Its such a weird culture to look at the customer like they are a scumbag for not tipping, rather than looking at the employer like they are a scumbag for not paying a fair, decent living wage to the worker, or holding the governent accountable for making that situation an actual acceptable circumstance.
You are completely correct, but if you want the worst deals in the developed world you will find them in the USA. All in the name of the freedoms they don't actually have.
I saw Girl Gone London had posted about reaction videos a couple of days ago. When I saw you upload this today I was like oh no he hasn’t seen it yet! But I went to check the comments of her video and saw your lovely and thoughtful comment. I thought it was a really respectful thing to do and just wanted to say so! Lots of people being very positive about you in those comments too which was nice 😊
Iv seen that too and his reply message to her was lovely! Why did she not big him up for getting her more views. Even Jay from map men respected JJ and gave a shout out! JJ tells people to follow and subscribe to her! I thought she was rude and it made me cringe. Maybe I’m just biased and too much of a fan of him. But Yeah! Ok I get where she is coming from, but other reactors have done nothing for her, like he has! I hope he stops reacting to her videos and goes to other creators like map men and Evan…her video was uncomfortable to watch!
@@buttonedupreader6522 rubbish, he does not reply to comments, he steals, creators work, who have had to put the time in, research editing, and just reacts to others content, if he was a good one, he would in between do some original content, gir gone london is right,
What food are you eating where the tip is 100dollers thats a week's worth of food for a family of 4 lol 😂😂😂 Imagine being paid 4 dollars and hour and having someone spend 500 dollars on one meal and give you 100 extra dollars for doing your job as expected, what does that do to you psychology, how low on the totem pole would you think you are after that
I grew up in a village in the UK and everyone always greets each other there. Also I find that when I go to the countryside near the city I live in now that people tend to say hello
I go out walking in the countryside up north - I say hello to everyone I pass, and 99% say hello back. Sometimes I end up in a long conversation. Visiting London is like visiting a place full of unfriendly aliens.
Being a Yorkshireman, people always say 'Hello' and 'Morning' to each other, especially when you are on a Public Footpath or Canal with lots of walkers, runners, cyclists etc. You almost feel rude just keeping your head down and not speaking to others in that situation. In major cities that are more crowded and hectic, I can understand a little why people don't necessarily say 'Hello' to one another, but if you live in more rural areas, certainly working class areas like I do, it happens all the time.
As a Brit, I would say that in general we do not order a pudding/sweet, when placing our main course. Nor does our server normally ask you if you want to. We will order our main course and see how we feel after eating it. Your server will return to you when you have finished and ask if anyone would like a sweet. Some will, some not.
I'm English, from Cambridge and Iived in the town centre for 21 years. Then I moved to a village 20 mins from the middle of town. When I walk my dogs or walk down the street in my village everyone says hello. But in the town absolutely not just too many people. Too many tourists and strangers, you'd be exhausted
As a Brit, I feel the word "garbage" is somewhat stronger than "rubbish". As in, "That car is rubbish" - but you'd still drive it if you have to, whereas "That car is garbage" would put you off even climbing into it.
It was only the other day, when I had to explain to someone what a 'garbo' is (A 'garbage-man' no-one bothers about 'Sanitary Engineers' and such in Oz.) that I realised that now in the UK I say 'rubbish'.
That's how we'd use it in Australia, too. We have the british usage of "bin". Or we'll say, "please put that in the rubbish". We'd also use "rubbish" as a mild, non-sweary form of bull***t. Garbage is used as a non-sweary way of saying a person or object is even less than not worth someone's time. Or as a nickname for someone with my RL surname, which was fun, growing up in the 70s/80s. ;)
@@Bethgael When I was still at school in QLD we never bothered with "sanitation engineers" & all those silly euphemising titles. The guy who came to empty your bins was a "garbo". I - for some unknown reason - absolutely loved that word!
Massive salute to you for your comment to her video the other day. Fact is you do add a lot of value to these, you look stuff up have a good rhythm in letting the video play before adding your comment. A lot of people here are fans of both of you and it was heartening to see the positivity in that exchange, nice one lads.
9:00 if you've ever seen the mould that builds up in restaurant/commercial ice machines - even regularly cleaned ones - you'd never ask for ice in your drinks again... only use Ice you've made yourself! 👍
I have an ice machine. And you are right.never really thought about it ,then looked one day and it was filthy. So I learned how to clean it. The first time was a nightmare as it was so bad. Now I run 2 vinegars cycles evey week, and scrub it with a tooth brush (even if it doesn't look dirty,then run a few water cycles and throw away the ice. If you actually clean them properly regularly,it isn't a problem.x
Ice is actually not healthy for you. Back in the day, our family pediatrician said to not give ice to us as children, that it would cause throat issues. Our family is the only one I know of that didn’t have at least one of us kids having tonsils removed (when it was popular to do so). Wasn’t even allowed to eat a popsicle until our teens. Ice may feel like it’s cooling you down temporarily but studies show it’s detrimental overall. Expect to get flack over the last comment 😂
Having a meal in the UK there’s no rush to get you gone and get the next customers in because the waitress’ etc do not rely on tips and more customers means more tips
re: the heat Yes, what she's said is absolutely true. We also have the problem that we can rarely acclimatise to the heat because it doesn't last long enough. You need a good few weeks to adapt to warmer temperatures and I can guarantee that it doesn't happen here. Quite often it's a see-sawing effect temperature building over several days to a week before a thunderstorm comes and cools everythign down for a few days, rinse and repeat. That and the jetstream has a massive effect on the UK and the weather we experience, and that's usually responsible for a lot of the sudden changes here.
I live in a smallish town and go out walking a lot. Almost everyone says hello to other people walking past. I think that is very specific to large towns and cities not to.
The US washes their eggs, thus removing the outer membrane on the shells and making them permeable to gases and bacteria. When the hen lays the egg, it gets coated with a thin layer of antibacterial liquid that dries on the egg shell and forms a protective membrane that prevents contamination. Once you wash the eggs, that membrane is removed and so the eggs must be kept refrigerated to reduce the risk of bacteria.
And the reason they _have_ to wash their eggs is because the big producers in the US keep their hens in such poor conditions that it's mandatory. Heaven forbid they put animal welfare over profit...
@@wessexdruid7598 That's why chickens are also washed in chlorine in America, poor conditions/battery hens. It's also why chickens are not imported from America, they don't meet UK standards.
@@karenblackadder1183 It's not just the welfare of the animals, in the US it's legal to inject cows with all sorts of growth hormones that are banned in the EU as well. For this reason only grain fed, high quality beef is permitted to be imported into the EU and there is a quota. I don't know what happens in the UK now it has left the EU, we probably allow everything in, putting our own livestock farmers out of business.
I think supermarket ‘use by’ dates err on the side of extreme caution, so don’t pay too much attention to them, and as I freeze food, I often only have a vague idea of how long something is OK to eat once it’s defrosted. So far so good, as by using the common sense or the sniff approach, I’ve never suffered from food poisoning from my own cooking, so I think I’ll carry on not worrying, or wasting, too much.
Problem is that dangerous pathogens won't smell bad. If that were a reliable rest no one would suffer food poisoning. Bad smelling food may not be dangerous (eg milk).
I think the new thinking is that ‘use by’ means get rid of it on /before the date. best by means it may not taste so good after the date but it should be Ok. Me, I use the ‘look and sniff” test!
When I first started watching these kinds of vids. I was astounded to gradually learn about the Great North & South Divide. Part of which is that Northerners are friendly & smiley while Southerners are snotty & won't acknowledge the rest of the human race.😄But to me, nothing could be further from my own experiences: I'm also in the South East. And I get smiles & greetings & hugs every time I take the dog out for a walk😁. People on the buses natter away to total strangers. A student on a park-bench will tell you their life-story (!) ,and people are only too pleased to help if you fall flat on your face in the street (remember - I'm speaking from my experiences😬), or get lost, or run out of poo-bags for the dog. As for London - of course people rushing round to work or Uni or to catch a plane don't grin at each other constantly! But I've never found anyone there to be other than kind, unbelievably helpful & generous. And sure they smile - if you strike up a conversation with them. OK, we don't much eat mushy peas or black pudding, or drink copious cups of tea, but we have food from so many different places - Africa, Far East, Middle East, Europe, Korea - that are really good too. Phew! I'm sorry - I just had to put in a word for the South East. The picture I've gained of us through the comments is unflattering to say the least😵💫But after all, this is just one person's experiences.
@@cireenasimcox1081I agree with you about friendly Southerners!! I have also been happy and smiley and had lovely help and nice conversations. Even in London!! But I've also had the same in the North!
@@titanium_di2402 The furthest North I've been is Leeds - but there are lots of Northerners around here. And I've seen no difference between the friendliness & helpfulness of one lot over t'other. And the absolute numpties appear to be quite liberally sprinkled all over😆
East of England here and it’s the same. I grew up in a little village, moved to a larger town as an adult and we tend to do the polite greeting or hello to individuals as you pass them. Definitely not like that in London.
@@cireenasimcox1081 I think the difference is, and this isn't a blanket thing, is that as a person not from London, when I moved to London it you talk to people on the tube or bus you're looked at as a bit weird so people generally speaking don't do it. When you go up north, or even into the Midlands, people, especially older and middle aged people will talk to you more often, but you're right it's not a blanket thing and it's much more likely outside of densely populated urban areas. The funniest time I encountered this was when I was on the District Line coming from Putney and it was just after the Fulham v Newcastle game had finished. A bunch of Geordies, Newcastle fans, got into the train and tried talking to the locals, especially one who had a child in a pushchair. They kept commenting on the little bearn, to which the local obviously understand what they were talking about. I had to translate!!! They will didn't get much of a response but I chatted with them until we got to Central London and went our separate ways. I think this highlighted to me the difference of being up North and in London very starkley.
Here in the UK I think it makes more sense to call it a bin than a can because we don't have the old, traditional round metal bins anymore that you might associate with the word "can". Instead we now have different coloured, plastic wheelie bins and boxes. The different colour of each bin or box represents what type of rubbish you should put in that particular bin. So in the area where I live, (because it varies from area to area), I have a red wheelie bin for cardboard and plastic, a brown wheelie bin for garden waste and a green wheelie bin for general landfill waste. There is also a green recylcing box for cans and glass.
I smile at everyone, and say hi if there's eye contact lol. My being silent and avoiding eye contact with the nutters is usually the one thing guaranteed to make them sit next to me on an otherwise empty bus 🤣 I think the only way I can avoid that though is to start acting hyper happy and crazier than they are 😂
Yes,Servers in the UK will often press the no button for tips on the card machine but it’s not because they don’t want you to tip them… it’s because credit card tips are taxed and also often pooled among the rest of the staff. So they do want you to tip but want it in cash so they get to keep all of it themselves,and to be fair a lot of people will ask if their servers prefer cash tips prior to payment .
You've got to be careful with this, though. I worked in the casino industry in Canada for a decade and just before I started there was a massive, industry-wide audit by Canada Revenue. At the time, standard practice was to get tips in cash then claim 10% of gross pay as tips. The CRA dug into people's bank records to calculate a more accurate estimate and fined thousands of workers. After that, casinos started documenting everything. Not saying it will happen in the UK, but if cash tips get too widespread it's a possibility.
Servers in the UK appreciate tips but are paid better than in the US because we have a better minimum wage. Therefore they know they need to go above and beyond to earn the tip.
Aaahhhh! Sell-by dates and use-by dates ... those of us who grew up before they existed just laugh at them ... Unnecessary and they only make for wastefulness of perfectly good food. Proof that people with common sense are an endangered entity.
We eat food past its sell by date, especially eggs. We put an egg in a cup of cold water, if it sinks it's fine, if it floats it's gone off. Using that method we've eaten eggs a few months out of date
I know what you mean about the humidity. I remember when getting it smashing into me when I made the mistake off flying out in August and just wrote in my diary back then "you don't breathe air here, you drink it".
The meal sizes in the US are three times bigger than the meals in the UK. There’s always room for dessert. If I’ve had meat in my main course, I will choose a lighter dessert like Chocolate mousse, Tiramisu, Rhubarb and Ice Cream, or Pavlova and Ice Cream.
England is the size of Albama with 11 times the population, we also walk more so you’re constantly seeing people - you can’t say hello to everyone, for the same reason people in New York don’t. But in the countryside and more so in the north in less densely populated areas we absolutely do say hello. As you say it’s a bit more of a city / suburbs / rural thing
Fun fact: the USA's biggest crop for a long time was Ice, which probably explains the culture of ice. Also, our service staff are usually paid enough that tipping doesn't make up their wages to a liveable amount.
It is wrong, US employment laws allow that though, so the employers take advantage of it and make tipping part of the wage. Point being Tipping doesnt allow it, its the opposite. You dont have to tip in the UK, but most people do when they have a nice time at a restaurant. The tip is out of respect for the staff doing a great job.
@@chrism8705 I don't know your situation so cannot comment on that. Each to their own, but I dont base my own work or life experience on others, I just remain respectful.
I thought about it for a while, not so long ago and thought. I'm on a few pence an hour(literally) above minimum wage at a supermarket, I work until 11pm a night including weekends and bank holidays, so I can't afford to tip people that are on the same wage as me and I my colleagues as we don't get tips.
Think about it. Manufacturers put an eat by date on a product way before it isn’t safe to eat. They want to build in a tolerance to make sure there’s no chance of someone having an adverse reaction. I’m 70. We just scraped the mould off and whacked it in a pan. We never had digestive problems, just polio and rickets.
I worked at a UK motorway service area in my youth and the ice was used to increase the profit margin. Also McDonalds use to do free refills in the UK but stopped for some reason.
If you have a 'normal' portion, in UK, you very often have room for a dessert. And restaurants aren't trying to throw you out as soon as you've finished your main course, so spending some time chatting, before ordering dessert, is totally acceptable. After dessert, you might have coffee, or wine before you ask for the bill. In sum, dining out in UK is a much more leisurely affair.
I remember my first holiday in Greece. I was happily sleeveless heading out to the local taverna for the evening meal only to spot the locals all huddled up in coats and scarfs.😂
I was in Florida in vests and T-shirts and locals were wearing jumpers and coats. I arrived in the evening so in the morning I opened the balcony door, the heat hit me and I vomited! In a week I was fine walking around
I think that people in British cities and some of the towns are more wary of people, in smaller communities everybody more or less know eachother. However if you own a dog, nearly everyone is your friend, and their dogs are your dogs friends❤
I live in Scotland. And in summer when the sun's out (yes it does get sunny in scotland lol), the humidity is often above 90%. Have even seen the humidity at 100%.
There seems to be this general misconception by many (including those from the UK) about how our insulation works. Insulation is designed to prevent the transfer of temperatures between the inside and outside in both directions. So when it’s really hot, it will hinder the ability for the heat of the outside to seep into the home. It is only after a prolonged period of unrepentant heat (ie the temperatures don’t cool down sufficiently overnight) that the inside of the home will become hotter than is comfortable. I think that on the whole people in the UK are more selective in what we call a restaurant too. If someone in the UK is going to a restaurant, it’s going to be somewhere that serves a higher quality of meal. The sort of place with heavy cutlery (flat/silverware), tablecloths and that you’ll be sipping wine along with your meal. It also isn’t likely to be part of a chain. So if we’re going to a restaurant, it is an experience. It’s going to be a little more costly and take longer.
I lived in Ghana for a year. Temperatures in the mid- to high- 30s every day even in the cool season and near 100% humidity. It's weird; you're hot all the time, but it doesn't exactly stop you from doing normal activities. You just complain more. Of course, I was a teen at the time.
I'm a Brit, but I use "garbage" rather than "rubbish. I will refer to garbage day or bin day, but never both together. I refer to the actual receptacles themselves as wheelie bins.
in UK there is "best before " and " consume before " . Few , if any , ignore the "consume before " while most judge for themselves if the item its ok on the " best before " .
Australia uses best before and use by. Use by will be on things like milk, which has a definite "off" date. Best before is used even on things like honey, even though we know that honey from the pyramids is completely edible--that stuff never goes off; honey will often be given 2-3 years. Or Vegemite, because that stuff is just salt. The first, yeah, if it's passed use by, it often won't pass the sniff test anyhow. Best before is more an advisory because the law requires a date of _some_ kind. "Best before" is more like, well, it's your choice but after this date if it does happen to make you sick, that's on you, mate.
I think tipping before you're served is smart. It does create a diffent feeling than tipping after. We don't really tip in my country but I do tip when I'm in a country where it's customary. And I always tip the cleaners and other hotel employers on the first day of the vacation before they've done much anything for me. I'll tip more along the way, if they do their job well.
In Cornwall where I live people are always smiling and greeting you. I find it's in the more diverse areas/cities where they no longer have high trust societies, people tend to ignore one another.
Re acknowledging strangers. I tend, if approaching someone walking in the opposite direction, to try to gain eye contact (briefly- I am British). If we make contact I smile and mutter 'morning', and expect the same in return. If either of us is not in the mood, then there is definitely avoidance of eye contact. It's different in big cities from smaller towns, and in different regions of the country. In London? No way does anyone acknowledge a stranger unless absolutely unavoidable!!
As Kalyn said, in the South East a lot of people don't recognise each other in the street. I'm from Greater Manchester (the North West) and we're always letting on to each other as we pass, saying thanks to the bus driver as we get off, running to help someone who trips, walking up to strangers asking if we can say hello to their dog, etc. Us northerners stick out like sore thumbs in the south!
When I was in a hot humid country I visited often, a local told me not to drink refrigerated drinks or drinks with ice for the first few days, just room temperature bottled water and I would acclimatise faster. I don't know the science behind it, but found it worked for me. 💁♀️
It's because when you eat or drink something cold, your body thinks it's a cold day, so it tries to warm up. My mum (expat English) back in the 70s used to say, best thing in the Australian 30+C degree heat was either half a can of decent cold ale (which she used to hate otherwise) because of the "crispness" and water content or a good cup of hot tea, because it encourages you to perspire (and where I grew up, the heat was so dry you wouldn't always perspire if you weren't actually standing in the sun outside). She wasn't wrong. I now live in Brisbane, where it's similar to Florida, and the perspiration is normal so the hot tea is less effective, but I never, ever, ever use aircon (eg in the car) because it dries you out and makes you cold so when you go outside you get slapped in the face with a sheet of wet air. In and out of that all day and you're asking for a chest infection.
To insure promptness" A popular theory is that the word "tip" comes from the phrase "to insure promptness". This phrase was written on the sides of bowls in coffee houses, where patrons could leave money to ask for prompt service. However, this is considered an urban legend
I mean the word is ensure, not insure... so it sort of falls apart immediately. Unless you're worried your promptness might get stolen! Oh god that kinda works, I've been watching too many American youtubers 🙃
Girl gone London, posted a video 2 days ago called (we need to talk) your channel is on it,,, she isn't very happy, but keep uo the good work buddy, I'm form Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, North East, UK.🇬🇧👍
She and he have been in email contact since that video. I suspect he has permission. Also this is a video that's about 3-6 months old so it's one she's had time to earn her money from.
Free refills are never actually free... it's baked into the price already. Plus more ice = less drink and more profit for companies. No wonder the US love thier ice
I always sniff a food product on or a day or so after the BBE guideline date and usually just eat it. Like if a pepper vegetable has a squishy bit, I cut that bit off and put into the composting bin, and use the rest in food. It's being cooked, the squashy bit is gone. And we're still here! Making food from scratch is a joyful activity to me anyways! Soups, casseroles, lasagna etc I make from scratch all the time. Lots of love from Beannchor An Dun North East Ireland!
The two levels used by is for freshness and it will go off afterwards, best buy means that it's in a sealed package that will make it last for ages after, used by most people will adhere to, best buy people will go over
In regards to heat, there's a video that explains the differences between the climates but basically, it sounds like it takes a few weeks for your body to adapt to new temperatures/environments. Part of what this does is allow your body to adjust the amount if sweat produced, how long for and what's contained within it. During these initial weeks is usually very uncomfortable but once your body adapts, it's less suffering.
Oh JJ if you want humid...try Singapore...back in the day 1975 I used to have to travel from UK to Borneo, and the planes just stopped on the tarmac...so when they opened the door it was like being hit in the face by an oven :D
People from the north of England have the same reaction as she does to saying hi to strangers. If I travel to the south, especially London, I get funny looks when I smile and nod and say hello to passersby. Not just a city thing, as I don’t get this reaction in Manchester.
She needs to come up to Lancashire. She’d have a rictus grin from smiling and saying ‘right’ to everyone and their dog. If you don’t, you get beaten to a pulp by Hell’s Grannies. ( Monty Python reference.)
When I used to live in Manchester I befriended plenty of jazz musicians. I would go with them to most of the after work clubs or alike for their gigs/jam sessions in the Lancashire area. It was such a lovely atmosphere. I miss that a lot. 😊
tip doesn't in the slightest mean to insure promptness lol. you insure a car or a house, you ensure promptness so if you was right you would tep not tip. insure means to cover someone/something in the event of of damage. ensure means to make certain/safe/guarantee.
As a Brit, I always greet people when out walking. My German wife finds it odd, but many people here do respond, here in Germany. Ice in a drink means you get much less fluid in your glass... As free refills aren't a thing here, you are losing money if there is a lot of ice in the glass. Eating dessert, I don't eat it very often, when we go out. But we go out to eat less often than in the US. We have take-out maybe twice a month and go out and eat at a restaurant every couple of months, the rest of the time, we cook fresh at home.
Wow, the dessert in restaurants section is something ive not heard of before, yeah in the UK almost every place you go and have a sit down meal has a dessert menu, most people go for a "starter, main, dessert", or a combination, I'm usually a starter then main course kinda guy so rarely go for a dessert and my partner is the opposite, she'd rather have just a main then a dessert.
European heat should not be underestimated. Even in rainy countries like the Netherlands it can get incredibly hot and HUMID in summer. It genuinely feels like a jungle sometimes, because of the humidity.
As a Brit, and particularly as someone who waitressed during uni, I do tip at restaurants. With some rules - its got to be genuinely good service, at an actual sit down restaurant not nibbles at a bar or for coffee etc. I usually tip 10% and in cash at the table, if you tip on the machines, quite often it goes to the restaurant not the server - who then uses it for their basic wages, if there is a service charge I would ask for it to be removed and then tip how much I feel is appropriate for the same reason. This is not at all places, but if I'm low on cash I will ask the server if they will get the tip if I pay on card.
British sell by dates are very generous, they're to signify when a product will start to deteriate rather than when it's inedible, as long as it's properly stored.
Brits tend to use the word "garbage" aggressively. Like calling somebody, or their work garbage. If we get free refills in the UK, we assume that they must be overcharging us in the first place. In the UK we chill most drinks. So we get a full measure of drink. Instead if loads of cheap ice.
I think the pudding / more courses is tied into the difference of going out to a restaurant. In America like she said, it tends to be more functional.. in and out. Also restaurants expect higher turnover of guests, food is quite expensive in American places compared to the UK, they make more profit from feeding people. In the UK the food is cheaper, and it's not unusual to spend hours out for dinner with friends, no one is lurking waiting for you to leave. They usually make more from the drinks you have whilst there. Also most places after desert would ask if you are having coffees.
I think in the UK, it depends on where you are when saying hello or not to strangers. People will acknowledge eachother more if they tend to be the only ones around the area, like hiking for eg. Also, I feel we check eachothers expressions/body language as we approach to determine if the person coming is a greeter or not. Some put their head down or look to their left/right to indicate they are uncomfortable and don't want an interaction which can come as a relief for the observer who gets this feeling too. A lot of the time you go ahead and say hello just for the person to pretend you are invisible in which case you wait until they can't hear you and then mutter abuse at them 😂
U.K. has ‘best before’ dates and ‘use by’ dates. There has been active encouragement in recent years to make sure people ARE eating things beyond their ‘best before’, after inspecting it. ‘Use by’ dates, however, are adhered to more strictly by everybody.
The one thing you didn’t ask was, “How long does it take for the body to acclimatize to a new climate?” you got me googling 💩 now 😅 It usually takes a healthy person about two weeks to adjust to a new climate. The body adjusts faster to heat than to cold. Here are some ways the body adapts to adjust: Regulates core temperature: The body gets better at regulating its core temperature. Sweats more: The body sweats more and sooner to help keep cool. Retains salts: The body retains more salts, which means that fewer electrolytes are lost through sweat. Produces heat shock proteins: The body produces more heat shock proteins, which help protect against heat stress. Vasoconstriction: Decreases blood flow to the skin, which reduces heat loss and increases insulation Shivering: An involuntary muscle contraction that produces heat Increased metabolic heat production: Muscle contractions release heat
Probably why brits are always 'it's too hot', 'it's freezing' repeat etc. We never seem to get 2 weeks of a halfway constant temperature without at least 1 day in the middle where it changes and resets us, ready for it to change back the day after 🤣
@@ThornyLittleFlower my workplace makes it extra interesting during the cold months. The heating goes on at 6.30am, but you don't actually feel it till after lunch. Start off in 6 layers when you get there, just to end up down to 1 all in one go cos you start insta dying around 1pm and are confused as to what happened 🤣 Ps you just reminded me my phone has been being for an update for the last 3 months. Another month won't hurt, right? 😂
As most UK school children have school meals having a sweet or pudding is part of the cafeteria line before paying or turning to get cutlery, sauce and finding a seat (we do what others do), so as adults, when we do go out for a special meal ordering a desert is instinct (if we can afford it or it’s free that is!). It is also a leveller for wating for slow eaters and a civilised way of winding up the experience. Must admit after going to any fancy restaurant I would find the nearest chippy/pizza/curry takeaway and/or a beverage or two. Much more civilised.
If an American came to my city in the north of England they would find it similarly friendly chatting to strangers maybe not always a beaming smile but definitely acknowledgment and conversation. They will get called love, duck, darlin etc
I laugh at use by dates, I grew up when most working class didn't have refrigerators, we a pantrys, small rooms or cupboards with ventilation to the exterior. You had to use your God given senses to ascertain if something is edible, look at it, smell it & taste it ,if it fails those tests then bingo bin it!
12:37 you get some people that will go to the doctors for any minor thing as its free. Most people don’t as it’s too much hassle and often difficult to get an appointment as they’re always booked up.
The dessert thing, I think may also come down to the whole eating out differences between the 2 countries. In the UK because we are not rushed out the door, we are allowed to let the main course settle, so after 30 min's to an hour we will then order dessert. Whereas in the US you are rushed out of the door as soon as they can possibly get you out, which why you'll go to a different place to buy a dessert, as that has given time for your food to settle. In the UK the best before date or sell by date, normally means you have about 3 days left before it starts to go off, sometimes even longer, eg honney, in the UK honey had to have a best before date, but honey never goes off, but by law, because it's a consumable product it has to have a BBD or SBD.
I had a great giggle on your 4:10 rabbithole. Just to add a footnote to the limb-length/climate thang. Tallest 'peoples' in the world: 1 Dutch 'Temperate Maritime' 2 Maasai 'Central African Plains' [ one of most varied African climates ]
I'm guessing the with the checking the food expiration by smell comes from the fact that the British were suffering the WWII food rationing right up to 1954! (They had a long recovery from the German bombings). So they got used to using food right up until it started to "turn" so they've just grown up that way.
When is 'hot' here, it sometimes feels way worse than it should because our towns and cities are built differently. In the usa and australia the roads are wider and the buildings are more spaced out. Here, they aren't, so heat basically bounces around/gets trapped at ground level for longer. (Same with the cold in other months) We had a few days 2 years ago where the temp hit late 30s/early 40's. Was in London on one of those days, and the amount of aussie and american tourists practically dying was insane (along with all the brits) Got talking to one couple from arizona while in a starbucks, and they asked how we survived 🤣 Had to tell them it wasn't usually that hot in summer. If they'd have come this year they'd have probably verrry underwhelmed 😆
Regarding the dessert I feel like this a european thing. We love to sit a bit more, continue our conversation and enjoy a small desert that is like a treat. I am Eastern European living in the UK and in Eastern Europe you might have 3 course meals as normal. A soup, main course, usually meat with a side and then a small desert. But in small portions. And you don't go to a restaurant for a quick meal, you usually stay there at least an hour. Unless it is a fast food restaurant
Back in the late ‘80’s, early ‘90’s I was based out of Peshawar, in Pakistan, working with Afghan refugees. Although i lived and worked in Afghanistan most of the time, I used to enjoy being back in Peshawar, especially evenings at the American Club. One of the things I enjoyed was when the American families organised a kind of dining out night (I can’t remember what they called it). Anyway, all American families (tats families, with Children, not singles) would cook a 3 course meal for 10 people.. Then all other nationality expats, plus single Yanks would gather at the American Club in Peshawar. We’d be broken down into groups of 10, and given a list of three families we were to visit. First one for Starter, then moved on to the second for Main Course, then on to the last for Dessert. We were just expected to bring the booze for each course. It was a brilliant way for the International Community to meet each other, and taste various American cuisines. I kind of miss that.
Its such a weird culture to look at the customer like they are a scumbag for not tipping, rather than looking at the employer like they are a scumbag for not paying a fair, decent living wage to the worker, or holding the governent accountable for making that situation an actual acceptable circumstance.
Yep it’s the employers job to pay the wages not me the customer
Oh wow, I couldn’t have put it better. Well done.🤣👍🏻🇬🇧
It makes the culture in the USA into one of respectable begging.
But more like begging with menaces, from what some people have experienced.
You are completely correct, but if you want the worst deals in the developed world you will find them in the USA. All in the name of the freedoms they don't actually have.
@@madmark1957 The freedom index (by country) is well worth a read. Bit of an eye opener for some people.
I saw Girl Gone London had posted about reaction videos a couple of days ago. When I saw you upload this today I was like oh no he hasn’t seen it yet!
But I went to check the comments of her video and saw your lovely and thoughtful comment. I thought it was a really respectful thing to do and just wanted to say so! Lots of people being very positive about you in those comments too which was nice 😊
He’s one of the good guys, respectful and actually seems interested in the UK.
Iv seen that too and his reply message to her was lovely!
Why did she not big him up for getting her more views. Even Jay from map men respected JJ and gave a shout out!
JJ tells people to follow and subscribe to her!
I thought she was rude and it made me cringe. Maybe I’m just biased and too much of a fan of him.
But Yeah! Ok I get where she is coming from, but other reactors have done nothing for her, like he has!
I hope he stops reacting to her videos and goes to other creators like map men and Evan…her video was uncomfortable to watch!
I clocked that too. This lads a gent 👌 one of the few good reactors on YT always a pleasure to watch
@@buttonedupreader6522 bonus; his voice sounds like a cross of david attenborough and kirsty young.
@@buttonedupreader6522 rubbish, he does not reply to comments, he steals, creators work, who have had to put the time in, research editing, and just reacts to others content, if he was a good one, he would in between do some original content, gir gone london is right,
Because she is living in LONDON... Northerners always say hello!
Hello Rich!
@@RichardM-kv4uu Hi Richard
she did say that
No they don't they say alright lol
What food are you eating where the tip is 100dollers thats a week's worth of food for a family of 4 lol 😂😂😂
Imagine being paid 4 dollars and hour and having someone spend 500 dollars on one meal and give you 100 extra dollars for doing your job as expected, what does that do to you psychology, how low on the totem pole would you think you are after that
I grew up in a village in the UK and everyone always greets each other there. Also I find that when I go to the countryside near the city I live in now that people tend to say hello
I go out walking in the countryside up north - I say hello to everyone I pass, and 99% say hello back. Sometimes I end up in a long conversation. Visiting London is like visiting a place full of unfriendly aliens.
@@JanJarvis yep, I've noticed this too!
Being a Yorkshireman, people always say 'Hello' and 'Morning' to each other, especially when you are on a Public Footpath or Canal with lots of walkers, runners, cyclists etc. You almost feel rude just keeping your head down and not speaking to others in that situation. In major cities that are more crowded and hectic, I can understand a little why people don't necessarily say 'Hello' to one another, but if you live in more rural areas, certainly working class areas like I do, it happens all the time.
Same where I am down on the South Coast.
Gods own country.
Yorkshire people say hello if they smell money.
Morning when walking is still common outside London
As a Brit, I would say that in general we do not order a pudding/sweet, when placing our main course. Nor does our server normally ask you if you want to.
We will order our main course and see how we feel after eating it. Your server will return to you when you have finished and ask if anyone would like a sweet. Some will, some not.
Because in general folk can no longer afford it. Eating out is a rare luxury these days for the majority.
@@thetwistedfirestarter hard agree.
I'm English, from Cambridge and Iived in the town centre for 21 years. Then I moved to a village 20 mins from the middle of town. When I walk my dogs or walk down the street in my village everyone says hello. But in the town absolutely not just too many people. Too many tourists and strangers, you'd be exhausted
As a Brit, I feel the word "garbage" is somewhat stronger than "rubbish". As in, "That car is rubbish" - but you'd still drive it if you have to, whereas "That car is garbage" would put you off even climbing into it.
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It was only the other day, when I had to explain to someone what a 'garbo' is (A 'garbage-man' no-one bothers about 'Sanitary Engineers' and such in Oz.) that I realised that now in the UK I say 'rubbish'.
Garbage is American english
That's how we'd use it in Australia, too. We have the british usage of "bin". Or we'll say, "please put that in the rubbish". We'd also use "rubbish" as a mild, non-sweary form of bull***t. Garbage is used as a non-sweary way of saying a person or object is even less than not worth someone's time. Or as a nickname for someone with my RL surname, which was fun, growing up in the 70s/80s. ;)
@@Bethgael When I was still at school in QLD we never bothered with "sanitation engineers" & all those silly euphemising titles. The guy who came to empty your bins was a "garbo". I - for some unknown reason - absolutely loved that word!
I live in Scotland and we definitely talk to and smile at people in the street. It's normal here.
Massive salute to you for your comment to her video the other day. Fact is you do add a lot of value to these, you look stuff up have a good rhythm in letting the video play before adding your comment. A lot of people here are fans of both of you and it was heartening to see the positivity in that exchange, nice one lads.
What did he say as I missed her video on that and now the comments have been turned off
@@bailey3209 I can't really sum up in a sentence, but it was reasoned and respectful.
9:00 if you've ever seen the mould that builds up in restaurant/commercial ice machines - even regularly cleaned ones - you'd never ask for ice in your drinks again... only use Ice you've made yourself! 👍
I have an ice machine. And you are right.never really thought about it ,then looked one day and it was filthy. So I learned how to clean it. The first time was a nightmare as it was so bad. Now I run 2 vinegars cycles evey week, and scrub it with a tooth brush (even if it doesn't look dirty,then run a few water cycles and throw away the ice. If you actually clean them properly regularly,it isn't a problem.x
Mine is a smaller scale ice machine used in pubs etc.
Ice is actually not healthy for you. Back in the day, our family pediatrician said to not give ice to us as children, that it would cause throat issues. Our family is the only one I know of that didn’t have at least one of us kids having tonsils removed (when it was popular to do so). Wasn’t even allowed to eat a popsicle until our teens. Ice may feel like it’s cooling you down temporarily but studies show it’s detrimental overall. Expect to get flack over the last comment 😂
@LoveCats9220 me and none of my family of had Mt tonsils removed,and I don't think it could me down I like the taste. So you do you.
Having a meal in the UK there’s no rush to get you gone and get the next customers in because the waitress’ etc do not rely on tips and more customers means more tips
re: the heat
Yes, what she's said is absolutely true. We also have the problem that we can rarely acclimatise to the heat because it doesn't last long enough. You need a good few weeks to adapt to warmer temperatures and I can guarantee that it doesn't happen here. Quite often it's a see-sawing effect temperature building over several days to a week before a thunderstorm comes and cools everythign down for a few days, rinse and repeat.
That and the jetstream has a massive effect on the UK and the weather we experience, and that's usually responsible for a lot of the sudden changes here.
I live in a smallish town and go out walking a lot. Almost everyone says hello to other people walking past. I think that is very specific to large towns and cities not to.
The US washes their eggs, thus removing the outer membrane on the shells and making them permeable to gases and bacteria. When the hen lays the egg, it gets coated with a thin layer of antibacterial liquid that dries on the egg shell and forms a protective membrane that prevents contamination. Once you wash the eggs, that membrane is removed and so the eggs must be kept refrigerated to reduce the risk of bacteria.
And the reason they _have_ to wash their eggs is because the big producers in the US keep their hens in such poor conditions that it's mandatory. Heaven forbid they put animal welfare over profit...
@@wessexdruid7598 That's why chickens are also washed in chlorine in America, poor conditions/battery hens. It's also why chickens are not imported from America, they don't meet UK standards.
@@barbara184 Indeed.
@@barbara184 Or beef. Livestock welfare in the US is appalling.
@@karenblackadder1183 It's not just the welfare of the animals, in the US it's legal to inject cows with all sorts of growth hormones that are banned in the EU as well. For this reason only grain fed, high quality beef is permitted to be imported into the EU and there is a quota. I don't know what happens in the UK now it has left the EU, we probably allow everything in, putting our own livestock farmers out of business.
I think supermarket ‘use by’ dates err on the side of extreme caution, so don’t pay too much attention to them, and as I freeze food, I often only have a vague idea of how long something is OK to eat once it’s defrosted.
So far so good, as by using the common sense or the sniff approach, I’ve never suffered from food poisoning from my own cooking, so I think I’ll carry on not worrying, or wasting, too much.
Problem is that dangerous pathogens won't smell bad. If that were a reliable rest no one would suffer food poisoning. Bad smelling food may not be dangerous (eg milk).
I think the new thinking is that ‘use by’ means get rid of it on /before the date. best by means it may not taste so good after the date but it should be Ok. Me, I use the ‘look and sniff” test!
I live in the southeast of England and say hello, morning to passerbys. It costs nothing and make someone feel they've been seen.
When I first started watching these kinds of vids. I was astounded to gradually learn about the Great North & South Divide. Part of which is that Northerners are friendly & smiley while Southerners are snotty & won't acknowledge the rest of the human race.😄But to me, nothing could be further from my own experiences: I'm also in the South East. And I get smiles & greetings & hugs every time I take the dog out for a walk😁. People on the buses natter away to total strangers. A student on a park-bench will tell you their life-story (!) ,and people are only too pleased to help if you fall flat on your face in the street (remember - I'm speaking from my experiences😬), or get lost, or run out of poo-bags for the dog. As for London - of course people rushing round to work or Uni or to catch a plane don't grin at each other constantly! But I've never found anyone there to be other than kind, unbelievably helpful & generous. And sure they smile - if you strike up a conversation with them.
OK, we don't much eat mushy peas or black pudding, or drink copious cups of tea, but we have food from so many different places - Africa, Far East, Middle East, Europe, Korea - that are really good too. Phew! I'm sorry - I just had to put in a word for the South East. The picture I've gained of us through the comments is unflattering to say the least😵💫But after all, this is just one person's experiences.
@@cireenasimcox1081I agree with you about friendly Southerners!! I have also been happy and smiley and had lovely help and nice conversations. Even in London!! But I've also had the same in the North!
@@titanium_di2402 The furthest North I've been is Leeds - but there are lots of Northerners around here. And I've seen no difference between the friendliness & helpfulness of one lot over t'other. And the absolute numpties appear to be quite liberally sprinkled all over😆
East of England here and it’s the same. I grew up in a little village, moved to a larger town as an adult and we tend to do the polite greeting or hello to individuals as you pass them. Definitely not like that in London.
@@cireenasimcox1081 I think the difference is, and this isn't a blanket thing, is that as a person not from London, when I moved to London it you talk to people on the tube or bus you're looked at as a bit weird so people generally speaking don't do it. When you go up north, or even into the Midlands, people, especially older and middle aged people will talk to you more often, but you're right it's not a blanket thing and it's much more likely outside of densely populated urban areas.
The funniest time I encountered this was when I was on the District Line coming from Putney and it was just after the Fulham v Newcastle game had finished. A bunch of Geordies, Newcastle fans, got into the train and tried talking to the locals, especially one who had a child in a pushchair. They kept commenting on the little bearn, to which the local obviously understand what they were talking about. I had to translate!!! They will didn't get much of a response but I chatted with them until we got to Central London and went our separate ways. I think this highlighted to me the difference of being up North and in London very starkley.
Here in the UK I think it makes more sense to call it a bin than a can because we don't have the old, traditional round metal bins anymore that you might associate with the word "can".
Instead we now have different coloured, plastic wheelie bins and boxes. The different colour of each bin or box represents what type of rubbish you should put in that particular bin.
So in the area where I live, (because it varies from area to area), I have a red wheelie bin for cardboard and plastic, a brown wheelie bin for garden waste and a green wheelie bin for general landfill waste. There is also a green recylcing box for cans and glass.
Ignoring other peoples existence is a self preservation thing it really helps you avoid the nutter on the bus or train .
I smile at everyone, and say hi if there's eye contact lol.
My being silent and avoiding eye contact with the nutters is usually the one thing guaranteed to make them sit next to me on an otherwise empty bus 🤣 I think the only way I can avoid that though is to start acting hyper happy and crazier than they are 😂
Nah, that doesn't stop me.
Glad you shared the original link!
Yes,Servers in the UK will often press the no button for tips on the card machine but it’s not because they don’t want you to tip them… it’s because credit card tips are taxed and also often pooled among the rest of the staff. So they do want you to tip but want it in cash so they get to keep all of it themselves,and to be fair a lot of people will ask if their servers prefer cash tips prior to payment .
You've got to be careful with this, though. I worked in the casino industry in Canada for a decade and just before I started there was a massive, industry-wide audit by Canada Revenue. At the time, standard practice was to get tips in cash then claim 10% of gross pay as tips. The CRA dug into people's bank records to calculate a more accurate estimate and fined thousands of workers. After that, casinos started documenting everything. Not saying it will happen in the UK, but if cash tips get too widespread it's a possibility.
also we dont tip
I’m from U.K. We tip at cafes, restaurants, pubs depending on the service. Speaking family and friend here in Liverpool. Tip in cash!
Servers in the UK appreciate tips but are paid better than in the US because we have a better minimum wage. Therefore they know they need to go above and beyond to earn the tip.
My general rule when it comes to best by dates is quite simple, if it ain't producing its own penicillin, it's edible :)
Best by is not the same as use by. It's advisory, warning that there maybe a loss of quality but no risk to health.
Aaahhhh! Sell-by dates and use-by dates ... those of us who grew up before they existed just laugh at them ... Unnecessary and they only make for wastefulness of perfectly good food. Proof that people with common sense are an endangered entity.
The best before dates are a money scam... makes ppl throw the food away which makes them buy another. If it looks OK, smells ok, it's likely to be ok
I would prefer "packaged on" dates , just so you know which order to eat things in.
I live in the southeast, and everyone smiles and says hello.
We eat food past its sell by date, especially eggs. We put an egg in a cup of cold water, if it sinks it's fine, if it floats it's gone off. Using that method we've eaten eggs a few months out of date
I'm in the southeast and I smile and say hello.
I know what you mean about the humidity. I remember when getting it smashing into me when I made the mistake off flying out in August and just wrote in my diary back then "you don't breathe air here, you drink it".
The meal sizes in the US are three times bigger than the meals in the UK. There’s always room for dessert. If I’ve had meat in my main course, I will choose a lighter dessert like Chocolate mousse, Tiramisu, Rhubarb and Ice Cream, or Pavlova and Ice Cream.
I’m Scottish born and raised but when I moved to NW England a few years back? The culture shock was real even just 400 miles away 😂
I only found your channel last week and I love it!! You are so funny and I really enjoy watching your reactions
England is the size of Albama with 11 times the population, we also walk more so you’re constantly seeing people - you can’t say hello to everyone, for the same reason people in New York don’t.
But in the countryside and more so in the north in less densely populated areas we absolutely do say hello. As you say it’s a bit more of a city / suburbs / rural thing
in smaller rural areas in the uk, we smile and nod our heads to others when walking past each other.
Fun fact: the USA's biggest crop for a long time was Ice, which probably explains the culture of ice.
Also, our service staff are usually paid enough that tipping doesn't make up their wages to a liveable amount.
Tipping allows employers to underpay their staff it's wrong
Yep.👍🏻
It is wrong, US employment laws allow that though, so the employers take advantage of it and make tipping part of the wage. Point being Tipping doesnt allow it, its the opposite. You dont have to tip in the UK, but most people do when they have a nice time at a restaurant. The tip is out of respect for the staff doing a great job.
@@BlueSunTH-cam no one tipped me at work for 40 years I don't tip
@@chrism8705 I don't know your situation so cannot comment on that. Each to their own, but I dont base my own work or life experience on others, I just remain respectful.
I thought about it for a while, not so long ago and thought. I'm on a few pence an hour(literally) above minimum wage at a supermarket, I work until 11pm a night including weekends and bank holidays, so I can't afford to tip people that are on the same wage as me and I my colleagues as we don't get tips.
Think about it. Manufacturers put an eat by date on a product way before it isn’t safe to eat. They want to build in a tolerance to make sure there’s no chance of someone having an adverse reaction. I’m 70. We just scraped the mould off and whacked it in a pan. We never had digestive problems, just polio and rickets.
My grandad would eat anything with mould he'd say it only penicillin
You should react to that Australian news report "why 25 degrees is hot in the uk". It's very informative.
I worked at a UK motorway service area in my youth and the ice was used to increase the profit margin. Also McDonalds use to do free refills in the UK but stopped for some reason.
If you have a 'normal' portion, in UK, you very often have room for a dessert. And restaurants aren't trying to throw you out as soon as you've finished your main course, so spending some time chatting, before ordering dessert, is totally acceptable. After dessert, you might have coffee, or wine before you ask for the bill. In sum, dining out in UK is a much more leisurely affair.
I remember my first holiday in Greece. I was happily sleeveless heading out to the local taverna for the evening meal only to spot the locals all huddled up in coats and scarfs.😂
I was in Florida in vests and T-shirts and locals were wearing jumpers and coats. I arrived in the evening so in the morning I opened the balcony door, the heat hit me and I vomited! In a week I was fine walking around
I think that people in British cities and some of the towns are more wary of people, in smaller communities everybody more or less know eachother. However if you own a dog, nearly everyone is your friend, and their dogs are your dogs friends❤
I live in Scotland. And in summer when the sun's out (yes it does get sunny in scotland lol), the humidity is often above 90%. Have even seen the humidity at 100%.
There seems to be this general misconception by many (including those from the UK) about how our insulation works. Insulation is designed to prevent the transfer of temperatures between the inside and outside in both directions. So when it’s really hot, it will hinder the ability for the heat of the outside to seep into the home. It is only after a prolonged period of unrepentant heat (ie the temperatures don’t cool down sufficiently overnight) that the inside of the home will become hotter than is comfortable.
I think that on the whole people in the UK are more selective in what we call a restaurant too. If someone in the UK is going to a restaurant, it’s going to be somewhere that serves a higher quality of meal. The sort of place with heavy cutlery (flat/silverware), tablecloths and that you’ll be sipping wine along with your meal. It also isn’t likely to be part of a chain. So if we’re going to a restaurant, it is an experience. It’s going to be a little more costly and take longer.
I love it when it’s warm, I lived in Cyprus for a few years but it’s a dry heat the humid heat in Florida was truly awful.
I'm Scottish, I'm allergic to heat
I lived in Ghana for a year. Temperatures in the mid- to high- 30s every day even in the cool season and near 100% humidity. It's weird; you're hot all the time, but it doesn't exactly stop you from doing normal activities. You just complain more. Of course, I was a teen at the time.
The UK, being an island is extremely humid. Often 100% in the summers, so I had no problem visiting Florida on the two occasions I've been there.
We generally don't say 'mashed potatoes'. Mashed potato (singular) or just mash in common usage 🇬🇧
Like sausage & mash, yupyup. :D
I'm a Brit, but I use "garbage" rather than "rubbish. I will refer to garbage day or bin day, but never both together. I refer to the actual receptacles themselves as wheelie bins.
in UK there is "best before " and " consume before " . Few , if any , ignore the "consume before " while most judge for themselves if the item its ok on the " best before " .
Smell tells you a lot
Australia uses best before and use by. Use by will be on things like milk, which has a definite "off" date. Best before is used even on things like honey, even though we know that honey from the pyramids is completely edible--that stuff never goes off; honey will often be given 2-3 years. Or Vegemite, because that stuff is just salt. The first, yeah, if it's passed use by, it often won't pass the sniff test anyhow. Best before is more an advisory because the law requires a date of _some_ kind. "Best before" is more like, well, it's your choice but after this date if it does happen to make you sick, that's on you, mate.
It’s humid in the UK too - you can’t get further from 70 miles from the sea
I think tipping before you're served is smart. It does create a diffent feeling than tipping after. We don't really tip in my country but I do tip when I'm in a country where it's customary. And I always tip the cleaners and other hotel employers on the first day of the vacation before they've done much anything for me. I'll tip more along the way, if they do their job well.
In Cornwall where I live people are always smiling and greeting you. I find it's in the more diverse areas/cities where they no longer have high trust societies, people tend to ignore one another.
I’m in the Isle of Man it’s the same . Random people will say hello or good morning here, even if you don’t know each other . It’s nice ❤
Same, I'm in Newquay. I usually smile at most people even if I don't know them, mostly they smile back.
@@littlemy1773same in Ireland and northern Ireland. Except you just say 'alright' to each other and head nod
bit racist !!!
If i was given the bill before I'd finished eating my main course I wouldn't order a pudding either!
Re acknowledging strangers. I tend, if approaching someone walking in the opposite direction, to try to gain eye contact (briefly- I am British). If we make contact I smile and mutter 'morning', and expect the same in return. If either of us is not in the mood, then there is definitely avoidance of eye contact. It's different in big cities from smaller towns, and in different regions of the country. In London? No way does anyone acknowledge a stranger unless absolutely unavoidable!!
As Kalyn said, in the South East a lot of people don't recognise each other in the street. I'm from Greater Manchester (the North West) and we're always letting on to each other as we pass, saying thanks to the bus driver as we get off, running to help someone who trips, walking up to strangers asking if we can say hello to their dog, etc. Us northerners stick out like sore thumbs in the south!
When I was in a hot humid country I visited often, a local told me not to drink refrigerated drinks or drinks with ice for the first few days, just room temperature bottled water and I would acclimatise faster. I don't know the science behind it, but found it worked for me. 💁♀️
Yes, we used to be advised to drink warm to hot drinks during hot days. It works!
I always find that a hot drink helps cool you down.
It's because when you eat or drink something cold, your body thinks it's a cold day, so it tries to warm up. My mum (expat English) back in the 70s used to say, best thing in the Australian 30+C degree heat was either half a can of decent cold ale (which she used to hate otherwise) because of the "crispness" and water content or a good cup of hot tea, because it encourages you to perspire (and where I grew up, the heat was so dry you wouldn't always perspire if you weren't actually standing in the sun outside). She wasn't wrong. I now live in Brisbane, where it's similar to Florida, and the perspiration is normal so the hot tea is less effective, but I never, ever, ever use aircon (eg in the car) because it dries you out and makes you cold so when you go outside you get slapped in the face with a sheet of wet air. In and out of that all day and you're asking for a chest infection.
Thank you for crediting Kalyn - she does a lot of research on her videos - and a lot of reactors on YT don't credit her which is just rude! Well done!
To insure promptness"
A popular theory is that the word "tip" comes from the phrase "to insure promptness". This phrase was written on the sides of bowls in coffee houses, where patrons could leave money to ask for prompt service. However, this is considered an urban legend
I mean the word is ensure, not insure... so it sort of falls apart immediately. Unless you're worried your promptness might get stolen! Oh god that kinda works, I've been watching too many American youtubers 🙃
Girl gone London, posted a video 2 days ago called (we need to talk) your channel is on it,,, she isn't very happy, but keep uo the good work buddy, I'm form Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, North East, UK.🇬🇧👍
In the replies when people called her out about JJLA she did backtrack a little.
He already spoke with her on that same video. His comment is on there.
Well, she didn't exactly call out JJ. Some of his thumbnails were just part of the montage of reaction channels.
She and he have been in email contact since that video. I suspect he has permission. Also this is a video that's about 3-6 months old so it's one she's had time to earn her money from.
Free refills are never actually free... it's baked into the price already. Plus more ice = less drink and more profit for companies. No wonder the US love thier ice
I always sniff a food product on or a day or so after the BBE guideline date and usually just eat it. Like if a pepper vegetable has a squishy bit, I cut that bit off and put into the composting bin, and use the rest in food. It's being cooked, the squashy bit is gone. And we're still here! Making food from scratch is a joyful activity to me anyways! Soups, casseroles, lasagna etc I make from scratch all the time. Lots of love from Beannchor An Dun North East Ireland!
The two levels used by is for freshness and it will go off afterwards, best buy means that it's in a sealed package that will make it last for ages after, used by most people will adhere to, best buy people will go over
In regards to heat, there's a video that explains the differences between the climates but basically, it sounds like it takes a few weeks for your body to adapt to new temperatures/environments.
Part of what this does is allow your body to adjust the amount if sweat produced, how long for and what's contained within it.
During these initial weeks is usually very uncomfortable but once your body adapts, it's less suffering.
Oh JJ if you want humid...try Singapore...back in the day 1975 I used to have to travel from UK to Borneo, and the planes just stopped on the tarmac...so when they opened the door it was like being hit in the face by an oven :D
People from the north of England have the same reaction as she does to saying hi to strangers. If I travel to the south, especially London, I get funny looks when I smile and nod and say hello to passersby. Not just a city thing, as I don’t get this reaction in Manchester.
She needs to come up to Lancashire. She’d have a rictus grin from smiling and saying ‘right’ to everyone and their dog. If you don’t, you get beaten to a pulp by Hell’s Grannies. ( Monty Python reference.)
When I used to live in Manchester I befriended plenty of jazz musicians. I would go with them to most of the after work clubs or alike for their gigs/jam sessions in the Lancashire area. It was such a lovely atmosphere. I miss that a lot. 😊
tip doesn't in the slightest mean to insure promptness lol. you insure a car or a house, you ensure promptness so if you was right you would tep not tip.
insure means to cover someone/something in the event of of damage.
ensure means to make certain/safe/guarantee.
Lived in the North of UK and now Canada.we all say hello..
As a Brit, I always greet people when out walking. My German wife finds it odd, but many people here do respond, here in Germany.
Ice in a drink means you get much less fluid in your glass... As free refills aren't a thing here, you are losing money if there is a lot of ice in the glass.
Eating dessert, I don't eat it very often, when we go out. But we go out to eat less often than in the US. We have take-out maybe twice a month and go out and eat at a restaurant every couple of months, the rest of the time, we cook fresh at home.
Wow, the dessert in restaurants section is something ive not heard of before, yeah in the UK almost every place you go and have a sit down meal has a dessert menu, most people go for a "starter, main, dessert", or a combination, I'm usually a starter then main course kinda guy so rarely go for a dessert and my partner is the opposite, she'd rather have just a main then a dessert.
European heat should not be underestimated.
Even in rainy countries like the Netherlands it can get incredibly hot and HUMID in summer. It genuinely feels like a jungle sometimes, because of the humidity.
As a Brit, and particularly as someone who waitressed during uni, I do tip at restaurants. With some rules - its got to be genuinely good service, at an actual sit down restaurant not nibbles at a bar or for coffee etc. I usually tip 10% and in cash at the table, if you tip on the machines, quite often it goes to the restaurant not the server - who then uses it for their basic wages, if there is a service charge I would ask for it to be removed and then tip how much I feel is appropriate for the same reason. This is not at all places, but if I'm low on cash I will ask the server if they will get the tip if I pay on card.
British sell by dates are very generous, they're to signify when a product will start to deteriate rather than when it's inedible, as long as it's properly stored.
Not in Yorkshire we all smile and say hi .
Brits tend to use the word "garbage" aggressively. Like calling somebody, or their work garbage. If we get free refills in the UK, we assume that they must be overcharging us in the first place. In the UK we chill most drinks. So we get a full measure of drink. Instead if loads of cheap ice.
I think the pudding / more courses is tied into the difference of going out to a restaurant. In America like she said, it tends to be more functional.. in and out. Also restaurants expect higher turnover of guests, food is quite expensive in American places compared to the UK, they make more profit from feeding people. In the UK the food is cheaper, and it's not unusual to spend hours out for dinner with friends, no one is lurking waiting for you to leave. They usually make more from the drinks you have whilst there. Also most places after desert would ask if you are having coffees.
It’s common to sat hello as one passes someone in the suburbs, not done so much in London..
I think in the UK, it depends on where you are when saying hello or not to strangers. People will acknowledge eachother more if they tend to be the only ones around the area, like hiking for eg. Also, I feel we check eachothers expressions/body language as we approach to determine if the person coming is a greeter or not. Some put their head down or look to their left/right to indicate they are uncomfortable and don't want an interaction which can come as a relief for the observer who gets this feeling too. A lot of the time you go ahead and say hello just for the person to pretend you are invisible in which case you wait until they can't hear you and then mutter abuse at them 😂
U.K. has ‘best before’ dates and ‘use by’ dates. There has been active encouragement in recent years to make sure people ARE eating things beyond their ‘best before’, after inspecting it. ‘Use by’ dates, however, are adhered to more strictly by everybody.
I love ice too JJ,, always have a massive bag or 2 from the supermarket in the freezer, having ice in my wine and water right now in fact
It's so affirming to hear about an American expat struggling with our summers.
The one thing you didn’t ask was, “How long does it take for the body to acclimatize to a new climate?” you got me googling 💩 now 😅
It usually takes a healthy person about two weeks to adjust to a new climate. The body adjusts faster to heat than to cold.
Here are some ways the body adapts to adjust:
Regulates core temperature:
The body gets better at regulating its core temperature.
Sweats more:
The body sweats more and sooner to help keep cool.
Retains salts:
The body retains more salts, which means that fewer electrolytes are lost through sweat.
Produces heat shock proteins:
The body produces more heat shock proteins, which help protect against heat stress.
Vasoconstriction:
Decreases blood flow to the skin, which reduces heat loss and increases insulation
Shivering:
An involuntary muscle contraction that produces heat
Increased metabolic heat production: Muscle contractions release heat
Probably why brits are always 'it's too hot', 'it's freezing' repeat etc. We never seem to get 2 weeks of a halfway constant temperature without at least 1 day in the middle where it changes and resets us, ready for it to change back the day after 🤣
@emcr1 no wonder we talk about it alot. Our bodily functions are all over the place we're like a phone that's in constant update mode 😅
@@ThornyLittleFlower my workplace makes it extra interesting during the cold months. The heating goes on at 6.30am, but you don't actually feel it till after lunch. Start off in 6 layers when you get there, just to end up down to 1 all in one go cos you start insta dying around 1pm and are confused as to what happened 🤣
Ps you just reminded me my phone has been being for an update for the last 3 months. Another month won't hurt, right? 😂
The chilli sounds great JJ, definitely not sad!
I use the word bucket for carbage bin.
As most UK school children have school meals having a sweet or pudding is part of the cafeteria line before paying or turning to get cutlery, sauce and finding a seat (we do what others do), so as adults, when we do go out for a special meal ordering a desert is instinct (if we can afford it or it’s free that is!). It is also a leveller for wating for slow eaters and a civilised way of winding up the experience. Must admit after going to any fancy restaurant I would find the nearest chippy/pizza/curry takeaway and/or a beverage or two. Much more civilised.
My favourite is, a sell-buy date on 'blue cheese' like it's s going to get mouldy.
I live in the country side in Essex and I has hello to a lot of people I’m around
Love the reaction to the healthcare one. "Gggaarrrgghhh" 😂
If an American came to my city in the north of England they would find it similarly friendly chatting to strangers maybe not always a beaming smile but definitely acknowledgment and conversation. They will get called love, duck, darlin etc
Easy habit in South east countryside is morning walking past each other , it's common my way and a simple engagement for seconds
I will admit I like the person you are and how you present videos very likeable person.
It is a city thing regards saying hello... I live in the Midlands in a village and people do say hello to strangers as they walk past
I live in Ruislip, outer London, most people (all ages) smile and acknowledge other people.
I laugh at use by dates, I grew up when most working class didn't have refrigerators, we a pantrys, small rooms or cupboards with ventilation to the exterior. You had to use your God given senses to ascertain if something is edible, look at it, smell it & taste it ,if it fails those tests then bingo bin it!
12:37 you get some people that will go to the doctors for any minor thing as its free. Most people don’t as it’s too much hassle and often difficult to get an appointment as they’re always booked up.
The dessert thing, I think may also come down to the whole eating out differences between the 2 countries. In the UK because we are not rushed out the door, we are allowed to let the main course settle, so after 30 min's to an hour we will then order dessert. Whereas in the US you are rushed out of the door as soon as they can possibly get you out, which why you'll go to a different place to buy a dessert, as that has given time for your food to settle.
In the UK the best before date or sell by date, normally means you have about 3 days left before it starts to go off, sometimes even longer, eg honney, in the UK honey had to have a best before date, but honey never goes off, but by law, because it's a consumable product it has to have a BBD or SBD.
I had a great giggle on your 4:10 rabbithole.
Just to add a footnote to the limb-length/climate thang.
Tallest 'peoples' in the world:
1 Dutch 'Temperate Maritime'
2 Maasai 'Central African Plains' [ one of most varied African climates ]
In British English we would say 'to ensure promptness' not 'insure', so your acronym wouldn't work here anyway 😊
Scottish here. Always have a main, dessert n some drinks. Never have the starter.
I'm guessing the with the checking the food expiration by smell comes from the fact that the British were suffering the WWII food rationing right up to 1954! (They had a long recovery from the German bombings). So they got used to using food right up until it started to "turn" so they've just grown up that way.
When is 'hot' here, it sometimes feels way worse than it should because our towns and cities are built differently. In the usa and australia the roads are wider and the buildings are more spaced out. Here, they aren't, so heat basically bounces around/gets trapped at ground level for longer. (Same with the cold in other months)
We had a few days 2 years ago where the temp hit late 30s/early 40's. Was in London on one of those days, and the amount of aussie and american tourists practically dying was insane (along with all the brits)
Got talking to one couple from arizona while in a starbucks, and they asked how we survived 🤣
Had to tell them it wasn't usually that hot in summer.
If they'd have come this year they'd have probably verrry underwhelmed 😆
Regarding the dessert I feel like this a european thing. We love to sit a bit more, continue our conversation and enjoy a small desert that is like a treat.
I am Eastern European living in the UK and in Eastern Europe you might have 3 course meals as normal. A soup, main course, usually meat with a side and then a small desert. But in small portions.
And you don't go to a restaurant for a quick meal, you usually stay there at least an hour. Unless it is a fast food restaurant
Back in the late ‘80’s, early ‘90’s I was based out of Peshawar, in Pakistan, working with Afghan refugees. Although i lived and worked in Afghanistan most of the time, I used to enjoy being back in Peshawar, especially evenings at the American Club. One of the things I enjoyed was when the American families organised a kind of dining out night (I can’t remember what they called it). Anyway, all American families (tats families, with Children, not singles) would cook a 3 course meal for 10 people.. Then all other nationality expats, plus single Yanks would gather at the American Club in Peshawar. We’d be broken down into groups of 10, and given a list of three families we were to visit. First one for Starter, then moved on to the second for Main Course, then on to the last for Dessert. We were just expected to bring the booze for each course. It was a brilliant way for the International Community to meet each other, and taste various American cuisines. I kind of miss that.