Triforce! #88 - Weird Cultures

Triforce! Episode 88! Foreign Cuisine, Haggling and Tips... Are these weird standards or are we socially inept?
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[@tylendollison-leffler6961]

Lewis: “Some of the American cities... like Vancouver” Sips: *says nothing*

[@zwolfelfen]

Well, Canada is part of North America

[@Mike-wc7em]

@@zwolfelfen But, It is Not american

[@GretchenDawntreader]

@@zwolfelfen pretty much. Except their leader is sane and good-looking.

[@KerosineDreams]

​@@GretchenDawntreaderlol you did not just call Trudeau sane.

[@xxnormandy4890]

Yep as Taiwanese, Chongqing is not a good place for foreigners. The food there is REALLY unique, everything is spicy.

[@CandyKoRn]

Terrible location for an international event to be held then. Really odd choice. :/

[@trilobiteterror8015]

40:10 "Well guilty on both counts." Sips is great.

[@MickeySherbert]

Trilobite Terror such a unique dude

[@Shamu2000]

Could this be the start of consistent podcast's again ? God I hope so.

[@jurjen8703]

they just took a long break over the Jingle Jam/holiday period I reckon.

[@Tomfissh]

wait when were there not consistent? I mean I know there was a long xmas break but before that it was weekly

[@TheEarlThePearl1]

A couple grocery stores here in the states, primarily in the south, called Kroger and Publix will give you one item for half price if it’s a buy one get one deal. Pretty sweet.

[@christopherburgin8092]

I think it was Ross who walked in on the naked guy. Actually I think he got it on camera during one of the Texas vlogs

[@literatemax]

God dammit, Ross...

[@WildWestRaider]

@@literatemax I understood that reference

[@shadylamp4123]

Thank you pflax for explaining how babby is formed!

[@jacktomlins1451]

I was in a place called Chengdu a few years back and it's famous for it's hotpot. We ordered it and it came out looking like bright red ink and jeez even the fumes were beyond spicy...you can even see the marks on the table where it's removed the varnish

[@Doctor-plant]

ALL HAIL FLAX FOR SHOWING UP DESPITE BEING SICK!!!

[@phlegmconnoisseur2241]

32:19 Sips: I don't need a million toilet paper rolls anyways. 2020: nobody expects the coronavirus inquisition

[@unscenegamers]

This video is a haggle too, it was previously an hour and now they've offered

[@hansturismo3376]

You guys have no idea how much joy i feel whenever i see your colorful faces in the thumbnail in my inbox. Always great to listen to and having a laugh!

[@JTsavage7577]

Stop getting shorter! Give us a long podcast you Lebanese child!

[@keastie6671]

Just be grateful we get one at all, don't act so entitled

[@briannairb793]

@@keastie6671 you can be grateful for the upload AND want more of it.

[@kakapofan6542]

Lewis is on so many channels nowadays I'm wondering how he has the time for this stuff

[@hagalathekido]

@@kakapofan6542 cus its literally his job, so he has all the time in the world

[@vanilla-vortexakavanvorott8795]

@@kakapofan6542 cloning

[@snelly69]

I am a huge fan of this podcast, always brightens up my week

[@djm6683]

As a Chinese American I can say that everything they said was mostly correct about Chinese food. The food there was dull, bland, tasteless, etc. Boiled chicken and steamed fish are probably the most popular meat even though they have zero taste at all. The food there focuses on making your mouth “feel” good and having a nice aroma, but taste wise there isn’t much there. Even when you go to the butcher, your chances of finding a simple steak, pork chop, or chicken breast is almost zero. It was one of the only things I hated about my trip back to China, beside the lack of internet of course. Also they are wrong about Chinese sausages. That shit is amazing

[@jonathan2847]

Tipping is a horrible practice designed to make the customer feel bad and the server feel anxious. so the owner has to pay lower wages. Tipping is bad and shouldn't be allowed.

[@gd1247]

And it makes dinner more expensive for customers unnecessarily, just horrible all around glad it's not really a thing where I'm from

[@rdizzy1]

In the US if they ban tipping they just won't increase pay regardless, and the servers will just get fucked both ways. It's not like banning tipping will magically force the state politicians to pay them well. The restaurant profit models have been built upon shit pay for the servers.

[@fakesmilez1]

They'd have to increase pay to a certain extent as most already take into account tips as part of the hourly wage. Without taking into account tips they'd have to at least pay minimum wage then to compensate - usually double what restaurants currently would pay servers per hour. Also note that servers and bartenders actually tend to make the most money in restaurants here in the states, it's the cooks and cleaners that often get shafted.

[@rdizzy1]

Yeah but federal min wage, and in most states, state min wage isn't a livable wage. Most of these servers would just leave to find different jobs accordingly. And what you would be left with is the bottom of the barrel employees that can't get anything but min wage jobs anyways and therefore customers end up with far worse service. Tipping, in this current landscape is a necessary evil, in my opinion. @@fakesmilez1

[@jeremyszpicki491]

Tipping exists because the English tipped around Christmas in the mid Victorian era, and cafe workers got tips from noblemen and well to do’s.

[@mostdysfunctionalfamily2725]

... Weird cultures with a turban in the thumbnail... Ooooof Bold move lewlew

[@leaderofthelewishpeople6382]

He's Lebanese so he can't be accused of racism or cultural appropriation. Lol.

[@leaderofthelewishpeople6382]

What do you mean I'm everywhere?

[@mostdysfunctionalfamily2725]

@@leaderofthelewishpeople6382 Who said anything about racism ;)... you played yourself..

[@jumpsplat120]

Pyrion, it's not a myth. In America, federally, wages for tipped position are expected to be made up by tips, up to a certain point that's less than minimum

[@botheringthewildlife9641]

Having worked four years at front desk in a hotel, you guys aren't far off on some the awkward, weird stuff that happens. Now excuse me while I rebleach my eyes and brain.

[@mistersparkrle]

Before you go, can I get a wake up call for 6:32 precisely. Oh and I need my towels folded into fractals. Thanks.

[@flambo170]

Is it just me, or does it seem like Sips is mentioning Anime more and more? Could this be the making of a weeb?

[@simonkelly5030]

he needs to re-listen to it aint no ghibli

[@maxdiaz8616]

He's been playing epic 7

[@notsoyoungneilyoung5963]

Bloody incredible, boys tthnka you!

[@TwixtheWizard]

We're in prime "Lewis is a racist" territory here...

[@harryh4rp4n31]

Yes, because culture = race as we all know

[@sandrojones8068]

SOY

[@TwixtheWizard]

@@harryh4rp4n31 dude it's a joke

[@jj_jr.9939]

11:23 I love sips so much

[@alfiejack2864]

keep up the great work

[@EcthelonEvendil]

I really must disagree with Sips here. I consider the buffet at any given event to be one of the primary highlights. :D

[@renmanhause3597]

same :P

[@uncletomcobley6950]

Sausage rolls!!!!!

[@MarmaLloyd]

It's why I go

[@connerrobinson3695]

Highlight of my day

[@yohji_kira]

I've only had to listen the past 87 episodes 3 times till this got out ahaha

[@NASH78]

First episode to appear in my feed in 2 months! Episode 83 was the last one I watched... What are you playing at KZbin? Why have these episodes not been showing up?

[@00civin]

Sips' childhood job of grocery car packers is still a job at a lot of grocery stores in the US. Also, with the U.S. tipping in restaurants is necessary because service workers make a sub minimal wage because they are tipped.

[@Behemiathan]

well this will be a thrill ride, I'm sure

[@-bruh8484]

finally thanks bois i love you

[@TheHateCorp]

I wonder what the fuck God had to do with it, did He edit the video?

[@-bruh8484]

@@TheHateCorp idk why i put a made up guy in my thing i was just exited that there was a new video and i wanted to be first

[@TheHateCorp]

@@-bruh8484 fair enough

[@MatchBreakers]

The best "2 for 1" deal i ever saw was for 2 bags of supermarket own brand Sour Cream and Onion Chips. They had 1 for about 20 DKK, but 2 for about 17 DKK. It was literally cheaper to buy 2.

[@richardwu8371]

Wait wait wait, hold up, Did Pyrion just call Chongqing, the third largest city in China, and the industrial center of the country, rural? Chongqing is up there with Beijing and Shanghai lol. It is the most populous Chinese municipality, and is literally the size of Austria. It was also called one of the world's 47 megacities by the UN. It is probably about as far from "rural" as you could get. It also is one of the fastest growing tourist cities in the world, so idk how the dota guys couldn't find food.

[@lommols]

More than likely he just gave the wrong name

[@theframe100]

Chinese cities are not always cities packed with buildings. A lot of the area is still used for farming etc so even larger cities can feel pretty rural. Only about a third of people in Chongqing live in what we would immediately register to us as a city.

[@deangardiner577]

How can farmland be considered part of a city?? Sounds like this place is actually a county/province in disguise

[@simmo1870]

Richard Wu not everyone can be blessed with your Chinese knowledge Richard( I'm guessing that's your English name)

[@richardwu8371]

@@theframe100 You can search it up if you want.

[@iamazreal8772]

Love the new uploads, also hi gvidas

[@vanilla-vortexakavanvorott8795]

They still have bag packers at one of the grocery stores in my town called hegedorns.... They have been spotted

[@jsoul1265]

I alwas listin to da tri while sleeping 🤔🤔lol helps a homie sleep. What can i say they da best podcast

[@ActivationComplete]

I see Lewis in a turban and I'm already crumbling under Lewis' awkwardness

[@zoeysnow8451]

Civilization 6: The gathering storm

[@ColorlessQueen]

Started watching before every one has already finished it

[@owenloughlin2824]

Welcome back to a glimmer of hope for consistent podcasts yet it will not hold up

[@oDouBLETAPo]

40:10 In America most places that workers get tips at (servers, bartenders, ect.) get a base wage of like $2.50-$5.50 an hour plus tips. The only time the business gives money that the worker "should have earned" is at each paycheck if the amount is not equal to what the worker would have made on minimum wage ($7.25). So say you work one day, make bank and get $300 in tips. but the next day you only get $50 im tips. You will not be reimbursed for that day's work because at the end of the week the paycheck is over minimum wage.

[@user-bg3tn4xv3i]

I think they do it in NZ. When i was there last month they'd have two people manning the register: one to scan things in and one to pack :/

[@izan5989]

best birthday present ever

[@combustiblecatholic6930]

When I went to China I had similar issues with food. In the cities its garbage, all the wierdest stuff ever. But the rural areas had actually good fresh pork and rice with vegtables.

[@AlbertStichkaJohn]

It doesn't take forever to get a tolerance but you can get extremely bad cramps, indigestion, or an allergic reaction from the intensity. The incredible heat is caused by extracting the heat of the chilis into oil. If you can handle synthetic or extracted hot sauces it shouldn't be too difficult - not that I know from experience - but I've had a few chili oils

[@hilotakenaka]

Reads description: *Yes*

[@burner1262]

Where I live, all the stores let you buy one for half on a two for one deal

[@FiaraGC]

I'm in Wisconsin USA. What Pflax said is true, for servers/bartenders/delivery drivers etc. tips are included in the wages so when I was a waitress I made like... $4.50 an hour because based on average tips you made about $8.50 an hour. As I know it, that's still how it works. And we also have people who bag our groceries (assuming we don't go through the self checkout) Sometimes they'll offer to help bring them to the car but very rarely. So that's still going on here.

[@kwazooplayingguardsman5615]

You guys earn more than us line cooks

[@patrickmellor4704]

Can we get a triforce news segment where one of you goes out to other countries and reports back on what it's like

[@Nimbus3000]

Try "An Idiot Abroad"

[@Tanager5000]

Also Sips i don't know about the UK but in America they do that if something's 2 for 5 you can just get one and it's 2.50. Unless it's buy one get one free then you gotta buy one and just get the other one free. The reasons they do buy 2 for 5 is to convince people to buy 2.

[@isaacf6091]

They pack bags in Canada!

[@gregorB92]

Guess you have different weddings in the uk..where im from a wedding lasts almost a whole day..so there is a lot and I mean a lot to eat haha

[@beastbum]

Yo I love hotpot, I eat the tripe, chicken hearts, etc all taste v nice - at least in the UK you can get more conventinal food though - fish ball, beef slices, etc. Basically it's not bad at all.

[@carnageplays7182]

I don’t know if it’s a Canadian thing but people defiantly still pack bags and cart their stuff to their car.

[@SunshineSambucca]

Pyrion jokes about babies having chilli shoved in their mouths, I was pretty much one of those babies! My mother craved chillies when she was pregnant and I demolished spicy food when I was younger... On another note, SIchuan cuisine isn't just spicy, the Sichuan pepper (aka Huajiao) that's used will also make you feel like you've got a thousand ants crawling around your mouth... Best feeling in the world ;) P.S. My mother is Sichuanese and I was born there.

[@GMH004]

The person who walked into the wrong hotel room was poor little Ross

[@AfonsodelCB]

anyone remember where that story lewis talked about is from, the one where someone got given the wrong hotel keycard? I'm pretty sure I've heard it myself as well

[@t_g_gamerftw5075]

Ross I believe, during a texas vlog.

[@dakotab.7244]

in the US restaurant servers generally make only a few dollars an hour (some cities require them to be paid minimum wage though). it's legal because it's expected that they'll be able to make a living wage through tips. idk about food delivery services but I just think it's polite because their hourly wage probably isn't great. I think 10-15% is acceptable for food delivery but 15-20% is pretty standard for restaurants and haircuts and stuff. some stores have grocery baggers still! they're not super common at big chains like Walmart but local and regional chains have them (Thriftway in the PNW, Giant in MD/PA, etc.). usually they just have cashiers do it though.

[@kwazooplayingguardsman5615]

Have you worked in a restaurant? Waiters earn substantially more than other people in the restaurant

[@dakotab.7244]

@@kwazooplayingguardsman5615 because of tips or their payroll wage? everyone I know who's worked in the restaurant industry talks about only making 1.25-3 dollars an hour "officially" (minimum wage here is 7.25/hr). they obviously take home much more due to tips though.

[@MrTroutsdale]

I've lived in Thailand the land of spicy food. Was fine with it from the start. I did get ill from food but mostly due to the cleanliness of street food and hygiene practices not being up to scratch.

[@MrTroutsdale]

@@MichelleTopham I'm not from the US I'm from the UK. Yes the food is fresh but often it is sold at wet markets, outside in the heat if you leave pork and chicken in the heat for too long then the bacteria will create an enzyme that when cooked doesn't remove it leading to food poisoning. Not to mention in the UK not once have I seen rats in a kitchen. In Thailand my girlfriend has worked cleaning kitchens and she has been in some bad kitchens. Some also don't use hot water and soap for cleaning dishes. Compared to the UK, Thai hygiene standards is no where near as good. Fair enough maybe in Bangkok but I wasn't in Bangkok.

[@kwazooplayingguardsman5615]

@@MrTroutsdale I spent 4 years backbagging in South East Asia and what you are saying is true. Food there is nice but the cleanliness of some areas are questionable.

[@RandomTomatoSoup]

Both Bombay and Mumbai are names used by native Indians, same with a lot of the names since a lot of them have multiple versions. It's not clear where Bombay comes from since the pronunciation has been really fluid in history, so it could from the tutelary goddess or from Portugese for "good bay".

[@fakesmilez1]

As far as tips go to the delivery driver for your groceries I think it really depends on how you ordered them. If it was through the grocery store itself I'd say no, as they should already be getting paid for their time there and these also often already have a delivery fee. That said if it is through an app such as grubhub or instacart, then yes you probably should tip as they get paid very little for the work and distance traveled to do this for you.

[@justinegoeswild]

There are still baggers in some grocery stores.

[@rdizzy1]

There is at Wegmans in the NE US, but only when it is super busy.

[@unspokenword7140]

so japan sees tips as an insult because its seen as a way of saying that you don't think they can sustain themselves of their food. but they do have a table fee that you have to pay and for it you get bread and a drink.

[@DragonFiesta]

I want Pyrion in China with a gut full of the spiciest food sweating and telling us all about how horrible he feels too. like the yogscasts very own Pilkington

[@ronjohnson831]

Do the triad get revenue when we listen to the podcast on iTunes How?

[@splurgabonnnephlhogg3000]

Just to clarify potatoes and dairy contain all the nutrients for adult human survives so you totally COULD survive off KFC chips and milkshakes

[@chrisjackson7669]

I think a lot of the reason you can't really haggle in the U.K is a lot of places are big companies, and so it's not really up to the cashier or whoever to give a discount, unless specifically told they can, franchises are obviously different as its not a huge chain to get to a decision, but I have a friend who worked at co-op and was fired because he took sandwiches that we meant to be going in the bin because of used by dates, slightly different scenario but shows that if they're not willing to let you take waste products they're unlikely to be happy about you giving discounts

[@chrisjackson7669]

Also on the complaining about food front, my dad has on a few occasions gone and complained about the food we received, one occasion was moldy bread another was food just dripping with grease, on both occasions we didn't have to pay and got a free round of drinks

[@fakesmilez1]

The hole sandwiches to the bin ordeal is likely because the corporation is liable if the employee were to get sick from eating them. Thus why in the States you will see that many grocery stores will have locks on their dumpsters. Not saying that this is okay or how things should be, more so just explaining the rational a company would have.

[@GretchenDawntreader]

re: weird food. Imperial cuisine was all about the rarity and exoticness of the ingredients, so if you could make a delicate plate of sculpted hummingbird tongues in a sauce of camel nipple shavings then that was what pleased the Emperor, and they would put 50 dishes like that out and he would come out and take a nibble from 3 of them then it would all get thrown out. What happens is that any food of regular value goes to the palace, and it becomes a way to experience luxury as a peasant to stew up some cat anus and act like it's imperial cuisine. And yes I am making most of this up but the Forbidden City dealt in some weird-assed food. These are people who drank mercury to try to obtain immortality.

[@GretchenDawntreader]

it is a dangerous drinking game to watch the original Iron Chef series and take a shot every time a celebrity in the Tasting and Judgement segment praised the "bitterness of the innards." Bitter innards a big fucking deal apparently.

[@billiejwilson]

❤️

[@dundrik97]

HEAVY HAGGLE

[@galahad7494]

Fucking awesome!

[@briannairb793]

When are we gonna get a new bodega?

[@crabmayo]

Why are they so mortified by pig's blood and duck liver? Black pudding and foie gras are delicious.

[@dorrud]

i live in the united states, and it's true, servers pay can average as low as $2.75 per hr.

[@Barquivius]

As a fervent barf-sexual, I find this EXTREMELY offensive.

[@skurmf3924]

sips its called a courtesy clerk

[@Tanager5000]

Also Lewis in a ton of restaurants that aren't family owned and they're like chains or whatever the orders they ring in are standardized so just to even eliminate a free dessert is a pain. So why would they if it's exactly like you said a free dessert that doesn't cost you anything right?

[@louisparsons352]

Hang on Singapore in Japan

[@jaemmanfield6522]

7:44 True. 45:44 Still true.

[@sillybean32]

If you need to tip, the payments sucks and that's a real problem, if people have to survive off tips. People needs to be paid fair wages so they can live.

[@kirojk666]

HEB still has baggers

[@gabe_clark]

Not even 50 minutes WeirdChamp

[@Naifukiti]

DON'T eat fried food in a poor part of China, Lots of people get Gutter Oil to cook with

[@edwardwu7730]

I wouldn't call chongqing poor..

[@fintandavies1977]

2 for one's opposite is just half price... sips doesn't know that?

[@fanofactionflicks]

sips wife's name is "For Some Reason"

[@danielfisher7016]

I really don't understand the whole too spicy deal. There are less spicy options in there.

[@GentlemanJolt]

Didn't think I'd be this early

[@toxictyco7881]

Who remembers when episodes were an hour and a half long ☹️

[@burner1262]

In the US the minimum wage for servers at restaurants is below minimum wage but servers actually make pretty good money. The few states that have attempted to raise the minimum wage of servers to the national standard actually caused them to make less money.

[@h1r086]

Sausage casings are made of intestines, it's not that weird.

[@DoughnutDude]

You won't make it 5 minutes ;)

[@robtoe10]

I'll give you half a like... we'll see what we can do in the middle

[@billyg210218]

There’s only 2 places you should tip, your waiter and your hairdresser

[@splashmok]

Whelp, I have no disabilities and I make $15/hour bagging groceries.

[@DalekWindmill]

Yes I get it Sips xD

[@elahem6940]

27 minutes in is lewis alluding to having an excuse to set up his pushes?

[@Jontman42]

Uh oh this title has me worried

[@mistersparkrle]

Its got me excited

[@leaderofthelewishpeople6382]

It has got me cumming mate!

[@TheDragolf]

Just getting here before the plebs.

[@SVAFnemesis]

Hahaha this makes me want to both go to and never go to chong qing for a visit. I spell the name correct, right?

[@Monkeyman0799]

I don't personally eat it but organ meat is way more nutrient rich than regular muscle meat so even though it may be gross (personally) it does have a fairly good reason to be eaten, also Lewis meat isn't unhealthy it's actually very good for you and a excellent source of nutrients and while yes you can eat vegetables and fruits that have those nutrients they aren't as bioavailable as those found in meat, that's not to say there isn't immoralities when it comes to factory farming and the like because there definitely is, however it is a semi-necessary evil because without it millions would die of starvation and the price of other meat products would skyrocket...so unless people start eating more bugs this will remain an issue and probably even so after, it is possible to successfully maintain a health diet that is purely vegan but it takes much more effort and research to find which fruits and vegetables have better bioavailability than the rest but even still you will most likely need to take supplements