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[@lucydotg]

Things aren’t pumpkin flavored- they are “pumpkin spice” flavored. “Pumpkin spice” being cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. Named after the spices used in pumpkin pie.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Mulling spices are pumpkin spices. I think it makes more sense to an American to call them pumpkin spices so they understand a little what it is. Personally, I can't separate the "pumpkin" from the "spice," and I think a lot of us have that problem, hence all the hatred for all things pumpkin spice. But you'll want some in your wine, and you'll want some in your cider.

[@bluflaam777]

Pumkin soup is a thing a lot like any other squash type fruit. Pumpkin spice is a whole nutter thing. There are different variations, and some can be a bit much IMO.

[@lucydotg]

@@ginnyjollykidd pumpkin really doesn’t have much flavor at all. Compared to tastier squashes like acorn squash or butternut squash, (or similar-ish flavored sweet potatoes) it’s almost strange that pumpkin pie because the standard in many American families. But maybe a pumpkin base is a blank slate for the sugar, cream, and spices.

[@flattop223]

15:13 when I've asked people how are you? I've never gotten a long answer, but if I ask somebody and they went into what's going on in their life and that, I'm usually not in much of a hurry and I'd listen and be interested if it's interesting. Actually saying that I never got a long answer is not true a lot of times when I'll ask people that are in their seventies or so if they're doing all right or how you doing that type of thing they will go into a very long answer, when that happens I feel like they're just looking for somebody to talk to so sometimes I end up hanging out with them for 15-20 minutes. That happens to me a lot in the grocery store.

[@patrickcox8990]

Youre telling me that this whole time, people have not in fact been drinking pumpkin flavored coffee? thats honestly a relief to know that theres still some sanity left in the world.

[@veronica978]

Our pharma adds are disturbing. Half the time the side affects are worse than the actual illness. I HATE the medical adds

[@katherineculhane4228]

For profit Medicine is completely foreign to most of the world. Mostly because it’s completely unethical.

[@mattj7124]

Technicaly a small percentage of people get the side effects. Also sometimes like viagra and menoxidil the side effect becomes the main use.

[@ForbiddenChocolate]

One of the first prescription drug ads I saw years ago had a long list of unpleasant side effects that concluded with "gas with oily discharge." I don't know what condition it was supposed to treat, but surely it couldn't have been worse than the side effects!

[@quacknaround]

​@@mattj7124 Side effects are actually pretty common but it's the severity of it and the positive effects of the medication that need to be balanced. There's really no perfect medication.

[@v2joecr]

Sorry but "adds" would be more of a math term. If you are referencing advertising, you mean ads.

[@sock2828]

14:52 if an american says "are you alright?" to someone it usually means that they're legitimately concerned for their mental state or physical health

[@greekess7]

Very true. "How are you?" is a typically geeeting/hello. An "Are you alright?" or even a shorter slang version means that it looks like something is legitimately wrong. Plus, if you ask someone if they are alright, it means that you will or are willing to help, or at least notify someone. You don't just ask it and walk away. If I heard a brit ask "You alright?" as a greeting, I'd probably respond with "Yeah? Why? Is something wrong? Did something happen?" 😂😂

[@felixfungle-bung4688]

When I say, "How are you doing?" I've thought ahead of time and ready for a conversation.

[@kokisit]

In the U.S. if someone says "How are you?" or "How was your weekend?" the correct answer is "Fine" or "Great." I agree that "Are you alright?" means I think something's wrong.

[@annemcclearnon4231]

He must’ve visited the USA in Autumn/ Fall regarding Pumpkin Spice. It’s popular during Autumn not all the time 🎃 ❤

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

Passing in the hallway in the morning at work. “Hey! How are you?” “Fine, and you?” “Fine.” End.

[@posorgirl54]

It feels so rehearsed. Scripted. Like why ask? Cashiers do this all the time and it's like really? You know you have a line and if I tell you all my problems, you'll regret asking. I should do that one day. lol

[@krisspringer1568]

Unless you live in Minnesota. 😂

[@totalEPICness88]

Here, we call it a commercial because that’s the type of advertisement it is. It’s not a billboard ad, not a newspaper ad, and it’s not partnered sponsorship; but it is an advert in video form, aka, a commercial. That and our TV channels use to always called the ad breaks “commercial breaks” because it was a break in the broadcast for other commerce to play ads.

[@gwynnmccallan8856]

Just a public service announcement... When you eat at a restaurant here in the US, never feel you have to eat the entire meal in one sitting. It's completely normal to ask for a container at the end in order to take your left overs with you. Just eat until comfortably full. Take the rest back to your hotel and eat it later. Most hotels have a mini fridge and a microwave to reheat food.

[@whogoes]

The meals in restaurants didn't used to be so big back in the 1960's,1970's, etc. The restaurants compete for customers so aggressively these days! I always get a to-go box because they give you so much food. Almost all the restaurants offer a to-go drink, too.

[@posorgirl54]

@@whogoes I don't know about that anymore. Everything shrunk in size these last few years. A hamburger patty is as thin as paper these days, while the prices have nearly doubled. But I do agree it used to be that way. Does McDonalds even have the Super Sized option anymore? They stopped the Dollar Menu and free refills.

[@TheBpantani]

Servers don't argue with you, they want the tip. Plus, as the customer, you don't want the people preparing your food angry at you.

[@ForbiddenChocolate]

I told my kids at a very young age, "Never offend the people who handle your food!"

[@lennybuttz2162]

I used to say to mean customers, "You know I'm bringing you food, that you're going to put into your mouth?" it would usually take them a minute to understand what I was saying. I never had 1 get up and leave. I would never do anything gross to someone's food, I might let it get cold or tell the cook to take his time or overcook it or give him a small portion.

[@sabik6979]

​@lennybuttz2162 I was screamed at by a mean ass lady because her fries were cold and there wasn't enough salt, apparently. I cooked a new batch and then dumped the entire bottle of salt onto the fries, and it was a big bottle. What's funny is that she never came back to complain, lol. I guess she enjoyed that half pound of salt 😅

[@felixfungle-bung4688]

Granted, there have been just terrible servers.

[@lennybuttz2162]

@@felixfungle-bung4688 LOL Oh my I have seen some doozies in my day.

[@Darvec]

The reason for the month/day/year format is that was the original British format in the 1700s. The Brits eventually switched to the European day/month/year after American independence. A lot of UK and US differences stem from America keeping the original British customs. The US is like a 1700s British time capsule in subtle ways.

[@gobalbucs]

Same with the imperial system. It was originally the system the British used before they switched to the metric. I do wish we had done the same because the metric system is objectively easier lol

[@Ivorymix]

The month comes first because it's usually the most important for planning and remembering things. When you think about a birthday, you're more likely to remember someone has a June birthday before you recall it's on the 5th. Same with taxes - we always know taxes are due in April before we think about the 15th. Anytime we plan or think about something, the month sticks in our mind first, and that's why the month-day-year format just makes sense for a lot of people. So back in the day, Americans would often say the month first in conversations and it just stuck. It's because it just makes sense for conversations and generalizing or prioritizing things based on the month first.

[@005uz345]

Also, the format originated in the UK and we kept it, but the UK changed.

[@mbourque]

There are three reasons for writing the dates the way we do. A. It is the logical numerical sequence from smallest group to largest group: 12 months, 30/31 days, unlimited years. B. During the pre-industrial years, it was important to know the month to keep up with growing seasons, but not so accurate as to know the exact day. So the importance of the month made it sensible to put it first. C. Due to how the date is said in America English grammar, the month is said first, thus we write it that way also.... Example: March 5th....

[@taemoney86]

@5:45 Dude said we have so few holidays. At first I’m thinking dude there is literally a holiday for everything here it’s like every month there is a holiday for something. Then I thought about our differences in terms and remembered the Brits use holiday to mean vacation. lol

[@Blessedbeyond.]

😂

[@laurieelliott3791]

Commercials, yes, every night, several for medications.

[@cp368productions2]

Europe has things called "bank holidays" which are literally random days that people get off work and school. We do have very few Federal Holidays.

[@oopsmybad8047]

The place I work offer paid vacation times like most companies in the US. When it's said and done my work offers 10 weeks of time off paid.

[@Blessedbeyond.]

@@oopsmybad8047 that's a lot!! Good for u

[@Cookie-K]

Not Lewis being confused about British things 😂 He really is turning American!

[@JuniorJoe2000]

The date thing is just based on how we say the date. Instead of the 5th of September, we'd say September 5th, so we write the dates as such. It's also why we usually say the 4th of July instead of July 4th. It's to signify that it's more special than a typical day.

[@antoniostitches]

I still use ISO 8601 due to the military. YYYYMMDD

[@neutrino78x]

@@antoniostitches When we prepared NATO reports on the submarine we would use the first three characters of the month: 2215Z5SEP24 -- 2215 hrs zulu time, 5 Sep 24. 🙂

[@davidwelch5021]

I think about how you look up the day on a calendar. First you turn to the month, then look for the specific day.

[@antoniostitches]

@@davidwelch5021won’t work well when your looking at a calander from 1985. 😂

[@kelleewolfe2834]

Mmmm yum! Pumpkin pie with whipped cream is freaking delicious!!!! Pumpkin cheesecake and pumpkin cookies are delicious! A tradition in my family was to save as many of the pumpkin seeds we could save while carving pumpkins and toast them in the oven with just salt, or I've heard of people using other seasonings too. So good!

[@MrHavadollar]

@8:21 People got scared of being replaced at their jobs. "Work Performance" is competitive and people give up way too much of their own time. Gen-Xers instilled this fear in Millennials about the horrors of corporate mistreatment. People wouldn't even discuss their wages, saying that it's private. This is because if your company changed ownership and the new management thought you were making too much money for your position, they'd just sack you. Actually, that's true. Still is. That's because employee wages are the biggest overhead of any business. The inflated cost of benefits makes it so hard to employ good workers. So the first thing a company does when taking over is to cut costs to prove the value of the move to purchase the company. It's absolutely sinister and there needs to be better ways of stopping that. Unions don't even stop it. Job security is such a scary thing sometimes.

[@cstrouts]

At restaurants, you are expected to take the extra food home with you. The server will usually ask if you want a box for the leftovers, but don't hesitate to ask if they don't say anything. If you're a tourist staying in a hotel, it's worth it to make sure your room has a microwave in it for that reason (most rooms will have a microwave).

[@williamivey5296]

One exception is an all you can eat place. Ideally, you should only take about what you can eat so no leftovers. Most places like that do have takeout, though. Usually you fill up a takeout box and they charge you by weight.

[@SablePhantom]

Even if you don't have one in room, I think you can still microwave usually in common dining area (like lounge area or area where you usually get your complimentary breakfast).

[@sabik6979]

There are no restaurants that I've ever been to that expect you to take your leftover food home like it's some kind of rule or something, lol 😅. I always have to ask for a take-home container, and I've only been to a few that will actually ask if you want to take it home or not, but you are not expected to. I've also been to a few restaurants that will not allow you to take leftovers home.

[@williamivey5296]

@@sabik6979 Why would they ask, if they didn't expect it? Pizza places typically ask, if they see you slowing down on a large. Very few willingly leave pizza behind 😊

[@jice7074]

​@@sabik6979exactly, it's extra work for the server. Not to mention there's always that dish washer who doesn't mind finishing it for you. But most restaurants have to-go boxes available for requests.

[@debbsc5176]

One thought about how Americans write the date. What does your calendar look like? Is it organized by date or month? Hmmm?...🤭 When someone starts telling you the date, don't you need to know which month to look at? When an American starts telling you something's on October 5th, we can immediately flip to October's calendar before they even say the date. 😉😉

[@simmerra]

Exactly!

[@Trifler500]

Yup. This is also how old time inventory was done using a clipboard. You would scan the list, with the month being the first thing you need to know. Having it be the first number makes it easier.

[@tyrafamily6702]

Perfectly said!

[@franceswellshutson2121]

Also, if you look at how high the numbers go to, (ex.- 12(months), 28-31(days), 2024(year), it's going from smallest to largest.

[@katehaynes5735]

Also, in the US, if someone asks you the date (of anything, not just today's) we tend to reply something like " May 9th" rather than "the 9th of May", maybe we just go for the slightly shorter way of saying it? Like my birthday is 5/9, and no, that's not the 5th of September.

[@Lady_Mundy]

Pumpkin is a fall thing. Pumpkin spice is the big thing from September to November. Apple is also a big deal in the fall as well. I had a pumpkin muffin yesterday. It is also a favorite family weekend adventure to go to a pumpkin patch or apple orchard and pick your own. They usually have hayrides, corn mazes, petting zoo, and lots of yummy fall theme foods! It's a lot of fun!🎃🧡

[@ks4isu]

I've noticed another seasonal flavor that's been showing up lately is maple.

[@CaraFay-bf8jk]

I know what I’m doing this weekend! 🎃 🍎

[@SablePhantom]

I like pumpkin muffins with cream cheese filling. Those are yummy 😋 Fall flavors had always been pumpkin spice, apple, and maple... but maple were lesser known and stressed because of year round availability (since maple syrup is usually tied to panckes). But I only know about maple because I like maple syrup 😆

[@Prischilders]

When I hear "Are you alright?" it makes me think someone fell down and another person asked if they're hurt 😅

[@garycamara9955]

I have never actually liked pumpkin pie, or minced meat pies. I like fruit pies. Cherry, berry, Lemon merangue, Key lime, just not usually apple, unless it's tart.

[@orionsmushroom]

Tipping is primarily done because workers in the service and hospitality industry do not get paid the same wages as workers from trade jobs or jobs requiring a university degree. So we are supplementing them.

[@sugarhigh55]

Some employers are allowed to pay their service staff less than minimum wage because the staff is receiving tips. Just because the staff is receiving less than minimum wage does NOT mean they are destitute. Many, many tipped employees make a good to very good living. Fine dining waiter - doing just fine. Hot spot bartender on a Saturday night- great. Applebee's on a Friday night - probably ok. Denny's or Waffle House- maybe less than ok. These are the people that DO NOT need your 💩. Tip them 25% if you can.

[@orionsmushroom]

Letting pster know general situation, not belittling service people 🙄.

[@341Michael]

“How are you?” “Wonderful. How you doin?” That’s my daily interaction. I like to throw in “wonderful” or “fantastic” just to throw people off but it’s never a conversation lol

[@miguelanaya95658]

When looking at a paper calendar do look for the day first or turn the pages to the month first

[@debneuweiler9867]

Or even a digital calander like on any device it doesn’t say what ever date it is then the month..that would be totally confusing..wouldn’t it? Or am I just crazy

[@ivynyx1834]

It changes be geo location. I'm pretty sure a UK SIM card would be. Day month year

[@mechengr1731]

Sorting by month just makes more sense. So if you start with the month, it's easier for organization

[@DavidFisher-x4x]

I'm a doctor, and honestly we aren't moved at all by those ads, nor by drug reps. They no longer even provide ink pens for free, much less cash, trips, or all the craziness people think doctors get from drug companies. Insurance companies won't pay for the newest drugs anyway and rarely are they needed as there are so many other options for us to use that allow the patient to get their medication for $0 copay, $5, $10, $25, $40 copays, usually the brand only drugs are the $25 and $40 dollar copays.

[@maryvalentine9090]

That’s exactly what I was thinking, David. The ads are weird and I don’t know what purpose they serve because I would never look at one of those ads go to my physician and say, “doc, I need this drug I saw on the ad and it sounds great!

[@mandibailey9104]

24 years working in healthcare. The drug reps have food to offer and give us a pitch. Half of the time, they just give us pamphlets, coupons, and samples. We do not get paid for what they are trying to get us to push onto patients. Even Americans think we get money from pharmaceutical companies. We simply don't, and if a provider were working for or with the pharmaceutical company, they'd get their license suspended or taken. The advertisements on the television or other platforms are ridiculous and cause more issues treating patients and cause fear/confusion.

[@wmor2449]

Oh please! 😂 So, they spend all that money for no reason? BWAHAHAHA! In the U.S., drug companies spend a significant amount on both TV advertising and pharmaceutical sales representatives annually. 1. **TV Advertising**: Pharmaceutical companies spend around $6-7 billion per year on direct-to-consumer (DTC) television advertising. The U.S. is one of the few countries that allows DTC ads for prescription drugs, which is why this figure is so high. 2. **Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives**: Drug companies spend even more on marketing to healthcare providers, including through pharmaceutical sales reps. Estimates suggest they spend around $20-30 billion annually on these efforts, including free drug samples, sales reps' salaries, and promotional events for healthcare professionals. Combined, the total annual marketing spend can exceed $35 billion.

[@wmor2449]

Btw: my copays were more under the ACA than the real price with prescription savings programs and no insurance. Insurance is nothing but a scam to get people to pay more. As Gruber said "Designed to fail".

[@kw1690]

I don’t think everyone is a workaholic. Some companies are very stingy about giving time off. A new employee does not even earn a holiday until after a one year of work. Even after that you that you earn 7 days .Which is insane. I worked in UK. I was entitled 28 days right off the bat without even working 1 month as a new employee. We are abused in America!

[@richardmartin9565]

Our currency is the metric system. $1.00 equals 100 cents 20 nickles 10 dimes 4 quarters 2 half dollars

[@beigenegress2979]

I haven’t seen the half dollar around in decades. When I was a kid in the 1970s, I used to save the $.50 cent piece (half dollar) like a collector’s item.

[@bethpruitt9595]

I love being an American and living in Alabama! When ask the cashier or a server at the Wal-Mart or restaurant how they're doing doesn't mean we are asking for their life history! It's just a greeting!

[@joycelinagamer]

When we greet someone with “How are you?” the only acceptable answer is “Fine. How are you?” You answer, “Fine” and go about your business.

[@iamstevec1656]

I'm 70 years old and can't remember ever having such bad service in a restaurant that I did not tip. That being said, if I did have real bad service I would not have any problem leaving NO tip. Especially if it's a place I don't intend to return to.

[@boopjakfpv5814]

Now days almost nobody deserves a tip. least were i live.

[@dyldog]

@@boopjakfpv5814where the hell do you live

[@megatroll2590]

that was me last time I went to local Denny's 3 hours for a burger and fries when there was only 3 customers. the cook and the waitress were too busy yapping to do their jobs. they expected a tip still.

[@martina21953]

If you are extremely dissatisfied with your service, you leave a penny and call the manager over to let them know why you did that.

[@Grynn17]

Even if I get terrible service, I still leave a dollar. Just to let them know I didn’t forget the tip.😏

[@eldersm100]

How are you? Fine, thanks for asking. And you? I'm good. This is the way most Americans greet one another. That's pretty normal to us. 😊

[@antoniostitches]

What up?

[@neutrino78x]

@@antoniostitches sup, G?

[@raiortiz9810]

yea a good majority of us don’t want to know we casually ask just to be nice

[@antoniostitches]

@@neutrino78xjust chillin, big homie.

[@BalokLives]

How ya' doin? What's happening, what's going on, etc.

[@AngieCurl]

Last pumpkin item.. Pumpkin pie cheesecake ice cream 😂

[@ivynyx1834]

I have pumpkin spice snicker doodles on my counter right now

[@peoriagrace1968]

Pumpkin salsa.

[@CarlGorn]

On Greetings: What he's getting at is in America, we say some version of "How are you?" in lieu of the British "Ye alright?" It can be "How do you do," or "How are ya," or the southern "Howdy," which is just a contracted form of "Howdy do," itself a regional descent of the Scottish "How d' ye do." Regardless of the variation, it just requires a short answer, nothing too involved. If you're feeling witty, you could answer, "Well, I'm alive, which sure beats the alternative."

[@karitaylor4213]

In the US, for salaried employees, Holiday pay is usually 10 paid days and is for National Holidays like Christmas or Thanksgiving when businesses are closed. In Addition, the norm is an 10 days of vacation time but it’s increased the longer you work there. Plus, we get sick days and short term and long term disability. For maternity it’s 6 weeks paid on top of whatever days you’ve accumulated.

[@AngieCurl]

I use my holidays for sick days. I don’t get separate “sick days” at my job. Even with a doctor’s excuse you get in trouble for not being there.

[@rnangel69]

😢

[@flesheater5712]

I have had jobs like that. But now I work for a good company I have nine paid holidays and 5 weeks PTO to use as I wish.

[@gothic_oma]

Most of the jobs I've had were the same... calling in sick looks really bad to many employers. 😕

[@lindadianesmith6013]

In my job I had four weeks vacation, 2 days of sick leave a month, and 11 days holiday a year. But some people don’t get vacation at all. Most jobs start at 2 weeks a year. Some companies combine vacation and sick leave together so if you don’t get sick, you can take more vacation. I always took ALL of my vacation and encouraged my employees to do the same.

[@mechengr1731]

Yeah, my poor dad doesn't get any paid time off. Even for days the job site will be closed

[@Yeetin_Peas]

I work for the federal government and before I had 20 years in, my leave was.similar. now it's 6 weeks vacation days and 4 hours sick leave every 2 weeks.

[@catherinesearles1194]

If a server starts an argument I'm walking out no one gets anything.

[@falfas55bgas]

When you eat something pumpkin, you're tasting the cinnamon, allspice, ginger, ground clove and nutmeg. Pumpkin itself has almost no flavor. I make pumpkin pies from scratch every Thanksgiving and Christmas.

[@JosephGiannelli-eu6os]

I was spoiled by my grandmother's pies. She used a lighter hand with the spices than most people and companies use. I miss that and regret the heavy spicing many use. Spices should add, not dominate!! Anyway, that's me. I love pumpkin. My favorite pumpkin ice cream will no longer be made. The store owners are retiring so won't be there to make it and the recipe stays with them.. I will go through a grieving period but I will survive. 🙂

[@JosephGiannelli-eu6os]

I should have added: Diane, using Joe's tablet.

[@notsomadscientist9602]

I don't know bro.... You were pretty spot on with the medical ads. Then a few years later there will be a commercial talking about "Have you or a loved one died from taking this medication? You are eligible for compensation." I refuse to take medication, and I RARELY get sick.

[@KaelumYodi]

Pumpkin pie is actually a custard pie with pumpkin, as in 95% pumpkin, 5% eggs, plus spices. There’s also pumpkin bread and pumpkin bars (cakey brownie type) that are delicious. Pumpkin bread is great warmed with butter, and bars are great with cream cheese frosting.

[@maryvalentine9090]

Pumpkin pie also has brown sugar, sometimes molasses, sometimes even maple syrup, sometimes brown Karo syrup. Pumpkin pie wouldn’t be very good without that syrupy sugar 😂

[@Icantbelievethisshit2]

Personally I hate everything about nutmeg. I'm a fan of sweet potato pie with NO doctoring it up to be like pumpkin! Sweet potato pie with a touch of orange or lemon extract is 🔥

[@mechengr1731]

A woman in my book club told me about a recipe that uses canned pumpkin and spiced cake mix. I made it for Thanksgiving and it was delicious

[@tonyborelli.]

when i was little, if the service was crappy, the old folks would leave 2 pennies. My grandma told me that means "you suck"

[@Glen-qh5xq]

Because if you don't leave any tip they might think you just forgot. By leaving two pennies it tells them you didn't forget to tip that's all they're worth.

[@thatcat8442]

Had a boss say, if he can do without an employee for over 2 weeks, he doesn't need that employee.

[@sabik6979]

That boss was an idiot who clearly didn't give a dam about people's well-being.

[@Trifler500]

Short-sighted boss, but I agree a lot of bosses think that way.

[@leolordful]

Purely from a business perspective, he has a point. Considering how much work one person can do in that time, that's a LOT of lost work time.

[@Trifler500]

@@leolordful It's never a good idea to run a business in such a way that the loss of someone can result in being unable to continue doing business. I did some temp work for a large contractor for Boeing. They literally had one woman who knew how to do the shipping paperwork for their multi-million dollar international shipments. She had been doing it for over a decade, and had never been sick, and never taken more than a day off at a time. However, she told me that if she did get sick, goods would stop being shipped, because her boss had never been interested in having someone else learn and help her out, even though she worked over 10 hours a day. Running things that tight will definitely bite them hard at some point.

[@leolordful]

@Trifler500 I agree there needs to be redundancy. My point is, even with redundancy built in, a business shouldn't have to pay you to go on vacation. Sick/maternity/paternity is one thing. Paid vacation is another. My job pays me to work, not to play. If I can't afford to take a vacation without my job paying me to take vacation then I don't need to be taking a vacation.

[@cloudsn]

For holiday time, or maternity leave, it depends on the company. There's no federal law saying we get X amount of days. So some people do get paid time off, some don't. Some take their vacation time, and some don't. Some are workaholics, but others are too afraid to ask for their vacation time. My state finally mandated paid sick leave for everyone, even part time workers. But again, this is not at the federal level, so it varies widely.

[@tsvandyke]

5:50 ... " holidays " ( British term for ( work vacations days ) - NOT "federal recognized holidays" ( like Veterans day , Independence day , Thanksgiving , Christmas , ... ) " Full time job" = 2 weeks a year of work vacation days ( unpaid ) , plus 3 "sick / call out days " ... but if you call out sick more than 3 times , they start to deduct from your 2 week vacation ( holiday ) time

[@corvus1374]

We say ads, not adverts or advertisements. Yes, we get them a lot. A nickel is 5 cents, a dime is ten cents, we also have 1 cent (a penny), 25 cents (a quarter) and fifty cents (a half dollar) Pumpkin is not the same as pumpkin spice.

[@Nekobaby]

Ads is the standard abbreviation/slang, but when written out or spoken fully, it's said with a "ties" instead of a "tis" which he kept correcting himself to. So basically, he said it both the American way and British way. Lol.

[@brianl8481]

There’s also Silver Dollar, but like the Half Dollar, it’s rather uncommon.

[@bluflaam777]

@@brianl8481 Susan B Anthony and the Sacagawea Dollar...not sure if they still mint those tho'. We have a ton of silver and gold coins that are weird or limited mints like the Double Eagle Silver $2 coin. Those are mostly for collectors even tho they are actual currency.

[@justwondering5651]

or ad-ver-t-eyes-ments

[@SablePhantom]

... Way back then adverts were preferred shorthand for advertisements... but then adverts started being too long so it got shorten to ads--they're all the same word 😂

[@Wyldthorn]

We are not workaholics. It is more that most places are at bare minimum staff needed to run the place so there is no one to take your days off. Plus a lot of companies do not want to pay overtime for people to cover your shift so there is a sort of unspoken (for the most part) understanding that you should not take days off. Also depending on the state you work in they may not be required to give vacation time off. They have to give sick days by law. But not vacation days.

[@jshoota19ify]

That's when "good" Unions come into play. I stress "good".

[@MIGSmoakz]

there are no federal laws requiring sick days in the us.

[@danavaught396]

i dont get sick pay or vacation pay. you dont work, you dont eat lol

[@burnout_2017]

Sick days are not a requirement by any law

[@blissfullycat02]

Yeah, it's not that we're addicted to the work, we are just needed and also don't get much paid vacation time so to afford to live we can't take off much

[@PalemoonTwilight]

I live in Iowa. We say, "Ads." Our coins: Penney ($.01), nickel ($.05), dime ($.10), quarter ($.25), half-dollar ($.50), dollar ($1.00). Holidays: Where I work, they give us 8 holidays. Then we get what is usually called Paid Time Off (PTO). This is what we use for vacations away as well as things like doctor appointments and illness. Honestly, the US is totally not generous when it comes to holidays (as in Christmas, Independence Day, Labor Day, and so on). Most people don't get a single day of PTO until they have worked at a company for a year. "How are you?" Most people don't mean it: In other words - It is just like saying, "Hello." Pumpkin is a raging in Autumn in the US. I don't really eat pumpkin things except for pumpkin pie. Peace. ☮

[@BaughbeSauce]

As a fellow Iowan, I'm sure you also enjoy apple cider donuts in fall! They're so yummy! 😋 I also had never heard of a scotcharoo before coming to Iowa.

[@PalemoonTwilight]

@@BaughbeSauce Yes! Iowa has a lot of yummy foods, especially things made from apples, pumpkins, rhubarb, and corn. I like to sit down with a steaming cup of warm spiced apple cider on cold evenings. Delicious. Another interesting thing Iowans eat is chili with cinnamon rolls!

[@BaughbeSauce]

@@PalemoonTwilight Yeah, I haven't been able to get down with that pairing! 🤣

[@BrianAAtkinsonAK47]

Yes, we are workaholics. Yes, we also have loads of time-off too. 9 out of our 12 months (minus March, April, & August), we have federal (paid) holidays. We have multiple sick and vacation days (20-40 days) as well. I have so many excess vacation days, I have every Friday off from now til the end of the year. Lastly, ever since COVID, my company is hella laxed on working from home vs.going to the office. For me, I work 75-85% from home, 15-25% at the office.

[@richardw.shaver]

Yes, we say commercial for TV and radio ads. About our coins, we have the penny (1 cent), the nickel (5 cents), the dime (10 cents), the quarter (25 cents). There is also the half dollar and dollar coins but we don't regularly use them.

[@WuznMe]

I just had Pumpkin pie from Costco, which I love, and pumpkin spice cider! Writing the date: do you guys have calendars? It's a serious question because the calendar is presented in months, with the days inside so it makes more sense for us because before technology, we had paper calendars. You open it to the MONTH and then you find the day (of course the year would follow) - MONTH DAY YEAR 😆 so we're right.....well that's what we keep telling ourselves and we're sticking to it 😆

[@jacqueline1099]

I basically just ignore all those commercials

[@ssmith548]

They are hard to ignore. They are constant, aggressive and very annoying. I mute them but they’re still in your face. I wish they would outlaw them. They don’t belong on TV. The US and New Zealand are the only countries that allow them. When I was a kid there were tv commercials for cigarettes and hard liquor too! They got outlawed eventually.

[@arich9326]

They are so frequent and annoying that I have learned to tune them out as well!

[@MICHAELSMITH-ys8ek]

@@ssmith548 i don't watch tv. 90% crap other than sports.

[@Ric613-u1c]

I just don't watch TV. Haven't for 12 years.

[@Jjdhjsjshshs]

@@ssmith548 just use streaming services like everyone else, ads are 30 secs - 1 min 1/2. There’s no reason to have satellite or cable anymore

[@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay]

US currency denominations are as follows: 1) Penny - $0.01 (one cent) 2) Nickel - $0.05 (5 cents) 3) Dime - $0.10 (10 cents) 4) Quarter - $0.25 (25 cents) 5) Kennedy (aka 50-cent piece) (self-explanatory) 6) $1 bill (Has George Washington on it) 7) $2 bill (very rare) (Has Thomas Jefferson on it) 8) $5 bill (Has Abraham Lincoln on it) 9) $10 bill (Has Alexander Hamilton on it) 10) $20 bill (Has Andrew Jackson on it) 11) $50 bill (pretty rare) (Has Ulyssees S Grant on it) 12) $100 bill (Has Benjamin Franklin on it) (often called a Benjamin) (common phrase is, "It's all about the Benjamins" meaning "It's all about the money."

[@AngellMessiah]

You forgot the dollar coin

[@Arthur2990]

50 cents also known as a half dollar

[@BaughbeSauce]

Where it gets confusing for non-americans is that the size of the coin does not reflect its value. For instance, the dime (10c) is smaller than the penny (1c), yet the nickel (5c) is bigger than both of them. And yes they forgot about the $1 coin. I have gold Sacagawea $1 coins, but I'm not sure if they still look like that. Mine are all over 20 years old!

[@EJetson22]

In the US, there's a different between holidays and vacation (Paid time off). Most companies have 10 recognized holidays where everyone is off and we get paid. Then, most full time jobs start with 2 or 3 weeks of vacation time per year and that increases with you seniority.

[@Yeetin_Peas]

I work for the federal government. There are 11 paid federal holidays. I earn 6 weeks of paid annual leave (vacation days) and a month of paid sick leave (for when you are sick or have medical appointments) a year. When I had my kids there was no paid maternity leave. Now there is 4 weeks paid maternity leave.

[@catherinesearles1194]

I don't think advert is part of our social vocabulary. We just complain about a ton of commercials.

[@danielmcgraw7908]

I saved up years of vacation time, then cashed it in when I retired. I had over 1200 hours of vacation. I also had medical leave I got paid for. Every year I got a week of personal time, I used it every year. Along with that, I got 13 paid holidays. Between the two, I had 2 weeks off every year, AND gave myself a 6 month bonus when I retired!

[@aura81295]

Yep - stockpiling it for future is not always allowed with private companies but very common with governmental employees.

[@lexyyl9540]

I’m a nurse and I get 180 hrs of vacation. But a lot of us don’t get days off

[@jice7074]

A lot of "would-be nurses" would rather work at burger King waiting for "livable wages" than go to school and better themselves. Americans are choosing to be unskilled leaving important roles unfilled.

[@karenhatwood3381]

I work for a state agency. I get holidays ( usually coincide with federal holidays), sick leave, annual leave ( both accumulate) personal leave - 6 a year, leave for if family died, paternity leave for wife and husband and we have a leave bank. (You donate 1 day for a much time as you need to get better).

[@kurtsnyder4752]

1:31 YES! And in the "disclaimer" at the end of the ad, it always seems the "cure" could result in WORSE symptoms happening, even DEATH!

[@nated939]

The reason our dates are written month-day-year, we began with the format of "October 31st 1778" then we started shortening it. "Oct, 31st 1896" Later we started using numbers for the months, "10-31-1930" I chose halloween in my examples due to all the talk about pumpkins.

[@JODIEDAVID-if4ig]

We don’t take holidays b/c we have a limited supply and we can’t waste them. If you ( or family) get sick and don’t have saved vacation you don’t get paid and risk being “ let go” because you’re not showing up.

[@nocturna1964]

Hi from Los Angeles🙋‍♀️! In my current job, we earn our vacation days as PTO (paid time off) hours, up to 300 hours. Plus 12 paid sick days per year. Our sick days are full days only, and are under "use them or lose them". Our PTO can build up. We can take our PTO any way we want but we must take a minimum 4 hours at a time. Also, if we want to take an actual vacation, we are only allowed to use 80 hours (10 days) at a time. Most of us take 8 hours per week to get an extra day off per week. Or 4 hours per week, and use that for appointments/late start/early off.

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

So how do you earn your pto. Is it if you work for a full year it's 300 off

[@nocturna1964]

We earn 5.5 hrs PTO for every 40 hrs worked. We also earn bonus hrs for every month of perfect attendance, which is why I said "up to 300 hours". Perfect attendance includes no tardies, and no meal violations.

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

@@nocturna1964 that's generous I think mine works out as 6 but we don't get sick leave like that we can keep we just get sick leave if we are six and can have six months off full pay then it goes to government pay

[@CapitalCityKate]

I feel like this is one of the more accurate lists I've seen. A little clarification on the topic of "pumpkin." Once Fall hits, it's game on for pumpkin until Christmas. Then the pumpkin dishes/drinks die down and tend to disappear from menus until the next season.

[@f45125]

‘How are you?’ Is a common greeting that usually gets the response ‘I’m good!’ and that’s it. You do run the risk of lonely (usually older) who go into physical ailments or personal Delimas but not much.

[@atothej420]

Pumpkin pie is fire! that was the last pumpkin food I have eaten.

[@sabrinamassie5606]

My husband gets 12 paid holidays, 30 days a year vacation time and 28 days a year sick leave ... He didn't always get that much Vacation time that came with seniority ... but the other two are standard for his employer ... Usually you get a set amount of vacation and sick leave per month and you build them up ... Right now my husband will be able to take 3 months vacation AFTER he retires PLUS they'll pay him his hourly wage for every sick-leave hour he has saved ... (right now over 1000 hours saved). It's not as simple as you seem to think.

[@tacooflove6175]

And it’s part of the negotiation when looking for a job, hubby get 3 weeks vacation but he can roll an unused week of vacation over to the next year. I wonder if the Brit’s get holidays off? 🤔 can you live in the US and work for a UK company and keep those benefits?

[@BarryFurnival]

Now most companies combine vacation and stick time and call it PTO (Personal Time Off) and it's measured in hours. Holidays are usually fixed, observed holidays like Christmas, New Year, etc.

[@RunningGrass-we7tm]

I call b.s. unless your husband is a corporate ceo

[@RunningGrass-we7tm]

​@@BarryFurnivalthis is 95% of usa employees, rest employees do not get jack

[@sabrinamassie5606]

@@RunningGrass-we7tm No he's not ... He's a cop ... He's been working for this county for over 30 years .. His pay sucks but he's earned his benefits !

[@MrGarrett1966]

hollidays are set days in a year to celebrate which are paid days off. Christmas, Thankgiving, Veterans day, etc. not to be confused with vacation day, which you call holliday. we can take our vacation when we wish. usually 2 weeks per year.

[@BeakyFloof]

For those who get vacation days. Not every employer gives vacation days and part time employees don't usually qualify for them.

[@melissahess9743]

Pumpkin ice cream. Yes Pumpkin Spice

[@jenniferfisher7924]

Most employers that I’ve worked for allowed you to accrue extra vacation days up to an additional two weeks on top of the general two weeks that you get either after the first month or three months of employment. This seems to hold true for most “professional” positions. I’ve been offered positions that were 36 hours a week or 35 and at that time that they did not have to pay for benefits, including vacation. I hope it’s changed in the last 10 years or so. (Stay at home mom now)

[@JustMe3232Me]

Pumpkin and Pumpkin spice season is September through February. This morning for breakfast I had Pumpkin Spice Frosted Mini Wheats. Pumpkin is wonderful!.... pies, bread, muffins, ice cream, tea, coffees, !!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@savagechicken7758]

As an American I admit it makes more sense the way you write dates, but we have remnants of our calendar hanging on the wall. January through December it goes by months, then you find the day. Every year we have a new calendar for the wall. That’s why we do it that way.

[@papasmurfodp]

As far as "pto {paid time off]" all companies are different for example I have worked for multiple companies where you acquire your pto. And others where depending on how long you I have been there. For example I worked for a company that after the 1st year we get two weeks off, after your fifth year you get three weeks off after your tenth year you get 4 weeks off and after your 15th year you max out at 5 weeks off of pto. Now for us there are Holidays where depending on who you work for you will get the day off with pay, for example out Independence day most companies give us the day off with pay, some companies will have you work and get holiday pay apart from your regular wages {not overtime} and some companies will not give you anything. All depends on what the company offers for benefits

[@jimbarber9638]

Here I go again. Spray cheese or cheese in a can is not what most people would consider appetizing. The kids love it because they can spray it at one another at a drunken college party. Major grocery stores in the U.S. offer a huge variety of cheeses imported from around the world as well as produced within the United States. And no, not all of our cheese is yellow/orange in color.

[@markmartineau1015]

It’s also good for stuffing dog chew toys.

[@debbsc5176]

But it's really more of a "squirt" than a "spray" cheese, wouldn't you say?

[@trophybuckle3235]

It’s a novelty item, like bubble gum in a squeeze tube, or gross Lunchables… we just like to play with our food 😆🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Michelle-fh2dp]

I ALWAYS TOOK ALL MY VACATION DAYS!!! Most companies give you 2 weeks after first year. Then you get more the longer you work there. Some companies stop at 4 to 5 weeks. The most I ever had was 5 weeks. Most hourly workers use their paid vacation, but salaried workers are encouraged not to if they want to move up in the business. We usually have 5-10 paid sick days.

[@AJsince-yc3es]

Sorry this is not common! 😂 It's not most companies! 😂

[@lydiagillis5308]

Exactly!! Zero use or loss here

[@systatech2022]

Same here....I have 4 weeks + holidays. Every company I have worked in is similar .

[@bluflaam777]

@@systatech2022 Same. I'm retired now, but my last employer gave 4wks and you could stack them each year but to 60 or 90 days I forget. I always took mine. I had one employer that would write you a check for your 2wk vacation if you didn't take it + another 2wks as a bonus. Not all employers to that. If you're flipping burgers you're not gonna get 4wks paid vacation LOL

[@Jajajajaja...1]

​@@AJsince-yc3esit really is. If you have a full time job in the U.S., you almost always also accrue vacation time.

[@daniellejarvis157]

I can not imagine not ever having had pumpkin! Most of the 'pumpkin' is actually winter-squash (butternut, in particular), but they grow well, they store well into the winter, can be baked, roasted, mashed, made into muffins and cakes, soups and pastas...... Not just 'pumpkin spice', but the actually vegetable, O.M.G.... can't imagine not having it in my life!

[@Trifler500]

1:42 - We call them commercials for TV. In text on paper or on the web, we call them ads.

[@SuperStarr1000]

We do get paid holidays (and paid vacations) which they sometimes call bank holidays. If you don't take your holidays you usually get that pay. You have to check with your HR. Accountings usually pays you your holiday pay a couple of days before your vacation. You can ask for more days off. At my old job I once took off 3months to go to Mexico. And Yes, you totally can make even more than 100grand in tips☺️. If someone asks you How Are You in the US, you can say something like," I'm ok but people are being so rude today". Then the asker would be like, "Sorry" or "Really, Sorry." They'll usually show you a little empathy ☺️.

[@L70s]

Are you speaking about u.s? If so, ive never seen so much misinformation. Not everyone gets paid holidays and/or vacation pay, and certainly not getting paid if you don't take holidays. You only get those if your employer offers them, and most employers don't. That goes for sick leave too. Try taking off for 3 months at McDonald's or Walmart, they'd laugh you clear out to the parking lot.

[@thomasmacdiarmid8251]

I interviewed a stripper ("exotic dancer"?) who said that the dancers get no wages at all and are independent contractors. They have to vie for time slots to dance for the tips. The woman I interviewed claimed that she cleared over $200K/year, at a 2d tier club in Atlanta, out of which she would have to give a cut to the bouncers and bar tender who helped protect her from the kooks - she still kept big money.

[@justme-js4dr]

Yes, we get paid for national holidays, PTO, maternity leave, etc. My hospital definitely pays extra when we're short-staffed ! Looking forward to your USA holiday, Lewis ! (P.S. it's pumpkin pie SPICE in 'everything' ) 😃

[@janiceperkins4340]

NOT EVERYONE! More don't, than do have that Luxury!!😡

[@legatomodi3522]

0:55 we have drug adverts for like every show. Car insurance too. A foreign exchange student thought we were obsessed with car insurance over here. Like it must be on our minds and we switch all the time. I dont see this brought up because its less jarring than the drug ones that use most of their run time listing off a ton of the worst side effects ever juxtaposed over positive imagery.

[@christineharwood1610]

Pumpkin pie is the most commonly eaten form of pumpkin. Pumpkin soup is good, but not common in some areas, depending on the local culture. We have a whole group of "quick breads" that don't require yeast and use up excess fruits and veg.--banana bread, zucchini bread, corn bread, and pumpkin bread. Farm wives far from town learned to use whatever they had to provide moisture and flavor to make bread when they ran out of other ingredients or the water wasn't clean (which is why beer bread is a thing too).

[@daleswanson1784]

Univ of Southern California played Louisiana State University at the Oakland Raiders NFL Stadium in Vegas - the season opener. It set attendance records for the stadium at around 65 or 66 thousand fans. People drove hours from CA and flew in from Louisiana to see the game.

[@mandy.midnight7745]

We say vacation instead of holiday. And our places of work look down on us using our vacation days, that sometimes you get punished, demoted, or even fired if you use most or all of your vacation days. It makes us terrified that we could lose our jobs 😢

[@IIITangentIII]

You're saying it makes sense smallest to largest, and you're right. That's why we write it the way we do. There are 12 months in a year. There are 30 days a month. There are 100 days in a century for a thousand days in a millennium if you're writing the full date. Small number, medium number, big number. The last day of the 20th century for example was 12/31/1999. That is quite literally smallest number to largest.

[@burnout_2017]

Just to be that guy..... There are just a few more than "100 days in a century" Your words, not mine....😊😊😊

[@jizero]

​@burnout_2017 I was thinking it but you said it! Lmao

[@IIITangentIII]

@@burnout_2017 lol oops. I'm not going to bother editing it. I own my mistakes. My bad...

[@ForbiddenChocolate]

​@@IIITangentIIIRespect. 🫡

[@burnout_2017]

@@IIITangentIII i had to brother, 🍻

[@carolgallagher1375]

If service is really bad , you don't tip. If service is good it's 20% . Your base pay is less than minimum wage.

[@LJ-xr5th]

If service is really bad, ask to speak with the manager and let him/her know what your experience was and most likely he’ll try to make it right by charging you less on your bill or offer a free dessert and he’ll apologize for your poor experience. He doesn’t want to lose a customer. Managers want to know if an employee mishandled a situation with a customer or if the food quality was poor, as it gives them the opportunity to correct it. Rise above it and leave a tip, but make it modest-10%-it’ll send the message. That way, YOU’LL have handled the situation well.

[@janiceperkins4340]

​@@LJ-xr5th Bad service, and my mother would leave .02 (2 pennies) Clear message 😉

[@LJ-xr5th]

@@janiceperkins4340 My reply to you was inadvertently sent to Carol Gallagher. It’s for you. Sorry for the error.

[@OmegaMTG]

10:55 For good service 20-30% tip. For bad service, 2 pennies just to let the server know we didn't forget to leave a tip. They were just that bad.

[@seagantaylor7470]

3 prescription drug commercials per commercial break. (More of those types of commercials than any other commercials) They list the potential side effects of the medication at the end of the commercial and they list them very quickly out loud. The second most common commercials tend to be insurance commercials.

[@LurkingDealmakeCr5fv]

Anything with meat does not have pumpkin here but it is most commonly found in stuff like drinks and desserts. Pumpkin pie is really good and I have no idea if this is popular in the UK, but my favorite is pecan pie Edit: If you wanna talk about really common ads, I'd say Cars, fastfood, and medicines are definitely up there in the most common. Right next to movies and online or local shop advertisements like with Walmart or Target

[@LibraryLizard]

A typical drug ad: “If you suffer from itchy butt, ask your doctor about Assnumatab! Assnumatab may cause skin discoloration, explosive diarrhea, headaches, blindness, hair loss, drooling, cancer, and death.”

[@shoughlepuff]

😂 accurate

[@mybluefly5845]

Pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin cake, pumpkin cinnamon rolls, pumpkin soup, pumpkin sausage soup, pumpkin chili, pumpkin lasagne, pumpkin risotto, pumpkin pasta, roasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin hummus, pumpkin fires, pumpkin spiced latte, pumpkin spice egg nog, pumpkin spice smoothie, pumpkin spice ice cream, Peter Pumpkin..... Yes, when you see 'pumpkin spice,' it usually means the spices used in pumpkin pie, but some of the egg nog, smoothie, and ice cream recipes contain pumpkin.

[@CandidoGarcia-bo8kl]

you forgot pumpkin doughnuts. lol.

[@Icantbelievethisshit2]

If it has nutmeg, they'll call it Pumpkin Spice and charge you an extra $1

[@shawns8212]

We get vacation days, but scheduling them with the job can be difficult and, in some cases, taking time off is held against you. I do not get any paid vacation time.

[@krazeyhazey7491]

The worse part about medication advertisement is after they tell you what it will help, then they tell you all the side effects, and most of the time they are worse than what they are supposed to be helping 😂

[@shymoment]

Oh my gosh, yes, lol. The side effects will kill you before the illness will lol.

[@trombonekathyj.958]

Money coins in the USA we have a penny (cent) a nickel (5 cents) dime (10 cents) a quarter (25 cents) half dollar (50 cents ) one dollar .and the dollar also has a coin or it could be a paper bill.

[@piratetv1]

At my first job, i got really sick and took 5 sick days. I came back to not having a time card. At another job, I came back from vacation, and they told me i wasn't needed anymore. Some of us are scared to use our benefit time.

[@burnout_2017]

They did you a favor

[@morefiction3264]

But alot of places encourage you to take your vacation time because they want you refreshed and use the benefits to keep workers. All things being equal most people would start looking for another place to work with a vacation policy like what you're reporting. At your first job, that's possible, primarily because alot of new workers will abuse sick time.

[@AZHITW]

At my job you had to request time off, so that means the bosses gets first choice, then the managers get second choice, then the foremen get third choice, then at the very very end you get they days the others didn't want, and you may not get them in succession. So yeah, sometimes it just too much hassle trying to schedule time off might as well work and get paid time and a half holiday pay.

[@brettmuir5679]

Any vacation tome off should be cleared with management at least a week ahead of time. It sounds like you are just coming and going without communication

[@greggkiest1069]

Sounds like they weren’t liking your performance.

[@FalconKyule1]

Holiday? Paternity leave? Here in the States, if you take too long with either you risk getting replaced at work.

[@twenty-nineeleven]

Tipping is NOT mandatory in the United States. If you didn't like the service or you simply don't have the money to tip, you can say so. Generally, however, tipping is a common courtesy if you wish to compliment good service. There is no penalty for not tipping. There is only social pressure.

[@mcm0324]

I have 10 vacation/sick days a year. Not 10 vacation days and 10 sick days. TEN days of a year. I was down to 4 hours left for the year and I got sick. I was in the hospital and had to go without pay that week. People save their time off in case they get sick - we need to know we have that time available. No paycheck due to illness hurts, but that's the way it is. Save your days off in case you get sick.

[@Anna-B]

To be fair to the medication ads, they don’t try to scare you. They list specific ailments to advertise their specific products

[@Jajajajaja...1]

They 100% try to scare you. It's why they advertise to the patient instead of directly to the doctor.

[@chanmi1957]

I disagree. Naming all or many of the side effects is crazy. I have heard them even say "may include death"! Look it up to find the side effects and talk to your doctor about it.

[@maryshriver1641]

I think they should tell you the side effects of the medication. If you think they scare you with symptoms, you should see the side effects.

[@pamalter]

Oh the pharma ads are hilarious! They're everywhere, especially online streaming. At least one every ad break. "Mylexzia may cause headache, upset stomach, skin rash, heart attack, stroke or death. Do not take if you are allergic to Mylexzia. Consult your doctor if you are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant." Defintely in the running for one of the silliest parts of the US!

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

The "How are you?" thing is a real sticking point with me. I'll do it if I'm behind a counter (maybe), but in any other situation (unless I actually care), I consider it an interruption to the flow of conversation. Like if I'm calling customer service (or I am customer service and they're calling me), I hate when they break the flow with "How are you?" Cuz then I have to say, "I'm fine, how are you?" And now I've just wasted an extra minute I could've spent tending to the issue at hand. I HATE social protocols.

[@clintpospichal6498]

Tipping a penny is an insult to the waitress or waiter

[@brookehenry598]

"How are you" is a nice way of acknowledging someones existence, and then you move on with spatial awareness and respect.

[@jimbarber9638]

Big Pharma is allowed to advertise in the public sphere because of the freedoms that American's have under our Constitution. The argument is that American's have a right to know what drugs are available to them from pharmaceutical companies and should have a say in the drugs that are prescribed to them. I suspect that the doctors are not too pleased with this, but it does exist. The same goes for legal attorneys that advertise. Personally, I think that there is too much of this kind of advertising going on, so I tune it out.

[@asgardian6638]

Bollocks! It is a corrupt situation where the media is essentially paid to run by big pharma so they (for 1 of many reasons) are corrupt and not real news. Its the same thing with our regulatory agencies like the FDA. They get their funding from big pharma! Isnt that the most insane conflict of interest ever! All of this should be illegal.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

When you guys say, "Alright there, Bro?" "Alright. You?" "Alright." My dialogue would be, "Hi. How are you?" "I'm fine. And you?" "Alright, thanks!" Essentially the same thing, but your phrase, "alright, there?" seems to have a bit of finality to it. Whereas I can see how "How are you?" can open up a floodgate of conversation. Think of "How are you?" as "Alright, then?"

[@thomasmacdiarmid8251]

It can even be simplified to "Sup?" (shortened "What's up?") to which the reply is a nod and "Sup?"

[@denisemcclanahan4224]

I work in ‘Corporate America’. We get up to 6 months Maternity/Paternity pay, plus we have short and long term disability paid by the company. I have so many holidays that I can’t take them all. The longer you work for a company, the more you earn.

[@janiceperkins4340]

Well, You're Extremely Lucky! Most women only get 10 weeks (12 for a C-section) of state disability (2/3 pay) I was never fortunate enough to get ANY paid time off. To even get unpaid time off I was expected to find another(s) employee(s) to cover my shift(s) without them going into overtime! Work all holidays and Weekends Please stop bragging!😪

[@DebraAltizer-eq9wz]

You are one of the lucky few

[@m1ndymayhem]

In my experience, vacations (I got 2-3 weeks a year) aren't taken because they keep the workplace so freaking understaffed that it would be a major inconvenience to my coworkers. The worst part is, when you DON'T take your paid vacation/sick days, they cash you out for them at the end of the work year: But tax them so horrifically that you end up with far less money than you would've made, if you'd taken them.

[@vickyblue8574]

The last pumpkin thing I ate was pumpkin cheesecake ice cream, so yummy! I will say that while we do have pumpkin-flavored items (primarily in the fall), a lot of it is actually pumpkin spice flavored, and not actual pumpkin.