What's socially acceptable in the US that would be horrifying in the UK? - Ask Reddit

What's wrong with Randy? Come on now. Time for another ask reddit thread eh!
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[@evan]

Imma make a community video based on this one so comment away!

[@jwec9867]

Not everyone is a butter monster. I only know one and we shame them every time they add butter for no reason.

[@joshglynn7811]

I don't understand how americans say they'll 'write you' instead of saying they'll 'write TO you'. It doesn't make sense

[@tals.8960]

@@joshglynn7811 Do you say "I'll call you" ? It's like that :) What's always gotten me is how Brits say things like "I will do" or "I have done", when in the States we say "I will" or "I have." Just shortening it a diff way I suppose. But it just sounds odd to my ear is all 😅

[@martynapiwowarczyk4325]

If someone uses butter on a burger bun instead of sauces, then yeah that's weird, but in my mind, you butter the buns because you wanna toast the buns on the pan before making the burger! Do you make your burgers with untoasted buns?? If yes... I feel sad for you. Please toast your buns.

[@HF-tj8db]

One thing about the US that I’ll never understand is no uniform at schools. Please tell me how a child is meant to dress themselves appropriately every day. I had such a culture shock when I started sixth form and had to wear my own clothes everyday- it was just a flurry of once-used clothes being thrown across my room trying to find something new to wear.

[@ampersandcastle1091]

If a waiter ever takes my credit card out of my sight, I would assume I was being robbed lol

[@Lee-bv7tj]

Right!

[@ohawwgeez3112]

Yes, I’m American and this was always bizarre to me.

[@gerardacronin334]

It’s a security issue. The US financial institutions held back on implementing chip and pin technology as long as possible to save money. They reckoned that the cost of reimbursing customers who had their credit cards hacked was acceptable. Here in Canada we have been using the point of sale terminals with chip and pin for many years. I do not let my credit card out of my sight. I got hacked twice in years past, once in the US and once in Brazil.

[@pghrpg4065]

@@gerardacronin334 Every time I'm in Canada, I comment on this to the servers.

[@LiqdPT]

@@gerardacronin334 us still doesn't have chip and pin. We have chip and signature. So the terminals will never happen.

[@RubyMadigan]

You know what's weirder than calling random people sir? When I see American kids calling their parents Sir and Ma'am. It's weird. They're your parents!

[@usezasedn]

So weird! It gives me abuse vibes

[@harding0010]

Its called manners.

[@hiitsevelyn341]

thats weird. i live in america and i've never called my parents sir/ma'am. those kids must have really strict parents, because no one here that i know has ever called their parents sir/ma'am.

[@coastalbeaches7181]

(I'm from America) When I was in school I heard people say that to teachers a lot. Never seriously heard someone say sir/ma'am to their parents. (Okay but when they call the teachers that it's usually not super serious)

[@hannahbloom]

Most people don’t do that. At least nowadays. I think it’s more common in the Deep South as a form of respect or whatever but I prefer mom and dad as do my friends.

[@lenerdhuhn]

As a German: anything more than a curt hello from a cashier makes me wildly uncomfortable. 😂

[@andmicbro1]

One time at Walmart the cashier made it a point to comment on the items I was buying and even read the birthday card I was buying. It was a wildly uncomfortable experience even as an American.

[@cantstopbeatnov9512]

As an American I understand how it would seem ‘over the top’ or ‘fake’ by the level of friendliness in American customer service or just small talk in general. However, the truth is, 95% of the time (I don’t mean literally 95% just that it’s almost always the case) they are being genuine (except the ‘hi, how’re you?’…yeah, that’s often insincere 😀). Hollywood and TV in general hasn’t done Americans any favors in how we are portrayed, but we as Americans genuinely want to help others out and treat others well, for the most part it is in our nature. If I see an old lady struggling to reach something at the supermarket I’ll offer to get it for her. If a stranger drops things, I’ll help them pick them up, and so on. And while I understand people from other countries may have the view, ‘I’ve been to LA or New York and it wasn’t like that’, America is huge and most of America is NOTHING like LA or New York.

[@ochenc1071]

Lol you would hate to come to my work.

[@philadelphiawhovian5641]

@@cantstopbeatnov9512 precisely! too much of America is judged by a few locations in it.

[@na3044]

"Hamse ne paybackkaade?" "Wollnse Treuepunkte?"

[@redthroatedloon]

When my (British) parents were living in the states, they knew someone named Randy Balls. They thought it was hilarious, and even funnier that no one else thought anything of it.

[@dodgechance4564]

perfect

[@SirBradiator]

The waiter taking your card is not about convenience its about security. When the waiter takes your card away out of your sight you don't know if they are swiping the details from it. That's why in the UK they bring the payment terminal to the table.

[@krzlcve]

i've never heard of a waiter risking their job and livelihood to snoop on one customers card 😭

[@SirBradiator]

@@krzlcve it wouldn't be worth it for one customers card, but if they did it to every customer they serve it could be lucrative. It can and does happen. That's why I would never let my card out my sight.

[@fionagilbert2247]

Yeah I agree, I would worry my card was being cloned if it was ever out if my sight.

[@WhichDoctor1]

Yes exactly. There was a lot of stuff in the news a couple decades or so back when people started getting their cards cloned. It was drummed into me as a teenager, never give your card to anyone, they give the machine to you. Sometimes in smaller companies with old machines you have to put the card in the machine and then they take it back to input the charge, and even when the card is in the machine and never leaves my sight that still makes me uncomfortable. The idea of some random person just walking off with my card to another room would stress me out soo much. They could be doing anything with it.

[@chrislyne377]

@@krzlcve It does happen. There are cloing machines where they swipe your card to copy its details. Even without one of these machines they could just take photos of the front and back of your card and hey presto, online credit card theft. I was always taught to never ever let my card out of my sight.

[@crazyminegamer2339]

Watching this as an Australian was kinda funny. I swear, we’re the secret love child of these two countries.

[@annikaotto6117]

😂

[@RealSubtle]

I can't believe he brought up the drop bears. Thankfully our secret hoop snakes haven't been revealed.

[@jefftitterington7600]

Same with Canada. (Have you SEEN our snow snakes??)

[@kevinfletcher1999]

Hmmm….. The British sent their criminals to Australia and their religious nutters to America. Australia got the better deal.

[@FemtoTheFox]

actually true mate

[@Ametisti]

As a Brit, I have no issue with iced tea itself. I do however have an issue with it being referred to as simply 'tea', or mentioning tea, and someone assuming somehow it must be iced.

[@vio_lin]

In the south part of the states, ice tea is called sweet tea, and hot tea is called tea or by the name of tea. Example: 'Would you like sweet tea or green tea?' At least half of us also have kettles.

[@thornprick2645]

I've never experienced it being called tea by itself.

[@ellax325]

There's always a prefix. It's never just tea. It could be sweet tea or iced tea. It's never just "tea". We recognize that there is a difference between the two.

[@lammellealoof7110]

As a Brit: this.

[@stephenb5jones476]

In the south, I once made the mistake of asking the waitress if they had sweet tea. In the west we put the sugar in ourselves.

[@moonlightingjam]

I'm French but based on this video, the UK sounds like a friendly neighbour while the US is an alien from outer space.

[@emiliagrace5043]

I mean the UK and France, we are neighbours 😂 (yes America, neighbours, not neighbors)

[@aminyamumsminge]

Trust me,most of the uk is just Europe's florida

[@HaohmaruHL]

That's basically everyone's perspective who's outside the us

[@caileyrookids]

@@HaohmaruHL And the perspective of many people from the US, I think.

[@amyhatch3761]

As a Brit, going to the USA makes me feel European 😂

[@darriendastar3941]

A friend of mine worked in a primary school. All the kids called him 'Miss' because he was the only male teacher and they thought 'Miss' is what you called teachers. After the first six months, he gave up trying to correct them.

[@taboodorito]

Never heard of people calling primary teachers miss or sir, it was only in secondary. In primary you address them with mr, miss, mrs (insert name).

[@doedelzz]

That is so cute haha ☺️

[@darriendastar3941]

@@taboodorito I think it probably varies from school to school.

[@honorcollins6962]

That’s so cute

[@andybaker2456]

That's hilarious! 😆 All through my school years (primary included), teachers were miss or sir. We did have a couple of teachers at my secondary school who wanted to feel like they were one of the lads and allowed us to use their first names, although I don't think any of us were really comfortable with that. Even now, my school has a Facebook group of which a handful of our teachers are members, and many of us struggle to respond to their comments using their first names, even though we're all now grown adults with families and proper lives of our own! The only difference for me between primary and secondary school was when we referred to teachers amongst ourselves. In primary we'd refer to them as Mr/Mrs/Miss Whoever, but in secondary school we only ever used their surnames.

[@alexarcano]

I've always used the word Dinky to mean something small, I even named my cat Dinky, many, many years ago. So I looked it up. Dinky: attractively small and neat. "a dinky little restaurant"

[@robpaige2376]

Not forgetting that mainstay of British toy companies, Dinky Toys, whose entire product line is of cars etc made at a vastly reduced scale.

[@privateprivate688]

Sth Australian - I always thought dinky is small and cute, or a valued small toy

[@fuzzbox3912]

yep dinky is small and cute

[@ZoeBateman]

With the train one shouting "hold the door" YES. You're absolutely supposed to wait for another train. Don't screw other people over by making them wait just because YOU were late

[@katbryce]

And it is not just the people on that train, it is the people on every train on the line for the rest of the day.

[@esmeraldagreengate4354]

In Australia we have specific words for train drivers that leave the station when they can see you running for the train.

[@OnlyGrafting]

@@esmeraldagreengate4354 legends

[@emberthecatgirl8796]

If it’s an actual train, like, suburban rail that goes twice an hour, then yeah, fine. But the tube? It’s literally 3-5 minutes wait in most cases, for god’s sake!

[@Evie0h]

@@emberthecatgirl8796 that makes a lot of sense for that, that’s fair. Over here you miss the stop and boom, your late for whatever it was by at least 15-30 min if your lucky

[@jessemusker]

the religion thing I find so weird because we literally don't have separation of church and state in the uk, technically every school is Christian unless stated other wise AND YET we don't include religion in our politics ever

[@audreyodonnell166]

In America we don’t always say it’s religious in politics but if you agree with a b and c your a Christian and it can get very polarized

[@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410]

We can be a little theocratic oftentimes

[@rachelcookie321]

How is every school Christian? I went to a state school and religion was never a part of that. My cousin went to a Christian school though and they did like religious studies and worship and stuff.

[@jessemusker]

@@rachelcookie321 unless you went to a specifically atheist school it was technically religious. Only technically though, like in theory every school should have prayer time but it's not enforced at all. I think every school is supposed to have RE in some form though up until like yr 9. This is my point though, despite technically England being a Christian country it's effectively secular which is the opposite of america

[@rachelcookie321]

@@jessemusker I’m wondering what makes the schools Christian though?

[@alexbenjamin9372]

As a brit being called Sir in the US makes me feel incredibly important and fancy, it’s almost unnecessarily polite

[@chelseasmith5169]

When I was working retail and got called ma'am instead of miss I knew there was no going back 😭

[@surpriseitscaz]

@@chelseasmith5169 Yep, I always hate getting called ma'am or madam! It's like, you don't need to call me anything, so please don't remind me how ancient I am. I like when I go home to Glasgow and I might get called 'hen' or 'doll', which are un age-related.

[@a8552bc]

Yeah

[@chelseasmith5169]

@jojofromtx Canada. Men get called Sir, it's generic or there's no identifier typically. There's been a transition I noticed in my son's school as well though. All female teachers are Madam not Miss, Ms and Madam now

[@chelseasmith5169]

@@surpriseitscaz yes! My gran was from Edinburgh. I miss being called pet and sweet all the time. If people were to try that here there would be a massive uproar against terms of endearment

[@heliotropezzz333]

The last time a waiter took away my credit card to a back room, he must have copied it, as the next thing I knew, there was someone buying pizzas on my card in an area I hadn't visited. I knew it must be that restaurant that did the scam, because I'd only used the credit card twice and the other time was in a shop where it never left my sight. Lesson learned. Never let your credit card out of your sight.

[@blargd]

I once headed up a team that worked across both countries one of my English colleagues ended a message with “But hey ho that’s how it goes I guess” I got a complaint about that from his American colleague he was talking too saying it was completely unacceptable to call someone that and it took me a solid few minutes to figure out what the complaint was about before having to try and address it with both of them while trying not to laugh hysterically

[@minecraftmum3436]

Ahahahahaha, I had to read that 4 times to realise what they were on about - then I got it XD

[@robertblokdijk901]

In Dutch.. ho is Stop !

[@heart_beat_s354]

Like there's Santa Claus 🧑‍🎄 in U.S.A during the winter holidays saying/ chuckling "hohohoho". If you're a farmer, or just know your tools, there's a hoe. It's great for a small garden. Plus, it's centuries old.

[@quantisedspace7047]

Read multiple times. Don't get it

[@matthewcron8842]

@@quantisedspace7047the complaint from the American guy was that they thought the English guy was calling somebody a hoe. The English guy meanwhile was just saying a random expression that had nothing to do with what the American thought.

[@DickTruth]

"You know how in England when you finish your dish, you put your silverware a certain way--I don't know what it is..." Ah, the reason your citizenship application was rejected becomes clearer.

[@forforkssake30]

Hahaha i thought the same thing. Error 404 proper etiquette not found

[@lilso8411]

yeah, if you’re done you have to put the cutlery together side by side in a straight line

[@beth12svist]

Same thing in Czechia. Convenient both ways because that way it's easier for the staff to grab off the plate, and they won't attempt to take away your food if you get busy talking with friends but still intend to finish your meal later.

[@martinshepherd8041]

We don't call it Silverware unless you are having dinner with Upper Class Knobs.... To the average Brit it's just called Cutlery

[@X.R.808]

Social Credit 😂

[@e.458]

It's even more convenient when the waiter brings the card reader to your table, like it's done in most countries!

[@shanethomas1202]

I'm starting to think wireless card readers aren't a thing in the usa, like they only have the older reader attached to the register kind??

[@dylangolden30]

@@shanethomas1202 It's a thing, but handhelds are not commonly used. I'm in the business if selling them. Hell, it's difficult enough to get a restaurant owner to upgrade from hand-writing tickets to a POS system, let alone getting them to shell out extra for handheld devices.

[@tohruchan6093]

Aaa... most of the time, the system is wired in place. These places don't even pay their wait staff minimum wage, so paying extra for newer wireless or handheld devices would hurt the profit margin, so most places prefer buying outdated older stuff to stay cheap.

[@jendubay3782]

Many chain restaurants are moving to having a little screen to summon a waiter, order more food, and pay through the screen. So it’s happening, albeit slowly.

[@vickiannmalenga]

Wait...isn't this how everyone does it? I mean I live in Botswana 🇧🇼 and its been that way for years lol they aren't allowed to take your card away!

[@Brookspirit]

The "Miss" thing is probably a leftover from when most female teachers were unmarried. Female nurses and teachers were expected to leave the job when they got married.

[@andrewmcilwraith1997]

He didn't say what they call them in the USA. Ma'am?

[@keeganharris186]

@@andrewmcilwraith1997 miss if they are unmarried or misses if they are married

[@bigboredthing]

The UK is one of the only places I've been where it's feasible to not have a driver's license. I'm unable to drive for medical reasons, so living in the suburbs in the UK and being able to get regular public transport is a lifeline. I don't know how non-drivers manage without it.

[@OnlyGrafting]

Genuinely, it's not too expensive and the busses run everywhere. Even rural you can expect one every half hour.

[@emberthecatgirl8796]

It’s like that in most of European towns and cities, and even with a lot of villages starting to get funds allocated for public transport.

[@Evie0h]

Non drivers (I guess me, just graduated and haven’t got my license yet for eyesight and meds reasons) around me have to rely on the people who do drive and have time. Public transport is awful, and walking is a nightmare, even here in the state capitol area here in CA (plus it’s way to dangerously hot in the summer anyway. Literally a risk to be outdoors some days)

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@Evie0h Time to improve transport then.

[@zigzaglychee7324]

It's barely feasible and depends where you live. Birmingham and London you don't need to drive, public transport in these places is okay. However, I've had to turn down a job interview before when I was in my first year of uni because I had no way to get to the job location (which they unhelpfully didn't disclose til after inviting me for interview). The location was in some random place outside of Birmingham and by public transport would've taken nearly 2 hours and required multiple train and bus changes plus a 20 minute walk, not something that I could easily do for work every single day. By car it would have taken 30 mins. I had another experience recently where my train got cancelled and the replacement bus services were incredibly poor. I had to walk 40 minutes home because the bus services running didn't take me any closer than that. I'd love to be able to rely on public transport, but it doesn't seem feasible anymore. I'm preparing to get a driving license.

[@identifymenot]

One major difference I noticed when living wit Americans was swearing. Americans did swear, but they were horrified at how often the brits would just insert a swear world unnecessarily.

[@Elizabeth-rq1vi]

I would say that North Americans swear just because they have zero imagination.

[@Navajonkee]

@@Elizabeth-rq1vi And Brits swear because they have way too much of it.

[@phoenixcaladrius3538]

I have always admired the sheer size of the British swear word vocabulary. Wish we had more bad words here. It gets awfully repetitive.

[@Steve_Coates]

@@phoenixcaladrius3538 Arabic and Spanish are the best languages I've ever come across for imaginative cursing, Arabic probably wins as as well as offering a huge range of curses it sounds agressive to Europeans where Spanish cursing sounds lyrical.

[@Notmyname1593]

@@Steve_Coates Could they even hold a candle to russian, I wonder.

[@samking7682]

From this video, and as a Brit, I completely understand why your British citizenship test was rejected.

[@serinadelmar6012]

😂

[@Leooel9]

The Tories should use this as 'they can't assimilate' rhetoric instead scapegoating Muslims.

[@marquessman]

HAHAHA

[@DrCartof]

@@serinadelmar6012 you misplaced your brain. Got em

[@serinadelmar6012]

Dragoş err okay thanks for that kind soul, I mean fuck wit.

[@willangel2745]

the most you will ever get in a British cinema is the occasional laugh at a joke, nothing more

[@stephenderry9488]

Followed by an expanding ripple of shushes, which ironically are more annoying than the original disturbance. See also Wimbledon, second serve.

[@user-zp4ge3yp2o]

I once had someone stand up and shout "Extreme takedown!", it was a nearly empty screen though.

[@eh-i1841]

Over here,in England,my local Sansbury’s appeared to be trying out a new approach,to customer/tillperson interactions.They started,actually asking people,going through the till,’what are you doing,for the rest of the day?’,or ‘any plans for the weekend?’.I have never seen so many angry faces,as people activated their bank cards,or heard so much gnashing of teeth.They soon stopped it.

[@Henoik]

American cashiers: "OMG HI HOW ARE YOU TODAY?" British cashiers: "hiuarright" Norwegian Cashiers: *not a word... Maybe they'll ask if you want the receipt if you're unlucky, but otherwise not a word*

[@Navajonkee]

I'm not against a good conversation, but I'm perfectly fine with the "Good day.... tree fiddy please... card or cash? ... goodbye" routine.

[@Henoik]

@@Navajonkee Yeah, over here you're unlucky (or lucky, depending on how you look at it) if the cashier even tells you the amount.. They usually ask if you want a bag, but that's it. It's custom to say goodbye tho, but that's initiated by the customer, not the cashier.

[@lupo3555]

Smiles in introvert.

[@robinwaal-borrebaek6442]

Well, we say hi. And goodbye

[@DNPinthePP]

The fuck? I’ve lived in 4 states and in most of them the cashiers give zero fucks. There are some larger chains that have surveys on the receipts and there’s Chick-fil-a where they act super courteous but for the most part they don’t give a fuck, including walmart

[@SophieStillHasLegs]

Just adding to the pool of British people - I have never thought dinky to mean worthless or of low value! I use it all the time to mean small and cute

[@Redrally]

Same

[@Spookmi]

Yup

[@lordshadow3822]

Same

[@hsnrb9959]

Depends on the context e.g I have heard a British KZbinr review a cosmetic product and say that it was a bit 'dinky' for the high price, meaning it wasn't worth the money

[@Adder_8448]

Yesss

[@MaMastoast]

During my visit to the US, I was consistently uncomfortable with how in-your-face people working in customer service would be.. It's was very weird not being allowed to just enter a store and do my thing without someone basically following me trying to push stuff on me.

[@stephenderry9488]

If you complain about them to the owners, you can probably get them fired for being too overbearing. Because that's how jobs work in the US. You need to be psychic.

[@MaMastoast]

@@stephenderry9488 i just uncomfortably left the establishment

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

@@stephenderry9488 but it’s not their fault they have to act like that. My gripe is with the company, not the workers.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@stephenderry9488 Sadly in many cases they don't get paid a lot, so they basically have to be convincing staff member. Reminds me of when Walmart failed here. All this false friendliness just doesn't sit right with us.

[@SqueamishNerd]

The "How much sugar is added to US food vs UK food" makes me a bit scared. I have a friend who studied in the UK for a while, and she told us that everything in the UK tasted so damn sweet, she told us that UK yogurt tasted like dessert, UK cereals tasted like dessert, and so on. And if that's the case when comparing UK to Sweden, and US is worse than the UK, then I don't want to know how bad it is in the US.

[@nyester100]

I was thinking this- I’m from the uk and always think stuff like cereal (ESPECIALLY something like cheerios) here has way too much sugar in

[@charliefen]

I know we use a lot more natural sugars than other countries, it is why a lot of the US prefer our chocolate to their own, as theirs can taste artificial (especially once you have tried both), so maybe that’s why? We do still have sugary things, but nowhere near as much as the US, especially with the sugar tax here! We are much stricter on what you can and can’t put in foods too.

[@fredbloggs7131]

Have a look at how much sugar is an American can of soda. As much in a can as you would get in a 2L bottle in the UK.

[@clairemcfadyen6815]

@@fredbloggs7131 What ?? There's 8 teaspoons of sugar in a calm ok coke in the UK..... So you're telling me that there's over 30 teaspoons of sugar in a can of coke in the USA? 😮

[@catkin567]

I'm wondering what kind of yogurt your friend had. Plain yogurts are not sweetened but fruit and other flavoured yogurts are sweetemed, because they are a dessert, lol

[@SteltekOne]

The "there's no rush" at restaurants is actually the opposite of what I've experienced: In the US, everybody tries to get you out the door as quickly as possible, because you're costing them money. (They can't earn tips off the next customer if you're still there.) In Europe, staff aren't dependent on customers' tips, so you can sit there all evening and they won't bother you unless you flag them down whenever you are ready to pay and leave.

[@nicholasyong7051]

hahhh the perks of actually sustainable minimum wage and service tax

[@k-leb4671]

What if the restaurant's busy? I've certainly felt pressured to leave in due time at a restaurant in Australia or England, and as an employee I've felt pressured by managers to herd customers out so that more can sit. It's not about the tips in that case - it's about the business itself having more opportunity to sit more customers and receive more money.

[@tinydancer7426]

I'd love to know which restaurant that was and where. When I was frequenting sit down restaurants (pre covid), my modis operandi was to tell the waiter/waitress to bring me my bill immediately so I can pay it ....... that way when I have finished eating, I can leave. They wouldn't do it because ....... if I had an open tab they figured I could order more food ...... no I do not want another appetizer to nibble on while waiting for my entree, no I do not want another beverage, no I do not want dessert (I would have ordered it at the git go) ...... just bring me my damn bill while I am waiting for my food so I can get up and leave when I have finished eating. It was always so damned annoying and frustrating to sit there trying to wave down the waiter to pay the bill ....... and time was ticking and I ad other things I wanted to get to .......LIKE A MOVIE!

[@jelletinny]

@@k-leb4671 I think this is the exact experience the original comment is talking about… I frequently eat out, and every waiter knows that you get better tips if you don’t pester your customers; you’d only do so if your manager directed you to, due to people waiting for tables

[@kaiatherton]

I am a brit, living in the usa. Soooo many times the wait staff will ask us what we want to eat before they have even given us the menu.. or about 30 seconds after.. then all the courses come out at once. and you all but kicked out the second you pay.. ok that's a slight exaggeration for the norm, but it has happened.. What I think is also weird is that when you go to someones house for the first time they always want to give me a tour of their house.. so awkward..

[@EasterWitch]

I am a Scandinavian who lived in England for a year, and I thought shop clerks and servers were way too nice. I had no idea if they were being genuine, doing their job or if they were flirting with me... If they are even friendlier in America I don't think I could handle it!

[@usezasedn]

Same! It took me ages to get used to the level of service in the uk. British people get really defensive when this is brought up though lol

[@WhichDoctor1]

As a brit who spent a year in Sweden it was remarkable how often the cashiers barely even acknowledged my existence 🤣

[@tina.InTheSkyWithDiamonds]

Same! I'm German. Had a huge culture shock in the UK... And I never knew if they were really interested in how my day was or not 😂

[@jaymercer4692]

A lot of these things brought up like the lack of sugar in things and the way we supposedly walk everywhere we’re things I thought were problems about our country. We have way too much sugar jam packed foods and we use our cars a lot, I suppose both of those things are things our country is trying to push to go towards the better but I never thought anywhere could consider us to be successful in this. I guess it’s more of a statement on the obesity crisis and lack of concern for the environment in the US than anything.

[@AlienValkyrie]

Based on this as well as your channel name, I presume you're Finnish?

[@cecilialeitet2794]

Im from Scandinavia and Im with the brits on the whole ”butter on bread” thing. First thing that goes on the bread when making a sandwich is butter.

[@EleonorS]

Obviously!

[@stephenderry9488]

We Brits are absolutely fastidious about the rule that bread MUST be buttered. The surprising thing is how flexible we are about the definition of butter, to the extent that a product that explicitly states in its name that it is (unbelievably) NOT butter, nevertheless counts as butter.

[@hermitdryad]

This had me laughing so hard, as a brit I can confirm that all the things you said we wouldn't say, i say. Dinky definitely means cute, bread without butter is just dry and weird and I am 100% antisocial 😂

[@JasperCasper24]

I genuinely feel bad for the blind in the US, and others who cannot drive like myself, because it sounds like you’d be completely stranded if you don’t live in a city

[@heroslippy6666]

Yeah the whole needing a car thing is a massive headache. Buses in suburban areas do not cover much area, and sidewalks can be worse kept than streets.

[@hikaru9624]

Speaking as someone who lives in the fairly remote highland countryside I can semi confirm this. I was stuck during winter this year and later had no car for over a month (it was at the garage for repairs and mot). It was a headache to rely on others! I can’t get over how helpful my neighbours were but still, it felt like I was a bother. And I still hate myself for actually needing to order food from Tesco instead of actually driving to their shop. I guess I’m just stubborn that way but I prefer to be able to drive to where I need.

[@helenl3193]

Also US money is harder too - all their bills are the same size, whereas British pound notes vary depending on the denominations. A small detail but a very helpful one! :)

[@Stettafire]

@@helenl3193 Our new notes also have braille now too

[@withinsanityy]

@@Stettafire That's awesome. The US is very resistant to change like that, even if it's obviously good for inclusion

[@lydiacc]

As a brit, I would definitely say dinky as something very small and cute, in a positive way. Don’t think I’d ever associate it negatively unless it was seen as patronising somehow.

[@faerie5926]

Same- that's the only way I've ever heard it used, but its weird because I'm from the US. The whole negative meaning is news to me tbh-

[@srijulakhotha7247]

I'm Aussie, Lydia, and it means exactly the same here - small and cute. I have never heard of it meaning worthless.

[@Kingdom_Of_Dreams]

I use it as an endearing term for old run down things that are still running strong, like an old lemon car. I find lemon cars kinda fun. Not cute necessarily, but endearing in some way, like I appreciate that they are kept in good enough shape to run.

[@ruthwhittemore7255]

Huh! I've always heard it used in a kind of derogatory way in the US

[@sjs9698]

yup. small & cute.

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

Nope I realize this is a year late but Evan, after having moved from America to the UK, I went home for a visit and my family TRIED TO MAKE ME TEA IN A MICROWAVE. I blushed at the barbarity, but this has indeed happened. And if it happened to me, I feel sadly sure it has happened to others.

[@reneearwen]

As an Aussie, I always use the "watch out for the drop bears" line on foreigners. It's part of our culture to screw with travellers, just an unspoken rule!

[@Ouchiness]

As an American I am terrified of drop bears & will never stop being afraid of them

[@dodgyyeti532]

I've lost count of how many non-Australians I have informed about drop bears. :) My daughter has educated some people too

[@stephenderry9488]

I would be surprised and delighted if a koala fell out of a tree my arms. Although in fairness I'd probably split my sides laughing if it missed.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I wouldn't even mind. But then, I'm in on the joke. I would just respond that I want to know if they have some in a zoo nearby. Or I just ask about the emu war and if drop bears would be a solution.

[@pollyparrot8759]

As a Scot I enjoy telling tourists about the haggis hunting ... with embellishments of course.

[@Dutchandfrench]

People in America were mindblown when my parents said that they let me walk to elementary school on my own. They couldn't fathom a child being able to get to school without an adult driving them.

[@lordshadow3822]

Fun fact when I was about 9/10 I used to walk to school on my own here in the UK which was the norm. This was before mobile phones and what not... I can't imagine letting my kid do that now without a phone.

[@TheDolphace]

I tried to tell Americans this and they accused my parents of neglect... Like, no

[@flappetyflippers]

I would walk with my parents until year 6 for safety reasons but yes exactly!

[@charlotterogan5590]

I used to walk to school on my own from the age of about 7. But it was the 90's!

[@marisadaniela6]

For real? We always walked to school in Michigan. In kindy, your parent usually walks you for a bit until you get the hang of it.

[@CB-jh1pt]

Yes I would use the word “dinky” as ‘cute and small’, and never knew it could mean ‘cheap’.

[@reaganharder1480]

Yeah, I'm Canadian, which is culturally pretty close to America, and around here Dinky is somewhat insulting. Not like a swear word, but to call something dinky... it typically implies that it's either too small to do the task well, or it's small and also low quality.

[@CB-jh1pt]

@@reaganharder1480 I had no idea! It’s more of an endearing thing to say about something that’s small and cute. Usually synonyms with ‘precious’.

[@reaganharder1480]

@@CB-jh1pt in some cases it can be somewhat endearing, but in the way that something stupid would be adored.

[@CB-jh1pt]

@@reaganharder1480 haha I know what you mean, but still can’t believe it’d be insulting! It’s a word I’d use rarely, but I’ll hopefully remember not to use it to offend people from your end of the world!!

[@reaganharder1480]

@@CB-jh1pt and if you do, most people are pretty understanding of "where I come from..." so a quick explanation oughtta smooth it over.

[@Jkeb19]

The customer service thing is why I always hate going into shops like JD sports. The staff give you about a second to look around before they come over and ask if you're looking for anything, I'm perfectly capable of looking around by myself thanks.

[@hesterclapp9717]

10:45 1) You don't hold up everyone else on the train 2) You don't cause unnecessary component stress on the doors 3) There'll be another one in 3 minutes

[@amberkelly3187]

“Wouldn’t that be nice in a fictitious world where I actually want you at my house.” Is so exactly how I feel about company, I feel seen.

[@EvanSawyer4]

I know right? All this time I thought I was introverted when I was actually just British the whole time (sans the nationality and accent... and ethnicity...).

[@ShelbyGTMustang60]

A family friend and I have been saying "you should come over sometime" to each other for about the past decade and we still haven't been to each other's houses 😂🤦‍♀️

[@dusansekulic7532]

Nice pfp

[@Haslerka1251]

Works the same for me, and I'm Czech. I need prep to clean up the house for a visitor, and make snacks - i don't keep my home in a perpetual state of readiness for people, and it sounds very stressful to always be expecting guests without prior notice.

[@coffeemug1012]

today i learned: Americans can eat bread without butter today i also learned: im scared of americians

[@KingKayro87]

Today I learned: Brits can eat sandwiches with bread on them no matter what else is on them I also learned: I am disgusted

[@rechaljones2447]

If it is a piece of bread then we put it in the toaster and eat it with butter. Ya know toast. If it’s a sandwich we eat it with mayonnaise like normal people. Who in the world eats sandwhiches with butter and not mayonnaise that’s just so weird to me. Americans don’t just eat bread plain without butter. That would be really weird too. We just don’t use butter as the “sauce” for every type of food. No one here eats bread plain without butter. We just use mayonnaise for sandwiches. And catchup for burgers.

[@KingKayro87]

@@rechaljones2447 I don't like mayonnaise either, but I do tend to spread Peanut Butter and Marshmallow Fluff on my breads and eat like that (like a PBJ but I don't like jelly either). Either that or I just eat the bread with ham and cheese, most likely provolone. I don't put sauce of any kind, and I especially don't put butter on my sandwiches.

[@rechaljones2447]

@@KingKayro87 marshmallow fluff is the best! But I don’t get how you can eat a sandwich with just bread and cheese and ham just because it’s really dry like that and kind of hard to eat, but if you don’t like mayonnaise then I don’t know what an alternative could be so keep on eating those dry sandwhiches cause at least you’re not eating them with butter😉

[@nightfox380]

@@rechaljones2447 sounds like you just need to buy better bread

[@DodgeThatAttack]

I love how he describes someone stealing your credit card as something completely normal

[@miaschu8175]

I'm surprised that venerating the flag isn't on there. I'm a teacher and I was concerned that flags really were going to be introduced into British classrooms (as recently suggested). I abhor indoctrination.

[@siranoush6999]

Well, that's because Johnson basically wants to be a US president in the UK. Also yes, I find that so weird too! Especially the way Americans all have to put their hand on their chest! Always makes me giggle! Also the way many Americans seem to be very sensitive to any perceived disrespect to any given physical US flag - if I saw a UK flag being burned, my first concern would be for the amount of CO2 the fire's putting into the atmosphere.

[@rosiefay7283]

We do respect flags. A civic building such as a town hall might well have a flag flying -- or perhaps even more. But the government doesn't force us to fly the nation's flag everywhere. This isn't Nazi Germany or North Korea.

[@andrewmcilwraith1997]

Yes - this is one way where America is like Russia. It seems like Ruritania to me, i.e. (they'll hate that!) that you don't have confidence in your country, so you have to reinforce it all the time. Russia and USA are so similar. They should get a room!

[@DadgeCity]

There's still plenty of indoctrination in UK classrooms, it's just more subtle.

[@lordshadow3822]

The reason why credit/debit card being taken away is shocking is due to the fact you can clone cards. You should never lose sight of your card.

[@noahluppe]

And that's why everybody else uses chip & pin. Or its RFID / NFC counterpart. In germany i never encountered a magnet stripe transaction.

[@gazerockerzavii]

Or they could just simply take the card details on a piece of paper, take a photo of it etc. I used to work in a hotel restaurant in the uk (i am not from here) and when i took away a card on my first shift, my manager was mortified...

[@ellieellison1569]

Yeah it's to do with card cloning. When I worked in restaurants it was standard practice that you didn't even touch the customer's card, let alone take it out of their eyeline - present them with the card machine, they do their thing, they take their card back, you hand them the receipt, no opportunity to clone anything.

[@leokupperman7320]

The credit card company is on the hook if your card is cloned though, not you.

[@ApequH]

Yes! I'm not from the UK but it's shocking to me too! I'm not giving my card to a stranger

[@airohwalker2478]

The idea of a gun show is legitimately terrifying to me. I’ve never actually seen a functioning gun ever and I can’t really fathom the idea of being around people just casually walking around with machine guns or bags of amo and feeling safe

[@airohwalker2478]

(I’m not American)

[@Ruthavecflute]

Sounds horrifying to me as well (British)

[@theramentumbleweed2523]

American here. I'm used to guns. You have to understand, we have massive rural areas out here, where a gun is nessacary for protection. Some people live over an two hours away from the closest larger town, sooo, yeah.

[@airohwalker2478]

@@theramentumbleweed2523 I grew up in rural Canada which is a similar situation. I’ve met people who hunt and own a gun. I still don’t a gun is necessary to just living in rural areas. Even if people felt that way, to have so many people wandering around treating firearms so casually at a gun show is freaky

[@dotrain4561]

I've seen a working gun three times in the UK: armed police at Gatwick, armed police in Brighton, and those dudes outside the Turkish embassy with rifles who I assume weren't the Met. Each time has been incredibly unnerving.

[@jellysharkbat]

As someone who works in customer service, I really wish we had the British approach to customer service! At least then I'd be able to sit down... You guys have NO IDEA how great that privilege is.

[@gabbycaseykeegan8748]

I work in a bar/night club in Ireland and we would address and older man as 'sir' or a group as 'gentlemen' and then younger men are addressed as 'lad/lads". Works differently with women, regardless of age, all women are 'ladies'.

[@SophiaKuhlman10020]

My husband gets mad when I refer to my cats as "sir." Mostly just "hello, sir." and now my toddler says it, too In her little voice "hi, sir" ^.^

[@anisah6089]

Omg that is adorable (!)

[@magicallydelicious1673]

I call my cat “Little man” lol

[@faerie5926]

Lol I call my cat Mr. Kitty sometimes-

[@JCHK.]

I would love to see a video of this!

[@dollymadison2397]

SO ADORABLE!!

[@Dylanm94]

"I didn't even know there's sugar in Cheerios" that's the most American thing I've ever heard. If you eat a bowl of Cheerios in Europe, and you're not a kid, they may try to help you to the hospital.

[@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410]

oh by god it is, lol. There's sugar in literally everything here (as it increases profits and there is nothing stopping large corporations from doing so)

[@Attackontrashcan]

@@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410 and sugar is more addictive than drugs but is perfectly legal to put in food

[@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410]

@@Attackontrashcan exactly

[@mrlurious949]

Yeah but I don’t understand how people can eat cheerio’s everyday, I’m American yeah I have unhealthy cheerio’s but I don’t eat it everyday/hour’s it make’s my inside feel unhealthy disgusting etc. But the difference is that the U.S. has different options and variety, we can go to McDonald’s to Wendy’s what’s the difference well different ingredients but they are the same in everything.

[@justcogitating]

American Cheerios (the plain Cheerios, not the special flavors) have only one gram of sugar per bowl.

[@abbieth3gamer]

The peace sign thing actually has an interesting history here in the Uk, so when you do it the wrong way round, it’s seen as swearing because like, ages ago when we used to fight with bows and arrows, archers used to do the wrong way peace symbol, effectively telling the people they were at war with that they still have their fingers, because when archers were caught, they would have their fingers chopped off so they couldn’t string the bow and arrow, you are welcome for this history lesson

[@greendogg83]

This is a myth, never happened, the British v which basically means "get fucked" sadly does not go back far enough for this origin story to stand up to any scrutiny, although it is a cool story nonetheless. Sorry abs, not trying to be a cunt

[@matthewmarsh9760]

Thank you

[@hypsyzygy506]

The 'V Sign', colloquially used as 'giving the Vees', is the 'Fu** Off' version, popularised during WW2 by Winston Churchill (some people say he used the palm-forward 'peace' version but the photo I've seen is fairly obviously the back-of-the-hand-forward version). It fitted with the V-for-Victory theme, which also included the opening of Beethoven's 5th Symphony (Morse code for V is ..._ ) as the call sign of London radio broadcast to occupied Europe. The roman number 5 also happens to be V .

[@thomashassall96]

Another fun fact - hangover came from old English landlords hanging a line out the back of the pub for customers too drunk to walk home... they'd pay a small fee to sleep hanging over the line and woke up "hungover"!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@skilletborne]

Fun fact! That's an urban legend - plausible, but most likely bunkum. The legend is that it was either done before, or after the British victory at the battle of Agincourt to goad the French but there are literally no documents that support it. None. The first recorded use of it was in 1901 and it's always been considered vulgar which suggests a sexual meaning, not the anti-french thing.

[@lordylou1]

Yeah, the Christmas thing (or any decoration to celebrate seasons). I'm British and a few years ago lived opposite the entrance to a cul-de-sac whose residents went all out with Christmas decorations outside. Not only did the decorations mock my bah humbug attitude to Christmas in their jollity, but the lights flashed all night - even through my firming closed curtains, and the hoards of people ooing and ahhing at them every time night tell was excruciating.

[@saradaemiir9990]

I live in Scotland and we LOVE good customer service, we just hate being hounded and given a routine. They have to actually be nice and helpful, not cheesy and pushy. Worked with a few Americans and they ham it up waaaay too much, it seems fake and upselly.

[@coralovesnature]

As an American, that’s because it often is fake and upselly, lol. If you aren’t extra, over-the-top nice, people will assume you are rude or don’t like them.

[@Akane1313]

@@coralovesnature Absolutely! At my job, it’s common for a customer to be upset and even write a bad review if we don’t greet them when they walk in the store. Once I said hello to a lady when she walked in and she didn’t notice but then had the nerve to complain at the checkout counter that no one greeted her when she came in.

[@joshuawright4198]

@@Akane1313 Prople complain about that how that's not their job

[@psychomanatee3459]

@@coralovesnature yessss, we do it as a survival technique against the Karens

[@jessicac8090]

That’s cause it is fake and the only reason they do it is cause the manager/owner hounded them to in order to get paid. But I prefer it over the pissed off mcdonalds worker that grunts whenever I ask for a straw cause they forgot to give it to me in the first place and then gets even more annoyed because they are even there. Or the grocery worker that slowly scans items because they can’t be bothered to be more efficient and then give attitude because the chip reader is being stupid and- OH GOD I HATE GOING OUTSIDE

[@laneymoyers9393]

“Wouldn’t that be nice in a fictitious world where I actually wanted you at my house” disarmed and killed me

[@dzejms88]

The whole restaurant thing in the States is some completely next level bizarre experience. We've been to one last week with my wife and the waitress said we have two hours limited time even though we were sitting outside (it's all about money probably but it seems rude to me they remind that to their wanna be customers). Next thing is compulsory water with ice (maybe I don't even want it!) that they will keep refilling all the time (then I feel like I need to finish it no matter what just so it won't go to waste). Checking on us like five times asking if we are good meanwhile interrupting our chat seems to be standard in the us and some weird form of subliminal aggressive salesmanship (just leave me alone with my meal/beer!). Then my wife considered rude ordering only a beer in a restaurant so we got some food and that approach was also new to me (but maybe it just her thing). Add to it compulsive tipping (20-25% even!?) and doing math on the bill including the tip in final amount that you have to sum up and write down and sign it (like how the fuck is that convenience?) plus letting the waiter go somewhere with your credit card and do God knows what to it instead of coming over to your table with a terminal. Thought going out is nicer in the States honestly

[@noreenaa7512]

Its because waiters/waitresses aren't paid livable wage here and rely on tips for the majority of their income. I always tip AT LEAST 20% if its an actual meal, and if they were bitchy then 10% because even bitchy people need to eat.

[@magicofshootingstar5825]

"The visiting someone when they ask you to visit" was interesting. I'm from northern Europe and it is usually thought here that people from USA are inviting people everywhere without really wanting them to come. 😃😅😂 When my husband was exchange student he said that after third invite to somewhere one could be pretty sure the invite was genuine. Lot of others have same experience too.

[@lillyevans5824]

As an Australian person it’s fun seeing all the stuff we borrowed from both of you

[@74angelwing]

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[@difeth_]

Yo I’m an Aussie too and it’s so weird lmaoo

[@sammyanthajane]

Same with kiwis 🤣

[@eddieboy8619]

Same I but also we're a LOT more British than American so I kinda side with the Brits on things

[@salmayoussif6869]

Yeah, as an Egyptian it’s interesting seeing how both the US and the UK have affected Egypt. Especially being Egyptian American, it’s fun seeing how much of each country I can relate to.

[@MadCupcake38]

Dinky in the UK means something small, cute, teeny in size. In Scotland we'd maybe say wee like "I only take a wee bit of milk in my tea"

[@raesnothome]

"I only take a dinky bit of milk in my tea" I didn't see the issue before but, I can see why this guy thought it was strange now to use the word dinky

[@hellothereh3539]

I’m from England and I have never heard someone say dinky, in my tea obsessed house people just say a bit of milk or if it’s my dad doing his dad act of being posh he will say “oh yes dear put a splash of milk in”

[@Pouchey2]

I would personally never use dinky in reference to an amount of something but I often use it in reference to small size (like a model of something)

[@AYoutubeAccountName]

I always thought it came from dinky toys. Kinda like a predecessor to hot wheels. I've used it

[@Pouchey2]

@@AKZbinAccountName I did wonder if that's where it came from. That's the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the word dinky.

[@mothiurNCL]

Love the fact you're almost acclimatised to the British culture... The tube train being held open and being mortified was the clincher.

[@enjoyslearningandtravel7957]

Actually, I find it nicer when the waiters don’t bother you early for the bill because when I go out to restaurant I’m trying to talk and eat leisurely with my friends or relatives. In America they bother you and seem to rush you but in England and Europe they leave you alone to eat your meal and talk to your friends and relatives, you do have to flag them down sometimes but I’d rather have that than being rushed because my purpose of going out is a leisurely meal.

[@azwepay]

As a middle aged American that admittedly has not done any world travelling, I have to say world meal times are very odd to me. I took my wife out for a birthday dinner and had as lavish a meal as ever for 2 and we were not there 90 minutes start to finish. The longest I have ever sat at a dinner with a group is maybe 2 hours. That felt like the end of the world. What are all of you guys doing at dinner for hours and hours? I don't want to take that kind of time to eat...it always baffles me. Eating leisurely is about 45 minutes to an hour for dinner I can't see where my meals would take longer unless the server ignored me or purposely slowed the food down. Once I have had a salad I expect the main course in about 10 minutes more...much more time passes and I start to think there is a problem. Once I have finished my meal, I pay and leave. Uncultured I guess, I will blame being 2 generations removed from US Farmers. Dinner is 5pm, done by 7pm, bed by 10 kind of timing I grew up with

[@deanastasya]

not from the UK, i'm Russian, moved to the US, a small southern town... please stop smiling at me. I don't know how to smile back. Im so scared. I don't know you don't greet me i'm gonna cry please what are you doing this isn't supposed to be a social interaction and don't suggest i keep my shoes on in the house, if i do i'll combust, let me take em off in peace stop convincing me that it's fine

[@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410]

In the South everything is a social interaction, it's insane. People just randomly talk to people on the street and I'm like ... I don't know you why are you speaking to me

[@chickinnuggit2615]

Huh, do you go naked around your roommates I’m confused? Who cares how you dress in your home?

[@deanastasya]

@@chickinnuggit2615 what

[@AD-gb3xd]

@@chickinnuggit2615 in the US, some people don't take off their shoes in their house and tell visitors that they can do the same. Some find this weird. We are not tell people what to wear in houses on the street.

[@AD-gb3xd]

@@deanastasya they misinterpreted you.

[@matenaka146]

We have knighted peoples in the UK, maybe thats why "sir" isnt used as much generally. It's like calling someone who isnt the queen "your majesty" Just to say. It does happen and English kids call their teachers sir. I just don't see it as often as I see Americans use it. I work with Americans and they call me sir and I feel very uncomfortable about it. Their UK counterparts normally just insult me as a greeting and I feel much more at ease

[@Kingdom_Of_Dreams]

You can't compare knights to royalty, but I can see what you mean.

[@pollyparrot8759]

That's a good point, I never thought of it like that.

[@brittlekneesmgee3674]

Fun fact that's illegal in the US we actually have a rule in the constitution stating that you aren't allowed to have titles of nobility including being knighted

[@sjs9698]

@@Kingdom_Of_Dreams you kinda can: that fact is it's a term with a specific status attatched which you don't have. sure, one's hereditary & one's not but... you'd not call anyone 'your majesty' or 'my lord' without it coming off as a bit odd, perhaps a joke perhaps sarcastic. sir is the same. y'all are a knight. or not. & ofc almost everyone is not.

[@MartijnPennings]

I'm genuinely a bit confused. What do British people use instead of Sir when speaking to a man?

[@kp12_art]

The only non silent cinema experience I had was when I went to see Yesterday & EVERYONE was singing along & (SPOILERS) gasped when John Lennon appeared on screen (SPOILERS OVER) & it felt like being at the theatre rather than the cinema. It was really nice. It wasn’t annoyingly loud, it felt like a bonding experience. No one was yelling or anything, we literally just all enjoyed the movie as one 🤷‍♀️ I really loved it. Can’t imagine every movie being more extreme than that though, that sounds uncomfortable. Yesterday may have just been an exception because it was about The Beatles & everyone already liked it before watching it? 😂

[@rosiefay7283]

10:23 Yes, absolutely, wait for the next one. There's a display above the platform giving you the expected times to wait for the next few trains. Unless it is really late at night or a Sunday, these times will be only a couple of minutes. Isn't this similar in metro systems in US cities?

[@mergesviz]

No. Only in the massive ones like NYC. Most of US has little to no public transit, and if you’re relying on it, it could be another 10+ minutes before another anything comes around if you miss your bus (trains really aren’t much of thing out here). If you’re outside a big city, you have to have a car to carry out your life.

[@jijitters]

Definitely not! Even with the regular busses in my area, that run on a consistent schedule, that "schedule" will probably be once an hour. There are probably a few exceptions for the most popular short routes, but certainly not any longer ones. Missing the bus means you've missed whatever appointment you're trying to get to lol

[@glrreid96]

I think there's a difference between "good" customer service and fake customer service. I think in the UK we feel that if you're being nice you want something and it must be fake. Also I personally feel more awkward if someone is super attentive in a shop, especially if I'm only looking without planning to buy. I don't want to be spoken to!

[@hannahk1306]

Definitely if a shop assistant is overattentive I feel like they're trying to pressure me into buying (which just makes me leave without buying anything)

[@claiirity]

customer service in lush gets me every time like just leave me alone just wanna look at some bath bombs

[@flappetyflippers]

I hate the: "do you want a bag, do you have a loyalty card, can I offer you this, oh let me help you out" like no just let me buy my damn teabags and leave

[@turtlescanfly7]

In the US it’s pretty standard that someone might greet you when you walk into a smaller shop and they usually ask if there’s anything they can help you find. When I don’t want to be bothered I just say something like “no thanks I’m just browsing” and they leave you alone. It is RARE that an employee will be overly attentive and follow you around the store. It’s happened to me maybe once in my life and I totally agree it’s soooo uncomfortable. Like even in Lush this has never happened to me

[@Iron_Stigmata]

As a person now working in retail I hate doing it to people. When we get told to interact with customers over the headset I cringe into myself and want to disappear. I'm very socially anxious, and knowing it's likely the exact opposite of what both of us would want in that situation is just painful to me 😭.

[@hushRD]

“You can make yourself at home” means “you can sit on the settee if you like”

[@ApequH]

When I say our equivalent of "make yourself at home" you can go ahead and get yourself a drink (you should still ask before going into the fridge)

[@serenityinside1]

@@ApequH😯… too informal !

[@katehobbs2008]

I worked for one of the world’s biggest companies, the US managing director’s name was Dick Holder. We got a helluva laugh out of that in the goldfields of Western Australia when he visited the site.

[@laurieo1933]

Yes, dinky means cute! Meeting somebody's small child for the first time, 100% OK to call them dinky imo

[@dominadors4795]

Hi Evan. I am a teacher ( History and English). The " Miss" thing actually comes from History. Female teachers were required to be unmarried and therefore were always called "Miss". It stuck, and now Miss is used in almost evety school unless the student is using their full name. Sometimes schools try to switch it to " Ma'am", but when our headteacher tried that it made lot's of us feel uncomfortable and it was switched back 😆🤣 Being called Miss keeps you young.

[@lordshadow3822]

If we called our teacher Miss instead of her actual title of Mrs in school, they would make a point to correct us. I didn't think calling every female teacher Miss was a thing. Now I know.

[@dominadors4795]

@@lordshadow3822 mostly in Secondary schools. Every school I have worked at I have been called Miss. Some teachers correct the kids but honestly its sometimes better to just respond to Miss than watch a teen trying to remember your full name when you are the sixth teacher they have seen that day and they honestly don't care. I got shit to do 😆

[@janetgraham-russell4476]

Excuse me, missus, doesn't sound respectful enough. I dont know why.

[@lordshadow3822]

@@dominadors4795 haha fair enough

[@robertgronewold3326]

I was always taught to say 'Mizz'. The 'z' sound sort of implied between married and unmarried. But actually, a lot of my female teachers would specify their marital status and we addressed them accordingly.

[@adamsbja]

I had one time (in the US) where I had to get someone's attention and called them "ma'am". They angrily responded "I'm not old enough to be a ma'am." Look, where I'm from calling anyone "miss" who's over 12 is derogatory, "hey lady" is worse, and I don't know you. Do you want the wallet you dropped or not?

[@J75Pootle]

As a brit, I would just say "excuse me, is this your wallet?"

[@KikiKagePro]

It's funny, because calling people "ma'am" in the Southern states is actually totally normal. But as you go more North and West, people start taking it as an insult to their age.

[@96iceshell]

We'd usually go with an 'excuse me' or if that doesn't work just follow them and say 'sorry' until we have their attention. I found it very disconcerting when I went to the States at 20 and people were calling me ma'am because that's what you'd call the Queen

[@adamsbja]

@@96iceshell In America we're more likely to meet a different sort of queen. And I'd call them ma'am as well.

[@sarahgreen1029]

How interesting! I'm from a southern state and if you don't say sir or ma'am It's considered rude. Customers at work always call me ma'am even though I'm 20 and they're usually older.

[@TheBlackKnight1o1]

8:01 I've always done the backwards peace sign, it wasn't until one of my coworkers told me that it was a rude hand gesture in the UK that I ever realized it.

[@kiedragerl8119]

From being in the US for years and having lived in South Korea for years I miss public transportation and being able to walk everywhere. Also, the portion sizes are a serious problem.

[@seb8696]

Maybe this was just my experience but “Sir” was only used to address teachers in secondary / high school. In primary school we would just address the teachers with Mr / Miss / Mrs followed by their surname

[@MrSpruce]

Yup, that was my experience too.

[@catrinnowaczek9692]

We would call my yr 11 math teacher Grav (short version of his name) but all the other teachers would be sir/miss even married

[@lucie4185]

I guess it depends on the school and the teacher.

[@catrinnowaczek9692]

@@lucie4185 we’d call a lot of the office staff by their first name

[@AlwaysLaura1]

I think it depends on the school, in my high school we used used their surnames eg. Mr Anderson, Miss/Mrs Wilson. Some teachers would let you use their first names but generally that was when you were in you final years (S5, S6) and had been studying the subject for a long a few years.

[@OriOfTangleWood]

The weirdest part for me about Sir and Miss for school teachers in the UK is how they replace their actual names. It is not just, "Miss, can you help me?" or "I don't understand, Sir"... It is also, "But Miss said I could!" And "Sir is acting well strange today."

[@lizcollinson2692]

What I find hysterical was when I went to 6th form one of our teachers wanted us to call her by her first name, we refused. In no other area of my life would I call someone by thier title and surname. Note I don't work in customer facing job.

[@laurabennett825]

What I loved when I was working in a secondary school is that there could be three female adults in the room, but when a student said 'Miss', we would usually know which one they meant.

[@Stettafire]

Even in college and uni. We didn't call professors "professor" we called then Nigel, George, Neil, Claire etc

[@tjl9458]

@@Stettafire That's funny to me as a Canadian. At my university, undergrads all called their professor as either Professor last name, or Doctor last name. It was only in grad school that you switched to first names. Even as a grad student, when talking to the students, I was always careful to refer to the professor the same way they would, lest they get the idea they could do it. Which made me very thankful for the grad student bar so we'd have a quiet place to drink away from the undergrads (and was also a nice place to do some marking while having a pint).

[@JOCoStudio1]

@@lizcollinson2692 Huh, I found it so refreshing that we didn't need to stick to that sir/miss crap anymore. Each to there own, I guess.

[@johnking6624]

In the UK we call an eraser a rubber. A friend of mine was doing pencil sketches and went into the hotel reception and asked if they had a rubber. He nearly got thrown out! The receptionist didn't like being asked if she had got a condom.

[@joshuarizalforeman816]

I am a Brit who lives in the Philippines and on numerous occasions I've come downstairs to find a random stranger - usually one of my wife's relatives - rooting around in my fridge. I also say 'dinky' and drink alcohol during the day.

[@TaraSinead]

When Americans say that they are really good at something- e.g “I’m a really good runner “ even if you were the current 10x world record holder in England you would describe yourself as “alright”

[@tanah6962]

Lol so true! I remember in uni I was talking with someone and she said "yeah I sing pretty decent" but she was able to belt out Mariah Carey notes 😂 I think it's a bri ish thing to just downplay your strengths

[@runway5338]

Interesting. Where I’m at, it’s also common for the person to downplay their skills. It’s their friends and family who usually hype them up. If the person talks about how good they are, it’s seen as bragging and is kind of an eye-rolling behavior 😆 so I don’t think all Americans say that, at least not where I’m at.

[@locustboy8448]

@@runway5338 this happens a lot where I’m at in Canada too, to the point where it’s annoying sometimes. If you’re actually good at something, don’t brag. But don’t flat out lie and say you suck. There’s a sweetspot middle ground there.

[@jackmayor3574]

Eh I'd say it's polite not to brag in America too, we'd usually describe our strengths with "alright" "decent" "okay"

[@Grace-md8dv]

@@locustboy8448 that's completely correct and it actually stresses me out sometimes becuz I don't know whether to say I'm good or not because I don't know how other people perceive my skills 😅

[@elladerport2389]

Dinky has always been small and cute for me. As a Brit, I would definitely say that dinky is used to describe something like a charm or a mini piano (dont ask).

[@cantstopbeatnov9512]

In America ‘dinky’ is DEFINITELY derogatory no matter which way you use it…doesn’t matter if you’re saying it’s small or of low quality, either way it’s almost always an insult.

[@simonpowell2559]

Not sure if it's just a coincidence but when I was a kid, in England, you would get miniature cars from a company called Dinky. Dinky cars..."Dinky" was used for anything small.

[@siranoush6999]

Yeah, we have a small cat (2.5kg), who we refer to as our 'dinky little girl'. It's actually quite a term of endearment. Contrast this with the American use of the term 'quaint', which is negatively aspected and means small, archaic, and backwards in BE, but appears to be positively aspected in AE, at least the way all the tourists around Plymouth and Bristol use it.

[@Floey19]

A small little dog - awh dinky dog 🐶

[@celestialgirl7538]

Brit here and everyone calls my 6 month old daughter who is on the smaller side a little dink because she’s tiny in comparison to babies her age, definitely means small and/or cute here

[@waifyandrogyne]

The purpose of butter on a sandwich is to create a barrier between the bread and the filling to prevent oils and juices from soaking into the bread and making it soggy

[@barrys1694]

Also he might be surprised to learn that restaurant and burger chains butter the bread before toasting. I don't know of anywhere in the US or EU than doesn't do this. I know the US burger chains use a roller to get the butter on the bread so you might not notice if you were looking for someone with a knife buttering bread lol

[@flappetyflippers]

Plus if the filling is warm you get lovely melted butter!

[@robertgronewold3326]

Then eat it quicker. lol

[@KBinturong]

That’s the point of putting pesto or ketchup, that the bread soak the sauce so that it’s not that dry and tasty

[@flappetyflippers]

@@KBinturong No. No. No. No. No. No. Not ketchup. Pesto is fine I guess... But no.

[@user-up5rv4zk3e]

I was on a flight where everyone cheered when the plane landed. It was Turkish Airlines (to England), the lights kept going off, the plane creaked and jerked and we were all glad to be alive still.

[@AggressiveHooting]

4:09 I’m in Canada and while watching No Way Home in cinema and the big reveals happened everyone literally everyone cheered

[@knightofni1192]

Let me just say as a British person that being able to call your teacher Sir or Miss is damn useful. You dont have to remember anyone's name or marital status its actually damn convenient

[@christopherwatts134]

Ikr, I'm in college and now I have to remember teachers names and it's a pain

[@rayh.8456]

American, I remember calling my teacher ma'am once to get her attention because I forgot her name in like the first week, and she was so offended... never understood why that was such a faux pas.

[@Roslyngal]

In Australia it’s normally Miss + surname, Mr + surname. Everytime. Whether in person or in third person. So no advantage memory-wise! It was so fun being in a Swiss high school for a while, where everyone was on a first-name basis, even the principal and Board members.

[@Sentariana]

@@rayh.8456 Might be because you implied she was an old woman? I have seen other commenters saying ma'am can be taken that way.

[@Rebecca-vd4ww]

Ugh yeah! Like why do some people expect us to remember dozens of random adults’ marital statuses. That’s so weird. I love being able to use Miss and Sir for everyone lmao

[@grasshopper1292]

As a brit, yeah dinky just means small and cute. Really is almost always a compliment. Would never have known it was a bad thing in America

[@ironbacon]

It isn't necessary bad but it generally implies insignificance

[@dianemiles2720]

As someone from Missouri, I would be insulted if someone called my things dinky. It means cheap and off-brand or even broken here. It means it will break easy. But I call my dogs spunky all the time.

[@harmonicaveronica]

Here it's more small and low quality and is kind of insulting. Either "cute little" or "teeny" (sometimes "teeny tiny") are a lot closer in meaning - "what a cute little puppy!" or "look at those teeny flowers!"

[@grasshopper1292]

@@dianemiles2720 lol that immediately makes me think your dog humps everything 😅 So funny how these all mean different things 🤣

[@grasshopper1292]

@@harmonicaveronica interesting, see teeny flowers sounds insulting to me. Dinky could be insulting here if you're describing something that shouldn't be small and cute, but cute and small sound more insulting than dinky to my British ears. Like a dinky house makes me think of a small, starter home that's really cosy. If I called it cute or small, it sounds like I hate it but am trying to be polite 🤣🤣

[@thornprick2645]

(American, New York, my great grandmother from Ireland famously always let people stay in her house when she moved to the US and that kind of hospitality is something I find my family still values a lot.) See I won't say "make yourself at home" unless I mean it. However I often do say it. I won't expect people to redecorate but I want them to feel comfortable in my home. Especially if they're staying over a period of days, or if they're a good friend I see a lot.

[@tombruton]

taking the card out of the customer view is a breach of PCI DSS regulations and members of staff should never ever ever do this

[@jakemarsh6427]

As a brit, never before have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with

[@Plethorality]

hahahaha!!!

[@jayne_kira]

nice james acaster reference

[@Lizzo13]

As an American who has lived in the UK for 4 1/2 years, say your prayers! Say your prayers! Say your prayers, and make them loud, so we can hear!

[@RobotsWithKnivesCartoons]

I was sitting in a bar in Viatnam talking to a Britsh guy, I'm Amarican and I was talking about how I was trying to get a new apartment and he was so horrified when he found out landloards could leagly require credit reports and bank bank balances and proof of income, he was just like, "You want a place to live, you just pay rent and a deposit and you got a place to live" and I was sad.

[@Sentariana]

If you are ever declared bankrupt then I think you might need those things. But, otherwise, all you need to do is pay your deposit and your rent and you have yourself a home!

[@RobotsWithKnivesCartoons]

@@Sentariana yeah, I wish it was that easy, getting a place to live here in the USA is bullshit.

[@mrlurious949]

@@RobotsWithKnivesCartoons Really? In Hawaii is way different!!

[@godlysum0453]

Not dissing the comment at all but the amount of spelling mistakes

[@mrlurious949]

@@godlysum0453 Did you by any chance add a “full-stop”.

[@matthewwalker5430]

10:01 A little story about my schooldays here in the UK (& I am sure this was a common incident/joke in many a British classroom) we would always be throwing screwed up pieces of paper, flicking paperclips with rubber bands and stuff at each other. One day (it was probably more than once if I'm honest) we were in class and a bunch of kids had their hands up trying to get the attention of our teacher. "Miss! Miss!" they were calling. Eventually she turned around and shouted "WOULD EVERYONE STOP 'MISSING' ME!!!" ... at which point we all pelted her with all our available schoolroom ammo .... (which, in the UK, does still mean screwed up pieces of paper and stationary, not 9mm)

[@bobingabout]

11:33 my mum sometimes makes me PBJs. She butters the bread first. I'm like... sure, when you make me sandwiches, you butter the bread, but PBJ? I really don't think it needs it. Also, she's a pro, it actually has a layer of butter under the peanutbutter or jam, it's not mixed and smeared.

[@joshdove]

the kettle thing bothers me so much cause i always grew up with a kettle, am i the only american who did?

[@withinsanityy]

I didn't grow up with one.. it was the microwave for me until after college

[@adamsbja]

I have one as well, an old metal stovetop one that I got for college 20 years ago. I thought electric kettles were only for fancy temperature-specific timed brew and only recently found out that cheap ones just have an on/off switch.

[@evan]

just u :x

[@Ryan78336]

A kettle is a must. You move into a new house with nothing? You have to get a kettle first. Tea fixes everything.

[@sarahs3988]

Nope, I own one, we owned one growing up. But we are tea people.

[@AdventureHusky]

God, I have got to go to the UK sometime, I appreciate their introverted way of life. Sounds like utter paradise to not be stalked in stores by overly friendly employees you don't wanna converse with.

[@auberginemanproductions1608]

Introverts and cynics, that's us to a tee

[@DanAndHoe]

You’ll love the world outside the US in general. I hear so many people who visit the US, but also Americans, say they really dislike the US superficial fake friendliness. Many Americans think Dutch service sucks, like in restaurants you need to get the attention of the staff if you want to get another drink. Sometimes the waiter comes by and asks if everything’s alright, but generally only when everyone has stopped eating their meal/plates are empty. From what I’ve heard, in the US waiters just continuously come by to ask if everything’s alright and if you want something else to drink etc. So, many Americans think our lack of service is bad service, but Dutch people think American waiters are annoying for interrupting comversations every few minutes. Also, we don’t do “Hi, how are you?” unless we actually genuinely want to know how you are feeling.

[@huskytail]

@@DanAndHoe and now put into perspective the fact that many people around the world find it difficult to cope with the fake smiles and greetings in Western Europe. While Western Europeans find those people surly 😁.

[@cajunseasoning1846]

@@huskytail Western Europe ≠ US The Uk and Scandinavian countries are part of Western Europe.

[@huskytail]

@@cajunseasoning1846 I am talking exactly about Western Europe. From Northern France through Germany and the Netherlands to Scandinavia.

[@AngryCandy89]

I believe there's a store (Ulta, I think), that has two basket colors: one if you want to be served and one if you just want to mind your own business

[@Tomm9y]

He clearly hasn't survived a Ryanair plane, bouncing down the runway. That's when you clap in celebration of surviving.

[@askalemuralia]

The culture shock that came with people not actually meaning their invites - have scarred me for life :(

[@Sentariana]

It's not that we don't mean it, we do! We just want you to ask us if it's OK to come around first, as we might be out or busy or find sudden changes stressful or not be in a good place mentally. You never know what is going on with someone! It's rude to turn up on someone's doorstep without warning, but polite to ask in advance.

[@askalemuralia]

@@Sentariana I don't think anyone ever turns up without prior notice, especially in London where one must plan at least 6 weeks ahead. No, I meant that when you talk/see that person the next time AND you mention, that hey so you invited me last time, when should we hang out then? You're given the British look of: WHATTT is wrong with you?! XD followed by a topic change and awkwardness of next levels.

[@raesnothome]

@@askalemuralia see, you're doing it wrong. as an English person, here's the right way: wait for them to ask you, knowing fully that they're waiting for you to ask them, but neither of you are asking each other because it'll end up with that exact situation of both of you backtracking. wait a few months. wait a year. wait a few years. forget about it and move on to find a new friend, who says 'hey, come round sometime!' repeat.

[@Artbug]

Believe me, it scares us here too 😢😢😢😢 why do we do this to ourselves??

[@tb5563]

@@askalemuralia I would wait for them them to invite you next time this is how it works in the uk x

[@Binidj]

"Dinky" means small and cute and is never derogatory (unless used sarcastically), and yes "randy" is still part of the lexicon.

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

I was in a cinema in Scotland watching the movie "Centurion". It's about the Roman army. The tribes people slaughter a legion of Roman soldiers and the rest of the movie is about a group of survivors running away. These Roman survivors were meant o be be very brave and heroic. The Scottish audience were cheering and stamping the floor as the Roman legion was slaughtered and booed any of the tribes people getting killed. Of course the tribes people were their ancestors and the Romans the vicious invaders.

[@tamsynlang6149]

the peace sign thing reminds me of when my Canadian relative came over to visit us in UK and he went to do the peace sign but did it backwards and my family around our living room was really confused lol. I also love Arizona iced tea, its great!

[@DeKat-84]

As a British person, who on earth puts butter on a burger?! Never heard of this and it sounds gross.

[@marydavis5234]

the butter is on the grilled buns not the burger, it keeps the bun from getting soggy, most fast food places in the US puts a little butter on the buns before they put it on the grill

[@birdofnyx376]

@@marydavis5234 it also makes the bread toast faster

[@ESUSAMEX]

As a New Yorker who now lives in Florida, I have never seen someone butter the buns before eating the hamburger. That´s disgusting. The same for putting butter on sandwiches. Butter goes on bagels and rolls only!

[@EtherealEmpr3ss]

@@ESUSAMEX Lol I used to work at Wendy’s we’d butter the buns, toast em, and put the burger or chicken sandwich together.

[@ESUSAMEX]

@@EtherealEmpr3ss I know people butter the buns to toast them, but I was talking about putting butter on a hamburger after cooking it and then eating it.

[@denisef4131]

American cashier's be like "OMG HI HOW R U TODAY?!" British cashier's be like "hiuarright" German cashier's be like "........ just give me that God damn money" Honestly, I was surprised, how friendly the british cashiers have been in comparison.

[@gregorarmstrong2478]

I think i prefer the german way from my experience.

[@georgmichelitsch7970]

@@gregorarmstrong2478 Entirely agree. The whole over-the-top "service" in the US is too much for me, I always found it very awkward.

[@KBinturong]

French here, British cashier are super friendly to me. And in a nice way. Calling you honey sometimes. It felt like I was part of a big family haha

[@MG-gu7fu]

Right?? They will nod at you and frown when you're not out fast enough haha

[@violetskies14]

As a disabled person I prefer the German. Here in England they ask if I need help sooooo many times and being English I don't want to be rude but I mainly just want to be left alone. In Germany I don't have that problem and if I actually did need help I just went and found someone to ask.

[@ailbedraper3327]

Small clarification on the 'sir' and 'miss' thing: when calling the teacher you always say 'miss' but we would call them 'miss'/'mrs' depending on marital status before their surname