She Moved to America and Exposes What No One Talks About!

[@estried86]

We don't have big cars in the US, the rest of the world has small cars...😅

[@european-reacts]

Fair point 😂

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

@@european-reacts Hotel California is not a serious song. The band the Eagles were complaining about a hotel that they damaged and got kicked out of. (The steak was tough = stab it with steely knife. but can't ... the beast)

[@sallyperzanowski6625]

Haha I had a mini Cooper and now a fiat. Totally mini cars 🚗 any vehicle is large to mine 😄

[@sallyperzanowski6625]

I'm in Connecticut & we have insects.

[@joannbaumann4028]

@@FreezyAbitKT7A Wow that metaphor?I thought it was the culture.

[@nobudyzbuzness4813]

Why do non Americans actually LOOK through the toilet stall gaps? We don't do that. We hate the gaps too, by the way. But we DO NOT LOOK. No eye contact. No body part/eye contact.

[@scurvofpcp]

Shit, I've seen people actually look in and glare at me when I was on the crapper in central Pa, it seems to be a really common thing in that part of the state and don't ask me why the fuck why. I've been trying to figure it out for 30 some years.

[@israelizzyyarrashamiaak766]

Europeans must be very very pervy is my guess

[@peggystamper1670]

I think the crack in the bathroom stalls is partly because of the age of the bathroom. Newer ones don't have big cracks as much as as older bathrooms. The opening under the door allows people to see feet so you know if anyone is in there

[@aaronhollon2616]

She basically admitted to meat grazing 😀

[@timothydixon2545]

I don’t understand why anyone would care because you’re not going to see those people again and if you are well then they are your friends and now they might just know more about you and you might be friends on a different level

[@georgem9554]

RIGHT TURN ON RED ONLY AFTER YOU STOP AND MAKE SURE ITS CLEAR TO GO.

[@sergioandrade8735]

You are supposed to stop before a Right on Red, like one does a Stop Sign but not everyone does.

[@pointlessvideos2321]

@@sergioandrade8735 yeah that's what he just said...

[@johnhaller5851]

The "California stop". You kind of slow down, but if there is no traffic, you don't come to a complete stop, and just keep going. Most Americans do this, especially for right turn on red, but also for stop signs. It's completely illegal, so don't do it in front of a cop, but the person behind you may expect you to go, and hit you if you don't. That's their fault, but it's a result of being too cautious.

[@sergioandrade8735]

@@johnhaller5851 On a recent episode of Blue Bloods that was called "a Hollywood stop.

[@accordio321]

Also depends on the state. 50 states, different state, different laws.

[@mrdewilliams]

We DO have spiders and bugs in the Los Angeles area, and in fact all over the U.S. Just not at Australian levels.

[@lopezmarlon]

Yes, Southern California does have bugs, but compared to other parts of California; or the rest of the United States their bugs are tame.

[@reddog7024]

I live in the boonies in Queensland Australia we have few problems with the wildlife and bugs and creepy crawlies tend to keep to themselves

[@cwjameson37]

@@lopezmarlon has a lot to do with the massive number of pesticides sprayed all over the city at the taxpayers' expense then add in the fact that the city she is using as reference is literally built in a desert waste land

[@YeshuaIsTheTruth]

No one has bugs on Australian levels. No one.

[@jamesyoung7400]

@@lopezmarlon Florida

[@DogmeatDied989]

Butthead was a common pejorative name to call other kids you didn’t like in the 80’s and 90’s. Brothers and sisters would call each other names like this. When adults use it, it can be an alternative form of endearment.

[@Doxymeister]

It became pretty common after the Beavis and Butthead show came out, didn't it? I think my boys watched it on the sly, LOL, because I didn't want them to watch it--very rude and inconsiderate. But, boys will be boys!

[@Joseph-ax999]

Yes, but what came first , the expression or the show?

[@dr.thrashfinger4915]

@@Doxymeister It was common way before B&B. Just saying. But yeah, they helped.

[@YeshuaIsTheTruth]

Youre gonna get somebody beat up, you loveable butthead you.❤

[@macrc2129]

@@Doxymeister I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO

[@heatherb.7648]

We don't like the bathroom stall situation either, but there's an etiquette, starting with DO NOT make eye contact with the person in the stall! It's okay to do a quick check for feet to see if the stall is occupied, but no one looks into the stalls, even if you can see, you don't look. Americans have a "thing" about staring anyway, but it is so bad to actually look through the door cracks! So creepy!

[@santamanone]

It’s much better than it was when I was a kid. There were no stalls at elementary school. Just a row of toilets along the wall.

[@santamanone]

Las Angela’s definitely has bugs (scorpions are probably the scariest) and snakes. And bears, and cougars, and coyotes.

[@TheYaddayadda]

To be fair, everyone has a thing about staring.

[@branchrickey9123]

@@santamanone that’s a whole lot of wrong in one broken sentence

[@RageKage987]

@@santamanone she probably just means compared to australia I don't think she actually means no bugs exist just the amount it's called hyperbole. this is australia we are talking about exotic animals are everywhere there. I can't imagine having to scout your bathroom for spiders or bugs just not as common here and I live in Missouri. don't take everything so literally.

[@facetiouslyinsolent8313]

I'm 50 and for the more than 40 years I have been using public bathrooms in the United States I have never caught a single person looking through one of the stall gaps. Considering I have easily used public restrooms thousands of times in my life and have zero negative experiences this is just an issue for people with social anxiety. For the rest of us it's a non-issue.

[@juliearmfield2634]

Ive had a nosy 2yr old pepping on me once. 😂

[@nicholashenderson6941]

Yea, kids are kids. Never had an issue. 43 years.

[@raymondeemon125]

Yeah most people would never look because they don't wanna be the weird one that looks. Only had special needs kids stare at me through the stalls before. 😅 So besides that you never have to worry. Plus it would take effort. If your in the stall you'll know if someone starts looking through the stalls Crack by there feet walking up to it.😂 The stalls are only like that because of laziness and Negligence during installation.. I use to install them for awhile and they are not suppost have more than a half inch gap. Especially if that bathroom is new and needs to be inspected once before it's open to the public after that it will never be repaired untill the doors fall off. Because of regulations it never will be inspected again after the first one unless ita a government building they get inspected yearly.

[@notreallydaedalus]

Only children who haven't learned better. I find slapping the gap helps.

[@krispressler1005]

A couple years older than you and same experience. At most someone might look under the door to see if it is occupied.

[@daynamoses7433]

Before C19 a lot of the grocery stores were open 24 hrs.

[@DianeCasanova]

Wish our local markets would go back to that. They have expanded back to 6 am to 11 pm

[@xtremefps_]

Dude same ​@@DianeCasanova

[@nullakjg767]

i heard this actually got a lot of people infected. Before people were allowed to shop at any hour they wished, then they reduced the hours so people were more packed. You couldnt go and avoid crowds. And companies liked it because less time open = less operating cost, but people still need things so theyll risk doom in order to shop at primetime hours. basiccally another example of sacrificing american lives in exchange for money.

[@Etereys]

same here in GA too

[@JesseLJohnson]

Still all these years later only open till 11 think some might be midnight now. Was so nice when I got out of work at 3-4am going into Walmart or Kroger not anymore. Have to wait till morning or do it before work. Not much of a crowd at night was nice being able to get my groceries on the way home from work in the middle of the night. Not sure if any of the others were ever 24 hours but Walmart and Kroger always were.

[@wendygoings-ey2ow]

Most Wal-Marts used to be open 24 hours a day, since Covid they are open 7am to 11pm. There are gas stations with convenience stores open 24 hrsca day serving freshly made food, pre-packaged sandwiches snacks drinks and alcoholic beverages.

[@Swearengen1980]

You must live in a blue city. Ours (Florida) are still open 24 hours and they were during COVID as well.

[@dillonh321]

⁠@@Swearengen1980 I live in a fairly conservative city in Idaho which is a conservative state. Our Walmarts have also stopped opening 24/7. They are now open 6am - 11pm. It has nothing to do with politics. Just dependent on the supply of workers needed to be open that late and whether it’s busy enough that late to make being open 24/7 worth it.

[@ZinjaShike]

​@@Swearengen1980 I live a somewhat larger red city in a red state and it closes at 11PM. I think any larger city they're doing it due to increases in theft at night v. day with diminishing returns on sales. It's unfortunate, I miss going at 3AM and watching people.

[@mcamodell]

04:10 - Those are stores that sell merchandise, mainly clothes, that didn't sell in other stores for a great discount. About 25% of the store is not clothing.

[@jennifer1329]

And the last quarter is furniture, home decor and food - mostly snacks and beverages.

[@pauladuncanadams1750]

The items in Ross, Marshall's, TJ are things that didn't sell or didn't sell well at other stores. These stores buy those items at rock bottom and resell cheap.

[@MiketheTzar]

@@pauladuncanadams1750 fun fact: they are all owned by the same parent company. They are divided up like that for a bunch of random legal reasons. Largely around rules of acquisition and slightly around exactly who can buy from what. The simplest way to put it is that Macey's didn't want their products on the same shelves as Sears (RIP) and Sears didn't want their products on the same shelves as Sak's. so they had to be legally distinct

[@pauladuncanadams1750]

@@MiketheTzar Sounds like BS to me. What's your source?

[@MiketheTzar]

@@pauladuncanadams1750 I worked there for about 6 months. You can do some funny digging with a manager login

[@DoodlebugStinker]

The reason why food is bagged carefully AFTER it has been rung up is to not just pile it in a bag as it’s scanned. Baggers will put heavier things on the bottom and things like eggs and bread, or any other softer/squashable items on top! They are actually trained how to properly bag grocery items as to not do damage. Many grocery stores here have salad bars as well as hot bars where you can go in, pick out what you want to eat, pay by the weight, and go! In one such store, I once had an inexperienced bagger put my hot food in the same bag as my ice cream. See where I’m going with this? You don’t just bag items as they come down the conveyor. Otherwise…. You end up with yuk!

[@DavidBanner-z2i]

That's why most stores put meat and frozen goods in blue grocery bags and less temperature sensitive things in gray bags, walmart and food lion both do this. Which I like so I can tell by the bag color what I should take inside and put away first. It's a great effing idea in my opinion.

[@kathyc3825]

Some grocery stores have people assigned specifically to bagging the groceries as the cashier scans when they have enough staff. I tend to load the items on the conveyer belt in groups that would go together well (perishable, non-perishable, lightweight, cans) to save them some time and help avoid the bread getting crushed.

[@Doxymeister]

Our grocery store is so considerate that they learn to split heavier items into more bags, to make it easier for handicapped people to handle. Plus they allow me to ride the handicapped cart out to my car, they load my items into my car for me, then take the cart back into the store. Of course, I live in a small town and know a lot of the employees! But still, they are just very nice and considerate to their customers.❣💯

[@maryannspicher]

@@kathyc3825I’ve actually been asked if I group them on purpose and when I said yes they thanked me 😂

[@piratecat990]

​@@DavidBanner-z2iwait...you don't try to take them all in 1 trip? Lol

[@tinktinkbell97]

Ross, Marshall’s, TJ Maxx - they’re essentially stores where you buy stuff at lower prices. Clothes, shoes, home goods, etc.

[@vincentlavallee2779]

Yes she does! I could tell of her accent immediately. But it is rather slight.

[@letmeondude]

To clarify, Ross Marshall's, and TJ Maxx buy the clothes that the bigger retailers don't sell off before their new stock comes in. So you get nice brands for greatly reduced prices.

[@Toad92873]

These stores are all over Poland, I saw them in Amsterdam too

[@TexArizocan]

I love Ross!

[@screwylooygaming]

@@letmeondude Key note, they buy off defective clothes at times. The logo, seems, or buttons are not the same as regular products from the same manufacturers.

[@thirdhorizon6964]

Toilet seat covers are disposable tissue paper rings that fit on top the toilet seat.(public bathrooms) They're in dispensers on the inside of the stalls on the wall. And regardless of what somebody might have stated, they're all over the whole entire country.

[@theodoresmith1735]

Also known as ass gaskets

[@user-jv5pp8pv9l]

They are not! Some states don't mandate them, and therefore, not every restroom will have them. Or if they have them, they are not in every stall. It's bad enough that I've looked into getting some for when I travel. 😅😂 I wish they were everywhere.

[@1012Mrjesse]

I’ve heard that the paper covers are worse and more likely to spread germs and just absorb bacteria. Even a basic google search gives this result: “According to most health experts, using toilet seat paper covers is generally considered worse than just sitting on a toilet seat because the paper covers are not effective at preventing the spread of germs, and can even potentially increase the surface area for bacteria to settle on; the best way to protect yourself in a public restroom is to thoroughly wash your hands after using the toilet.”

[@leisure057blank3]

I have not seen them.

[@anndeecosita3586]

@@leisure057blank3I see them a lot but not everywhere. Some places have toilet seat covers are automated and will switch themselves after each person.

[@corm7538]

The reason that price tags in the US don't have the tax included in the price on the tag is sales tax is different in every city and state, and some places only have city or state sales taxes. Some places don't have any sales tax. Then there are some stores like the Walmart near where I live that on one side of the store you pay sales tax of X amount, and on the other side of the store, you pay sales tax of Y amount because the border of two cities goes right through the middle of the store.

[@ArchieArpeggio]

It is still very stupid. Where ever that store is they know exactly what the tax is and could put it in to the price. And that is even stupider that other sides of the stores have different taxes becouse of the border. If someone is idiot enough to build store over the border then there should be taxed price for both sides so the consumer could check out where ever it is cheaper. I haven´t seen as idiotic system anywhere else than in the US and Canada.

[@MarshaMillard]

Why would that matter? Individual stores have their own pricing and even when things are the same base price across stores of a particular chain, individual stores can still list the total price of the base price plus whatever tax is needed.

[@foodimmerse]

@@ArchieArpeggio As someone who worked in retail buying offices for 30 years, no they can't put it into the price. If by "they" you mean the individual store's staff and by "put into the price" you mean make new tickets for every item that comes into the store, there is no way any store has that kind of staffing. It also would increase the possibility of errors, and complicate the inventory tracking (per IRS a store "owns" the retail value of an item - if there was just one price including tax being rung up, that tax would then have to be backed out somehow at POS to deduct the item's value from inventory without the tax). Also, tax rates can change and do (especially city & county) sometimes temporarily to pay for disaster recovery, transportation upgrades or whatever. So every time a city, county, or state tax rate changes, based on what you are suggesting each store's workers would have to go through every single item in the store and manually adjust the price tags. Prices need to be centrally managed for each retailer - the items are booked into inventory at retail on the PO, each sku is ticketed "en mass" either by the vendor (sometimes in another country) or distribution center, and distributed out to multiple locations across different cities, counties, and states. AND whenever a city, county or state changes their sales tax, it is a simple and single back office reprogramming specific to that tax jurisdiction.

[@Swearengen1980]

@@ArchieArpeggio No, simpleton. If there's a base price that is common, they're labeled in a warehouse somewhere and shipped to the individual stores. The tags aren't put on by employees at every single Walmart around the country. That's horrendously inefficient. If you can't figure out tax to see which item is cheaper, go back to elementary school and start math all over.

[@ArchieArpeggio]

@@foodimmerse Lousy excuse. Sales taxes changed this year in Finland and they had to put new prices on everything. Biggest markets have way over 50000 different products. One market chain has electric price tags on the shelves so that wouldn´t be even hard for them. Technology exist so those are sorry ass reasons.

[@danielgunderson8272]

#4 😂 She doesn’t understand that we drive on the other side of the road, lol. In Australia that would be like making a left hand turn on red. It’s ok because you’re not cutting across another lane of traffic! If turned left at red lights, it would be chaos immediately.

[@Corey1873]

I'm sure she meant the equivalent. She presumably grew up in Australia.

[@Swearengen1980]

On many intersections in Florida, we have flashing yellow left turn signals while the thru light is red....started a few years ago and it's awesome.

[@danielgunderson8272]

@@Swearengen1980 I go to FL all the time, my daughter and gf live there. I’ve been all over the lower 48, except New England… and FL has the WORST drivers by far! Lol! Nobody understands lane discipline, they go 60 on the freeway in the left lane, pass on the far right lane at 90, and seem to be allergic to mirrors. The Midwest has the most polite drivers, they move over, stay in the correct lanes, and traffic keeps moving. But my favorite drivers are in the Rockies! They have pull outs that say “Get off and let people by!” And they actually use them. To be fair to FL, some of it comes from all the people from everywhere else with different driving styles. If I lived there permanently, I’d get really sick of New Jersey plates causing chaos. But most of it comes from handing out driver’s licenses without any road tests! My gf’s sister got her license there. I think it was in a Cracker Jacks box.

[@danielgunderson8272]

Actually, if I lived there I’d get a boat and avoid driving as much as possible, at least in the winter when it’s extra crowded.

[@Swearengen1980]

@@danielgunderson8272 It can be bad, but Alabama is the worst state I've ever driven in. Every single place you go, there is no escape for the stupidity and slow drivers. And they can't blame yankees, tourists, foreigners (you know how many on Florida's roads never drove before they got to the States? A fuck ton), endless old people and also a ton of young college students all over the state......Bama is a special kind of stupid.

[@rebeccaarmstrong-p7y]

Make sure you “stop” at a red light and look for any cars before turning right. It is no different from a stop sign.

[@sherryjoiner396]

And watch for pedestrians.

[@piratetv1]

In California, not everyone stops completely. It's a California roll

[@rebeccaarmstrong-p7y]

@ And if they don’t and a cop sees them, they will get a ticket. I live in California and I know people who have. It is also called a California stop. I am sure most of us are guilty of I live near a school and you should see how many don’t stop for those school buses and their flashing red lights nor pull over when a police or ambulance is flashing their lights. Recently a lot of pedestrians have been injured or killed in my city.

[@reneea.638]

You can’t always turn right on a red light. You must check for a sign to see if it is allowed or not allowed

[@bnotapplicable7000]

In Minnesota or Michigan you can go LEFT on a red light.... I've done that here is Syracuse a few times but the police keep telling me we don't do that 😞

[@richardmartin9565]

Americans generally respect the rights of others. I doubt most of us would bother looking at someone else in a toilet. In fact, I was oblivious to the spaces until foreigners on KZbin mentioned them.

[@JACpotatos]

Tbh, I've never seen someone's face through the crack.... It might be slightly larger than in other countries, but it's really not that crazy big. At the most, I've seen someone's shoes

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

Exactly.

[@lindae9875]

it might be a perversion that might tempt Europeans, but I sure don't find it interesting to watch other people relieve themselves, and wouldn't use a restroom where that is the norm. Disgusting idea, actually. No, Americans as a rule do not want to see or hear or smell anything.

[@kathybouziane5269]

True.

[@anndeecosita3586]

It has never occurred to me look at someone through a stall nor has anyone ever peeked at me. I wonder if there are more pervs and peeping Toms is in some these places that they worry about it.

[@eltorrente1021]

Nobody ever looks into or out of bathroom stalls, so it isn't even an issue. Also, most of the time, the gaps are really not that big.

[@lisaspencer1057]

If someone other than a toddler looks through the crack (and you have to get very close to see anything really) they better run cuz I’m coming out if there HOT and the toilet paper I wiped myself with is still going to be in my hand.

[@206beastman]

I look for shoes that's it

[@steamro11r]

at work u sometimes glance as u walk past so u know who to laugh at if they are shitting their brains out

[@kkarllwt]

The worrisome gap is about 1 CM / 3/8 of an inch. You can see through it, but not put you little finger thru it.

[@wildonez3076]

I'm american and I think it's an issue!! I hate these gaps, being a truck driver it's awful,!! Some places in the us don't have gaps in doors,thank God. Many loves gas stations don't have those gaps!!

[@KevinBlah-p9n]

12:30 the main reason price tags don’t include tax is because each state has their own tax code and even sometimes different counties in the same state will not have the same tax rate. One county might be 6% sales tax while the next county could be 7%.

[@kenyonmoon3272]

Even within a city there can be multiple rates. If you have four Starbucks, one in each corner of an intersection facing each other, it is possible for each of the four to have different rates (and different final prices). Much easier to just advertise as "$X plus tax" than to try to have a spreadsheet of prices a customer might pay. Plus, most Americans like knowing how much tax they are paying, and this is an easy way to do it.

[@KibbiiKibberson]

I think the bugs thing is due to the fact that most of our places don't have to be open to the outside to cool off with a/c being so prevalent. Also, window screens help to not let anything in when the window is open for a lot of places. There are still bugs everywhere but they have a much harder time getting into everywhere with the window screens and the a/c or heating units keeping everything cool or warm. I can only imagine the multitudes of June bugs that would have been in our house when I lived in the midwest with the hundreds that lived on our screen door if those screens hadn't been in place....

[@Swearengen1980]

Screens hardly matter except to flies and such. Roaches, spiders, any insect can squeeze through nearly invisible gaps. There is no escaping roaches in Florida no matter how tight your ass is (without poisoning the shit out of everything each month).

[@angiekay6874]

I find the cashiers very quick and efficient. The advantage of not dropping items directly into the bag, is they can plan the groupings better. They will have several bags set up, scan like 10-15 items, then put frozen food together. Chips and bread together, so they dont get smashed and distribute the weight between heavy and light items. Sounds complicated, but most are excellent at it.

[@cecilecorpuz5735]

And some times if they are not so busy, the cashiers will also walk your grocery cart to your car, this has happened to me many times at PW Super markets in San Jose, I'm an able bodied man but the cashiers many times the cashier will insist on rolling my cart to the car, sad to say PW is no more. Also when it's really busy there will be bag boys bagging your groceries as well of which they will bag your groceries with the same pression as well. Here in the Netherlands you will need to bag your own groceries and at times you'll need to be very fast when doing so because on the receiving end where your goods are ending up the markets here will have a sliding divider and if your not fast enough when bagging your groceries the cashier will just slam your groceries to one side so they can ring up the next customer, one time I was so pissed off I asked for a refund, once I received my refund, I was gone leaving them to deal with the restocking.

[@raisinette35]

In the EU, you pay for every bag you need to use, and you do your own packing! Unless you shop at Aldi or another foreign-owned supermarket, you don't know about bagging your own purchases and expect somebody else to do this work for you!

[@kathybouziane5269]

I usually request grocery drive up where after you pay the bagger puts your cart number on your receipt and went you drive up to the door you show the person stationed there your receipt and they'll load up your car. Convenient. No charges for the paper/plastic bags which we recycle at home.

[@anndeecosita3586]

At the places I grocery shop the most, the person who rings me up and the ones who bag are two totally different people. So the stuff is usually bagged and in the basket by the time I finish paying.

[@mycroft16]

If you've ever done time working in any store you get pretty good at itbpretty quick.

[@Cory_Springer]

Turning right on a red light is quite ubiquitous across the States. It's treated as a stop 🛑 sign; come to a complete stop, Stop, Yield to vehicles travelling in that lane, Turn when it is safr to do do. There will also be a "No Turn On Red" sign if the intersection does not allow it. And don't expect a bugless experience in the USA.

[@scottapache5041]

The state of New Jersey doesn't allow it.

[@superstarcat7654]

Turn on right on red is a state law thing. Don’t do it in a state you are not sure of.

[@Cloudburst2000]

There are some states that don’t allow right turn on red. It’s on a state by state basis.

[@samasberry8589]

St. Louis has a lot of No Right on Red signs. Not everyone follows this however...

[@kathymc234]

Unless it says "No Right on Red".

[@maggsmick]

I have never made eye contact with anyone whilst inside or on the outside of a public bathroom stall🙄

[@xzonia1]

I have little kids, but never adults. I think they think they're playing peek-a-boo. Lol

[@TexArizocan]

I was at Wal-Mart the other day and a woman's son was in the bathroom while the mom was going to the bathroom. The kid was peeking through the crack and the mom told him to stop that was rude and disrespectful

[@katielee7364]

Yeah Americans just learn from a young age how to side glance the stall to see if it's empty or not, most you see is a blur of a figure

[@TexArizocan]

@@katielee7364 I wasn't raised in the US and looking through the slots wasn't a thing when I moved to States and I was locked in a train bathroom as a kid in Europe

[@TheYaddayadda]

I can't speak to the situation in women's restrooms, but in the guy's restroom it is elevator (lift) rules. You don't start conversations, you avoid eye contact. You are there to do what you need to do and get out. It is not a social space. You avoid speaking even if you know the other person well, for the most part. Conversation is for out there, not in here.

[@robertherrington9941]

This one was fun, André. I always enjoy what others have to say about enjoying my home country. Hope you get to see it soon.

[@mrgoober6320]

I grew up in LA. There are very few bugs because it's a desert. It's naturally inhospitable for insects. If we weren't piping in water from far away, humans wouldn't have enough water either.

[@SnowLeopard01369]

She needs to get out more. I grew up on a farm in the Midwest. We had bugs, spiders, wildlife and it was just part of life.

[@helgar791]

One reason it may seem as if there are no bugs in say Los Angeles is because we in American believe in screened doors and windows which keeps the bugs out. Plus in the countryside there are plenty of electric bug zappers. But if you live in many parts of the country bugs, flying and creeping, are a real problem.

[@seanorourke534]

Its funny because California doesn't have the same bug problem as everywhere else. Like mosquitos in Minnesota. Go to a campground, and you'll get eaten alive by large swarms.

[@gnericgnome4214]

yeah, but California's not America... not really.

[@helgar791]

@@gnericgnome4214 LOL. That's what I meant by "bugs flying and creeping".

[@kkarllwt]

LA is a dessert, sanitation is fairly high . dog crap is picked up, for the most part.

[@branchrickey9123]

@@gnericgnome4214 That a really anti American thing to say. Stop hating America and blaming Americans. Maybe someday you can learn to become a real American patriot.

[@gailsage7921]

The tax is a state by state basis. Some states do not have sales tax.

[@skanderfish3641]

States, counties, and cities can all have sales tax.

[@raisinette35]

@@skanderfish3641 and unless the store is constantly on the move, the establishment and the items it sells remains in the same state, city, county, etc. so calculate the final cost and tag it appropriately! This is not done because the advertising agencies cannot advertise national brands and claim that they have lower/lowes prices when the prices are different in every county/city/state. It is an advertising ploy! How much tax are you paying for the fuel in your vehicle? Don't know? Well of course not. The tax does not change every time you cross into another county, but it is still YOU that is paying the tax! Ask the cashier at the local station next time and observe the blank stare!

[@anndeecosita3586]

@@raisinette35This doesn’t even make sense because not every item is always going to be taxed at the rate. Some states have taxes on groceries and some don’t. Those that do tax groceries don’t all tax at the same rate. So when you go into a supermarket there will be grocery and non grocery items for sale and there is typically a deli which is considered prepared food which isn’t in the same category as grocery. Plus in a deli the price can be per pound not per item. Also some cities and counties level their own sales taxes by permission of the state. Also yes you can go into a different county and pay a different tax amount on gasoline. I spent most of my life living in a tourist town and the gas stations in counties along the beachfront were always more expensive because of a leveled gasoline excise tax known as a seawall tax that goes to upkeep on the beachfront. Obviously the counties that are not beachfront don’t levy a seawall tax. Unless you have been everywhere in the USA how do you know everything that does and doesn’t happen? I saw your other comment about unless someone shops at Aldi or a foreign owned store they don’t know about buying bags or bagging their own groceries. Not true. I have bagged my own the times I have gone to discount supermarkets. Some of them charge at cost rate plus 10 percent upcharge on the overall bill and are still cheaper than other stores. I don’t buy the bags usually. They are those employee owned type of supermarkets.

[@mycroft16]

​@anndeecosita3586 thank you. Was going to say roughly this. Its complicated. More than most actual citizens even grasp.

[@raisinette35]

@anndeecosita3586 how many taxes do you print on a seawall receipt....tourist tax, sales tax, federal excise tax....and then the customer sees if he has enough money to buy a gallon? Is this how it's done now? Did i leave any tax off? Do you want a tip?

[@tiffanytupper8983]

We don't look through the gaps in the bathroom stalls!😂

[@chalp1290]

I'm 47 and I have never caught someone looking through the gaps in a bathroom stall. That would be very weird.

[@HoppityHooper2]

You have to understand that Europeans have some, let's say "strange" habits.

[@FessyDKnight]

The bag thing is actually based on the store and the training you get. Depending on the items, cost, weight and sanitation, cashiers are required to bag items in a certain way. If the store doesn't have that kind of training, it's up to the cashier to work that out.

[@LindaLittle-m7j]

Most Americans love to have a good time, fun!! Smiling and laughing is great for your souland your health!!❤❤

[@jenniferking7264]

Ross, Marshall and TJ Maxx are clothing stores that sell marked down designer clothing, shoes and accessories. They are affordable items with MINOR flaws (ex: a thread coming loose), or the designer company has in overstock and needs to get rid of for new inventory.

[@Anaj-us4eo]

I’m always amazed at the complainants of how big things are etc, I think most people that don’t live here have no idea how BIG this country is!

[@raisinette35]

Likewise, the USA has no concept of yow big locations outside of the US are! Any idea how big Russia is, and how populated it is? You would never be so delusional to think Ukraine could beat them if you knew! How big is Europe? No, not the EU, Europe! It is bigger than the USA in both landmass and population. Next excuse?

[@libertybell8852]

​@@raisinette35are you intentionally unpleasant?

[@anndeecosita3586]

⁠​⁠@@raisinette35The fact that you bring up Europe, a continent, in a discussion about the sizes of countries shows how flawed and weirdly you think. If we are comparing countries to continents then how about we say how Brazil has a larger landmass than all of Europe. We could also talk about how MOST of Russia isn’t in Europe. Please inform us which entirely European country is larger in land mass than the USA? The thing about the European continent is that the boundaries are geopolitical and arbitrary and make little sense from a geographical standpoint. They aren’t even 100 agreed on. Countries can exist over multiple continents. Guam is part of the USA. People born there are US citizens.

[@raisinette35]

@@anndeecosita3586 The discussion was about items for sale with a sales price that does not include tax until the uninformed customer has to pay the final price of the item. Focus (*military expletive).

[@psycholuigiman]

@@raisinette35 I'm just waiting for you to tell us that Africa is the biggest country on the planet and to imply that Americans are the ignorant ones for not knowing that. That'd be so dang funny if you said that.

[@jeromebarry1741]

The stores she mentions sell fast fashion for women. As far as stores open late, they were open 24 hrs before covid-19. My local Wal-Mart supercenter came out of covid closing each night at 11 pm. They have no intention of going back to 24 hr.

[@katrinaingram7871]

I now work nights and miss the 24hrs walmarts because now I can't shop after work at 430am

[@orlandoawilliams799]

Where I live, very few retail places were ever open 24/7, other than CVS and Walgreens. Kinda annoying when I was working a 4PM to midnight shift.

[@TexArizocan]

Wish Walmart would go back to 24hrs. Now only certain convenience stores are open 24hrs

[@PostTenebrasLux93]

@@katrinaingram7871same!

[@rogerhuggettjr.7675]

Same here in south suburban Minneapolis.

[@moisesaspres3686]

Marchall's , TJ Maxx, and Ross Dress for Less are national chain stores that specialize in selling factory seconds. Factory seconds are items that have small imperfections or blemishes that are usually not noticeable by most people but can not be sold as new by retail stores. The stores she mentioned sell factory seconds at fractions of the retail cost allowing customers to wear designer labels at discount prices.

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

Sales tax differs by state, county and city. I live two blocks from a different city, and the sales tax changes. It also depends upon what you are buying. Some states have no sales tax (e.g., buying a car: go to Oregon), but they tend to have much higher excise taxes, and you will still pay a separate tax on gasoline.

[@Christopher_Culpepper]

As far as sales tax or VAT, each state has a different sales tax added, and then county sales tax, and then municipality sales tax. In the same state, two different cities can have wildly different sales tax depending on where you're shopping. It even states the sales tax percent on your receipt. Compared to european countries where there is a lot more centralized control, and VAT being levied on a nationwide level, here sales tax is primarily levied on a local level.

[@1012Mrjesse]

Exactly. I can drive 15 miles within the same city and be in a different zip code with a completely different amount of tax being applied

[@tspawn35]

On top of that some places like my local grocery store don't charge tax on their branded items but do for big brands like Coke. So much easier to wait till the end to find out what items did and didn't get taxed.

[@istvan5674]

Ugh, I feel sorry for you folks. My choice is to pay the state sales tax of 6% or drive 50 miles over the border to the "No Sales Tax" state of Oregon. Oregon fleeces its taxpayers with income and property taxes, don't believe that it is a tax haven. However, compared to where there are city and county sales taxes, the Western States in general have you guys beat.

[@anndeecosita3586]

I think outsiders don’t get that we are at core the United STATES of America. Most powers and decisions rest with the states. Even the counties and cities that have their own added sales tax do so through the permission on the state. Even if we are just talking about supermarkets not everything sold in there is necessarily taxed at the same rate. Some states don’t tax groceries or have a lesser tax on groceries but anything in the deli would be considered prepared food and not qualify. As someone who spent most of my life living in tourist towns you definitely notice a big difference in taxes on restaurants and gasoline when you drive a few miles out.

[@cee8mee]

Her grocery checker experience is not the norm

[@tspawn35]

Only if you are going through an express lane. Then they do scan every item first and at the end start bagging them. In the normal lanes they will have a bagger who will bag the items and set them in the cart while the cashier scans all the items.

[@I-chan-h4q]

My Walmart stays open till 2am her grocery experience is on point

[@MrEd8846]

​@tspawn35 what you say is only sometimes true where I'm at. I dont use express or self checkout. And sometimes the store has 5 lanes open and only 2 baggers.

[@iwantmycalmback1778]

Registers keep track of how many items per minute are scanned. If you stop to bag it slows your average. Bagging is not timed and if done well bags are less likely to break.

[@anndeecosita3586]

@@I-chan-h4qWalmart is only one store. And I don’t typically do my grocery shopping there. I have many supermarkets in my area that are locally or regionally owned. The places I go regularly all employ baggers so I didn’t think her checkout experience was typical of mine. If you need them to, baggers will help you take your groceries to your car and load them for you.

[@karenjayne24]

I agree about the complaints. I love taking the extra part of my meals home for the next day. Two meals out of one. The toilet seat covers are to place on the seat before you sit down. You are sitting on a clean surface instead of sitting on everybody else's behind that sat there before you.

[@TexArizocan]

I miss when Olive Garden had pizza. In college I'd order the pizza, fill up on salad and breadsticks then have pizza for 3 or so meals. It was like $10.99 or so

[@D3moknight]

You have to remember that Australia has sooooo many bugs that bite compared to the rest of the world. LA is weird compared to the rest of the US. It's normal that big cities have less biting insects though. There are less plants and animals around for the insects to survive off of, so they just don't live there often.

[@binknbaby]

Ross, Marshall's, and TJ Maxx are stores that sell discounted name brand items. It's mostly clothes, but there's also home goods like towels, appliances, decor, toys, etc. But basically they take out of season or overstocked items from bigger department stores and sell them at discounted prices. You can get great deals there, but there isn't consistent stock, so finding your size or the color you want or something specific is a little harder, because it's basically leftovers. They're great for back-to-school shopping, looking for "dressing-up" clothes for a special occasion, or just seasonal browsing. Also great for gifts!

[@Tylermaddox1911]

Toilet seat covers are realistically for extremely busy bathrooms. At home you would just clean the toilet seat.

[@chanmi1957]

Growing up my mom would cover the toilet seat with toilet paper. I hated it. It would stick to you and sometimes it would get soiled or wet. Yuck! The paper covers are far and few between. They cost a business money. I have a small stash of wipes in my purse if I use a public restroom.

[@Tylermaddox1911]

@chanmi1957 what ever gets the job done Lysol wipes would work. Most people like a clean seat, don't have to worry about anything.

[@TexArizocan]

I can understand toilet seat covers at someplaces, that's a luxury

[@design-dp6my]

Also, they are known colloquially as "Ass Gaskets"

[@jordanclark2065]

As a local to the USA I find the dangers wildlife is just a mild inconvenience

[@firefly9838]

You probably live in a city thats why

[@Cloudburst2000]

I grew up in a rural community. Sure you had to keep an eye out for wildlife, but I honestly never felt unsafe🤷‍♀️

[@markcarpenter6020]

​​@@Cloudburst2000 depends on what you are dealing with. It's not bears or mountain lions that are dangerous it's things like rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, black windows and brown recluses. Basically things small that can get close without you seeing them and are poisonous.

[@kathymc234]

I live next to a pond with alligators. They don't come in our yard and don't chase anyone.

[@josh8494]

I live in Texas on the Gulf Coast. I’ve seen an alligator walking down the fence line at the NASA Johnson Space Center when I lived across the street.when I lived in central Texas we dealt with snakes of every venomous flavor, centipedes, scorpions, and spiders (both dangerous and large). It’s pretty simple, turn your boots up and tap them on the ground before putting them on. Shake out your gloves before putting them on. Look before sticking your hands anywhere. I’ve never felt threatened by the wildlife, just understand it and act accordingly.

[@thewolfdoctor761]

I don't think I've seen a supermarket where the cashier scans all the items first, then bags those scanned items. At least not for the last 40 years.

[@DaisyChain3339.]

That's how it used to be.

[@BTinSF]

In both CA and AZ, I see it every time I go. Sometimes, an elderly man or woman comes by and starts bagging while the checker is still doing their thing though, but not every active checkout line has such a person and the checker will do it. Note: I saw this wondrous phenomenon yesterday at Sprouts.

[@thewolfdoctor761]

@@BTinSF Wow. Who knew that CA and AZ are so far behind the times?

[@BTinSF]

@ “Progress” isn’t always good.

[@PostTenebrasLux93]

That’s how they do it here in the north suburbs of Atlanta, if they don’t have a bagger. When it’s busy they’ll have a bagger at each register along with a cashier and they bag as they go. When it’s slower and just a cashier they scan all then bag - had that happen this week.

[@stevennelson5464]

7:44 I laughed out loud both times when he said "Yeah, damn right!" 😂

[@herpaTROBSON]

The gas station thing is interesting. I'm from a small community in the southern U.S. and we pump before we pay most of the time. The "pay before you pump" signs are for the out of towners. If they know your vehicle they will just turn the pumps on. The Pre-pay thing is mostly to prevent drive- off thefts.

[@sherryjoiner396]

This video is 5 years old. Lots of things have changed since the pandemic. Most Walmart stores close at 11 pm now.

[@chalp1290]

Not everywhere.

[@sherryjoiner396]

According to the Walmart website, they began closing stores at night, gradually, in 2015. The pandemic finished it. According to the website, they all close at 11 for cleaning and restocking. The amount of theft was not worth the amount of sales (6%).

[@teufelhund3801]

I still have two 24/7 stores within 6 miles of me...

[@sherryjoiner396]

@@teufelhund3801 Walmart stores or others? I have 3 convience stores nearby that are 24/7.

[@teufelhund3801]

@sherryjoiner396 Walmart. Even in my home town that Walmart is still 24/7 as well. Walmart is just GPS tracking you and giving you information on your local stores. I know quite a lot of stores that are still 24/7 in Texas and Utah. Also, how the fuck would I confuse Walmart and a convenience store? WTF.

[@Tylermaddox1911]

If you come to the South East during spring- fall be prepared to fight insects.

[@tspawn35]

Bugs are everywhere in the US I have no idea what she was talking about.

[@susandeming2256]

I have never seen a toilet stall gap more than a half inch and most are much less than that.

[@katielee7364]

Oh boy I have lol. Most people are polite enough not to stare at you

[@lookoutforchris]

Large gaps are mostly the result of poor installation by incompetent contractors. The stalls are designed with minimal gaps to function. Nicer places will not have a visible gap.

[@SabbitaCat]

Grocery store bagging: 2 reasons why they bag so slowly. 1. Cross contamination. You don't want to put the chicken in the bag with your lettuce or the shampoo on the eggs. You get the picture? 2. Because most places use thin recyclable bags, they insure that the bags are not overfull and less likely to tear when you pick them up to carry somewhere

[@terronscibe3218]

As a former delivery driver. I was trained 'Never turn Left' its introduced like that but its explained 'Only make left turns at Traffic lights' because traffic is often dangerous yet A Traffic Light helps clear the path for you. Right turns at stoplights is optional because you have shorter access to your right turn compared to the left turn.

[@terpman]

In my experience, public bathrooms vary greatly depending on age of the bathroom, region of the country, and the general aesthetic of the building you're in. I've been to public toilets that literally had no doors and like 3/4 height walls between stalls (so you could see peoples' heads) and I've also been to public toilets with damn near completely sealed off and isolated stalls. The vast majority have had maybe 1/4" gaps on the doors and 8" gaps at the bottom. I've never had issues with people seemingly watching me.

[@Princess_Celestia_]

Thanksgiving... The Pilgrims came and set up a colony, but they were unprepared for the harsh winter. A local tribe helped them out. Thats literally where Thanksgiving comes from, people setting aside there difference and coming together to help each other during hard times.

[@teufelhund3801]

Thanksgiving came after the first winter when the Pilgrims harvested their crops and shared their harvest with the Natives that helped them with techniques. Also, the real Thanksgiving day is the end of September or beginning of November.

[@incantations446]

8:39 Go to the south! PLENTY of bugs

[@darkhorse13golfgaming]

To be fair, she did specify Los Angeles 😂

[@incantations446]

@ True

[@madmatt2024]

Northeast too. You won't find the same level of weird you find in Australia but man, the black flies and mosquitos are horrible. You need to keep screens on your windows if you ever open them and there is almost no point in having an outdoor living space that isn't screened in.

[@John_Conner222]

For the toilet seat covers, many high traffic areas have a bin on the wall inside the toilet stall that has paper seat covers. You wipe down the seat with tissue and then pull a seat cover and place it over the top of the seat so that you have a clean surface to sit on because you don't know the last time the seat was cleaned. The seat covers pull out like a paper towel roll and as soon as you pull the one you want to use another one is behind it ready to be used. Not all public restrooms have this and many times they can be out and not refilled as they cost money.

[@animeaideus4222]

The stores used to stay open 24/7 till covid. The shops she mentioned are discount clothing stores. As far as the bugs go I've never heard of that though I've only been on east coast states mostly FL. The toilet covers I think she is referring to a paper dispenser to put over the toilet so you don't have to sit directly on the public toilet. I enjoyed your reactions its always entertaining to see how enthusatic you are.

[@heavenbound32566]

Pre COVID, Walmart was open 24/7 except Christmas, New Years, Easter and Thanksgiving.

[@richk2793]

it still is open 24/7, at least in my state it is

[@raspycellist]

Thanksgiving did not come out of a bad situation, it was a celebration of the first feast that the natives and the pilgrims had. And being thankful, for the natives helping us survive.

[@necrogenesis1981]

Until the settlers decided they were no longer useful and murdered them or threw them into reservations, you’ve been fed the sanitized version, so sad.

[@joycemiller1888]

We thank God for another year and the bounty He has given us. Early on we were also thankful for the help that the Native Americans gave us, teaching us the foods that were to be found, how to plant the crops, and for their friendship. This was pretty much ruined when during the French and Indian wars. The wars between France and England spilled over into their colonies here in North America. George Washington got his military training in these wars. He rose to a high rank on the English side during these wars. The French had their Indian allies and the English had theirs. When the American revolution occurred, the English took the Native Americans with them and used them to attack the edges of the colonies. The Native Americans were the eastern tribes but our relation with all of them, Eastern and Western, didn't fully recover till more recent times. Canada did not have as many problems as we had, probably because the Native Americans were English allies.

[@dkliberty6797]

❤❤❤​@@joycemiller1888

[@Urusovite]

@@necrogenesis1981 Like they did to the tribes they had conquered before them? Thats history. This idea that European settlers were worse than anyone else is hilarious.

[@JamesSmullins]

​@@Urusovitethey like to leave out the fact all those tribes had warriors, slavery existed here before any white man set foot here, rape, genocide, kidnapping, forced marriage all part of the "native" behavior before we got here and existed until late 1800's.

[@dkliberty6797]

You're an American in your heart, my brother! ❤

[@richbaird9407]

Marshalls et al. Are discount department stores. They stock the items that department stores can't sell and sell them at extreme discount. As for toilet seat covers, there are typically dispensers in the stalls that contain thin paper covers that go over the toilet seat to serve as a barrier between you and the seat for hygiene. Not everyone uses them but it's a nice option if you're concerned about germs on the seat or if the bathroom isn't particularly clean.

[@sandraparrot9893]

The reason the price with tax is NOT on the price tags is because the price you see is what the store charges for the item. The tax is added at the register because every state has a different tax. In Germany for example, there is a national 20% VAT added to the merchandise and it is included on the tag. In the USA each state has a different tax. So if you buy a shirt at The Gap store it will have a sales price of $10 nationwide but in Texas the sales tax (VAT) is 8.25 % and the sales tax (VAT) in Virginia is 5.77 %. So rather than have each state make its own price tag that includes sales tax, they have the manufacturers price and then add the tax at the register. No matter what, the VAT in the UsA is still far lower than in most of Europe

[@Totenglocke42]

The "turn right on red" applies through the US, though you do need to look for signs that say you can't (usually at very busy intersections). If it's not allowed, you'll see a sign that says "No turning right on red" pretty clearly. You do have to stop first and obviously you have to yield to any traffic from the lane that has a green light. It definitely helps reduce traffic at intersections where a lot of people are turning right.

[@darthmada9574]

No it doesn't. It's illegal in Massachusetts​.

[@sunnysidecarebear]

But they drive on the other side of the road. So their left hand turn is more like our right hand turns. And visa versa. They prob have to ne signaled to turn right like we do the left.

[@creatureofdarknessxd1166]

Tax laws vary between states and cities; especially, sales tax. However, some do add the sales tax to the price tag on goods. That's something foreigners don't really realize often, because they usually visit the larger, more well-known cities. I mean, there are even some states that don't have a sales tax (on a state-level) at all, such as Alaska and Montana. Every state has its own constitution; and, therefore, laws.

[@lindae9875]

its apparently a law that we dont just add the tax into the price of the item. That way we see how much tax is being levied against us when we buy those things.

[@creatureofdarknessxd1166]

@@lindae9875 I can see that being the case, but it doesn't change the fact that some cities and/or states add the sales tax to the tags regardless.

[@reddog7024]

Australia has a tax as well basically on most goods except certain foods it is 10% on basically every thing you buy. But the price includes the tax.

[@klondite1621]

Start your own Thanksgiving. It is about family, fiends, food, American football and fun.

[@cinedelasestrellas]

Ross, Marshall’s, and TJ Maxx are discount department stores. They primarily sell clothing, beauty products, housewares, small gift items, and seasonal holiday items, usually at lower prices. I haven’t seen a Ross store in a while, but where I live in the northeastern United States, there are several TJ Maxx and Marshall’s stores.

[@Miragy80]

Stores like Ross, Marshalls, and TJ Maxx typically sell clothes as well as other items like luggage, bedding, decor items, and other novelty things. Additionally the idea behind these kinds of stores is that you pay a lower price for these items compared to a department store like Macy’s. You can even get food at these stores too…. Home Goods, for example, can have food from other countries like Italy or France. These stores are usually good places to buy gifts for family & friends.

[@Airborne-80]

Man...I absolutely love waking up getting my coffee and watching your channel. Its a guaranteed smile. The best way to start my day. Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸

[@davidterry6155]

Bagging the groceries is easy to explain. Not too long ago you had a person scanning your items and a person bagging them. With inflation and wages rising so quickly the stores no longer have the bagger typically

[@TheSulross]

They now exploit their customers for free labor

[@PostTenebrasLux93]

They do here. Most of the time there’s a cashier and a bagger.

[@TexArizocan]

Walmart here doesnt have that anymore, that I've seen, the cashier does it

[@dingus6317]

Wages need to raise more, we are much more productive than the 1950s with all of our new technologies but our wages have stayed roughly the same (while doubling the workforce with women) and importing millions of cheap workers.

[@kenyonmoon3272]

Where I live, most stores have adjusted to eliminate set positions and instead of a distinct team of "front end" people who rotate through the various tasks, though obviously some/most people spend most of their time in one role - but any one individual can do any position in their department (assuming physical ability, obviously). Cashiers, bagging, parking lot, greeting, customer service desk, self-checkout, re-shelving unwanted/return items, etc. If it's busy, 95% are cashiering, bagging, and fetching/organizing the carts. If it's slower, the team splits up and does other tasks like tidying up, wiping down, re-shelving items, merchandising the "grab and go" stuff near the front, etc. Then it gets busy and they all drop what they're doing and start opening more lanes again. Back and forth like that.

[@mastnes1]

I too have bought kitchen gadgets off Amazon, they sit in the drawer. The public restroom gaps are going away in some areas, the Walmarts in my city no longer have have them and pretty much everywhere has a "family restroom" which is a toilet, sink, baby station, and might have a few other amenities like a coat hook all in a closed off room.

[@AGC173]

The stores sell overstock from other stores. So basically you're buying something that costs more somewhere else. They carry a lot of clothes, home goods, luggage, and toys and they are literally everywhere. You don't have to swipe your card for gas you can tap to pay, in public restrooms there are disposable/flushable paper toilet seat covers to make a barrier. they charge for shopping bags (usually around $0.20 per bag) so most people bring their own reusable ones and pack their own groceries.

[@Mr_Top_Hat_Jones]

I’m a Texan, born and raised. I’ve lived in the US my entire life. If I could, I’d move to Australia, or Portugal, or 100 other places. I’d gladly give up big cars, food portions, and shops staying open late in exchange for a healthcare system that even slightly works.

[@dippitydoinit]

I'm not sure where she's shopping but at many of the stores I frequent I have to check out and bag my own crap. It sucks but at least I know it's done correctly.

[@BTinSF]

Don't know anywhere in CA or AZ where that's true. In all the stores you CAN bag your own stuff it you want to but they will do it for you if you wait. What's a bit controversial is the reusable cloth bag thing. Before Covid, CA started charging for plastic bags and most people started bringing cloth bags. But with Covid, the store employees didn't want to touch OPB ("other peoples' bags"). So at that point, things went backwards and they would bag your stuff for you if you got a new bag ("paper or plastic?") from them but sometimes made you do it yourself if you brought a cloth bag from home.

[@dippitydoinit]

@@BTinSF We don't get charged for bags in MN but places like Walmart have such crappy bags and almost no humans working the checkout lines. They'll bag your groceries at the nearest "Real" grocery store but they suck at it. It's a lost art I guess.

[@kenyonmoon3272]

Where I am the self-checkout in most stores is limited to baskets like you carry, if you have a cart you are often routed to the cashiers. This varies though; it's not a rule, just general trends in the area.

[@paulsalyer6866]

After the pandemic, most stores close earlier here in the states...it still goes on. There are much less 24/7 open places then before.

[@lisacox5405]

Exactly...because they don't have enough workers to work the other shifts that's what happened. So, they had to start closing earlier and it's still like that. I used to work in retail, and after while I think it was for good. There was so much theft and even drug activity at some of these stores that were open 24/7.

[@TruthLies68]

Oregon has the real price on the price tag...No sales tax.

[@dylanjk5946]

theres no sales tax on food in my area

[@AZRockslide42]

Many Supermarkets used to employ what they called Courtesy Clerks. These workers would come up to registers when the store was busy and bag the groceries for the Cashier, so the Cashier only had to worry about scanning and getting payment. Many stores have severely cut bac on the number of courtesy clerks they have, and some have not adjusted well enough to that to give the Cashiers a good way to bag as they go. There is another reason, however. In the US, anyone who has worked grocery has been taught a proper way to bag: cold stuff is lumped together, cans and bottles are lumped together, boxed items are lumped together, and fragile items are put in their own bags or on top of other items to keep them from getting squished. Unfortunately, most people do not do that sorting when they put the groceries on the conveyor belts, so it is better to get everything scanned and then bag properly.

[@michelleAL894]

I don’t understand what stores she is going to. I never been to LA but grocery stores and most big department stores they scan and bag at the same time. The only thing I can think she may be talking about is the Ross, Marshalls, and TJ maxx. Those stores are like second chance type stores. So clothing and home goods that do not sell in other stores get sent to them and sold at a marked down price. They have security tags in almost everything so they scan the items lay them to the side and then before bagging they check for security tags because you can take them off at home usually due to them containing exploding ink.

[@pathfinderlight]

Thanksgiving came from the fact that the pilgrims (for the first time in years) took stock of how much food they had after the harvest, and found they had enough to get through the winter. This came from several factors: reorganization of farm plots/responsibility, learning to plant corn, and good relations with the local natives.

[@johnhaller5851]

That, and native Americans being killed by European diseases before the Pilgrims stopped, so there was already cleared land available to farm.

[@lindae9875]

right! they actually tried communism first, where everything belonged to everyone, and found no one wanted to work under that design so they went to indiv ownership and responsibility, then thrived. The Indians were looking for allies in their wars with other tribes, and yes, they did become ill after being exposed to European diseases.

[@clwest3538]

Many people don't like to say it, so I will: Thanksgiving was designated to give thanks to their Creator for their Blessings of survival, abundance and relationships. So much b.s. is being put out that this was a 'bad' thing. How were the Europeans to know or understand diseases and immunity to those diseases back in the 1600?

[@dingus6317]

@@clwest3538 They weren't, it has just become popular and 'hip' to bash Europeans and Christianity lately. Whether this is organic or insidiously inspired by a third party is up to interpretation.

[@kitukimoja8114]

I read that the Natives brought the majority of the food to share with the Pilgrims. I read that the Pilgrims were only expecting a handful of people, but the handful brought their whole tribe with them. 😊

[@Tylermaddox1911]

Im Scott Irish and Cherokee family immigrated to Georgia in the 1600s. All 4 grandparents are part Cherokee. Thanks giving did have good origins. It started off about giving thanks to the neighbors/native Americans. Realistically if the natives didn't help Europeans they would have never made it.

[@gabegood8989]

well... that ended well for the "natives"

[@Homesick4Hills]

@@gabegood8989 My native cousins live on the rez and are flush with casino cash. They have it a lot better than most. Also...if it were not the new Americans, it would have been the French, the British, or the Spaniards.

[@minecraftfox4384]

Maddox isn't a name on the Dawes Rolls, so, no, you're lying.

[@Homesick4Hills]

@@minecraftfox4384 Neither is Minecraft or Fox lol

[@watrgrl2]

We have big cars because America is so big. We make big wide roads to accommodate those big vehicles. We used to have big families so we needed to have big cars to transport them. We buy large amounts of food. We have a weight problem. Nuff said.

[@SnowLeopard01369]

Yes, I'm from a big family and riding in a small car all squished together for hours is not fun. America is big and going to see family can take hours let alone going on a family vacation. Need the space man and when you got teenagers space is a must.

[@angeliarossett5934]

You can definitely turn right on red unless there’s a sign specifically stating it is prohibited. 🚫

[@kasandride3576]

Those stores are just multi stores. They're not just grocery stores. They're not just clothing stores. They have toys. They have tools. They have clothes, little snacks, cups silverware. Sometimes these stores are stores that people go to when they just want stuff and t.j Maxx being on the top of that list is probably one of the main places where a person can go if they just want stuff but those are just three of them. We have like 15 different multi stores depending on the region of America you're in. If you're on the East Coast, there are other favorites. And if you're on the west coast, there are other favorites with t.j Maxx Marshalls being on a national scale here in America

[@Mary-x6p1z]

I married an australian and have spent 2 1/2 years there. plus i have traveled to Europe and south Africa many times. I have seen so many reaction videos and they seem to complain about shopping and the taxes paid after...hate tipping , big food portions, big cars.public toilets.=).always the same thing. When i first went to Sydney.,the stores closed at 6pm and you could not buy meat on Saturdays. (chicken and bacon only until noon....butcher's union influenced the laws. ), nothing was open on Sundays. since i have travelled so much i just learned to how live with the local ways. If europeans live successfully with different than american customs...then so can i. what difference does it make? just go happily with different things. I have heard americans complain about other countries; customs. I find it very rude when they complain. Also Americans do rravel travel to Europe, I worked for an International airline for 33 years and our flights overseas were full almost every day of the year. Remember america has a population of 330million. the one thing that shocked me was that men and women frequently shared the same same public toilet. shocking! that is the one thing took me awhile to adjust to. That happened in France, Amsterdam, Prague, Vienna. not Australia or South Africa though

[@ericeric363]

There was a time when stores in the US were closed on Sunday. (Blue Laws) If stores were open on Saturdays they closed at noon.

[@slaydog5102]

They criticize america out of jealousy and insecurity a lot of the time

[@smusky4643]

Can she say Hello? Or only Hellauorgh?

[@Frankie5Angels150]

How about European families taking nudist vacations?!?! There was never a circumstance in which it would have been acceptable for me to see my friend’s mom and dad naked. Europeans are obsessed with nudity!

[@serious_as_a_heart_attack]

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

[@MeanLaQueefa]

My supermarket is open 24hr a day. It’s a local chain, only in my state. Idk why people think Thanksgiving is a bad. It was 2 people’s coming together to help the starving Pilgrims, we celebrate it on the Reservation big time. I also believe diversity is not a strength, different cultures can’t unify living together. Only when you have the same culture an American culture, can we succeed.

[@chalp1290]

What are you talking about? None of that makes any sense. "different cultures can't unify living together". What? Ever heard America called the "melting pot".

[@MeanLaQueefa]

@ different ethnicities living together is a melting pot. Different cultures living together does not work.

[@sickofcrap8992]

🙌

[@MeanLaQueefa]

@@chalp1290 different ethnicities can live together and prosper under the same culture. Different cultures cannot coexist. When this happens, you get groups that don’t assimilate and live in parallel society’s. This causes resentment and fighting.

[@BillLaBrie]

The gaps in the restroom partitions let you know if someone is using it before you try to open the door. It’s also good to help see if a junkie is passed out or dead in there. The overall message is “don’t get too comfy in here (unless you are a dead junkie, in which case never mind). Hi from Oregon, BTW.

[@chalp1290]

No it doesn't. Don't look in those gaps man, that's weird. Look UNDER the stall.

[@BillLaBrie]

@ if you look under the stall you’re going to glance through the gaps. Guess that makes you weird, dude.

[@slaydog5102]

@@BillLaBrie😂

[@firefly9838]

Actually started noticing that newer building are their restroom gaps aren't as bad

[@Doxymeister]

The grocery store thing....depends on where you live. Our grocery store has baggers, that what they do--after scanning they grab it and put it in the bag for you. My grocery store even allows me to ride the handicap cart out to my car and the bagger helps me load the groceries into my car, then takes the handicap cart back into the store. The nearby Walmart, however, I have to take the groceries (in the handicap cart) out to my car, unload groceries into my car, then I take the cart out to the no-parking area to leave the cart, then the shopping cart guys pick it up and take it back to the store. It's still overall a great thing for handicapped people like me, because I can't push a cart because I walk with crutches.

[@raztipnoirtip]

You can also turn left on a red light in the US. If you’re on a one way street and turn into another one way, you can turn on red.

[@kyleteal5888]

The paper she's talking about isn't offered everywhere. But some places hospitals are a big one. Some gas stations and some major major grocery stores. It's close to like parchment paper or wax paper. Basic bacteria guard.

[@sooner4now]

Some experiences depend on the state they are living of course.

[@debbiewood13103]

In upstate NY you can turn right on red if it is clear to go, If you can't turn there will be a sign saying no turn on red.

[@notthatyouasked6656]

Pretty much everywhere except New York City.

[@StevenDietrich-k2w]

It's not just upstate NY, it's pretty much everywhere (probably a small number of exceptions). You are required to stop, and if it is CLEAR you are permitted to turn right, unless marked otherwise. You do not have any right of way and are only allowed to proceed with your right turn if the coast is clear.

[@captain_wiseass_weisenheimer47]

I live in North Idaho and it's virtually the same here.

[@GrumpyManatee]

Grocery baggers are minimum wage workers and aren't paid enough to rush around and stress. They just move at a calm pace and make sure your stuff doesn't get damaged.

[@mj07306]

the stores she mentioned are all large retail stores that sell all sorts of goods for very reduced prices. this is how it works: if a store buys a lot of a particular item but then it doesn't get sold, rather than lose all the money they spent buying the goods, they will sell it at a much lower price to one of these stores. the cheaper store tries to sell it, but at a much lower price. For the merchants, this is a way to make some kind of profit selling goods that wouldn't sell at a higher price. For the consumer, you can find some amazing prices- but you cannot predict what you will find there. that's part of the fun; you go looking for clothes and walk out with designer pots and pans( Le Crueset, for example)...

[@lisacox5405]

Exactly!

[@helensarkisian7491]

No bugs or flies in LA? 😆😀🤣😂. Yes, they exist. Bed bugs are a serious problem now.

[@johnathon007]

She must not go outside in the summer. Flies and mosquitos are crazy in LA.

[@One_foot_in_the_Grave]

Im from Canada, the last time I saw a bathroom you had to pay for was literally 30 years ago at a laundromat owned by a Chinese family in my neighborhood. It cost $0.10 to use the bathroom that laundromat closed down and that's the last time I saw a pay toilet anywhere in canada.. as for toilet seat covers brother just Google it it's just a piece of paper shaped like a toilet seat that keeps your ass clean and you don't have to try to cover the whole thing in toilet paper.

[@debbiewood13103]

OK first the doors are wide but NOT that wide. To-lit seat covers, I thinks shes talking about a paper cover you can put over the seat before you sit ( if you choose to)

[@BTinSF]

I actually benefitted from the door gap once. I literally passed out on a public toilet and eventually my friends came looking for me (the only time I know of when people actually looked through the gap intentionally). They found me and I got a trip to the ER.

[@Ryan-ff2db]

Most supermarkets do have bags right next to the register and they do put them the bag immediately after scanning. I think what she might be referring to is the California tax that requires customers to pay 10 cents for plastic bags, so some stores won't immediately bag the items until you say you want a bag.

[@kylehayes6432]

Ross, Marshalls, and TJ Maxx are all stores that buy old/ damaged/ overflow inventory from big companies and sell it at a discount. A good example is: Say you own a store. You buy some name brand stuff to sell, it sits on the shelf for over a year without anyone touching it. You want to get that item off your shelf so you can replace it without something better that WILL sell. So instead of writing off the item and throwing it away, they sell it to TJ Maxx or etc. at a big discount, and then sells the item on their shelf at a discount. Its a win win, big company makes a little money and gets more space, Tj Maxx, gets name brand items to sell for cheap, consumers get name brand items at a discounted rate.

[@Bluesonofman]

It's because that's what the store is charging for the item and the tax changes depending on the state, county and city you are in. Then you throw on Federal Taxes. Thus unless you are a mom and pop shop that has one location, it's not feasible.

[@chitlitlah]

There is no federal sales tax, and excise taxes on things like booze are already included in the price on the tag since it's the same across the country. Otherwise, I agree. It would probably be a bit of a pain to have different tags with different prices for the same items in different locations.

[@Bluesonofman]

@@chitlitlah There are federal taxes on some items like guns.

[@johnhaller5851]

On top of that, rounding only happens on the total, not each item. With VAT, stores look for a nice round number, and price things so the VAT gives a round number. Sales can also be uniform, even if the tax isn't, so advertising can be uniform across a region, even if the sales tax isn't.

[@southpaw-p3f]

What supermarket is she shopping at? At Winco we bag our own groceries, at Albertsons and Walmart they bag as they scan and some supermarkets will have a second employee who bags everything as the checker scans the items.

[@BTinSF]

Whether they bag as they scan or bag after they scan seems to be a personal choice of the checkers. But the good ones do as I previously said and keep the frozen food together in one bag, crushable (potato chips etc) stuff on top of heavy items (canned goods) in another bag and so on. I shop at Safeway, Lucky's, Sprouts, Walmart and Whole Food. The bagging is pretty much all the same. Walmart does have that turntable thing that holds multiple bags so they tend to bag as they check out more and put just a few items in each bag. I actually dislike that because it adds more plastic to the environment.

[@southpaw-p3f]

To turn right on red, you are supposed to stop and check for oncoming traffic and for pedestrians in the crosswalks then, if it’s safe, you may proceed with your right turn. Most people slow before the turn, but don’t stop. I haven’t met anyone who’s been ticketed for that, unless they were the cause of an accident.

[@TheWookiee1977]

"Ross Dress for Less" "T.J. Maxx" & "Marshalls" are clothing stores. Toilet seat covers are basically a sheet of tissue paper that you can set on the seat so that you don't have to sit directly on the seat. Most restrooms won't have these, but they're not uncommon. If you're in a restroom that doesn't have them you could just lay toilet paper strips around the seat instead.

[@jasonmajere2165]

13:00 depends on how the super market is setup. Some are meant for just the cashier and the have a turn style bagging. Some are meant for a bagger, another person, but that bagger isn’t there as it’s slow for the cashier does it…slow.