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To me, all of this should be regarded as basic common sense and decency
At times, British politeness is misunderstood by non Brits. For example, in saying, "Might I suggest.....", sounds very polite to an outsider, but a Brit will understand it to really mean, "Are you so thick that you haven't thought this out for yourself?" 😅
Yes, sometimes courtesy can leave blood on the carpet!
@@dereknewbury163I thought this was a uniquely British thing, but Americans can use _sir_ and _ma’am_ the same way as though to say “I’m gonna be real polite here so you know how much I despise you” 😂
This might be the #1 difference between the two cultures - classic British understatement. The more heinous the offence, the less emphatic the response. The American requires one person to state the obvious; a second person to repeat it verbatim (and add a superlative), and a third to kick the matter to death.
Sgt. Wilson in Dad's Army to Cpt. Mainwaring :
"Do you think that's wise, Sir?" When Mainwaring is about to drop a monumental bollock.
Oh my, have I struggled with British politeness. As a European from the continent working in the UK back in the nineties, I thought I was being very polite. I really did. All it got me was positive and polite responses but no action whatsoever. I used to think the British were untrustworthy and lazy. Until I finally figured it out: I just did not grasp the British politness.
David Beckham (very famous footballer) joined the queue and waited for 12 hours to view the Queen’s coffin. The other people in the queue protected his privacy by not telling the media.
Yup and he is OBE (order of the British Empire) a prestigious title given by the Queen for his football career and the London 2012 Olympics involvement.
A decent guy.
Shame his wife didn't bother though.
@@B-A-L No it isn't. It's up to her as it is to every individual.
Beckham is a Globalist Tosser like The Reptile & The Fake Funeral.
It's not just London! I'm in rural South West and even when the bus pulls in you wait to see if anyone is getting off before you get on, and always say thank you to the driver when getting off. ❤️
“Cheers Drive” is the welsh thank you to a bus driver or taxi driver
Same in the North, amusing to see little children do it as well.
I do the same always say thank you when getting off a bus 😊
@@fayesouthall6604in Bristol they recently called a road ‘Cheers Drive’ for that very reason.
I worked for a company that was owned by an American family, that had quite a big business in America. They came over to England and took us all out to dinner. When the wine became low, the American host, clicked his fingers to attract the waiters attention, and just said "bottle of wine, here" and pointed to the table. We all felt very uncomfortable about the direct abruptness to the waiter, but the American just thought nothing of it. For us it was rude not to ask, 'could we please' have another bottle, just three extra words make all the difference.
People who click their fingers to attract a waiter's attention, or, come to think of it, that of anybody at all, get a stiff telling-off for extreme rudeness from me.
Try that nonsense in some eateries here in the UK and I'm sure a huge row would ensue, and you'd probably be asked to leave by the manager. On the whole people are very polite here, but if you push it, you may also get a taste of how rude we can be too.
They probably spat on his food for clicking his fingers. It happens a lot.
That's a New Money No Breeding thing, not an American thing.
I hope he left a large tip!
Manners are instilled into us from basically the baby stage I gave my children nothing without a please, if I didn’t get a thank you whatever I had given them was taken away. They have grown up into well adjusted polite adults who are now instilling the same manners into their children.
Soo true
So true and misbehaving was not a thing for me as a child either. I was told if I was going to act a certain way then I should do it at home and not in public
@@sneshubr5192yeah my mum has always said to be polite in public and if you want to misbehave then do so at home
I didn’t have to be told, just that look was enough.
You should NEVER become accustomed to BAD MANNERS. it won’t advance your standing in other countries
Theres a little more to the dinner table thing. So when dining out it is common that people will be having private and sometimes confidential conversations. Which is why people try to moderate their loudness. But also this is why we dont like the staff hovering over us ready to whip away a plate or asking about the meal or whatever. Its seen as intrusion which like queue jumping we dont like. If we want a waiter then we usually will get their attention.
I visited America twice and both times I was horrified by the rudeness of people in public places. This contrasted with how polite Americans were on a one to one situation. It's like Americans are schizophrenic in their interaction.
Because their manners are fake like most things in the USA. The ultimate plastic disposable society.
Too much Sugar
@@mikeoxlong4110 😂
I totally agree about the plates being cleared away before everyone is finished. It intimidates the person still eating into rushing their dinner. Going out for a meal should be a relaxed experience. If you want speed & are only eating to fill your stomach, go to a Macdonalds.
i am a working class englishman from a poor background, and i am always saying please,thankyou and sorry, lol.has nothing to do with class or background in this country
100% .. raised in Canada by English and Scottish grandparents, low income, but I left the house with clean clothes and my best manners. That was non-negotiable.
The working class tend to have better manners than the higher classes, in my experience
100% agree with those guys! Especially the plate clearing thing. Clearing plates is a necessary evil, do it once when everyone’s done. And it’s definitely uncool to leave someone eating when everyone else has been cleared away. It makes them look like they’re holding everyone up. That may be the case but it would be equally unacceptable to shout _“finish the fuck up, we’re done already”._ You wouldn’t do that explicitly, why do it implicitly?
What a surprise to see Joel Wood on JPS's channel 👏. I'm one of his subscribers too. The whole manners thing is installed from a very early age. Polish friends having moved here were shocked they were expected to say thank you to the bloke in the corner shop. And in Poland, shopkeepers were always surprised when they got a thank you from a British tourist. As my grandmother said manners cost nothing
Hi, my parents brought me and my brothers up from the earliest ages to show manners and respect my mum always said say please & thank you and be polite to others, even when we were small we had to for eg: if we were on a bus we had to stand up and offer the seat to an elderly person or a pregnant lady so even in this day & age I still do that if I'm on a bus, and I always say thank you to the driver when getting off the bus it's my nature, and what my parents taught me from childhood... Yeah Sorry is another big thing in the UK I always say sorry for everything even if it's not my fault I will still appogise
i once caught myself saying sorry to my dog for stepping on her toe, but then remember how if I wanted to go to the loo, I'd tell her where I was going!..a throw back from 5 kids, who would want to come with me as well!
I even apologise to inanimate objects I bump into....😊
Ricky gervais at the golden globes is an example of don't get above yourself cos we'll pull you back to earth
Can’t stand him, I usually add an extra letter to his name when I’m forced to think about him! I also call the show ‘the orifice’ hopefully for obvious reasons?
Manners cost nothing so you should have manners💯❤
JP i have to say I do like your mate in your videos, he's just as nice as you are and makes for good content! keep up the good work buddy!
Queuing in the UK is also massively influenced by the rationing during WW2 and into the mid 1950's, everybody had to queue and it became a social norm
I've shouted a few times "there's a Back to this Cue" lol
I just didn't see the queue in my supermarket the other day and when someone tapped me on the shoulder and pointed out that I had jumped the queue I went down the entire line and apologised to everyone. It is just so important with us; I wouldn't change it. I regularly apologise to the light fitment in the centre of my living room (low ceiling!) when I put my coat on and brush the lamp. So far the light has never said 's'alright'. I am mortified!
we respect talent, not fame in itself. the best people would not behave like that
I've been to the States loads of times and manners is one thing that is sorely lacking in a lot of people. Whenever I went in a shop/restaurant/diner/anywhere and said please it was always said that we must be English because we had manners. Basically they cost nothing and they are polite.
Or even British!!
I totally agree with them about not taking plates away until everyone is finished. It's so horrible to be left as the only person still eating while a waiter is clearing up around you like you're being annoying for being slow and all the attention is drawn to you. Similarly, you shouldn't start eating until everyone has some food (and the restaurant should organise it so pretty much all the food comes out at the same time). Sometimes people will say, 'don't wait for me' and that's usually okay to start eating then, but otherwise no, no, no! Please, thank you, sorry, sorry! 🤣
queues are a huge thing in the uk, the only place you don’t really queue is at a pub or bar, you can just move to a free spot around the bar and wait there
True but. Most of us won’t jump our turn if we see people waiting at bar before us. The bar staff usually say “who next” nice people will point at who’s next
@@izzysmart and people like me say double jack daniels and coke please
Yep most people at the bar have a look around at who’s waiting first and let the bar tender know.
@@izzysmart Depends where you live. The south is get in there before someone else does. The north is way politer as you have said.
@@Thrash1t the north do say hello more and polite, I live 50 miles from London, parents from there and there some people who do jump queues, without sounding racist we have a lot more people from different places than up north, so customs not followed as much. I am a when in Rome do as kinder person. Manner don’t cost and as we were a massive empire years ago. The really rich learnt that being super polite from a country with a rape and pillage background, was the smarter option lol. Hence why we super polite.
Essentially, all our stuff is about avoiding the possibility of social conflict, and not somehow worsening other peoples lives.
The same thought about everyone being equal exist as like a Danish "social law". It's called Janteloven.
It basically says that you are not better than the rest.
The whole queuing thing is indeed very important, Which is why I hate going to busy bars or pubs because its just a free for all usually.
But yea, this video seems pretty accurate.
On the subject of tipping, in the UK we actually pay our restaurant staff a decent wage to start with. So a tip is seen as a bonus rather than a necessity. We tend to leave tips if the service has been very good, but if the service has been poor, there's no way that waiters getting a tip. If they were rude and just generally rubbish at their job, then why should I be rewarding that person with a tip? That's generally our attitude on tipping. Some do pay it no matter what, but its rare.
I never tip. In fact, if there is a “service charge” automatically added to the bill in a restaurant, I will strike it out and refuse to pay it if the service has, in fact, been unsatisfactory. This is perfectly legal. You can't do this with a “cover charge”, however.
@@allenwilliams1306 The service charge isn't necessarily included. Some do, some don't. Always read the bill.
@@justandy333 That was my point. If they tot up your bill, then add, say, a 12½% charge for “service” to the sub-total, you are not obliged to pay it if the service was “not of the quality demanded”, in exactly the same way that, if you had found what resembled a pubic hair in the cream of leek soup, you would be entitled to refuse to pay for that.
In the UK we value manners for the simple reason that, properly deployed, they help the world go around just that bit more smoothly. In an indifferent society it ensures that individuals receive at least a basic modicum of recognition. My pet peeve is people who fail to acknowledge those that serve them. The ultimate in vulgarity! Actually, I do not find Americans doing to badly with manners. I have been skiing there and the lift queues are generally courteous (especially compared to those in France - just saying). I could do without the arse-licking smarminess of some store greeters though.
We are British, what can I say, we have better manners than anyone else, thank you
7:01 I remember going to a stationery shop in Leeds and getting a pack of thank you cards which is a good thing. Normalising sending thank you cards.
In Britain we place the knife and fork together facing top to bottom of the plate,or North south, when we have finished eating even if we didn’t eat everything.The waiter/waitress will know that the plate can be removed.
We tip in the UK but not if the service is bad.
We tip in the UK if the service has been better than we expect not what we expect.
In India, we love to queue too but in the most inconvenient way possible. A line immediately becomes a semi-circle lol
Queuing makes sense. It's organised and stops disagreement.
At the weekend I was in a restaurant with a mate, I had finished eating but my mate hadn’t. The waiter who wasn’t from the UK took my plate away, I thought it was rude and made me feel awkward because it made me feel like we were taking too long. It also interrupted our conversation and the arm reaching over someone eating didn’t feel appropriate. However, they probably thought they were be attentive by removing my dirty plate from being in front of me.
The waiting for people to get off before you get on apples to all UK not just London. Also applies to other things like buses.
My children, and now my grandchildren have all been bought up to say the magic word. PLEASE. When asking for anything.
Manners cost nothing and are worth everything. It comes so naturally to us that I can't fathom why someone wouldn't say please/thank you/sorry (or queue). The reason we say worry, when someone bumps into us, btw, is probably based on a "Sorry, was I was in your way" concept - you can't bump into us if we're not in your way....
During ww2 when rationing was in, people used to say if there's a queue join it.
In America, servicing staff are not paid a living wage apparently. In the UK, they are, and manage well without
tipping. However if we have had pleasant good service we will often leave a t ip on the table.
It’s not mandatory to tip in the US, it is based on service only, you get great service leave a tip and when getting bad service leave a penny and tell the manager of the restaurant, why you left a penny to your water/waitress, We went out to dinner for my moms 60 th birthday, the waiter was down right rude and kept making snide remarkers , we left a penny. And told the manager why ,before we left.
Richest country in the world and can't afford to pay it's waitering staff properly! Here's my tip! Pay them then!
If we go out for a meal here in the UK and the service has been really good or the staff have been extra helpful we will leave a large tip often we pay for the meal by card and then leave the tip in cash. Hopefully this then goes direct to those who served us and not into a ‘shared’ tip like some places do with tips paid for by card.
J&L (Those Two Brits) have since moved on. They were among the first TH-camrs to go big with UK vs US culture.
They dont say "line" , they say QUEUE!
Wrong, We says line in the US, like Joel,said in the video.
The empty plate thing reminds me of my dad on holiday when we were young. If we couldn't finish our meal, dad would swap plate. Everyone happy and full.
In my family, it was (and with my grandsons now is) more common for the kids to finish their mom's dinner at a restaurant, rather than the other way around. Particularly this was a thing with the boys once they became tweens. Hollow leg syndrome, I think it's called. 😂
Respect & manners don't cost a thing 👍🏴
It’s respectful to reply to a message especially when you’ve sent some money to support someone
No Londoner would ever shout, "Oy, there's a line here!'.
I would. Although, I am 30 miles north of London. Technically, still in the south east, but northern compared to the capital. ;)
I would and Have done I am a londoner,born and bred. I have also yelled oi at someone misbehaving, they stopped!
@@JoeS-n8z But, using the word 'line', Annie?
😮 "tall poppy syndrome" is not generally speaking, a "thing" here in the UK (as far as I'm aware, Joel)... Someone else in these comments have already said it's an Australian phrase, so I think you've mistakenly mixed this up with a British habit. (Never mind!!)
Re Joel & Lia... I don't usually care much for their opinions, as they tend not to speak on my behalf. Rather they represent "middle class 20's / 30's" people rather than the general UK populace.
(I've read complaints - elsewhere - by Northerners etc, who feel their own views on J & L's topics are less than correct, & to say they represent us all is quite wrong!!)
I agree.
We always said thank you for presents, but we didn't send thank-you cards. Who had the money?
I think (hope) that their characterisation of someone with a lower class accent was tongue in cheek, meaning to be funny. It certainly wasn't accurate.
You can probably tell by my writing that I speak a little like this couple (from education, not background), but I don't feel that they represent me, at all.
Nevertheless, the comments about queuing pretty much hit the mark. I'm finding the younger generation's free for all at bus stops frustrating, to say the least!
Excellent choice of shirt Joel 🇬🇧👍
Lived in the States for many years and taught my grandchildren, please, and thank you. If they asked for something and didn't say please, i waited until they remembered to say it ,also thankyou. They 'got it' when they were at our house for the weekend. Their teachers at school were amazed at their politeness 🤔
As a British Nurse, I'm on a crusade to stop saying sorry so much.
It should only be said when we've done something wrong
As a British layabout I strongly disagree! I couldn't imagine having that awkward exchange at a shop doorway without both parties doing the "sorry mate" and a humble smile!
I'm always being told to stop apologising, so I know I must overdo it.
There's being polite and then there's being overly self-effacing.
@scouseofhorror104 Absolutely! That's a very British tradition - the "apology shuffle" or the "sorry sidestep" ;)
@@miaschu8175 It pains me to say I have more insight into 'the revered British nurses' than I would like.
Visiting a restaurant the USA is an unnerving experience when you are not used to it. If you are looking forward to a relaxing meal with friends, forget it. The insane rush to have diners in and out quickly, feels like they are competing in Olympic sport.
Having had enough of waiters and waitresses swooping in to take plates off the table while people in our party were still eating, I insisted that they leave them where they were until we ALL had finished our meal.
The poor staff just looked completely confused by the whole idea.
Oh my goodness!
I even say please to Alexa.
Now and again I say thank you! 🙄🤪
Being British I was in a small rural town in Spain during the COVID pandemic. On first view, queuing outside the supermarket for the limited access with social distancing seemed utter chaos, from a British perspective. People were sitting in apparently random spaces around the entrance car park. However, I soon realized that new arrivals would ask, 'Quien es el ultimo?' (who is the last one?). If you were the last to arrive, you simply indicated this to the new comer and he or she would know the order for access ... so simple and yet so clever ... no queuing at all and yet an order had been established.
What Pandemic u drunk?
Also use a knife and fork always and always say hello and goodbye on a phone call.
@ItsJps there's something really genuine about you guys and it always comes across in all the videos you do. I don't think I can ever remember hearing you using curse words, or talking out of turn about anything. It seems like you were all raised the right way and it's so refreshing and a pleasant thing to see a channel like this. Sub for life.
The british key word is FAIRNESS - things have to be seen to be fair, they have to be seen to be equal, David Beckham got in the queue to pay his respects to the Queen is a fine example.
I guess it’s all about social awareness and respect. Funny how Brits will send thank you cards for everything even when they are not liking something!
With etiquette comes a form of humility taking it in turn recognising the equality of others. Barging your way through is for the reserve of the selfish who don't give a damn about anyone else, extremely immature.
Joel, do junior/grade school pupils in the US receive lessons in etiquette? Table manners, how to address adults new to us, how to sign one's name, even rules about writing formal letters, are all matters taught at many, maybe even most schools in the UK and elsewhere, probably during Year Two (aged 6) or certainly before Year Four (aged 8). Because of school uniforms, boys learn how to tie a tie at the same time they learn how to tie their shoelaces.
No, that is to be done home by the parents, it is not the teachers job to teach you manners in the US, this is a public schools, not sure about private schools.
@@marydavis5234I have watched a lot of videos from the USA and manners are lacking there so it isn’t taught at home so having it taught in school would help. I cant believe the way some Americans talk to the police there and call it there 1st amendment right ( I apologise if I have the wrong amendment) I’m sure that amendment wasn’t wrote for them to be rude to people or verbally racist.
@@Hippydays1959 I was actually taught manners by my mom, and I have taught my son to be nice to everyone even when someone else is being disrespectful, my cousins children range is age of 26 to 8 and they are also taught manners, you can’t base all 330 million Americans on the ones you see online.
Teaching rules about writing formal letters isn't about manners; it's about basic English skills and job prospects. A well constructed cover letter can be the difference between getting the job interview, or not.
How to address a correspondent (whether named, or not) and how to sign off accordingly, however, are letter writing skills that are likely to become redundant. The convention when writing formal emails is to use "kind regards" when signing off.
Most young people don't know how to fasten a tie, as most schools no longer include ties in their uniform policies. (I tied one every school day, for 5 years, yet I've long forgotten how.) Also, they are generally worn by highschool students, not primary school children.
Schools rarely teach children how to hold a knife and fork, now, because of budget cuts and the lack of lunchtime staff. I do remember the days when strict dinner ladies would shame children who had never learned at home. I wouldn't want to go back to that, but I do lament the loss of eating etiquette. I suppose I'm a little old-fashioned!
Most people think that their experience - whether at home or school - is universal, that all their peers will have been taught the same manners and social mores. However, children often pick up their social cues from each other, even when there are differences in what they were taught at home. If a larger proportion don't follow what were once common social niceties, they will eventually die out and be replaced by other customs and behaviours. That doesn't mean they are worse, just different.
Change is inevitable.
@marydavis5234 I appreciated your reply. I think that it is too easy to generalise a whole group of people by a few, or the most shared, instances of behaviour that are seen or reported.
Stereotyping is the start of a slippery slope towards prejudice and discrimination.
Please and sorry is somewhat better than dealing with 'Karens'.
Karen’s don’t care ,when anyone says sorry.
Hi Joel happy Christmas, suggestion as regards Christmas puddings COLES do a large selection @ different weights you can steam or I recommend 2 minutes in a microwave with cold added brandy cream they are delicious better than any UK supermarkets get some generous subscribers to send you some.
in primary school we had to que many times a day so it was pretty much drilled into us as children you would que in the lunch line when you go out for play time / break time / lunch time if there was ever a fire drill you would run out side and get into lines and be counted
*Queue*😊🏴🖖
Before central heating and double glazing became ubiquitous in British homes in the 70s, it was quite common when dining with a largish family group in a British home to be told by your host/hostess 'Don't wait until everyone is served, start eating!'. This because after few minutes in a drafty British dining room hot food would pretty soon get cold! Heated hostess trolleys were popular for a while, helping keep the food hot between the kitchen and dining rooms.
I remember in primary school getting told to say please and thank you always and still continue now
I'm not sure about the applicability of "the tall poppy syndrome". I think it's more to do with the idea of fairness. You must be aware of our love for games and sports of all types (including the many quiz and game shows on our television and radio channels). The idea of "fair play" is important and nurtured when we are young.
That reminds me that I have often thought the importance of speech radio in the UK isn't appreciated by non Uk residents. I'm not talking about music channels. The "Today" program still has a large audience and many of the comedians on TH-cam videos appear on radio shows. Our "World Service" is still respected in many countries for fair and unbiased reporting. Sorry for going on but I hope you will consider these points
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Congrats on 90k
Manners cost nothing and they help every social interaction, however fleeting, to be a pleasant experience for all participants. I’ve known a few Americans in my time and some of them have been the rudest and most inconsiderate people I’ve ever encountered. The ones who have lived in Europe for any significant time have had their corners knocked off and are all the more pleasant for it. It is so easy to be polite, so just do it please! Thank you. 😊
"I hope you enjoyed our video" as always, YES ! ❤
Love all your videos keep them coming! And where can I follow your friend 😁
Omg yes to Joel and Lia reactions! 👏🏽
We don’t do the tips anywhere near as much (but still sometimes!) but I’m always reminded of when my dads cousin from America came over, this is about 15 years ago, and he went out to a local pub with my dad and he tipped the bar staff every time he bought a drink even though he was getting them at the bar, my dad kept saying you don’t have to do that here and eventually the bar woman gave him free drinks because she was like… you’ve paid for them 😂 stop giving us tips every time!
They definitely appreciate a little bit of a tip but it’s not common at all here and not expected, and they actually felt uncomfortable - that or he became a VIP 😂
It wasn’t like the change it was like 20% on every drink and this was early 00s 😮 they really were like no… please don’t haha
David Beckham queues, Holly and Phillip don’t ❤❤
Hi guys I'm 70 and recently I was queuing in the post office (not something I would have chosen) and a guy behind me saw a friend in front of me and thought he would like to jump about 6 ppl and join his friend. No one else appeared to object butHe didn't reckon with the old guy ie me. I asked him where he was going and he said he wanted to join his friend. There was lots of tutting and speaking quietly until I suggested that if they wanted to be together the guy in front move to the back. He started to argue and the rest of those queuing got angry so he did join his friend behind. That's how serious we take queuing in the UK
The sorrys 😂 i do this so much. I’ve had people knock me whilst walking and I’ve said sorry. Such a weird habit
Always a pleasure 😄👍
I am always interested to hear what you have to say about things, Joel, and pleased your mate likes to watch some of the videos too...I think you said Arturo? I am always happy, too, to watch a Joel and Lia video, they seem really lovely; so, a great combination for me today 😊
If the staff take an empty plate while I'm still eating, I will tell them to take my unfinished meal too (even though its clear I haven't finished yet) in a passive aggressive way - then we will NEVER go back to eat there.
Pisses me right off it does
Passive aggressiveness isn't a good trait. Also, why would you go hungry and deny yourself the chance of another good meal out (assuming the food was nice) because of one waiter/waitress who just works there? (On minimum wage, probably.)
You're much better off telling the person, firmly but politely, to please wait until everyone has finished eating. You could also let the manager know that it isn't polite to remove plates while someone is still eating.
"Passive aggressiveness isn't a good trait." - Yes, I'm aware, I wasn't saying it is a good thing either, so I didn't really need it explaining to me, but thank you anyways.
I also have an eating order (30 years nearly now) so don't eat in front of people as a rule of thumb.
The last thing I want is to be the only person eating at a table or bring anything about my illness to the attention of the manager or staff to justify feeling the way it makes me feel. Never mind whoever is at the table around me.
I'd prefer it if staff knew from the beginning what good table manners were, especially when that's a primary part of their employment. Training is for a reason and interviews should be used to demonstrate a working knowledge of this.
Just want to say thank you again for pointing out that passive aggressiveness isn't a good thing - but it holds up fairly well when compared to carrying a gun or shouting louder than everybody else to make your point.
Just so you know.
@@miaschu8175
I say “Oi there is a back to this queue”
We don’t cut down the best we have. Just look at our actors, and our music, and our painters and are scientists. Etc.
I agree. Yet, we do want them to be human, not gods.
Seeing Sir Ian McKellen in his one man stage show the other year, I was as in awe of his humanity as his talent.
His pantomime dames and his appearance in Coronation Street were as wonderful as his Gandalf and King Lear.
We generally want the greats to be true to their roots - I think.
I have a big thing...the ettiquette is bang on!!
South Africans also queue for the most part and get very aggravated when people push in
It's just common sense to allow people off, before people get on as it makes more space for them getting on.
As a Brit here in Cyprus, the bank is interesting for people queueing. It took me a while to get my head around the older people in the queue, would sit in a row of chairs provided. And they would suddenly just stand up in front of you from their chair when it’s their turn. But in general the Cypriots don’t like to queue. Especially in places they use a lot. They generally stand close to you and rudely talk to the cashier when you’re being served. Also, at a deli counter here, they have the ticket system with numbers on. And again, the locals don’t like to be controlled by a ticket and will try and jump the number system. 😮
The sorry thing is so true because I was saying a lot of it in the UK.
I don’t know why so many people say we love a queue, even when we don’t have to. That’s just stupid. We would all rather get to the front and not have to wait at all. They all say a similar thing without thinking.
Don't forget, we always say please and thank you
It’s differing across the country, but invariably through experience, you govern your response 😄👍
6:23 about that it’s that sometimes we feel that we were in the way and we could’ve been more aware of people coming through that kind of thing
Rocking that Floyd T fellah!
As a child I was taught the three magic words....please, thank you & sorry. They were to be used at all times. It hasn't done me any harm.
Two cute Joels. Heaven 😊
9:24 literally had this happen a few weeks ago. I went out for a worka christmas do [party], waitress came and picked up one plate and realised one person was still eating so she left and came back when that person had finished to clear the table. It's so rude to clear the table when people are still eating! 10:05 We pay our servers the national living eage which goes up every April. It's currently £10.42 and will go up to $11.44 in April 24. These are $13.23 and $14.52 USD respectively at today's exchange rate.
In Australia we have Day Care, Preschool (no uniform for kids about 4 which is attached to the) Primary School (until you are about 11- 6th grade) then High School (years 7-12 in most states) but in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory where Canberra, the capital city is) until 10th grade and the Senior Secondary College for years 11 and 12 and they specialise on curriculum (Arts, Sports, Science etc).
Quite often a tip in a restaurant is added to the bill and called a service charge, so you pay it automatically when you pay your bill. I always look at the bill first before I add a tip or leave cash. A service charge on the bill is fine by me providing the service is ok, but if the service is really poor, or the staff are rude and unpleasant I would ask for the service charge to be removed before I paid. It happens very rarely I hasten to add! Sometimes, if the service is first class I will tip in addition to the service charge.
As a Brit living in the US I am shocked about the general lack of politeness and consideration here e.g holding the door open for others
It goes with all trains and buses too we wait until people on the trains and buses have disembarked before getting on !
In some countries we don't queue. There are really short queues. Maybe 2 or 3 people.. So not a queue.
I tend to accordance my thoughts 😄👍
Hey Joel - you’ve got a Pink Floyd Division Bell t-shirt on! I like you even more now ☺️
I don’t think we queue in the pub 😂. You just hold up your glass to the bar staff .
Haha I think the Joels should do a collab sometime.