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The teaching of kids in 2'nd or 3'rd grade about how must support Z has the same feeling of schools in the US teaching about gender studies in the 2'nd or 3'rd grade.
You are super awesome 👏 😎. Make more video about Russia and Moscow. Also which is your opinion about Romania 🇷🇴, Republic of Moldova 🇲🇩 and Bulgaria 🇧🇬?
The dynamic between Moscow/the rest of Russia made me smile though, because a similar dynamic definitely exists in my country between Paris/the rest of France. French people hate Paris and Parisians for being arrogant etc. Whereas some Parisians basically wouldn't want to be found dead outside of the city. Funny how the same kind of humour seems to be universal across different cultures.
Я из Москвы и мне надоели эти стереотипы! У нас тоже тяжело жить, как всем! Уже год как перестали платить пенсию в долларах и евро, получаем теперь в рублях около 100000 🙄 Перестали класть хлеб в продуктовый набор, который каждый день приносят бесплатно, и теперь мы едим красную икру без хлеба 😢 Слышал ещё, что хотят отменить выдачу квартир по праву рождения в Москве, но я не верю, народ их тогда на вилы поднимет просто! 😤 Так что не надо это распространять, Роман! Нам тоже тяжело
Ну, если без сарказма - на окраинах Москвы коммунальщики со снегом справляются так же, как и в остальной России. И зарплаты тут тоже не у всех за 100+)
The USPS is actually really good compared to most other countries and even makes private delivery services viable. It only "sucks" when corrupt politicians lie about it and change laws to make it worse so they can justify privatizing it
Republicans have been trying to destroy the USPS for decades by criticizing and under funding it so it can be privatized and sold off to their corporate donors and the formerly strong postal employee unions can finally be stamped out.
I think people complain too much... lol when have you ever been able to send a small item across the country in 3 days for under $20. It's faster than it ever has been in history but still not good enough when things fuck up occasionally. International shipping I could complain about quite a bit tho. I sell car parts world wide and feel like just not offering to ship to Australia anymore.
Tula is a small city with long history. It has never played a major part in Russian politics (in contrast to likes of Novgorod or Tver), but it has some influence on Russian culture. Many believe it is the origin of pryanik (traditional Russian cookie) and samovar (elaborate tea kettle). The joke is that Tula residents try to hype their significance by referring to obscure old cultural accomplishments, but no one in Russia cares.
@@tentonmotto6779I remember this one song from the Alexandrov choir that is about the samovars! I always loved military music and this one is absolutely my favorite, also because of the lyrics about samovars from Tula being a real pain for the enemy! 😁
I live in the US and I’ve ordered like ten packages from Ukraine in the past 6 months…and I gotta say, despite the country being an active war zone, the Ukrainian post has its shit together ! …I’m genuinely impressed !
Seeing how Putin seems to turn Ukraine's steel industry and grain exports into rubble, it's a good way to support the remaining economy. 👍🏻 May I ask what goods you ordered? Maybe we can spread the word, especially in the EU where shipping costs should be cheaper.
@@mleise8292 This might sound weird or insensitive to some people, but I’ve purchased “trophied” or “ battlefield pick up” Russian military items…uniforms, helmets and packs that have been discarded or left behind by retreating Russian soldiers and subsequently been picked up by Ukrainian soldiers and civilians alike and sold to collectors and curators of history like myself. What’s goin on in Ukraine is an important part of world history and I wanted to own a piece of it…. But I got carried away and now I own a complete Russian soldier’s kit, minus the weapon. Ukraine post has delivered everything I purchased in about two and half to three weeks on average ! … that’s pretty darn fast for a country at war !
I sent to packages to Ukraine in around Christmas and they both was stuck in Norway and Poland for over a month. But when the packages finally got to Ukraine it did not take long before it was delivered.
I ordered old pentode tubes (1J24B) from Ukraine to India a few months after the war began, and I was thoroughly impressed too, they reached me in less than 2 weeks! Also, Ukrainian postage stamps/stickers look really cool😊
Snow makes it more tolerable but due to climate change the snow time has been decreasing for a long time so there is more just cold, wet, black and grey darkness.
two things i can confirm from Mexico: -state post kinda sucks; its slow, postmen are underpaid, and it takes ages to deliver something (my advice is, if you use mexpost, always give a post office adress) -there is a great divide between large cities and outside; for example, Mexico City, Monterrey and the rest of the states, where we view each other as savages
As a person who visited Mexico, I can confirm people from the pueblitos HATE Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, and even border cities like San Diego, Tijuana, El Paso, Ciudad Juarez.
Japanese here. I actually love the semi official postal service of Japan, Japan Post (it was privatized, and there are many competitors, but they still provide the most basic postal service and were originally a state owned enterprise). Japan Post also offers the best express service in Japan, they have the best offices and generally the postal service is great. They even have a bank, which I don't love, but hey, they have a bank.
Japan Post Bank is the most dogshit bank I've ever used in my life and nothing else even comes close, but I've had mostly positive experiences with their postal service.
The bubble over Moscow reminded me of a quote from a former Australian Prime Minister. He said "If you’re living in Australia and you’re not living in Sydney, you’re camping out" - I'm sure it's the same all over the world. Thanks for the laughs Roman.
During a controversial process to select a new location for the Lisbon airport, a Portuguese official claimed in a speaking engagement that it would never be built south of the Tejo (Tagus?) river because anything south of the river is a desert.
Moscow: builds a circle line in 1954 St. Petersburg: 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Moscow: builds a second circle line in 2016 St. Petersburg: 🗿🗿🗿 Moscow: builds a third circle line in 2023 St. Petersburg: 🤬🤬🤬
Muscovites just being jelaous of our wonderful water taxi and port. I can't find any other reason to steal our rightfuly gained money to "federal treasury".
Postal service in Brazil sucks so bad, I made an Aliexpress order that went from China to Brazil in a week, and then once the Brazilian post was responsible for the transport of the order, it took more than a month.
I have never lived there, but the Japanese postal service impressed me when I ordered something for a friend who lived there. The postal service asked what 2-hour window I would like it delivered in. I asked her if it really comes in the time I select, and she said "yes, 100% of the time". There may be other things that suck about it, but that was very impressive to me.
That's not really the case...maybe in Tokyo, but not the rest of Japan. Stop with this "Japan is a wonderland" attitude, so many weeaboos act like everything Japan does is perfect... it's not, in fact so many things about Japan are terrible
@@tevarinvagabond1192This wasn't in Tokyo. This was in Fukuoka. And when did I ever say Japan is a wonderland? I am not a weeb, I don't watch anime, etc. This was from a real life experience I had mailing something to my friend in Japan (who, by the way, has a LOT to tell me about how much she hates being there, so I don't think everything is wonderful). Please don't assume and actually read what I say before jumping to conclusions.
I am not a weeb and I don't like anime, but I need for someone to recommend to me an anime about Japan Post so that I can watch the anime to learn about Japan Post for "purposes related to the conduction of research" Something like "Welcome to the N.H.K." but instead of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), it's Japan Post. For research.
The “surprise” snow melting is funny and happens here in my hometown in the US… except more with the snow accumulation and plowing (lack of) situation. We’re literally known for having a ton of snow every winter, then we are told to be prepared for snow storms and the city is keeping plows at the ready…but somehow we get buried in “unprecedented” Snow fall every single year. Sigh.
@@orgax ve insan yapımı kanunla ya da Alemlerin Rabbi olan ALLAH(Celle Celalühi)'nün kanunuyla yönetiliyor olmasıdır. kul yapımı kanun kusurludur,kulları Yaratanın kanunu kusursuzdur
The relationship between Muscovites and the rest of Russia is similar if not the same as Argentinians with our capital Buenos Aires, It's so funny and makes me wonder if it's something normal for province countries to hate on the capital of their countrys.
The District of Columbia for us Americans (well, USians) may be the site of our government, but way more minorities than you'd expect live there. It's not a city-province of suburbia like Phoenix might be
@@tylerphuoc2653 I was talking about the city itself in both instances, and the perception of the residents (as far as memeing on 'group X stereotype') vs the actuality of residents :)
I’m American, and I managed to get the fun experience of having a package that had gone through both Russian post and USPS. It was a major miracle the item survived but I chalk that up to it being car parts.
😅 I ordered windshield wiper refills from Russia years ago. When the package arrived, the box looked like it was used to beat someone but the wiper refills themselves (being just rubber) were intact.
Looks like Roman isn't returning to Russia for a long time. If any video got our favorite neighbourhood Russian on some kind of list it will be this one.
I haven't been back to Russia in 22 years, but somehow not surprised the winter/spring roads are still an adventure to navigate. LOL So much wasted time finding paths around the giant lakes in the middle of the streets and sidewalks. 😅
I don't have a lot of nice things to say about China. That said, the PRC has an amazing postal system. My wife once sent a care package to her aunt with an address that was something like, Province name, nearest city name, the grey house on the big hill behind the middle school, and it arrived the next day, having travelled around a thousand km. I gotta give credit where credit is due.
The Chinese postal system will send your package to the most remote village in the highest mountain pass in less than a day for under 1元 but there’s a 50% chance the company sent you the wrong item.
@@scottyjzer3111 how big is your country? Ever thought about that? It's kinda hard to make delivers next day if distance can't be covered within one by any existing transport.
I am from St-Petersburg. I never thought anything different about myself as someone from Chelyabinsk or any other place. And I am not an exception. To be honest, maybe people from other cities think that being from St-Petersburg is a personality trait, but people from St-Petersburg don't really think that about themselves.
My favorite Canadian & USA postal story, since yoou were wondering about the post service in other countries. (Name & address changed.) Long before the internet was rampant, my grandparents took a road trip to Canada and sent us a postcard. It was addressed: "The Martin Family 742 Santa Fe Ave." And that was it - no city, no state, no country. And yet we got the postcard! Some postal worker in Canada must have picked up a clue from what was written on the back of the card - "We ran into another family from Colorado," so they sent the card on to some random post office in Colorado, which then somehow figured out which city/town we were in. This was a true mail service miracle! Hooray for the Canadian Post & USPS!
The postal service here in Canada is by my experience very good, I think the only major issues we’ve had recently was during covid due to a massive influx of online shopping swamping the workers
@@one5emy friend decided to send me a potato for some reason and the postal guy put it on the door knob without it dropping somehow, I saw that it didn’t drop
Postal services in Sweden used to be really good, always a post office nearby where you could do all kinds of things. But then privatization came, and apparently it's difficult making money providing a service to the people, who knew? So now it sucks. It's actually f-ing awful, also the Danes scammed us into teaming up with them just as their postal service was going down, so we inherited their problems too. There have been serious voices raised about letting this awful mess go under and re-nationalize the Swedish bit.
@@jeffsyndrome4812 Maybe it's true that private business in general is more efficient than state controlled. But, some things, like services, postal, trains, health care, that type of jazz, won't make a profit either way. Privatization means it'll shrink or die, if we pay for it with taxes we get to keep it.
" It's difficult making money providing a service to the people" What? I think you misinterpreted the root of the problem because providing services to people is one of the main ways to make money.
@@christiangudmundsson8390actually the American national postal service regularly turns a profit while being pretty solid... Only time it doesn't is when the Republicans fuck with it
Greetings from Indonesia! When it comes to our postal service, I've had a relatively smooth experience. The most significant issue I've encountered is a package arriving a bit late, typically by 2 to 3 days. However, in terms of the package's content, everything I've either received or sent has always arrived intact. But of course, there have been reports of theft or damage by the courier, it's worth noting that the competition among postal services here is quite fierce because we have more than 5 options to choose from. So, if you ever face an issue with one postal service, you can easily switch to another.
Don't be so hard on yourself Roman. Without you most of us would still believe all the Russian Propaganda. What you do is *very important,* even if you joke around, most People would not stand up to their Government _effectively_ as you have. Much Love, Stay Strong, Brother!
Two postal service that I can't complain about is DHL in Germany and InPost in Poland. They deliver packages within 2 days and never had I problems with it. Once a guy in Germany sent me quite fragile item without ANY bubble wrap and with loose parts (idiot), and it was not only delivered without a scratch, but with all loose parts in the box. Legends.
@@niamhturner1451 We don't get anything like -20C in the UK in terms of a major lived annual experience! Well, in towns and cities ...and most of the countryside. The only place you might get that sort of temperature is on top of the mountains in Scotland. The Highlands and that. So an isolated weather station on Ben Nevis might measure -20C in the winter sometimes.
I used to live in Japan and I've gotta say, Japan's postal service is pretty damn good. Just had one issue where the courier, who had the IQ of half a peanut, couldn't read the address because it wasn't written in Japanese (wow, how unusual that packages from abroad don't have the delivery address written in Japanese!!!) and decided to just skip my package and brought it back to the sorting facility. Had it delivered the next day though, and received an apology for the inconvenience caused. What's also cool is that, if you're unable to receive at the indicated delivery time, you can request when you want it re-delivered even on the same day, granted that you request that on time. While the postal service is good, dealing with Japanese bureaucracy and paperwork is fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucking annoying, and I wished Japan would speed up its digitalisation to be on par with western Europe. But that's only a minor inconvenience tbh.
I mean peoples always talking about problems with russian post and it kinda became a meme. In reality me personally i never faced any problems with delivering From Russian post, its always fast and safe.
@@MysteriousFigure it seems to be a hit or miss, I haven't had bad experiences. They do seem to be lagging on the online banking front from what I've heard.
PostNL of the Netherlands is actually good. I find its services convenient and most of the stuff from within the EU arrives pretty fast. If you order something within the Netherlands, you will often see the magical sentence “vandaag besteld - morgen in huis.” It could be translated as “ordered today - tomorrow at home.” I wish our healthcare system would have had the same efficiency tho…
What's amazing is almost every issue you mentioned I grew up with that in the 90s and early 2000s before Bulgaria joined EU. If there is one thing that social soviet / people's republics can do is consistency of their sh*t.
11:53 India Post/Speedpost has a good reputation in the country. Post offices themselves are kinda considered hellholes of bureaucracy, but the postal service itself tends to be reliable. This is also given the fact that there is a lot of competition from private courier services. I for one can attest to the fact that I've never lost anything or even had anything arrive substantially late via India Post. Can't say the same about USPS and PostNL.
@@aswinhanagal4293I've dealt with more than my fair share of Customs bullshit, having made trips to the Delhi FPO multiple times. But honestly, none of the packages that were supposed to come to me from USPS or PostNL ever even reached Indian shores according to their own tracking, and the only answer I ever got from their customer support was to ask the sellers I bought from for a refund. It's not a one-time thing either.
Wow not as chronically online as I thought. I had no idea this was a Thing. Guess I'm old 😂 Edit: OMG not Natasha's city AND yours getting roasted to bits 😂😂😂😂
Being Swiss is like winning the geographical lottery our postal service is like clockwork! I mean, you can practically track your mail's journey on your phone in real time. Label me a femboy or whatever, but stumbling upon these Russian Slander videos has given me the street cred of a fondue-party yodeler. I was under the illusion that I had a hidden tough side ready to burst out like an overeager mountain goat, but these videos hit me with the reality check.
What do you mean about mail? It has gps? In Russia it has a tracking number and you can check what posts it goes through. At least that I had, I check them all.
and how much does it cost to send a letter in swiss? In russia it is about $2 to send a letter from Vladivostok to Moscow. For $20 you can send a big luggage. Tracking is also available.
Regarding postal services. While I've had plenty of swearwords to shout at Post Nord here in Denmark, I once bought a 1:35 scale Zvezda T-90MS model kit (it'll be relevant), and on the decal sheet it said "Russian Mail Battle Tank T-90MS". And I don't know about the exact conditions in Russia but at least thibgs haven't turned bad enough for Post Nord to issue tanks to their mail men 😂😂
Same! I'm from northern shore of Montréal. French canadian heritage and here I am watching Roman and Gigi lmao. I pray for Russia and Ukraine, nothing but love for these two countries.
Same in Sweden. Every year it’s like they get surprised about snow and cancel the trains because there is 1cm of snow. Back when my parents were young and the railway was state owned not privatised it wasn’t the same problem according to them.
"Is there really a single post service in any country that doesn't suck ass?" Japan Post, baby! Japan Post is fantastic. Don't think you'll ever hear anyone have a bad word to say about that one.
I’ve never known anyone complain about Royal Mail. You can buy second class stamps and they’ll arrive at the same time a first class would in most cases. It’s been privatised so there’s been a lot of problems, most notably were the strikes taking place last Christmas where nothing was arriving through the post, but they were being ignored for so long that I don’t blame them.
Yeah, I'm confused. Lived a bunch of places in the UK and always found Royal mail to be super reliable and cheap for sending letters and very small packages. Maybe some people are scared of guys in shorts? 😅 My only complaint is that they don't pay their staff enough!
@@niamhturner1451 I’m a Northerner. Lived in Bradford and in the North East. The Royal Mail service has always worked for me except for when the strikes lasted for over a month.
If postal services really "suck" is often a matter of perspective and what you expect. Some might say it sucks when it is a few hours late. Others might be happy if a parcel arrives at all.
I think our postal service in The Netherlands (PostNL) is relatively good. Usually within the timeframe they give as well, but delays happen everywhere. And if there's a delay, they keep you very well informed about it, and give you alternative options as well (like getting it from a pick-up point or reschedule your delivery).
Postal service in NL is a weird one. I have had terrible experiences with PostNL (and clearly enough other people have as well), and prefer DHL because they haven't given me a headache. Yet, if the reviews on trustpilot are anything to go by, DHL seems to not be that much better either.
@@michaelk4896 depends on the person delivering. Can be rubbish in one place, in the other top notch. Which applies to any service. The only ones always late are UPS. PostNL and DHL are good overhere.
Finnish public postal service is actually really good. I used DHL and UPS before, because I only heard bad things about the public one, but their cost was literally 1/6th of the private ones.
11:22 In the past years, DHL really stepped up their game. I have had hundreds of deliveries, returns and sendings with them and maybe two bad experiences overall. I really cannot complain about them.
austrian postal service is actually not bad, way way way better than all the parcel delivery services we have here (DPD,GLS,DHL,...). the branches suck ass though, never seen such unmotivated and unfriendly workers like there.
Disagree, my last 2 orders from Amazon were not delivered, first order they said, my address is invalid, even though I use it for last 7 years. Then I sent them complaint about that, but I had to register to their official app, so I got some letter delivered home, meanwhile Amazon sent me again my order. Almost happened the same, but I was lucky to see post car leaving our residency, so I had to sprint, to catch him, I successfully got my order, but he didn't ring, didn't even stop at my address. So you can see the irony, they can send me letter, but they can't deliver packet. But I agree that DPD and GLS suck. Personally Amazon delivery (not using AT Post, but their delivery which is not available for all of Amazon's products) never disappointed me. Sorry for long comment.
Yes, Austrian postal service is still great. I also kinda disagree about DHL, they are usually very reliable. The problem with parcel delivery services is that they don't pay their workers adequately and at some point even tried to screw them over with independent contracts bordering on false self-employment. That's the price of privatization: exploitation of workers.
USPS gets more shit than they deserve honestly. The fact that you can live in BFN and somebody will still take the time to drive to your house and drop off a pile of junk mail that you don't want, and they got paid almost nothing for, and they do that with clockwork reliability is pretty astounding.
We definitely have one of the best postal services in the world and I don't usually say things like that about us. The only reason they get shit at all is because we have a loud faction of people who believe in privatization like it's their fucking religion, and of course they don't care that most people like the USPS.
USPS is pretty good actually, personally never had issues with delays/damage to packages or anything. The only thing I remember ppl used to complain about was the lines at the post offices cause they used to get pretty long, but any time in the past few years when I've mailed something there's been no line or a very short one (ppl don't send a lot of mail these days). I like the forever stamps too, I feel like those are a really good idea (they're stamps that never expire and their value is always equal to how much it costs to send a normal letter/card, even if the standard price increases since you bought the stamps).
For what its worth Roman!- We watch you because we like you as a person and enjoy listening to you, its not just because we learn about Russia from your perspective. For example, I really enjoyed your travelling videos! You are more than just the content you post on your channel, your likeable guy with a unique character and interesting experiences (and this is from someone who sometimes disagrees with your views on politics- in particular, your stance on covid and vaccines) but I enjoy your content and respect you regardless. Dont be too scared to experiment with new more fun things that may help you to be happier. Best of luck whatever path you choose.
About the snow in the streets every winter: in Romania, the go-to catchphrase for the authorities is "winter caught us by surprise". What lie do they use in your country? Comment below
Canada Post isn't too bad in my experience. I find private postal services can be faster, but get I delays more often, and have more fees tacked on. I haven't ordered online in quite a while now though, so maybe it's changed.
Postal service is mostly great here in Norway. When I order gun ammunition online it arrives at the local grocery store the next day at 3pm, perfect in time for picking up kids at school. BUT the one thing that SUX DONKEY BALLS is that postal service no longer offer to ship gunpowder! It's a disgrace. Disgusting, even.
You are damn right. There are many who fail to understand that Russia is basically a colonial empire. With its own special features but still not even close to any kind of real federation or federal state. It exploits not some lands or nations overseas but its own population and territory.
3:11 i was visiting some trans friends a few months ago, and it's actually a joke among them that they are all IT-workers (2/3 of them actually are). Because if you live in a somewhat backwards city or country, you often only come in contact with the topic via internet and otherwise sometimes wouldn't even notice where your feelings towards your assigned gender and body come from.
As usual Roman, thank you for being consistent in bringing content. After a while though, your brain must feel like a pancake because you have used up all of your creativity and simply need to rest. I have watched a video from “Wild Siberia” reviewing you. I have to say that it is impossible to say or do anything without someone, somewhere having reservations about your content. Question is Roman, can you, or should you even try to please everyone? My thought is that even if you tried it would be impossible. Ultimately you can speak about your experience and there will be those who like and those who will not like...The world is a very big place and so much going on in it that you have absolutely no idea about how to comment on. Just remembered to speak your truth from your heart, be positive, and keep moving forward...
The Postal Service in Mexico is genuinely awful most of the time. There is like a 30% chance that what you send will never make it to its destination. And it almost always arrive late, sometimes even by months.
My American friends who live in Mexico stopped even trying to send or receive anything by mail there. They drive hours/days to the nearest border town with the US to send any packages to the US or to receive anything from the US.
Talking about metro in provincial Russia. Local Gov. promised us a metro - I finished school, college and now i'm third year in the uni, still being promised.
As a longtime viewer from the United States, I found the slanders quite entertaining! Curiously, despite the very tongue-in-cheek nature of these videos, I actually learned some things about the Russian Federation: 1. St. Petersburg is seen as a bunch of femboys (I'm glad these people are "femboys" because they are democratic, unlike the Moscow "femboys":, who are dubbed so because they don't understand the rest of their own country); 2. I shouldn't talk with anyone in Khabarovsk at night; 3. Krasnodar Krai is flooded every spring (will the territorial "government" do anything, ever?); 4. the Omsk Metro only has one "station" (that reminds me of the Chelyabinsk Metro! As a railfan, I find it unfortunate that metros in those provinces are decades late); 5. Sverdlovsk Oblast's railways are as advanced as bamboo trains in Cambodia; 6. and Sunlight (which I've never heard of before) has fake closing sales! There's a lot of strange things happening in your homeland. However, if Russian youth are as bored by "conversations about the important" as the video claims, then I'm glad of it. After all, maybe these young citizens can take back their fatherland after the "special military operation", also known as the war in Ukraine, is finished. Young Masha, with her drawing (see "Masha's Aventures in a Legal Wonderland" on my channel, or the insane arrests video on Roman's), already has the right idea. It's a matter of implementation. For now, thanks for the video!
Italian postal service is so good. A friend of mine ordered a book and it came to her house 23 years after the order. It happened because the postal service wanted to make her more and more interested on the book's contents of course. They care about their jobs
I can imagine the slander of my country(Poland)when someone put something about our"great"health care(without counting private sector)or snowfall which made people who take care of polish roads confused-like always...even in advertisments they talk about it.
Thank you for another fun vid! Our post in New Zealand is pretty good in general , we have a few choses when it comes to how quickly you need things sent and being a small country, most thing take no longer than a day or two with slow mail.
Roman, you are awesome man! I just started watching your videos within the last two weeks and I haven’t found a video that I didn’t like. Please stay and keep making me laugh!
Lol at 10:19 that's Haftbefehl, a German-Kurdish rapper from Offenbach where I grew up, known for his very unique criminal gangster rap 😂😂😂 He's also a meme in Germany especially as someone pulls out a f***ing bazooka in the video. The song is called "Glänzen" which means shining and he's rapping about selling drugs and shows different kind of weapons. Didn't expect to see Haftbefehl here 😂 Btw: His name, Haftbefehl means arrest warrant
From The Netherlands: I'm fairly satisfied with our national postal service. Of course things go wrong and people complain. But overall they are reliable.
Netherlands seems like a great country. Let's make fun of Belgium together. I heard they have managed to invent an asphalt road that perfectly captures the feeling of driving on a gravel road. Even in downtown Bryssels you get to enjoy some rural harmony!
@@zomerkoningin I really like The Netherlands for many reasons. Prejudice about fellow Europeans is kind of ridiculous. Belgium is beautiful in many ways, and though it has many flaws, just like The Netherlands, I still believe that common sense will prevail in the end, not ignorance and stupidity. Solidarity and innovation. I have to remind myself about this because I want my children to have the country my parents gave me.
As a Brazilian, our postal service isnt *that bad* in some areas, but in the poorer/more isolated regions it gets real fucking shitty, if u recieve or buy anything from one of these cities (or u are from that city), expect to receive your stuff a week after the scheduled date.
Can confirm, the postal service in São Paulo sends me packages on time and most of my stuff(usually fragile) came without a scratch. Can't say the same about the countryside where I heard deliveries getting almost 1 month of delay or not leaving whatsoever the post office.
@@humanwithoutborders Probably favelas or as some call, "communities" fall into the case where packages are kept on the postal office for owners to reclaim it.
Here in Portugal, the postal service was ok but then it got privatized almost 10 years ago, and now it just gets worst and worst with the time. Many post office centers have been closed all over the country and worker´s strikes are not uncommon.
"it got privatized"... so in other words your bureaucratic overlords sold out your social program to some of their corporate butt buddies whose shitty companies couldn't handle the job?
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You're awesome man😊😊😊😊
Satire, sarcasm and a good laugh is definitely a good thing. You just do you 😊😅
yooo just had a shitty day and u jus made me smile i respect you dawg keep on douing this thx
The teaching of kids in 2'nd or 3'rd grade about how must support Z has the same feeling of schools in the US teaching about gender studies in the 2'nd or 3'rd grade.
You are super awesome 👏 😎.
Make more video about Russia and Moscow.
Also which is your opinion about Romania 🇷🇴, Republic of Moldova 🇲🇩 and Bulgaria 🇧🇬?
The dynamic between Moscow/the rest of Russia made me smile though, because a similar dynamic definitely exists in my country between Paris/the rest of France. French people hate Paris and Parisians for being arrogant etc. Whereas some Parisians basically wouldn't want to be found dead outside of the city. Funny how the same kind of humour seems to be universal across different cultures.
same with London and the rest of the UK
@@priceless073 this is.a super common.thing. Same here with Prague and Czech Republic.
Same with vienna and rural austria. You fall off the disc when you leave the city! @@priceless073
Everybody hates parisians, not just other french people
Mexico City is like that for the rest of Mexico
Я из Москвы и мне надоели эти стереотипы! У нас тоже тяжело жить, как всем!
Уже год как перестали платить пенсию в долларах и евро, получаем теперь в рублях около 100000 🙄
Перестали класть хлеб в продуктовый набор, который каждый день приносят бесплатно, и теперь мы едим красную икру без хлеба 😢
Слышал ещё, что хотят отменить выдачу квартир по праву рождения в Москве, но я не верю, народ их тогда на вилы поднимет просто! 😤
Так что не надо это распространять, Роман! Нам тоже тяжело
Ну, если без сарказма - на окраинах Москвы коммунальщики со снегом справляются так же, как и в остальной России. И зарплаты тут тоже не у всех за 100+)
The USPS is actually really good compared to most other countries and even makes private delivery services viable. It only "sucks" when corrupt politicians lie about it and change laws to make it worse so they can justify privatizing it
Too many people trying to destroy the world to take control of it. :(
Republicans have been trying to destroy the USPS for decades by criticizing and under funding it so it can be privatized and sold off to their corporate donors and the formerly strong postal employee unions can finally be stamped out.
Yeah USPS is solid. For international or other services, I try to stay away from DHL. Some insanity goes on in them parts
Amazon drooling over the idea of obtaining USPS' entire business
I think people complain too much... lol when have you ever been able to send a small item across the country in 3 days for under $20. It's faster than it ever has been in history but still not good enough when things fuck up occasionally. International shipping I could complain about quite a bit tho. I sell car parts world wide and feel like just not offering to ship to Australia anymore.
Even Moldova is more accurate as a representation of Russia than Moscow
Z propaganda
а ты в каких городах России был то?
i live in moldova lol
@@СергейКарпенко-п1в достаточные
@@yeahokbuddy2510 wtf
4:56 ay, who said we don't want a 50-hour video explaining all the Russian peculiarities?
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Tula is a small city with long history. It has never played a major part in Russian politics (in contrast to likes of Novgorod or Tver), but it has some influence on Russian culture. Many believe it is the origin of pryanik (traditional Russian cookie) and samovar (elaborate tea kettle).
The joke is that Tula residents try to hype their significance by referring to obscure old cultural accomplishments, but no one in Russia cares.
@@tentonmotto6779I remember this one song from the Alexandrov choir that is about the samovars! I always loved military music and this one is absolutely my favorite, also because of the lyrics about samovars from Tula being a real pain for the enemy! 😁
I live in the US and I’ve ordered like ten packages from Ukraine in the past 6 months…and I gotta say, despite the country being an active war zone, the Ukrainian post has its shit together ! …I’m genuinely impressed !
Seeing how Putin seems to turn Ukraine's steel industry and grain exports into rubble, it's a good way to support the remaining economy. 👍🏻 May I ask what goods you ordered? Maybe we can spread the word, especially in the EU where shipping costs should be cheaper.
@@mleise8292 This might sound weird or insensitive to some people, but I’ve purchased “trophied” or “ battlefield pick up” Russian military items…uniforms, helmets and packs that have been discarded or left behind by retreating Russian soldiers and subsequently been picked up by Ukrainian soldiers and civilians alike and sold to collectors and curators of history like myself.
What’s goin on in Ukraine is an important part of world history and I wanted to own a piece of it…. But I got carried away and now I own a complete Russian soldier’s kit, minus the weapon.
Ukraine post has delivered everything I purchased in about two and half to three weeks on average ! … that’s pretty darn fast for a country at war !
I sent to packages to Ukraine in around Christmas and they both was stuck in Norway and Poland for over a month. But when the packages finally got to Ukraine it did not take long before it was delivered.
@@mleise8292 I've ordered from BPS Knives in Brovary (see them on the 'bay.) Nice handmade knives for camping, etc.
I ordered old pentode tubes (1J24B) from Ukraine to India a few months after the war began, and I was thoroughly impressed too, they reached me in less than 2 weeks! Also, Ukrainian postage stamps/stickers look really cool😊
I'm from Finland. And the darkness does keep getting harder to handle year by year.
Same here in Norway, especially passed the arctic circle. At least the pandemic is over, not that it matters much in the more remote places.
Having lived in Sweden, I relate deeply to both the darkness and the pathetic snow ploughing slanders
Same here in Scotland lads. Hopefully one day we can be free to live our lives again. Wishing you all happiness and better fortune moving forward.
Snow makes it more tolerable but due to climate change the snow time has been decreasing for a long time so there is more just cold, wet, black and grey darkness.
@@jokuvaan5175 aww you mean literal darkness? I thought you mean as in corruption and despair. Just us then? 😂
two things i can confirm from Mexico:
-state post kinda sucks; its slow, postmen are underpaid, and it takes ages to deliver something (my advice is, if you use mexpost, always give a post office adress)
-there is a great divide between large cities and outside; for example, Mexico City, Monterrey and the rest of the states, where we view each other as savages
It’s kinda similar in the US, there are big rivalries between the big cities like Chicago, L.A, NYC, etc… and everything else is just cornfields
As a person who visited Mexico, I can confirm people from the pueblitos HATE Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, and even border cities like San Diego, Tijuana, El Paso, Ciudad Juarez.
Japanese here.
I actually love the semi official postal service of Japan, Japan Post (it was privatized, and there are many competitors, but they still provide the most basic postal service and were originally a state owned enterprise).
Japan Post also offers the best express service in Japan, they have the best offices and generally the postal service is great.
They even have a bank, which I don't love, but hey, they have a bank.
Fun fact, Russian Post has a bank too
Do you have any service that isn't great? 🙂
Japan is the only country where privatised mail actually works well
@@WhooshWh0sh serbian post to have bank copy past from russia in 2006
Japan Post Bank is the most dogshit bank I've ever used in my life and nothing else even comes close, but I've had mostly positive experiences with their postal service.
The bubble over Moscow reminded me of a quote from a former Australian Prime Minister. He said "If you’re living in Australia and you’re not living in Sydney, you’re camping out" - I'm sure it's the same all over the world. Thanks for the laughs Roman.
I support the implication that melbourne is camping out. They would throw a fucking fit.
During a controversial process to select a new location for the Lisbon airport, a Portuguese official claimed in a speaking engagement that it would never be built south of the Tejo (Tagus?) river because anything south of the river is a desert.
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Moscow: opens 109 new metro stations since 2011
St. Petersburg: opens 7 and closes 4
Moscow: builds a circle line in 1954
St. Petersburg: 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Moscow: builds a second circle line in 2016
St. Petersburg: 🗿🗿🗿
Moscow: builds a third circle line in 2023
St. Petersburg: 🤬🤬🤬
@@рыбBecause SPb is not a circle...
@@ZoveRenexcuses
Muscovites just being jelaous of our wonderful water taxi and port. I can't find any other reason to steal our rightfuly gained money to "federal treasury".
i can confirm Moscow is a Trigonometric Circle
Postal service in Brazil sucks so bad, I made an Aliexpress order that went from China to Brazil in a week, and then once the Brazilian post was responsible for the transport of the order, it took more than a month.
Average Br experience with correios moment
I have never lived there, but the Japanese postal service impressed me when I ordered something for a friend who lived there. The postal service asked what 2-hour window I would like it delivered in. I asked her if it really comes in the time I select, and she said "yes, 100% of the time". There may be other things that suck about it, but that was very impressive to me.
That's not really the case...maybe in Tokyo, but not the rest of Japan. Stop with this "Japan is a wonderland" attitude, so many weeaboos act like everything Japan does is perfect... it's not, in fact so many things about Japan are terrible
@@tevarinvagabond1192This wasn't in Tokyo. This was in Fukuoka. And when did I ever say Japan is a wonderland? I am not a weeb, I don't watch anime, etc. This was from a real life experience I had mailing something to my friend in Japan (who, by the way, has a LOT to tell me about how much she hates being there, so I don't think everything is wonderful). Please don't assume and actually read what I say before jumping to conclusions.
@@dacypher22 Sure sure... you're lying, just admit you know nothing and move on, weeb
I am not a weeb and I don't like anime, but I need for someone to recommend to me an anime about Japan Post so that I can watch the anime to learn about Japan Post for "purposes related to the conduction of research"
Something like "Welcome to the N.H.K." but instead of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), it's Japan Post. For research.
Nah man. I'm living in Japan and Japan Post is amazing. Sadly the quality of services as with many things here has a cost the employees are paying.
The “surprise” snow melting is funny and happens here in my hometown in the US… except more with the snow accumulation and plowing (lack of) situation. We’re literally known for having a ton of snow every winter, then we are told to be prepared for snow storms and the city is keeping plows at the ready…but somehow we get buried in “unprecedented” Snow fall every single year. Sigh.
Well, the state is always the state, the difference between countries is only in the degree of professional incompetence and corruption
@@orgax ve insan yapımı kanunla ya da Alemlerin Rabbi olan ALLAH(Celle Celalühi)'nün kanunuyla yönetiliyor olmasıdır. kul yapımı kanun kusurludur,kulları Yaratanın kanunu kusursuzdur
The relationship between Muscovites and the rest of Russia is similar if not the same as Argentinians with our capital Buenos Aires, It's so funny and makes me wonder if it's something normal for province countries to hate on the capital of their countrys.
It is normal lmao.
Portenos and Muscovites are both twinks that think Argentina/Russia is just them and no one else
The District of Columbia for us Americans (well, USians) may be the site of our government, but way more minorities than you'd expect live there. It's not a city-province of suburbia like Phoenix might be
@@tylerphuoc2653 I'd think for the US it would either be LA or NYC, depending on if you want to hate on rich celebs or rich business people.
@@atroposz LA county itself has significant income inequality. It's a tossup between the LA city borders, metropolitan area, or county
@@tylerphuoc2653 I was talking about the city itself in both instances, and the perception of the residents (as far as memeing on 'group X stereotype') vs the actuality of residents :)
I’m American, and I managed to get the fun experience of having a package that had gone through both Russian post and USPS. It was a major miracle the item survived but I chalk that up to it being car parts.
Lol do u have a lada or something
😅 I ordered windshield wiper refills from Russia years ago. When the package arrived, the box looked like it was used to beat someone but the wiper refills themselves (being just rubber) were intact.
Looks like Roman isn't returning to Russia for a long time. If any video got our favorite neighbourhood Russian on some kind of list it will be this one.
roman will be safe when russia is a democracy,which will be never
This is the least problematic video on Roman's channel from the view of the Russian Government
He's burnt his bridges to make TH-cam $$$
@@joemann2178 And speak the truth lol
@joemann2178 Based & smart AF tho. 🤌
Loving these chill and funny vids. No script, no big political topic, just shits and giggles. Like!
NFKRZ moment
Certified hood classic
Ah peeeeace
Literally Chelyabinsk
@@OmegaCorsairBased profile pic
@@sejozwakomg it's the hoi4 guy
I haven't been back to Russia in 22 years, but somehow not surprised the winter/spring roads are still an adventure to navigate. LOL So much wasted time finding paths around the giant lakes in the middle of the streets and sidewalks. 😅
I don't have a lot of nice things to say about China. That said, the PRC has an amazing postal system. My wife once sent a care package to her aunt with an address that was something like, Province name, nearest city name, the grey house on the big hill behind the middle school, and it arrived the next day, having travelled around a thousand km. I gotta give credit where credit is due.
The Chinese postal system will send your package to the most remote village in the highest mountain pass in less than a day for under 1元 but there’s a 50% chance the company sent you the wrong item.
That's true. I wasn't saying anything about customer service in Chinese companies. But the postal system is first rate, hahaha.@@aronenark8184
next day delivery is a normal thing 😅
@@scottyjzer3111 how big is your country? Ever thought about that? It's kinda hard to make delivers next day if distance can't be covered within one by any existing transport.
I'm moving there soon. It's great
I am from St-Petersburg. I never thought anything different about myself as someone from Chelyabinsk or any other place. And I am not an exception. To be honest, maybe people from other cities think that being from St-Petersburg is a personality trait, but people from St-Petersburg don't really think that about themselves.
My favorite Canadian & USA postal story, since yoou were wondering about the post service in other countries. (Name & address changed.)
Long before the internet was rampant, my grandparents took a road trip to Canada and sent us a postcard. It was addressed:
"The Martin Family
742 Santa Fe Ave."
And that was it - no city, no state, no country. And yet we got the postcard! Some postal worker in Canada must have picked up a clue from what was written on the back of the card - "We ran into another family from Colorado," so they sent the card on to some random post office in Colorado, which then somehow figured out which city/town we were in. This was a true mail service miracle! Hooray for the Canadian Post & USPS!
The postal service here in Canada is by my experience very good, I think the only major issues we’ve had recently was during covid due to a massive influx of online shopping swamping the workers
I love my flex delivery service with Canada post. Saved so many of my packages from being stolen.
@@one5emy friend decided to send me a potato for some reason and the postal guy put it on the door knob without it dropping somehow, I saw that it didn’t drop
lol
The M sign above Omsk’s “station” looks like the Mario M
Postal services in Sweden used to be really good, always a post office nearby where you could do all kinds of things. But then privatization came, and apparently it's difficult making money providing a service to the people, who knew? So now it sucks. It's actually f-ing awful, also the Danes scammed us into teaming up with them just as their postal service was going down, so we inherited their problems too. There have been serious voices raised about letting this awful mess go under and re-nationalize the Swedish bit.
Similar thing happened in the UK. Apparently back in the day Royal Mail was brilliant, but privatisation has crippled much of our public service.
@@jeffsyndrome4812 Maybe it's true that private business in general is more efficient than state controlled. But, some things, like services, postal, trains, health care, that type of jazz, won't make a profit either way. Privatization means it'll shrink or die, if we pay for it with taxes we get to keep it.
" It's difficult making money providing a service to the people"
What? I think you misinterpreted the root of the problem because providing services to people is one of the main ways to make money.
Austrian postal services had a partial privatization. They are still good but they closed nearly all of their offices and outsourced them.
@@christiangudmundsson8390actually the American national postal service regularly turns a profit while being pretty solid... Only time it doesn't is when the Republicans fuck with it
Greetings from Indonesia! When it comes to our postal service, I've had a relatively smooth experience. The most significant issue I've encountered is a package arriving a bit late, typically by 2 to 3 days. However, in terms of the package's content, everything I've either received or sent has always arrived intact. But of course, there have been reports of theft or damage by the courier, it's worth noting that the competition among postal services here is quite fierce because we have more than 5 options to choose from. So, if you ever face an issue with one postal service, you can easily switch to another.
Don't be so hard on yourself Roman. Without you most of us would still believe all the Russian Propaganda. What you do is *very important,* even if you joke around, most People would not stand up to their Government _effectively_ as you have. Much Love, Stay Strong, Brother!
Hell yeah \[T]/
"Without you most of us would still believe all the Russian Propaganda" oh fuck off
Welcome to america, you can say (mostly) anything about anyone/thing without consequences.
What? He's not in America lmao, he's in Georgia, the country.
Ok but change that profile pic
Two postal service that I can't complain about is DHL in Germany and InPost in Poland. They deliver packages within 2 days and never had I problems with it. Once a guy in Germany sent me quite fragile item without ANY bubble wrap and with loose parts (idiot), and it was not only delivered without a scratch, but with all loose parts in the box. Legends.
The UK doesn't get Russian Winters (big thank you to the Gulf Stream) but every time there's a dusting of snow, everything stops.
we still get a lot of ice amd -20 winters
@@niamhturner1451 We don't get anything like -20C in the UK in terms of a major lived annual experience! Well, in towns and cities ...and most of the countryside. The only place you might get that sort of temperature is on top of the mountains in Scotland. The Highlands and that. So an isolated weather station on Ben Nevis might measure -20C in the winter sometimes.
Honestly, Memes are a great way to learn about culture! ❤😂
It’s nice to know that Russia has a similar preparedness for snow as we do in Pennsylvania in the United States 😂
I used to live in Japan and I've gotta say, Japan's postal service is pretty damn good.
Just had one issue where the courier, who had the IQ of half a peanut, couldn't read the address because it wasn't written in Japanese (wow, how unusual that packages from abroad don't have the delivery address written in Japanese!!!) and decided to just skip my package and brought it back to the sorting facility. Had it delivered the next day though, and received an apology for the inconvenience caused.
What's also cool is that, if you're unable to receive at the indicated delivery time, you can request when you want it re-delivered even on the same day, granted that you request that on time.
While the postal service is good, dealing with Japanese bureaucracy and paperwork is fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucking annoying, and I wished Japan would speed up its digitalisation to be on par with western Europe. But that's only a minor inconvenience tbh.
Heard that dealing with banks is pretty damn awful too, that true?
I mean peoples always talking about problems with russian post and it kinda became a meme. In reality me personally i never faced any problems with delivering From Russian post, its always fast and safe.
U beat me to it lol
@@kakadorez11 somewhere between JLPT N2 and N1, so near native-level fluency I'd say. I am half Japanese though but born and raised in the West.
@@MysteriousFigure it seems to be a hit or miss, I haven't had bad experiences. They do seem to be lagging on the online banking front from what I've heard.
PostNL of the Netherlands is actually good. I find its services convenient and most of the stuff from within the EU arrives pretty fast. If you order something within the Netherlands, you will often see the magical sentence “vandaag besteld - morgen in huis.” It could be translated as “ordered today - tomorrow at home.” I wish our healthcare system would have had the same efficiency tho…
What's amazing is almost every issue you mentioned I grew up with that in the 90s and early 2000s before Bulgaria joined EU. If there is one thing that social soviet / people's republics can do is consistency of their sh*t.
😆 Thank you! This one had me howling with laughter.
your comment makes it sound like it's not still the same :D
As a provincian, Hitler also hated Berlin for the more progressist culture.
11:53 India Post/Speedpost has a good reputation in the country. Post offices themselves are kinda considered hellholes of bureaucracy, but the postal service itself tends to be reliable. This is also given the fact that there is a lot of competition from private courier services. I for one can attest to the fact that I've never lost anything or even had anything arrive substantially late via India Post. Can't say the same about USPS and PostNL.
@@aswinhanagal4293I've dealt with more than my fair share of Customs bullshit, having made trips to the Delhi FPO multiple times. But honestly, none of the packages that were supposed to come to me from USPS or PostNL ever even reached Indian shores according to their own tracking, and the only answer I ever got from their customer support was to ask the sellers I bought from for a refund. It's not a one-time thing either.
Wow not as chronically online as I thought. I had no idea this was a Thing. Guess I'm old 😂
Edit: OMG not Natasha's city AND yours getting roasted to bits 😂😂😂😂
In Guatemala we don't complain about the postal service, because we ain't got one! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
Aussie here, Auspost is pretty fucking solid, reasonable delivery estimates and pretty much always arrive early/on time
loving the expanations and learning new things about the different corners of Russia! would love to see more content like this.
It always appreciated how high quality and passionate your videos are! Always an instant watch 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
Being Swiss is like winning the geographical lottery our postal service is like clockwork! I mean, you can practically track your mail's journey on your phone in real time. Label me a femboy or whatever, but stumbling upon these Russian Slander videos has given me the street cred of a fondue-party yodeler. I was under the illusion that I had a hidden tough side ready to burst out like an overeager mountain goat, but these videos hit me with the reality check.
What do you mean about mail? It has gps? In Russia it has a tracking number and you can check what posts it goes through. At least that I had, I check them all.
and how much does it cost to send a letter in swiss? In russia it is about $2 to send a letter from Vladivostok to Moscow. For $20 you can send a big luggage. Tracking is also available.
As a Guatemalan living in nyc having no connection to any Russian city or region I can confirm these memes are real.
Regarding postal services.
While I've had plenty of swearwords to shout at Post Nord here in Denmark, I once bought a 1:35 scale Zvezda T-90MS model kit (it'll be relevant), and on the decal sheet it said "Russian Mail Battle Tank T-90MS". And I don't know about the exact conditions in Russia but at least thibgs haven't turned bad enough for Post Nord to issue tanks to their mail men 😂😂
Seniors from Montreal, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦 ... enjoy you and your insights. Stay safe and watch your back buddy ..eh
Same! I'm from northern shore of Montréal. French canadian heritage and here I am watching Roman and Gigi lmao. I pray for Russia and Ukraine, nothing but love for these two countries.
If only Russia had some love for Ukraine.@@cristian-gabrielgaldamezbr3810
In Poland there's a saying "Winter surprised communal services" (Zima zaskoczyła drogowców).
Same in Sweden. Every year it’s like they get surprised about snow and cancel the trains because there is 1cm of snow. Back when my parents were young and the railway was state owned not privatised it wasn’t the same problem according to them.
"Is there really a single post service in any country that doesn't suck ass?"
Japan Post, baby! Japan Post is fantastic. Don't think you'll ever hear anyone have a bad word to say about that one.
Sunlight must be the Russian version of DFS sofas in the UK. They’re sale has been ending since I was at high school. 20o odd years ago 😂😂.
I’ve never known anyone complain about Royal Mail. You can buy second class stamps and they’ll arrive at the same time a first class would in most cases. It’s been privatised so there’s been a lot of problems, most notably were the strikes taking place last Christmas where nothing was arriving through the post, but they were being ignored for so long that I don’t blame them.
My letter never arrived. Royal Mail has gone downhill.
My impression of the Royal Mail is forever moulded by this one guy, Terry Pratchett
londoner spotted
Yeah, I'm confused. Lived a bunch of places in the UK and always found Royal mail to be super reliable and cheap for sending letters and very small packages.
Maybe some people are scared of guys in shorts? 😅 My only complaint is that they don't pay their staff enough!
@@niamhturner1451 I’m a Northerner. Lived in Bradford and in the North East. The Royal Mail service has always worked for me except for when the strikes lasted for over a month.
There is a store near me that’s had a going out of business sale for the last 6 years…
The US. Postal service has never let me down in 46 years!🇺🇸
I don't have problems with the USPS. My stuff shows up in my mailbox. What more can they do?
everything delivered without loss for me for 80 years between USA and France
Yay USPS support!
@@lawrencepage451
How old are you? 100?
If postal services really "suck" is often a matter of perspective and what you expect. Some might say it sucks when it is a few hours late. Others might be happy if a parcel arrives at all.
I think our postal service in The Netherlands (PostNL) is relatively good. Usually within the timeframe they give as well, but delays happen everywhere. And if there's a delay, they keep you very well informed about it, and give you alternative options as well (like getting it from a pick-up point or reschedule your delivery).
Postal service in NL is a weird one. I have had terrible experiences with PostNL (and clearly enough other people have as well), and prefer DHL because they haven't given me a headache. Yet, if the reviews on trustpilot are anything to go by, DHL seems to not be that much better either.
@@michaelk4896 depends on the person delivering. Can be rubbish in one place, in the other top notch. Which applies to any service. The only ones always late are UPS. PostNL and DHL are good overhere.
That's because the Netherlands is the size of a postage stamp, so the job can't be too hard. I kid, I kid.
@@michaelk4896 DHL is a German multinational package delivery and supply chain management company headquartered in Bonn, Germany.
@@devenscience8894tbh you are not wrong.
Finnish public postal service is actually really good. I used DHL and UPS before, because I only heard bad things about the public one, but their cost was literally 1/6th of the private ones.
11:22 In the past years, DHL really stepped up their game. I have had hundreds of deliveries, returns and sendings with them and maybe two bad experiences overall. I really cannot complain about them.
Whenever I receive a delivery by DHL I know that I'll just not receive it. They have lost 9/10 deliveries in the past year
@@imvine And USPS can't manage to deliver anything to me closer than 1,000 miles and bigger than a half pound.
The Dutch post literally stole 3 packages from me last christmas, so that's definitely not a Russia exclusive thing 😂
God, it's so similar to Hungary in many ways: the city vs countryside, the postal service, the utility companies etc. :D
Always good to have a bit of distance to your country.
Even more true in Russia's case.
9:30 "It's-a meee, Mario!"
austrian postal service is actually not bad, way way way better than all the parcel delivery services we have here (DPD,GLS,DHL,...). the branches suck ass though, never seen such unmotivated and unfriendly workers like there.
Disagree, my last 2 orders from Amazon were not delivered, first order they said, my address is invalid, even though I use it for last 7 years. Then I sent them complaint about that, but I had to register to their official app, so I got some letter delivered home, meanwhile Amazon sent me again my order. Almost happened the same, but I was lucky to see post car leaving our residency, so I had to sprint, to catch him, I successfully got my order, but he didn't ring, didn't even stop at my address. So you can see the irony, they can send me letter, but they can't deliver packet. But I agree that DPD and GLS suck. Personally Amazon delivery (not using AT Post, but their delivery which is not available for all of Amazon's products) never disappointed me. Sorry for long comment.
Yes, Austrian postal service is still great. I also kinda disagree about DHL, they are usually very reliable. The problem with parcel delivery services is that they don't pay their workers adequately and at some point even tried to screw them over with independent contracts bordering on false self-employment. That's the price of privatization: exploitation of workers.
That last meme needs an update.
Prigozhin: *cut to jar of chunky marinara sauce*
USPS gets more shit than they deserve honestly. The fact that you can live in BFN and somebody will still take the time to drive to your house and drop off a pile of junk mail that you don't want, and they got paid almost nothing for, and they do that with clockwork reliability is pretty astounding.
We definitely have one of the best postal services in the world and I don't usually say things like that about us. The only reason they get shit at all is because we have a loud faction of people who believe in privatization like it's their fucking religion, and of course they don't care that most people like the USPS.
USPS is pretty good actually, personally never had issues with delays/damage to packages or anything. The only thing I remember ppl used to complain about was the lines at the post offices cause they used to get pretty long, but any time in the past few years when I've mailed something there's been no line or a very short one (ppl don't send a lot of mail these days). I like the forever stamps too, I feel like those are a really good idea (they're stamps that never expire and their value is always equal to how much it costs to send a normal letter/card, even if the standard price increases since you bought the stamps).
You should react to the various Europe Slander, they're really funny (if you are from a European country at least)
I mean...if you count Russia as Europe
The Powerpuff Girls music. LMAO. Thank you for explaining the memes, it's always super interesting to learn more! :)
For what its worth Roman!- We watch you because we like you as a person and enjoy listening to you, its not just because we learn about Russia from your perspective. For example, I really enjoyed your travelling videos! You are more than just the content you post on your channel, your likeable guy with a unique character and interesting experiences (and this is from someone who sometimes disagrees with your views on politics- in particular, your stance on covid and vaccines) but I enjoy your content and respect you regardless. Dont be too scared to experiment with new more fun things that may help you to be happier. Best of luck whatever path you choose.
Why do you disagree with him on covid and vaccines?
9:14 that M sign be reminding me of mario💀💀
About the snow in the streets every winter: in Romania, the go-to catchphrase for the authorities is "winter caught us by surprise". What lie do they use in your country? Comment below
Really cheered me up! It's always the semi hysterical giggle that gets me😂❤
Actually I ve never had any problems with Royal Mail😂❤
Canada Post isn't too bad in my experience. I find private postal services can be faster, but get I delays more often, and have more fees tacked on. I haven't ordered online in quite a while now though, so maybe it's changed.
Postal service is mostly great here in Norway. When I order gun ammunition online it arrives at the local grocery store the next day at 3pm, perfect in time for picking up kids at school. BUT the one thing that SUX DONKEY BALLS is that postal service no longer offer to ship gunpowder! It's a disgrace. Disgusting, even.
"Russia" is just imperial Moscow. Moscow views other oblasts like how Britain viewed India or South Africa
No
@@vedser Да
True, always funny when people say "moscow isn't russia". Moscow IS russia, the rest is just colonies
You are damn right. There are many who fail to understand that Russia is basically a colonial empire. With its own special features but still not even close to any kind of real federation or federal state. It exploits not some lands or nations overseas but its own population and territory.
@@australianpainter42069that's like Washington DC
Fun fact: Russian government restricted to "Sunlight" to close every month
I loved this video because it's SO TRUE. I laughed all the way through.
It's the same in Spain, we mock Madrid all the time and they get mad about it😂
3:11 i was visiting some trans friends a few months ago, and it's actually a joke among them that they are all IT-workers (2/3 of them actually are). Because if you live in a somewhat backwards city or country, you often only come in contact with the topic via internet and otherwise sometimes wouldn't even notice where your feelings towards your assigned gender and body come from.
Realife Omsk: the Ohio from Russia
TNO Omsk: Lets Start The Great Trial
As usual Roman, thank you for being consistent in bringing content. After a while though, your brain must feel like a pancake because you have used up all of your creativity and simply need to rest. I have watched a video from “Wild Siberia” reviewing you. I have to say that it is impossible to say or do anything without someone, somewhere having reservations about your content. Question is Roman, can you, or should you even try to please everyone? My thought is that even if you tried it would be impossible. Ultimately you can speak about your experience and there will be those who like and those who will not like...The world is a very big place and so much going on in it that you have absolutely no idea about how to comment on. Just remembered to speak your truth from your heart, be positive, and keep moving forward...
The smokestack picture should have come AFTER
"Chelyabinsk - We got some Cloud". 🤣
The Postal Service in Mexico is genuinely awful most of the time. There is like a 30% chance that what you send will never make it to its destination. And it almost always arrive late, sometimes even by months.
My American friends who live in Mexico stopped even trying to send or receive anything by mail there. They drive hours/days to the nearest border town with the US to send any packages to the US or to receive anything from the US.
Talking about metro in provincial Russia. Local Gov. promised us a metro - I finished school, college and now i'm third year in the uni, still being promised.
Swiss post doesn‘t suck, there are a few companies apart from the „main one“ and they‘re doing a great job!
As a longtime viewer from the United States, I found the slanders quite entertaining! Curiously, despite the very tongue-in-cheek nature of these videos, I actually learned some things about the Russian Federation:
1. St. Petersburg is seen as a bunch of femboys (I'm glad these people are "femboys" because they are democratic, unlike the Moscow "femboys":, who are dubbed so because they don't understand the rest of their own country);
2. I shouldn't talk with anyone in Khabarovsk at night;
3. Krasnodar Krai is flooded every spring (will the territorial "government" do anything, ever?);
4. the Omsk Metro only has one "station" (that reminds me of the Chelyabinsk Metro! As a railfan, I find it unfortunate that metros in those provinces are decades late);
5. Sverdlovsk Oblast's railways are as advanced as bamboo trains in Cambodia;
6. and Sunlight (which I've never heard of before) has fake closing sales!
There's a lot of strange things happening in your homeland. However, if Russian youth are as bored by "conversations about the important" as the video claims, then I'm glad of it. After all, maybe these young citizens can take back their fatherland after the "special military operation", also known as the war in Ukraine, is finished. Young Masha, with her drawing (see "Masha's Aventures in a Legal Wonderland" on my channel, or the insane arrests video on Roman's), already has the right idea. It's a matter of implementation.
For now, thanks for the video!
Italian postal service is so good. A friend of mine ordered a book and it came to her house 23 years after the order. It happened because the postal service wanted to make her more and more interested on the book's contents of course. They care about their jobs
Love it that you still make videos related to Russia after migrating. Keep up the good work!
but the average Moscow resident in the thumbnail is kinda hot ngl
I can imagine the slander of my country(Poland)when someone put something about our"great"health care(without counting private sector)or snowfall which made people who take care of polish roads confused-like always...even in advertisments they talk about it.
Hey Roman,
In America we have a saying about "going postal" you should look it up :D
Postal services in Japan are supposed to be very good. I work for my country’s postal service and it’s ok but it’s not up to Japanese standards 😂
Thank you for another fun vid! Our post in New Zealand is pretty good in general , we have a few choses when it comes to how quickly you need things sent and being a small country, most thing take no longer than a day or two with slow mail.
Roman, you are awesome man! I just started watching your videos within the last two weeks and I haven’t found a video that I didn’t like. Please stay and keep making me laugh!
Lol at 10:19 that's Haftbefehl, a German-Kurdish rapper from Offenbach where I grew up, known for his very unique criminal gangster rap 😂😂😂
He's also a meme in Germany especially as someone pulls out a f***ing bazooka in the video.
The song is called "Glänzen" which means shining and he's rapping about selling drugs and shows different kind of weapons.
Didn't expect to see Haftbefehl here 😂
Btw: His name, Haftbefehl means arrest warrant
From The Netherlands: I'm fairly satisfied with our national postal service. Of course things go wrong and people complain. But overall they are reliable.
Netherlands seems like a great country. Let's make fun of Belgium together.
I heard they have managed to invent an asphalt road that perfectly captures the feeling of driving on a gravel road. Even in downtown Bryssels you get to enjoy some rural harmony!
@vaenii5056 when we cross the border from The Netherlands to Belgium by car, we go from feeling like flying to "bump bump bump" hahaha
@@zomerkoningin I really like The Netherlands for many reasons. Prejudice about fellow Europeans is kind of ridiculous. Belgium is beautiful in many ways, and though it has many flaws, just like The Netherlands, I still believe that common sense will prevail in the end, not ignorance and stupidity. Solidarity and innovation. I have to remind myself about this because I want my children to have the country my parents gave me.
@SalmonFume it was a joke obviously
The US Postal Service is actually quite good -- it's a little slow compared to speedy overnight places.
Postal Service in my country is actually good. not stellar but good.
Yes, i live in Switzerland.
That last one is especially funny after Pierogi's "Special Landing Operation"...
As a Brazilian, our postal service isnt *that bad* in some areas, but in the poorer/more isolated regions it gets real fucking shitty, if u recieve or buy anything from one of these cities (or u are from that city), expect to receive your stuff a week after the scheduled date.
Can confirm, the postal service in São Paulo sends me packages on time and most of my stuff(usually fragile) came without a scratch. Can't say the same about the countryside where I heard deliveries getting almost 1 month of delay or not leaving whatsoever the post office.
Do Favelas get postal too? Brazil reminds me of Cyberpunk 2077 in some ways.
@@humanwithoutborders Probably favelas or as some call, "communities" fall into the case where packages are kept on the postal office for owners to reclaim it.
Here in Ilhéus the service is quite good actually. Some times they deliverey before the scheduled date.
I still like the bear playing the balalaika 😊🐻 🎸 keep presenting the true reality of Russia Roman, you're a refreshing blast of fresh air. 🌬️
Here in Portugal, the postal service was ok but then it got privatized almost 10 years ago, and now it just gets worst and worst with the time. Many post office centers have been closed all over the country and worker´s strikes are not uncommon.
"it got privatized"... so in other words your bureaucratic overlords sold out your social program to some of their corporate butt buddies whose shitty companies couldn't handle the job?