5 Things That Drive Me Crazy in Poland!

Truly loving a country is overlooking some of the aspects that make you insane. Today, Russell describes 5 elements that make him crazy in his day to day life in Poland.
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[@KarasekUS]

Only five? You're not Polish yet...

[@wlodarczyktomek]

:D :D :D

[@FUSRODAHXDD]

Ha ha! very accurate :D

[@pb-wo7ul]

Hahahaha so true 😁😁😁

[@SmallWorldBigThings]

Definitely should be six point on the list... complaining in comments should be sixth thing ;)

[@meehoeww]

Lmao XDDD

[@ezc96west]

Wkoncu po tylu latach, dowiedzialem sie jak wyjmowac serwetke hehe, pozdro

[@nobodycares9494]

Ja tez.

[@JoachimLevel]

jeszcze lepiej jest wyjąć wszystkie serwetki i wtedy normalnie pierwszą z góry

[@paulinatasarz4210]

@@nobodycares9494 Ja tez

[@julianmach3192]

@@JoachimLevel Dokładnie! To i mój ulubiony sposób.

[@tomekkruk6147]

Te serwetki to jakiś debil wymyślił. Jakbyś się do tego nie zabierał to powypadają, a potem nie idzie ich powkładać spowrotem.

[@martasiedlecka8376]

47-year-old polish woman. I had no idea how to take a napkin!!! thanks!!!!

[@cyfrowybaron9623]

Wsuwasz palec 2 boku i wyciągasz serwetkę.

[@TLA77]

🤣 ja też , a byłem kelnerem🤣

[@magi7401]

Neither did I ( Im also Polish) !!!

[@miklosszabo4551]

Honestly, I find your channel so refreshing. I'm not Polish, I'm Hungarian but we have basicly the exact same things going for and against us. Maybe that's why we get along so well.

[@LoveMyPoland]

I love your country too. I feel great in Hungary 😊 Truly enjoy your spicier dishes

[@miklosszabo4551]

@@LoveMyPoland Glad to hear that :)

[@rafaljankowski2807]

lengyel magyar két jó barát

[@dunesandworm2479]

Complaining is national sport! Polish people love to complain about everything !! You become: One of us! One of us! One of us! One of us!

[@edlawrence5059]

Did that trait come from Jews? Because they do it too. lol

[@ankamadra72]

many jews come from poland :D But yeah, we complin and usually do nothing to make bad things change. Thats why we are so sad mostly, because we fell hopeless, we see obstacles and we don't confront them. Thats why i love living in other country :D

[@edlawrence5059]

@@ankamadra72 Which begs the question: Did Jews get that way from Poles, or vice versa? :D

[@BratWody]

Well, jak mu sie nie podoba to niech wypierdala. I love polish complaining

[@mil3k]

Fuck me, you must never met s Brit.

[@slovik80]

You hit the jackpot with that last one. We can't help this mentality especially when Poland struggled so much to gain independence. You know what the Iron Curtain was right? Every western country had a chance to develop economically but us. If we had a chance to get something western it was like touching God's feet. So even long after the Curtain fell, we still think that everything that's western is better. The word "zachodni" still equals "better" in Poland.

[@hadeseye2297]

+Radosław Słowiński Isn't it ironic. I appreciate that we were 'behind ' Iron curtain. We had better lives after all. No commercials in movies, aggressive billboards everywhere. Sticking to traditions rather to pop cultural pulp. Closed borders, so we are homogenous, not multi cultural. Selling us to Staling turned out to be good thing for us in the long run. Western = bad. Mine = good. "Cudze chwalicie, swego nie znacie." - 'You praise foreign thing, but don't know your own.' This is a timeless quote. And right to the point.

[@INecr0]

@Hades Eye Are you kidding me?! We had no money - the number of people expropriated from property, living in extreme poverty and the homeless was astronomical, there was no food and other everyday products in stores (rich man was recognized by the fact that he had several rolls of toilet paper at home), our products were of much lower quality than western ones, people were repressed and murdered on a daily basis and it was virtually impossible to get out of this hell to the rich Western countries. Because of that, Poland is now a poor country, with people full of inferiority complex who only dream about living in prosperity in rich countries (rich, because they have never experienced communism) after graduating from school.

[@INecr0]

@Some guy I wasn't talking about myself, but social tendencies! The real public debt of Poland - about 5 BILLION zlotys (276% GDP)!!! Place in the ranking of economic freedom - 45 (after Botswana, Vanuatu, Rwanda and Jamaica). Migrations from Poland since EU accession - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrations_from_Poland_since_EU_accession focus-migration.hwwi.de/Poland.2810.0.html?&L=1

[@hadeseye2297]

+Some guy Well apparently nick Mr. Nobody didn't come up from nowhere, but from his inferiority complex. Our culture, history, mythology, everything that is Slavic and Polish. And women on top of that. But for some people only money matters. One needs to be very mentally poor, to base people's value only through economical point of view. I was never interested in leaving my country. Why? What's "mine" outside Poland? "Naród, który traci pamięć przestaje być Narodem - staje się jedynie zbiorem ludzi, czasowo zajmujących dane terytorium." - J. Piłsudski Brits are minority in their own cities. London and Birmingham are populated mostly by foreigners. Mostly carpetheads. A trendy and modern Western suicide ideology. With BBC being one of the biggest liers about what it means to be British, or their lies about Auschwitz. West is a cesspool. We shouldn't help them. They need to experience real shit on their own. Only then they can truly appreciate their own culture and history.

[@tomkusz3741]

@@hadeseye2297" Only then they can truly appreciate their own culture and history?. "...…...Unfortunately they will never arrive at that point .

[@sanuku535]

Lack of coins is like a meme here.

[@Marcin_z_bloku_obok]

"Do you have any coins?" - just stand and do a poker face :D

[@diana6echo]

"Będę winna grosika" xD

[@coldEarMan]

@@diana6echo 'PIN and green, please'

[@zuzannawolak9726]

All coins going to the Witcher :)

[@tonysuda9066]

@@zuzannawolak9726 john wick second

[@mojenieustajacewakacje]

I am Polish, living in Finland and if you want to see winters that are long and hard you better come to Finland. ;) Poland is like an island in the Carribean when compared to Finland. And about the questions you get asked - that’s probably asked by people who never lived abroad, maybe even never went abroad. I would absolutely prefer to live in Poland but for now I have job here. Looking forward to coming back to Poland. I have my family, friends and my flat there, and hey I miss Poland everyday. Everything seems to be less complicated at home. For example healthcare - cheap and easily available - don’t get fooled by anybody saying that Nordic countries are the best places to live, all the perks are only available to people born in there or those who obtain citizenship (and that’s a lot of time and work). As an EU citizen working here I am just a taxpayer for them. I actually know more foreigners satisfied with living in Poland than those who are happy living in Finland. As for the napkins - they are actually very good in absorbing fat but I understand where you’re coming from :) Thanks for speaking kindly of my country, I am glad you like it in here :)

[@Pidalin]

I was in Wroclaw in december and most of week it was 10°C, I don't understand why people still spreading that shit that we have terrible winters in Czech Republic or in Poland. Poland is big country so it's probably very different in other regions but I would say Polish winter is absolutely same as typical European winter. Few days is freezing but most of the winter is around 0 to 10°C so nothing special, you don't need any special cloth for survive that.

[@henrykarndt]

​@@Pidalin every were where you are is just adoption your self to condition were you stay nice to live in Poland and another country same people want two things in one time is no work like this

[@piotrlenar5652]

About that annoying things in Poland, You are absolutely right. They are annoying to everyone living in Poland to. But some of those examples need an explanation. 1. Body distance - it depends who you meet. As you said younger people keep their distance. 2. People are always late - that's just not true. Problem with your students its because they paying for your lectures. Reason for that is they think i paid for that so i have a right to be late. People did not feel that obligation like in a school or university. 3. Money is a problem not a sizes. There is not enough of that smaller coins because they are just too expensive to make and National Bank did not make them enough. 4. And last one thing that need explanation. Average Pole is a very insecure. It's because of we tend to think about ourselves as a poor nation that everyone laughs and that we are always losing and noone is respect us. That's why you get this stupid question why you live in Poland. Its because horrors of world war and 50 years of communism killed spirit of this nation.

[@LoveMyPoland]

Piotr Lenar nicely written! Thanks for that input. I'd love to get deeper but people won't watch videos over 15 minutes usually.... :-) I agree with you..

[@piotrlenar5652]

If your viewers want get deeper in subject they would listen to more than 15 minutes. I like to play something longer in YT and do other stuff, play game, walk a dog and listen to someone I like to hear. We need more people like You in Poland with their clear message Poland is ok, and you have nothing to ashamed of. Some things could be better, so try make it better.

[@kku6857]

Piotr Lenar the Poles who travel or work abroad after some time do not feel worse, we have got So much propaganda that we are less valuable that Westerners, I can pick up that feeling from some older people

[@piotrlenar5652]

Not only older people feel that way. I got such a vibe from some politicians, no matter which one but they used to told us that we are poor have to bend our necks and do what EU say. Many young people believing in one version of the truth believing that Poland is worse and they are so in love with EU.

[@blinski1]

This is not propaganda. In many cases we ARE worse, and the thing is to work on ourselves. But we're not so much different, and have much to offer. We have to understand it, because we can either struggle with inferiority complex, or get so cocky and arrogant we think we can surrvive as an isolated island among countries we look down upon (unfortunately I'm talking about you, Piotr Lenar). And those napkins are really stupid, even though I know exactly how to use it. The point is they suppose to sit on the table like a pocket square in your jacket, it is only for looks, but often times they are the only napkins available, and there are no *real* napkins to take out from the counter!

[@krzysio53a]

I know your pain, I'm polish cab driver live in UK for 12 years and people still ask me the same 3 questions . 1) where are you from? , 2) how long you're here? , 3) do you like it? there was a time when i want to stick a note in back seat of my car with 3 answers written on it

[@jakublewandowski318]

krzysio53a well in Canada its normal way to start conversation especially in Uber or taxi people comes from variety of countries and it's a nice point to catch some topic !

[@muzgnasicianie]

I live in Ireland for 12 years. Sometimes I have very similar questions. I always answer with patience and politely because Irish people were always very patient towards me when my english sucks. 🙃

[@jonathanr.]

krzysio53a Don't fight it but instead embrace it. Over 30 years in America and they still keep asking, I started saying 'after 20 or 25 years I quit counting' and later 'after 30 years I quit counting'. Also after asking 'where you from' I replied with 'guess' or 'give me 1 guess, I wanna hear what you say' and they rarely guessed. I'm in Washington state, far from Chicago.

[@Kris.G]

OMFG, I've been here for over 12 years and still hear this fucking question! "No I absolutely hate it here, I hate everything about it, that's why I've LIVED HERE FOR 12 YEARS!!"

[@Rosalie_Amber]

I've lived in Poland my entire life (i.e. almost 25 years) and those napkins still piss me off 😂

[@Nekrochomikon8]

I lived here for 26 years and I just learned how to take them out by watching this video 😂

[@madyogi6164]

I'm 41 and they were a pain since i 1st had to use them in the 80s. Since every one of us needs to complain a bit. These napkins are my pick as well...

[@Alczix]

Amen

[@Venus_716]

same here

[@vikkiroxx]

You didn't mention the everpresent "Can I owe you 1 grosz?" said by a shop assistant - instead of giving you change ;)

[@missnomer5800]

The napkin thing was the best. I never realized our napkins are so hilarious :)

[@katarzynaxx563]

Miss Nomer Seriously? I thought we all hate those napkins 🤣

[@virus3x2]

I wouldn't say that polish people hate their country but they follow that famous sentence that grass appears greener wherever you are not.

[@damiananslik6214]

Just an FYI, the correct saying in English is "The grass is greener on the other side".

[@janversteeg1]

Lived in Poland for 12 years. When you mentioned the word napkin for the first time I started to laugh. I knew what was coming.

[@Mads-hl8xj]

I lived in Poland for many years and whats frustrates me the most is how incompetent drivers are, how rude and unrespectful some are for other people. parking on sidewalks,drive past whole lines of queues just to be first, trying to be "sheriffs", meaning stopping people from using merging lines.etcetcetc just crazy.

[@Pela898]

I hate it how rude some people are in Poland!!

[@roaringlion3003]

@@Pela898 People are rude everywhere in the world.

[@Pela898]

@@roaringlion3003 yes, I agree with that but trust me my town is a special one.... full of people who envy and are jealous and so rude....

[@roaringlion3003]

@@Pela898 You could say that about pretty much about any town. You'll always have people who are nice to each other and on the other hand a bunch of twa....s. Not necessarily in the right proportions. I've been to quite a few countries, continents here and there and i can tell you that you'll get these types everywhere. There is no exceptions. Envy and jealousy is a very part of human nature. Some people just don't show that just right away. It depends on culture. There always going to be a reason for that. I've seen absolutely horrible people in so called " 1ST world" countries. They were far way worse than those in Poland.

[@piotrkozlowski8543]

I think that British pounds are harder to get used to than polish zlotys.

[@besttech2239]

Pete Kozlowski 4.80 zł is £1

[@czipendejs]

pounds are a nonsensical nightmare.....

[@csn_-7662]

true

[@Kris.G]

No they're not. You have only two coins that share similar shape and colour but never the size. So if you're reaching for a large copper coin, you know it's 2p. If you see a round large silver one, it's 10p. And so on. Also they're much heavier than złote/grosze so you can't lose them so easily.

[@ANNAKAZBERUK]

I disagree. Pens are different in shape so it is super easy to distinguish one from another. I agree that zlotys are confusing.

[@AlexWitoslawski]

You hit the nail on the head with the last thing you said in the video. I'm Polish-American and I moved to Poland to teach/tutor English, my living standards are objectively higher here than they were in America, yet people keep asking me WHY I moved. Like seriously? America isn't a utopia. I love America, but here my pay is decent, my cost-of-living is very low, I can get in the tram at night (which we don't even have in 99% of America) and I don't have to worry about being attacked by robbers or have weird homeless-looking guys offer to sell me hard drugs.

[@LoveMyPoland]

Exactly, friend. You know precisely what I mean..

[@justynaperdak259]

The last thing you talked about is so important, thank you for saying this. We need to hear it many times before we change our mentality. Some people say the communism in Poland is not completely over, because it lives in our hearts and the inferiority thinking is passed on to new generations. I didn't realise the napkins are a typical Polish thing, they drive me crazy too, I just never thought about it, just assumed it's supposed to be this way for some reason. So odd to learn a new thing about an every day item.

[@necro0715]

lol Language school is not same thing as job interview, work place or collage classes. I lived in UK and Denmark and has an impression that compared to English and Danish we in Poles are punctual.

[@gom_4_mari]

We are so used to our coins I don't we ever struggle with it but I totally understand you. I travelled over 50 different countries and each time I use the new currency I'm totally lost. Also I moved to Poland after 10 years of living in Asia and that body distance thing drives me crazy sometimes! :)) I have a feeling they line up close to you cause they think the line will move faster? ;)

[@frankvander7215]

About coins, one just has to get used to them. In Canada 5 cent coin is bigger than 10 cents, and almost same size like 25 cent coin. I think american coins are the same. Body distance is a left over from communist times. That time there were line ups after everything. If you didn't stay close to the person in front of you, somebody would try to get in that empty space. That is why it is mostly older people who do that.

[@piotrb4240]

@@frankvander7215 It's true - the lines in communist times were very long, so people had to stand close together. Otherwise, they would occupy the whole shop, and more people would have to stand outside.

[@rafan.1134]

speak for yourself, I'm struggling, hate those little things

[@nataliaadamczak3110]

Rafał N. I hate it so much that one day called police, they arrived and actually gave an older guy fine! Can't stand it😤

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

This is why I always say, KNOW YOUR COINS so that you do not get cheated by people who give you change (in coins, not bills)

[@ghua]

exact change is polish speciality. I havent seen such phenomenon anywhere in the world. just Poland. And polish shops abroad hahahaha regarding "why are you here" question - I believe we, Poles, are hungry for praise. This is why all you have to do on youtube is to make a video about Poland - thousands of views guaranteed.

[@paulinakubik9148]

I'm native polish and you saved my life with that napkins thank you so much

[@Avi7070]

Great job! Thank you bro!

[@violabonkers5921]

I laughed so hard, because all of it is true. I am Polish ,love Poland and to answer you question ,why do polish people ask "why you are here",is because,we like to hear, " I love our country."

[@sylvialawrence3431]

I am laughing my socks off with nearly every episode! It is fascinating to see my country through foreigner's eyes :D

[@gregski4130]

Man! That is an excellent job! Thanks for your observations.

[@grazynagajovsky9519]

Could not agree more about all the crazy things you mentioned. Great video like always.

[@222Grigori]

If you are still having problem witch polish coins look at the rims... 2 grosze have a flat one, and 1 grosz have some kind of a pattern. It helps me to distinguish them, especially when they're in my pocket and I don't see them.

[@Pidalin]

Why you just not cancel that little groszs? It has no value. We did it with our haléř and it's much better now.

[@MrValgard]

i think polish ppl are nervous about being on time(more than spanish or italian) it's just university rule of 15min ;)

[@szymonsokolinski9907]

15 suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure

[@Pidalin]

I remember when we were in Portugal, our plane was late so we arrived to hotel at midnight and I thought I have to explain it somehow but they didn't care, we just arrived at the midnight, who cares, normal thing. :-D

[@szykaka]

thanks for video !

[@CatsMeowPaw]

4:42 This is a good point about shops not keeping enough change. This was a constant problem in my parent's time in the 70s/80s, and when I visited Poland in 2009, several times the shop didn't have the required change and gave me extra. I have never had this problem in Australia. Why is it so hard in Poland? I guess this issue may disappear now that Paywave/Paypass is faster and much easier than using notes and coins, but the problem with change has been an issue in Poland for many decades.

[@qrdebele632]

I live in Poland 44 years and i still have a problem with napkins. :D

[@LeoS2Fly]

Dzięki za ostatnie pytanie, to jest chyba najważniejsze pytanie, które powinni sobie przemyśleć. Wszystkiego dobrego w PL @LoveMyPoland!

[@agaaga3720]

Thank you for all notes about us Poles and about living here . I took to heart everything what u were saying :)

[@gorunsko31]

Good job! Thank you.

[@carriemoreno5647]

you have a master's degree in business... but what you really need is a master's degree in napkins

[@LoveMyPoland]

😂

[@piotr88e]

hey me and my friend were in the background, by the way great video, iwas the one in yellow shirt on the red bike :D

[@LoveMyPoland]

KekTV Nice to have met you! 😀

[@gieniulast7543]

You good man. You say about the problems,that not everybody wanna talk. Good to hear your channel. Best luck with it. Thanks for it.

[@frusia123]

Great observations, I agree with everything

[@Kamila_Koziol]

I think you've made some pretty valid points. And I don't like the lack of personal space as well. When I'm in line in a supermarket I just have my cart behind me, so I can maintain some distance and I keep a little further from the person behind me. But I agree, the older generation tends to creep really close.

[@annael9488]

Honestly i can't see the different between young and old generation when it is about personal space. Young people get very close to other people too.

[@Qbajd]

Its not touching the nerve, its funny, the napkin case is hilarious and you are right. Dont be afraid of thumbs down when complaining about Poland, in here it is just everyone everyday activity.

[@ewaweronika1971]

Oh my god, that was sooo funny! 😂I agree with most of it.. Love that video! 👍

[@ChrisCovExhall]

Top man! Subscribed

[@LoveMyPoland]

Dziękuję ❤️

[@MartinTeerly]

He's complaining he's polish nearly 😂😂

[@karampuk1974]

Like Americans don't complain..

[@karampuk1974]

Like Americans don't complain..

[@the_astrokhan]

"winters are long and hard" HAH! Whilst I look out the window at mounds of snow in Quebec.

[@budal15]

Well to be honest winters in Poland reign from early november to mid august. Today 1st of August the temperature in the morning was 2 degrees celsius.

[@pabellos]

Great video! Cheers

[@michalgrzywaczewski5194]

5th point absolutely brilliant !!! Thx

[@grzesieeeeeeeek]

Hahaa ale gosciu nas rozpracowuje:) fajnie sie zasymilował, good luck man!

[@logisia]

proponował bym również dodać zwyczaj gapienia sie na innych

[@kku6857]

Zobacz jak w Londynie zachowują się ludzie, jak roboty boją się spojrzeć na kogokolwiek.

[@MichalMichal-qx4si]

Juz Polaczek nowoczesny musiał sie znaleźć musiał przyje..... C Polakom. Jedź do nowoczesnego kraju wspaniałych ludzi grzeczny ch pomocnych nie plotkujacych bez zawiści nie wierzących w jakiegoś Boga porostu nowoczesnego społeczeństwa nie mecz się tu!!

[@sebastianseb7527]

I loved the video bruh!! ❤️😇🤝🍺🍺 I second you in all of the above ✌️

[@carljohnsoncj6558]

Good video as always cheers)

[@melanzwkuchni4393]

I explain the problem with coins. In 1995 there was new denomination of polish currency. The problem is that that time they went to far and they "cut too many "zeros". I mean they changed 10.000 polish zloty that time to 1 zloty. They should have done that 1.000 złoty to 1 złoty. This was because they had prediction that inflation in Poland in next years will be high and small amounts on money (paid in coins) will be soon pushed out from market because many goods will be more expensive so small amounts of money (below 10 złoty) will not be in use. But the inflation wasn't so high as they predicted (Leszek Balcerowicz - master of economy). So we stayed with so many coins in turnover. Coins are generally more expensive in production than paper money. So this is why this problem is so common.

[@marekurbaniak1164]

Actually 1 gr and 2 gr are more expensive than their nominal value :(

[@soniawitkowska5201]

Today is my first time I found your channel and watched some of the videos. I generally like it, but I dont really agree with the last statement here. You need to understand Poland and polish people more to understand these questions they ask you. Imagine living in Poland in 1980. There was nothing here. Absolutely nothing. If you wanted to eat meat you had to stay in a queue for 8hours and it still wasnt certain that you get some. Many children never seen a banana back then. Comunism is really the worst thing that can happen to a country. Yet same time we could know how life looked like in western countries including Usa. We had access ( but only to see, not to experience) to us music for example, papers, news, icons like Mcdonalds, coca-cola or jeans. And man, mcdonalds was a wet dream of many people back then. When first mcdonalds was opened in Warsaw people were driving there from the opposite side of the country just to experience this. If someone had jeans in 1970 it meant he was extremely wealhy and probably paid for them like a monthly wage of an average person. World changed for us in 1989, and even more in 2004,everything was accessable but only for the few and many people are poor even now and still everything what western is better. Wealth is usually build by generations and today is still a moment for Poland when we had no time to build it because of our past. So as a country we are still working on our economic situation to catch up with countries like Germany or Finland. Dont forget that most of the people here will never see America themselves because od the prices and that their knowledge is based on what they saw in movies. And in movies America is beautiful, wealthy, its a country where everyone owes big house in the suburbs, drives a jeep, goes on holidays and has a swimming pool in their garden. Mamy poles live an american dream even now after all this years because the generation which survived communism is still alive and gave away this mentality to its children. And look, you are successful here, you had some backup to start a business and for you life is great, but let me remind you that average salary in Poland is something around 3000zl and over 30% works for less than 2000zl. People like this just dream to be born somewhere else because lets be honest America gives more opporrunities than Poland. So yes, please try to understand those questions more :)

[@MatthewTheUntitled]

Ironic.

[@rajek333]

My thoughts, exactly. Let's just not forget that today things are still not all that good. The earnings to spendings ratio is much bigger than in the western countries. Many Poles go to work abroad, even just for the summer holidays, earning what they would never earn for the same work in Poland. Our tax system is not a very welcoming one for businesspeople. And then there's the matter of diversity, which is barely a thing in Poland. People who are 'different' can't have half the life they could have, had they only been born somewhere like US or UK. And that's just scratching the surface of why people will find it hard to understand, why would anyone willingly come to live here. Someday these things may change, but it probably won't happen too soon, and young people of today will see it (if at all) long past theirs chance to get a happy, steady life in this country, when they're old and have lived most their lives by that time.

[@emilianeiro9993]

I'm from Poland and never had such issues. By working hard and being nice to other nice people, you can get very decent quality of life. I'd think i'd feel less safe living in America, and socially awkward with all this sometimes overexagerrated pc culture. Surely being highly qualified in some fields you'll get way more money abroad, but not everyone needs money.

[@godq3]

Teraz w Polsce minimalna stawka godzinowa jest niewiele niższa, niż w USA, uwzględniając parytet siły nabywczej waluty w danym kraju.

[@WhyYoutubeWhy]

Yeah I was gonna write a comment about people having to wait in line for food not too long ago. That question is understandable in a money and quality of life point of view.

[@daxnet6583]

very true! Ad.5 it is changing! but we still remember being on the wrong side of iron curtain I hate napkins passionately for my whole life!

[@wojciechszeremeta2502]

Good job man !!! Keep going .

[@marialapinski4560]

Yes Polish don't appreciate own country ---- !!! It is so beautiful .

[@alexisvellir3885]

7:26 that guy on a bike xd

[@swirkens]

Thanks, nice thinking.

[@31111andy]

Super blog. Congratulations!

[@michalpawlak3344]

There are also 200 and 500zł bills

[@unki87]

And the 500zł bill is worth 700zł, polish money so confusing. :>

[@MrWoojohn]

@@unki87 Korwin i ta jego matematyka :)

[@belowme4927]

WHEN YOU CAN SMELL THE KIELBASA ON THEIR BREATH THEY ARE TOO CLOSE

[@ANIMEIIIANDIIIMUSIC]

sometimes you can smell it from the other room though xP

[@kubacube342]

i bet garlic would be much worse...

[@majamikus1606]

Niechcialbys czuc smrodu z ust oliwkowych ze wschodu pomimo tego ze stoja dalej od Ciebie . Powaznie mysle ze wiekszosc z nich ma jakies wrodzone problemy zalodkowe albo inne bo zabki maja zdrowe I biale.

[@ewaszlezak3441]

I am Polish from Canada .thank you for being so honest and remind me about my background .it is not easy but you are doing great!!!

[@Vrael7777]

Well I love my country and I ain't planning on living anywhere else for good, but the last one I may have been guilty of, so this actually has been eye-opening. Thank you.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

In Poland, they have what is called the Academic Quarter which equals 15 minutes, or a quarter hour. Students AND teachers are allowed up to 15 minutes of tardiness before any one can leave a class. In other words, if teacher is more than 15 minutes late, then ... students can just BAIL! Some thing with students -- If they are over 15 minutes late, then teacher can, and will, leave the classroom, and no one will think much of it.

[@vladimirro]

Bullshit. If students are late they are doomed.

[@Mia199603]

Haha yeah try to bail when a lecturer is late, I dare you. Being late as a student is a very bad idea too. I call bullshit.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

@@Mia199603 Actually I have done this very thing!

[@Mister-Christer]

We call it the same here in Sweden. Akademisk kvart. :)

[@lancerenthusiast]

30 seconds into, there is the first problem. You're in Czestochowa...

[@dominikawindak7618]

Ha!

[@pyjterss2]

Co ci nie pasuje w Częstochowie?

[@ilianduver6156]

why explain pls?

[@markoprusevic9175]

That was gooooooooood!!!

[@garshaw8404]

You nailed it there....especially the serviettes/napkins!!

[@hawaiian108]

You are absolutely right. Last summer/fall I was for the first time with my family in Poland (we live in Hawaii). Poles don't realize how convenient and nice life in Poland is. I wish only salary in Poland catches up to western standards.

[@budal15]

You live in hawaii and you liked poland?

[@hawaiian108]

@@budal15 yes. Hawaii is good for vacation and not so easy for life.

[@trance1986]

@@budal15 hawaii is expensive and they dont like white people there

[@ag0lka]

It's so true about problem with body distans in Poland! (I'm from Poland)

[@jp_adv]

Cool series, keep going! As Polish, a completely agree with you, have the same feeling.

[@neilfoster814]

As a very regular visitor to Poland, you are 100% correct about the coins! The amount of times I have been to a supermarket or Zabka and get asked for maybe 28 Groze, and checking each and every coin with people huffing and puffing in the queue behind you. I find it easier to say "no, sorry" and take the scowl from the cashier. I have been known to hide in the corner, and pre count out the exact money before lining up to pay.

[@DestinationKylie]

I really wish to have only problems like that in my life lol

[@maryk4717]

Lol good one

[@paulinakedzia1814]

I'm polish but I agree to this 💯

[@barbaraci409]

You are so right. Yes, you made very good observations. It drives nuts as well when I have to deal with this nuisance.

[@MrHexior]

Awsome video :D

[@muzgnasicianie]

I live in Ireland. I always try to convince Irish people to come and visit Poland 🤗 They usually go to Spain because there is more sunny days annually and you can buy all inclusive very cheap but Poland is a little bit underrated gem in Europe. Thanks to open borders it has changed a lot in last 10 years.

[@budal15]

Noly a gem if you are foreigner. We are extremely nice to foreigners cause we appreciate that they come and leave their money here. But we hate Polish people. No one is so egoistical as Polish guy looking at other Polish guy

[@muzgnasicianie]

budal15 Can you same thing about yourself? Because you are Polish aswell.

[@gkrolik]

Well, I wonder when was the last time you have taken US collage classes. Happens to be that I took them about 10 years ago and..... students were notoriously late, so we have first disagreement here. Second is about US coins. Have you noticed that penny is bigger than 5 cents , and also bigger than 10 cents, more so 10 cents is smaller than 5 cents. So, sometime it is a good idea to look around, perhaps than you would notice that all US bills look exactly the same, same size same color same general pantern.

[@preshmajesh]

Well done! I just arrived last December and I am learning...slowly! Hahaha

[@arekkrolak6320]

Thanks for the tip with the napkins, I usually just pick half of them or if I really just need one, I take all of them out open the pack, pick the top one, fold the pack and put the rest back in stand :)

[@andrzejkotas]

To Russell dlaczego jesteś w Polsce? A w szczególności w Częstochowie? 😀

[@LoveMyPoland]

Andrzej Kotas 🐒

[@colorfulstar5787]

Z okazji matki boskiej częstochowskiej

[@julianmach3192]

@@colorfulstar5787 A co, znowu się objawiła?

[@WhiteLivesMatterPL]

@@julianmach3192 tym co księżyc ukradli.

[@WhiteLivesMatterPL]

A zapomniałem. Teraz jest tylko jeden.

[@Pinzpilot101]

When people ask me why the hell I live in Poland (especially in what they regard as the butt end of Poland...I'll get back to that) is that I love off Roading, I have two Jeeps (real one's Wranglers) and a couple of Ex Military trucks and this part of Poland is covered in lanes and tracks, whereas in Uk being so crowded it is very hard to find good offroading......back to Podkarpacie.......I have a small inkling why the people here hate their own part of Poland....many are farmers and remember as children how hard it was, under communism and probably very overbearing parents, probably why they waste no time trashing the place by 'fly tipping' everywhere.......nobody believes me when I tell them that people in UK would pay money to come and see the beauty contained in a 'wawus' ?? I am lucky to have one on my land........deer use them as little safe havens and bridges between one forest and another.

[@Manatek01]

Twoje filmy są super!

[@lenartgirls14]

oh the napkins! Too funny and so true! Thanks for showing me how to actually take them out!

[@TequilAndLime]

What is better in living in America...? ... You can wear Your signet ring .... white socks .. and tip hairdresser... !

[@maggiewojtczak7735]

cheaper petrol

[@monikablaszkowska4187]

biggest burgers and hotdogs 🙂

[@iwonakomisarz7086]

Czesc kochany nocoz nasze ulomnosci usprawiedliwiamy komunizmem ,chociaz to prawda gdybusmy caly czas byliwolni a ne pod jarzmem komunizmu to polska by calkiem inaczej wygladala

[@nina-ciaramajewska7979]

I totally totally totally totally agree with you. In fact you couldn't put it more eloquent way. Well spot on.👏👏👏👍💕💎🙋💕

[@miraxterrik]

I feel you with those napkins, haaaate how they put it in the holder...

[@billybobindn]

you know I never would of thought of it being a insult to be asked why you're living in another country for either person but I can kinda see how it can be a insult

[@Sir_Yaro]

Fantastyczne podsumowanie w 5 punkcie. Zdarzyło mi się już z paroma osobami nieomal pokłócić słysząc takie lub podobne stwierdzenia. Mam wrażenie - niczym szczególnym nie poparte - że takie treści pojawiają się u osób które nie specjalnie dużo wiedzą o innych krajach, nie znają obcokrajowców, nie rozmawiają z nimi itp. W takiej sytuacji trawa zawsze będzie bardziej zielona po 2 stronie płotu....

[@EverynyanSan]

myślę że chodzi o to że nasz potencjał jest niewykorzystany przez wysokie podatki :P

[@dakmarajones7132]

Nie mogę się zgodzić. Nieskromnie uważam, że wiem trochę na temat innych krajów i znam więcej obcokrajowców niż Polaków, a mimo wszystko ta opinia wciąż ma ogromny sens. Polska to jeden wielki chaos polityczny i ekonomiczny. Przyrównując teraz do Wielkiej Brytanii, która na chwilę obecną też nie jest krainą mlekiem i miodem płynąca: -Lepsze zarobki (A kto mówi, że pieniądze nie mają znaczenia miał szczęście nigdy nie widzieć biedy) -Lepszej jakości produkty: kupując tanią koszulkę w Polsce od razu spodziewam się, że po kilku praniach będzie nadawać się tylko do kosza; kupując tanią koszulkę w Wielkiej Brytanii wiem że prędzej ja się rozsypię niż ten materiał. -Edukacja: pomijając tonę idiotycznych nakazów i zakazów szkoły w Wielkiej Brytanii są dużo lepsze od tych w Polsce, uczą myśleć i analizować, a nie wykuwać całe książki na pamięć. Organizacja też jest lepsza, wolne dni w szkołach są dużo bardziej sensownie rozlokowane, tak samo plany lekcji. -Kultura : sprawa dosyć dyskusyjna, jednak odnoszę wrażenie, że jakby na to nie patrzeć większość ludzi w WB, a przynajmniej tych z którymi się zadaję, ma dużo zdrowsze podejście do życia, nie mają w sobie tyle... złości, zawiści, zgorzkniałości? Naprawdę ciężko określić co kieruje znaczną liczbą Polaków. -Wsparcie od państwa: absolutnie nie mówię, że rząd podejmuje same dobre decyzje, ale mimo wszystko jest wiele udogodnień dla obywateli: dobrym przykładem jest to że ludzie nie muszą kisić się w 6-7 osób w jednym mieszkaniu jak to w Polsce bywa. Oczywiście, są też rzeczy które wyglądają w Polsce lepiej, i też takie które są dość porównywalne. Na przykład powiedziałabym, że pod względem stanu mieszkań i domów, a także komunikacji miejskiej jest podobnie. Podsumowując uważam że opinia o pozycji Polski względem innych krajów w kontekście dobrobytu(?) jest tematem na tyle obszernym, że absolutnie nie ma możliwości rozstrzygnąć która strona ma rację. Tak więc osobiście uważam, że punkt 5 odcinka jest bardzo subiektywny, zwłaszcza biorąc pod uwagę że istnieje możliwość że ludzie ci zadawali te pytania ze zwykłej ciekawości.

[@evonak1661]

@@dakmarajones7132 wolne dni w szkołach nie są zbyt dobrze rozlokowane. Rodzice mają problem z urlopem na każdy half term . Nie jest łatwo znaleźć opiekunke tylko na tydzień. Kolejna kwestia planu zajęć. Uczniowie muszą siedzieć w szkole do 15 nawet jeśli "okienka" są na końcu. Pomijam kwestie płatnej świetlicy. Wystarczy że spóźnisz się 10 min po dziecko to trafia do after school club za który trzeba zapłacić za całą godzinę. Poziom wiedzy części uczniów jest zatrwazajacy. Np.15 latki niewiedzące gdzie leży Argentyna( całkiem spory kraj).

[@evonak1661]

Jeśli chodzi o zarobki mogę porównać 2 stolice. Mój mąż programista z niezbyt dużym doświadczeniem w Londynie dostaje 2,2 tys na rękę, w Warszawie 8, przy czym cena wynajmu mieszkania w Warszawie to ok 2-2.5 tys zl więc ok 1/4 wypłaty, a w Londynie tej samej wielkości mieszkanie 1200 daleko od centrum, a więc połowę wypłaty. Kwestia zarobków to nie do końca kwestia kraju, raczej zawodu jaki się wykonuje i wielkości miasta. Poziom życia mieliśmy podobny lub odrobinę lepszy w Warszawie. Znam osoby które porównują Londyn do małego miasteczka w Polsce. Wtedy rzeczywiście różnice byłyby duże.

[@evonak1661]

A co do kiszenia się w jednym mieszkaniu po 6-7 osób. Nie znam w Polsce żadnego 30 latka który mieszka jak student z grupą ludzi. Większość moich znajomych kupiło mieszkania lub wynajmuje z mężem, partnerem, samodzielnie. Tutaj natomiast jest to nagminne. Ludzie mieszkają w 2-3 pary w jednym mieszkaniu. W zespole mojego męża on jako jedyny z 7 osób wynajmuje mieszkanie. Pozostali wynajmuja pokoje. U mnie w biurze jest podobnie. Są nawet małżeństwa po 40 które mieszkają z dziećmi w małym wynajmowanym mieszkaniu. I jeszcze podnajmuja pokój żeby było taniej. W takich warunkach to i w Warszawie można by było sporo oszczędzać.

[@tomasgryczka5737]

I am new to your channel but its great thank you

[@flyonthe7013]

Omg! I completly agree with evreything you said! My pet hate here is....personal space, asking for correct change in shops and napkins for sure! You nail that!

[@Tobs1313]

Nigdy chyba nie zrozumiem tego "a 7 groszy będzie?" W UK ZAWSZE mają drobne więc chyba się da...

[@Planeta1951]

As a Pole in US I can say exactly same thing about US money, so confusing I don't want to use them.

[@pypcio83]

Appreciate the honesty. That counts :)

[@psmoczynski]

Great video! Contgrats. Regarding keeping the distance - I'm polish, just hit my 40 and it drives me crazy too.

[@darek4488]

Don't worry about the little coins Russel. Hyperinflation is coming and it's going to fix that for ya. Also the social distancing situation has improved recently.

[@HidekiShinichi]

"whats better in living in america?" Well, in america there is lower poverty levels, lower taxes, tou can own a gun without going trough that much of a hassle as in poland (except for old timey black powder guns, you can get them like candies in poland lol), more options and opportunities to grow and at least there I personaly would not have to starve just so my little brother could eat something...

[@HidekiShinichi]

ouh and ponad being in european union is a minus. Travel is allowed mainly because of shengen and any other deals with other countries could be established more efficiently and without being forced to do anything off the eu.

[@ksztyrix]

@nhendrych muh free stuff!

[@paxvera5199]

You are right. So true

[@Wojtaz1985]

Love it!