Is the gap in the bathroom thing I’ve lived in this country, my whole life except for three years in Europe and I agree with Europeans. There’s no need for that.
I have doubts that she saw Christmas decorations out in September. People decorate for other holidays. My guess is that she was seeing Halloween lights and decorations.
@@marthapackard8649 Actually... Nightmare before Christmas from Tim Burton might have forged a way for Christmas decorations to be out at the same time as Halloween decorations which can come out as early as September 😅 Not saying it is the norm, but I HAVE seen stores that do just that...
"In America you guys don't care about being judged" - True, and also we don't try so hard to impress people or put on airs. The guy in old blue jeans and a t-shirt you see at Wal-Mart might very well be a Millionaire, and the young guy dressing to impress might be penniless. You never can tell.
@@philmakris8507 I lived in San Francisco and we used to say that in the Bay Area billionaires wear hoodies and jeans and in New York City, a guy working minimum wage has to wear a suit to work. You just never know by the clothes people wear!
We especially don't care what any foreigner would think haha. That's also pretty true just generally speaking, but I think when she says "pajamas", people think something different than what that word implies - outside of Walmart, that is. No rules there apparently.
As a new car sales person. It was raining, some greasy biboveralls was looking at trucks. No one was helping him in the rain. I went out . Sold 3 brand new trucks. The guy paid cash. Looks mean nothing in relation to wealth.
she probably saw Halloween lights and thought they were Christmas lights. I have never seen anyone decorate for Christmas in September. Most wait until at least November and usually after our Thanksgiving.
It happens. I've seen stores that start putting their Christmas shit up around that time. Black Friday used to be the traditional time to start doing that, but people do it earlier every year.
I have. I have seen Halloween stuff start getting pulled down before October to make way for Christmas. It is insane, but when the Halloween stuff is sold, they condense it down, put it on sale and start setting up for Christmas.
Well ... she is in the far north. Its possible they are putting lights up in advance while its warmer with no intention of turning them on. But yeah could also be for Halloween.
It's weird to us that Europeans think it's ok to run up and peek through a crack to watch someone pee. Nobody here is TRYING to do that, in the first place. It's a literal crime.
The gaps in public toilets is SO OVERDRAMATIZED in videos by Europeans. At 78, I've never caught anybody looking through the gap at somebody else. And I like being able to look OUT to make sure nothing creepy its going on in the bathroom. But this is from a French person, the land of public "pissoirs". 🤨 I am not used to seeing Christmas decorations until after Halloween and, usually until Thanksgiving. Of course the Friday after Thanksgiving is "celebrated" as the start of the Christmas shopping season: "Black Friday".
I know, until I started watching reaction channels I never thought about it or heard any express concern. The crack is small, and the angle of view really renders it a nonissue.@@TheBaldr
@@Timbothruster-fh3cw No, not OK. If you realized that public toilets in places like the public library have been virtually taken over by people shooting drugs in the toilet stalls and the ability to be seen doing it may not entirely eliminate it but helps, it's not at all so weird. But like I said, no regular people ever try to look through the gap from outside in. THAT would be weird.
MOST times in a restaurant, you don't even have to ASK for refills. they see you are getting low on your drink and just bring them!!! Half the time I leave the restaurant and never even DRINK the refill!!
Yes. Not to be nit-picky... LOL Technically it means oncoming traffic, AND no passing (unsafe to pass) Yellow is opposing traffic a solid line (of any color) means do not cross. You can have a yellow broken line. Which means oncoming traffic - legal to pass when safe. Many times you'll see a white solid line between lanes going in the same direction when you approach an intersection. White being traffic going in the same direction as you and solid means don't cross into the next lane. Solid = don't cross over....Dash/broken line = legal to cross when safe.
On a parallel note, a bunch of psychiatrists did a study on ppl that put up Christmas decorations "early" (before thanksgiving), and it all boiled down to them being happier than other ppl at that time of year. If they put them up in July, they were happier than other ppl in July, if it was in September, they were happier than other ppl in September. I don't know how or who they studied specifically, but hey why not if it makes you happy. LOL
The roads LOL Yeah, we do have some crappy roads here. It's mostly where the weather gets really cold, the cold and the snow plows mess them up. BUT, keep in mind that the US has over 4 million miles of road to take care of, the UK has 245,000 miles of road to take care of. COWS - How do people not know this? Spotted cows are dairy cows and black cows are breed for meat cows. They're not just different colors but different breeds. SMILES - Nobody smiles in France... BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ICE!
2:45 I had one little kid watching me through the little gap in the toilet 😂 he was laughing and thought it was funny, he was saying " hi, what are you doing? ". Not gonna lie it was funny and I laughed too. The mom was so embarrassed and was telling him it was not funny and he should respect people's privacy.
Call me crazy, but I’ve walked into many bathrooms, and never once tried to look in the crack between the door. it’s not like we walk into a bathroom and wonder who’s in the stall today?
Maybe she had a bad experience, somebody looked in her stall then screamed and ran out in terror or perhaps someone had a flat-out heart attack and she had to step over the body. Yeah, life here in the states is rough. 😂
As an American, I’ve never put any thought into the gaps actually because I never knew anything different. It’s a “known “ thing of etiquette to just never look. I’ve never seen anyone look at you. I always thought it was constructed for safety purposes
there are multiple benefits of making them that way. it allows the floors to be mopped more easily, it allows you to identify which stalls are in use, if it's in a blue state or city it lets the security guards see which stalls drug addicts have passed out in after shooting up their state sponsored heroin, and occasionally, as other commenters have stated in case of emergency you can get out under them or get to someone having an emergency without having to take the door off the stall.
The only problem I’ve ever had with the gap is that the dividers between the stalls don’t go to the floors and pickpockets have been known to reach under the dividers and take wallets out of pants that were on the floor while their wearer’s were taking a dump. I’ve been especially cautious/aware of my surroundings in public restrooms everywhere ever since watching that special. Airports were the worst locations for this behavior.
@@jishani1 "if it's in a blue state or city it lets the security guards see which stalls drug addicts have passed out in after shooting up their state sponsored heroin" More likely in red. We are more prosperous in blue areas. California for example has the highest GDP of any state. 91k is the median household income overall in the state and here in "Silicon Valley" it's 125k.
@@neutrino78xCalifornia’s crime rate is 31% higher than the national average… gdp does not equal prosperity. California, New York, and Connecticut are some of the worst states in terms of income equality, where as Utah, Idaho, South Dakota, Alaska, and Wisconsin are best in terms of inequality. Those last five don’t look like blue states to me…
Black cows are generally Angus cows bred for beef. Black and white cows are usually dairy cows. However, cows come in as many colors as dogs, so it just depends on what the farmer prefers to raise. You aren’t going to see a lot of motorcycles when it rains because it is dangerous for the rider. My uncle hit a black bear on his motorcycle. His wife skidded out on loose gravel on her first ride, which was as a fun run (fundraising event). She ended up with road rash, a dislocated shoulder,and sprained ankle. Her riding leathers came in the following week. New York roads are bad because the weather is hard on cement. Add in road salt and cinders used to keep roads drivable in snow and ice, and the roads get chewed up. I grew up in Upstate NY. We get a lot of rain. We were the third highest rain state when I was a kid. That means there’s not a lot of time for fixing roads, even during the summer. You’ll see a lot of different car brands in the USA because many car manufacturers have factories here. My sister’s best friend is an inspector at BMW. I used to work at a Mercedes dealership. Mercedes Sprinter vans are made in the same city I used to work in. I own a Hyundai Tucson and my sister owns Hyundai Venue. Hyundais have good safety ratings, but cost a bit less than Subarus. Our parents are on their third Volkswagen. Our dad favors Volkswagens as he’s tall and the Atlas gives home enough head room and leg room.
I'm 73 y/o, was born in Colorado, lived in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York and California. I have never seen Christmas decorations displayed in September. Where the heck was she?
Some people that do giant displays of Christmas lights will start months in advance. I've watched a video/interview of someone who does big Christmas light displays, and he talked about it. I never experienced seeing any lit up in September myself though. But I'm in Oklahoma.
Nobody is looking through the 1/2 inch gap on the public toilet doors. And as for the bottom being open, it’s for safety reasons in case a child gets locked in or someone faints or has a heart attack or something. The person can be rescued easier.
Yes.I used to work as a custodian. I was always having to crawl under the stalls to open the locked doors. Kids would always crawl under the stalls because they couldn't work the locks. I always felt sorry for them because all I could imagine is them panicking and being scared.
In New England it’s common for people to have white lights on houses or trees year round, especially on shops, inns or at a bed and breakfast. They are basically Christmas lights but they’re not for Christmas. They just look nice at night.
I think a better counter question is why do Europeans like look through gaps between the toilet stalls? It really is not wide enough for people to see things out of peripheral vision unless you are actively and consciously looking to look through the gaps you know? Though the gap underneath the door could be a little lower to be honest.
Yeah, it's like kids peek and then their parents tell them not to do that because it's rude, and Europeans are just adults experiencing this for the first time without anyone there to say, hey, that's rude don't do that, so they just don't know. Once they learn, I would hope they'd show respect and not look through the gaps unless they think a friend is having a seizure or something in a stall (legit reason to peek).
Another counter question: Is it normal for Europeans to regularly take a poo (with their pants all the way down around their ankles no less) in public restrooms? Because I don't know ANYONE who does that. Most people in the US will only drop a deuce in a public toilet if it's an absolute emergency situation. Most people pee fast and get out of there as fast as possible, and leave the pooping for at home. Hardly anyone is using public restrooms for a voluntary leisurely sit on the toilet to take a number 2 with their pants down on the filthy floor...
Once I went to a Renaissance festival and one of the stalls had the door off its hinges and no one was using that stall and I didn't feel like standing in the long line, so I used it. I didn't see the big deal. We're all women, and I was wearing this huge skirt I'd dressed up in, so literally nothing to see; I just looked like I was sitting down. I don't get why a tiny gap is a big deal at all. I've gone to the restroom with my mom, aunts, female cousins, and female friends in the room with me off and on my whole life. It's really not a big deal. So I had zero problem peeing in front of female strangers. Just don't look at people while they're doing their business. Lol
@@xzonia1 i've been to a couple bars in kentucky and ohio where they just have a trough instead of urinals. no dividers or anything. seen that at a few ren faires as well
@@jishani1 There's so much prudery here. When was n the Navy it was common to see the troughs with the running water keeping it clean. There's a arena here in Charlotte that has them as well as the standard urinals and toilets. The troughs are so much quicker to move a lot of men in and out. The The shy guys stand on line waiting hoping they won't pee their pants before they get their turn. Most men are become used to nakedness because we shower after Physical Education classes starting in Jr. High School. All the showers I remember were "gang showers", a big room full of shower heads on the walls. There was an anteroom outside where you dried off and then you got dressed at your locker. Because of the draft many of us had spent time in the military where modesty is at a premium. I understand that many boys don't shower after PE today and wear their clothes over their sweaty bodies. The new modesty I guess. I've been to places where there were no partitions between the urinals or toilets. Everyone poops and pees. No need to be embarrassed.
The smiling thing, for me, is a kind of Christian virtue ethics. In the neighborhood I grew up in, it is common to acknowledge strangers in your presence in some way. I was raised Catholic, so that seemed elevated to acknowledging their personhood. In grade school, there was an elderly nun named Sister Angelica who worked in the library. She was a small, frail, white-haired lady, but she had a presence of Christian love that could fill the room. Whenever you would enter her library, she would greet you with the warmest smile. We are influenced by people who impress us, and Sister Angelica made an impression on me. I can't do that on her level, but I can do it to some extent. I mainly use that with kids or anyone who I think might be struggling too much. I think Christian virtue ethics is partly where that comes from. At least, for some of us. With the bathroom stall gaps, you have to keep in mind we have a wider IQ distribution than you are used to. We have many brilliant, creative people, but we also have an unusual proportion of idiots with terrible judgment. In the same way you might childproof a house, idiot-proofing is everywhere. Child-proofing is about keeping kids safe. Idiot-proofing is about lowering the incidence of bonehead decisions. The gaps are to discourage inappropriate behavior in public bathrooms. Privacy, but not too much.
Folks may want to remember that just because you may see something in one area of the country it does not mean that everywhere you go in the States will be the same. The next State, city or town will be completely different then what you experienced in the areas you have visited.😃😊 I'm not sure where the young lady was traveling to, but there's plenty of motorcycles rolling around...lol!
Living in the southwest with 300 days of sunshine a year, plenty of people here make motorcycles their primary vehicle. We have the weather for it, New York really doesn't. Europeans tend to forget that the US is as big as continental Europe. There may be motorcycles all over France, but you're not going to see too many in Sweden, especially if you're there in the winter.
I love these people who come here, stay in one area and suddenly >BOOM< *“I’m a big-brained expert!”* It’s not like I went to Paris and said “all the French are snobby little b*tches” a sentiment some people have expressed… _most people._ 😮 😂 _J/k, I like the Parisian Française, my birthday is Bastille Day so_ *“viva la révolution!”*
The toilets, we are so used to it we don't think about the gaps. We don't actually peek in at someone while using the toilet.. We only look udner for feet to see if it's occupied.
Some states have better roads than others. NC has pretty good roads. Also, I also prefer my drinks or water cold. In the states the fountain drinks at the restaurants are already cold, so I order those without ice (especially if my order is a carry out). That way I have more drink and it doesn't get watered-down.
@@garycamara9955She seems to think she knows a lot about cars yet doesn't drive ? My dad and brother worked at GM and we drove mainly Chevrolets. Now have a truck and car plus a '69 Corvette and last year gave my brother a '65 Mustang convertible. Daughter bought a new Corvette last fall with a race package. Not sure what that is but its spending the winter in a heated garage looking red and mean 😅
Nah people shopping in pajamas are walmart shoppers. Most do care about their own appearance. Unless she considers yoga pants as such… thats more the norm
Windows are designed that way in america for weather related purposes .. depending upon the time of year - top or bottom gets open - circulation purposes
Yep. My husband is in road construction. We live at the Washington/Oregon border, and Washington has better roads, for the most part. It’s the same people fixing them, but the frequency is different. Also, city roads will be worse, because they have their own people and they don’t use the same quality. Then you have state and federal which do take bids. You can actually have all three working on the same project. If it’s an interstate highway or has a bridge over water(federal.) The on/off ramps will be city, so they will get worn down first.
The mustang is not the most owned car in the US. All black cows are most likely Black Angus, raised for beef. "Dalmatian" cows are Holsteins, they are used for dairy. Travel to the Midwest and you will find millions of them.
Tbh; who really notices cows? I happen to know the various breeds because my relatives owned a dairy farm and had mostly Holsteins (“Dalmatian”) and a few Jersey cows (solid yellowish-beige). They did get a long-haired highland calf for their kids as a pet, he was cute. Oh, one Jersey cow had a bad attitude, which was attributed to being from NJ, go figure. 😮 😂
In America, it’s considered unfriendly to pass by people and not even at least nod, if not smile. It’s natural to just smile and say “hi”, when you walk past someone. Driving, it’s not expected, because you’re moving too quickly, but at least a smile or nod, to someone if you’re stopped at a light, is natural.
The hardest thing on roads is snow and cold weather. Paris averages 3 inches of snow a year, in 2022-2023 Buffalo got over 11 feet of snow. Really not that surprising that roads are a little bumpier than she is used to.
absolutely. moisture freezes just under the surface and causes heaving/breaking. Once there's a crack moisture gets in and freezes and makes more cracks and holes. Other than temporary patches, there isn't much that can be done until it all thaws.
Was going to say the same. Areas that get a lot of ice and snow have issues with roads cracking, plows digging up prefilled potholes on accident, tire chains digging into roads etc. Areas with less severe winter weather tend to be smoother.
Mercedes has a single plant in Vance Alabama, BMW has one in Spartanburg South Carolina, I couldn't find how many Honda has but I'm confident it's less than 10.
The yellow lines in the center of American roads denote your ability to pass someone in your own lane by going into the other lane traveling in the opposite direction. Dashed line means it’s allowed, solid line means passing is not allowed, usually on account of an upcoming curve. The light switch thing was just weird. My time in France has been very limited but I have spent a lot of time in Germany and Austria and the only difference in the light switches that I recall being the European switches tended to be a bit wider whereas traditional American switches may only be 3/8” wide. Though wider switches are becoming more popular as well. The thing with Mustangs being everywhere in the States is the base model Mustang is actually very cheap as far as cars go. You won’t get the performance engine to go super fast or a lot of options on it but you can get a base model mustang for a very affordable price. I used to call the Mustang the unofficial vehicle of the enlisted soldier because they were extremely popular with young soldiers who had housing provided by or subsidized by the government. You can go onto almost any American military base and see a bunch of Mustangs owned by young soldiers with few expenses who want a cool looking car.
You can download the South Carolina drivers manual to study for the drivers test. It includes all standard road signs and traffic laws and I am sure other states have their manual available as well.
I want to know where she saw Christmas decorations in September. You might see one or two houses in October, but most people wait until November, usually after Thanksgiving to put up Christmas decorations. You see them in the stores in September, but very rarely on houses.
Some people will leave their lights up year round, but they don't start turning them on until Nov, and the rest of their decorations are down until after Thanksgiving too. But if she was seeing someone going all out in Sept for Christmas, that is weird!
Dude, stores put up Christmas decorations earlier ever year. When I was a kid they waited until after Halloween. These days it's early October / late September. It's utterly ridiculous.
@@ElyonDominusI must be a little older😊. It wasn't until after Thanksgiving that decorations went up. Retailers would love Christmas to be a year round holiday.
The light switch she showed is the kind you twist. We actually have all kinds of light switches (clickers on the cord, in and out, pull chains, twisty ones,etc). I think there are a many different kinds of wall switches too.
Roads in the US are maintained by the state, so the quality of the roads varies a lot. You can be napping in the back seat and know when you crossed from Texas to Louisiana or Oklahoma. It goes from a nice, smooth ride to a noisy, bumpy mess. We have BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Volvo, Volkswagen, etc, and we also have Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, etc, plus all the American made cars.
The twist switches on most lamps are for 3 way bulbs. You can twist them for low, medium, and bright light. With the switch she was looking for you have on or off only.
The roads up north get messed up a lot because when it snows and the roads get icy the expansion and contraction of the hard concrete causes cracks. Over time those cracks grow.
The gap in the toilet stalls are incredibly handy if there is no toilet paper in your stall!!!! Just ask your neighbor. I am 60 years old and have never seen anyone using the bathroom through the gaps. Ok, the double yellow lines on the road tell you whether you can pass or not. The line that will tell YOU, is the line closest to you. If it is solid, do not pass the car in front of you. If it is a broken line, you can pass, after checking to see if another car is coming. The line furthest from you, is for the oncoming cars.
where she was driving from NY to Buffalo they receives a lot of snow. The roads are built to reflect freezing so they dont have to maintain them all the time. To counteract the expansion and shrinking of the material in the road they make gaps on highways to protect the surface. its not throughout the country, but they do it in cold climate states.
Yes, we have a manual flush. The press is pressure flush. The gap is to give the door room to swing on the hinge side and a gap to not wedge the door closed. It's not the same kind of hinges you would have on a door in your home. The higher rise on the door is in case something happens to the occupant you can slide under the door to unlock it. The only way anyone is going to see anything besides maybe your face or your knee is if they are actively trying to look in at you. It's a twist switch, not an in line rotary switch. The Mustang is a cool car classic muscle car. As rare as the real horse, although I think their numbers are climbing. The double yellow line means you can not pass. They could've been Christmas decorations, or they could've been Halloween decorations or just decorating for Thanksgiving. We have all those brands here, but we like American made or good milage & safe. Ceiling fans help cool or heat the room. You can turn on red where there's no sign saying you can't. Yes, local roads can be rough. If you have to pay for free refills, they're not free. Yes, you can ask for no ice. Yes, there are thousand of motorcycles but they pick their weather. Dodge is a car maker. They .ake the Dodge Charger and the Dodge Ram trucks. We are taught, at least I was, smile when we meet people to show you're friendly. Yeah, some of us are like that but others are just plain lazy or don't care what people think about how they look. Yes, business, for most businesses, is 7 days a week. Yes if you are in a large store like Walmart or a Departmenr store, they have their own bathrooms. That way, they don't rush you out to use the loo. We're friendly, and sociable.
couldn't have said it better i was so shocked to hear that they dont really smile over there i have some asian friends and they have said the same thing about the smile thing i just thought it was just an asian thing but i guess they dont do the smile thing in the eu ether.
The reason the roads were bad for her is because New York gets a tremendous amount of snow each winter, and the snow plows destroy the roads with the blades of the plow. We ask for no ice because it waters down the drinks. There are motorcycles everywhere in the USA. She means a Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger. Police commonly use them. The most common vehicle you will see is the common Cargo Van. We smile and wave back when waved to, it's common courtesy to acknowledge someone you make eye contact with, and a smile is taught to us at a young age as a way to silently say "Hey Neighbor, top of the morning to you". We have a phrase "Sunday Drivers" which refers to people who traditionally would drive slowly on a Sunday afternoon to just enjoy the day and take in the scenery. We raise our voices in accordance with the ambient background noise. We are told to use inside voice and outside voice, lol. A stranger is a friend you haven't met yet.
@cannibalvince We have our bad areas, but generally, our roads are decent. When I cross into Louisiana, it's often a different story. 😂 The lack of motorcycles had me scratching my head, too. I see them all of the time. It's just generalization, but we all do it at some point.
@Pinkfong2 I was raised in the PNW, and I/we smile at everyone. Things may have changed since I grew up there as the demographics have changed, but we were very friendly back in the 70s and 80s. When I lived in NYC, very few people smiled...
People normally would start decorating for Christmas immediately after Thanksgiving but when the pandemic hit many people who love Christmas decided they wanted to feel that joy as soon as possible. It seems to have just stayed a thing people are doing now. They put up their Christmas decorations as soon as they feel like it, I guess. In fact, I have a few neighbors who have not taken their lights down yet and continue to turn them on every evening!
Ok if I go out, I am wearing a proper pair of pants like jeans, not leggings or pajamas. In the regions where we get snow, we get potholes because the de-icer breaks down the surfaces. We spend spring through fall repairing or replacing our roads just for winter to come along and put in it's 2 cents 😊.
@@uncle_rick333 yeah, they've been around for a while... Until your ice tray arrives, you can fill your bottle only halfway, set it at an angle in the freezer, and fill up the rest before you leave the house... Tilting the bottle is not required, but it creates more ice/water contact surface within the bottle which cools the newly added water faster. 😁
i've never had an issue putting ice cubes in a standard plastic bottle. i mean, im not using square ice cube trays, but the regular shaped ice cubes from the ice maker in my freezer fit in a standard plastic bottle
Here’s a tip, if you want ice water on a picnic or long drive put the full water bottle(s) in the freezer the night before. If you want some space for cold water immediately then freeze half-full bottles and add water before leaving. Putting the bottles in a cooler will keep them frozen. Even outside the cooler in an un-air conditioned vehicle on a hot day frozen water bottles will remain cold most of the day (if not in direct sun.) Problem solved.
Roads differ by state and region. She has a talking east coast. Roads there endure much more freezing and thawing cycles in the winter. Plus, the terrain has a lot of clay and hills. That’s really hard on roads. In contrast, I’ve been to southern Cali and the roads there were in great shape.
The USA history was different than the rest of the world. The westward expansion required inter-dependability on one hand, and the comparative isolation made accepting strangers easier, and everyone was often a stranger to everyone else coming from different states and countries. That may explain why foreigners find Americans friendly we are accustomed to strangers. In a big country where people rarely travel farther than they could walk in a day, another human was often a welcomed sight. A new face with new stories helped break the monotony.
A lot of the friendliness is simple small talk. You have a friendly conversation with a stranger you'll never see again. You made a human connection shared simple conversation and everybody walks away happy.
I think a right turn on red is confusing to him because in the UK they drive on the left hand side of the road, so making a right on red for him would be like us making a left on red.
Illinoisians downstate just have winter. Our roads rarely get repaired because Chicago gets all the money since they have the greater numbers in the state legislature.
The ’push-pull’ table lamp switches were common nearing a century ago at the beginning of electrification in the USA. Later, the today more common turning/rotating controls became the norm in the USA. Lamps in the USA must meet certain industry standards, and partly for that reason tend to last a long time.
Northern NY State might explain the rough roads. The ground freezes every year there. Might also explain the Christmas decorations being out so early, if they were Christmas decorations. I imagine they would decorate well before any snow was expected up there.
The lines separating the road are certain colors for a reason. The lines for oncoming traffic are yellow. The double lines mean no passing. Dashed means passing ok. If it is solid on one side and dashed on the other means passing ok on the dashed side, and no passing on the solid side. White lines are for the shoulder, or to mark lanes in the same direction, like on a 4 lane freeway.
To be fair, you have to keep in mind how much more driving americans do on a daily basis. As an example, its not all that uncommon for people to drive an hour one way to go to work. It also helps to explain why bigger cars are more common in america, because we spend a lot more time in our cars.
I would think it's more to do with CAFE standards. If your truck or SUV is huge it'll pass emissions standards much easier than a small vehicle, since emissions are tied to the size of the vehicle. We are just so good at making legislation that results in the opposite of what we intended. We want less air pollution, so why don't we incentivize people getting larger vehicles? And even though we can see the outcome, we aren't going to be bothered with changing it.
Yeah, I have a friend who lives in Europe and he walks or rides his bike to work most days. Might take the bus if it's raining. I cannot even imagine living close enough to a job here in Texas to walk or ride a bike to it. It's usually at least a 15 minute drive to get anywhere, so I drive everywhere. I think Europeans have small cars because they have small roads originally built back when people used horses and carts. America built roads for cars. X)
@@xzonia1 floridian here. it's about a 30 minute drive one way to get to the nearest supermarket. plus we both deal with 10 months of summer and crushing humidity as well. even if it was a 15 minute walk, that's a hard sell when it's 110 degrees out and 92% humidity.
20:30 - rain can cause old oil to float to the surface of our roads creating major slip hazard for bikes, and even cars potentially, but because of this it is generally common practice to never ride a motorcycle on rainy days. Not that people dont still do it, but most of the time you see it is cause the rain surprised someone while they were away from home, or if it is their only means of transportation.
Conditions of roads all depends on where you are. We love our refills. I like room temperature water myself. Most Americans love cold water, I'm not one of them. Yes, we smile at each other. It's a form of greeting without talking. Speaking loudly is normal. You would fit right in Lewis.
I kinda like the gap in the stalls too cuz you can have someone pass you TP underneath if it’s out in your stall 😋 Edit: I’ve lived in the US almost 30 years and have never seen Xmas decorations before Halloween and the only time I’ve ever driven on a bumpy road how she described was on dirt roads
Ha! Good point. I've been the giver or receiver of toilet paper under the wall more times than I've ever seen anyone look through the gap. And I'm in my 60's.
The amount of smiling, waving, and greeting strangers in public varies some in the U.S. Somewhat less in northern big cities than perhaps a small town, especially in the south. In my area, even driving, if it is rural road... people nod, or half way wave at a passing care. Yesterday, at the post office... a woman passed me with out returning my smile and "Good morning " greeting. That was notable! I thought she was unpleasant for a moment than realized that i don't know what is happening in her life and maybe my smile and greeting will be the positive thing in her day. Sometimes, i person who seems grumpy can feel better having had an interaction. My mom is pretty isolated as are many older people so those brief stranger interactions are extra special to her.
Fun video. I felt very similarly when I went to Europe for my 1st time last May. There were so many things I'd seen in the movies that to see them live in person was so fun! Double decker red buses and red phone booths in the UK. In Berlin, every other car was a BMW or Mercedes. And though we have those here in the US, they are considered high-end vehicles and in Berlin they were very standard. And there was a market with fresh veg and bread on every corner in Paris, which we absolutely don't have in the US. I love Europe so much that I'm coming back again in April! See you then. HAHAHA
The solid yellow line in your lane means "do not pass." If there is a double line for both lanes, you cannot pass from either lane or flow of traffic. The single broken yellow lines separating the lanes simply mean normal driving, passing allowed at driver's discretion.
Here's a true story of why I am GRATEFUL for those gaps in the toilets in the public bathrooms. My daughter was six, and she wanted to go into the bathroom stall alone and be a "big girl". So I let her and I stood outside the door. My daughter finished up and couldn't figure out how to unlock the door. She started to panic. I was calmly telling her what to do but it wasn't working, she was already going into a panic attack. (My daughter at the time had been diagnosed with PTSD and anxiety from being involved in a car accident where she saw a lot of blood and someone die). She went in to a full on panic attack. Screaming and crying saying she was going to die, it was awful. I couldn't get her to slide under the door to get out so I got on my back and I slid under the door to get into the toilet to get her. I sat on the toilet seat and just held her on my lap, with her face in my neck and calmed her. Could you imagine how long it would have taken to get someone there to take the door off it's hinges if the door went all the way to the ground? I am so grateful for those gaps, I wouldn't change it for the world. By the way, my daughter is ten now, and her therapist has said her PTSD is gone as well as much of her anxiety! =)
I've literally seen videos of people in the UK getting stuck in their toilet stalls because the handle was jammed or broken and they're struggling to get out. Even with someone helping on the other side. The reasons there's gaps is for safety issues. Easy in, easy out. Especially in emergencies. Plus nobody cares to watch you. Everyone minds their business. Unless it's a toddler/annoying kid. Then sometimes they crawl in lol
If you see Christmas lights on my home In September, it just means I was too lazy to take them down from the last Christmas. Maybe even the one before. Regarding roads, great unless your in the northeast where the infrastructure is much older and the congestion is mind bending. Nevertheless, super highways coast to coast baby.
I'm an American, and I don't go around smiling at people. You do have to try to be unapproachable sometimes so you don't get trapped in a conversation with some random person.
I grew up in Nebraska. We would normally have snow and ice on the ground on Halloween. Potholes in the roads are very common. Most police agencies used to use Ford Crown Victoria's as patrol cars. When they reintroduced the dodge charger, the police agencies started using them. Roadkill on the roads is very common. Everything is open on Sunday except for Hobby Lobby and Chick Fil A. Restrooms... Most states have laws that required a restroom to be available if a business is serving prepared food. That means if they are serving hot food, they are required to have a restroom available.
We have button flush toilets, but you'll mostly find them in public spaces. In some cases there's an infrared panel that detects when you get up and flushes automatically (in theory), but you can also flush those manually by pressing the black button on the panel.
Lights. The thing she is talking about is a twist lamp switch. You turn them clockwise to turn them on. Turn it again to turn it off. Its a throwback to the way you would turn down old oil lamps.
To be fair, some countries don't care about it at all. Christmas is a Christian holiday (Christ-mas), and MAYBE some European countries don't follow the holiday much.
You can’t see shit through the gap unless you put your eye right up to it…… what’s the big deal? Motorcycles are rarely used for daily driving more of a leisure/sport activity.
@@Bizz4r2m0ke That's pretty rare tbh. I've never seen that. I'd have to ask where those restrooms were at? I sort of get that if it was a department store...trying to limit shoplifting?
The first time I was in a public restroom in Europe, the toilet didn't have a seat. It had handles to hold while you hovered in mid air. I'm not going to call that weird because I don't like it when they call things here in America weird. Lets just say it was....different.🤪
I put up Christmas decorations outside after Halloween. We put up lights even in our garden and back yard. I usually wait until Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in November) to put up the tree and stuff inside.
I regularly drink water without ice after the dentist told me to stop chewing it and I just couldn't break the habit. My water is still chilled though.
The lack of ice was one little annoyance when traveling in Europe. In the US it’s just the opposite; if one wants no ice one must request no ice. I generally ask for an extra cup of ice, I like my beverages like I like my attitude… 🥶 _…frosty_ 😂
They always say New Yorkers arent friendly and she saying how friendly driving around NY is 😊 great to hear . She needs to go south to experience southern hospitality people are really really nice there ❤
I will never understand European fear about American bathrooms. No one can see you, but we know the stall is occupied. By the way, no can see your underwear either unless you drop them all the way to your ankles.
I think it’s all that hair, fear of spawning a “Sasquatch sighting!” _”Hello officer, I was in the bathroom at Macy’s and there was this awful smell…”_ 😮 😂
1) Restrooms: When it comes to the gaps between the door and the frame of the stalls, it's in case if the authorities or owners need to see inside--emergencyies or illegal activities. As a patron. It just understood you don't look in. Besides, you'd literally have to press your eyeballs there to see anything significant, and no one is going to do that! 2) 99.99% of us Americans don't put up Christmas decorations before Halloween!!!! 3) We have every make and model of cars because we are a car culture. 3) American road conditions depend on the state. 4) For Pete's sake we are in our cars more then you guys so everything road related is going to be higher. 5) I've never seen a person a person shop in pajamas. She must be confusing them with sweats.
In response to #5. Come to the Walmart near our home and you might think you were in the middle of a pajama party! Actually, it isn't that bad but I do, at times, see people in their jammies.
No it's getting more common. Why if your going out why do you not put on appropriate clothing. Says your disrespecting yourself and others because I don't want to see your stuff.
I went to Walmart and this girl was walking and I just told her I see your crack and she replied my crack is always showing. Now that told me a story. She didn't even act like it bothered her. WOW.
I've seen people in pajamas outside including slippers for 15 years. I live in the Northeast, maybe it's more popular here. It's ridiculous but I see it.
The yellow line on the hiway usually means “no passing”. Used on two way roads to signify that it is unsafe (and illegal) to pass…up hills, around curves etc.
Stores have Christmas decorations up starting in September, but most people don't start putting up home decorations until Thanksgiving (week of the 24th of November)
BMW is considered a luxury car for the most part. I actually work for BMW in SC.. we build em right here. But I drive a Ford. Alot of American cars are built for style and comfort.
Seriously, I've never seen Christmas decorations before December here.... but we do have fall decorations starting as soon as September 30th rolls around. BMW Mercedes are kind of luxury here, out where I am, you drive one of those, you aren't getting everywhere, you will also have a scratch paint job because of gravel roads are very common.... paved roads exist.... just less of them. And out in the country, everything is closed here mostly.
We have a big problem about celebrating one holiday at a time lol. I refuse to decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving, but i also have friends that never take the tree down. They just change up the decor for the season.
There always seems to be one house that has Christmas up all year. I've never seen it up in Sept. But usually, the day after Thanksgiving, the Christmas lights some on in some houses. Trees up quickly too! There are Christmas decorations for sale in Sept for sure. Some stores sell that all year long!
New York City first installed these kinds of doors to the stalls of Men's toilets in the 1960s in public parks and other areas to discourage drug use but mostly to stop male homosexual "cruising" Later bars and restaurants began adopting the stall doors with the gaps in both male and female bathroom stalls. But major retail stores did not start to do this until the late 1980s as a standard. In retail stores like clothes stores, Target, Wal-Mart, grocery stores and pharmacies the gaps are there because it discourages shoplifting.
I remember that in the mid 1960s they weren't unusual in Ohio. In retail stores and malls. In the late '60s there was a big move to put coin boxes on stalls; that didn't last long.
The gaps are for two reasons first and most important it's there so they can see if you need help or need assistance, Medical assistance, Like if someone's having a heart attack you can see them and know to get them some help. Second is to prevent homeless people from taking up residency in the Stalls.😎
The holiday decorations settings changed about a decade ago. It used to be only aisles of Halloween deco through September and October and then Thanksgiving and Christmas after. Now you'll get aisles of Halloween and right across at the same time will be Christmas
On the roads, we have decent roads but she was here during snowplow season and they chew up the road during the winter. Especially up north like in New York. There are rough roads all over the US right now, we fix them come spring just to have it all happen again next winter. And we have A LOT of road to cover and repair.
Nobody stands there and looks through the gaps of a bathroom stall to invade privacy because they would likely leave the restroom with a black eye.
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Is the gap in the bathroom thing I’ve lived in this country, my whole life except for three years in Europe and I agree with Europeans. There’s no need for that.
I have doubts that she saw Christmas decorations out in September. People decorate for other holidays. My guess is that she was seeing Halloween lights and decorations.
@@marthapackard8649 Actually... Nightmare before Christmas from Tim Burton might have forged a way for Christmas decorations to be out at the same time as Halloween decorations which can come out as early as September 😅 Not saying it is the norm, but I HAVE seen stores that do just that...
"In America you guys don't care about being judged" - True, and also we don't try so hard to impress people or put on airs. The guy in old blue jeans and a t-shirt you see at Wal-Mart might very well be a Millionaire, and the young guy dressing to impress might be penniless. You never can tell.
There's a saying in (and a fact) here in Reno Nevada. There are more pickup truck and blue jean millionaires here than any other city in the US.
@@philmakris8507 I lived in San Francisco and we used to say that in the Bay Area billionaires wear hoodies and jeans and in New York City, a guy working minimum wage has to wear a suit to work.
You just never know by the clothes people wear!
So true
We especially don't care what any foreigner would think haha. That's also pretty true just generally speaking, but I think when she says "pajamas", people think something different than what that word implies - outside of Walmart, that is. No rules there apparently.
As a new car sales person. It was raining, some greasy biboveralls was looking at trucks. No one was helping him in the rain. I went out . Sold 3 brand new trucks. The guy paid cash. Looks mean nothing in relation to wealth.
she probably saw Halloween lights and thought they were Christmas lights. I have never seen anyone decorate for Christmas in September. Most wait until at least November and usually after our Thanksgiving.
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Is she confusing yard lights with Christmas lights ? Some people have so many solar lights and string or rope lighting it looks like an airport .
It happens. I've seen stores that start putting their Christmas shit up around that time. Black Friday used to be the traditional time to start doing that, but people do it earlier every year.
I have. I have seen Halloween stuff start getting pulled down before October to make way for Christmas. It is insane, but when the Halloween stuff is sold, they condense it down, put it on sale and start setting up for Christmas.
Well ... she is in the far north. Its possible they are putting lights up in advance while its warmer with no intention of turning them on. But yeah could also be for Halloween.
Here in the States, we often smile AND say 'hi' in passing to people we don't even know. It just makes both people feel better.
Or just a wave or head nod
Especially if eye contact is made. Most people don’t run up and say hi lol if you look up and make eye contact it’s polite to nod, smile, or say hi.
It's weird to us that Europeans think it's ok to run up and peek through a crack to watch someone pee. Nobody here is TRYING to do that, in the first place. It's a literal crime.
The gaps in public toilets is SO OVERDRAMATIZED in videos by Europeans. At 78, I've never caught anybody looking through the gap at somebody else. And I like being able to look OUT to make sure nothing creepy its going on in the bathroom. But this is from a French person, the land of public "pissoirs". 🤨
I am not used to seeing Christmas decorations until after Halloween and, usually until Thanksgiving. Of course the Friday after Thanksgiving is "celebrated" as the start of the Christmas shopping season: "Black Friday".
I'm with you on all counts. LOL
So overblown, no one can see anything but a blob of a person in the stall, if someone was trying to look in, it would be quite obvious.
Yeah, body positivity on a nude beach, but gaps in public toilets is weird? ...ok🤔
I know, until I started watching reaction channels I never thought about it or heard any express concern. The crack is small, and the angle of view really renders it a nonissue.@@TheBaldr
@@Timbothruster-fh3cw No, not OK. If you realized that public toilets in places like the public library have been virtually taken over by people shooting drugs in the toilet stalls and the ability to be seen doing it may not entirely eliminate it but helps, it's not at all so weird. But like I said, no regular people ever try to look through the gap from outside in. THAT would be weird.
MOST times in a restaurant, you don't even have to ASK for refills. they see you are getting low on your drink and just bring them!!! Half the time I leave the restaurant and never even DRINK the refill!!
Take it to go
You can tell that she spent most of her time up North and near the cities. A lot of the things she was talking about are very different in the South.
Not as different as you think in the north, if you're living in the country she apparently spent too much in and around cities
This is an old video of her first trip.
She's been in multiple places in the US now.
The double yellow stripe on the road indicates no passing.
Yes. Not to be nit-picky... LOL
Technically it means oncoming traffic, AND no passing (unsafe to pass) Yellow is opposing traffic a solid line (of any color) means do not cross. You can have a yellow broken line. Which means oncoming traffic - legal to pass when safe.
Many times you'll see a white solid line between lanes going in the same direction when you approach an intersection. White being traffic going in the same direction as you and solid means don't cross into the next lane. Solid = don't cross over....Dash/broken line = legal to cross when safe.
There's one in every crowd
@@bluflaam777Very thorough, thank you!
@@terrimobley6067two, as I was about to say the same thing.😂
Maybe she should read a book or looked online at the signs before driving here. Luckily she didn't wreck.
I think she may have seen Halloween decor. Its rare to seen Christmas decor in September. If it's there, then they had it up all year long 😂
On a parallel note, a bunch of psychiatrists did a study on ppl that put up Christmas decorations "early" (before thanksgiving), and it all boiled down to them being happier than other ppl at that time of year. If they put them up in July, they were happier than other ppl in July, if it was in September, they were happier than other ppl in September. I don't know how or who they studied specifically, but hey why not if it makes you happy. LOL
Or they’re fundamentalists.
There are some that say Halloween is their favorite holiday.
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In the South people keep Christmas lights on their homes all year round
The roads LOL Yeah, we do have some crappy roads here. It's mostly where the weather gets really cold, the cold and the snow plows mess them up.
BUT, keep in mind that the US has over 4 million miles of road to take care of, the UK has 245,000 miles of road to take care of.
COWS -
How do people not know this? Spotted cows are dairy cows and black cows are breed for meat cows. They're not just different colors but different breeds.
SMILES -
Nobody smiles in France... BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ICE!
2:45 I had one little kid watching me through the little gap in the toilet 😂 he was laughing and thought it was funny, he was saying " hi, what are you doing? ". Not gonna lie it was funny and I laughed too. The mom was so embarrassed and was telling him it was not funny and he should respect people's privacy.
Tell him you are taking a shit.
Call me crazy, but I’ve walked into many bathrooms, and never once tried to look in the crack between the door. it’s not like we walk into a bathroom and wonder who’s in the stall today?
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Maybe she had a bad experience, somebody looked in her stall then screamed and ran out in terror or perhaps someone had a flat-out heart attack and she had to step over the body. Yeah, life here in the states is rough. 😂
Same. Nobody looks because it's impolite to do so. If anyone is peeking, they are the problem.
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As an American, I’ve never put any thought into the gaps actually because I never knew anything different. It’s a “known “ thing of etiquette to just never look. I’ve never seen anyone look at you. I always thought it was constructed for safety purposes
Any time I've had someone look through the "crack" or whatever it was a dumb kid or some old grumpy person. Whatever. Doesn't bother me anymore.
there are multiple benefits of making them that way. it allows the floors to be mopped more easily, it allows you to identify which stalls are in use, if it's in a blue state or city it lets the security guards see which stalls drug addicts have passed out in after shooting up their state sponsored heroin, and occasionally, as other commenters have stated in case of emergency you can get out under them or get to someone having an emergency without having to take the door off the stall.
The only problem I’ve ever had with the gap is that the dividers between the stalls don’t go to the floors and pickpockets have been known to reach under the dividers and take wallets out of pants that were on the floor while their wearer’s were taking a dump. I’ve been especially cautious/aware of my surroundings in public restrooms everywhere ever since watching that special. Airports were the worst locations for this behavior.
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"if it's in a blue state or city it lets the security guards see which stalls drug addicts have passed out in after shooting up their state sponsored heroin"
More likely in red. We are more prosperous in blue areas. California for example has the highest GDP of any state. 91k is the median household income overall in the state and here in "Silicon Valley" it's 125k.
@@neutrino78xCalifornia’s crime rate is 31% higher than the national average… gdp does not equal prosperity. California, New York, and Connecticut are some of the worst states in terms of income equality, where as Utah, Idaho, South Dakota, Alaska, and Wisconsin are best in terms of inequality. Those last five don’t look like blue states to me…
Black cows are generally Angus cows bred for beef. Black and white cows are usually dairy cows. However, cows come in as many colors as dogs, so it just depends on what the farmer prefers to raise.
You aren’t going to see a lot of motorcycles when it rains because it is dangerous for the rider. My uncle hit a black bear on his motorcycle. His wife skidded out on loose gravel on her first ride, which was as a fun run (fundraising event). She ended up with road rash, a dislocated shoulder,and sprained ankle. Her riding leathers came in the following week.
New York roads are bad because the weather is hard on cement. Add in road salt and cinders used to keep roads drivable in snow and ice, and the roads get chewed up. I grew up in Upstate NY. We get a lot of rain. We were the third highest rain state when I was a kid. That means there’s not a lot of time for fixing roads, even during the summer.
You’ll see a lot of different car brands in the USA because many car manufacturers have factories here. My sister’s best friend is an inspector at BMW. I used to work at a Mercedes dealership. Mercedes Sprinter vans are made in the same city I used to work in. I own a Hyundai Tucson and my sister owns Hyundai Venue. Hyundais have good safety ratings, but cost a bit less than Subarus. Our parents are on their third Volkswagen. Our dad favors Volkswagens as he’s tall and the Atlas gives home enough head room and leg room.
I'm 73 y/o, was born in Colorado, lived in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York and California. I have never seen Christmas decorations displayed in September. Where the heck was she?
Kansas?😄
Seriously! I live in Colorado and they put Halloween and Christmas together
Some people that do giant displays of Christmas lights will start months in advance.
I've watched a video/interview of someone who does big Christmas light displays, and he talked about it.
I never experienced seeing any lit up in September myself though. But I'm in Oklahoma.
I see it every single year, everywhere I have ever lived...Illinois, Texas, Montana, Georgia, Florida, etc... Where the heck are you? lol
Nobody is looking through the 1/2 inch gap on the public toilet doors. And as for the bottom being open, it’s for safety reasons in case a child gets locked in or someone faints or has a heart attack or something. The person can be rescued easier.
So explain bathrooms that have the FULL door? Safety my bare ass…you just wanna perv
Yes.I used to work as a custodian. I was always having to crawl under the stalls to open the locked doors. Kids would always crawl under the stalls because they couldn't work the locks. I always felt sorry for them because all I could imagine is them panicking and being scared.
we never put up Christmas decorations before December unless we're sure a French visitor is coming through our town
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lol lol idk what US you’re living in but most people I know start the first day of November.
In New England it’s common for people to have white lights on houses or trees year round, especially on shops, inns or at a bed and breakfast. They are basically Christmas lights but they’re not for Christmas. They just look nice at night.
It is rare to have Christmas decorations that early, but it is not uncommon to keep string lights on deck or backyard (your garden).
I think a better counter question is why do Europeans like look through gaps between the toilet stalls? It really is not wide enough for people to see things out of peripheral vision unless you are actively and consciously looking to look through the gaps you know? Though the gap underneath the door could be a little lower to be honest.
Plus, we are use to PE/GYM you had to dress and undress in front of others so we learn the respect art of not looking. 😌
Yeah, it's like kids peek and then their parents tell them not to do that because it's rude, and Europeans are just adults experiencing this for the first time without anyone there to say, hey, that's rude don't do that, so they just don't know. Once they learn, I would hope they'd show respect and not look through the gaps unless they think a friend is having a seizure or something in a stall (legit reason to peek).
All you can make out is the movement of a person and their shirt color. You can't see anything else. Just enough for you to know that it's occupied
Another counter question: Is it normal for Europeans to regularly take a poo (with their pants all the way down around their ankles no less) in public restrooms? Because I don't know ANYONE who does that. Most people in the US will only drop a deuce in a public toilet if it's an absolute emergency situation. Most people pee fast and get out of there as fast as possible, and leave the pooping for at home. Hardly anyone is using public restrooms for a voluntary leisurely sit on the toilet to take a number 2 with their pants down on the filthy floor...
Or, do they not realize that light travels in straight lines?
As someone that grew up in the US, i never even thought twice about the gap in the stalls lol
Once I went to a Renaissance festival and one of the stalls had the door off its hinges and no one was using that stall and I didn't feel like standing in the long line, so I used it. I didn't see the big deal. We're all women, and I was wearing this huge skirt I'd dressed up in, so literally nothing to see; I just looked like I was sitting down. I don't get why a tiny gap is a big deal at all. I've gone to the restroom with my mom, aunts, female cousins, and female friends in the room with me off and on my whole life. It's really not a big deal. So I had zero problem peeing in front of female strangers. Just don't look at people while they're doing their business. Lol
@@xzonia1 i've been to a couple bars in kentucky and ohio where they just have a trough instead of urinals. no dividers or anything. seen that at a few ren faires as well
@@jishani1 There's so much prudery here. When was n the Navy it was common to see the troughs with the running water keeping it clean. There's a arena here in Charlotte that has them as well as the standard urinals and toilets. The troughs are so much quicker to move a lot of men in and out. The The shy guys stand on line waiting hoping they won't pee their pants before they get their turn.
Most men are become used to nakedness because we shower after Physical Education classes starting in Jr. High School. All the showers I remember were "gang showers", a big room full of shower heads on the walls. There was an anteroom outside where you dried off and then you got dressed at your locker. Because of the draft many of us had spent time in the military where modesty is at a premium. I understand that many boys don't shower after PE today and wear their clothes over their sweaty bodies. The new modesty I guess. I've been to places where there were no partitions between the urinals or toilets. Everyone poops and pees. No need to be embarrassed.
The smiling thing, for me, is a kind of Christian virtue ethics. In the neighborhood I grew up in, it is common to acknowledge strangers in your presence in some way. I was raised Catholic, so that seemed elevated to acknowledging their personhood. In grade school, there was an elderly nun named Sister Angelica who worked in the library. She was a small, frail, white-haired lady, but she had a presence of Christian love that could fill the room. Whenever you would enter her library, she would greet you with the warmest smile. We are influenced by people who impress us, and Sister Angelica made an impression on me. I can't do that on her level, but I can do it to some extent. I mainly use that with kids or anyone who I think might be struggling too much. I think Christian virtue ethics is partly where that comes from. At least, for some of us.
With the bathroom stall gaps, you have to keep in mind we have a wider IQ distribution than you are used to. We have many brilliant, creative people, but we also have an unusual proportion of idiots with terrible judgment. In the same way you might childproof a house, idiot-proofing is everywhere. Child-proofing is about keeping kids safe. Idiot-proofing is about lowering the incidence of bonehead decisions. The gaps are to discourage inappropriate behavior in public bathrooms. Privacy, but not too much.
European cars (BMW, Audis, Mercedes) are considered luxury cars in the US.
Folks may want to remember that just because you may see something in one area of the country it does not mean that everywhere you go in the States will be the same. The next State, city or town will be completely different then what you experienced in the areas you have visited.😃😊
I'm not sure where the young lady was traveling to, but there's plenty of motorcycles rolling around...lol!
Living in the southwest with 300 days of sunshine a year, plenty of people here make motorcycles their primary vehicle. We have the weather for it, New York really doesn't. Europeans tend to forget that the US is as big as continental Europe. There may be motorcycles all over France, but you're not going to see too many in Sweden, especially if you're there in the winter.
I love these people who come here, stay in one area and suddenly >BOOM< *“I’m a big-brained expert!”* It’s not like I went to Paris and said “all the French are snobby little b*tches” a sentiment some people have expressed…
_most people._ 😮 😂
_J/k, I like the Parisian Française, my birthday is Bastille Day so_ *“viva la révolution!”*
The toilets, we are so used to it we don't think about the gaps. We don't actually peek in at someone while using the toilet.. We only look udner for feet to see if it's occupied.
The Romans' public poopers had zero gaps...
Some states have better roads than others. NC has pretty good roads.
Also, I also prefer my drinks or water cold. In the states the fountain drinks at the restaurants are already cold, so I order those without ice (especially if my order is a carry out).
That way I have more drink and it doesn't get watered-down.
I wo t drink a cold drink without ice in it, its warm, irregardless!
We are a car culture, France isn't. BMW is an upscale car. Mustang's are common.
@@garycamara9955She seems to think she knows a lot about cars yet doesn't drive ? My dad and brother worked at GM and we drove mainly Chevrolets. Now have a truck and car plus a '69 Corvette and last year gave my brother a '65 Mustang convertible. Daughter bought a new Corvette last fall with a race package. Not sure what that is but its spending the winter in a heated garage looking red and mean 😅
Remember with Right on Red, you still have to stop, check if it is clear for you to pull out, THEN go.
And in TX if flashing yellow light you can go as well so long as its clear of oncoming traffic
Nah people shopping in pajamas are walmart shoppers. Most do care about their own appearance. Unless she considers yoga pants as such… thats more the norm
Windows are designed that way in america for weather related purposes .. depending upon the time of year - top or bottom gets open - circulation purposes
The roads are handled by local governments. It differs from county to county, and more so from state to state.
And I'm going to assume that the roads she was on were all 2-lane hywys and not the expressways that are better maintained...even during the winter.
Yep. My husband is in road construction. We live at the Washington/Oregon border, and Washington has better roads, for the most part. It’s the same people fixing them, but the frequency is different. Also, city roads will be worse, because they have their own people and they don’t use the same quality. Then you have state and federal which do take bids. You can actually have all three working on the same project. If it’s an interstate highway or has a bridge over water(federal.) The on/off ramps will be city, so they will get worn down first.
The mustang is not the most owned car in the US.
All black cows are most likely Black Angus, raised for beef. "Dalmatian" cows are Holsteins, they are used for dairy. Travel to the Midwest and you will find millions of them.
It's probably the most commonly owned "head turner," though.
Tbh; who really notices cows? I happen to know the various breeds because my relatives owned a dairy farm and had mostly Holsteins (“Dalmatian”) and a few Jersey cows (solid yellowish-beige). They did get a long-haired highland calf for their kids as a pet, he was cute. Oh, one Jersey cow had a bad attitude, which was attributed to being from NJ, go figure.
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Cold drinks in America are usually chilled no ice required for it to be cold
Except for Iced tea here in Texas... It's a non negotiable, and if you ask for unsweet tea, you're going to hear a "bless your heart".
In America, it’s considered unfriendly to pass by people and not even at least nod, if not smile. It’s natural to just smile and say “hi”, when you walk past someone. Driving, it’s not expected, because you’re moving too quickly, but at least a smile or nod, to someone if you’re stopped at a light, is natural.
The hardest thing on roads is snow and cold weather. Paris averages 3 inches of snow a year, in 2022-2023 Buffalo got over 11 feet of snow. Really not that surprising that roads are a little bumpier than she is used to.
absolutely. moisture freezes just under the surface and causes heaving/breaking. Once there's a crack moisture gets in and freezes and makes more cracks and holes. Other than temporary patches, there isn't much that can be done until it all thaws.
Was going to say the same. Areas that get a lot of ice and snow have issues with roads cracking, plows digging up prefilled potholes on accident, tire chains digging into roads etc. Areas with less severe winter weather tend to be smoother.
@@ReivecSnot to mention we drive a lot more and our cars are usually bigger than European ones, so of course more wear & tear.
Toyota actually builds cars in the United States, they have ten manufacturing plants here.
Mercedes, BMW, maybe Honda too
Mercedes has a single plant in Vance Alabama, BMW has one in Spartanburg South Carolina, I couldn't find how many Honda has but I'm confident it's less than 10.
There’s a huge Nissan plant outside Nashville TN.
And Tesla, of course.
Honda has one in Ohio. I worked there years ago putting together the doors
The yellow lines in the center of American roads denote your ability to pass someone in your own lane by going into the other lane traveling in the opposite direction. Dashed line means it’s allowed, solid line means passing is not allowed, usually on account of an upcoming curve.
The light switch thing was just weird. My time in France has been very limited but I have spent a lot of time in Germany and Austria and the only difference in the light switches that I recall being the European switches tended to be a bit wider whereas traditional American switches may only be 3/8” wide. Though wider switches are becoming more popular as well.
The thing with Mustangs being everywhere in the States is the base model Mustang is actually very cheap as far as cars go. You won’t get the performance engine to go super fast or a lot of options on it but you can get a base model mustang for a very affordable price. I used to call the Mustang the unofficial vehicle of the enlisted soldier because they were extremely popular with young soldiers who had housing provided by or subsidized by the government. You can go onto almost any American military base and see a bunch of Mustangs owned by young soldiers with few expenses who want a cool looking car.
You can download the South Carolina drivers manual to study for the drivers test. It includes all standard road signs and traffic laws and I am sure other states have their manual available as well.
I want to know where she saw Christmas decorations in September. You might see one or two houses in October, but most people wait until November, usually after Thanksgiving to put up Christmas decorations. You see them in the stores in September, but very rarely on houses.
Some people will leave their lights up year round, but they don't start turning them on until Nov, and the rest of their decorations are down until after Thanksgiving too. But if she was seeing someone going all out in Sept for Christmas, that is weird!
Wal-Mart getting the jump on the next holiday? 😁
Dude, stores put up Christmas decorations earlier ever year. When I was a kid they waited until after Halloween. These days it's early October / late September. It's utterly ridiculous.
She was probably seeing lights put up for Halloween, people do that now.
@@ElyonDominusI must be a little older😊. It wasn't until after Thanksgiving that decorations went up.
Retailers would love Christmas to be a year round holiday.
The light switch she showed is the kind you twist. We actually have all kinds of light switches (clickers on the cord, in and out, pull chains, twisty ones,etc). I think there are a many different kinds of wall switches too.
Good thing they didn't have the "Clapper" installed! 😄
she can be 1 side she needs to say her friends and not all usa
Wait until she runs into one of those lamps you just touch anywhere on the base to turn onn/off.
My grandma had one of those! I loved it. Even the metal on the shade between the shade panels worked! @@ronnierodriguez6247
Roads in the US are maintained by the state, so the quality of the roads varies a lot. You can be napping in the back seat and know when you crossed from Texas to Louisiana or Oklahoma. It goes from a nice, smooth ride to a noisy, bumpy mess.
We have BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Volvo, Volkswagen, etc, and we also have Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, etc, plus all the American made cars.
The twist switches on most lamps are for 3 way bulbs. You can twist them for low, medium, and bright light. With the switch she was looking for you have on or off only.
Remember, in America, everyone who has a motorcycle also owns a car.
The roads up north get messed up a lot because when it snows and the roads get icy the expansion and contraction of the hard concrete causes cracks. Over time those cracks grow.
And the moisture just below the surface freezes and expands. It can cause woopty bumps and/or cracks and potholes.
Frost boils are a thing
@@bluflaam777 Those are called frost heaves.
You need to go to the south to get smooth roads.
The gap in the toilet stalls are incredibly handy if there is no toilet paper in your stall!!!! Just ask your neighbor. I am 60 years old and have never seen anyone using the bathroom through the gaps. Ok, the double yellow lines on the road tell you whether you can pass or not. The line that will tell YOU, is the line closest to you. If it is solid, do not pass the car in front of you. If it is a broken line, you can pass, after checking to see if another car is coming. The line furthest from you, is for the oncoming cars.
where she was driving from NY to Buffalo they receives a lot of snow. The roads are built to reflect freezing so they dont have to maintain them all the time. To counteract the expansion and shrinking of the material in the road they make gaps on highways to protect the surface. its not throughout the country, but they do it in cold climate states.
Yes, we have a manual flush. The press is pressure flush.
The gap is to give the door room to swing on the hinge side and a gap to not wedge the door closed. It's not the same kind of hinges you would have on a door in your home. The higher rise on the door is in case something happens to the occupant you can slide under the door to unlock it. The only way anyone is going to see anything besides maybe your face or your knee is if they are actively trying to look in at you.
It's a twist switch, not an in line rotary switch.
The Mustang is a cool car classic muscle car. As rare as the real horse, although I think their numbers are climbing. The double yellow line means you can not pass.
They could've been Christmas decorations, or they could've been Halloween decorations or just decorating for Thanksgiving.
We have all those brands here, but we like American made or good milage & safe.
Ceiling fans help cool or heat the room.
You can turn on red where there's no sign saying you can't. Yes, local roads can be rough.
If you have to pay for free refills, they're not free. Yes, you can ask for no ice.
Yes, there are thousand of motorcycles but they pick their weather.
Dodge is a car maker. They .ake the Dodge Charger and the Dodge Ram trucks.
We are taught, at least I was, smile when we meet people to show you're friendly. Yeah, some of us are like that but others are just plain lazy or don't care what people think about how they look.
Yes, business, for most businesses, is 7 days a week.
Yes if you are in a large store like Walmart or a Departmenr store, they have their own bathrooms. That way, they don't rush you out to use the loo.
We're friendly, and sociable.
couldn't have said it better i was so shocked to hear that they dont really smile over there i have some asian friends and they have said the same thing about the smile thing i just thought it was just an asian thing but i guess they dont do the smile thing in the eu ether.
Well said!
The reason the roads were bad for her is because New York gets a tremendous amount of snow each winter, and the snow plows destroy the roads with the blades of the plow. We ask for no ice because it waters down the drinks. There are motorcycles everywhere in the USA. She means a Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger. Police commonly use them. The most common vehicle you will see is the common Cargo Van. We smile and wave back when waved to, it's common courtesy to acknowledge someone you make eye contact with, and a smile is taught to us at a young age as a way to silently say "Hey Neighbor, top of the morning to you". We have a phrase "Sunday Drivers" which refers to people who traditionally would drive slowly on a Sunday afternoon to just enjoy the day and take in the scenery. We raise our voices in accordance with the ambient background noise. We are told to use inside voice and outside voice, lol. A stranger is a friend you haven't met yet.
Well put with everything!!!
I was just thinking the roads must be bad because she's up north@@DaveMustang74
@@cannibalvince I was just thinking it must be people in the South who raise their kids to smile, not so in the grumpy Northeast.
@cannibalvince We have our bad areas, but generally, our roads are decent. When I cross into Louisiana, it's often a different story. 😂 The lack of motorcycles had me scratching my head, too. I see them all of the time. It's just generalization, but we all do it at some point.
@Pinkfong2 I was raised in the PNW, and I/we smile at everyone. Things may have changed since I grew up there as the demographics have changed, but we were very friendly back in the 70s and 80s. When I lived in NYC, very few people smiled...
People normally would start decorating for Christmas immediately after Thanksgiving but when the pandemic hit many people who love Christmas decided they wanted to feel that joy as soon as possible. It seems to have just stayed a thing people are doing now. They put up their Christmas decorations as soon as they feel like it, I guess. In fact, I have a few neighbors who have not taken their lights down yet and continue to turn them on every evening!
Ok if I go out, I am wearing a proper pair of pants like jeans, not leggings or pajamas. In the regions where we get snow, we get potholes because the de-icer breaks down the surfaces. We spend spring through fall repairing or replacing our roads just for winter to come along and put in it's 2 cents 😊.
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Yes, you actually CAN put ice in your water bottle... they make special trays for long, thin ice, just the right size for putting in a bottle!
Heads straight to amazon* lol
How have i never known this😂
@@uncle_rick333 yeah, they've been around for a while... Until your ice tray arrives, you can fill your bottle only halfway, set it at an angle in the freezer, and fill up the rest before you leave the house... Tilting the bottle is not required, but it creates more ice/water contact surface within the bottle which cools the newly added water faster. 😁
@@robertcartier5088 sweet man! thanks🤙🏽
i've never had an issue putting ice cubes in a standard plastic bottle. i mean, im not using square ice cube trays, but the regular shaped ice cubes from the ice maker in my freezer fit in a standard plastic bottle
Here’s a tip, if you want ice water on a picnic or long drive put the full water bottle(s) in the freezer the night before. If you want some space for cold water immediately then freeze half-full bottles and add water before leaving. Putting the bottles in a cooler will keep them frozen. Even outside the cooler in an un-air conditioned vehicle on a hot day frozen water bottles will remain cold most of the day (if not in direct sun.)
Problem solved.
We also have VW, Audi, BMW, Mercedes in the States. I own a a VW GTI. BMW has multiple factories in the US.
Roads differ by state and region. She has a talking east coast. Roads there endure much more freezing and thawing cycles in the winter. Plus, the terrain has a lot of clay and hills. That’s really hard on roads. In contrast, I’ve been to southern Cali and the roads there were in great shape.
The USA history was different than the rest of the world. The westward expansion required inter-dependability on one hand, and the comparative isolation made accepting strangers easier, and everyone was often a stranger to everyone else coming from different states and countries.
That may explain why foreigners find Americans friendly we are accustomed to strangers. In a big country where people rarely travel farther than they could walk in a day, another human was often a welcomed sight.
A new face with new stories helped break the monotony.
The fact that most countries don't use ice is astounding to me, how do you drink warm beer or soda?
I mean, I can do it quite easily.
You put ice in your beer? I'm American and have never seen that from anyone before.
@@elementalargon7597 he puts ice and beer in a blender and makes a slushie
Do you not use a refrigerator? I'm an American and I drink cold things all the time without ice.
I never put ice into my drink. First of all, it dilutes what I'm drinking. Second, I don't live in the South, so I don't need the extra chill.
Our roads get messed up from snow plows and ice melt during winter and the roads don't get repaired right away
A lot of the friendliness is simple small talk. You have a friendly conversation with a stranger you'll never see again. You made a human connection shared simple conversation and everybody walks away happy.
Right on red is like stopping at a stop sign. You look to see if there are any cars coming from your left and if not you go.
I think a right turn on red is confusing to him because in the UK they drive on the left hand side of the road, so making a right on red for him would be like us making a left on red.
Also you can turn left on red too, but only when it’s a one way. Just to confuse him more lol
In Chicago we have two seasons: winter and road repair. 😊
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Illinoisians downstate just have winter. Our roads rarely get repaired because Chicago gets all the money since they have the greater numbers in the state legislature.
It's like Texas... There's Summer and Hotumn.
Minnesota as well
The ’push-pull’ table lamp switches were common nearing a century ago at the beginning of electrification in the USA. Later, the today more common turning/rotating controls became the norm in the USA.
Lamps in the USA must meet certain industry standards, and partly for that reason tend to last a long time.
Northern NY State might explain the rough roads. The ground freezes every year there.
Might also explain the Christmas decorations being out so early, if they were Christmas decorations. I imagine they would decorate well before any snow was expected up there.
The lines separating the road are certain colors for a reason. The lines for oncoming traffic are yellow. The double lines mean no passing. Dashed means passing ok. If it is solid on one side and dashed on the other means passing ok on the dashed side, and no passing on the solid side. White lines are for the shoulder, or to mark lanes in the same direction, like on a 4 lane freeway.
To be fair, you have to keep in mind how much more driving americans do on a daily basis. As an example, its not all that uncommon for people to drive an hour one way to go to work. It also helps to explain why bigger cars are more common in america, because we spend a lot more time in our cars.
I would think it's more to do with CAFE standards. If your truck or SUV is huge it'll pass emissions standards much easier than a small vehicle, since emissions are tied to the size of the vehicle. We are just so good at making legislation that results in the opposite of what we intended. We want less air pollution, so why don't we incentivize people getting larger vehicles? And even though we can see the outcome, we aren't going to be bothered with changing it.
Yeah, I have a friend who lives in Europe and he walks or rides his bike to work most days. Might take the bus if it's raining. I cannot even imagine living close enough to a job here in Texas to walk or ride a bike to it. It's usually at least a 15 minute drive to get anywhere, so I drive everywhere. I think Europeans have small cars because they have small roads originally built back when people used horses and carts. America built roads for cars. X)
@@xzonia1 floridian here. it's about a 30 minute drive one way to get to the nearest supermarket. plus we both deal with 10 months of summer and crushing humidity as well. even if it was a 15 minute walk, that's a hard sell when it's 110 degrees out and 92% humidity.
I have ridden my motorcycle in the rain. If you're traveling that way and it rains, you just put on your rain gear and continue...
@@outlawwoman and when you find yourself in a foot of snow?
20:30 - rain can cause old oil to float to the surface of our roads creating major slip hazard for bikes, and even cars potentially, but because of this it is generally common practice to never ride a motorcycle on rainy days. Not that people dont still do it, but most of the time you see it is cause the rain surprised someone while they were away from home, or if it is their only means of transportation.
Conditions of roads all depends on where you are. We love our refills. I like room temperature water myself. Most Americans love cold water, I'm not one of them. Yes, we smile at each other. It's a form of greeting without talking. Speaking loudly is normal. You would fit right in Lewis.
I kinda like the gap in the stalls too cuz you can have someone pass you TP underneath if it’s out in your stall 😋
Edit: I’ve lived in the US almost 30 years and have never seen Xmas decorations before Halloween and the only time I’ve ever driven on a bumpy road how she described was on dirt roads
Ha! Good point. I've been the giver or receiver of toilet paper under the wall more times than I've ever seen anyone look through the gap. And I'm in my 60's.
@@marthapackard8649 haha that’s so true! And those toilet paper passes really come in handy sometimes!!
It’s not normal to see Xmas decorations that early.
The amount of smiling, waving, and greeting strangers in public varies some in the U.S. Somewhat less in northern big cities than perhaps a small town, especially in the south. In my area, even driving, if it is rural road... people nod, or half way wave at a passing care. Yesterday, at the post office... a woman passed me with out returning my smile and "Good morning " greeting. That was notable! I thought she was unpleasant for a moment than realized that i don't know what is happening in her life and maybe my smile and greeting will be the positive thing in her day. Sometimes, i person who seems grumpy can feel better having had an interaction. My mom is pretty isolated as are many older people so those brief stranger interactions are extra special to her.
Fun video. I felt very similarly when I went to Europe for my 1st time last May. There were so many things I'd seen in the movies that to see them live in person was so fun! Double decker red buses and red phone booths in the UK. In Berlin, every other car was a BMW or Mercedes. And though we have those here in the US, they are considered high-end vehicles and in Berlin they were very standard. And there was a market with fresh veg and bread on every corner in Paris, which we absolutely don't have in the US. I love Europe so much that I'm coming back again in April! See you then. HAHAHA
The solid yellow line in your lane means "do not pass." If there is a double line for both lanes, you cannot pass from either lane or flow of traffic. The single broken yellow lines separating the lanes simply mean normal driving, passing allowed at driver's discretion.
Here's a true story of why I am GRATEFUL for those gaps in the toilets in the public bathrooms. My daughter was six, and she wanted to go into the bathroom stall alone and be a "big girl". So I let her and I stood outside the door. My daughter finished up and couldn't figure out how to unlock the door. She started to panic. I was calmly telling her what to do but it wasn't working, she was already going into a panic attack. (My daughter at the time had been diagnosed with PTSD and anxiety from being involved in a car accident where she saw a lot of blood and someone die). She went in to a full on panic attack. Screaming and crying saying she was going to die, it was awful. I couldn't get her to slide under the door to get out so I got on my back and I slid under the door to get into the toilet to get her. I sat on the toilet seat and just held her on my lap, with her face in my neck and calmed her. Could you imagine how long it would have taken to get someone there to take the door off it's hinges if the door went all the way to the ground? I am so grateful for those gaps, I wouldn't change it for the world.
By the way, my daughter is ten now, and her therapist has said her PTSD is gone as well as much of her anxiety! =)
That had to be terrifying for both of you. 💝
That’s great to hear. Bad anxiety makes life damn near impossible.
So happy to hear your daughter is doing well! I still battle PTSD from two serious car wrecks 6 months apart in 2021. Maybe I have hope ❤
Once I was in a stall and the latch broke as I was opening it. I was alone in the restroom. It wasn’t pretty, but I got out without opening the door.
Ours in the u.k do have a gap at the bottom and top just not the sides .
I've literally seen videos of people in the UK getting stuck in their toilet stalls because the handle was jammed or broken and they're struggling to get out. Even with someone helping on the other side. The reasons there's gaps is for safety issues. Easy in, easy out. Especially in emergencies. Plus nobody cares to watch you. Everyone minds their business. Unless it's a toddler/annoying kid. Then sometimes they crawl in lol
The fully sealed off cubicles make for a real issue in an emergency. Door locked and someone has collapsed or something, it’s a real problem.
If you see Christmas lights on my home In September, it just means I was too lazy to take them down from the last Christmas. Maybe even the one before.
Regarding roads, great unless your in the northeast where the infrastructure is much older and the congestion is mind bending. Nevertheless, super highways coast to coast baby.
Roads up north are bad...mainly due to winter weather. Lots of potholes. Many northern states call summer "construction season".
Yep, we have two seasons, winter and road construction.
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Gotta love those state infrastructure contracts…
I'm an American, and I don't go around smiling at people. You do have to try to be unapproachable sometimes so you don't get trapped in a conversation with some random person.
I grew up in Nebraska. We would normally have snow and ice on the ground on Halloween.
Potholes in the roads are very common.
Most police agencies used to use Ford Crown Victoria's as patrol cars. When they reintroduced the dodge charger, the police agencies started using them.
Roadkill on the roads is very common.
Everything is open on Sunday except for Hobby Lobby and Chick Fil A.
Restrooms... Most states have laws that required a restroom to be available if a business is serving prepared food. That means if they are serving hot food, they are required to have a restroom available.
Police cars arent exclusively Dodges. My city uses Ford. It depends on where your department or state has its contract through.
Ford Crown Victoria was the common police car for year in Virginia
Motorcycles in the USA are more like toys. They are luxury items most of the time so the majority of people only ride them when weather is nice
We have button flush toilets, but you'll mostly find them in public spaces. In some cases there's an infrared panel that detects when you get up and flushes automatically (in theory), but you can also flush those manually by pressing the black button on the panel.
Lights. The thing she is talking about is a twist lamp switch. You turn them clockwise to turn them on. Turn it again to turn it off. Its a throwback to the way you would turn down old oil lamps.
Maybe they were Halloween decorations, and the French are really that ‘out of it’ 😂
To be fair, some countries don't care about it at all.
Christmas is a Christian holiday (Christ-mas), and MAYBE some European countries don't follow the holiday much.
You can’t see shit through the gap unless you put your eye right up to it…… what’s the big deal?
Motorcycles are rarely used for daily driving more of a leisure/sport activity.
IKR? Like how many Europeans have been to a topless beach but they get squeamish about a small gap at the public restroom doors?
Ive been to plenty of bathrooms that you can plainly see through the gaps and the doors placed at almost knee height
Even for America, decorating for Christmas in September is not normal. Many start in November as well.
@@Bizz4r2m0ke That's pretty rare tbh. I've never seen that. I'd have to ask where those restrooms were at? I sort of get that if it was a department store...trying to limit shoplifting?
The first time I was in a public restrooms in Europe, I was claustrophobic because doors went to the floor and there were no gaps. 😮
Ain’t no way. I’m American and the floor to ceiling door on toilets sounds heavenly.
The first time I was in a public restroom in Europe, the toilet didn't have a seat. It had handles to hold while you hovered in mid air. I'm not going to call that weird because I don't like it when they call things here in America weird. Lets just say it was....different.🤪
I put up Christmas decorations outside after Halloween. We put up lights even in our garden and back yard. I usually wait until Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in November) to put up the tree and stuff inside.
I haven't had a glass of water without ice in 40 years.
I regularly drink water without ice after the dentist told me to stop chewing it and I just couldn't break the habit. My water is still chilled though.
The lack of ice was one little annoyance when traveling in Europe. In the US it’s just the opposite; if one wants no ice one must request no ice. I generally ask for an extra cup of ice, I like my beverages like I like my attitude… 🥶
_…frosty_ 😂
I never noticed the gaps in the doors till you guys started pointing them out…
She should go to Sturgis. That motorcycle rally is HUGE!
They always say New Yorkers arent friendly and she saying how friendly driving around NY is 😊 great to hear . She needs to go south to experience southern hospitality people are really really nice there ❤
I will never understand European fear about American bathrooms. No one can see you, but we know the stall is occupied. By the way, no can see your underwear either unless you drop them all the way to your ankles.
Yeah. Usually,nobody does that because it's unsanitary. Those floors are nasty.
I think it’s all that hair, fear of spawning a “Sasquatch sighting!”
_”Hello officer, I was in the bathroom at Macy’s and there was this awful smell…”_ 😮 😂
1) Restrooms: When it comes to the gaps between the door and the frame of the stalls, it's in case if the authorities or owners need to see inside--emergencyies or illegal activities. As a patron. It just understood you don't look in. Besides, you'd literally have to press your eyeballs there to see anything significant, and no one is going to do that!
2) 99.99% of us Americans don't put up Christmas decorations before Halloween!!!!
3) We have every make and model of cars because we are a car culture.
3) American road conditions depend on the state.
4) For Pete's sake we are in our cars more then you guys so everything road related is going to be higher.
5) I've never seen a person a person shop in pajamas. She must be confusing them with sweats.
In response to #5. Come to the Walmart near our home and you might think you were in the middle of a pajama party! Actually, it isn't that bad but I do, at times, see people in their jammies.
No it's getting more common. Why if your going out why do you not put on appropriate clothing. Says your disrespecting yourself and others because I don't want to see your stuff.
I have it's inappropriate. I don't want to see others people private stuff.
I went to Walmart and this girl was walking and I just told her I see your crack and she replied my crack is always showing. Now that told me a story. She didn't even act like it bothered her. WOW.
I've seen people in pajamas outside including slippers for 15 years. I live in the Northeast, maybe it's more popular here. It's ridiculous but I see it.
The yellow line on the hiway usually means “no passing”. Used on two way roads to signify that it is unsafe (and illegal) to pass…up hills, around curves etc.
Stores have Christmas decorations up starting in September, but most people don't start putting up home decorations until Thanksgiving (week of the 24th of November)
BMW is considered a luxury car for the most part. I actually work for BMW in SC.. we build em right here. But I drive a Ford. Alot of American cars are built for style and comfort.
Seriously, I've never seen Christmas decorations before December here.... but we do have fall decorations starting as soon as September 30th rolls around.
BMW Mercedes are kind of luxury here, out where I am, you drive one of those, you aren't getting everywhere, you will also have a scratch paint job because of gravel roads are very common.... paved roads exist.... just less of them.
And out in the country, everything is closed here mostly.
Except in Walmart I rarely see Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving.
I could understand Halloween decorations also. Fake webbing and lights could look like fake snow?
In the last few years I have started seeing a few Christmas decorations before Halloween. It seems silly.@@TheBaldr
My guess is the decorations were at a store. Those go up ridiculously early. It's pathetic.
We have a big problem about celebrating one holiday at a time lol. I refuse to decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving, but i also have friends that never take the tree down. They just change up the decor for the season.
There always seems to be one house that has Christmas up all year. I've never seen it up in Sept. But usually, the day after Thanksgiving, the Christmas lights some on in some houses. Trees up quickly too! There are Christmas decorations for sale in Sept for sure. Some stores sell that all year long!
New York City first installed these kinds of doors to the stalls of Men's toilets in the 1960s in public parks and other areas to discourage drug use but mostly to stop male homosexual "cruising"
Later bars and restaurants began adopting the stall doors with the gaps in both male and female bathroom stalls.
But major retail stores did not start to do this until the late 1980s as a standard.
In retail stores like clothes stores, Target, Wal-Mart, grocery stores and pharmacies the gaps are there because it discourages shoplifting.
I remember that in the mid 1960s they weren't unusual in Ohio. In retail stores and malls. In the late '60s there was a big move to put coin boxes on stalls; that didn't last long.
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The gaps are for two reasons first and most important it's there so they can see if you need help or need assistance, Medical assistance, Like if someone's having a heart attack you can see them and know to get them some help. Second is to prevent homeless people from taking up residency in the Stalls.😎
The holiday decorations settings changed about a decade ago. It used to be only aisles of Halloween deco through September and October and then Thanksgiving and Christmas after. Now you'll get aisles of Halloween and right across at the same time will be Christmas
when to start Christmas has been a debate between Christmas lovers and Halloween lovers
On the roads, we have decent roads but she was here during snowplow season and they chew up the road during the winter. Especially up north like in New York.
There are rough roads all over the US right now, we fix them come spring just to have it all happen again next winter. And we have A LOT of road to cover and repair.