This Is Shocking To Americans In Germany!🇩🇪🇺🇸

[@eggrice3227]

That's the most American thing I've ever heard. "Well I'm not from said country you're from, but that seems wrong"

[@CaliSayna]

Lmao 🤣

[@tic857]

Just linger around the English signs under international airports. They will say even more wild things.

[@yashirothedaikonghost4829]

As an american, yes 😃

[@tatiaa7206]

I’m an immigrant living in the US and I have heard this sooo many times. Eventually I started to do the same and tell Americans that in fact they are the wrong ones. I mean seriously, why is everything sold in gigantic packages in the US? That is is indeed wrong.

[@tobicrowther]

​@@tic857 what?

[@gamingshifu2875]

in Germany it is completely normal to take bottle out of package's and also sometimes I use my bag to transport the stuff before I go pay

[@manofnorse]

There were times when bottles couldn't be taken out of closed packages, especially in Aldis and alike in the 1980s and the early 90s. I guess the reason was that the cashiers did just have a code for the package but not for the bottles (During that time the cashiers had to remember codes to type into the cashier machine instead of just scanning the bar code that's on the product).

[@martinprochazka3714]

I'm from Czechia and I too consider that common sense. Like how would I even carry back home the groceries and a sixpack of 2 liter bottles? My hands would fall off before I'd arrive 😄

[@natalial.r8408]

Yeah in france and spain is normal too dont see the problem

[@calledtim_]

⁠@@manofnorseno not gen z. Everyone does ist. Grandmas, Parents and children. It's common in Germany. Also it has nothing to do with labeling because each bottle has its own label. If you got multiple bottles of one type, you give one bottle to the cashier and tell em, you have X more.

[@manofnorse]

@@calledtim_ Scheinbar scheinst du ja nicht lesen oder verstehen zu können. Ich habe von der Zeit gesprochen als das genau nicht der Fall war !

[@Lxz3]

Same in Spain. We take out the bottles or cans from the packs and it’s not a problem. There are only some products that cannot be separated and it specifically says “pack indivisible”.

[@alozie__]

Like John Cena? 😅

[@SavalioProductions]

Same in Ukraine

[@noname97q93]

Bro anywhere that isnt america. Everywhere in europe you can just take one.

[@raultamudo160]

I am from Spain and this is true.

[@blanco7726]

​@@noname97q93well apparently Germany not if you watched the short lol

[@Poland_Always_comes_back]

We do that in Poland too! If we want something from a 4-6 pack, we open it, and take one!

[@davidv2754]

Everywhere in Europe it is the same. Open and take one. The only exception is, when it is some discount or action for bying whole pack. This story is weird.

[@Adam-hf9li]

Me too 😂😂😂🇭🇺🤝🇵🇱

[@hitman3802]

To idzie też w Niemczech, a jak nie to piszę żeby tak nie brać.

[@youregenericjoeboibcyes]

can confirm

[@duck7822]

imagine having to buy all of them in a pack

[@ChokyoDK]

Bro was about to put the watermelon in a bread slicer💀

[@JDMimeTHEFIRST]

I’ve never seen anyone do that. That seems like a shitty thing to do to the store workers.

[@xre1nx347]

@@JDMimeTHEFIRSTit’s because he thought you can just take part of something. It’s supposed to be a joke. Nobody does that in America.

[@sapiate971]

In Italy not self service bread slicer!

[@NiceSpiceBacon]

As an German bread is so good that they needed to slice it to taste the wheat inside😊😊😊

[@Jonas-rq9ru]

Ja oder😂

[@raven_among_doves]

The bread cutting machine has finally gotten some attention, love and credit. It's only always just sitting there. Now it waits patiently for random things to cut.

[@dumbmonkey1313]

Did not know that existed

[@eimantas314-rblx]

I know, it's such a good machine

[@raven_among_doves]

@@eimantas314-rblx I know right! So underrated.

[@sognsvann3]

The norwegian breadcuttingmachine seems much more human. We dont see the blade.

[@steelnail1917]

But leaving some bread in the machine is also stupid

[@iami5124]

People do this in my country too, if you don't want the whole thing you just get one. Shopping cloth bags are also getting more and more popular

[@benjaminamdahl1717]

So fun fact here in the states, a lot of multi pack drinks have only one barcode (the same code on every drink for the pack). So when you scan that code off of one bottle, it rings up as you buying the entire six pack. So if you rip one out so you're only buying the one, it's still the same code telling the register you are buying six. So you end up with a very expensive drink and some rather disgruntled staff. Basically if it's in bulk packaging, it's usually sold as a bulk product and you need to go find the singles somewhere else in the store. Some exceptions apply of course

[@boinkadoinkk]

Not at the grocery chain I worked at on the west coast. The barcode on the box is not the same barcode that is in the individual can or bottle. Basically always the case for any normal soft drink. Actually more often than not when it comes to buying multipacks of alcohol that are connected by the plastic 4pk or 6pk connector things, you usually have to manually input how many are in the pack otherwise it’d literally just scan as a single can/bottle. I’ve never come across a barcode on a single bottle that would ring up as multiple bottles…. literally what’s the point of having the barcode on the single bottle in that case lol.

[@sulfurousrogue955]

It's pretty much the same in the uk if it's in bulk packaging, then you gotta buy it in bulk

[@penyuk1851]

Just experienced this last week at Walgreens when I took out a bottle of VitaminWater from a pack of 6. First time I've ever seen that.

[@kanoaikawach]

​@@boinkadoinkkBeer is different. The plastic rings that hold all 6 together aren't like plastic packaging. Also I'm sure stores can get bulk packs where the drinks inside have individual barcodes.

[@new0news]

Ya in canada it depends. Growing up in rural small grocers you could buy the flat or a can but I don't think there was a bulk discount. At big stores there's usually separate sections for individual cans or drinks unless it's like Costco where you have to buy the bulk size.

[@MisterPyOne]

The stress I felt when he was about to put the watermelon in the bread slicing machine 📈📈📈

[@kesrose2023]

The stress i felt when he put the watermelon in a high tech trash can and im being told its a bread cutting. Im stuck like "I guess he not the only one whod missuse the machine. I wouldn't know either"

[@damianovargas]

bread slicing machine??? in a grocery store???? WHY??????

[@crimsonsnow2469]

​@@damianovargasGerman Supermarkets sell loaf of breads. If you want to have it cut up you can do it in the store directly with your own proportions.

[@damianovargas]

@@crimsonsnow2469 oh what the hell thats fancy 😭 we dont have those here

[@crimsonsnow2469]

@@damianovargas Yes, very fancy.

[@p3chv0gel22]

As a german, i had NEVER had any problems with taking a bottle out of a six pack. Yes, some packages can't be taken apart, but especially with those shrinkwarpped bottles it's really common to just take some out. Most stores even have the prices on display per bottle and not the entire pack

[@liamblack2574]

That’s illegal in the UK as multipack items doesn’t have the appropriate list of ingredients on each individual item. It’s a matter of food safety

[@Elbglorfindel]

@@liamblack2574 this is a matter of bullshit

[@witthyhumpleton3514]

@@liamblack2574 That's unfortunate, here each bottle has the ingredients printed on the back.

[@ee7640]

​@@liamblack2574you are from the UK? That's unfortunate

[@CurryBoy17]

​@@ee7640lmao

[@Oloreheri]

You can perfectly take just one or two bottles from the package in Italy too, but remember to use plastic gloves for fruit and vegetables 😊

[@quirogatnonerrat3214]

Same in Romania: you take what you want and pay for it, just one piece or how many you want.

[@deziiii212]

fun fact: As a french person, ppl literally do this all over Europe

[@AmarthwenNarmacil]

Not in Switzerland, except maybe in Aldi. I have no idea if it was even allowed but no one does it, it even wouldn't have crossed my mind to do that. A lot of shops have the six packs and right above them individual bottles of the same brand, so there is no need anyway.

[@j.obrien4990]

we do this in Mexico too.

[@dunjad1252]

Yup

[@mx.menacing]

As a Swedish person, yes.

[@xFredman]

True. Poland's no exception

[@iang8032]

I'm German. I literally gasped in shock, when he went to the bread-cutter witht the watermelon 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hightidemidafternoon]

really? I just thought what a fabulous idea 🤩

[@whohan779]

I haven't tried that & would actually like to see how an employee or branch manager would react. I didn't have the balls (yet) to actually try. At least a watermelon should be a clean cut if it somehow stays put in place.

[@necrona]

@@hightidemidafternoon man, don't even joke about it. It's not funny...

[@ganage6599]

I went immediately 😠. 😂😂😂

[@ganage6599]

​@@hightidemidafternoon 😬 noo. don't kill the breadmaschine

[@schwarzerritter5724]

Depends on where the barcode is. If the barcode is on the wrapper, you have to buy the whole pack, if each bottle has its own barcode, you can split them up.

[@paulinabakhshayesh6644]

I got so used to packed drinks not to be sold separately in UK that I was so shocked to discover that in Poland the whole shelf was filled with sealed packs of bottles that customers have to figure how to cut out to buy single bottle 😅

[@lorireed8046]

My son was so lost and confused his first trip to a grocery store in Poland that he just left the atore completely and maybe he'd try again in a couple of days. LOL 🤣

[@europeangardenflower9812]

With your nails, thump, car keys..

[@acmenipponair]

they tried some years ago to avoid our practise of cutting off the bags by making the 6 trays a bit cheaper... nobody cared :D

[@XavierVB]

American here - The way I just *immediately* felt a rush of anxiety the minute he ripped the packaging 😂

[@akumaswag1]

no you didnt

[@hellwraiz]

I felt that when he was about to put the watermelon in the bread cutter lol

[@LetsGoCatchUsSomeFISH]

Have you ever been inside a gas station before? Or a Walmart? Or a CostCo? Just genuine questions.

[@jaiell2049]

​@@LetsGoCatchUsSomeFISH Henry has come to see us!

[@LetsGoCatchUsSomeFISH]

@@jaiell2049 lol yes.

[@feral_bloom5762]

I’ve never seen or heard of an American cutting a watermelon in a store but my anxiety went through the roof

[@user-hi7jk6fu3f]

Yeah usually you either buy a whole watermelon and cut it at home or buy precut packaged watermelon.

[@shakinbottles]

I've never seen a bread slicer for costomers

[@JSmellerM]

@@shakinbottles It's actually pretty common now but usually the bread is really bad.

[@keck4022]

@@JSmellerM well, compared to the bread of other countries it is actually really great. It’s just not as good as fresh baked bakery bread

[@JSmellerM]

@@keck4022 I never had to compare bread from another country with that bread from a discounter before. If the discounter bread is better then the other bread must be really bad.

[@lihu000]

We do the same in Argentina, we just take what we need even if we have to rip the entire box o pack... If you want to buy the whole pack you can do it too or you can go to a wholesale store since its usually cheaper there than in a normal grocery store

[@blaze-tz7nf]

Fun fact: In most US grocery stores, the reason you can't do this is because the barcodes are different than the ones stocked as singles on the shelf, so when you try and scan it, that barcode isn't in the system or that bottle shares a barcode with the package that you took it from, and you'll be paying for the whole pack anyway.

[@dowjones5085]

Что мешает отсканировать несколько раз? Или наоборот сделать отдельный код для упаковки?

[@keytothewall]

Plus this dosent make sense anyway since most stores in America the drinks you can buy one are usually in the refrigerators

[@Justme.195.]

Living in Germany my whole life and still feeling illegal when doin this😅

[@abrielrobertsson4160]

Do what? Buy what you actually need?

[@atakanplays]

Why you can do that i live in Germany too servus

[@crosssans7546]

I'm from Russia but I agree (we are allowed to do that too)

[@merlinaaddams89]

same feeling but in Argentina

[@Fraeulein-Solveig]

Geht mir auch so. Unser Supermarkt stellt immer unten die eingepackten 6er Packs hin, und oben auf dem Regal stehen mehrere Einzelflaschen von dieser Sorte. Aber manchmal ist das Regal mit den einzelnen Flaschen leer, oder es gibt eine bestimmte Geschmacksrichtung nicht mehr, dann muss ich ein Sixpack öffnen. Fühlt sich sehr illegal an 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CatWith-AHat]

My first night in Germany I passed out in my hotel room at 3 am drunk and woke up in a fever dream with this puppet made of bread on the TV.

[@opewfmWPO]

Omg this comment reminded me of the many nights I spend awake as a kid and kika(a channel on german TV for kids) doesn't have anything better to do than play bernd das brot(the bread character you mentioned)on repeat.

[@butzemann69]

His name is Bernd and he is depressed.

[@blu-birb]

I love his catchphrase. "Mist"

[@tobsmonster2]

I must now visit Germany so I can wake up to sad bread

[@aaronrr.97]

Bernd das Brot

[@michelewilliams4525]

You know, this explains a lot. I work in a certain big box store in a very touristy area and we have /so/ many people open packs of water or boxes of soda/beer cans and try to just buy one, then wonder why it won't scan/rings up at the package price.

[@superdude4635]

Damnit I miss Germany so much!!! Love your channel.

[@missgrace97]

In America for things sold in packs, one each bottle or bag it’ll say “not for individual purchase” so I’d probably be thrown off too.

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

Right? Almost as if things that are sold in packs are meant to be sold ...in packs

[@magdalenawiszniewska2825]

If u cant take units, it will be stated. That happens though mostly in wholesale places. Normally they are packed together randomly and your choice

[@CaliSayna]

They Interrogate me at the register every time I do this… it became to stressful 🥲

[@akmon3490]

They are packed in packs for ease of handling and some stores just take the pallet they came on and put it on the store floor and done all that they remove is the wrapper fot the whole pallet. And in Europe usually you have a dedicated pack of 2 for anything bigger than 0.5 l

[@Groblinmode]

Yea that's no different outside of the US, including Germany.

[@simplykidd1287]

I- bruh people take stuff out the package here all the time 💀

[@lemonator8813]

He must've never seen a trader joes beer aisle

[@simplykidd1287]

@@lemonator8813 preach

[@moonbox0929]

@@lemonator8813 lmao he definitely hasn’t lol.

[@karterlg1062]

Wait actually

[@ethanmiller9146]

What

[@NumbNutt]

You can still do this is in America but only with certain items. If it's not intended to be separated then on the package and on the individual item it'll literally say "not intended for individual sale"

[@iasmi9930]

The way this is filmed in Lidl is just comforting

[@CaliSayna]

Dude I moved here (from Germany to the USA) and grabbed one can and the women at the register looked at me and says:” where the hell did you get that tiny can from?” so I said I got it from the big package and she legit looks at me and goes: honey you can’t do that here 😂

[@MarvinVM]

U can

[@natsukiilluna6324]

Well... it depends on the sign above. Normally you can do it. But there are sometimes places/special sales that have a sign that says only in packs. (And sometimes it's something you just know as a German... 🤔 probably should be better labeled in those rare cases) Basically: packs in the cooling area should mostly not be seperated. If you are unsure: check if the price for the individual item is listed as well. (Mostly you have the price for the individual item and the price for the pack below, or vice versa) If you can only see the price for the individual item you can decide yourself. In that case it helps to check the weight/volume of the item with the labeled one on the price tag.

[@whereami7586]

No iv never seen anybody do that here. Just because it's slides in your country doesn't mean it does here

[@edd3892]

​@@whereami7586 "You aren't allowed to make mistakes because you don't know any better"

[@jennifermarques6159]

​@@natsukiilluna6324 on the USA many supermarkets have both the individual and pack price so we can compare price per item inside to better distinguish best price, even though it is sold as a pack only. For example price per ounce for a Gallon of water versus a liter.

[@someonenew3478]

"Not labeled for individual sale." will be printed on the outside packaging in the U.S. if they are really not intended to be separated. They may not have required items like ingredients, weights, calories.

[@pewdiepiebro35]

I'm pretty sure thats for reselling products, like when you buy a 24 pack of coke cans (giving you a discount), you're not allowed to then sell them individually, same would go for a store if they just cracked open the box and put them out there individually.

[@allieboy181]

@@pewdiepiebro35if you took a can of coke from a case and scanned it would it work and let you buy it

[@th9986]

@@allieboy181 Pretty sure in the US, if you do that, it will scan the whole package. So you’ll only be getting one but be paying for like 6.

[@allieboy181]

@@th9986 ahhh that makes sense lol

[@biohazardlnfS]

All of the above depends. Some items will not scan at if you temove it from a bundle, some will, some will scan for a bundle, some dont. Most items will either tell you it can or cant be removed orb the items inside will not even have a tage to scan

[@lind4ricci]

thanks to yt shorts im learning so many similarities between german and italian lifestyle (im italian)

[@Jsadominican]

I half expected him to pull out a gun

[@EhurtAfy]

In America, a packaged item often has a different barcode than one that retails individually. So, if you scan any one bottle, it rings up as a 6-pack

[@robertknight4672]

Yeah on something like Gatorade or those six packs of Coca-Cola where the cans are only held together by that piece of plastic that's But I think on something that's wrapped as heavily as a t in this video one bottle of price ring up as single if the story even sells it that way.

[@jaltersimp9639]

​@@capofantasma97 they link the ASINs together. If it was meant to be a six pack they would link that bottle and package as a single even if they are different. It's stupid but makes sense if the company is trying to sell a certain product

[@Notiravgsarah]

@@capofantasma97 because when we want to many drinks they put them in one pack and sell them in the package and when we went to buy individually, you buy the individual ones. It’s really not that difficult a concept

[@skeletini9836]

@@capofantasma97 nope not rocket science! just capitalism 👍

[@sumbajumba3037]

then fix it make America great again

[@chessai2121]

I worked at a grocery store in the United States and one night a distraught Italian man, who later told me he had just come from the airport after flying in from Italy, came up to me and asked where the fresh pasta was. This being an American grocery store, I had to tell him we didn't have any. He demanded I walk the whole store with him, because he couldn't comprehend that here we don't have fresh pasta in all the grocery stores, which he said they do in Italy. After we walked the whole (huge, huge) store together and didn't find it, he started yelling at me and saying this was madness.

[@ccsx222]

im so sorry you had to deal with morons like that. i, too, know exactly the kind of person you’re talking about because i worked front desk at a hotel in the us and the amount of culture shocked people that would be mad at me for things they’re accustomed to that we just don’t have here..mindblowing

[@mirkoschembri9227]

​@@ccsx222 listen in Italy pasta Is Life i understand this man

[@legomangamesnetwork1151]

That is so italian

[@funkygenesis]

​@@mirkoschembri9227 yeah but us is not Italy so...

[@Dark_3333]

You people don't have pasta in stores????

[@Loki-ur5if]

According to his logic, he now has to buy all the melons that are in the box

[@robertstevenson4910]

Your neighbour, The Netherlands does it, and it’s even Recommended.

[@Maxime_K-G]

The whole buiseness model of Aldi revolves around the fact that they leave stuff in its packaging so there's less work for the employees. You're totally allowed to just take one.

[@laroja7232]

What is Aldi? Some kind of supermarket?

[@Maxime_K-G]

No, it's a fishing lake @@laroja7232 .

[@j1o3]

​@@laroja7232Yes

[@europeangardenflower9812]

Yes, cheap and German originally, but also in the US.

[@marseldagistani1989]

​@@europeangardenflower9812 So Walmart, better? And no snitching?

[@Sady845]

As a French, we also take out bottles out of their packs without it being a problem

[@armelliumthefulgent.6053]

All of the world does. Just US-Americans being the special kid.

[@sackobread3221]

​@armelliumthefulgent.6053 yet when someone else is different, it's not weird. Stop trying to make the US out to be bad.

[@armelliumthefulgent.6053]

@@sackobread3221 I could say way more facts about the US like Iraq or Afghanistan or funding malicious organisation or banana wars or native Americans or Japan 1945 or jerusalem or oil or drone attacks or wasted resources or obesity or degeneracy/entitlement and many more, but you do you.

[@Bitume5]

​@@sackobread3221 Every other country in the world pretry much agrees that the US are bad tho. Honestly from our perspective you guys are a bunch or deranged clowns waving guns around and screaming about freedom without ever having heard the definition of it.

[@ambrosie3]

In Russia too, i guess it's all of the Europe

[@raybediary8258]

Also in Finland you can grab only one from the package, it's legal 😂

[@juliat6444]

unless it specifically says not to do that. but that's quite rare

[@tony5226]

love how even the outfits represents their nations

[@ceoofsocialanxiety6658]

German grocery store etiquette: If you see the price listed per bottle, grabbing one is fair game. Also those slicing machines are for bread only. Oh also while in some stores it's tolerated to put stuff in your bag as long as you buy it, generally it's frowned upon.

[@redfalcon4948]

Ok look, I don't care if you're a CEO of what you are but shoplifting is bad

[@JIMP1000]

​@RedFalcon no its not, you need food and can't afford it cus the rich do what they want and shit on the poor then fuck them. You see someone stealing food, hot tip no you didn't

[@redfalcon4948]

@@JIMP1000 bro, stealing be bad tho

[@Machivl]

In Germany is stealing complete when u Go Out of the Store without paying. Before its the ACT of non complete stealing.

[@ColAlbSmi]

What’s next? Now you’re going to tell me that the trains aren’t free in Germany

[@FerdinandFake]

The more expensive stores have singles next to the sixpacks, but in the cheap stores they just put pallets of sixpacks and you have to rip it open like that.

[@watcherinoo]

No theyre arent.

[@gujwdhufjijjpo9740]

I have never experienced this. Every gas station I’ve been to in the US has the individual bottles in the fridge in the back.

[@FerdinandFake]

@@gujwdhufjijjpo9740 gas stations charge outrageous prices and sell quite slowly, this only applies to large discount chains that have razor thin margins. Having people unpack and neatly stock shelves costs money and it's cheaper to just set down pallets of product on the floor and have the customers do the work in exchange for low prices.

[@tonymouannes]

@@FerdinandFake in the US the products are often labelled in a way that doesn't allow to sell the pack individually or as pack. In some other countries it's more common to put packs and give the customer the choice to grab a whole pack or grab a single item.

[@jonnym4670]

@@rutmarotto 6 packs are cheaper then buying 6 individual ones when they have them

[@paxtoncargill4661]

Grew up in Wisconsin, i only had a problem with putting stuff in my bag to transport it when i moved to new york

[@amatije]

Packages that aren't meant to be open have a label that says so.something like the "solds only together" will be written. Those are usually sold in bulk cause the product is on sale. Americans are used to buying stuff in bulk cause they don't have to go to the store every day or every other day. In Europe we usually have different stores in the walking distance and there are many of them so we don't have to go shopping once a month. Most of us also have smaller apartments and don't have a place ,like walk in pantry,to store big amount of food.

[@Electron86]

Normally here in america we have fridges at the front of the store that carry individual drinks. That way your drink is nice and cool if you want to drink it during whatever youre doing after shopping. Edit: before you ask "what if i want a room temperature drink?" We also have a non-refrigerated drink section that carries individual bottles and cans.

[@reexecute]

Same thing in Germany

[@Valome_Virtual_Gravedigger]

A vending machine? or Those refrigerator with the giant glass?

[@tammystoudt5137]

​@@Valome_Virtual_Gravedigger nope, it's a fridge or even a cooler with no door. Everything priced to sell individually and nice and cold :)

[@zehraparlak3842]

What if you dont want it cold?

[@tammystoudt5137]

@@zehraparlak3842 they have an aisle that has drinks not being kept cold. Usually the aisle drinks are 1 liter or more...or multi-packs...but you can't break open a multi pack to buy just one.

[@ninetenduh]

Wait till we explained that you can open it, drink it and then buy it. If you open it and drink it while in the store, you actually have to buy it. But ye, you can basically eat half your cart as long as you buy the stuff, all is good.

[@Bitten420]

You cant eat stuff in the store without paying first lol, you dont legally own the item before paying

[@ninetenduh]

@@Bitten420 Ye, you can in Germany, as long as you buy them at the end almost none will ever complain, did it countless times, no complaints ever.

[@redhidinghood9337]

@@Bitten420 not in germany but in anither european country and when I'm thirsty I always drink the water I'm gonna buy and its not a big deal at all

[@youtubevanced5694]

No it isnt allowed. Einfach mal die Gesetze lesen.

[@ninetenduh]

@@youtubevanced5694 Right, I don't give a fuck any more, I have had not a single complaint, from an employee, EVER. So, I don't give a flying fuck what you believe or anything but not a single store in Germany, will ever complain as long as you buy it at the end.

[@NorvilleRising]

I've worked in retail. *In America* Plenty of people do this, Its not preferred but we just put The bottles in the single serve fridge. Its also what vendors do.

[@Pizza_2921]

Here in Portugal, it is common to even DRINK the water while inside the supermarket along as you pay for it when you leave 😂

[@narrsec]

So that's why I be finding open cat food boxes?

[@chrisivan_yt]

no that’s the cats

[@oogabooga5678]

Sorry i just wanted to let my cat taste test

[@bustabusta7676]

I was hungy

[@MikysWrld]

Yeah I’m Mexico they open up the dog food and cat food bags and people weigh how much they need

[@EliiKlee]

yea these mfs do be eating the catfood themselfs while still in the store

[@AutenticMcLoita]

I think it's kind of a whole Europe's thing, if there ain't single ones you just break a pack and pick one. Unless it's an item which doesn't have individual barcodes, but that's rare

[@thytheodor1193]

im not supposed to break a 6 pack to get just 1?

[@AutenticMcLoita]

@@thytheodor1193 According to US' people, apparently not

[@jonnym4670]

@@thytheodor1193 you can but you still getting charged for all six However if you buy 6 pack it's much cheaper then just buying 6 individual ones if they have individual ones for sell

[@thytheodor1193]

@@jonnym4670 you do know they have seperate bar codes on the bottle compared to the package lmfao, also it just puts x6 most of the time, not a 6 pack

[@jonnym4670]

@@thytheodor1193 Germany isn't trust worthy anyway

[@simonevanenkhuizen3228]

I thought they did this everywhere in Europe.. 😂 also the stress I felt when you took the Waternelon to the breadcutter 😭😂

[@Tekno_fork]

In Greece you can even eat or drink the thing you want to buy while shopping and then just pay for it

[@IlBenso]

Remember kids: if you see someone shoplifting food, no, you didn't Edit: Anyone who does not distinguish the difference between stealing and trying to survive is either stupid or a vile who does not know the struggle and who does not have an ounce of humanity.

[@lospabsent]

Fr someone could need to steal cause they have no other options

[@zackglickert4495]

@@lospabsent there is no situation in which someone needs to steal

[@drivebay6479]

​@@zackglickert4495 you have never been pushed below your limit and it shows

[@zackglickert4495]

@@drivebay6479 no i have a father

[@drivebay6479]

@@zackglickert4495 good for you, not everyone does

[@Kaxuhaaa]

I love the stare of disappointment, if you're German or Hispanic your stare is much more judgemental and I love it

[@tomas_quintana]

I'm from Argentina a hispanic country and is common to do that here

[@arctrog]

It’s really just Americans don’t give disapproving stares, we either intervene or mind our own business

[@ttominable]

Yup, its because we learn that beeing judgemental and hard on the things that deserve it is not a bad thing.

[@cheetah3581]

I'm from Finland, here you'd be met with a death stare that pierces your very soul XD

[@thecokiemonster9032]

Funny thing is im half german and half Panamenian, and my stare is pure judgement and disappointment mixed together

[@szymo9235]

I love the already opened bag of orange drink behind them 😂

[@brodylockwood14]

During lock down in my small town in Australia, our store was opening 6 packs if toilet paper and giving you 2 individually per custoner no joke 😂😂😂😂

[@dilara7537]

‘I’m not from Germany but that seems wrong’ 😂

[@GMNY]

Why??

[@candyneige6609]

He's from Austria, a neighbor to Germany.

[@sauhirt8770]

​@@candyneige6609 no we do that too in austria

[@candyneige6609]

@@sauhirt8770 Then in that case he must be from Switzerland, another neighbor to Germany.

[@sauhirt8770]

@@candyneige6609 the video literally says "Americans first time in Germany" so i guess he's american. and the other dude is german

[@ASHERNFILM]

American gas station worker here- one time a foreigner tried to do this, and took a single coke out of a six pack. I’d never encountered this before and I felt so bad because my boss tried to force him to buy the whole thing for ripping the package open when he insisted he just wanted one and didn’t understand. I ended up buying it and giving him one! I think this is something we should do in America too 👍🏻

[@DXLProductions]

na so what happens when someone takes one from each pack of them in the store and someone want a 6 pack now he has to rob one from another pack its just easier to buy 1,6,8

[@sodium2195]

@@DXLProductions There is etiquette to it. You'll usually already find a ripped pack because others bought a single one, and nobody in their right mind would open a new pack if one is already opened. If you want six, you just grab one of the unopened ones.

[@Leavemealone670]

Good man. Make America better one man at a time.

[@ryanmayo1117]

​@@sodium2195 I don't think you've worked in a grocery store before. People throwing stuff all over opening things, eating them and leaving the package everywhere. Just because you might follow shopping etiquette doesn't mean others will. I can guarantee if places like Walmart did that people would be opening packs, even if there's one open 2ft away.

[@sodium2195]

@@ryanmayo1117 Might be a US problem, then. We don't do that here in Austria. Also never heard about it being an issue in germany. But that comes alongside greater respect for employees in general. It's been getting to me how insanely rude US customers are to retail workers, and the fact some stores don't allow employees to sit down is alien to me.

[@acebatlerx4841]

It's the same in the UK Lidls and Aldis. Can't buy individual items from multipacks.

[@roppie]

I have seen employees at Aldi freak out for this x)

[@littlelagoons]

In Canada any product like that almost always has both options available, one open box to pick singles from and a row of the complete packs that you're not allowed to break up.

[@AntiTako]

Same in the US, and if there are not singles in the fridge, they would go get them from the back.

[@its_oz]

Same in Germany

[@vomm]

In Germany it is written on the price tag if you have to buy the whole pack, but this is rather rare, mostly you are allowed to steal single bottles.

[@bastik.3011]

@@its_oz what no its not? like yes some Stores here do that but especially Discounter dont

[@its_oz]

@@bastik.3011 Sure you can buy single bottles in a discounter 😂

[@TheGamer-nj9if]

** tears opens a 6 pack to got 1*** **lil fridge with cold singles inside** :(((

[@ilarya8463]

They cost more

[@sredna518]

grocery stores being big enough to store every variation of drink both in singles and in packs is so american lol

[@tamiyaharrison9774]

@@sredna518 having space is american now

[@no-gracias9863]

@@komori_ probably because in the US doesn't really worry about how much energy they use

[@filipemartinho1753]

@@tamiyaharrison9774 American stores are warehouses! Most stores you see in Europe are pretty small compared

[@kyjacobs3346]

I’m in Austria rn and they do the same! Good to know it’s “normal”

[@vmeansvictory]

I remember cutting a small ciabatta in Lidl and just next day the sign appeared “CIABATTA BROT NICHT SCHNEIDEN" 😭

[@emersonwiborg1754]

This happened to my danish exchange student and they tried to frantically shove it back in and ran away

[@nymphia21]

To be fair, everyone will hate you if you do that In Denmark aswell. Because we always sell them individually right next to it, and if we don't, then we only sell them as a pack

[@doremon2006]

In Italy that is fair but only for water.

[@9flare]

Its frown upon in Asia as well.

[@vincenzosorrentino5300]

@@doremon2006 also some sodas

[@frejpm]

@@nymphia21 not true

[@Drake2628r]

F the Lidl employee that has to clean up the watermelon

[@yuanfurbax]

Nahh depends, if the store itself puts out open bottles it's bad, if u make another package open. If there is already 1 open bc there weren't any by the store u should take it from the open1. If there is nothing that is open u can open 1.

[@angelikaschmidt4181]

As a German you can put out a bottle but not always. I hope this helps you!

[@botdetector9494]

When you realize almost every grocery store in the US has fridges dedicated to selling then singles taken out of a larger pack

[@pokedude720]

Yes, but if it's in the large pack on the show floor then you buy the big pack and can't just open it That's why the fridges have thr individuals, for people who only want the 1.

[@botdetector9494]

@@pokedude720 its just better buisness sense, why open a pack meant for poeple looking for a larger quantity when you have the same exact thing in the fridge and its already cold

[@pokedude720]

@@botdetector9494 exactly my point Large packs for those who need it, individual for those who only want 1

[@altheabackes7598]

Mostly its because of the sizes or sorts. There are cooled individuals too, but only small ones (0,5l) normally. The bigger sizes arent. So you want a bottle of Vanille Coke or Cherry Coke? Need to rip a package 🤷‍♀️

[@botdetector9494]

@@altheabackes7598 I’ve never seen a store that doesn’t have 16oz bottles in the fridges. that’s the biggest possible size that’s carried in a six or eight pack. I’ve never seen packs of 1 liter bottles

[@meierb75]

First time I had a German person in an American convenient store, he couldn’t understand why the 20 oz sodas in the fridge ($1.29) were cheaper than the 2 liters on the shelf ($.99). We said it was marketing and he said it was “bull shit!” And bought the 2 liter. 😂

[@jorgyjojo3581]

Wtf is 20 oz for us that we don't speak in your Freedom units!?

[@JSmellerM]

@@jorgyjojo3581 according to google it's 591.471 ml. Why they would have such an inaccurate measuring escapes me.

[@BigFootTheRealOne]

​@@JSmellerMidk, they want to sound smarter by using the "easiest" measurement possible.

[@slater7080]

They charge more in America for the drink to be cold, will almost always be cheaper off the shelf, even if its more

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

@@jorgyjojo3581 Pro tip - If Americans give you fl. oz. and it confuses you, ask how many quarts that is. (A quarter gallon is just over a litre.)

[@someretard7809]

In the US there are single drinks you can buy, but usually you can find them in the refrigerated part of the store

[@mrtracing3292]

I think you can do this in the UK unless the packaging says otherwise like you can scan a bottle/can from a multipack and it works but some things are not meant for resale and they dont have a barcode it just has a sticker in place and says not for individual resale, I mean most places have the single items on a different isle or in a fridge anyway so there's no real need to open a multipack. beer is very different you can take one out of a plastic ring because they all have a separate barcode but you can't take one out of a box because the barcode is on the box

[@Kackspack0815]

If you’re not supposed to buy a single bottle out of a multi-pack, there’s often a sign that says something like “Bitte keine Sixpacks öffnen.” (“Please, don’t open up six-packs.”)

[@marysue9661]

Yes you are supposed to if there's individual barcodes on them.

[@Cantripping]

Literally never saw that in my life.

[@nofuxCZ]

@@Cantripping Sometimes the supermarkets have special price for the whole sixpack - that's when I see the signs that I can't take out individual bottle.

[@dreckigerdan3739]

@@nofuxCZ and where do you live and in which store something atrocious like that happen`?

[@Clarence23rd]

​@@marysue9661nope somethings are not meant be opened

[@KnightOfGod3204]

As an American, my heart dropped when I seen that guy ripped the bottle out of the pack. I was like "What is he doing!?" 😂

[@realCyng]

In my store the water SKUs actually work like this so that we can fill the fridge without having to do any adjustment. Scanning a case just adds 6 bottles to the transaction. So people could technically do this but it's just socially not really a thing. Also only works on water not soda.

[@enif_plays]

In the US sometimes the bottles that come in 6 packs have a different barcode so you'd end up paying for all 6 when you just scan the one.

[@hulksmashgolf1330]

Got back from Germany 2 days ago The fresh baked bread in the Aldi and pretzels was amazing! We need to step our game up.

[@Scoopthemoopoop]

Just go to an Amish Market or make it yourself

[@delta6704]

we have aldi in america too

[@samoverbeek4778]

American bread is all so sweet for some reason.... WHY DOES IT HAVE SUGAR

[@vomm]

Americans really don't know what they're talking about when they think Aldi bread is good. If you had gone to a real bakery, you wouldn't be back in the USA.

[@delta6704]

@@vomm but we literally have aldi

[@eliza_roto]

That is the least American thing I’ve ever heard. “I don’t even need these sugary drinks-”

[@tremiere7592]

I have no idea how it works in other countries, but it happens in France that when you're really hungry or thirsty, you can just take a bottle of water from the pack of 6 and start drinking it while shopping inside the store, and same for baguettes or a packet of biscuit or chips or anything as long as you pay for it at the end with the rest of your groceries...

[@TheyBearRainbow]

Like not being able to buy one individual drink out of a 6 pack (or any pack of multiple drinks) It is about inventory. Technically they could edit it but it is just too much time to keep doing it. In large chain stores they don’t really let you do it but in smaller stores they don’t mind

[@cj-ze8bu]

Watermelon in a bread cutting machine same people that make tea in the microwave 💀🤣

[@EllRiver]

the proper way

[@CatKotGato]

@@EllRiver Before you move on with your life, the entire internet needs you to say if this is sarcasm or not

[@beaconblaster33]

@@EllRiver i also am in need of your clarification

[@bigawesomewatermelon9511]

Imagine gatekeeping boiling water

[@cj-ze8bu]

@@bigawesomewatermelon9511 Imagine making tea in the microwave 💀

[@Popski887]

In the Netherlands in depends on the store. The Jumbo in my area has a label that says “please don’t open a six pack”, because there are single bottles available. But in the Lidl (like in the video) the soda, for the most part, only comes in a six pack.

In Sweden and Germany, LIDL doesn‘t want you to rip apart packs or even take out bottles, while Coop and EDEKA don‘t seem to care.

[@patrickkeller2193]

@ I've never had a problem in a german Lidl.

[@nednav8585]

just leave the 0.5L saskia waters in the flimsy bottles in the 6 packs though that stuff cant be bought per 1 lol

[@clonescope2433]

In the US it can be confusing but with sodas and other beverages usually those for individual sales will not be wrapped with another one they'll come on a reusable pallet crate thing but when it comes to cans for like cat food or beans or other canned goods they sell them in packs that can either be individual or they'll slap a design on it bada bing bada boom it's now 24 pack of cat food.

[@n00blamer]

@ Here in Finland can't do that with Beer; buying 6 individual bottles or cans is cheaper than a sixpack.. the reasoning is that buying alcohol "in bulk" is bad for health and since healthcare is tax-funded they have slapped extra tax for bundled alcohol. So guys go and take a sixpack, at the cashier they rip one bottle out of the sixpack and the cashier rings it as 6 individual bottles. PROFIT! TL;DR - bureaucracy gone berserk!!!

[@francis19bs53]

In Brazil we get one bottle instead of six too, most people here dont put stuff in the bag, but some does

[@kryceksangel]

I learned how to buy sodas in Portugal and France thanks to this video lol

[@eliasfender3532]

i LITERALLY screamed with shock when he went for the brotschneidemaschine

[@NaggersandJoggers]

dam you nearly got taken away on the Krankenwagen

[@EbikeAdventuresSD]

@@NaggersandJoggers damn not dam 🦫

[@NaggersandJoggers]

@@EbikeAdventuresSD sorry english is my third language

[@bleach-chugger]

Wait, you are not allowed to do this in the US ? Like if i see a 6 pack and i want one beer i am not going to take the whole 6 pack ....

[@PigsFilms]

u can buy just one can, u just can’t rip open a designated 6 pack

[@zeo5009]

Yea tbh it kinda messes it up for the person that wants the entire 6 pack. As much a curtsey thing as a legal thing

[@kyleterry5190]

Aren't there single pieces in the fridge?

[@user-bl4oq7fd8d]

@@ploopploopploopboop1887 And Trader Joe's is German (owned by Aldi). Aldi also sells Trader Joe's branded products in Germany and in other places I guess...

[@dratinibrah]

@@zeo5009 how do you think drinks are shipped? If I rip open a 6 pack just to get 1, over time, people will take however much they need that is less than 5 from the same thing I ripped. I'm not going around ripping every 6pack i see lmao

[@liamrorke4280]

it's same here in south africa. You have to buy the whole pack. if you want a single you have to go to the fridge

[@fligflotsam3045]

This used to happen at liqour stores in Australia. It was really annoying if you actually wanted a 6 pack, but everyone has taken one or two out of all of them. In the end signs were put up telling people to stop opening 6 packs or 10 packs

[@v__R4Z0R__v]

It's totally normal to take only one bottle out of the package. We do that all the time. Also I always put my groceries in my backpack or bag, it's way easier to carry them around this way

[@kayaraespunkt8382]

Taking only one is fine unless it’s written that it’s not allowed. Exception is beer. A six pack hast to stay a six pack. Putting stuff in their own bag is technically prohibited but many supermarkets are tolerating it. Reason: It’s “easier” to “forget” something to take back out again, especially when you have already have stuff inside. You can be asked to show the cashier your back and empty it completely if they assume you “forgot” something. Problem: this takes time and patience if all people who are waiting. So if you don’t wanna take a basket or shopping trolley at the entrance and you don’t know how much you want to buy, take an empty(!) box inside. DON’T take stuff out from a box and place it loosely back on the shelf! This is extremely unpopular among the cashiers and you will get told off if you get caught. BTW even though most tolerate the I put the stuff into my own bag method, officially it’s rated as a try to steal and if you’re in bad luck you’ll get confronted by a cashier who’s more strict. “Everything you didn’t already pay for, doesn’t belong in your bags.” Let your kids have a sip from a bottle or a bite from a roll, gummy bears or whatever too btw. First pay, then putting in your bag/eat/drink or officially it’s a try to steal. Greetings from 🇩🇪

[@stotab8700]

Don't do this in an american walmart. It messes up their sales floor counts and it may not even scan at the front register

[@Captain_Jackass]

Yeah, but in a lot of (if not most) European countries that’s standard practice usually you would take from the section of individuals if it exists. But if not you’ll just go wild with the 4/6/8 packs

[@LegitNvidz]

Best part about Netto in Germany? The scanner on the 6 pack doesnt work. So, if there isn't one bottle exposing it's scanner, one's coming out

[@lplatino6427]

​@@LegitNvidz idk which Netto you're visiting but okay. Eigenmarken haben sogar extra 4 stellige codes...

[@LegitNvidz]

@@lplatino6427 yeah, the top, both sides, and sometimes the bottom. They all don't work at my Netto. (I am the cashier) When you buy a 6 pack, I usually type it in or a bottle has the scanner poking out and I type in 6 menge and scan it on over. The drinks with a number on them are the best.

[@chosenuwu]

wait fr?

[@LucaRandom_]

As a Romanian the first time i saw this i actually had culture shock. I didnt know that the americans cant buy just one.

[@amdresblazquezgomez576]

Shit, i wish my clients dont do that too 😂😂 in spain they open all just for check the expiration date, even is in the box 😢

[@OperaticEnigmatic]

Same. Not from America, but the first time my German husband did that I was like "RUN!"

[@Migoyan]

In France you can also rip bottle packages, in some stores employee will even broke one in advance for people who don't want to pay a full package. You can also use your own bag without problems, everything's fine as long as you pay in the end.

[@xre1nx347]

In America there is a section where there’s a bunch of singular bottles. They’re in glass refrigerators so you can see what’s in them. They’re usually next to the checkout line so you can grab one on the way out.

[@helenawheeler]

Same in Spain

[@ophelia1590]

I’ve never tried to buy an individual bottle out of a package but in Canada I use my bag to carry the things I’m going to buy all the time, no one has said anything to me about it.

[@Wink_Larson]

Not a problem when the price for a single bottle is on the shelf..^^

[@billystanford275]

In England, things that are packaged like that always have a big white rectangle with black font saying or just white writing around the can or something "only to be sold as part of a multipack"

[@pumpkinwarrior7138]

Yeah there’s things like that in the US too [not for individual sale]

[@georgiaoni6101]

yeah this one I think it's also seen as sort of something only a thief would do

[@elipa3]

Seems silly to me. What, if you just need one?

[@ethanweimer-kopf6907]

@@elipa3 then you buy a single that is sold separately for a different price. Often 1 drink will be say 1.50, but a pack of 6 will be 6. That's why buying in bulk is cheaper.

[@kypryanIDK]

For those wondering, the shop is Lidl

[@KenKaneki.]

Absolutly nobody cares about the Shop

[@lana_354]

No pretty sure it's Aldi

[@CaptainObvious0000]

@@lana_354 it's clearly lidl.

[@lana_354]

@@CaptainObvious0000 Maybe but it looks more like Aldi to me

[@ytrism]

​@@lana_354Look at the signs. The colours are more typical for Lidl (blue and yellow) and you can kinda make out the the logo on them. And green sign at the end clearly says "LIDL". The stores look pretty similar though, so I wouldn't be able to tell which one it was if it wasn't for the signs.

[@soobsocool]

I remember being in italy and in a local supermarket just ripped open a bag of bottles and just got one, it made me feel guilty for a bit but man it was really fun

[@xOKuronoOx]

The first part is fine. But many stores got them seperated already. The bread cutting machine is obviously for bread.