WORST THINGS ABOUT LIVING IN SLOVENIA

What are some of the WORST things about living in Slovenia? Is it the people? The laws? The nature? Let's find out!
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[@heyarchie]

In Ukraine we have a saying: "Neighbor's cow died, small thing, but still nice"😅

[@staffan144]

In ukraine, I don't think cows dying are the problem

[@AdamBurianek92]

In Slovakia we say "if my goat died, then two goats of my neighbour should die, too." 😅

[@abelusuperman]

In hungary we say: “neighbor’s cow must die too”. The longer story is that there was 3 man, one american, one german and one hungarian. All of them had a cow. God killed all the cows, but later he felt bad, so asked the 3 guy, how could he fix this. God asked them all. American man was like: “not a big deal, nothing happened.” The german said: you took one cow, so give me one cow back. The hungarian man said: kill my neighbors cow too, and we will be good!😂 I didn’t know that this is so popular all around the east😂😂

[@lsadin2457]

...🥶👻POZDRAV IZ SLOVENIJA I BALKANIJA!🦅🐬

[@barrysteven5964]

I'm English and it's the same with waiters in the UK as in Slovenia. The waiter will maybe check on you once or twice but otherwise if you want something you will have to attract their attention. That's how we like it. It's annoying if you get a server who keeps bothering you. You NEVER get the bill until you ask for it. We would consider it really rude to have the bill put on the table before asking for it. It's like saying 'OK, you can go now!' I recently went to a restaurant/bar in Liverpool with a few friends and one of them brought an American visitor. Along with getting there on public transport the American really enjoyed the fact we arrived at about two o'clock and didn't leave till after six. He said he'd never in his life sat so long at a restaurant table.

[@ginismoja2459]

It is the same in Bulgaria.

[@tonskimojster]

Restaurants are supposed to be welcoming hosts and provide guests with peace, beyond the actual food and drink. In America they have this concept of constant interruption to try to sell them something more or to move them out of the place just as soon as possible so they can resell the table. I can never swallow my last bite before my plate is gone from underneath my mouth. I'm serious, I'm not exaggerating. They literally remove my plate before I finish swallowing the last bite. When I go to dinner with a friend I haven't seen in a while, it is impossible to have an uninterrupted meaningful conversation. The server will come and tell you their name (you're supposed to remember it), and as soon as you start talking they'll come and ask if everything's OK. And come again and again. They've once told me that their supervisor checked on them, to make sure they weren't to every table every seven minutes to ask if they wanted something else. I've never wanted to be rude because I know that it's a cultural difference, but I feel like asking: "hey dude, do you see this friend I have here? Do you really think I came to talk to you all night long? For goodness' sake, leave us in peace. I promise I will call you if I need something else." It's all about the new concept by which the client is at the service of the company and not the other way around. We have to understand that they have a restaurant to make money and we have to be mindful that the waiter has a boss that needs to check that the service... and we have to... and we have to... How about the customer comes to have some peace and we will be at his or her service? I guess that's so 20th century! Thank God in Europe it's still like that.

[@blotski]

@@tonskimojster What an insightful and interesting post!!

[@ronaldstrous2764]

I guess it's the same everywhere in Europe

[@MichaelDKS]

Same in Denmark, think this is an american thing.

[@warriair]

For me the best waiter is the one who I don't really notice much while having a meal I have interaction with him in the beginning to order something and then I am having conversation with my friends and waiter just does his job - i.e. bring meals, takes empty plates and then I ask him for a bill and that's it I would be quiet annoyed by waiter asking me 5 times "Is everything ok?", "Do you want to order something else?" - I will consider this as him trying to sell me something If waiter notices me fast, comes to my table so I can order, quickly brings my bill after - I value this as a customer the most

[@lilmelvin11]

Love this post! There's always some form of "Stasi"....Most people mind their own business, take care of family, and want a beer now and then. ..Loved the camping "silent' movie, so soothing . And now a very verbal post Thank you for your honesty.

[@JLards]

Yay 6am and starting the day with a Barb video. Its going to be a good day

[@Adalbert777]

Upravna Enota sounds a little bit like german visit to Bürgeramt (citizens’ office). Good to know that bureaucracy sucks everywhere. 😉 Literally, my wife needed a new german passport (express issue, long story), and the guy in the office was NOT SURE, if that passport would be valid is Spain. AN OFFICIAL GERMAN PASSPORT IN ANOTHER EU COUNTRY.

[@madness8556]

I got a very severe case of PTSD when you mentioned those two nightmarish words UPRAVNA ENOTA! When I lived in Slovenia in the mid 2000 as a dual citizen, I had to organise my tax file number and health insurance. Upon entering my local upravna enota, I was given completely contrasting information about what I have to do in order to organise my affairs to the point that the notion of gaslighting taken to the next level of lunacy and idiocy! Saying that. I was also informed on numerous occasions that the needless bureaucracy was even worse in neighbouring Croatia, Austria and Italy.

[@james_maxwell]

Seems like we‘ve lost our dvojina in Ukrainian. We used to say tri jadra but dvi jadri, dvi vidri (dve jedri/vedri in SLO) like a 70 years ago. But now it got simplified to dva vidra, tri vidra and so on. I like languages that keep that “archaic” constructions of old times. Thank you for great video 👍

[@NormDogWoof]

You're awesome and hilarious! (And pretty helpful, too!)

[@FranzSdoutz]

The upravna enota I have to deal with is on the 4th floor, has no elevator and stairs only fit for mountain goats. And as you've pointed out - every appointment is in person. Staff is very friendly though. The matični urad on the other hand still provides a full Yugoslavian experience: The scent of in cubicle brewed burnt turkish coffee prevails, whilest beeing completly ignored by staff and wandering between floors hunting for the correct form to fill ...

[@angelangelov2354]

That article might as well have been about Bulgaria. Every part of it (minus the language specifics).

[@stipe3124]

My dear Slovenian friends i feel with you 😅 in well almost everything. As we say "Neka susjedu crkne krava" let the grass grow 😅 Btw i am fan of European "let me be" stille in Caffes and Restaurants, if somebody constantly asked me if everything is ok it would actually be a bit boring and i would feel like he wants me to go away.

[@sasodila]

Hello. Im Bulgarian i was living in SLO for like 9 years. Because of the COVID i need to return to my country as is it was imposible to find normal job. Its not bad living in SLO so i will be back in 1-2 months. I love the food , the people, the nature and the concerts. As per neigbours, i had very good exp. with them and had problem with only 1 person , which was 70+ , he was cursing nonstop and making lives bad to all people in the village. otherwise no ploblems with anything.

[@lsadin2457]

...🥶👻POZDRAV IZ SLOVENIJA I BALKANIJA!🦅🐬

[@gsbguitarsgsb679]

When I lived in Germany my neighbors were always my landlord as well. For the most part they were cool. I played in two different bands so my hours were all over the place but they didn’t ever complain when I stumbled in at 3 or 4 in the morning. But there is always a nosy neighbor that just can’t help themselves from getting in your business for one reason or another. I’m in a great place now and haven’t had to deal with this for a long time now. I only play in one band now, much easier and I quit drinking alcohol several years ago. DUI’s are expensive and inconvenient as well. Thanks Barb! Take care 🎸🤓🌎☮️❤️🥓

[@Jmnzz]

Wow. Went from not liking cats to not caring about them. Then my brother took in a stray kitten to help cope after our mom died. She had babies and now we have five. Whoever would poison cat food is a demon.

[@Sarah_Eva]

Živjo iz Anaheim... Anaheimi? Nimam pojma. I come from a Slovenian family, but born in the US... I enjoy all of your Slovenian videos, and this one in particular really explains a lot about my grandma's relationship with her nextdoor neighbor. I wish I would've known about the cows when she was still alive...

[@hoibsh21]

It should be obious to everybody now that Barbs is Slovenia's greatest export.

[@danakaleb4882]

After all of this being said, I would never live anywhere else or be anything else but Slovene. 🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮 I ❤️ Slovenia and its people, warts and kinks included.

[@Minej_Mosuris]

As a Slovenian, I think im obligated to share my opinions/thoughts on the "American waiter vs. Slovenian waiter" thing...FROM MY UNDERSTANDING (and my personal experiances in general) Slovenias tend to go to restaurants for 1 of 2 reasons, either A) for a quick stop before going back on the road, or B) to enjoy some quality food and relax with their friends and/or family...as a Slovenian, every single time i have gone to a restaurant, i have been there for a BARE MINIMUM of 1-2h, Slovenian waiters KNOW that you are there to enjoy the food and have fun with your family/friends and do NOT want to be disturbed while doing so! 99% of Slovenian waiters will NOT check up on your table more than once or twice during your entire meal (which usually consists of a full three course meal btw, dunno if i mentioned that) and thats GOOD! I dont want the waiter to keep interrupting my conversation 😅

[@zuzu6864]

I've worked in restaurants here in Slovenia, so I can share my opinion as the person on the other side. I always felt so uncomfortable going to tables as people were eating to check up on them. If my boss told me, then I had to go but I would usually wait until they at least finish eating or they called me to request more drinks or something like that. I think something like that is pretty ingrained in a lot of us lol

[@Minej_Mosuris]

@@zuzu6864 yep

[@parmesanbeagle9827]

Your hair looks nice Miss

[@dodgeshadow099]

looking really pretty today barbs 🥰

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

As a Croat I can confirm that we just like to get drunk on spirits and wine and sit behind a wheel.

[@stipe3124]

Than by accidend cross Slovenia and end up in Graz withouth knowing how we got there 😅

[@larisalariyoga2586]

@@stipe3124😂😂😂

[@BRICK_gaming1]

Hello from Kobarid

[@clintonturner5545]

Your so funny. 😊

[@sheepbaba]

I have love for Slovene. Good sense of hummus. My friends Terra-Folk made good parody song for me 😂 ❤❤❤❤❤❤ WJ Back story. I'm Engrish. Met Terra-Folk at Glastonbury Festival. It was so funny!!!! Became a superfan/groupie. When they toured UK again, I followed. Some of the best laughs 😅😂😂😂

[@dejanstojkovic9265]

Bravo!!! Upravna Nota...LOL😂😂😂

[@infernoztar4235]

Hey Barbara do you actually teach Slovenian as well ? I want to learn the language

[@lsadin2457]

No front to Slovenians, but its better to learn Serbian/Croatian! Its a little bit easier & you can find more friends than antifamiliar nationalists...

[@Bear-ol5gs]

The drivers license for exchange from UK to SLO one was a murder for me and my wife. it took like almost a year for it to be sorted. lol.

[@yvs6663]

i drove 600km from Germany to my home town, quite often being the slowpoke who doesn't know the road or won't overtake a truck because i have time and gas is expensive. no one tailgated me, no one flashed their lights at me, no one honked at me. until i made it through Karavanke tunnel, the visibility was crap and i couldn't quite do 5 over the 80kmh speed limit while slaloming between cones and barriers on a construction site. of course someone felt the need to drive so far up my rear they were almost inside the trunkas if that is gonna help me drive faster(pro tip: i now need to account for your lack of ability to respond to me breaking and will actually drive slower). also, public transport is totally impractical. the last couple of times i tried to use it it would be literally faster to walk and definetly faster to bike. speaking of bikes, each town seems to have a bike rental subscription service that you need a yearly subscription to. nope, you don't get to drive or bike to a town you haven't been to since highschool and rent a bike there, you need to find a tourist information spot(or even an upravna enota) and register for the bike rental service. i also spent 3 months being one of 3 people who took a bus to a town because the first bus to arrive there arrived 30min after the only factory in town started their work hours and they couldn't change the schedule due to the birocracy being too complicated.

[@mc-not_escher]

I’m on the fence about waitstaff being attentive vs. non-attentive. On one hand, it’s nice to feel like you’re the only table that matters, but on the other hand (and it’s just that I’m a low-maintenance type of customer at any restaurant) it always seems like the waiter/waitress comes up to me when I have a whole mouthful of food to ask if I need something or if there’s any problem with the quality of food. Since it’s rude to talk with a mouthful, I end up just giving a thumbs-up or if I need something I hold up my index finger to ask them to wait (and quietly deduct 1% of their tip for interrupting me each occurrence) and let them know what I need. Some places I go to have waitstaff that seem to understand this notion so my mileage has varied😂.

[@smokingdaily]

I'm from Slovenia as well and I agree with everything you listed. Brez skrbi, nisem en izmed teh, ki bi želel, da ti krava crkne 😅 I had experience back home with everything on the list. I live in Lethbridge, Canada now for almost 4 years, and the experience here is very similar to your US experience. I hate it when the servers come ask me x-times if everything is okay. Just let me eat in peace 🤣 I might even tip less if I get annoyed too much by the server. Iz prejšnjega videa sem videl, da tudi rada kampiraš. Z ženo rada greva pohajat in kampirat v kanadske rockyje nekajkrat na leto. Če imaš željo videti ta del severne amerike, se lahko dogovorimo za kakšno skupno kampiranje/pohod, saj nismo tako daleč narazen. Would be nice to have someone on the trip who appreciates hearing some nice balkan cursewords, when I inevitably injure myself, pitching a tent 😆

[@mwngw]

Hvala!🇸🇮

[@rogerpalsgrove9678]

I'm planning my trip to Slovenia now.

[@mychannel-rt2gn]

Stay in your country, immigrant

[@gazoontight]

I'm trying to learn Slovene and man is it a job. Point number 1 is 100% correct. When I worked in a restaurant and again in a bar, the wit staff was required to make five visits to each table. 1, drink order; 2, food order; 3, deliver food; 4, is everything all right; 5, ask about dessert and bill.

[@statinskill]

Learn Russian, Russia is going to be as important this century as America was in the last. Plus as a bonus you sometimes understand fragments of a sentence in other Slavic languages. Just looking at that Slovene saying I know that a sosed is a neighbor because that's exactly the same word in Russian.

[@gazoontight]

@@statinskill I have a personal reason for learning Slovene, but I do find that I can pick up words here and there in other Slavic languages.

[@zala_sporar]

3:33 ...Priznam, da sem grešil, v mislih, besedah in dejanju. Mnogo dobrega opustil in slabega storil. Žal mi je. Zelo mi je žal. Zato prosim sveto Marijo, vse angele in svetnike, in tudi vas, prosite zame, boga nebeškega očeta.

[@Tilenm]

As a Slovene I have following comments: Regarding the restaurants: when I visited US and went several times outside to have a dinner, the waitress/waiter came to me like 3-4 times asking me if all is good, after I got served with the food. So this was like a very fast dinner :), 15-20 min. And in this time, while eating for like 10 min, I got asked 3-4 times if all is good. On the other hand in Slovenia you get served and most likely no one will ask you inbetween how is the food like. Some they do, but rarely according to my experiences. My verdict: US waitresses/waiters I find much more nicer and very customer oriented. However, they may be a bit irritating with asking too often, while you eat with your mouth full. With Slovenian waitresses/waiter I often think they just want to die in front of me :). No life, no communication, often got a feeling that they think like: "just order a fu... food, pay and get a hell out of here". Especially with younger ones. Of course there are also nice ones. Driving: yeah, if you plan to come to Slovenia and drive here then prepare for a battle :). The drivers here are crazy. No safety distance, blinking with head lights, honking, overtaking in "scissors", ... Outside of a car almost everyone is super friendly, but as soon as they go into a car they become like suicidal maniacs :). And if they are stopped by a police, a lot go like crazy as if to say "why the hell you pulled me over"? "Sir, you were speeding way to much" :). It is hilarious. But other than that I would say it is good to live in Slovenia as well as in the US or any other country. It is more of a personal preference.

[@staffan144]

Life in Slovenia seems tough! As Candace Owens would say: Get a helmet!

[@InfiniteDesign91]

In Hungary we have the same saying as in the beginning.

[@scottinphoenix739]

Bureaucracies everywhere are a pain, although I guess some are worse than others.

[@a3hmax913]

HERE in Venezuela all the neighbors are into everybody else business, so living in one apartment it's the hell sometimes 😮

[@blotski]

Here's a thought. You see a lot of videos from the USA of angry, rude, demanding etc customers behaving badly. I'm sure these happen all over Europe as well but not to the same extent. You'd just get kicked out. Americans do seem to have a greater sense of entitlement in general. I think this is at least in part due to this idea that 'the customer is always right'. The servers behaving like old time servants and grovelling to the customers as though they were superior beings just makes it much worse. Apparently, 'the customer is always right' is quoted out of context. The person who originally said it actually said 'In matters of taste, the customer is always right'. So they just meant you can't tell a customer what to like and what not to like. The ludicrous idea that you're always right about everything just because you're a customer was never intended.

[@BenMJay]

KZbin puts Barb videos in my feed only after they been out for 2 weeks.

[@mrbuttion]

Interesting pro-tips

[@garethevans6355]

Been many times but going to make the move out there in 2024.

[@MPRiley-rb6lj]

You need an appointment to apply for an appointment.

[@thatmaninblack]

There is different cow saying in Hungary, that says "Dögöljön meg a szomszéd tehene is." - It translates to: "The neighbor's cow too should die." - It means if my life is bad, my neighbor's life should be bad too, or if I have misfortune, my neighbor should be unlucky too.

[@nc956]

OH - I was worried that I might be upset that your driving skills will kill me if I visit. Now I am not worried at all - I live in Poland, which is supposedly even worse. xD

[@leahladkyturk1472]

Naredi še video o javnem transportu. Recimo kako uporabljati vlak in prispeti "točno" beri z manj kot 1 uro zamude. Še ob 5 zjutraj, ko ni skoraj nikogar na vlaku ima vlak zamudo🥴

[@killer5934]

The bad neighbur problem thing is all about the fact that people in Slovenia are used to living on their own land. Even today it shows that 60+% of Slovenes live in a hause not an apartment so that is one thing and in the past 100 years because of all the moving around of Slovenians by outside forces it forced many of them to live in cities not villages where they were used to having their own land and then they were put in a small apartment in a city, so i think bad neighburs that wish bad on eachother is more of a city thing, i have yet to see a village where neighburs hate eachother and wish bad things for eachother, it doesn't happen. I think that is the reason why in Ljubljana for an example you find so many grumpy neighburs, and the cat story she told is true in cities they do poison your pets if they find them anoyying, my friends dog was poisoned because he barked sometimes and the neighbur killed him. But outside of the city it's way better in terms of animal care, every hause has a cat and/or a dog. The UE (Upravna Enota) tho is shit.

[@alesbonjsak9606]

To pa Jr dobr.

[@lsadin2457]

...🥶👻POZDRAV IZ SLOVENIJA I BALKANIJA!🦅🐬

[@dangalf84]

And not have a fence.

[@bibujska2609]

I fucking love this and completely agree with all of this XD Slovenian

[@PureMaddnessOne]

Whatsup Little Squirrelie. 1st 1. Apparently Dutch is the hardest 2 learn European language, because of the exeptions upon exeptions upon exeptions upon exeptions for every rule. Either how G (or ch) is pronounced in Dutch isn't very common anymore in more in world. Compared 2 like Germanic, Latin, etc languages, the Slovene languages split of pretty late. 2nd. Those type of drivers we have here as well, especially in certain cities. The 3rd. The neigbor thing we have here in some places as well, but when it is a big holiday (be it a country holiday or a city/village holiday or even a street holiday) in city/village than they r all so nice, same when their is a tournament like soccer against a other place than ccomradery happens as well. The 4th 1. Here with service it does depend per place, sometimes you must go 2 the paying thing 1st for ordering, other times you must wait for a seat 1st and mby can order immediately, while others you have 2 wait for seat and wait for ordering, other times you can just sit and automatically get someone, other places you can just sit and have 2 wait for it. Depends a lot on what for type of eating place it is as well and how busy it is at that time. In bars i have always seen so far that it is ordering at the paying thing, but can choose whenever you sit. In some places if get a bottle or a can than can take with you and go outside, any glass stays inside. Apparently in USA you don't have 2 tip, as the waitress/waitresses still have 2 be paid in full if get no tips. It is more common that it happens and can save the owner some money and can invest more in restaurant. Fifth 1. We have a lot of flea markets here, it is pretty common 2 see tradesmen there. The bureaucracy is here a mess as well, but i think it is a mess in most places. It is either 1 big reason why the (government controlled) healthcare is such a terrible thing. As far as i have seen you can't buy a buss ticket online here. You or must buy a buss ticket in buss (what must be with a pincard) or use a chipcard (what can be put on phone, what isn't a trustworthy system) and log in when step in buss and when step out you log out and pay that way. Used 2 able stamp ticket at magazine stores or at the buss, but that is no more. With trains there is a ticket machine where can buy ticket with pincard and credit card (what is mostly in there for ppl from countries that use it) or use the chipcard (what is basically same as with buss, but the check in/out is just before stepping on the railway platform or at beginging of train station). You used 2 be able get a ticket from conductor and wave ppl goodbye when they leave on train --- Stay awesome and positive yourself Little Squirrelie🐿🚋.The cute sound at the end was funny. Seems youtube bugged out when 1st send the comment and 1st didn't send and when i send the comment again it made it 2 X.

[@barrysteven5964]

"Apparently Dutch is the hardest 2 learn European language" - no linguist would agree with that. Don't know where you heard it but it's absolutely not true.

[@PureMaddnessOne]

@@barrysteven5964 I mean for other Germanic language speakers it is a bit easier, it is a bit from where you r from and individual level. It was stated by a few linguists a few years ago and was on average speaking. A TRUE hardest language is a bit hard check, because of were ppl live and individual person. But as i read it a few years ago, it of course could've changed, should've been a bit clearer on it and said i read it a few years ago and probably would've been better if i said it could be 1 of the hardest currently. I did either forget 2 add that Dutch have a lot of dialects, even dialects within dialects group. There is 1 province where the dialect is sometimes seen as its own language. But thanks for correction.

[@Jzscrstsprstr]

3:18 Greetings from Bulgaria. Yeah....

[@nothingelsematters8529]

You are still around??? Must have been difficult 5 years.. Starting from scratch?? Will be tough.. Annnnnd back in the mess of the US??? WoW.. You are a brave young lady..

[@bigpod]

we in slovenia and slovenian language have skloni but english does have like 36 tenses but honestly skloni are worse

[@wheelz8240]

Holy hell!!!! I thought Bulgarian was hard!

[@PsiCorps85]

Maybe everyone in Slovenia should have tanks with well padded capsules for impacts.

[@francp3147]

I didn't find it difficult to learn. My parents taught me. 😆 Ja, sej ni b'lo težko se naučit', saj so mi starši in učiteljice u glavni šoli use to naučil, mat kurja. Torej, pravo Slovenščino in tudi ga po domač usekat, vejž d'. (Google won't be able to translate the common slang I used 😊, but she'll understand and presumably be amused)

[@Meliitak]

I'm from.Slovenia. I don't agree with a non punctuality of the Bussiness. I think here is better to come 15 minutes before the meeting, than late or actually never. Real Slovenian is punctual and strickt as you would say for Germans. But it's a fact that many of Slovenian citisans have Balkan roots who are more relaxed and leasure so maybe the author came across someone like that. And yes, we are very jealous of our neighbours. I would like to live somewhere where you don't feel the eyes on your back becouse of the new something you own.

[@XLV750RD01]

I just found out you're about to turn 32. Here I thought you were about 20.

[@mrrepurpose9596]

Is uuhh huh within Slovenian language?

[@89pavlic]

it's all true

[@timopper5488]

UGHHH…Barbara, you kept saying the term upravna enota without once explaining what it means! So very annoying. I kind of understood the basic idea (bureaucratic agency/ies), but the primary English translation I found is “administrative unit.” Wtf? That brings up more questions than answers. So is upravna enota government agencies, is it one single agency, is it any kind of agency, governmental or not? See what I mean? Do explain, please. 🧐

[@uros.novina]

Upravna enota is a Slovenian administrative unit that is responsible for carrying out a variety of administrative tasks, such as issuing passports and identity cards, registering births, deaths, and marriages, and processing applications for various permits and licenses. Upravne enote (administrative units) are located throughout Slovenia, and they are there for citizens to access essential government services.

[@bigpod]

About 3/4 of citizen to gouverment transactions happen at upravna enota things like getting new IDs, registering for drivers license tests(and even take them) and many such transactions. Basically every administrative unit has their administrative unit(yes thats not a joke one of ways of spliting the country is administrative units upravne enote and each one has a building called upravna enota its the building she was talking about) sorry for kinda bad explanation never realy thought i would have to explain one.

[@timopper5488]

Thanks to the two who’ve explained it more thoroughly. 😃

[@victorhughgo2376]

You are cute, funny and intelligent. Love the channel. I didn't know a damn thing about Slovenia until now. I thought it was another name for Slovakia. I was like, HEY, the Czech republic and Slovenia, yeah, that's it. . lol (Used to be Czechoslovakia back in the 80's) Czech Republic/ Slovakia, not Slovenia, Slovenia is a whole other country. I did know that Trump's wife is Slovenian and that she used to be a hot model when she was younger, which means I erroneously thought she was a Czechoslovakian....derp! lmao. You are a hell of a lot prettier and smarter than she is so based on that logic, Slovenia must be cool. You are like a young L.A. hipster comedian ambassador for Slovakia. HEY! they need to pay you something. Your English is PERFECTION. Trump's wife? Not so good. I don't really think she cares at this point.

[@mwngw]

I would take living in Ljubljana over L.A. any day. I'd even take Maribor. Lepa. 🇸🇮❤️

[@clintonturner5545]

I use drive-through.

[@timopper5488]

I’m an American living in America, and I tend to keep completely to myself. But when I have a problem, YOU WILL KNOW IT. 🤣🤣🤣

[@wedrownysowianin9387]

You're starting to look like Alanis Morissette. I think it's the hair

[@vNYCblade]

Apart from Western countries where the service is "PROACTIVE", in SLAV countries its considered RUDE or BOTHERSOME when you have a waiter come up to you while you are in the middle of a conversation or laughing or eating and have your mouth full and the waiter asks "Are you doing good??? Everything all right??? Would you like something else???" As a SLAVIC person i HATE THAT SO MUCH... In Slavic culture, at least most Slavic cultures im familiar with, if you the customer want to order something additional or another drink or you want to complain or praise or comment on the service, YOU CALL THE WAITER and THEN you engage in conversation... that way you dont have your mouth full and your conversations are not interrupted... so its a FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE in CULTURAL NORMS and APPROACHES...not Slavs being impolite or whatever...

[@mrbill8763]

You're so beautiful, Barbara

[@slehernik]

10:00 while he calls it a proactive service we in Slovenia call it nagging. Or at least I do. When I need something I'll call you. If I don't, leave me alone in peace.

[@jeffsaviola2109]

Have rented cars on 6 visits to Slovenia .. now I’m scared !!! And thankful … last 2 times they have started adding tip line when paying restaurant bills .. where before I was told you couldn’t add tip to credit cards ..

[@slomuzikaofficial]

Last summer, POS terminal providers added the option for tipping. However, be careful, it's usually a percentage and not an amount in euros.

[@anthonymalovrh2912]

UK driver saying Slovenian drivers are bad? Lol. Drove around Slovenia for a week in 2014. Never had an issue.

[@paulbegley1464]

I just got one question for you. When are you going to put on that squirrel costume again and go hunt for nuts ? It's all your fault that now I have a squirrel fetish. 😂

[@alexbort3082]

Похоже у нас просто рай с госуслугами

[@conanobrien1]

In 2022 Slovenia had 85 death on the road... So that would be 40.3 per million.

[@zombeatle01]

I would never have guessed you were 30! Maybe 25….

[@tomadams2735]

Slovenia sounds a lot like Portugal. :)

[@apexoppressor1924]

American here: Yeah, I think we overdo some of the customer service. Unless I'm on a drinking binge, leave me alone for the most part. Just buzz the table once or twice wordlessly. I hate being asked "how is everything?", & the ass-kissing the corporate chains want their servers to do

[@Rayvn7]

...So apparently this man is doing extreme complaining about basic conjugation, according to his description. And thus has nearly nothing to do with Slovenian in particular... according to his description.

[@lockwoodthexton]

So greed and envy are ingrained in Slovenian culture, and the citizens are busybodies. Got it.

[@sloglas]

Stay there.

[@dangalf84]

The opening statement might as well be fuck them for having a cow.

[@KarlKratzer-oz6cm]

America is not the best place for me anymore 😞 😔 😕 I will leave asap 😢

[@georgeanthony6767]

... Croatians are the most educated drivers in EUROPE... ...Get your info correct Barbara... ...Croatians all have Doctorate degrees in memorizing where the Speed🧐Cameras are...

[@thoth8784]

Vot is ze UE, it is a post office?

[@DavixDevelop]

Abbreviation for "Upravna Enota" or Administrative unit in English. We in Slovenia have 212 municipalities and 58 administrative units that cover these. Each municipality should have one Municipal Hall (or Town Hall or City Hall), but each Municipal Hall isn't a Administrative Unit. The whole point of administrative units is that they provide various services and functions to citizens at a local level and no matter which one you visit, you can perform the same task. Ex. you can register a residency in another municipality.

[@thoth8784]

@@DavixDevelop Ah, I see thx.

[@hectorskmetija3015]

I would say it's like the council offices in uk, the smaller post offices in Slovenia are lovely and the postmen and women are amazing 😊 Very much like the old (now no longer) village post offices in the uk 40 years ago.

[@Rayvn7]

IN AMERICA ALL WAITRESSES ARE REQUIRED TO BE PAID HOURLY WAGES EXACTLY FHE SAME REQUIREMENT AS ALL OTHER JOBS. IN AMERICA ALL WAITRESSES ARE REQUIRED TO BE PAID HOURLY WAGES EXACTLY FHE SAME REQUIREMENT AS ALL OTHER JOBS. IN AMERICA ALL WAITRESSES ARE REQUIRED TO BE PAID HOURLY WAGES EXACTLY FHE SAME REQUIREMENT AS ALL OTHER JOBS. IN AMERICA ALL WAITRESSES ARE REQUIRED TO BE PAID HOURLY WAGES EXACTLY FHE SAME REQUIREMENT AS ALL OTHER JOBS. IN AMERICA ALL WAITRESSES ARE REQUIRED TO BE PAID HOURLY WAGES EXACTLY FHE SAME REQUIREMENT AS ALL OTHER JOBS.

[@danakaleb4882]

Floods!

[@amerocker]

So, Upravna Enota, is government bureaucracy, for the sake of bureaucracy. Also, do not modernize so much. It is not worth it. It is highly overrated. Stay simple.

[@Gromkiii]

One people don't have their own life so they are to occupied with yours life. That is all.

[@m3ntal_c0re]

nice hairstyle ... kinda makes you look like some kind of disney princess.

[@imepriimek398]

Slovene language is the finnest weapon of mass destruction.

[@Tilenm]

😆😂

[@andrej4495]

sosedje so loh kr bad ja...

[@erikponciano]

weird al

[@MrCountrycuz]

Why are you in America?

[@palcekthesmuk4618]

moj sosed rad ubija mačke

[@iSTAYuGO]

A lot of cows going to die after that video :)

[@Katakuri39162]

Vse je ok v Sloveniji ampak naša politika je katastrofa....hlapčevska ližemo riti bruslju in ameriki + vedno več woke prihaja v Slovenijo...Naša država gre k vragu

[@Kintabl]

Kdo jo pa voli to politiko? Itak je za večino Slovencev samo važno ali je Janša ali pa anti-Janša.

[@achimone1902]

I'm from Germany and had my first visit to Slovenia two months ago. I liked it alot, friendly People, beautiful landscape and alot to discover. But i was shocked with the prices in the supermarked, in Germany its about 20% cheaper. What is the problem exactly with the politcs? I'm interested.

[@Kintabl]

@@achimone1902 We have the same ''problem'' with politics as any democratic nation. Burraku is just typical 'America is to blame for everything' kind of a guy.

[@killer5934]

Problem je, da Slovenci nočejo niti volit. Kakor je George Collin povedal v standapu glede Ameriska politke isto je tukaj, "each year shit goes in and shit comes out, this is the best our country has to offer folks" nažalost je tudi pri nas isto, zadnji politik katerega sem res cenil da je naš je bil gospod Drnovšek.

[@user-lo4gi7ht3x]

The problem with Slovene Slovenes is they do not recognise that their diaspora may not be conversant with the language and forget to provide a translation. The big problem for me is the multiplicity of words in Yugoslavia for the same item. The university of Zagreb tried to create an internal dictionary forYugoslavia but then the civil war broke out so that every republic now had its own language.@@killer5934

[@sargeoutdoors969]

thats hw your cats died? very sorry