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Ben Franklin ($100) does not look like George Washington ($1).
Apparantly he can't read the NUMBERS on the bills either lol.
@@tylerferguson3707That’s what I was thinking. Lol
Old colonial white guy with a slightly green tint to his face?
They don't feel the same either
Hard to understand why he can't see even ONE of the denomination numbers on our paper money. The number is repeated on all 4 corners, on both the front and back of the bill, and in different sizes.
Yeah, the guy who can’t tell a 1 dollar bill from a 100 dollar bill is calling Americans ignorant??
Maybe he's used to a different way of representing numbers, other than the Arabic numerals that we use?
(Alright, maybe that's a bit of a stretch...)
This guy is so obnoxious he spews stupidity! 🤮
If he can't tell the difference in the number 1 and the number 100 then he should give away a hundred dollar bill for a one dollar bill. 😂
@@jonadabtheunsightly lmao. Thats an entire yoga pose.
We have $1 coins in the US. No one uses them
He’s exaggerating and misunderstanding so much of what he’s talking about.
Many of them that come from other countries do misunderstand a lot.
@@jimmyb.6272 intentionally, for views
this guy just described why america is great .
Money: paper is cheaper than metal. Paper is lighter than metal
I don't get the utility of a twenty cent coin as opposed to a quarter.
And our "paper" money is more of a fabric than it is paper.
@@mizdeb7287 Right? It's like he didn't know how fractions work while simultaneously dumping on the US for not using the metric system.
Could you imagine instead of asking someone for a quarter dollar you walk up and ask do you have a fith so I can get a piece of candy out of the machine. It just sounds weird. I thought Mr metric would appreciate our dollar based on 100 pennies , 20 nickels , 10 dimes or 4 quarters it's the closest we will get to the metric system
@@Eniral441 It's more cotton and linen than paper. Money doesn't grow on trees - it grows in fields!
My Husband and I are very Proud of our Flag. So many Men and Women have died for our Freedom and the American Flag.
As an American who has lived his whole life in the US (69 years) the following things have never happened to me:
1. Mistake a $100 bill for a $1 bill. We look at the number printed on the bill, not the color.
2. Have a waiter steal my credit card in a restaurant. If they did, I would get an instant text notification on my phone when an unauthorized charge was made and I could immediately put a freeze on the card. It would also be very easy to trace it back to the server.
3. I've never had someone stare at me through the gap in door in a public bathroom. Even if someone did, what's the big deal? Most people don't want to see what you're doing in there. He's exaggerating the size of the gaps, anyway. If somebody hung out in the men's room looking through the gaps, he would likely get punched out.
4. I've never sued anybody nor have I been sued.
I have a flag at my home that I fly on all the national holidays and other special occasions. I fly it to honor all our veterans, especially my father who served in WWII and my grandfather who served in WWI.
Right!
@hyett1954 I loved your comment.
Great Comment!!
He was a total jerk. You should have done the video.
I've heard other non-Americans complain about our money all being green before. This is what I tell them: "Americans don't need our money to be in different colors, because WE can read numbers." That generally puts an end to their complaints.
Every part of our culture is colorful and diverse, with tons of choices! We don’t need diversity in our money.😋…Although other countries’ money is stunning!
Yea that really helps blind or visually impaired people 🙄
@@markusolofzon As if colors help the blind? Get bent.
@@markusolofzonblind and visually inpaired dont see colors well either. 😂😂😂 what do you want brail money?
Yea. I mean, don't get me wrong, I do think some of the Euro notes and coins are far prettier than our own.
But come on, there is no functional problem using them. You just LOOK at the bills!
It's not just about the Flag, it's the 50 states and our fellow citizens! If I go to any other state from Massachusetts, I'm reminded that although I'm in a different state with different laws, I'm still have a common bond with and loyalty to the other 49 states.
The United States stands for a philosophy and set of principles. Flags are a good reminder somewhat like a bathroom mirror.
Great comment.
Love the segway into the bathroom, LoL! A sophisticated comparison. Love my US citizens...knowing how to get down to basics, 'Merica"! Keep it simple.
Places of business are required to check id. They couldn't sell it to your friend because they must make sure alcohol isn't being purchased for a minor. Stores and the employees themselves can get into serious legal trouble if they sell to a minor.
yet were the crazy ones for being cautious when it comes to children?
To add to this, there are agents and 3rd party auditors going to all the stores that sell alcohol and testing the employees to see if they'll sell to minors. A part of that is a training system that tells them if two people come in buying alcohol they have to check both and if anything is 'off' they reserve the right to deny the sale. Because if the employee fails one of the agents tests they will be fired and sometimes brought up on charges.
I am 75 years old and I have only had a server steal money from my card once , This almost never happens. The server will lose their job and no one else will hire them.
@@SZfiftyfour And the business is heavily fined.
Yea they will literally shut your shit down and put you in jail (probation at minimum)
This guy seems like a tool.
I came here to say this!
I'm convinced that has never even been to the US, he seems like he's just repeating stereotypes.
I was gonna say he sounds like a real D-Bag......lol
You expect a white South African to adapt to a new land? 😂
He’s definitely not as smart as he thinks he is.
There are so many flags because we are proud of our country. Countless numbers of men have died in combat defending this nation. Their sacrifice will always be remembered.
After watching more, this guy is a massive tool. We don't need to be the same as every other country. We are fine how we are and don't need approval from other countries.
Well said!
Beautiful flag
I never understood the obsession with America's Green money. All you have to do is look at the corners where the amount is. If someone can't tell a 1 from a 100 they deserve to lose it. LOL
Thank you! Like why do you need your money to be color coded? It literally takes like 0.5 seconds to glance at the number in any of the corners to easily tell how much it is. If someone cannot grasp the concept of numbers then they might need to be concerned about a few things other than money 😂
@@jasonbrown097 Maybe they just learned their colors and not their numbers when they were toddlers. 🤪
@@beckyrinaldi6622And, we have the privilege of using the term “Greenbacks” too. 🇺🇸💵
So much cooler than “Barbie Bucks”. 😏
Based on most of his "complaints", he does NOT know more about America than most Americans! All he has been saying since he started talking is: "Why can't you just be like me and my country so I don't have to think so hard about everything?"
Yep, handling tipping and sales tax, two things that are way beyond their comfort zone.😊
@@sherryford667 I suppose he doesn't know that we just mentally add it into our total. Oh, snap.
I have seen alot of content like this all over RUclips, and I am convinced that this guy isn't really complaining. What he is doing is using a tried and tested method to use the RUclips algorithm to boost his viewership. By pretending to be ignorant and unappreciative, people will want to argue with him in the comment section. When people post comments to correct him, the algorithm sees the activity and views it as people having interest in the video. If the algorithm thinks the video is "interesting" it will promote the video to more people. More people watch the video, more people watch the adds, RUclips and the content creator make more money. Yay capitalism.
@@kazeryu17 A reasonable enough explanation, but, for me. It only works once.
The utopia of South Africa.
If he can’t tell the difference between $1 and $100……….. he doesn’t need anymore alcohol. 😂
Yeah, sounds like he's a drinker, getting excited about "handles" 😂
We fly the flag to show our patriotism. And to quote the late Toby Keith, never apologize for being patriotic.
It would cost billions of dollars for the US to switch over to the metric system. We are not going to spend that much just so that other countries are not inconvenienced. Most of our product labels have both metric and imperial measurements on them. When you go to another country you just have to accept that money will be different and you will have to memorize, do math, and learn new things. I love our money. It doesn't and shouldn't have colors on it. It represents our history and doesn't need to look modern. If you give away too much money because you aren't paying attention, that's on you, it's not the money's fault. $12 for a shot is a lot or not very much depending on where it's purchased, the brand, the quality, etc.
Sounds like to me he's willing pay the billions of dollars it will take to change us to the metric system.😅😂
You ask Why? We ask Why Not?
I think this exact thing when I watch these reaction videos. Why do we fly our flag everywhere? Why not? Why free refills (when it costs the business pennies to do so)? Why not? Why drive a big car? Why not. I am just so happy I was born in the U.S.!
Andre I love that whenever someone talks about huge portions in America, your eyes light up and you are smiling from ear to ear!
This guy sounds like an American hater. I will never apologize for loving my flag or my country.
Naw, he sounds like click baiter. He said enough positive and negative things that I don't think he meant to be only negative but he did mean to be provocative.
Totally agree!
Relax.
this guy is such a whiner
I hateE when Europeans say America is “just like a movie”. No it’s not. It’s just our lives..
It's because America makes the movies.
Some have expressed it differently, meaning that they have seen it (a scene, a building, whatever) and here they are....just like in the movie. I'll go somewhere and think Hey, this building was in such-and-such a movie---and I live here!
The gap around a public bathroom stall door is for safety of both the person trying to enter or exit the stall to help prevent that person from being ambushed by an attacker. It allows a person to view if the stall is occupied or if someone is waiting outside to ambush them. It also encourages people to conduct their "business" quickly and vacate the stall. Being seen can also discourage people from trying to take residence in a the stall. In the United States, it is social protocol not to stare into stalls but use the gaps just to determine occupancy and to either wait patiently or find another, empty stall. Lurking around the stall door or looking into the gaps would be reported to authorities as suspicious activity and potentially a crime.
Good explaination. I didn't know how to put that in words. Thanks.
I don't know about men's bathrooms But in women's bathrooms I've never had anyone peeking between the cracks. When I walk in and see a stall door closed I just assume it's occupied I don't go peeking around But I have looked down to see if there is a pair of feet and that's all.
I thought it was just in case the occupant got stuck in the stall (e.g. a jammed lock). Thanks for the info.
@@Amo-v27, the gaps are also there in the event that there's an emergency, as it makes removing the door faster and easier for rescue responders. So yes it also acts as a safety feature.
Most people have credit cards and debit cards. A lot of people carry credit card debt. I am unaware of any server trying to steal money from someone's credit card. The banks would almost certainly catch them, and there are severer criminal penalties. His talking volume description was ridiculous. We're not confused by the imperial system; he is.
We can get news from anywhere, I watch international news every morning
Someone from South Africa has no business criticizing any other country.
Actually no one from any country has any business criticizing the design of any other country's currency.
Michelle needs to reevaluate her choice in men.
That’s for sure!
Michelle is in a relationship with a Karen.
😂😂😂
Lol. I was just thinking that!
If he doesn't like the flag here he simply doesn't have yo come here
We do have one dollar coins
Actually this guy is a bit offensive
There is no real American ever in the history of history that confuses different denominations of bills
Wow I take it back, he's really offensive. I find things other counties do odd but I don't fault them for their customs I celebrate their differences
We don't sue everyone.
Please PREACH, My fellow American!!! 🔥
Well put.
"Why do you have a dollar bill? Why not just make it a coin?"... I'm afraid I must answer a question with a question here and say- Why do you need the US to conform and make it a coin just to be like everyone else?
Exactly!!!
My question is why would we want to carry around more coins? Much heavier than paper money.
@@alisonflaxman1566 Another excellent question imo 😃
I can't believe he didn't mention our 2 dollar bill. The most underrated bill. Why do we have it? No idea but we do.
I agree. Many complaining countries actually want us to conform to someone else's normal.
Andre, the supermarket denial of beer sale is due to very strict alcohol sales laws in most states across the country. As a twenty year retail manager for convenience stores which sold alcohol, I can tell you that this is situation is a potential "third party sale". This occurs when the underage customer gives a "third party" money to buy alcohol for them. This is why when a person is attempting to purchase alcohol, all members of your group present must show your identification IF ASKED or else the sale is denied. This is because the sales clerk is LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE for selling that alcohol to anyone under 21 years old. If the clerk sells to one person and the other people beside them are under age, who is to say the older person is or is not buying it for the underage people? The alcohol law enforcement agency in their city or state will operate "secret shopper" tests where they test if a clerk follows the law. If the clerk does not follow the law, they will at least face a ticket and very expensive fine and the store will also face a steep fine which will likely cost the employee their job and could cost the store their license to sell alcohol. Even if they do not lose their job, the clerk's license to sell alcohol could be revoked and/or have to be renewed at addition expense. Additionally, if the violation is severe enough or the clerk is a repeat offender, the clerk can face arrest on the spot and incarceration. That is why most businesses take the decision making away from the clerk and require EVERY CUSTOMER, no matter how old they actually are, to produce an ID before selling cigarettes or beer or cough/cold medicine or spray paint or any other age restricted product sold at retail. During my previous career, I have verified ID for cigarettes purchased by a 91 year old regular customer. Every time he came in, he had is ID ready, I looked at it, punched the date into the register, and I sold him his cigarettes. He understood that we were only doing our job and trying to prevent underage people from accessing these products EASILY.
And let's not forget that a lot of alcohol regulation came out of the high incidence of alcohol-related deaths among underage drinkers. The police here (PA) raised a major red flag about this years ago when kids would go across the state line (where the drinking age was lower) and come back smashed and out of control and causing drinking related accidents. If you ask me, that was worthwhile legislation.
He is just bashing things because he doesn't understand them. If he doesn't like America, he can stay in his failing country.
He will flee here when the civil war starts
I don’t think he doesn’t like it, just that he wants it to be more like home. Definitely not one of those people that enjoy stepping out of their comfort zone 😂
We do not apologize for loving our country that has accomplished so much. I guess if you live in a county that hasn't contributed to history much then it would be unusual to be do proud
I just wanna say thank you Andre! I love how you defend America. As for our currency, our coin names werent just pulled out of thin air like he seems to think, a quarter is 1/4 (quarter)of a dollar, dime means 1/10 , nickel came from material we used to use & penny means coin. But what do i know, im just an ignorant anerican 🙄 😂🇺🇸❤️
STOP TALKING - I WANT TO SHOUT OVER YOU - I’M A LOUD AMERICAN!
@@pearlllg DONT YELL AT ME! I MAY HAVE TO SUE YOU 🤣
OMG! I got so distracted I accidentally left $400 for the waiter!
Not to be too rude but Americans do not need primary school, color coded money to look at the corner numeral of a bill to differentiate a $1 from $100 bill. To Americans that I know, multi-color bills look like "Monopoly" money which would be used for board games or fake play money that little children would have with which to play. As for $1 coins, the Federal government has been trying since the 1970s to get them adopted for general use but people and businesses refuse to accept and use them. Same thing with the metric system, the cost of conversion of the U.S. to the metric system would cost billions of dollars to businesses and government so why expend the money to convert when the people do not demand to change it. Remember OP, the United States government serves the people and not the other way around.
the main reason we can not get rid of coinage is because of the post office, and the vending system they use, and by extension, the entire vending machine industry.
the cost of replacing equipment is just too much, so too with the change over to metric system, we are too large for it to be practical.
if you want an example of problems, just look to canada, when it switched it couldnt afford to retool machines, now you get milk in bags instead of bottles... thats the cost of the switch,
Why would anyone want more coins? They are much heavier to carry around. I'll take the paper dollar.
You got that right!!! TFS!!
@@alisonflaxman1566 i was waiting for somebody to acknowledge the blatantly obvious.
LOL so true about the monopoly money!!! As an American I wish we could adapt to the metric system but as you say, the cost would be prohibitive. I think it should be taught in our schools though.
This guy needs an education. Goods and products are usually made by regional and national companies that ship products nationwide. There's no way the can know the taxes in each jurisdiction then include the tax in the price. What happens when a shipment is diverted from one destination to another? The prices might be the same, but most likely theyd be too high or too low.
It's better to let the local jurisdiction add on their own taxes.
Actually I don't think that most stores would be a problem with pricing including the taxes. While commercials say one price I know if I go into Walmart or Target they're going to add taxes, so why not have that price when the register adds easily. It's not like the employee has to calculate it, the store's computer should be able to print the correct price for marking the item in the aisle.
There is no way in hell he knows more about America than most Americans....No way
sorry. last one. Ok. so He said we're dumb then said we are highly efficient and get things done...come on, Which is it?
9:53 We have debit cards, credit cards, cash, checks...pretty much any way you'd like to pay or access money you can. It isn't that we "don't" have debit. It's just that we also have credit.
One reason you see a lot of people use it - (not the only reason, mind you) - if someone steals that credit card, YOU aren't liable for the fraud, theft or recovery of it. There are a lot of other reasons, but its a big draw for financially savvy people.
Exactly why I use my credit card instead of my debit card. Also, I earn rewards on my credit card so it pays me to use it.
If he has ID with no picture then he won't get served. NY used to have driver licenses with no picture and a lot of states wouldn't accept it.
If you look younger than 60 years old you will probably be asked for ID. If a server or cashier is caught not asking, they could be written up or fired and the business can be fined or liquor license revoked. We are a friendly country but take our laws seriously. When you come to America do things our way, don’t come here and tell us to change. Don’t like the way we do things? Go somewhere else.
Part of it is failure to tell Prohibitionists to sit down and shut up.
I'm 79 and they ask for my ID . . . and I love it.
You have to remember, we have Alcohol, Tobacco and firearms agencies in the feds and state alcohol, tobacco and firearms in each state. They are serious regarding IDs. (most anyway). A lot of registers/tills when they ring up tobacco or alcohol, there is a message regarding checking ID and entering a birth year. They cannot continue with the transaction until they put the birth year in. They have under cover (under 21) go in to try to buy. If that store is caught not asking for ID or selling, they immediately lose their license. Alcohol and tobacco are big sales so the businesses do not want to lose their license. It's just common to show your ID even at 60. Also, there was a huge problem with people over 21 buying liquor for underage which is why they ask the person you are with for ID. (kind of silly since they could be waiting outside if they are smart). But, it happens at bars when you order 2 drinks for you and someone else.
Also they use people who over twenty one, but will pass for much younger. Its also going to make it easier to avoid a charge on unlawful entrapment.
who wants to carry around coins.. no one
Yeah I can't stand carrying around coins.
Coins cause a purse to become quite heavy. Paper money is more practical.
Not to mention too many coins in your pocket make you walk wonky!
In Canada we have the $1, $2 coins and what a pain they are to carry around. Most people just collect them in jars or whatever at home which adds up quite quickly, that’s the only good part. When you start to add them up this small pile has a couple hundred dollars.
We fly the flag because we love our country, we just don't like the government
Facts!💯
Yep
Screw the Government, America Rules!!!
This is so true.. We love our country, not our government
The American Flag means a great deal to Americans. They fought wars, they help other countries and that flag represents the blood, sweat and tears AND lives lost. So HELL yes we are proud of our flag and we will fight for our flag. We fly it in our yards, our schools, public buildings etc to honor all those that have fought for our freedom. We don't take freedom lightly, it is not given to many people around the world we NEVER want to forget the men and women that fought for this freedom, many lost body parts, some lost balanced thought process, some died. We can never repay these people! We want to never forget them.
....What? Compete for conversation?! And this is an "American" thing? No. It's not. It's not cultural, nor is it good manners. Is he lacking common sense or proper observational skills?
Could not agree more!
Or maybe he needs new friends that aren’t college again “kids”.
Well . . . . this sounds like Thanksgiving in my family!😥
Sounds like both to me.
You always appear to be such an upbeat positive person, him not so much…bless his heart.
Yeah “bless his heart all the way back to S. Africa, lol
😊
I'd have said bless his "little" heart.
Whenever there is a medical emergency,say someone has a heart attack at home etc., fire trucks with trained personnel show up at your house for assistance. If someone falls down in their driveway they will come to your house and help you get up , if you are unable to get up and there is not a fire anywhere. They will also come to your house and change your smoke detectors. So they don’t use all their water. If you accidentally give away a $100 dollar bill that’s because you are careless. I have never heard of anyone making that mistake.
This guy is kind of a hater. I am 58 and have never sued someone. If you have a car crash your insurance company pays for it. One would get sued over an issue like you were burning leaves in the backyard and burned a neighbor's fence down and didn't want to pay to fix it. Or if someone punched you in the face for no reason and you had hospital bills, you would get sued.
Not only do I have a flag in my room. It's a 9 foot by 5 foot burial flag that's fully stitched. It was my grandfather's burial flag.
Geez dude, if you don't undetstand what it feels like to be proud of your country, you'd never understand an explanation!!!
I don't want to be a part of the rest of the world lol. Him knowing more about America I would definitely debate.
I work in aerospace manufacturing, there's a giant flag on the wall and a small flag at every machine in my shop. Plus a flag for every branch of our military 😅😂
Edit: this guy's a tool I agree with the others now that I'm all the way through 😂
Also imperial is far more accurate especially when it comes to working in the .xxxxx of an inch. I have to convert blueprints from metric to imperial daily 🤦
Dude just explained how America
is badass!🤘🏴☠️🇺🇸
Agreed.
If he doesn't want to experience new things then stay home
Yeah it is almost like we have our own unique culture different then them. Every video like this is just people complaining about the ways the U.S. is unique.
@@bigbabolatjealousy.
@@bigbabolat the response I have is why can't they do it like us if we're going to start making comparisons lol
@@Yeetin_Peas I said that before and was told no one is jealous of America. Yeah, ok
Paper money is lighter and easier to carry than a bunch of coins. We also have $1 coins . The amount of the bills are shown on eash corner.
This guy make me glad to live in America. I like having choices. When you rent a car if you dont have insurance to cover it you can get insurance through the car rental place. We rent when we need a car and my DIL had a accident. It was covered by their insurance. No one will change to metric, lol.
The original video is from a South African. That explains a lot about why he’s shocked by the choices in the stores. His home country is rapidly declining and reverting to a preindustrial economy. It’s teetering on the edge of genocide and will probably be in full civil war in his lifetime
Indeed.. imagine the presumptions to immigrate and dictate a country's affection & display.. simply go to another country that 'does not practice this sort of flag patronage.. you're good to leave this country at your leisure and convenience.
We have our system, you have yours, you don't have to like it but you must respect it or leave ..We're not European with no claim or care for it's systems, we don't care...how ignora😢ntly entitled .Eff your opinions, like most assholes everywhere you're assuming an importance that is never warranted.!
Last time I checked your return trip is still, available.
Yes, this is so very sad 😢😢
South Africa is so corrupt it makes even Chicago blush lol.
South Africa is a third world country. Blackouts regularly, car jacking by the thousands daily, homes with 12 foot walls topped with barbed wire, corrupt politicians is the norm, white people fleeing because of genocide, crumbling infrastructure and cities.
There are 2 reasons we don't include the tax in the cost of goods here.
1. Often stores are chains like Walmart. It is easier for them to say the cost of this item is $5 for all of their stores instead of having to figure out the different costs for each store. Especially considering how many items they sell.
2. Our sales tax is not only different in different localities, but it changes too depending on what voters decide needs to be paid for. If a football stadium is built in an area, they might raise the sales tax in that area to help pay for it. A city might decide they desperately need to update they storm drainage system without a way to pay for it, they might raise the sales tax by a penny or two. If we included in the sales price, does would have to change every price in their store every time.
For anyone used to looking at money color: The way we do it in the US is we tilt our wallet at 45 degrees so we can read the numbers in the corner.
He is correct, we are very proud of displaying our American Flag;)
Yes we are ❤
I fly my flag every day. It's a permanent fixture on my house since i served under it. How many people have died or suffered serving what that flag represents? We honor those people always with our flag flying.
While yes, in America you are allowed to attempt to sue anybody for any reason, it is very expensive to hire a lawyer, you have to convince that lawyer its a good idea (not as hard as it seems but still a hurdle), and if you become well known for frivolous lawsuits you can get your cases thrown out and ignored more often
5:03 - No, he said "niche" correctly for America the first time. The way he said it the second time is when referring to a space in a wall.
Ok, change (coins) in America is easy:
Penny= $0.01 (100 pennies= $1)
Nickel= $0.05 ( 20 nickels= $1) it is called a nickel because it is made of copper and nickel and has German origins "kupfernikel".
Dime= $0.10 (10 dimes=$1)
Quarter=$0.25 (4 quarters=$1) it's 1/4 of a dollar, hence the name.
We use coins of these denominations because our everyday taxes (food, clothing, etc) state to state, city to city, county to county ALL have different tax rates (yes, even within 1 state the tax rates differ from city to city). Groceries can come out to some weird total, such as: $26.96. If you pay cash and have the correct change in your pocket, you'll have a penny and some variation of the coins listed above.
We all can tell the difference between a $1 and a $100, because it has the denomination written in long form,at the bottom of the bill (ie: one dollar) ; AND every bill has the actual numerical value in each corner, and there is a different president on each bill.
But our money has been slightly changing color for each bill since 2004.
We do have a $1 coin, although the US Mint no longer makes them... They've changed designs 5 times since it's introduction in 1794. It makes no sense to me to carry heavy dollar coins when you can carry paper dollars.
Our flag is the symbol of our country it is the collective "us".
The 13 stripes represent the original 13 colonies,the 50 stars represent each state, and the colors of our flag represent:
Red: Represents valor, bravery, and hardiness
White: Represents purity and innocence
Blue: Represents vigilance, perseverance, justice, peace, happiness, comfort, and relaxation.
No we do not sue everyone and we all do not have a personal lawyer
The one dollar bill has a dollar on it verses hundred either he is blind or not to bright.
Why not both?
Even the blind can tell the difference. (They fold the corners a certain way.)
All goverment building fly flags. Courthouses, Capitol buildings, building where the state and federal legislators go, schools and firehouses. Private homes are optional. Shopping centers etc is optional. But many fly flags. However I have never flow a flag at my home ever. But I have quite a few neighbors that have flag poles and fly flags on special occasions.
Exactly the same? Lol
Except the $1 has 1 on it with George. The $100 has 100 on it with Ben.
They’re not even the same color as he claimed.
And on top of that the numbers are large! Who misses a giant 100 on your bill, even if you carry multiple hundreds in your wallet? Maybe it's just me but I order my bills front to back smallest to largest, lol.
Well I fell asleep and woke up to this very rude man complaining about my country that I love so much. All this time I thought it was perfect but I guess I was wrong. I sure hope he never suffers that much again.
8:20 Dude doesn't know the meaning of "exactly". One bill has a "1" on it and one has "100" on it. Plus the one has Washington and the 100 has Franklin on it. Who's carrying hundreds of ones? You get a hundred or go to the bank/ATM. I guarantee you anyone that has a 100 in their wallet knows it and will double check giving out a bill. This guy...
12:00 BS. They do not add anything unless it's a mandatory tip for a table of 8 or more and the patron will already know that. A server that adds their own tip or something else has a name, it's called "unemployed".
I'm halfway through and cutting this short.
The only people who carry around hundreds on 1's are STRIPPERS.
I used to be a server in restaurants, and I've handled a lot of peoples' debit and credit cards. The fear we're going to steal the info is a bit overblown. Identity theft is a huge deal, and you'll go to prison for years if you commit it. Besides, there are also pretty strict laws on the bank's end to reimburse customers for fraudulent charges. You're more likely to have it stolen through a card skimmer placed on self-serve payment stations, they can harvest thousands of cards in a day. Far more than a server will ever be able to write down from customers.
Not to mention that in most places the workers, including servers are on camera the entire time they are working. You don't even have time to take a break most days, let alone be in the corner copying CC numbers, where the only real payoff is getting fired and jail time for your effort.
Yeah, the majority of wait staff are not going to want to get a parking ticket, let alone go to prison for stealing card information 😂
The ignorance is astounding.
This got more offensive the longer he talked.
Over exaggeration at its best. 😂. I'm dying laughing at his reasoning for why Americans are loud. Not all Americans are loud, it depends on what part you are in. He tries to paint us as an egotistical country.
And how does he know what watered down pee taste like. 😂
I liked this video too, Andre. I thought the guy seemed pretty pleasant and was giving his honest opinion, but when he was talking about Americans being ignorant and you replied something like, "and this coming from a guy who doesn't know the difference between $100 and $1" I was cracking up! Good job, very funny reaction and hilarious commentary.
This is really odd but over the past month I have seen 3 videos of S.African and Australia s being so offended and saying such rude things about America & American people, our laws and history. Thinking they know more about how to run it…… these kids would fail so big…. Sorry to say. He can not even give Compliment with out cancelling it before the sentence ends. So offended….. head back home did! Andre. Love you and how you defend us with the many issues you research and know the real truth. Thank you. Love from NY & Tennessee.
I love your posts,Andre. Many of the reactions are interesting and/or hilarious. Some of them give me a chance to express my sarcasm; which I love doing.
"I was stressed at the end of it" 🤣🤣 Poor guy 🤣
OP=snowflake
too much for his tiny brain
Fines and license problems for selling to underage is very high for sellers. So when I worked at the market we were told to ID check if they look under 40 and for couples/groups to check all parties to ensure one was not buying for the underage. Common problem. Same caution was also used for ID and never accept an expired ID. The store would rather deal with the upset customer and back up the employee judgement than sell to a potential underage
If someone else hasn't said it. The constant request for ID is an outcome of stringent liquor laws following Prohibition. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms will send agents in to tryvand catch the owner violating the liquor laws, entrapment! It can lead to the loss if the license to sell ant of those things. So the fact that he offered a S A passport would be enough to make the cashier suspect they were being tricked by the BATF.
I love you Andre but I couldn't finish this one. I tire of foreigners complaining about cultural differences rather than just accepting them for what they are.
I love Andre as well...
We celebrate the holidays because the stores always have sales! Actually, we have weekly sales.
The stars represent our states, so the quantity changed over the years as new states joined the union. The 13 stripes represent the original 13 states, red for bravery, white for justice and purity. It's a cool looking design.❤
The blue field the stars are on represents loyalty.
10:59 - Yes. The server takes the card to run it through the machine. Europe started using credit cards long after the US. When the US started, portable technology didn't exist. In fact, the credit card machine had to dial the back using a phone line modem. Yes, they could write down your credit card info, but police say it's quite easy to identify if a server is stealing credit card info, so they get caught.
Our flag is a symbol of our country. We show our pride by flying them.
He's probably right about the dollar bill. We also have dollar coins, but they aren't very popular and far more people use bills (in all denominations) for their transactions. I don't think I have EVER received a dollar coin as change in a transaction. We love our bills. Also, coins last for decades while bills have a much shorter useful life span. As far as the color of the bills, I don't see the problem. They've got an easy to read number on them as well as a different person. I've never found the lack of color to be any problem. I do find it funny the stuff that foreigners find to bitch about.
About the only use for dollar coins is vending machines and the car wash. That's the only place I've ever seen them used.
We love our flags not because they’re pretty, but because it represents the men and women who died defending it. This guy missed that whole point. As far as the dollar bill, well we’re not all young and strong like he is, I’d rather carry $50 of paper bills in my pocket, than a ton of metal in $50 worth of coins. He chews us out for not using the metric system, yet he complains that the ONE time we DO use the metric system (our currency) He says, “Why don’t you use a 20 cent coin like the rest of the world?” Frankly, I don’t think he knows MUCH about the US.
Whats funny is that SA was at one time efficient and clean. It was at one point a net exporter in just about everything, now imports most of its necessities. It was once one of the most prosperous countries in Africa, now not even close. I wonder what on earth could have happened.
What happened is race baiting Marxists took over
Remember the laws change from state to state. Buying liquor in one state might not be as difficult as in another state. Some stores also have strict policies to leave no doubt about compliance. Some places use undercover spotters to look for liquor sales violators.
His complaints are pretty petty. I have never heard of both people having to show ID; only the purchaser. As negative as he is, he may have made the person angry, and they decided he could go elsewhere for his beer. Also, they are required to see ids to ensure you are of age.
I have had it happen in grocery stores. They want to be sure the “adult” isn’t there buying for the under age kids. I’ve had my daughter ID’ed when I was buying alcohol before. It makes sense if you think about it (which he obviously isn’t going to take the time to do).
True could be he was being a jerk, most places reserve the right to refuse service, regardless of valid ID. An out of country ID is also not a "valid" ID, for purposes of buying alcohol as it's rare someone would know the difference from real or fake. A passport would have been considered "valid" ID.
It definitely happens. My husband and I rarely get carded these days, but when we do, they ask for both.
He has no right to call anyone else ignorant.
The South African gent is … well …. Here in Texas, we’d say “Bless his heart”. Which means, always, that the speaker pities the one being blessed for their deficiencies.
You are 100% right, South Texas here.
Credit Card have legal protections that debt cards do not.
Oh I forgot to say that we don’t celebrate EVERY holiday. Our stores stock supplies for each holiday but that doesn’t mean we are buying all of it. We choose which holidays we want to celebrate. Or, like with Easter, the non-christians don’t “celebrate” Easter but they may buy some of the candies.
@Anonymously-speaking That part cracked me up. The complaint was basically "you celebrate holidays!" (Yes? Holidays are designated celebration days). And then when you listened, it was really "your STORES offer things for the holidays!" Which...yes? That's how the advertising and business works. What's wrong with it? Or what's novel about it? Does South Africa simply not celebrate or even offer supplies for any celebrations? Somehow I find that hard to believe.
You can't tell the difference between a $1 bill and a 50 dollar bill. A lot of people in America keep their bigger bills separated from the smaller denomination bills. So if we know we have a bigger bill in our wallets we will make sure when we hand money over for anything we look at the money that we're handing them.
Try to get the manufacturer to put prices on products and ship them to the correct location. There is city sales tax, county tax and state sales tax. What a nightmare fir a manufacturer. 😂😂😂😢😢😢
But it wouldn't be done by the manufacturer, it would be done at the location. That is my thinking at least. Does the manufacturer send each Walmart the price tag that they put out on the shelf for their items or does each store print out the pricing information for the shelf?
So much of this is not accurate. Most people sort their money by denomination#1's first then$5, $10, $20, $50, $100.
We have plenty of international news outlets. We have BBC, Reuters, and can get different countries' news on cable if you search for it.
We're America. We have our own measuring system and lime it. You have yours. How about you changing to mine? No? Then let mine alone.
I watch GBN, The Sun, and Sky News Australia.
Re: news network; we have something called computers which gives us access to the Internet😂
I got news for this guy. When my Italian family gets together, the conversation volume rises and falls EXACTLY the way he describes in his little rant. It's natural in a gathering of people for this to happen. When people are having a good time, voices get louder. He seems to think this happens only with American people.
Seigniorage is the difference between the face value of money, such as a PAPER BILL or a METAL COIN, and the cost to produce it. In other words, the economic cost of producing a currency made of PAPER is typically less than the cost of a coin made of METAL.
As the price of silver increased, the cost of minting silver coins exceeded their face value forcing the government to reduce the coin's silver content.
It is very expensive to sue another person or entity in the United States. You had better be 99% sure that you will win, or it will be costly to you if you lose. It is very rare for the average American to file a lawsuit.
The mainstream news is international news as well.
Quite a few of the points in this video can be drummed up to legal liability. For example a server would not only lose their job if they copied your credit card, (which can easily be frozen after the bank notifies you of a purchase), but they will also be jailed with a long minimal sentence. The issue with ID is that the establishment that serves you is liable if an underage individual is given alcohol or any other illegal substance, so it is a form of self policing by the business.
Here in the US credit cards have better theft prevention than debit cards
Nope, Americans are NOT loud. We are passionate, therefore we are lively and exciting in conversation
Of course we have a few, one is in a special wood & glass case it was the flag that was presented to my grandmother (currently a little over 95.5 years old) when my grandfather a former corporal in the Army Air Corps (in WWII) died in 2011 at the age of 92. It was draped over his casket before moving it to the cemetery, then placed above his final resting place, once the ceremony was complete, they ceremonially folded the flag & presented her with it after firing rifles to note the passage of a former soldier.
This South African seems like a complainer, by-in-large.
So he doesn't like holidays? Who doesn't like holidays? Complainer!
At least toward the end... he got a bit positive around the food portions.
Then negative about alcohol $'s.
Stores can lose their liquor license if they get caught selling to minors. Yeah, he could be 20, Michelle could be buying it foir him... bad news.
Medical ads, ime slightly more common.
Get the car rental insurance they pay any lawsuits in case of accidents (make sure that's part of what you are paying for, tho.)
So Europeans and South Africans are all perverts? (Bathroom stall issue). Also we have women's restrooms, male restrooms and either gender restrooms that are no stalls, just a one room one occupant (or one parent w/ a child - or children).
The American conversation. So all of sudden according to this guy there is a certain conversation Americans have? Really?