Irish vs USA Culture and Ettiquette (American reaction)

[@antiqueinsider]

US tipping is just an excuse to pay $2 an hour to staff! Ireland (and the rest of the EU) are NOT allowed to abuse employees like that.

[@cecilia8957]

Same in Australia...and America thinks that are they greatest country 🇦🇺

[@SPG-lv7wk]

FREEDOM to abuse staff. It’s sad really

[@DeDaanste]

Sadutch woman I am used to tip when service was really nice. When they deserve it they get some. And it is an extra, not because they don't have a normal income

[@DarkSister.]

The first time me and my husband visited America we were completely unaware of your tipping culture, we went to TGI Fridays in Orlando and left once we'd paid. As we walked down the road the waitress chased us down the street demanding why we hadn't tipped her, and got pretty nasty about it even though we explained. She still didn't get a tip for being a rude twat 😑

[@davebirch1976]

In the UK and the rest of Europe workers get a living wage so tipping is usually based on getting exceptional service.

[@Annicaha]

I lived in Dublin 2000-2009 and all of this is very much true. Also that they say thanks a million twice for anything and everything, are very generous and warm people and the greatest craic on this planet.

[@gerardflynn7382]

Craic not crack.

[@Annicaha]

@@gerardflynn7382 Thank you Mr Flynn

[@annedunne4526]

" Ryan" is an Irish surname from " "O Riain". And the similarity to US customs probably comes from so many million Irish people who emigrated to the USA from the beginning of the state up to the 1990s.

[@enemde3025]

Tea....once a MONTH !? More like once an HOUR in the UK ! The word SORRY can also mean " I didn't hear you. Can you repeat that". The best example of " GO ON" would be Mrs Doyle in FATHER TED. "Will you have a cup of tea Father. A, go on, go on, go on, go on". The same goes for " swearing". In Father Ted they say FEK or FEK OFF. Fek is not considered swearing.

[@kieranburge2502]

Your cuppa should never be allowed to go cold, and same goes with the kettle.

[@gaiaiulia]

Same in Ireland, though coffee is getting popular.

[@annfrancoole34]

@@gaiaiulia Getting popular - it has been for years

[@sidlerm1]

I would totally NOT get "I'll let you go" and answer "I'm not in a hurry" and keep talking 😂

[@ElizabethDebbie24]

We in Wales always says to the bus driver as we get off the bus "thanks drive", as this is the polite thing to do. HI RYAN DEBBIE HERE FROM SOUTH WALES, UK We in Wales are very like our Celtish cousins across the Irish sea and are brought up to be very polite. I have noticed here in Wales we have our own peculiar sayings like "I'll be there now after". Here in Wales when we greet someone we know we often say "Hiya butt", or "ow ya doing butt".

[@cecilia8957]

I have always thank the bus driver...I feel bad if I don't..I'm an Aussie 🇦🇺

[@TwelveAccounting]

super stuff. so similar to Australia (must be all the irish blood here)

[@LB-zc1hj]

When I have take a holiday in the US, I always when entering a restaurant go to the bar order a drink and tip 20% otherwise when someone hears your English accent the servers are not be happy to serve you because they think being English you will not tip. If you are a server(waiter) here in the Uk you are paid $9 minimum wage per hour for 18-20 years of age.

[@politicalscientist8880]

So glad she mentioned waving to strangers... i went to england and learnt very quickly that it doesnt translate lol

[@ireneackland8210]

Irish ancestry Ryan. Lots of Irish ancestry in Australia as well, so very similar.

[@Kate-v9d]

Loved this particular upload/video, thank you Ryan, love from Ireland

[@marisaevancoe9837]

This made me literally LOL several times!! I loved the whole thing. Very funny about swearing - where I grew up they called it cursing (and yes the f bomb was used as a descriptive part of language). As a teacher the first time I told students "no cursing" (this was during my first time in the Midwest) a student said "what? I'm not putting a curse on you" and when I explained they had used bad language at another student they explained it was cussing. Great video on the etiquette of my ancestors!!!

[@angelawalker8615]

The manners at the table is something we are taught from very young children, including using both knife and fork together throughout the meal not just a fork as many Americans do.

[@shanemolloy4731]

No elbows on table . Thats a kick in the shins 😂

[@paulharvey9149]

Unsurprisingly, it's almost exactly the same as this in the UK, although strict table manners and queueing is beginning to erode in London, Edinburgh and other places that attract very large numbers of foreign visitors. It's not universal though, and while most Edinburgh people will retain the stiff upper lip and just quietly seethe inside when the queue splits in three as soon as the bus arrives - 20 or so miles away there's a good chance that some little old lady will challenge the offenders...! The "how are you?" greeting is also fairly universal - as is the "I'm fine," reply - but the wording can vary enormously according to local accents and dialects. People in Aberdeen and Northeast Scotland for example, will normally ask, "Fit Like," to which the reply is normally, "Just tyaaving awaa!"

[@sheenamaclean8324]

I live in Scotland and you could say Ireland and Scotland are interchangeable.

[@marcuervomartinez3489]

I think that in USA there are more alcoholics than in EU because you solve your problem with a drink. The alcohol is for a friendly reunion. If you are sad, anxious or any bad emotion you sould have a hot drink or a walk, not a bear.

[@ward-bk3tp]

I deal with American tourists and I have to constantly explain to them that we don't rely on tips and don't actually need them and it always amazes them😅, still doesn't stop them from tipping though so happy days 😊

[@linabmoniz]

In Portugal it is the same. There's one more thing every person who rides a motorcycle, when they pass each other on the road or raise their hand or make flashes of lights or the V sign with their fingers

[@thequietman760]

I wave at strangers jus so it's wrecking their head for the rest of the day trying to figure out who the feck I was 👍

[@Emmet_Moore]

I don’t think it’s true that you wouldn’t go to the pub for one drink. You might just stop for a pint if you have half an hour to kill, especially if you’re on your own, or some people like a pint in their lunch hour. You also generally just have one drink from each establishment on a pub crawl.

[@kylemenos]

shes talking about being asked out by someone for a single drink. thats never happened in my lifetime.

[@conallmclaughlin4545]

Irish lad here. We have a really fat friend, his name is malnutrition jonny lol that's a good example of slagging

[@lavalamp6410]

Yeah, I grew up in New Zealand, live in Australia. In the 1980s an American opened a restaurant in NZ, hired the staff and on the first payday informed the staff they were working for tips, he absolutely refused to pay them. The staff went on strike, called in the unions and that American was taken to court and was ordered to pay his staff their wages and still refused to pay. Finally the courts seized that Americans assets and sold them to pay what he owned. Then immigration got involved, looked at his visa and deported him because he was on a tourist visa lol. I have Never paid a tip, not in New Zealand and not in Australia. If a business cannot afford to pay their staff a living wage, they shouldn't be in business. Tipping is BS as far as I'm concerned.

[@stanislavbandur7355]

we are tipping by rounding mostly (it 2.35 - OK 2.50 thats good and so 98 OK 100 or 93 OK 95 - if they were good OK 100 or what is for you comfortable) Long ago - we were at lunch with my Dutch coleague and he paid his one and waitress was weirdly looking at him. He asked me "what I did wrong" and answer : "You gave 100% tip"

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

Irish 'slagging' = UK 'banter' (you 'take the piss' out of friends, to show you love them...).

[@markjones127]

In bars in the UK, it's common when buying a round of drinks to just say and have one yourself, then they'll just take a few pounds for themselves as a tip.

[@geekexmachina]

Some of this is similar to parts of the north of england, and certainly in merseyside (there is a lot of Irish connections in Liverpool), one of the Arguably funniest British Sitcoms regarding this is Father Ted which is about 3 banished Priests living in Ireland, their house keeper is famous for saying "Go on, go on, go on ,go,on, go on"

[@philipmccarthy6175]

British sitcom ? Written by and performed by irishmen.

[@murpho999]

Father Ted is not a British sit com. Bloody hell.

[@1tommymulligan]

The reason we swear a lot is because we no loner speak our native tongue (Gailge) and it's the only way we can deal with the English language.

[@stoferb876]

It's weird, it's the same waving and greeting everyone if you are really out in the country-side here in Sweden too. But only when you are really out in the countryside, not some small village or town.

[@kylemenos]

shes talking about drivers giving signals to pedestrians or other drivers happens everywhere here. you see it from people crossing roads also as we J-walk here because it is not iilegal.

[@astraeetje5048]

This one was funny and recognizable. Except for the "go on" a no is a no and that's okay. The slagging is common in the Netherlands as well and often misunderstood as rudeness 😂. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@lynnhamps7052]

Very UK like too..except we say 'alright?' As a greeting...the piss taking and swearing is a national sport..lol

[@annedunne4526]

In Ireland a " no" to an offer of tea for example is seen as politeness. The " go on" allows the person to say yes a second time. The trouble with that is if a non Irish person offers tea and the Irish person says " no" they leave it at that and the Irish person is upset because they wanted a cup of tea!!

[@francescogallina2559]

American tip is alms to pay people that should be paid by the employer. Intolerable in any normal economic system, against the most basic rights of workers and a legalized slavery that you endorse every time you tip. It's different to leave one voluntarily, but making a worker depend on tips is barbaric. The land of the freedoms that enslaves the workers. not to mention paid holidays, parental leave and much more. You are exploited and happy to be as they tell you the story of how beautiful all this is.

[@JackHernandezGentlemanJack]

I find it interesting that Americans say cussing, when it's CURSING. A curse and a swear is both the same, an oath, a casting of a spell. It's a phrase of magic meant to harm.

[@redram6080]

It's both.

[@YuliaHadassahK]

I live in Northern Ireland and many of the things she said are exactly the same here. Only when we greet each other, we don't say "howeyeh", but "Alright?" which is just a shortened version of "Are you alright?" and same as down South in the Republic of Ireland you wouldn't tell them how you are, but just reply "Alright!" Funny that, when you think about it 😄

[@murpho999]

Yes that’s because you’re in Ireland too whether you like it or not.

[@Miristzuheiss]

Up to 12 Euro legal minimum wage around all Europe Staates. For this we gave tips only for nice, friendly and good service

[@heatherfruin5050]

Out at a restaurant if I waited for everyone to be served their food before I ate my food would be cold.

[@geor97]

Really hope you know that Ireland is not part of the UK. As your description says “thanks for subscribing for more UK reactions”

[@gaiaiulia]

About "go on", when I was living in London I was offered a drink and I did the usual Irish thing of refusing, and I wasn't pressed to change my mind. Lesson learned.

[@airs1234]

These are also applicable iñ the UK. Very similar culture.

[@olienajh]

Most of what she said was quite frankly just down to the UK & Ireland being a civilised society where manners cost nothing. The tipping thing is to be seen as a reward by service staff & not as a right for their salaries to be topped up because their employers can’t be bothered to pay them fairly. We would never, for example, tip in a fast food establishment but if we went to a proper restaurant, pub or similar with table service we would generally tip about 10%.

[@murpho999]

She ‘s not in the UK so why mention it?

[@irish66]

A few other things not mentioned. Holding doors open. Putting dividers down in supermarket between your shopping and the next person's. Letting a person with a small amount of shopping ahead of you if you have a signifcantly larger amount. Well unless you are in a really really big hurry to go home and watch Cornation Street.☺

[@annfrancoole34]

You mean Fair City 😀😃😄

[@irish66]

@@annfrancoole34 Ha Ha.

[@margaretwaite7226]

I'm from Dublin , we say cursing to I don't know where she got swearing from because my English relatives only say swearing.

[@constantinleonte9536]

Hi i like your videos ... Im from Romania , i subscribe and wait your posts [ sorry im bad with english writing complicated ]

[@kielycolin]

100,000 welcomes not 1000 welcomes. So many people get that wrong

[@oversizeddoorhandle4214]

Will there be any reaction on Honest Guide soon?

[@timefliesaway999]

I thought tea was a British thing (well it is, but didn’t think Irish people also loved it that much) xD But that’s nice bc I’m an all-year round tea drinker, and it solves a lot of my problems too

[@CezTV]

Ireland has the 2nd highest consumption of tea with the UK following. We fecking love a good cuppa

[@timefliesaway999]

@@CezTV damn, nice. I loved Ireland before but that makes you guys even better. Keep up the tea consumption

[@philipmccarthy6175]

Statistically the Irish drink more tea per head than anyone else.

[@GayJayU26]

So many Irish emigrated and took their culture to the US

[@stanislavbandur7355]

Funny part is that Effin is (a barony) in Ireland ;)

[@ianwalker5842]

Who agrees that Irish and American accents have much in common? I pick up both West Country English and Irish influences (and perhaps a trace of Dutch in the case of New York).

[@cadifan]

I always thought the American accent was influenced by very early Irish immigration, probably as much Irish as there was English.

[@thequietman760]

Yep we run on Irish time here = I'll be there Wen I get there and no sooner 👍

[@debbiehenderson7803]

In the uk its not frowned upon if you dont tip. Sometimes we leave a tip if weve been for a meal and it was all perfect. Ill tip a taxi driver if they actually move their arse out of car and help me with my bags if they dont i dont tip simple lol

[@murpho999]

Ok but vide was not about the Uk?

[@gerardduffy4004]

Yeah, nothing to disagree with in this video, apart from timekeeping, I am always on time and if I am not it's a bus breakdown or similar, it is expected that the ladies might be fashionably late. Slagging among friends, you are right sometimes they can go too far and worse if some "new" friend in the group tries to use the same terms, ending in a long hard stare or a sharp rebuke, well I've seen it happen from time to time. There is another one that I hear from time to time Irish Americans saying they are Irish, some Irish people seem to react negatively to this, which is new to me as when I was younger hearing American visitors looking for their ancestral home most of us thought it was cool. some of these Americans are able to speak Irish, my Irish is so bad.

[@LuvNickynGina4ever]

Being irish and having irish heritage is 2 different things so i understand why some ppl react negatively. No issue with researching your ancestry where your family came from, that's great. huge issue when americans haven't even set foot in the country and say they are irish or part irish. No you're an american /U.S citizen

[@gerardduffy4004]

@@LuvNickynGina4ever I agree, meeting Irish- Americans in pubs and clubs over the years, it never ceases to surprise me when they tell me their Irish connection its always with a smile and a huge desire to go into details. I've had great conversations/laughs over a few pints with them.

[@kylemenos]

Africans have the same reaction to Americans saying there African American. It's not exactly we hate them for saying they have Irish roots it's we hate them saying they are Irish because they once heard there great-grandfather had a dog that was Irish.

[@redram6080]

​​@@kylemenosSo you hate them because they say they have irish heritage? Are you joking?

[@kylemenos]

@@redram6080 No we hate people who say they ARE Irish when they never been to Ireland in their life. You have to read what I said. You arent African because you are black and you arent Irish because your grandfather once knew a dog that was Irish.

[@annecondren9280]

Would love to hear you comment on Traditional Irish brush dance at weddi g

[@jamplays9596]

Her friends are not late there just on Irish time

[@DeDaanste]

I have been shocked by American table manners. Working at a restaurant in Leiden, years ago, we would have American tourists coming in. A lot hardly knew how to use cutlery... The meat, veggies salad would be eaten with their hands... I will never forget this morbid obese lady who ordered a salad and the every time she would pick out some leaves with her fingertips, pinky up like she was very elegant and then shove it in her piehole... Everyone was watching in horror. She would wipe her mouth after every bite on the tablecloth because, obvious, she had no idea what the cotton napkin was for. After dinner she and her husband, who had eating his T-bone steak by just lifting it up with both hands and bite chunks out of it and popped the potatoes in his mouth like M&M's, they ordered the biggest icecreams and two milkshakes. They did know how to use a spoon. So why they had drank their soup out of the bowl before the main course? We had more people like that. This one guy that I guess really did his best to use a knife and fork, had them the wrong way, so knive left and was hacking away with that thing. Serious, the plate was damaged! And the couple that didn't use the cutlery but used the toothpicks instead... Just vegetables, French fries, salad etc. Meat they would hold on the plate with one delicate indexfinger while cutting it. And a colleague told me she had an American family that demanded (!) their meat cut at their table... And some, just some, wouldn't stand out by their table manners. After some you had to clean the froor, chairs and while table when they left... I wo der if they noticed themselves at one point, eating so different from the rest and if that made them uncomfortable

[@erotokritosmoraitis4881]

You do know this is not part of tge uk. So maybe should put it under a different category

[@aallan646]

Probably because Ireland pays there staff a decent wage, like most of the world. Unlike America where your tip is used to pay the staffs wage. Shocking have to rely on tips. Pretty disgusting how they TELL YOU how much you're supposed to tip ?? Try telling employers to pay a proper wage !!!!

[@janbaxa3282]

Just don't tip in America... Somebody must start this trend, so it can in decades go away 😂😂😂 If that staff is sad about it, say him/her to go to boss and ask for more money, you must live from salary, tip's are only bonus for that living (and they are not for company, but to his/her pocket) 😂 Just start this trend! Without change, nothing change arbitrarily...

[@jasonwall5012]

8:55 Sure dont worry, you'll be asked more than twice, maybe 3 to 4 times. Then they'll walk away, come back have another conversation and ask a few more times. Even if someone calls to your gaf at like 1am you'd ask them sure do yea want a ham sandwich and a cuppa tea. In other countries like the uk they'd call the police on you, if you called at 1am 😂 in America they'd shoot you if you called at 1am 😅 11:44 we say swearing or cursing, but yous say cussing

[@ulyssesthirteen7031]

I'm not sure any of this is specific to Ireland and is found in England too, and is probably common across all of Britain. Even the 'go on' thing happens here too, but wouldn't be phrased the same. Having seen hundreds of 'American reacts to' videos though, I think America seems to be a lot more varied in how it relates to the things mentioned here. Whilst you thought they were things you had in common, to some Americans they seem to be fairly alien concepts.

[@cjlloyd53]

Pretty much all the same in Oz.

[@rolflin]

no we don't tip! Spanish here. I only tip for an extraordinary and specially good service. Staff earn a more decent living wage so we don't tip it's more a global EURO thing than localized to ireland

[@shanemolloy4731]

Only tips i give are " dont ask strangers for money "

[@gerarddeegan1164]

I am from dublin and i never heard such thrash that its a sin not to thank a bus driver🙄

[@x_hibernia]

Tipping is non existent here because we pay our staff a wage the same as if you were in a different job, it's the law.

[@silviahannak3213]

Doesn't make sense. 15 Min before? Many Goodbyes like in Swiss. They say Soooo. In Austria: We go and don't say it 200 times. Why? Who has time for that. 2-5 times is enough. Else it is getting confusing.

[@saolálainn]

You have to be Irish to get it...😄

[@user-pd8mi7ng7s]

Seems like most of the Midwest got their idiosyncrasies from the Irish that settled there😅😊

[@relentless1989]

us from Europe and the UK, lets be honest the UK and Europe dont force tips because it be hard for the government to tax them tips... Americans our your tips taxed because thats a double blow to use if it is.

[@murpho999]

Since when is Uk not Europe?

[@heilong79]

I am Irish and dont drink, dont like Tea and the etiquette part is different for everyone so there are no hard rules. Swearing we call cursing which some Americans have taken the religious element out of and call cusing.

[@roryslaine7896]

Fun story: I'm from Belfast and I once watched a man get glassed for skipping the queue. And the guy who glassed him was a really nice guy too 😂 Tbf the queue jumper was at it all night the rude prick. And nobody even batted an eye when he got it. I was on the slotties, seen him get smashed, then went back to my gambling and my pint. He fucking deserved it.

[@JackHernandezGentlemanJack]

Can you do more WELSH ONES PLEASE

[@armitage9204]

Backstreet Boys, not Britney Spears. 😂

[@lukacalov1988]

Howeyeah its not whats up its howdy

[@cheiftain732]

I love ireland . We curse we dont care who where

[@drakenoffire4375]

If I go out of a place in America and they then be rude about that can show if they are worthy to tip

[@LiamShaer7]

These are standard across the UK, I dont know what makes her think they're specifically Irish, like we're all the same just with different accents and slightly differing (traditional) cuisines. The differences mainly come from those that grew up in the city, those that grew up in towns and those who grew up in rural/country areas.

[@YuliaHadassahK]

"We're all the same" is probably not something that a Brit should say to someone from Ireland because, you may know, there's a whole history of how Ireland is independent and not "the same" as or part of the UK.

[@LiamShaer7]

@@YuliaHadassahK From a political angle, yes everyone is divided beyond belief, I'm speaking in terms of culture and lifestyle.

[@KernowWarrior]

As a Brit living in Ireland I can confirm 100% the Irish are NOT the same in any way shape or form. They may speak some of the same language, (many words have very different meanings) but that is the only similarity to the Brits. Their culture, outlook, priorities, social interactions, social consciousness, social etiquette and general attitude to life is very different in all aspects.

[@LiamShaer7]

@@KernowWarrior You can keep insisting on how different we are, every point of 'Irish etiquette' she made, I see people do all over the UK, everyone I know in London, outer London and the South East do most of these things themselves. I've lived on city outskirts, large and small towns, inland and coastal, i've visited Scotland, Ireland and Wales, nothing and no one ever felt 'foreign', I didn't feel the need to change my behaviour or etiquette at all (i'm very consciencious of other places culture and etiqutte so I quickly pick it up and adapt). My brother lives in Ireland and says a lot of the foods that are the same they will just put 'Irish' infront of it but it's basically the same thing. Ireland is as different from England as York is to London.

[@philipmccarthy6175]

She's talking of her own experiences. The 2 countries have similarities but in my experiences of visiting the UK in recent years it's not as friendly as it used to be. Luckily Ireland is still a friendly place.

[@ddr.5959]

She obviously comes from a "polite" family as you put it. Putting your elbows on the table is not reallly an issue.

[@cheiftain732]

Elbows on the table was a big one . Thats basic

[@oisinmtom]

1 thing you shouldt do this on a UK dedicated channel as well u could and will start ww3 in the comments

[@GayJayU26]

Maybe he was flirting.

[@shanemolloy4731]

Conor mcgregor slagging and he gets taken serious . We go in say anything

[@nicola1175]

If you have a better minimum wage, you don't have to tip so much!

[@gerarddeegan1164]

The first thing she talks about is alcohol🙄 honest to god their is people in ireland who dont drink alcohol🙄🤔

[@weedle30]

So….”not tipping a server” will get you abused literally on social media by the person/s that served you….hang on, the person/s serving’s “abuse” should be aimed at the Company and the Employer for them not paying their employees a living and decent wage! It is not up to the general public dining in those restaurants to subsidise the person serving them their weekly/monthly pay packet!! …. Obviously… 😬👀👀🤔🙄

[@heatherfruin5050]

Yes it is in the US. They don't have good working conditions that's why it's the richest country in the world because they don't have to look after their employees. I'm so glad I live in Australia where trade unions stood up for employee rights years ago.

[@redram6080]

​@@heatherfruin5050 depends on the area obviously

[@drakenoffire4375]

I don’t care if some Karen’s write about me if I don’t tip I come from a country if you tip someone they would be chock and wonder what’s this so if someone want to write about me remember in today day of age you can easily find someone easy and then Facebook only old people who have not much time left use it

[@lucyprevo]

Dude, you misunderstood a lot of this. Ireland is NOTHING like the US (and we're not part of the UK btw). You need to actually visit our country and experience these etiquettes. You need stop comparing Ireland and the US and saying how alike they alike purely from watching this video.

[@evelynstokes4229]

Please - no irrelevant remarks about yourself or what you do in the States!! It’s not interesting in fact it’s very annoying

[@Albanach-je1nk]

The more of your video's I watch the less l understand the USA

[@itaomahony502]

Yes you have to tip. 15/20%. The same as the US. Most of us have been to the USA. Both as visitors and as residents and have brought the culture. Very rude not to tip. I don’t know what she’s talking about.

[@gerarddeegan1164]

Why is she always talking about pubs and bars🙄

[@gerarddeegan1164]

Shes very very over the top with her talk take no notice🙄

[@shanemolloy4731]

Some jobs depend on tips but if its just so a buisness can save money NO . Ps late 1 hr . No way 10 mins max

[@robmic8125]

She has no Irish accent.

[@gallowglass2630]

She does but her mother is canadian which gives her accent a north american tinge

[@murpho999]

Definitely an a Irish accent. I thing to with Canadian mother. She has posh South Dublin accent that many find pretentious and call it “mid Atlantic”

[@fernandojoseespinolabasual8817]

We only tip in Restaurants in my country Paraguay South América, we never ever tip the Delivery food for example