She Moved to America and Exposes What No One Talks About!
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We don't have big cars in the US, the rest of the world has small cars...😅
Fair point 😂
@@european-reacts Hotel California is not a serious song. The band the Eagles were complaining about a hotel that they damaged and got kicked out of. (The steak was tough = stab it with steely knife. but can't ... the beast)
Haha I had a mini Cooper and now a fiat. Totally mini cars 🚗 any vehicle is large to mine 😄
I'm in Connecticut & we have insects.
@@FreezyAbitKT7A Wow that metaphor?I thought it was the culture.
Why do non Americans actually LOOK through the toilet stall gaps? We don't do that. We hate the gaps too, by the way. But we DO NOT LOOK. No eye contact. No body part/eye contact.
Shit, I've seen people actually look in and glare at me when I was on the crapper in central Pa, it seems to be a really common thing in that part of the state and don't ask me why the fuck why. I've been trying to figure it out for 30 some years.
Europeans must be very very pervy is my guess
I think the crack in the bathroom stalls is partly because of the age of the bathroom. Newer ones don't have big cracks as much as as older bathrooms. The opening under the door allows people to see feet so you know if anyone is in there
She basically admitted to meat grazing 😀
I don’t understand why anyone would care because you’re not going to see those people again and if you are well then they are your friends and now they might just know more about you and you might be friends on a different level
I’m Native American... and Thanksgiving 100% did come from the best situation. It was two different groups of people working together, and celebrating. The fact that the woke have convinced people it was “bad” is a testament to how history is being revised.
I think it turned out better for everybody. We learned from each other.
It's a mixture of good and bad from what I remember, some aspects are definitely good, but other aspects aren't good... But that's the case with a lot of history, but focusing on living up to the good while acknowledging the bad is better than ignoring the bad like it never happened.
@@BJCMXY No one is “ignoring the bad” - unless its how many whites were hunted down and slaughtered by tribes like the Apache. But Thanksgiving was good - historically and objectively - not “a mixture if good and bad” from what you remember. The settlers were dying at a horrific rate, and Indians helped them - taught them how to plant and harvest native foods so they wouldn’t starve. Then at harvest time, the settlers invited the natives to share in a feast to give thanks. These settlers and these American Indians worked well together - it was GOOD. You sound woke - people like you are the ones who infantilize natives and ignore the barbaric violence of many of their tribes, just like you ignore how peaceful most of the settlers were. Crazy - you are insulting.
@@katiejon17 wasn't it the Wampanog tribe at the first Thanksgiving?
Also, for centuries, Americans have failed to make the differentiation between hostile, and non-hostile Native American Nations.
As such, my previous statements are still relevant, since as you pointed out, it wasn't bad, at least not to begin with... With one particular tribe though.
RIGHT TURN ON RED ONLY AFTER YOU STOP AND MAKE SURE ITS CLEAR TO GO.
You are supposed to stop before a Right on Red, like one does a Stop Sign but not everyone does.
@@sergioandrade8735 yeah that's what he just said...
The "California stop". You kind of slow down, but if there is no traffic, you don't come to a complete stop, and just keep going. Most Americans do this, especially for right turn on red, but also for stop signs. It's completely illegal, so don't do it in front of a cop, but the person behind you may expect you to go, and hit you if you don't. That's their fault, but it's a result of being too cautious.
@@johnhaller5851 On a recent episode of Blue Bloods that was called "a Hollywood stop.
Also depends on the state. 50 states, different state, different laws.
Most Wal-Marts used to be open 24 hours a day, since Covid they are open 7am to 11pm. There are gas stations with convenience stores open 24 hrsca day serving freshly made food, pre-packaged sandwiches snacks drinks and alcoholic beverages.
You must live in a blue city. Ours (Florida) are still open 24 hours and they were during COVID as well.
@@Swearengen1980
I live in a fairly conservative city in Idaho which is a conservative state. Our Walmarts have also stopped opening 24/7. They are now open 6am - 11pm. It has nothing to do with politics. Just dependent on the supply of workers needed to be open that late and whether it’s busy enough that late to make being open 24/7 worth it.
@@Swearengen1980 I live a somewhat larger red city in a red state and it closes at 11PM. I think any larger city they're doing it due to increases in theft at night v. day with diminishing returns on sales. It's unfortunate, I miss going at 3AM and watching people.
As much as I love the US, Asian convenience stores are such higher quality than us.
The late hours were cut in many large grocery chains because the Corporations saw the theft reduction saved them so much money it didn't make sense to stay open so late at night.
A friend hosted a Danish & a Swedish foreign exchange student. They went nuts for two things: Halloween and Senior Prom. It was fun to see them have so much fun.
We don't like the bathroom stall situation either, but there's an etiquette, starting with DO NOT make eye contact with the person in the stall! It's okay to do a quick check for feet to see if the stall is occupied, but no one looks into the stalls, even if you can see, you don't look. Americans have a "thing" about staring anyway, but it is so bad to actually look through the door cracks! So creepy!
It’s much better than it was when I was a kid. There were no stalls at elementary school. Just a row of toilets along the wall.
Las Angela’s definitely has bugs (scorpions are probably the scariest) and snakes. And bears, and cougars, and coyotes.
To be fair, everyone has a thing about staring.
@@santamanone that’s a whole lot of wrong in one broken sentence
@@santamanone she probably just means compared to australia I don't think she actually means no bugs exist just the amount it's called hyperbole. this is australia we are talking about exotic animals are everywhere there. I can't imagine having to scout your bathroom for spiders or bugs just not as common here and I live in Missouri. don't take everything so literally.
Before C19 a lot of the grocery stores were open 24 hrs.
Wish our local markets would go back to that. They have expanded back to 6 am to 11 pm
Dude same @@DianeCasanova
i heard this actually got a lot of people infected. Before people were allowed to shop at any hour they wished, then they reduced the hours so people were more packed. You couldnt go and avoid crowds. And companies liked it because less time open = less operating cost, but people still need things so theyll risk doom in order to shop at primetime hours. basiccally another example of sacrificing american lives in exchange for money.
same here in GA too
Still all these years later only open till 11 think some might be midnight now. Was so nice when I got out of work at 3-4am going into Walmart or Kroger not anymore. Have to wait till morning or do it before work. Not much of a crowd at night was nice being able to get my groceries on the way home from work in the middle of the night. Not sure if any of the others were ever 24 hours but Walmart and Kroger always were.
Red Lights: no, you can NOT just go. You have to make a complete stop first. In NYC right on red is NEVER allowed. All other places, look for signs. Some intersections clearly have signs that say NO TURN ON RED. Hope this is helpful!
Boost this cause it needs to be said
No turn on red means do it quickly.
Ross, Marshalls and TJ Max are close out stores; they carry merchandise from other high end stores at a discount. In some cases, you have to enjoy hunting for the best merchandise, but generally there are bargains galore. Thanksgiving is actually my favorite holiday. It's all about gathering family and food. There's no pressure to buy gifts or decorate over the top. There are bugs here is Arizona and the bugs here can be darn scary and dangerous, but we haven't seen a bug in our house easily in more than a year. If you get bugs, there's a way to find out how they got inside and it can be blocked. I love your reaction videos. You have reminded me that America is a pretty special place. Thank you. You're fun.
Make sure you “stop” at a red light and look for any cars before turning right. It is no different from a stop sign.
And watch for pedestrians.
In California, not everyone stops completely. It's a California roll
@ And if they don’t and a cop sees them, they will get a ticket. I live in California and I know people who have. It is also called a California stop. I am sure most of us are guilty of I live near a school and you should see how many don’t stop for those school buses and their flashing red lights nor pull over when a police or ambulance is flashing their lights. Recently a lot of pedestrians have been injured or killed in my city.
You can’t always turn right on a red light. You must check for a sign to see if it is allowed or not allowed
In Minnesota or Michigan you can go LEFT on a red light.... I've done that here is Syracuse a few times but the police keep telling me we don't do that 😞
The reason why food is bagged carefully AFTER it has been rung up is to not just pile it in a bag as it’s scanned. Baggers will put heavier things on the bottom and things like eggs and bread, or any other softer/squashable items on top! They are actually trained how to properly bag grocery items as to not do damage. Many grocery stores here have salad bars as well as hot bars where you can go in, pick out what you want to eat, pay by the weight, and go! In one such store, I once had an inexperienced bagger put my hot food in the same bag as my ice cream. See where I’m going with this? You don’t just bag items as they come down the conveyor. Otherwise…. You end up with yuk!
That's why most stores put meat and frozen goods in blue grocery bags and less temperature sensitive things in gray bags, walmart and food lion both do this. Which I like so I can tell by the bag color what I should take inside and put away first. It's a great effing idea in my opinion.
Some grocery stores have people assigned specifically to bagging the groceries as the cashier scans when they have enough staff. I tend to load the items on the conveyer belt in groups that would go together well (perishable, non-perishable, lightweight, cans) to save them some time and help avoid the bread getting crushed.
Our grocery store is so considerate that they learn to split heavier items into more bags, to make it easier for handicapped people to handle. Plus they allow me to ride the handicapped cart out to my car, they load my items into my car for me, then take the cart back into the store. Of course, I live in a small town and know a lot of the employees! But still, they are just very nice and considerate to their customers.❣💯
@@kathyc3825I’ve actually been asked if I group them on purpose and when I said yes they thanked me 😂
@@DavidBanner-z2iwait...you don't try to take them all in 1 trip? Lol
I'm 50 and for the more than 40 years I have been using public bathrooms in the United States I have never caught a single person looking through one of the stall gaps. Considering I have easily used public restrooms thousands of times in my life and have zero negative experiences this is just an issue for people with social anxiety. For the rest of us it's a non-issue.
Ive had a nosy 2yr old pepping on me once. 😂
Yea, kids are kids. Never had an issue. 43 years.
Yeah most people would never look because they don't wanna be the weird one that looks. Only had special needs kids stare at me through the stalls before. 😅
So besides that you never have to worry. Plus it would take effort. If your in the stall you'll know if someone starts looking through the stalls Crack by there feet walking up to it.😂
The stalls are only like that because of laziness and Negligence during installation.. I use to install them for awhile and they are not suppost have more than a half inch gap. Especially if that bathroom is new and needs to be inspected once before it's open to the public after that it will never be repaired untill the doors fall off.
Because of regulations it never will be inspected again after the first one unless ita a government building they get inspected yearly.
Only children who haven't learned better. I find slapping the gap helps.
A couple years older than you and same experience. At most someone might look under the door to see if it is occupied.
This one was fun, André. I always enjoy what others have to say about enjoying my home country. Hope you get to see it soon.
The reason that price tags in the US don't have the tax included in the price on the tag is sales tax is different in every city and state, and some places only have city or state sales taxes. Some places don't have any sales tax. Then there are some stores like the Walmart near where I live that on one side of the store you pay sales tax of X amount, and on the other side of the store, you pay sales tax of Y amount because the border of two cities goes right through the middle of the store.
It is still very stupid. Where ever that store is they know exactly what the tax is and could put it in to the price. And that is even stupider that other sides of the stores have different taxes becouse of the border. If someone is idiot enough to build store over the border then there should be taxed price for both sides so the consumer could check out where ever it is cheaper.
I haven´t seen as idiotic system anywhere else than in the US and Canada.
Why would that matter? Individual stores have their own pricing and even when things are the same base price across stores of a particular chain, individual stores can still list the total price of the base price plus whatever tax is needed.
@@ArchieArpeggio As someone who worked in retail buying offices for 30 years, no they can't put it into the price. If by "they" you mean the individual store's staff and by "put into the price" you mean make new tickets for every item that comes into the store, there is no way any store has that kind of staffing. It also would increase the possibility of errors, and complicate the inventory tracking (per IRS a store "owns" the retail value of an item - if there was just one price including tax being rung up, that tax would then have to be backed out somehow at POS to deduct the item's value from inventory without the tax). Also, tax rates can change and do (especially city & county) sometimes temporarily to pay for disaster recovery, transportation upgrades or whatever. So every time a city, county, or state tax rate changes, based on what you are suggesting each store's workers would have to go through every single item in the store and manually adjust the price tags. Prices need to be centrally managed for each retailer - the items are booked into inventory at retail on the PO, each sku is ticketed "en mass" either by the vendor (sometimes in another country) or distribution center, and distributed out to multiple locations across different cities, counties, and states. AND whenever a city, county or state changes their sales tax, it is a simple and single back office reprogramming specific to that tax jurisdiction.
@@ArchieArpeggio No, simpleton. If there's a base price that is common, they're labeled in a warehouse somewhere and shipped to the individual stores. The tags aren't put on by employees at every single Walmart around the country. That's horrendously inefficient. If you can't figure out tax to see which item is cheaper, go back to elementary school and start math all over.
@@foodimmerse Lousy excuse. Sales taxes changed this year in Finland and they had to put new prices on everything. Biggest markets have way over 50000 different products. One market chain has electric price tags on the shelves so that wouldn´t be even hard for them. Technology exist so those are sorry ass reasons.
Butthead was a common pejorative name to call other kids you didn’t like in the 80’s and 90’s. Brothers and sisters would call each other names like this. When adults use it, it can be an alternative form of endearment.
It became pretty common after the Beavis and Butthead show came out, didn't it? I think my boys watched it on the sly, LOL, because I didn't want them to watch it--very rude and inconsiderate. But, boys will be boys!
Yes, but what came first , the expression or the show?
@@Doxymeister It was common way before B&B. Just saying. But yeah, they helped.
Youre gonna get somebody beat up, you loveable butthead you.❤
@@Doxymeister I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO
Toilet seat covers are disposable tissue paper rings that fit on top the toilet seat.(public bathrooms) They're in dispensers on the inside of the stalls on the wall. And regardless of what somebody might have stated, they're all over the whole entire country.
Also known as ass gaskets
They are not! Some states don't mandate them, and therefore, not every restroom will have them. Or if they have them, they are not in every stall. It's bad enough that I've looked into getting some for when I travel. 😅😂 I wish they were everywhere.
I’ve heard that the paper covers are worse and more likely to spread germs and just absorb bacteria. Even a basic google search gives this result:
“According to most health experts, using toilet seat paper covers is generally considered worse than just sitting on a toilet seat because the paper covers are not effective at preventing the spread of germs, and can even potentially increase the surface area for bacteria to settle on; the best way to protect yourself in a public restroom is to thoroughly wash your hands after using the toilet.”
I have not seen them.
@@leisure057blank3I see them a lot but not everywhere. Some places have toilet seat covers are automated and will switch themselves after each person.
We DO have spiders and bugs in the Los Angeles area, and in fact all over the U.S. Just not at Australian levels.
Yes, Southern California does have bugs, but compared to other parts of California; or the rest of the United States their bugs are tame.
I live in the boonies in Queensland Australia we have few problems with the wildlife and bugs and creepy crawlies tend to keep to themselves
@@lopezmarlon has a lot to do with the massive number of pesticides sprayed all over the city at the taxpayers' expense then add in the fact that the city she is using as reference is literally built in a desert waste land
No one has bugs on Australian levels. No one.
@@lopezmarlon Florida
Most Americans love to have a good time, fun!! Smiling and laughing is great for your souland your health!!❤❤
12:30 the main reason price tags don’t include tax is because each state has their own tax code and even sometimes different counties in the same state will not have the same tax rate. One county might be 6% sales tax while the next county could be 7%.
Even within a city there can be multiple rates. If you have four Starbucks, one in each corner of an intersection facing each other, it is possible for each of the four to have different rates (and different final prices).
Much easier to just advertise as "$X plus tax" than to try to have a spreadsheet of prices a customer might pay.
Plus, most Americans like knowing how much tax they are paying, and this is an easy way to do it.
Not only for states have their own, counties and cities do as well. I’ve seen at least 3 increases in county sales tax in the state I live in the last 10 years.
Ross, Marshall’s, TJ Maxx - they’re essentially stores where you buy stuff at lower prices. Clothes, shoes, home goods, etc.
Yes she does! I could tell of her accent immediately. But it is rather slight.
To clarify, Ross Marshall's, and TJ Maxx buy the clothes that the bigger retailers don't sell off before their new stock comes in. So you get nice brands for greatly reduced prices.
These stores are all over Poland, I saw them in Amsterdam too
I love Ross!
@@letmeondude Key note, they buy off defective clothes at times. The logo, seems, or buttons are not the same as regular products from the same manufacturers.
Americans generally respect the rights of others. I doubt most of us would bother looking at someone else in a toilet.
In fact, I was oblivious to the spaces until foreigners on TH-cam mentioned them.
Tbh, I've never seen someone's face through the crack.... It might be slightly larger than in other countries, but it's really not that crazy big. At the most, I've seen someone's shoes
Exactly.
it might be a perversion that might tempt Europeans, but I sure don't find it interesting to watch other people relieve themselves, and wouldn't use a restroom where that is the norm. Disgusting idea, actually. No, Americans as a rule do not want to see or hear or smell anything.
True.
It has never occurred to me look at someone through a stall nor has anyone ever peeked at me. I wonder if there are more pervs and peeping Toms is in some these places that they worry about it.
I find the cashiers very quick and efficient. The advantage of not dropping items directly into the bag, is they can plan the groupings better. They will have several bags set up, scan like 10-15 items, then put frozen food together. Chips and bread together, so they dont get smashed and distribute the weight between heavy and light items. Sounds complicated, but most are excellent at it.
And some times if they are not so busy, the cashiers will also walk your grocery cart to your car, this has happened to me many times at PW Super markets in San Jose, I'm an able bodied man but the cashiers many times the cashier will insist on rolling my cart to the car, sad to say PW is no more. Also when it's really busy there will be bag boys bagging your groceries as well of which they will bag your groceries with the same pression as well. Here in the Netherlands you will need to bag your own groceries and at times you'll need to be very fast when doing so because on the receiving end where your goods are ending up the markets here will have a sliding divider and if your not fast enough when bagging your groceries the cashier will just slam your groceries to one side so they can ring up the next customer, one time I was so pissed off I asked for a refund, once I received my refund, I was gone leaving them to deal with the restocking.
In the EU, you pay for every bag you need to use, and you do your own packing! Unless you shop at Aldi or another foreign-owned supermarket, you don't know about bagging your own purchases and expect somebody else to do this work for you!
I usually request grocery drive up where after you pay the bagger puts your cart number on your receipt and went you drive up to the door you show the person stationed there your receipt and they'll load up your car. Convenient. No charges for the paper/plastic bags which we recycle at home.
At the places I grocery shop the most, the person who rings me up and the ones who bag are two totally different people. So the stuff is usually bagged and in the basket by the time I finish paying.
If you've ever done time working in any store you get pretty good at itbpretty quick.
The bag thing is actually based on the store and the training you get. Depending on the items, cost, weight and sanitation, cashiers are required to bag items in a certain way. If the store doesn't have that kind of training, it's up to the cashier to work that out.
Those stores are retail outlets for discounted goods. Huge selection at great price with lots of different brands
Turning right on a red light is quite ubiquitous across the States. It's treated as a stop 🛑 sign; come to a complete stop, Stop, Yield to vehicles travelling in that lane, Turn when it is safr to do do.
There will also be a "No Turn On Red" sign if the intersection does not allow it.
And don't expect a bugless experience in the USA.
The state of New Jersey doesn't allow it.
Turn on right on red is a state law thing. Don’t do it in a state you are not sure of.
There are some states that don’t allow right turn on red. It’s on a state by state basis.
St. Louis has a lot of No Right on Red signs. Not everyone follows this however...
Unless it says "No Right on Red".
Nobody ever looks into or out of bathroom stalls, so it isn't even an issue. Also, most of the time, the gaps are really not that big.
If someone other than a toddler looks through the crack (and you have to get very close to see anything really) they better run cuz I’m coming out if there HOT and the toilet paper I wiped myself with is still going to be in my hand.
I look for shoes that's it
at work u sometimes glance as u walk past so u know who to laugh at if they are shitting their brains out
The worrisome gap is about 1 CM / 3/8 of an inch. You can see through it, but not put you little finger thru it.
I'm american and I think it's an issue!! I hate these gaps, being a truck driver it's awful,!! Some places in the us don't have gaps in doors,thank God. Many loves gas stations don't have those gaps!!
One reason it may seem as if there are no bugs in say Los Angeles is because we in American believe in screened doors and windows which keeps the bugs out. Plus in the countryside there are plenty of electric bug zappers. But if you live in many parts of the country bugs, flying and creeping, are a real problem.
Its funny because California doesn't have the same bug problem as everywhere else. Like mosquitos in Minnesota. Go to a campground, and you'll get eaten alive by large swarms.
yeah, but California's not America... not really.
@@gnericgnome4214 LOL. That's what I meant by "bugs flying and creeping".
LA is a dessert, sanitation is fairly high . dog crap is picked up, for the most part.
@@gnericgnome4214 That a really anti American thing to say. Stop hating America and blaming Americans. Maybe someday you can learn to become a real American patriot.
During the summer in Cali it does not get dark until around 10 pm...oh so much play time we all got as kids!!!! We are where the Sun sets on the North American Continent. Always so Beautiful to watch♡
The stores used to stay open 24/7 till covid. The shops she mentioned are discount clothing stores. As far as the bugs go I've never heard of that though I've only been on east coast states mostly FL. The toilet covers I think she is referring to a paper dispenser to put over the toilet so you don't have to sit directly on the public toilet. I enjoyed your reactions its always entertaining to see how enthusatic you are.
I have never made eye contact with anyone whilst inside or on the outside of a public bathroom stall🙄
I have little kids, but never adults. I think they think they're playing peek-a-boo. Lol
I was at Wal-Mart the other day and a woman's son was in the bathroom while the mom was going to the bathroom. The kid was peeking through the crack and the mom told him to stop that was rude and disrespectful
Yeah Americans just learn from a young age how to side glance the stall to see if it's empty or not, most you see is a blur of a figure
@@katielee7364 I wasn't raised in the US and looking through the slots wasn't a thing when I moved to States and I was locked in a train bathroom as a kid in Europe
I can't speak to the situation in women's restrooms, but in the guy's restroom it is elevator (lift) rules. You don't start conversations, you avoid eye contact. You are there to do what you need to do and get out. It is not a social space. You avoid speaking even if you know the other person well, for the most part. Conversation is for out there, not in here.
The tax is a state by state basis. Some states do not have sales tax.
States, counties, and cities can all have sales tax.
@@skanderfish3641 and unless the store is constantly on the move, the establishment and the items it sells remains in the same state, city, county, etc. so calculate the final cost and tag it appropriately! This is not done because the advertising agencies cannot advertise national brands and claim that they have lower/lowes prices when the prices are different in every county/city/state. It is an advertising ploy! How much tax are you paying for the fuel in your vehicle? Don't know? Well of course not. The tax does not change every time you cross into another county, but it is still YOU that is paying the tax! Ask the cashier at the local station next time and observe the blank stare!
@@raisinette35This doesn’t even make sense because not every item is always going to be taxed at the rate. Some states have taxes on groceries and some don’t. Those that do tax groceries don’t all tax at the same rate. So when you go into a supermarket there will be grocery and non grocery items for sale and there is typically a deli which is considered prepared food which isn’t in the same category as grocery. Plus in a deli the price can be per pound not per item. Also some cities and counties level their own sales taxes by permission of the state. Also yes you can go into a different county and pay a different tax amount on gasoline. I spent most of my life living in a tourist town and the gas stations in counties along the beachfront were always more expensive because of a leveled gasoline excise tax known as a seawall tax that goes to upkeep on the beachfront. Obviously the counties that are not beachfront don’t levy a seawall tax. Unless you have been everywhere in the USA how do you know everything that does and doesn’t happen?
I saw your other comment about unless someone shops at Aldi or a foreign owned store they don’t know about buying bags or bagging their own groceries. Not true. I have bagged my own the times I have gone to discount supermarkets. Some of them charge at cost rate plus 10 percent upcharge on the overall bill and are still cheaper than other stores. I don’t buy the bags usually. They are those employee owned type of supermarkets.
@anndeecosita3586 thank you. Was going to say roughly this. Its complicated. More than most actual citizens even grasp.
@anndeecosita3586 how many taxes do you print on a seawall receipt....tourist tax, sales tax, federal excise tax....and then the customer sees if he has enough money to buy a gallon? Is this how it's done now? Did i leave any tax off? Do you want a tip?
Ross, Marshall and TJ Maxx are clothing stores that sell marked down designer clothing, shoes and accessories. They are affordable items with MINOR flaws (ex: a thread coming loose), or the designer company has in overstock and needs to get rid of for new inventory.
Grocery stores in my area were open 20-24 hours until COVID, now they are closed a bit more. The earliest closing store in my area right now is 9pm, but most are open until 10 or midnight.
Many restaurants, gas stations, etc, too.
"Hello buttheads" 😂😂😂 it's ALL INCLUSIVE!!! PERFECTION!😂😂😂😂
I agree about the complaints. I love taking the extra part of my meals home for the next day. Two meals out of one.
The toilet seat covers are to place on the seat before you sit down. You are sitting on a clean surface instead of sitting on everybody else's behind that sat there before you.
I miss when Olive Garden had pizza. In college I'd order the pizza, fill up on salad and breadsticks then have pizza for 3 or so meals. It was like $10.99 or so
As far as sales tax or VAT, each state has a different sales tax added, and then county sales tax, and then municipality sales tax. In the same state, two different cities can have wildly different sales tax depending on where you're shopping. It even states the sales tax percent on your receipt. Compared to european countries where there is a lot more centralized control, and VAT being levied on a nationwide level, here sales tax is primarily levied on a local level.
Exactly. I can drive 15 miles within the same city and be in a different zip code with a completely different amount of tax being applied
On top of that some places like my local grocery store don't charge tax on their branded items but do for big brands like Coke. So much easier to wait till the end to find out what items did and didn't get taxed.
Ugh, I feel sorry for you folks. My choice is to pay the state sales tax of 6% or drive 50 miles over the border to the "No Sales Tax" state of Oregon. Oregon fleeces its taxpayers with income and property taxes, don't believe that it is a tax haven. However, compared to where there are city and county sales taxes, the Western States in general have you guys beat.
I think outsiders don’t get that we are at core the United STATES of America. Most powers and decisions rest with the states. Even the counties and cities that have their own added sales tax do so through the permission on the state.
Even if we are just talking about supermarkets not everything sold in there is necessarily taxed at the same rate. Some states don’t tax groceries or have a lesser tax on groceries but anything in the deli would be considered prepared food and not qualify. As someone who spent most of my life living in tourist towns you definitely notice a big difference in taxes on restaurants and gasoline when you drive a few miles out.
Her grocery checker experience is not the norm
Only if you are going through an express lane. Then they do scan every item first and at the end start bagging them. In the normal lanes they will have a bagger who will bag the items and set them in the cart while the cashier scans all the items.
My Walmart stays open till 2am her grocery experience is on point
@tspawn35 what you say is only sometimes true where I'm at. I dont use express or self checkout. And sometimes the store has 5 lanes open and only 2 baggers.
Registers keep track of how many items per minute are scanned. If you stop to bag it slows your average. Bagging is not timed and if done well bags are less likely to break.
@@I-chan-h4qWalmart is only one store. And I don’t typically do my grocery shopping there. I have many supermarkets in my area that are locally or regionally owned. The places I go regularly all employ baggers so I didn’t think her checkout experience was typical of mine. If you need them to, baggers will help you take your groceries to your car and load them for you.
Marchall's , TJ Maxx, and Ross Dress for Less are national chain stores that specialize in selling factory seconds. Factory seconds are items that have small imperfections or blemishes that are usually not noticeable by most people but can not be sold as new by retail stores. The stores she mentioned sell factory seconds at fractions of the retail cost allowing customers to wear designer labels at discount prices.
Ross, Marshall's, and TJ Maxx are stores that sell discounted name brand items. It's mostly clothes, but there's also home goods like towels, appliances, decor, toys, etc. But basically they take out of season or overstocked items from bigger department stores and sell them at discounted prices. You can get great deals there, but there isn't consistent stock, so finding your size or the color you want or something specific is a little harder, because it's basically leftovers. They're great for back-to-school shopping, looking for "dressing-up" clothes for a special occasion, or just seasonal browsing. Also great for gifts!
I’m always amazed at the complainants of how big things are etc, I think most people that don’t live here have no idea how BIG this country is!
Likewise, the USA has no concept of yow big locations outside of the US are! Any idea how big Russia is, and how populated it is? You would never be so delusional to think Ukraine could beat them if you knew! How big is Europe? No, not the EU, Europe! It is bigger than the USA in both landmass and population. Next excuse?
@@raisinette35are you intentionally unpleasant?
@@raisinette35The fact that you bring up Europe, a continent, in a discussion about the sizes of countries shows how flawed and weirdly you think. If we are comparing countries to continents then how about we say how Brazil has a larger landmass than all of Europe. We could also talk about how MOST of Russia isn’t in Europe. Please inform us which entirely European country is larger in land mass than the USA? The thing about the European continent is that the boundaries are geopolitical and arbitrary and make little sense from a geographical standpoint. They aren’t even 100 agreed on. Countries can exist over multiple continents. Guam is part of the USA. People born there are US citizens.
@@anndeecosita3586 The discussion was about items for sale with a sales price that does not include tax until the uninformed customer has to pay the final price of the item. Focus (*military expletive).
@@raisinette35 I'm just waiting for you to tell us that Africa is the biggest country on the planet and to imply that Americans are the ignorant ones for not knowing that. That'd be so dang funny if you said that.
04:10 - Those are stores that sell merchandise, mainly clothes, that didn't sell in other stores for a great discount. About 25% of the store is not clothing.
And the last quarter is furniture, home decor and food - mostly snacks and beverages.
The items in Ross, Marshall's, TJ are things that didn't sell or didn't sell well at other stores. These stores buy those items at rock bottom and resell cheap.
@@pauladuncanadams1750 fun fact: they are all owned by the same parent company. They are divided up like that for a bunch of random legal reasons. Largely around rules of acquisition and slightly around exactly who can buy from what. The simplest way to put it is that Macey's didn't want their products on the same shelves as Sears (RIP) and Sears didn't want their products on the same shelves as Sak's. so they had to be legally distinct
@@MiketheTzar Sounds like BS to me. What's your source?
@@pauladuncanadams1750 I worked there for about 6 months. You can do some funny digging with a manager login
We don't look through the gaps in the bathroom stalls!😂
I'm 47 and I have never caught someone looking through the gaps in a bathroom stall. That would be very weird.
You have to understand that Europeans have some, let's say "strange" habits.
Wait... we don't?
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you sound like a very chill guy subscribed just for that
What i love about Australia is that I have a childhood friend over there. Our seasons are the complete opposite living in the Ohio/ Michigan area myself so it comes with interesting banter. Haven't seen this man in 30 years, we communicate here and there.
I grew up in LA. There are very few bugs because it's a desert. It's naturally inhospitable for insects. If we weren't piping in water from far away, humans wouldn't have enough water either.
She needs to get out more. I grew up on a farm in the Midwest. We had bugs, spiders, wildlife and it was just part of life.
I live in the desert south of LA and we have bugs. I have terminix out monthly to spray for bugs. I have family in LA and there are bugs just not Australia level
As a local to the USA I find the dangers wildlife is just a mild inconvenience
You probably live in a city thats why
I grew up in a rural community. Sure you had to keep an eye out for wildlife, but I honestly never felt unsafe🤷♀️
@@Cloudburst2000 depends on what you are dealing with. It's not bears or mountain lions that are dangerous it's things like rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, black windows and brown recluses. Basically things small that can get close without you seeing them and are poisonous.
I live next to a pond with alligators. They don't come in our yard and don't chase anyone.
I live in Texas on the Gulf Coast. I’ve seen an alligator walking down the fence line at the NASA Johnson Space Center when I lived across the street.when I lived in central Texas we dealt with snakes of every venomous flavor, centipedes, scorpions, and spiders (both dangerous and large). It’s pretty simple, turn your boots up and tap them on the ground before putting them on. Shake out your gloves before putting them on. Look before sticking your hands anywhere. I’ve never felt threatened by the wildlife, just understand it and act accordingly.
Toilet seat covers are realistically for extremely busy bathrooms. At home you would just clean the toilet seat.
Growing up my mom would cover the toilet seat with toilet paper. I hated it. It would stick to you and sometimes it would get soiled or wet. Yuck! The paper covers are far and few between. They cost a business money. I have a small stash of wipes in my purse if I use a public restroom.
@chanmi1957 what ever gets the job done Lysol wipes would work. Most people like a clean seat, don't have to worry about anything.
I can understand toilet seat covers at someplaces, that's a luxury
Also, they are known colloquially as "Ass Gaskets"
You do know that the thin little piece of paper that immediately soaks up any little drip of moisture on that seat, does NOTHING to stop any type of “germ”. Right? RIGHT? It is purely for your pretend peace of mind.
13:37 don't know where she shops. But here in Texas, they bag it as they check it. If tbe Cashier doesn't do it, they have a bagger there doing it.
HEB forever
Ross, Marshalls, TJ Maxx are all stores that I think of a clothing stores but I think some of them have other departments too.
Bug vary by region. Here in Mobile, AL the roaches can carry off small children.
Most bathroom stalls are built with pre-fabricated panels. Generally speaking, the gaps are just big enough to know that the stall is occupied. I have gone into a restroom and found stalls that were unacceptably gapped - but that's the exception.
The stores she mentions sell fast fashion for women. As far as stores open late, they were open 24 hrs before covid-19. My local Wal-Mart supercenter came out of covid closing each night at 11 pm. They have no intention of going back to 24 hr.
I now work nights and miss the 24hrs walmarts because now I can't shop after work at 430am
Where I live, very few retail places were ever open 24/7, other than CVS and Walgreens. Kinda annoying when I was working a 4PM to midnight shift.
Wish Walmart would go back to 24hrs. Now only certain convenience stores are open 24hrs
@@katrinaingram7871same!
Same here in south suburban Minneapolis.
If you come to the South East during spring- fall be prepared to fight insects.
Bugs are everywhere in the US I have no idea what she was talking about.
This video is 5 years old. Lots of things have changed since the pandemic. Most Walmart stores close at 11 pm now.
Not everywhere.
According to the Walmart website, they began closing stores at night, gradually, in 2015. The pandemic finished it. According to the website, they all close at 11 for cleaning and restocking. The amount of theft was not worth the amount of sales (6%).
I still have two 24/7 stores within 6 miles of me...
@@teufelhund3801 Walmart stores or others? I have 3 convience stores nearby that are 24/7.
@sherryjoiner396 Walmart. Even in my home town that Walmart is still 24/7 as well.
Walmart is just GPS tracking you and giving you information on your local stores. I know quite a lot of stores that are still 24/7 in Texas and Utah.
Also, how the fuck would I confuse Walmart and a convenience store? WTF.
I AM a proud American! I love to watch these reactions of people from other countries. I wish some of the ungrateful, unappreciative, entitled people who take advantage of what thi country has to offer, would watch these videos and realize that, yes, we still have problems, but we are working on them. But look at what we have!
Many gas stations in New Jersey have full-service gas stations, where the attendant comes out and pumps your gas for you. I believe Oregon is the same way?
I don't think I've seen a supermarket where the cashier scans all the items first, then bags those scanned items. At least not for the last 40 years.
That's how it used to be.
In both CA and AZ, I see it every time I go. Sometimes, an elderly man or woman comes by and starts bagging while the checker is still doing their thing though, but not every active checkout line has such a person and the checker will do it. Note: I saw this wondrous phenomenon yesterday at Sprouts.
@@BTinSF Wow. Who knew that CA and AZ are so far behind the times?
@ “Progress” isn’t always good.
That’s how they do it here in the north suburbs of Atlanta, if they don’t have a bagger. When it’s busy they’ll have a bagger at each register along with a cashier and they bag as they go. When it’s slower and just a cashier they scan all then bag - had that happen this week.
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In my experience, public bathrooms vary greatly depending on age of the bathroom, region of the country, and the general aesthetic of the building you're in. I've been to public toilets that literally had no doors and like 3/4 height walls between stalls (so you could see peoples' heads) and I've also been to public toilets with damn near completely sealed off and isolated stalls. The vast majority have had maybe 1/4" gaps on the doors and 8" gaps at the bottom. I've never had issues with people seemingly watching me.
The food portion thing cracks me up. We were staying at a guesthouse in Glastonbury and they took the breakfast order for the next morning. It was literally double or triple portions of everything. I asked the couple way so much? It was all delicious and I felt terrible wasting it as I really only ate single portions. The wife said when they realized we were Americans she didn't want to leave the table hungry. It was actually really sweet, but told her for the next few mornings we just need a "regular" sized breakfast.
Pre-covid almost everything was open 24 hrs a day.
Now, most of the stores near me close at midnight, except for gas stations.
Pre COVID, Walmart was open 24/7 except Christmas, New Years, Easter and Thanksgiving.
it still is open 24/7, at least in my state it is
Thanksgiving... The Pilgrims came and set up a colony, but they were unprepared for the harsh winter. A local tribe helped them out. Thats literally where Thanksgiving comes from, people setting aside there difference and coming together to help each other during hard times.
Thanksgiving came after the first winter when the Pilgrims harvested their crops and shared their harvest with the Natives that helped them with techniques. Also, the real Thanksgiving day is the end of September or beginning of November.
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She doesn’t understand that we drive on the other side of the road, lol. In Australia that would be like making a left hand turn on red. It’s ok because you’re not cutting across another lane of traffic! If turned left at red lights, it would be chaos immediately.
I'm sure she meant the equivalent. She presumably grew up in Australia.
On many intersections in Florida, we have flashing yellow left turn signals while the thru light is red....started a few years ago and it's awesome.
@@Swearengen1980 I go to FL all the time, my daughter and gf live there. I’ve been all over the lower 48, except New England… and FL has the WORST drivers by far! Lol! Nobody understands lane discipline, they go 60 on the freeway in the left lane, pass on the far right lane at 90, and seem to be allergic to mirrors.
The Midwest has the most polite drivers, they move over, stay in the correct lanes, and traffic keeps moving. But my favorite drivers are in the Rockies! They have pull outs that say “Get off and let people by!” And they actually use them.
To be fair to FL, some of it comes from all the people from everywhere else with different driving styles. If I lived there permanently, I’d get really sick of New Jersey plates causing chaos. But most of it comes from handing out driver’s licenses without any road tests! My gf’s sister got her license there. I think it was in a Cracker Jacks box.
Actually, if I lived there I’d get a boat and avoid driving as much as possible, at least in the winter when it’s extra crowded.
@@danielgunderson8272 It can be bad, but Alabama is the worst state I've ever driven in. Every single place you go, there is no escape for the stupidity and slow drivers. And they can't blame yankees, tourists, foreigners (you know how many on Florida's roads never drove before they got to the States? A fuck ton), endless old people and also a ton of young college students all over the state......Bama is a special kind of stupid.
The bagging thing varies from store to store, and sometimes cashier to cashier. Lately at Walmart they've been putting directly into a bag. Mostly since they started using the bag carousels. But I'd say most stores put it in the bag directly. But there are also some stores where they don't bag your groceries at all and you're expected to do it yourself.
7:44 I laughed out loud both times when he said "Yeah, damn right!" 😂
I think the bugs thing is due to the fact that most of our places don't have to be open to the outside to cool off with a/c being so prevalent. Also, window screens help to not let anything in when the window is open for a lot of places. There are still bugs everywhere but they have a much harder time getting into everywhere with the window screens and the a/c or heating units keeping everything cool or warm.
I can only imagine the multitudes of June bugs that would have been in our house when I lived in the midwest with the hundreds that lived on our screen door if those screens hadn't been in place....
Screens hardly matter except to flies and such. Roaches, spiders, any insect can squeeze through nearly invisible gaps. There is no escaping roaches in Florida no matter how tight your ass is (without poisoning the shit out of everything each month).
Man...I absolutely love waking up getting my coffee and watching your channel. Its a guaranteed smile. The best way to start my day. Thank you so much
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I have never seen a toilet stall gap more than a half inch and most are much less than that.
Oh boy I have lol. Most people are polite enough not to stare at you
Large gaps are mostly the result of poor installation by incompetent contractors. The stalls are designed with minimal gaps to function. Nicer places will not have a visible gap.
i love living in America. but as an American that travels a lot for work, Portugal is my favorite place to go. i love Lisbon and the Azores is my dream retirement location.
Merry Christmas! I hope you get to come visit soon!
Start your own Thanksgiving. It is about family, fiends, food, American football and fun.
Tax laws vary between states and cities; especially, sales tax. However, some do add the sales tax to the price tag on goods. That's something foreigners don't really realize often, because they usually visit the larger, more well-known cities. I mean, there are even some states that don't have a sales tax (on a state-level) at all, such as Alaska and Montana. Every state has its own constitution; and, therefore, laws.
its apparently a law that we dont just add the tax into the price of the item. That way we see how much tax is being levied against us when we buy those things.
@@lindae9875 I can see that being the case, but it doesn't change the fact that some cities and/or states add the sales tax to the tags regardless.
Australia has a tax as well basically on most goods except certain foods it is 10% on basically every thing you buy. But the price includes the tax.
The "turn right on red" applies through the US, though you do need to look for signs that say you can't (usually at very busy intersections). If it's not allowed, you'll see a sign that says "No turning right on red" pretty clearly. You do have to stop first and obviously you have to yield to any traffic from the lane that has a green light. It definitely helps reduce traffic at intersections where a lot of people are turning right.
No it doesn't. It's illegal in Massachusetts.
But they drive on the other side of the road. So their left hand turn is more like our right hand turns. And visa versa. They prob have to ne signaled to turn right like we do the left.
I love hearing “foreigners” speak highly about America!
I live in Pennsylvania and here in Pa you can turn left at a red light as long as the street you are turning on to is a one way street and you are turning with the traffic flow.
The shopping bag thing is because stores used to have “bag boys” the cashier would ring you out still the products down the counter and the bag boy would fill the bags and place them into your buggy. The grocery stores have done away with the bag boys and the cashiers have to do the bagging but a lot of stores still have the old register set ups. Sooner or later the stores will catch up and change their register setups. What I hate is self checkout.
8:39 Go to the south! PLENTY of bugs
To be fair, she did specify Los Angeles 😂
@ True
Northeast too. You won't find the same level of weird you find in Australia but man, the black flies and mosquitos are horrible. You need to keep screens on your windows if you ever open them and there is almost no point in having an outdoor living space that isn't screened in.
Thanksgiving did not come out of a bad situation, it was a celebration of the first feast that the natives and the pilgrims had. And being thankful, for the natives helping us survive.
Until the settlers decided they were no longer useful and murdered them or threw them into reservations, you’ve been fed the sanitized version, so sad.
We thank God for another year and the bounty He has given us. Early on we were also thankful for the help that the Native Americans gave us, teaching us the foods that were to be found, how to plant the crops, and for their friendship. This was pretty much ruined when during the French and Indian wars.
The wars between France and England spilled over into their colonies here in North America. George Washington got his military training in these wars. He rose to a high rank on the English side during these wars.
The French had their Indian allies and the English had theirs. When the American revolution occurred, the English took the Native Americans with them and used them to attack the edges of the colonies. The Native Americans were the eastern tribes but our relation with all of them, Eastern and Western, didn't fully recover till more recent times.
Canada did not have as many problems as we had, probably because the Native Americans were English allies.
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@@necrogenesis1981 Like they did to the tribes they had conquered before them? Thats history. This idea that European settlers were worse than anyone else is hilarious.
@@Urusovitethey like to leave out the fact all those tribes had warriors, slavery existed here before any white man set foot here, rape, genocide, kidnapping, forced marriage all part of the "native" behavior before we got here and existed until late 1800's.
I married an australian and have spent 2 1/2 years there. plus i have traveled to Europe and south Africa many times. I have seen so many reaction videos and they seem to complain about shopping and the taxes paid after...hate tipping , big food portions, big cars.public toilets.=).always the same thing. When i first went to Sydney.,the stores closed at 6pm and you could not buy meat on Saturdays. (chicken and bacon only until noon....butcher's union influenced the laws. ), nothing was open on Sundays.
since i have travelled so much i just learned to how live with the local ways. If europeans live successfully with different than american customs...then so can i. what difference does it make? just go happily with different things. I have heard americans complain about other countries; customs. I find it very rude when they complain.
Also Americans do rravel travel to Europe, I worked for an International airline for 33 years and our flights overseas were full almost every day of the year. Remember america has a population of 330million.
the one thing that shocked me was that men and women frequently shared the same
same public toilet. shocking! that is the one thing took me awhile to adjust to. That happened in France, Amsterdam, Prague, Vienna. not Australia or South Africa though
There was a time when stores in the US were closed on Sunday. (Blue Laws) If stores were open on Saturdays they closed at noon.
They criticize america out of jealousy and insecurity a lot of the time
Can she say Hello? Or only Hellauorgh?
How about European families taking nudist vacations?!?! There was never a circumstance in which it would have been acceptable for me to see my friend’s mom and dad naked. Europeans are obsessed with nudity!
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
Marshalls et al. Are discount department stores. They stock the items that department stores can't sell and sell them at extreme discount.
As for toilet seat covers, there are typically dispensers in the stalls that contain thin paper covers that go over the toilet seat to serve as a barrier between you and the seat for hygiene. Not everyone uses them but it's a nice option if you're concerned about germs on the seat or if the bathroom isn't particularly clean.
We used to be able to pay for gas after you filled up... rising gas prices along with a few "gas crisis" led to a lot of theft from the pumps where people would just drive off after filling up. Companies put an end to that with pre-pay. You can either walk in and pay inside before filling up or use your credit/debit card at the pump to activate it.
I too have bought kitchen gadgets off Amazon, they sit in the drawer. The public restroom gaps are going away in some areas, the Walmarts in my city no longer have have them and pretty much everywhere has a "family restroom" which is a toilet, sink, baby station, and might have a few other amenities like a coat hook all in a closed off room.
I'm not sure where she's shopping but at many of the stores I frequent I have to check out and bag my own crap. It sucks but at least I know it's done correctly.
Don't know anywhere in CA or AZ where that's true. In all the stores you CAN bag your own stuff it you want to but they will do it for you if you wait. What's a bit controversial is the reusable cloth bag thing. Before Covid, CA started charging for plastic bags and most people started bringing cloth bags. But with Covid, the store employees didn't want to touch OPB ("other peoples' bags"). So at that point, things went backwards and they would bag your stuff for you if you got a new bag ("paper or plastic?") from them but sometimes made you do it yourself if you brought a cloth bag from home.
@@BTinSF We don't get charged for bags in MN but places like Walmart have such crappy bags and almost no humans working the checkout lines. They'll bag your groceries at the nearest "Real" grocery store but they suck at it. It's a lost art I guess.
Where I am the self-checkout in most stores is limited to baskets like you carry, if you have a cart you are often routed to the cashiers.
This varies though; it's not a rule, just general trends in the area.
After the pandemic, most stores close earlier here in the states...it still goes on. There are much less 24/7 open places then before.
Exactly...because they don't have enough workers to work the other shifts that's what happened. So, they had to start closing earlier and it's still like that. I used to work in retail, and after while I think it was for good. There was so much theft and even drug activity at some of these stores that were open 24/7.
@3:00, I think that's a California thing (potentially big city related?), my coworkers from Cali mention how the shops here close so early, still in the States, just 2 states away.~ Most things close by 6/7, latest shops generally 9pm, Main grocery closes at 12am, but I see one that's further from me is actually open 24/7
Only reason we prepay here is drive offs, makes it nearly impossible to steal gas from the station.
Bagging the groceries is easy to explain. Not too long ago you had a person scanning your items and a person bagging them. With inflation and wages rising so quickly the stores no longer have the bagger typically
They now exploit their customers for free labor
They do here. Most of the time there’s a cashier and a bagger.
Walmart here doesnt have that anymore, that I've seen, the cashier does it
Wages need to raise more, we are much more productive than the 1950s with all of our new technologies but our wages have stayed roughly the same (while doubling the workforce with women) and importing millions of cheap workers.
Where I live, most stores have adjusted to eliminate set positions and instead of a distinct team of "front end" people who rotate through the various tasks, though obviously some/most people spend most of their time in one role - but any one individual can do any position in their department (assuming physical ability, obviously). Cashiers, bagging, parking lot, greeting, customer service desk, self-checkout, re-shelving unwanted/return items, etc.
If it's busy, 95% are cashiering, bagging, and fetching/organizing the carts. If it's slower, the team splits up and does other tasks like tidying up, wiping down, re-shelving items, merchandising the "grab and go" stuff near the front, etc. Then it gets busy and they all drop what they're doing and start opening more lanes again. Back and forth like that.
We have big cars because America is so big. We make big wide roads to accommodate those big vehicles. We used to have big families so we needed to have big cars to transport them. We buy large amounts of food. We have a weight problem. Nuff said.
Yes, I'm from a big family and riding in a small car all squished together for hours is not fun. America is big and going to see family can take hours let alone going on a family vacation. Need the space man and when you got teenagers space is a must.
Oregon has the real price on the price tag...No sales tax.
theres no sales tax on food in my area
As with visiting ANY country, there is some luck involved in which of the millions of citizens you happen to encounter and what moods they are in. I TRULY hope you have a good time the US and encounter some of our best people on their best behavior!
Also, toilet seat covers are very thin (think rice paper) disposable sheets that match the shape of the shape of the toilet seat. Some places have a box of them, like a large box of tissues, in their public bathrooms as a free courtesy.
That half and half accent is so charming.
No bugs or flies in LA? 😆😀🤣😂. Yes, they exist. Bed bugs are a serious problem now.
She must not go outside in the summer. Flies and mosquitos are crazy in LA.
Some experiences depend on the state they are living of course.
Im Scott Irish and Cherokee family immigrated to Georgia in the 1600s. All 4 grandparents are part Cherokee. Thanks giving did have good origins. It started off about giving thanks to the neighbors/native Americans. Realistically if the natives didn't help Europeans they would have never made it.
well... that ended well for the "natives"
@@gabegood8989 My native cousins live on the rez and are flush with casino cash. They have it a lot better than most. Also...if it were not the new Americans, it would have been the French, the British, or the Spaniards.
Maddox isn't a name on the Dawes Rolls, so, no, you're lying.
@@minecraftfox4384 Neither is Minecraft or Fox lol
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She is playing California Love by 2Pac as the principal performer. It's a rap hit from the mid-1990's.
10:37 usa used to go by the trust system, but eventually every gas station moved onto the prepay model. I can't say "every" station. I'm sure there are still stations that have attendants pumping gas for its customers.
The paper she's talking about isn't offered everywhere. But some places hospitals are a big one. Some gas stations and some major major grocery stores. It's close to like parchment paper or wax paper. Basic bacteria guard.
Thanksgiving came from the fact that the pilgrims (for the first time in years) took stock of how much food they had after the harvest, and found they had enough to get through the winter. This came from several factors: reorganization of farm plots/responsibility, learning to plant corn, and good relations with the local natives.
That, and native Americans being killed by European diseases before the Pilgrims stopped, so there was already cleared land available to farm.
right! they actually tried communism first, where everything belonged to everyone, and found no one wanted to work under that design so they went to indiv ownership and responsibility, then thrived. The Indians were looking for allies in their wars with other tribes, and yes, they did become ill after being exposed to European diseases.
Many people don't like to say it, so I will: Thanksgiving was designated to give thanks to their Creator for their Blessings of survival, abundance and relationships. So much b.s. is being put out that this was a 'bad' thing. How were the Europeans to know or understand diseases and immunity to those diseases back in the 1600?
@@clwest3538 They weren't, it has just become popular and 'hip' to bash Europeans and Christianity lately. Whether this is organic or insidiously inspired by a third party is up to interpretation.
I read that the Natives brought the majority of the food to share with the Pilgrims. I read that the Pilgrims were only expecting a handful of people, but the handful brought their whole tribe with them. 😊
Im from Canada, the last time I saw a bathroom you had to pay for was literally 30 years ago at a laundromat owned by a Chinese family in my neighborhood. It cost $0.10 to use the bathroom that laundromat closed down and that's the last time I saw a pay toilet anywhere in canada.. as for toilet seat covers brother just Google it it's just a piece of paper shaped like a toilet seat that keeps your ass clean and you don't have to try to cover the whole thing in toilet paper.
One thing I would caution people about is don't expect that your experiences in another country are going to align with what you have heard or read. Our previous experiences and expectations definitely will color how we feel. Some years ago (pre Euro) I visited London, Cambridge, Amsterdam, Brussels, Bruges, Paris and Strasbourg. I had taken some classes in French and was eager to see how well I could handle the language. And so I looked at the trip as a learning experience more than anything else,
Bagging groceries. They try to separate the products by type(cleaning supplies don't go in the same bag as food) and for weight distribution. I usually walk to the market. It's well worth the wait.