British Couple Reacts to 8 AMERICAN things BRITISH people find WEIRD
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@@TheBeesleys99 I usually, much like Kyle from "Geography King," just say, "Howdy!"
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@@strawbeare Yup...there are two definitions in the dictionary for 'spook;' I wasn't the paranormal kind. You can infer from the other definition what you will.
Lemonade stands are still fairly popular. I work as a mailman and come across kids with lemonade stands quite a few times every summer. I always stop, they usually ask 1 dollar for a cup but I give them 5.
I go the other way and say I got 50 cents take it or leave it. Gotta educate the youth on how the free market works.
I live in Oregon. We don’t have sales tax. It’s strange to me also when I go to a different state and have to pay more than the listed price
I used to have a lemonade stand as a kid when our prices were usually 25¢. That’s been 60 years now but I still see plenty of lemonade stands in the summer. Usual price at a kid run stand is $1 while at a cart in a tourist spot it will be closer to $5
@@heywoodjablowme8120 Lemons are not free. They had to buy them. But it does not matter. If you have an accident, health companies will take more than you can afford. It's a free market and you're dying for it.
@@NocnaGlizda Everybody dies, but I never pay full price.
No one is looking through that thin gap in the bathroom stall door. If they are then they’re either a pervert or child without manners. I’ve never had someone look at me in the stall and I don’t make any effort to look between the cracks at anyone else. It’s really not an issue here and most newer places don’t have gaps in the doors anymore. Besides we all know what you’re doing in there, there’s no curiosity that needs to be satisfied, no need to look, everyone’s in the bathroom for the same reason.
LOL! I keep thinking the same thing every time this is brought up! In my entire life, that's never been a problem, yet this is one of those things that keeps being pushed on so many videos. Same thing with the idea that the water nearly comes to the top of our toilets. There's all those comments like Americans are stupid because of things that aren't real or aren't a problem.
It such a silly complaint. It’s not like the dang restrooms are co-ed anyway. Just do what ya gotta do and move on.
@@mcsmoothie7052 Europeans and the rest of the world's population have a different idea of privacy than many Americans.
Exactly, thank you!🙂
Oh people DO nasty things in the stalls.
I have never had anyone look at me while I use the bathroom
My work in General Liability Insurance has provided me insight and I can all but guarantee that you have been watched and sometimes recorded without you knowing or being aware. Stranger Danger doesn’t stop at adulthood.
That's because you were too busy looking down between your legs when I was sneaking a peak, James.
@@hatleyhoward7193 I can guarantee you that is an issue regardless of what the restroom stalls are like.
Hidden cameras are a thing everywhere.
Homemade lemonade stands run by kids are quite common during hot summer days.
Where? I am 40 years old and I think I have seen like 4 in my life, and they are usually run by parents. I am not denying it happens, but in my experience "common" is being a bit rich.
Lemonade stands tend to be something a little kid does once or twice for fun, not like something they do consistently. If you're in a family friendly neighborhood, you might see 1 or 2 through the summer. They do still exist. But it's not like an every day thing.
But there’s always that lemonade place at the mall. And of course it’s a very common drink at pretty much any fast food restaurant.
@@pjschmid2251 don't forget at the fairs, amusement parks and tourist/beach areas there are lemonade stands littering those places.
Used to be a lot more Lemonade Stands, back in the 1960’s -1970’s.
📻🙂
Definitely usually a one-time thing. Then you realize you've sat there for hours and made $1.50. I did it once as a kid. My kids did it once. I tried to explain to them it wasn't going to be a big money maker, but decided they should have the experience. The fun they had setting it up was worth it, but I don't think they even made it to two hours and sold one or two cups.
As an American, I love our public bathrooms, esp with children. Kids often lock themselves inside.. but parents can get the kids to crawl out from the bottom. As a parent I always was afraid of my kids getting stuck. And let's not forget the plea for toilet paper from the stall next to you, so it's easy to pass a clump of toilet paper under to save the day. Some stall doors naturally close, so unless you see a body inside (and it's not really a clear view by the way) you have to check all the doors by pushing to see if they're occupied. Lolol.. pull the plug out? How about just turning off the light or machine?
Or use a coin to lock/unlock the doors
I don't pay much attention to them because it has to be extremely rare that anyone is rude enough to try and look in. But, of course, I try to avoid them anyway because I'm a bit of a germaphobe!
@cope dipper 1963 coin? So much easier to have them just crawl out.
@C Reinicke or when maintenance us needed to lock the door closdd.
Lemonade stands are still alive and well in the USA. Particularly, in small towns, I assume. Nothing like driving home from work on a hot day and seeing some super cute kids selling some lemonade with their homemade signs that they’ve made. Love it!
FYI: Asda used to be owned by Walmart from 2011 until 2021. Walmart currently still has a stake in Asda.
In America we often have separate fridges just for drinks! They are often in the garage.
Have an ice maker in the fridge is not required. I grew up using ice cube trays that we filled with water and emptied when needed.
On sales tax, I think it's good that the tax is charged extra instead of being built into the sales price. This way we are constantly aware of how much our government extracts from our wallet. What I really dislike is that the sales tax is in addition to income tax. They tax both income and outgo.
Lemonade in America is never carbonated. We even make our own from scratch.
I still use ice cube trays. The location of my fridge would make water hook-up inconvenient.
The restroom stalls don't bother us, because people here don't try to peek on people. We just don't care! We're there to do our business, and that's what we do. We're not there to peek!
I bet some do , no thanks .
@@claregale9011 Never had a peeker! But, I guess you could always hold it!
@@claregale9011 well, if they did they would look pretty ridiculous standing there looking into your stall while others are walking past. Someone would notice, and besides, even if they did look, what exactly can they see if you're sitting down or even hovering?
It's just not an issue.
Well what the British doesn't understand we have a 2nd amendment here. We have a general understanding between us you might get shot if you try to take a peek.😂
I can tell you, those bathroom gaps have saved lives on many occasions. Had a coworker find a man who suffered a stroke, he only noticed it because of the gaps.
As for the taxes. It's any easy way to see how much money your state and county are trying to take from you.
The sales tax thing is because sales tax varies from state to state.
Regarding US sports, the best kept secret here is minor league baseball, very family oriented, tickets are real cheap, so is the beer and hotdogs and there's often a fireworks display or concert after the game's finished = bargain!
Born British, proud American (Texan) by choice.
God Bless the USA
What a beast you are Landon
Welcome, Landon!! 🤗
God Bless the USA!! ❤️🇺🇸💝
@@corinnepmorrison1854 Land of the Free, Home of the Brave
@@landonmiller6943
Absolutely!!
What's your minor league team? RR Express here.
8:53 we have beer from taps but it is still usually cold, many places also use chilled mugs
I always leave stuff plugged in. Never had an issue
The US does doesn't have a federal sales tax. They are only a state and possibly additional city/locality thing and they vary between states. However, there are a lot of retailers that are nationwide... think Wal-Mart or McDonald's... and a lot of their advertisements apply as such. If prices were included in shelf prices then large chain retailers would potentially have to have a separate advertising campaign in every state/city. And that's a big reason sales taxes aren't included in the instore prices.
Their is a Federal Sales Tax.
It's referred to as an Excise Tax.
Look it up.
There is
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@@allenkramer2143 that’s only on some very specific things like alcohol, tobacco and gasoline it’s not on general merchandise. And excise taxes are included on the marked price and are not added at the register.
Tourist cities often have higher taxes just for that city.
The other thing to keep in mind relative to pricing and sales tax is that many goods are priced at the point of manufacture. Think of all those hangtags that you see on clothing those are not put on there by the retailer those are put on there by the manufacturer and it would be impossible for them to have every conceivable price including sales tax on those tags.
Plugs in the US automatically have built in switches that cut power just in case so its not a big deal anymore. they are well grounded already and are built for safety regulations.
I don't know where your plugs came from, we have circuit breakers in the basement here for overloaded circuits
@@Stache987 the newer outlet systems are built with kill switches just in case. They are hardwired into the outlet itself. Look into Home Depot and Lowe’s and cruise the electrical socket aisle and you’ll understand how much these systems have changed. You simply unscrew the outlet and reset the switch manually.
@@Stache987 I believe he's talking about ground fault interrupt (GFI) outlets, which are required now in many areas to be used in bathrooms and kitchen and other areas where outlets are near water sources.
They do add a layer of protection and sense a problem at the outlet before a circuit breaker or fuse at the panel, so they are very convenient since they can be reset by a button right on the outlet.
The fuses or circuit breakers at the panel are still necessary, since the GFI outlet does not protect the wires carrying electricity from the panel to the outlet. If those wires are shorted the outlet will be shut off, but without protection at the panel the wires wouldl continue to conduct electricity, rapidly overheat, and start a fire.
@andy luo sounds like GFCI Outlets, not designed to be used as a continuous on/off switch.. but I /was/ at Lowes last night looking for smart bulbs and outlets
UK uses 220V wiring while the US uses 110V, which is considered safer and does not need additional switches to control it's use. Some outlets can be controlled by switches but it's for convenience, not a necessary safety device. Large appliances like stoves or cloths dryers are 220V but they are hard wired and controlled by switches on the appliance and don't need a separate wall switch.
In Europe the shock is death. In the US it's just ouch!
Shawn's comment at 4:30 about this is not another tea spilling exercise, went unnoticed. Seems that he's referring to the Boston Tea party at the beginning of the American Revolution.
The gap in the bathrooms are for health emergencies, so they can get you out or see that you have an issue.
lemonaid you can buy at any grecery store whether a dry powder or real lemons
Its funny when Millie mentioned, "We have a Walmart, It's ASDA". ASDA was actually a wholly owned subsidiary of Walmart until Oct of 2020, when the ISSA Brothers bought it. Walmart still has a Equity Interest in ASDA, as well as having a seat on the Board of Directors.
True lemonade is so simple. It’s lemon juice, sugar, and water to kill the acidity. Limeade is exactly the same just replacing lemon with limes.
We had lemonade stands as kids. It's a rite of passage. I don't know anyone who hasn't had them, if they lived in the suburbs. Even city kids often have had them.
As an American, we hate the bathroom thing too. (It's most likely to deter drug users ans sx work.
Lemonade = lemon juice, sugar, water. That's it. Mix to taste.
I heard the bathroom is for medical issues so they can get you out or see if you had an issue. Cause those doors you can’t easily kick open and if you do you may hurt the person inside
I believe it’s for safety like fire. You can crawl out of the bottom or jump over the top if the door can’t open for whatever reason.
There are several reasons behind it. Safety and ventilation and easier cleaning are some of them
When he was talking about Americans tracing their ancestry back to the UK, at least here in the South many Southerners are descended from Scottish, and Northern Irish (or Scotch-Irish as they are known here). As well as people from the North of England and West England (such as Cornwall). Our accents make way more sense when I look at our origins lol 😂
You were talking about the phone not being charged in the morning. When I go to bed & plug my phone in, I literally look at the screen & make sure it says "charging." That's one of my OCDs, but it's a good one. 🙂
I love Shaun! Been following him for a couple of years. His vlogs have been fabulous recently. He is so open minded and has embraced American culture wonderfully.
Agreed! I’ve also been following Shaun for a few years! Couldn’t say it better.
Anita I don't care for him! He likes new Orleans that says it all! New Orleans was the most racist place I've ever encountered!
Shaun is great.
Yup "how are you?" is def used a lot, like folks in the UK use " You alright?" You would get the same odd reaction from someone in the USA if you said "You alright?" they would look at you and probably say "mmm is something wrong ?" :)
I had a Kool-Aid stand as a kid (1950s) in Illinois, my sons a lemonade and Kool-Aid stand (1980s) in Alaska, and grandchildren a lemonade stand (2010s) in Oregon. Pretty ubiquitous! All made $ for the kids. Parental support was invaluable! Simple items, like all supplies.
Lemonade stands were more common in the US back in the 80's when I was growing up. I've done one before. You occasionally see them today but not as often. Yes it is run by kids with the parents help setting it up.
Unspoken rule in the Public Toilets: DON'T look through the cracks unless you are looking for a loved one whose been in there too long! And a full glass of ice means that the ice will take longer to melt so your drink isn't watered down by the 3 melted cubes that the Europeans and Chinese put in. We (most people I know) turn off the appliance (whatever) but usually don't unplug. Remember we have different voltage here from other places.
In the US we don’t use the wall socket shut off switches for the same reason we don’t use electric kettles. We have 110v in our homes rather than 220v like the UK. A whistle kettle on the range top (hob) boils as fast or faster than an electric one and doesn’t need to be replaced so often.
We have both, but 110v is the is used for most of the home while 220v is commonly used for electric ranges, clothes dryers, electric heating systems and water heaters. The 220 volts mains coming into the house are spilt to produce 110v for the rest of the house.
Lemonade stands are real, when I was a kid me and my neighborhood friends in the summer would get lemons, and make homemade lemonade. We would always at least each come home with $20, which was a lot for a 13 year old.
Great episode, my wife makes the best lemonade I’ve ever had. The Beesleys are great for watching to get in a better mood! Thank You
There's lemonade stands everywhere but in some towns police been known to shut them down and the public been known to protest
There are still small towns that “roll up the sidewalks” at 5pm sharp. Convenience stores are the only stores that are open 24/7.
A lot of the 24 hour stores ended when covid came around. They said it was so the store would have time to disinfect before the next day. The walmarts in my town still has not gone back to 24 hours.
Walmart found out that their employees can get a lot more work done in an empty store.
Plus there is less theft. Walmarts were planning to start closing overnights before the pandemic. Some had already started closing at 11 before covid
Neither has mine. Ours close around 12am and reopen at 6am I think.
@@xenialafleur They stock during business hours at walmart here. They didn't go back to 24 hours so they don't have to pay employees to work during the night.
I was going to say this exact thing. I miss being able to go on an ice cream run at 3 am.
Uk was under sugar rations for along time after WWII , and that’s a main ingredient in Lemonade water ,lemons and sugar ( 1 cup per liter )
Where I live (California), sales tax includes state tax, county tax and city tax. Currently totals 7.75%. But, remember, not everything is taxed.
The public restroom thing is I think historically to save a buck, but serves a handy purpose of being able to tell if a stall is occupied with a quick glance vs looking for feet. Honestly though the little indicator like on portapotties would do the same job better so really it just kinda sucks.
Appliances are plugged into power strips with circuit breakers. If a power surge trips the breaker, then you flip the switch and boot up the hardware.
i feel like lemonade stands are something kids do like 1 time in their life. the cops can actually get you in trouble for it so, it’s not so common anymore
The lemonade stand , still exists in our neighborhood, but going to the grocery store we have either the girl scouts selling cookies or the boy scouts selling popcorn right by the exit
I have been subscribed to Shaun for some time now. Like your videos, Shaun's videos are so chill and fun. I've actually seen this video before. It would be cool to react to more of Shaun's videos. It's all good stuff.
14:35, between 1999 and 2021, Walmart owned Asda. This acquisition brought the “George” brand clothes to Walmart as a store-brand which continues through today.
As an American living in London currently i can confirm Lemonade is not the same here. This being said it is very easy to make its just water lemons sugar and ice. you can make it at home. Its an easy cheap refreshing drink that is easy to make so kids sometimes do actually set up lemonade stands (or at least they used to when i was younger) to make a little money to buy a toy or something like that. Its something that has become a thing to help teach children about money and earning it for themselves.
Love you guys keep it up! if you ever have questions about America Vs the UK from an American let me know!
I love Shaun. I met him and his wife Teka in San Antonio, Texas. His videos are great.
US uses half the voltage of the UK plus modern plugs have built in safety features that prevent sticking any thing except plug in
Glad to see you watched Shaun, too.I love watching Shaun as well. Thank you.
@19:50 The secret to tasty lemonade and the secret to Girl Scout Cookies AND BTW Shaun is great especially after you get through the language difference
Every summer I see kids with lemonade stands. They are not on everywhere, but in smaller cities/towns and especially if their parents are having a rummage sale.
I keep lemonade and iced tea in the refrigerator all summer.
I really enjoy Shaun’s channel. Have been subscribed to it for nearly a year now. Would love it if you did more reactions to his stuff in the future.
I like Shaun's videos. I've been watching him for a couple years now.
Chic fil A has the best lemonade. It is so good when it is really cold.
You should have Simply Lemon Lemonade. It is a Coke product, so is Minute Maid, but the Simply group is just 3 ingredients Cane Sugar, Filtered Water, Lemon.
As an American the bathroom thing only seemed weird after I live abroad. In the army when you live in the barracks (living quarters) sometimess there are no doors for the toilets or showers. Also, lemonade stands are still fairly common in suburban and rural areas, not so much in the cities.
We didn’t have doors in the stalls at my elementary school.
It makes it easier to clean that bathroom it also helps with ventilation for air and moisture
12:01 the voltage is typically lower on most plugs in America, tho there are also higher voltage sockets like for a washer and dryer
The stove has higher voltage, too.
@@Cricket2731Same with air conditioner outlets; outputing 240v despite looking the same as the typical NEMA socket.
Lemonade stands are super common. I live in Arizona and we have a TON of citrus trees. I’ve definitely run a lemonade stand as an entrepreneurial child 😂
19:39 depends on the State, County, and City with like local ordinances
During summer there is typically lemonade stands on weekends when you live in a suburb, not city. If your out for a walk you may purchase a drink to support the kids. Also lots of car washes by kids and groups to earn money.
You guys are great. You've turned me onto some cool shows thx!
Power receptacles can be wired through a light switch to be controlled by that switch and even one of the receptacles can be controlled so that you could plug a lamp into it and have it controlled by a light switch.
I'd lie to know what things he is talking about when it comes to just plugging in an appliance or whatever and having it magically coming on without turning on a switch on the device. You two are looking bright and ready for the world today.
In the UK once we have plugged the device in on the plug socket we have to switch it on for the device to receive any power :D
Courthouses I've been too don't have doors on the stalls in the public bathrooms
In the US kegs are refrigerated and the lines have coolant systems too.
My younger sisters have both run lemonade stands.
Sales tax in the USA is nearly always less than 10%. VAT - which is hidden in the price tag - is 20% to 30%, depending on the country.
I guess you haven't been to places like NYC
@@Stache987 NYC has sales tax higher than 10%? Well, that would be correct for a criminal/democrat-run city.
The gap ay the bottom of rest room stalls is to make it easier to clean the bathroom floors. It enables people to mop, or hose the majority of the floors. If you look at a lot of public bathrooms, there are drains in the floor to allow the hosing of the floors.
Whew en my kids were little I used to make homemade lemonade every single day sometimes twice a day if I was taking out a pitcher to all the neighborhood kids playing outside. All children will at some point insist on having a lemonade stand. They get little chairs and a table and make a sign and it's adorable!!
We have a lot of lemonade in the summer, but not always "homemade" meaning with real lemon juice. I do that once or twice a summer, but usually it's Countrytime lemonade which is powdered and you make like KoolAid. That's mostly what's at lemonade stands too.
Lemonade stands are real! In the summer, I'll see lemonade stands at least a couple of times a week on my way home from work.
Kids in my areas set up lemonaid stands
There are not as many stores open for 24 hours since COVID. Each state is different, but in Texas those stores were required to close from midnight to 6 a.m. and spend that time cleaning the store. Most of them still do that.
I don't know if they still do or not, but Walmart used to own ASDA. :)
Lemonade stands are absolutely real. And they often have kids running then. I know my friends and I had lemonade and cool aide stands
Now that you are doing Shaun you can get a 2 for if you look up when Shaun and Lawrence crossed paths in Chicago.I think there is a section on both channels.
Yeah, lemonade stands were everywhere when I was a kid, especially since we didn't have true winter in my neck of the woods, so it could be most if the year. Sixites and seventies, maybe some of the eighties they could still be seen. But its been decades since seening them much; nowadays just spotting one a year is a lot. Lol, we use to base our price on half that of a comic; saw the cups go from 10c to eventually a quarter, but we never scrimpt on the sugar or lemon. Can't even imagine what they'd cost now. The ritzy ones had a secomd option of pink lemonaide (for a nickle more of course)
NYC as “The City That Never Sleeps” is very unique in having so many shops open 24/7, or at least late into the night. Even in CHI and STL or other big cities it’s not as much as NYC.
Shaun's vlogged in Texas, North Carolina, Chicago (Illinois), and I'm not too sure where else. You've gotta check out his vlogs. They're interesting!
There are short pithy ways to answer "how are you?" in the negative too, without getting into too much detail and most people get it and usually can briefly commiserate in a vague way.
As a child we had lemonade stands every summer.
The lemonade stands are pretty common in Florida on Saturdays little kids make signs and send one of there friends to neighborhood entrances and advertise it is absolutely adorable If I was working in a neighborhood and came across a stand I would buy from them and pretty much most of the small business owners who happened to come across them usually purchase from the stands
I’ve never looked into a bathroom stall with the door closed and have never had anyone do that. Lemonade stands are a thing.
Asda is owned by Walmart. I lived in the uk for a year….it was frustrating not being able to find food coming out of the pub “after hours.” 😂
I love lemonade stands in the summer 🌞 and I definitely made one myself with neighborhood kids back in the day. 💕
I live in Delaware, a state with no sales tax, so when I travel to other states it always surprises me when they add tax on while checking out.
Lemonaid stands and Kool-Aid (what you call Squash, I believe) stands run by kids were everywhere when I was a kid. I'm 63 now, and, while I still see kids selling this, it's not as common as when I was a kid in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In general, I don't see kids outside as much as when I was a kid. Video games and the internet keep them indoors unless they are on sports teams. It's really a shame.
As far as the plugs most items has their own on and off switch so if it is turned on and you plug it in it will start right away, but if it is switched off and you plug it in it will not start till you switch it on so lights will not go on till you switch it on and all you have to do is switch it off no need to unplug it.
In US we don’t have as strong of electricity in outlets so don’t need a switch. We always unplug things like hair dryers, mixers, irons when not in use. We leave plugged in large appliances like stoves, microwaves, electronics like tvs, game systems, computers.
Basic Lemonade-- 1 part fresh squeeze lemon juice, 3 parts cold water, as much sugar as you want. It is NOT a carbonated fizzy drink like 7-Up or Sprite.
I'm with you regarding the public restrooms. If there's even the slightest possibility I can hold it till I get home, I will.
Shaun did a video about the Scottish culture in the Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern US. You ought to check it out. I live among the Scots/Irish of the Smoky Mountains.
Thank you for mentioning the video he did about the Scottish culture in the Appalachians, I’ll have to look for it.
I also live there and enjoyed his video. He should check out some of the big highland games in North Carolina.
I actually think its smart and good to have the taxes done separately. Makes the population aware of just how much they’re being taxed. You become aware every time you buy something.
Just an FYI, when someone asks “How are you?” Even though the response is not expected to be detailed, its ok to respond “could be better “.
The person may inquire or wish you that your day gets better or if they have nothing better to do, invite you to a drink to talk about it.
Years ago lemonade stands run by kids was a lot more common