juliemckew1728]

To say goodbye during someone's conversation is rude unless it was a true rush

[@Villy245]

7:49 Student usually to bring their own sharpeners. The ones on the walls are outdated and rarely used. In fact, most have been removed. Yes, we use pencils all throughout school. You cant use a pen if you prefer it. Though im pretty sure a pencil is required for scantron tests. No, people dont just randomly say "bye" in the middle of a conversation and leave. I think she meant that ehen she starts l long detailed goodbye, they'll say "bye", because they weren't expecting her to continue beyond bye.

[@carlacook5181]

I live in the American South east and have never seen anyone say goodbye like she described, we usually actually , our goodbyes take a long time b because we tend to linger and chat over our goodbyes, if it is someone we love , a good friend or sometimes an acquaintance we hug and kiss on the cheek and usually say I love you, be careful see you soon.have a hard time getting away

[@dalemoore8582]

American here. I have never ask if I need to take my shoes off. And I have only been ask to take my shoes off at one personshouse, which I thought was SOoo weird.

[@Denise-x2c]

1:) Never have I ever experienced someone just saying “bye” abruptly in the middle of a conversation. Look up videos about a Southern US goodbye… endure forever! 😊 2:) US uses a fitted sheet on the mattress, then a flat sheet (tucked in at the foot of the bed a often with “hospital corners”), and then blankets and/or quilt on top of the flat sheet. We sleep between the fitted sheet and the flat sheet… that way the quilt stays clean and you need only wash the sheets every week. (Some Americans use a washable duvet cover over their quilt but still use a fitted and flat sheet set on the bed). 😊

[@brianormonde2175]

Yeah, we use pencils all throughout school, including high school. At least when I was in school. It's probably all digital now. Pencils are actually required for tests on scantrons. They only read # two pencil lead

[@carriesmith742]

I've written 4's both ways. It's basically almost the same way it would appear on an old fashioned calculator. I DO write the slash in my 7 though. We HAD to use pencil in math only all the way through high school but they let us use pen in other classes in high school. I just say, "Hello,?" as well. Ive never seen anyone tuck their comforter into the bed. There's a top sheet and a fitted sheet that literally has elastic edges so the sheet fits exactly on the mattress and isn't meant to come off except to throw it in the washer.

[@lindasmith1370]

With over 300 million people in the USA, you can’t make generalizations about such private things. For example, I’ve never seen a double mattress with separate comforters.

[@decolonizeEverywhere]

She has never been anyplace in America except for her own bed and a hotel room. The only place that gets the sheets all tucked in like that are hotel rooms and hospitals.

[@decolonizeEverywhere]

OMG! that crap about the hotels being pissed off about the sheets being messed up by Germans is stupid. They take all the sheets off and replace them with clean sheets everyday unless you say no housekeeping. And then they don't make the bed at all, it's up to you. This girl is just a moron, please don't listen to her anymore.

[@decolonizeEverywhere]

The lines on the hand-written number 4 are that way so computers don't confuse 4s with 9s when scanning documents.

[@daynieboy7401]

In wisconsin we take over an hour to say goodbye not in public its when were with outher for dinner at one of our homes we same time to go but talk for an hour or 2 maybe 3 take tuberware or used coolwhip containers and give the other left over food before saying bye again and still talking say bye again to the rest of the family then leaving at 10pm instead of 5 or 6pm

[@HIGHLANDER_ONLY_ONE]

🔅I'm Dutch, so originally I write mostly like Felicia, however now I write more of a mix. 🔅Yes, even adult students have to use a #2 pencil for our scanton tests. 🔅 Wow, who is she having out with?!!! I have NEVER even in college have ib had people do that to me, and more my kids who are in college right now. No way, have I EVER do that to show either. No way!!! 🔅We don't say our Mahe, because if you called me, you know it's me. I say hello, or Hi Mum!!! Most often time, I don't say anything if I don't recognize the number - it cutoff be a scammer... 🔅No, we're not that rude in the phone. I think maybe the newer generation may be, but my kids say his bye sweetly, unless they need to go fast, like even they need to catch a taxi. 🔅I pull my sheets out also, but not the fitted sheets... only the blanket. 🔅I have my own blanket, but I fold it in the mornings. 🔅Nope, my entire family take their shies off inside. We also have house slippers. We always ask... I hate taking my shoes off where people have pets walking around. Our homes are shoe free, and I have signs reminding people of it. 🔅We also offer booties, for people who do not want to take their shoes off, which I prefer. If they have gross floors at their homes, or have pets walking around, then their socks to me is going to contaminated my house with their ick. So, if I'm not sure you're super clean, please wear booties, and throw it away afterwards. 🔅 I feel thar many times, Felicia is talking about immature college students...

[@vikkitrishrunnshaw1127]

I wrap myself up in my blanket , i sleep on my sheets and I use a cover sheet and a blanket and wrap myself up in that. I loved being tucked in when I was a kid, every cover and pillow cases are washable so we always wash our bedding and pillow cases, we also use duvets , and sometimes we just use a sleeping bag on our beds, and when entering a house , We do have some people who wear their shoes in the house and others who don't ,I always ask if they want me to take them off or if it's ok to leave them on.

[@ghoulbby]

Fuckin hell I've been sucked into these videos today. Just wanted to say at 10:00 we don't just ditch out while someone is talking lol. It's definitely casual though compared to her German example. We'd just know the destination is getting close and wrap up the convo quick "alright man I'll catch ya later" and that's it.

[@andimproud]

"Rolling around like caterpillars" 😂😂😂

[@L3WGReacts]

😂😂

[@RTM408]

yeah the 1 and 9 can be confusing but the 4 and 7 everyone writes it different in . Also I found people write both cursive and print. Maybe her video should say "5 things Cincinnati do differently than München? idk lol

[@latreececoleman2606]

Pencil sharpeners have always been on the wall, but they are only used if the child doesn’t have their own pencil sharpener. We only tuck the sheets, not the quilt, and many tuck sheets differently. Some it is just the corners at the foot of the bed.

[@nrrork]

The slotted bedframe is catching on here. That's what mine has. On the other hand, the mattress is also much thicker than any other mattress I had before. First time I was ever able to buy one new instead of a hand-me-down from a relative. I felt like a king when I bought it.

[@champ1ontryymegaming304]

I'm sorry, but she's way off in a lot of this. I think she went to ONE place and assumed it was universal. We have King size and California king size (bigger than King) for a reason. I've lived in the US my entire life and have NEVER seen a bed with two mattresses put together. SMH

[@jimgreen5788]

An hour or so ago, I was watching one of your videos, during which I brought up that Laurence Brown has a video about a number of states that are larger that the entire UK: How America Makes Britain Look Like a Tiny Village, and another that's really entertaining is: US national parks that are larger than the Cairngorms.

[@decolonizeEverywhere]

New York state is the same size as Scotland

[@jimgreen5788]

@@decolonizeEverywhere , not really; Scotland is 30,918 sq. mi., and NY is 47,111, which is closer to the size of England at 50,301. In reality, it's closest to the size of ME at 30,862.

[@karenhorton148]

For king and some queen sized bed we use double box springs. The mattresses are one piece.

[@cynthiafrye2985]

You are so funny you crack me up with your reactions. Lol love your videos.

[@lareeseblaque8303]

People do not just cut you off in mid conversation and say bye 😂😂😂 almost verything she said are things I have NEVER heard of 😂😂😂😂

[@maggsmick]

I’m 41, back when we didn’t have cell phones, nobody was answering land lines with “Grant residence.” We just always said, “Hello.” I’m sure there were a few people answering like that, maybe the older generation, but it’s mostly a movie trope. My grandparents also answered with a hello. I’ve never called a home in my entire life and had someone state the residence instead of just saying hello…

[@godsmacdiesel3491]

18:59 the whole “shoes in the house” thing depends on the family. We live in an apartment, so we try not to wear street shoes in the house. Landlords love to change the carpet and try to charge you for normal wear and tear, so we try to mitigate that.

[@chrisjarvis2287]

Her 9 looks like a lower case G. Feli is always whining about things she finds here in Cincinnati.

[@AlexisNBloom]

Most guests ask if they should remove shoes. Really only close friends and family tend to remove shoes because otherwise it’s very casual for maybe somebody who is there in a professional capacity.

[@tinahairston6383]

The way she wrote an American #4 is a bit exaggerated but she's also basing that on how her 1st graders write, lol. A German cursive "I" looks nothing like an American cursive "I" but cursive isn't really taught anymore in the US so there's that. We don't really stop using pencils throughout all grades of school because the standardized exams are fed through machines to be graded so a pencil is required unless that's changed in the 35 years since I was in school, lol. We do start using pens in elementary school but if you've written down a wrong answer, you'll make a mess of the test if you're stuck with only a pen instead of a pencil you can erase/re-write. When answering the phone at home, if I know who's calling, I say hello or like to my sister or brother, I'll answer hey, yo or what's up! If I was at work and it was a call between departments, I'd say, "this is Tina" because it was a shared phone environment so you didn't know who the caller wanted to talk to at any given time. It's definitely normal to wear street shoes in the house. I will take mine off if I'm not going back out and put on my slippers or maybe flip/flops because I have flat feet so need some arch support at all times. Unless someone has new flooring/carpeting, it's not generally normal to ask if the person you're visiting wants you to take your shoes off.

[@sortaamy3003]

I have kids in high school. It hasn't changed. They still require no.2 pencils because of testing. Has since I started school many years ago.

[@easybreezy4559]

We here in NY had to use pens on exams not pencils. I also write in cursive but my way of writing seems like a mix of everything she said😂😂

[@kickrocks264]

Sometimes I answer the phone with an aggressive hello when I don’t know the number 😂. Otherwise it’s quick and simple hellos and bye. No need to drag it out!

[@revgurley]

I was about to make an awesome comment about this video but......bye. (LOL! No, we don't just leave you or hang up on you. Quick excuse, bye - yes).

[@TheTexasRedhead62]

😂

[@L3WGReacts]

LMAOOOO bye

[@donaldinnewmexico]

I remember learning to write with a giant pencil on paper with giant wood chunks that I had to write around.

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

Elementary school had the ugliest grey paper for kids to learn to write on. 😂

[@lindajohnson7675]

We tuck the sheets and not the quilt/comforter/ bedspread. I can not image hotel employees complaining about German visitors. Because they CHANGE the sheets every day. So, no matter if you have sheets tucked in or not, they have to tuck the sheets when they make the bed. As far as two mattresses pushed together....we don't really do that anymore. But, if we do! There is a piece of foam or whatever. . That fits in that gap and joins the two together. I'm 61. I feet like taking shows off and changing to slippers in your home is pretty new. When I was growing up, no body worried about shoes in the house. (Unless there was snow or a muddy season. Then, of course we took our shoes off.) I feel like some of the younger generations are too materialistic. They are worried about their spick and span floors rather than the comfort of their quests.

[@AlexisNBloom]

As for beds and sleeping, this is as individualistic as Americans are. For making the bed, however, most Americans will at least tuck the flat sheet in at the foot of the bed. This holds the sheet in place so you can pull it taught and flat to make it neat. Most do not tuck the top cover in unless they learned how to make their bed in the military. As for the top cover, we have many varieties here and they all have different names. We have comforters, quilts, duvets (with duvet covers), and blankets. Most of Europe does not face the extremes of continental weather that we have in the US nor the extremes of climate because we are a big country. Thus our bedding is layered because it provides us the most flexibility through the seasons.

[@AlexisNBloom]

We do not abruptly end conversations here. We frequently do try to wrap up our conversations and frequently even say something like, “It was great talking with you, but I need to wrap this up because I need to run to my next class.” Or something similar. If somebody is a good friend they might just say, “Gotta go! Bye” and “See you again soon” as their voice trails off during departure. What she is describing it and certainly the impression you get would be considered very rude indeed. The most abrupt is for family and friends mostly because we accept that they know and love us and understand that we need to get on with things.

[@patmassey-wease5215]

...american beds have fitted bottom sheet and flat top sheet...that is where the tuck comez into play....

[@TanyaQueen182]

She needs to visit MORE of the USA before she makes any more videos smh. She really doesn't know our culture very well. I promise no one is going to interrupt you mid sentence to say "BYE!" and walk away. People probably just do that to her to get away from her lmao. Also, I pick up the phone "Hello" or if I am friends with the person calling I may say "Hey Lewis" when I answer.

[@TanyaQueen182]

We tuck our sheets exactly like you explained. Just tuck the sheets. Not the quilt.

[@Kim-427]

Yeah,I think people don’t like her. Lol

[@Ryuu99]

1) I adopted the line through my 7s to avoid ambiguity with 1s. 2) Americans tend to be direct... when we gotta, we gotta go 3) If you called me, you need to know who you're trying to talk to... if I say "hello" and you ask me who this is, Im hanging up on you... you're rude. I definitely don't abruptly say "bye" to friends/family on the phone... we always wrap up the convo. 4) She's never been to the south... you're not tucking yourself into a sweatbox here... Slatted frames are extremely common here. I haven't used a box spring since I was a kid. 5) I take my shoes off before entering a house if I see a shoe rack near the door. I don't require people to take their shoes off in my house. I also wear slippers and/or socks inside.