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The nearest pub to me is a five minute walk away, but a thirty minute walk back. The difference is staggering.
Good one 😄
I saw what you did there.
😂😂😂 nice
🤣🤣🤣🤣Oh the memories, lol.
Being polite and having good manners in the UK is a mark of respect. There is absolutely no way could I not say please or thank you, choose what country i would be visiting. Good manners cost nothing, they are free. 🇬🇧
So wrong about the political conversation in UK. I'm an American living in England and most times when I first meet someone here and they find out I'm American, they make a comment or ask a question about our president or some other American political issue. This hardly ever happened when I lived in the States. And when they ask me about myself and they find out I'm a vicar's wife, they start talking about their personal beliefs.
They probably don't ask you about such things in the States because those things are pretty normal to Americans. To us brits, on the contrary, your political system and the results of it are incredibly weird, not necessarily in a bad way.
How often do you think Americans ask brits about the Monarchy when they're in the states? The topic rarely comes up here but I'd imagine it would be a hot topic in the states with British tourists and or immigrants.
We have different cultures and that difference is an opportunity for genuine and amicable discussion. To see such questions as a lack of polite manner is rather close-minded and frankly bizarre
@stacypierce3978 Because your politics is broken. You're the lab specimen in that conversation I'm afraid.
manners maketh man 😊
Now you know why Canadians relate far more to the British than the US.
Before I left Wales to move to Canada, I worked in a bank that had quite a few tourists that came in. I found that if a group came in with American type accents, if they were loud, they were Americans, quiet or normal, they were Canadian. This was before I could tell the difference in the accents!
My relatives moved to Ontario about 50 years ago they've got a place on an Island in the lake and their families had the best lives!
Especially these days.
American life sounds sad to me.
@bcent5758 it is. I’ve been here 34 years and there is a lot of good but culturally I am still very British.
As a Brit a house tour is weird. They are not coming to see your house they are coming to see YOU!
The only times I ever gave a tour of my house was when an emergency foster kid would come for a weekend. It helped them feel more welcome.
@MaggieLarocqueYes, anyone staying at someone's house for the night or a few days needs to be shown where things are but other than knowing where the loo is, it's weird if you've just popped round for a cuppa haha.
Only time house tours are given is if you move house and your showing your family it for the first time only.
Whenever someone offers me 'the tour' I just say no.
Opening your home is like being open yourself and showing who you are. It's like sharing a confidence not keeping your friend at arms length.
I was once behind an American at McDonald's in England. He wasn't even trying to be rude but the first thing he said was 'get me an apple pie, and get me a cheeseburger'
Dude, it's 'please may I have...'
I was on an Alaska cruise. Most passengers were American. My friends and I couldn’t believe the lack of common courtesy they showed to servers etc. Most cruise ship crews are from countries like the Philippines. They must think Americans are raised by wolves. 😕
I hate the expression 'grab a sandwich/drink etc' ..To grab is, to me, very rude.
That’s rude even in America tbh.
@ Grab dinner even. Sounds like they grab it with one hand while doing something else.
@gertvanderstraaten6352 probably holding a gun
'Sorry' does not always mean that you are sorry in the UK.
If someone bumps into you and it is their fault ,saying 'sorry' in that case means 'ok you bumped into me but I am not going to make a big deal about it as it wasn't intentional'
In other words it is a shorthand to enable de-escalation of potential conflict.
I wouldn't normally say "sorry" when speaking to an assistant in a shop. More likely "Excuse me, can you tell me where I can find X?", and then thank them after they tell me or take me to the item.
US and de-escalation are 2 words that don't go into the same sentence.
Canadian here. I would say that we use Sorry in a similar fashion.
This is also true across Europe, prego in Italian and pardon in French & Spanish are used in the same wider sense as sorry in all the English-speaking countries except for the US. "American exceptionalism" isn't always a good thing!
@ceejay0137I often say things like “sorry - could you tell me where the eggs are?” Or “sorry, could you say that again I didn’t hear you”. I think brits say sorry whenever we think we might be causing a slight inconvenience i.e disrupting the shop assistant stocking shelves to tell us something, or apologising for a bad connection, even if it’s not our fault, to basically be like “sorry this is happening to us” sort of thing. I think we see being apologetic as kind/polite as it shows a humble quality.
The bog is top of stairs. Tour done
Haha that's so true😂
The toilet/bathroom is the only room they're not currently in, that a guest needs to know about.
😂
They always are tho lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I’m an American who lived in Amsterdam for 2 years, and discovered when I came back that Americans are the LOUDEST people in the WORLD.😂😂😂😂
😅true dat!
You went to one other country and figured that out? OK buddy
Truth
Now consider that us Dutchies are considered the loudest people in Europe.
@gertvanderstraaten6352 I didn't actually experience that.🤣🤣🤣
I was taught " an empty vessel makes the most noise " 😁 when I was growing up . NewZealand 50s and 60s .
That was one of my dad’s favourite sayings
The thing with the cutlery; you are absolutely correct about how you would indicate that you are finished eating, however in the UK if you are mid meal and want to take a break from eating you indicate that you are not finished eating by putting your knife and fork on the plate with the tines of the fork and the tip of the knife touching in the middle of the plate and the stems of the utensils pointing towards the outside of the plate (at approximately a 5 and 8 position if you think of the plate as a clock face). There is actually quite a lot of etiquette regarding cutlery in the UK, although the majority is only used in formal settings such as in restaurants.
And, the eating with the fork alone, upturned like a shovel? C'mon
Even if you rarely sit at a table to eat, it's good to know how to use table manners. My mother was a stickler for it. Unfortunately it stuck with me and I cannot unsee it when some one has no idea......
I am British and elderly. This is a good video. Manners over my lifetime in the UK have slowly become diluted but still really important. It demonstrates respect for self and others.
I am a 72 year old America and I have always put my cutlery on the plate the way she illustrated. It surprised me but then I thought of the non Americans who have told me I didn't act like an American. Manners and protocol do matter.
I'm a 50 year old Brit, and I totally agree that manners are really important, and also that standards are falling!
American and elderly and manners are very important. My children and grandchildren do the please, thank you, yes ma'am/sir, etc. When I told a waitress in a pub in rural England "Thank you, ma'am", she stopped abruptly and said, "I quite like that". I would have been disciplined as a child for bad manners.
I'm also a Brit, a decrepit millenial, (early 80's), in my life I think manners have changed a bit in some ways, such as when I see what my nephew gets away with at the dinner table, (refusing food impolitely, playing video games or not asking to be excused when he's finished etc).
But on the other hand in the fourth century BC, Plato was heard to remark:
"What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents.
They ignore the law. They riot in the streets, inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?"
There's also, well not my late grandma, who was genuinely very Christian in the way she talked about others, (never a harah word about anybody, even when she was robbed & assaulted), but some older generations are rude in ways that younger people tend to be more respectful, such as talking about different races, mental illness/disability, or LGBT people.
When I've been to other countries like Thailand in some ways they're more abrupt or vulgar than Brits, but in others they're far more respectful, especially in relation to elders & their clergy.
I'm 78 this year and, with regard to elbows on the table, I have fond memories of my grandmother telling us all that the only joints on the table should be carved.
LOL Ouch!
Yes. And 'One sits up to go to 'Table' and you 'sit down' in the Sitting Room.'
Sounds like something Mrs Madrigal would say in an Armistead Maupin book.
My Nans way of telling us to get our elbows off of the table was “ Mable,Mable,Good and able …..Get your elbows off the table !
Loved this!!! My nanny was called Mabel 🙏❤️@tonyosborne424
Manners and consideration for others costs nothing . 😊
11 years in the UK and this "consideration about others" seems very superficial. Leaving rubbish in trains and buses, asking "how are you" without waiting for an answer, not teaching your kinds how to cross the road safely... should I mention co-worker's "holiday mood"?
Really good video! Nice to see an American who is well-travelled enough and mature enough to be aware of his countrymen's faults and not be defensive about it. Good attitude.
Im a brit and sometime last year was on a connecting flight from london to manchester so only about an hour flight. An american girl sat next to me in the window seat (she looked like she was in the early 20s) and then started scrolling through her phone. halfway through she asked me if i could move to go to the toilet "I need to go to the toilet can you get out of your seat" the manner that she used obviously shocked me as it was in a very bored way as if i was supposed to read her mind. Me and my sister got out of our seats and moved aside so she could get out. We heard a loud crash from where the toilets were and a few seconds later someone shouted, yes, shouted, that the toilet had broken. (It was again an americn judging by the accent) She came back complaining about how our toilets werent up to standard and started talking very rudely to the flight attendant. At the end of the flight we stayed sat down until it was our turn to go, she then pushed past us trying to grab her bags first Like excuse me?
It is never proper to start a sentence with the word "me".
@maggieswmi924 Well i did what are you gonna do about it
@maggieswmi924 Me is a nice word to start a sentence with.
@maggieswmi924 Oh bore off!
saying sorry before asking for help is usually 'sorry to bother you' if you don't add 'to bother you' everyone knows it's implied
I'm Scottish and lived in England for 26 years, the 'sorry' thing really got on my nerves!! Have you ever seen the sitcom called Sorry with Ronnie Corbett...
@lindsaymckeown513 “language Timothy!” ;)
@lindsaymckeown513😂😂😂
i usually say "excuse me" to get the attention of a person, especially when theyre looking the other way or just havent noticed me. i assumed that was normal and what everyone does
@avr7120 Even when we know the person we're asking to help us is very much employed to help us, we still feel we are in some way imposing, it's just ingrained in us not to bother people and the whole thing about apologising even when it's not our fault usually stems from the 'just in case it was my fault' i.e when someone bumps into us we just wanna make sure it wasn't because we were in the way, not looking or walking too slow etc etc
Another thing that is considered rude pretty much all over Europe is wearing hats and caps indoors especially at the the dining table. This applies both to private houses and restaurants.
It used to be this way in the US, but somewhere along the way, parents stopped teaching their children manners.
Only for men. For women it is correct to leave the hat on if you are a visitor or in church, but not eat it in your own home.
This is true, except in Church (possibly more in Scotland than England?) that women would specifically wear a hat inside. Certainly when I was a wee boy this was the case, but might not still be true.
That horse bolted many years ago
@fenellamckenzie4434who eats hats?
@ItsJps In the UK, overtaking using the hard shoulder is called undertaking and is not just considered rude, it's also illegal.
There could be breakdown round a corner, or worse a police car! Seriously, it's very dangerous.
There are videos on RUclips about Americans driving in the UK, and they can't drive for shit. Their driving test is laughable.
@BintyMcFrazzlessadly very true.
This American US Government employee killed a 19 year old boy and ran home for diplomatic immunity - Anne Sacoolas
@KingRagnar that was very sad and totally avoidable. The fact that she ran off home to America afterwards was disgusting.
Happened less than 2 minutes from where I live so always fresh in my head. And the fact we now have signs all around - saying drive on the left.
In the middle of England 🤷♂️
I’m from Australia and we took our children 4 and 3 yr olds, to Disneyland in LA. We were sitting in a cafe and I saw another family who had a certain harness, which I’d never seen before, for one of their children which I needed in Disneyland because of the problem of kids wandering off in a crowd. Disneyland did rent out prams and accessories for kids so I nicely asked the mother where she’d got the harness. She turned to me and said brusquely “Where I live”.
End of conversation! I was a bit surprised at the short unfriendly reply. Where I live in Australia if you asked another mother something like that you’d get a friendly response and a whole chat.
Maybe I know why now!
And you KNOW she was a US citizen and not another visitor from elsewhere? Most of us would be happy to help you. So she was just a random rude person or maybe she was not even from the USA, since you were in a tourist trap. But, I am sorry you were not helped.
@ Thanks for replying. I just know she spoke normal English as an American but nothing else. Maybe she was just one of those off hand people you get everywhere. This happened a long time ago and since then I have dealt with many Americans in my jobs in Australia and always found them very polite and pleasant! 🇺🇸
We all live and learn….
@Freespeech141 Well, unfortunately, we do have rude people. But, generally, people are happy to help. We are always being called out as odd because it is normal for us to chat with strangers. I am sorry you had that experience.
@ Australians also will usually chat to strangers, and visitors will be helped with advice etc. we do have that in common.
Harnesses on children were a big thing in Australia post WWII
The fork upside down used alone like a shovel. OMG
Polite person here, too. If I do something nice for someone, and they just walk away without a "thank you", the usual response is to say rather loudly and with some emphasis... "you're welcome!". It's a public shaming, letting them know they should have acknowledged your good deed. It's more a "fuck you; I won't help you again" than a real "you're welcome"
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So true! 😊
I have said out loud as I've moved away "A thank you would have been nice" 😊
Indeed often said extremely sarcastically. You’re very welcome, i’m so very happy I went out of my way to help you today.
Once, in the 60s, as a family of four we arrived at the doors to Debenhams department store. In went my Mother and I, door held open by my younger brother.. we thanked him. He wanted to hold it for Dad too. My brother was 8 and proud of this. Dad said,, Thanks mate. then before my brother could go in as well a family of 6 marched in and 3 of them were adults! the others older teenagers. not one word of thanks for my brother still holding the door open. Dad LOUDLY shamed them.. MY SON IS COURTEOUS ENOUGH TO HOLD THE DOOR OPEN FOR ALL OF YOU, TRIPLE HIS SIZE AND PROBABLY 5 TIMES HIS AGE AND NOT ONE OF YOU THANKS HIM. WHAT AN IGNORANT CROWD YOU ALL ARE. he then told my brother he did well and that he would meet people like that. Lesson learnt about shaming others.. I do it all the time when it happens to me. lol.. It was a master class in it from my Father. lol.
Regarding the loudness I've thought that the collective noun should be a shout of Americans
JT (RUclipsr) of Kentucky, speaks
VERY LOUDLY!!
As does Steve ('Reacting yo my Roots' RUclipsr) of Indiana, but originally from N.Carolina.
I thought it was a cacophony of colonials. 😅
A cacophony 😂
@t.a.k.palfrey3882 Ha ha! Weird. Same thought 😂
You are seriously funny!
Most of these are politeness and etiquette. These exist for respect for other people. Simple. Makes for a civil society.
It's the opposite of sovereign citizen - all rights and no responsiblities.
@tonymartin9938 I agree and it comes naturally, we are taught from when we are tiny children
Depends on the part of the US. If you are not polite in the South, you are shunned.
America isn’t the most civilised country on earth.
Good conversations. 👍 it's so true. Relax. Say please and thank you. Its just nice. Peace to you too. 🍉🍉🍉🍉🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸xx
The observation of queueing etiquette in the UK comes from a sense of fair play, and respect for other peoples' rights.
My mates when they get a new house always give me the tour!
Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s my mum and dad were fastidious about, (a) don’t start eating until everyone has their meal, (b) please and thank you’s when asking for something to be passed to you, (c) no elbows on the table, (d) no talking with your mouth full, (e) chewing with your mouth closed, (f) eating EVERYTHING on your plate, (g) never putting your knife in your mouth, (h) knife and fork together when you’ve finished, and (i) asking and waiting to be excused from the table until everyone is finished. Almost forgot, ALL meals eaten at the table together.
@Smudgie33 Yep, the same here. One small detail that often goes unmentioned when talking about putting your knife and fork together is that the serrated edge of the knife must be facing inwards, towards the fork!
Yep ditto!
I'd also add: say a thank-you to the host/chef and complement the cooking. I always always thank anyone who feeds me!
I’m Canadian and that was the way I was raised too. God forbid I should ever forget to ask to be excused!!
Just to add: knife with blade resting on the right side of the plate, fork with tines resting on the left side of the plate between mouthfuls. When we finished, both were laid across the plate in either the 3 o'clock or 5 o'clock position with the sharp edge of the knife facing the fork as mentioned in another response.
We were not required to eat everything on our plate though unless eating at another person's house where that might be considered an affront to the person who cooked. At home, we were allowed to leave a little on our dinner plates if we wanted to leave room for a dessert; however, we must have eaten a reasonable portion of everything.
So, its slightly strange as well as rude. But my dad was in New York and he was asked wher he was from. He said the UK, the local then said “hey, you speak our language”.. My father replied “no, you speak ours”. Very basic but still annoys me to this day
Good for him and rather correct. The Americans speak the language of the English (or we could say the British). The American accent itself originates from the Irish accent, so, yeah, they speak the language of the British and not the other way round.
@emeseilles-toth8740 It's best to say English since Scotland though having its main language as English does have other languages such as Gaelic and Wales has its own language that is very different from English.
@ACoffeeFan238Scotland also has Scottish which is different from Gaelic (GAL-ICK but the latter is rightly becoming more prevalent. The Irish speak Gaelic too, and were the originators of the language but pronounce it GAY-LIK. We gave our language to the Americans, and now not only are millions too stupid to make the connection between the English language and the history of the English people in America, they've bastardised it to the point that it is almost unrecognisable to purists.😂😂
Bit of a shame that he felt such a proprietorial sense of ownership over the language and took offence at an American claiming English as theirs: a shame that he didn’t find the point of commonality a joyful thing rather than a perceived encroachment on his territory. Personally, I’d have found that particular exchange very funny - shame they couldn’t have shared the joke and seen the funny side - I’m sure there was no offence intended.
Language gets assimilated, absorbed and changed, added to and borrowed from, loaded with dialects and local idiosyncrasies - it’s a living, organic thing - that’s just how it works. You know this, obviously, as does your dad. That doesn’t negate the distinction between ‘English’ English and its variants - it all had to start somewhere, after all - but that doesn’t confer any special ‘citizen of the point of origin’ rights, privileges or qualifications: if it did, from among all the various dialects and accents in England itself, exactly whose flavour of English is the ‘gold standard?’ An impossible question to answer.
There are of course other countries outside of the USA and the UK where English is the main language. There are more English-speaking people in India than in the entirety of the rest of the English-speaking world, so whose language really is it these days anyway?
I was asked in NY where I was from, I replied "Ireland", the person replied "oh good so nice to have you here, thought you might be from the UK" it was a welcome response as one who had travelled through Heathrow and Gatwick for two years previous, always pulled in and questioned, even though I was travelling on Irish government business, I had documents to show this, now when I look back, I was purposefully pulled in due to my documentation.
Same for Canada. Some of our chain restaurants adopt American customs, but a good chunk of us were raised with British/Euro manners. We can "spot the American" pretty easily in tourist seasons.
I see many young people in the UK adopting horrible Americanisms. For instance, in a shop ordering a sandwich, when I hear British teenagers say "Can I get?" rather than "Please, may I have?" I just want to slap them.
Literally the most tiny little middle of no where village always has a pub or 3
Brit here.. was in the Aldi the other day, and a lady came up to the check out ( stiil no self serve in this store ) she only had two items while i had quiet a bit of shopping i said to her you go in front of me you only have those two she looked shocked like this never happens but went ahead when done she said thankyou and said this would never have happened back home in the US thankyou so much. I just said your wecome lol 😊
I am english and in the 60's I worked for Americans in Germany. The one thing that I found extremely lacking was manners. I remember the little girl who was the eldest daughter of the major who I worked for, telling me to make her a sandwhich. I told her to say please and she told me no and she would tell her mom. I said she could tell her mom, but if she didn't say please I would not be making her sandwhich as she was being rudeto me. She wasn't very happy. I did work for that family for twelve months so she die improve her manners somewhat reluctantly though.
Sounds as if the major didn't learn military etiquette.
Sounded like a right little shit.
My friend came over from the States - Got the train from London ( Fenchurch Street ) to see my Parents ( In Essex ) - I Had to tell him to be quiet at least twice - Bless him
I took my US friends on a steam train for Christmas lunch I could have slid under the table a few time, especially when then started talking loudly to the people further down the carnage. Again bless them I love them to bits.
Carnage is the word!@dcallan812
@dcallan812 sounds like complete carnage
The plane thing is just shocking. Seats are listed on the manifest. It's unlikely that the plane will crash, but if it did, someone in the wrong seat may not be accounted for. Even if nothing bad happens, the catering will be messed up and the staff inconvenienced. I just don't get why Americans feel they can take what they want (now apparently including Canada, Greenland, Panama and the Gulf of Mexico).
I've been on flights where they've made an announcement asking people to remain in their assigned seats. It's for weight and balance reasons.
Manifest destiny. Apparently.
This happened to me on an express coach in Spain. In the UK on National Express you can sit where you want its rarely reserved unless you're on a trip. I just sat near the front because I like the view not seeing the reservada on my ticket. Spanish gentleman soon put me right "Oh. No entiendo. Lo siento" No problemo I just moved with no argument.
@antonycharnock2993 I go to Morocco fairly often, and I've seen that happen a lot on long-distance coaches there. Many tourists don't seem to realise that you're sold an assigned seat, and just sit anywhere. Then locals get on, find Paul and Bev from Cheadle sitting in their seats and try and tell them in Arabic that they need to sit somewhere else! Paul and Bev will just wave them away like a bad smell because they "don't speak the lingo" before someone (often me!) steps in to tell them to check their seat numbers.
@helenwood8482 I've just remembered a time when I was boarding a British Airways flight from Stockholm to Heathrow. I got to my seat to find a young lad already sitting there. He got up and went to sit somewhere else, but a few minutes later I saw him get turfed out of that seat by its owner, too. This process was repeated once more, before I heard another lad he was obviously travelling with shout at him, "For f**k's sake, will you just sit in the seat you were given!! What's so special about you that you think you can just sit anywhere?"! I did laugh! 😆
A lovely postscript: during the war, a young relation of the King was at a London Hotel having afternoon tea. Bombs were falling but they stayed at the table. He heard a big bang and said, " what was that Nanny"? She replied,"That was a bomb, dear. Elbows off the table"
Such wonderful sang froid.
Good video. I am English but mum was Polish and said when they have had enough to eat they put their knife and fork together but if they are still hungry they leave them apart as a signal to the host to offer them more food. Yes we apologise all the time! We are very good at queuing! Yes, we often like to say “you go first”. We may not have much but we do have manners.
In a queue at a supermarket till and there was an american girl in front of me with one item. Her turn came and her friend appeared with a whole trolley-load of shopping.
Oh no! I wasn't going to put up with that, so I said so (I learned how to be a grumpy old lady quite young).
By then she had to go through with her item and her friend had to join the back of the queue. The person behind me and the person behind her both congratulated me for speaking up.
That is the thing isn’t if one of us makes the legitimate complaint you can def count on the moral support even if it just consists of looking at the person and tutting and saying loudly to you oh well done how rude they were. Just loud enough to be heard not american loud of course 😂
On the other hand, if I'm in the queue (in the UK) with a trolley full of groceries, and someone joins behind me with just one item, I will often let them go first so they don't have to wait while I get all my stuff checked out.
Watching US people eat makes me sick.
Cutting, changing hands and scooping, holding the knife and fork so awkwardly is HORRIBLE.
How on earth do the waitstaff know when to clear the plates if the knife and fork aren't placed together? 🇦🇺
Good on you .... that was a very deliberate ploy to jump a queue. Not on.
@ceejay0137 We do that in most of Europe (not usually in France, though).
Sorry means the same as "excuse me" unless you're apologising for something.
Only recently I still prefer excuse me sorry for wanting to get past is weird.
@adelia988 Yeah, it's a bit like "Ah ain' gonna lah" and "dude" ptonounced "dood." Weird.
'Sorry'in that context is short for 'Sorry to disturb you'.
In the UK our homes are usually so small that any guest will unwittingly see the whole place on a trip to the loo anyway, so there is no need to show them around. lol
We have people over for meals, tea, chats, all the time! However, we do not routinely give “tours”. We did give close friends a tour of our new kitchen and extension. It is not something that would be done every time someone new visits our home. That would just be weird…!
Joel face when She mentioned cutlery 😂😂😂
People are not more 'religious' in the US they just belong to the club more! If they were more religious they'd be kinder and less selfish than they are.
That doesn't work. If they were more religious they'd be more terrorist attacks, people burning Witches and Choir boys being molested.
Exactly ! Their religion is more of a cult.
It depends on the area you are in. I am from the U.K. While I was visiting different parts of the USA, I found those in the South and in the Midwest a lot more friendlier and welcome than in the Northeast.
There is no reason to believe Americans are 'more religious' than Europeans. Europeans simply keep their beliefs or the lack thereof, private. Americans, as in all things, feel the need to broadcast their every thought.
Religion was invented to control people, it’s nothing to do with treating people well which is why religious people are the most unpleasant, mean and bigoted people on the planet.
When I travel in the US, I meet Christians ALL the time, but I hardly ever see any Chrstianity.
When I travel in Europe, I see Christianity all over the place, but I hardly ever meetany Christians.
Well said.
A certain new president getting rinsed by the Bishop of Washington was case in point 😂
Is there a better word to describe this? "common consideration" compared with "claimed Christianity"?
Show not tell. People should know we follow God by our actions, not because we say so.
You probably _do_ meet them, but you never know because they don't tell you.
A saying that was drummed into me, when I was growing up "Good manners cost nothing". Its still true.
@elainemcguinness3962 I swear some Americans think apologising is subservient, they must NEVER show weakness as they see it!
@iamrocketray Aw that's really quite sad. I'm always doing something stupid, but I'm not afraid to apologise for it. 😂
Standard restaurant dining slot is 2hrs in UK.
She is actually half screaming throughout the video - typically US American. Not all of you, but say 3/4 youtubers I've watched. It's like they don't realise they have mics. One of the many things I appreciate with your channel is that you speak in a normal voice
Haha yes! If I am at a loud place and I have to talk like that for an eve, my throat is sore the next day. 🤣
Another loud American here!
It's usually screeching....or a vocal fry🙈 I do appreciate the ones who speak normally
It's the constant need for attention.
@Kazza_8240Oh, the vocal fry is awful!! If you watch old American films, you just didn't hear it. You'd think Americans no longer have diaphragms.
Traditionally, a lot of homes in England had a “front room” or parlour. This would be kept pristine and would be where guests would be welcomed. The family would live in the kitchen. Nowadays, this doesn’t happen, but it was useful for the housewife! 😀
Same in Ireland. I well remember being ushered into a fairly cold room (in winter) where a fire had only been started! No central heating back then!
My working class grandparents had a large, freezing cold, pristine 'front room' that was never ever used. The other tiny downstairs room was where they ate, watched tv, entertained visitors etc. I guessed it was cheaper to heat the tiny room.
My aunt and uncle had such a room in their house. It was always referred to as "The Room."
I recently learned that in the USA, when an emergency vehicle is approaching to get past and on to the emergency, they may have to fight to get through the traffic whereas in the UK (and some other European countries) the traffic is required to part or divert quickly to leave a path for the emergency vehicle/s to reach the incident as soon as possible... to save lives and property.
In Australia, this is part of the 'Drivers License' requirement....being caught obstructing any emergency vehicle would (very likely) result in losing your license !
They are required to pull over but you're not allowed to break the law to pull out of the way. Also with heavy traffic in major cities - like New York - it can be nigh on impossible. Plus, apparently one third of Americans aren't aware of these laws. 🤷♀️
@ if you watch any of those police chases panning out on American freeways, almost nobody dives into the slow lanes to get out of the way. British and European drivers generally honour the idea that they stay in slower lane unless and until they are overtaking someone. American drivers happily sit in the middle (or faster) lane for mile after mile
I have been a paramedic for 16 years in the UK, a lot of people will not pull over for ambulances and some will try to race you.
This is not true. You have to get out of the way and most US roads are wide enough to do so. People try to get out of the way in the UK as well, but it is often not possible.
20:16 the reason you shouldnt change seats on a plane is in the event of a crash, people are often identified by their seat.
Woah, there is no jumping queue in the UK. It is an absolute no no. You jump que and everyone in that que will stop you.
The tutting will commence and it will be loud
@Abi_81 more than tutting, I physically removed a cocky girl who thought she could just jump que with her two mates. I'm tiny but a weight-lifter so she did not get her way. 😁
@Abi_81- and the glaring!
I seem to get very wide when noticing someone attempting to queue jump. One day I was next to be served, a woman with one piece was behind me then an elderly gentleman, suddenly the woman’s hubby arrived with a huge trolley of goods and pushed in front of the elderly man, I told him to go in front of me, hubby and wife were very unhappy and went to find a shorter queue. They were still 3 customers behind in another queue as I exited the store.
@GS-dc4dt 😂
The only house tour I might be interested in would be around a Stately Home or Castle, and even then you might not get to see upstairs.
About how to place your cutlery when you're done, in France, it goes further:
Aligning your knife and fork on the plate means that you're ready for seconds;
Crossing your knife and fork on the plate means "no, thank you", I'm done.
The thing that I find offensive (and mayby my UK friends do too?) is to watch someone (American, generally), not use a knife at all, forking out his food just with the fork (generally) in his right hand and ... placing his (left) elbow on the table!!! Yuk!!!
Watching some Americans shovelling in their food, seemingly without taking a breath, makes me feel queasy!
Yes!!!
Oh definitely! But even worse is when they use the fork when cutting up food they hold it in their fist like a toddler!😂
Forks and spoons are not cutlery. Cutlery is knives, swords and razors... things that *_cut._*
I remember the horrified look on my brothers face when we were holidaying in France in the 50’s.He was talking and left his knife and fork in the “ unfinished “ position….and the waiter removed his plate 😂😂😂
I was chuckling........ as a Brit, I tend to say sorry to a door if I am pushing it open!
And I've noticed through watching vids about Karens, that some Americans become incensed if they perceive somebody being 'rude'. "That's RUDE" they will shout rudely. As if it is against a law to be rude. Brits treat rudeness as an unpleasent fact of life but it;s not criminal. The idea is to come back with a witty response, not look for a policeman.
I haven’t apologised to a door but I have thanked the atm machine when it gave me my money. Hope nobody heard me
This made me laugh I have also said sorry and thank you to inanimate objects on numerous occasions! 😂
😂 I'm sure the ATM appreciated that!
@Jann5519 In Spain many of our ATMs say (onscreen) "¡Gracias!" at the end of the transaction, and I never fail to reply "No hay de qué."
@RebeccaHebron-x8fAlways a wise precaution. There's no such thing as an inanimate object, they're all out to get you!
Putting cutlery together makes it easier for the server to remove items with little intrusion. It is nice to be nice.
“Sorry” for disturbing them.
If you push in a queue in England, you’ll only do it once!
If you get served at a bar before someone else whose turn it is you’ll point to the person and tell the server it’s their turn. If not they’ll come over to you and let you know it’s their turn.
Also Americans feels entitled in a lot of ways.
And a lot of Europeans think it's perfectly acceptable to be racist about Americans. - It's not.
Talking about religion isn't so much rude in the UK, it's just weird. I would seriously ask myself why I was talking to someone who launched into a conversation about religion - possibly backing away until I found an escape. That's why the US evangelist thing isn't at all a thing here. I have a large circle of friends and acquaintances that I've known for years - I have no idea what religions they follow. The only time it might come up is if one of them got married or mentioned going to midnight mass at Christmas.
Agree. I've been to funerals that have turned out to be a catholic service - and I had absolutely no idea that the person who died was a catholic. They had never mentioned that to me in their life, and I might have known them for years - and I in turn have never told them what my religion (or lack of religion) is. I wouldn't dream of ever asking anybody what religion they followed - or if they did indeed follow one.
It's one of those oddities of the USA, the constant need to anchor themselves to something other than their own identity, the whole Irish, Italian or African qualifier rather than just being Americans and this need for religion, the only country where every President ends every speech with "And God bless America," also the only democratic country where the children everyday pledge allegiance to a flag.
@carlyleroad , Canada is about “half and half”. Grrr 😡
In God We Trust, printed on their money. @RushfanUK
Yes, the American evangelist thing isn't really a thing in the UK , - going back 100-200 it was indeed a big thing.
As a Christian myself, we often discuss evangelism in church... the conclusion is if we're going to reach people we have to become examples of our faith.. rather than just endlessly preach at people. - Ultimately people will come to their own conclusions.
Putting your utensils together makes it clear that you are finished. She mentions this, but doesn't put 2 and 2 together. If she were to consider this point with the previous point about not being hurried to finish by the staff (or dinner party hosts in their home), she'd understand why it is a useful thing to do. Staff (who aren't rushing you in the UK), then know to come over and start clearing. It sounds like the Americans aren't allowed to stop eating at any point and must keep a firm grip on their cutlery, or their plates will be taken away.
Once, when I was in America, I left my unfinished meal to visit the loo. When I came back, my plate was gone! I was so confused because I had deliberately ensured my cutlery was left showing I wasn't finished...
@JanetChamberlain-m9p because in the US cutlery is seldom considered a signal of anything ... unless its "high end" dinning
The habit is so ingrained that I always put my knife and fork together even though I live alone and there is no-one to 'show' that I've finished!
probably caused by the toxic tipping culture
gotta keep those tables full
You don’t single queue at a bar in the UK. This is a strange new phenomenon with kids. Kind of why the bar is 20 foot wide. Decent bar staff will work their area and note or ask who’s next.
My partner and I drove over the Canadian border into Seattle for an Indigo Girls concert at a stadium, and were shocked to suddenly be surrounded by American fans in our little patch while sitting on a small tarp in the grass below the stage. They stomped all over our space and elbowed in so close, we were forced to stand up without an inch of wiggle room, for the whole concert. Plus, to make matters worse, lots of people stood in front of us, we were both 5’2”. We were completely uncomfortable, and saw very little of the performers. These people had no problem invading our space, and we were in shock, and frankly, very pissed off. At home in Vancouver, at outdoor concerts everyone gets there early to stake their claim and lay out their blanket and mostly, people give you space because they too want space. If you want to stand up and dance, there’s a section for that, behind the audience.
This should really be called American habits that are rude ANYWHERE ELSE!!!!!
Absolutely agree!😄
Very true.
And much of what the lady mentioned is rude here in the US as well. But then, maybe they're regional. I'm from the rural south. Visiting other parts of the US (e.g. West coast or "up north"), especially the big cities, like visiting another country that speaks the same language... although they "talk funny."
One place you don’t stand in a queue in the UK is in a bar, it’s pretty much everyman for himself in this situation.
@anneive710Yeah, not a queue but there's still an unwritten rule of whoever was standing at the bar first waiting to be served should go before someone who got there after them. Most people would say to bar staff "he/she is next" if someone was already waiting.
that was one of the obvious things I noticed about Americans eating with cutlery was that they hold them like children learning how to use them - in aus and nz it is second nature to use the cutlery like the British never thought different until I saw Americans trying to eat with cutlery
Australian here. I recently went on a mediterranean cruise and in the dining room, picking the Americans was simple, just by the way they used their cutlery. It was hilarious
I’ve heard about a case in Belgium during World War II where a US citizen was about to be smuggled out just after the Nazis had arrived. He went to a local cafe or restaurant in order to be ready for his liaison person. He made the mistake of ordering food and using just a fork to eat it. Some soldiers at a nearby table recognised the habit as being American. He was captured and shot soon afterwards. I gather this incident was included in all subsequent training sessions…. I’m an Australian and we follow many of the habits of British people. I’ve also lived in Belgium and they use the same cutlery as Brits and Australians.
@r.fairlie7186I don’t know if this really happened but it was in a scene in the wartime film ‘OSS’, starring Alan Ladd.
USers not eating with knife and fork ! Makes them look like wild people.
Using a fork like a shovel is not done in Europe.
I can't understand wearing men wearing hats indoors. Another reactor was in Westminster Abbey and was astonished that he was asked to remove his baseball hat.
That's just silly. Being rude and loud is one thing but wearing a hat shouldn't bother anyone.
It would bother me!
@andrecoleman1856 It's incredibly disrespectful to wear hats in a house of god.
@andrecoleman1856 not silly at all. It's a sign of respect.
@Samson1 I wasn't referring to church. They said "I can't understand men wearing hats indoors"
we say sorry because we are interrupting them
Hang about, you don't have to 'gather your utensils' they are surely in your hands as you take the last bite so when you put them down for the last time you signal it's ok to take the plate away by putting them together. It is no more effort than placing them haphazardly, none at all.
One's cutlery isn't always in one's hands whilst eating. If you are chewing a mouthful your cutlery is placed on your plate between bites at a wide angle. Only when you're done are the implements placed together. I would definitely lose my meal in France having read someone's comment on it being opposite there 😂
@ I did say, on the last bite’ in my scenario there is no food on the plate. Though to be generous I suppose if you do not finish the food it’s possible you might not know that is the last bite you want until you are chewing it.
With being loud, I don't get why Americans are okay with everyone hearing their business. We use what we call an 'indoor voice' and don't want everyone listening in on our conversations and don't want to hear everyone elses'.
Americans aren't. There are 330 million people.
I work as a Support Worker for teens with autism and regularly say to the kids to speak with an indoor voice as social situations are harder and they can get really loud and inappropriate.
I know! in Italy last summer at a restaurant everyone having their private conversations. Then a table of 4 Americans sat down and we all heard all about their Italian trip and how big their ranches were. It was a brag out loud fest.
Brits love talking about politics and religion, but Americans don't understand how we do it. Americans will ask, "Are you a Christian?" and be personally offended if you are not. Two Brits will say, "I'm a Methodist. How about you?" and if the other person says, "Norse Pagan." the response is more likely to be, "Wow. What does that involve e?" than, "I'll pray fir your soul."
Americans are afraid of political conversations, because to them, argument is negative. We grow up with the idea that debate is how you learn and also how you show you have understood.
Americans panic when a Brit disagrees with them, even though the Brit is not feeling at all hostile. Political debate gets heated, but it's not a fight.
Sadly Americans decide not to discuss politics to keep the peace, which leads the Brits to assume they are just not very bright.
And we are more than happy to be taking to an atheist or an agnostic. We can happily set religion aside. I can't imagine anyone asking me which church I go to! I'm an Atheist Methodist, btw.
I would respond with, well I'm a witch, hello there.
@helenwood8482 I must be an unusual Brit as the two topics of conversation I always avoid are politics and religion! There is a third, which is football, but that's because I've just never been a football fan, so I don't know enough about it to hold a conversation on the topic. Unlike some Brits whose only topic of conversation is football! 🙄
But I avoid politics and religion because they are such emotive subjects, and a conversation can go one of two ways. Either it's interesting and productive, or it ends in a massive argument, but usually the latter! 😆
@andybaker2456 divisive subjects need to be debated. It's healthy. Politics and religion drive a lot of hate and to break that hate down is a good thing.
I've made a mistake at getting involved with an online Twitfest with an American preacher.
In Britain there is such a thing as Bar/Pub etiquette.
Brits know what i mean!
Oh yeah we all know who in the mass throng whose next! A beautiful thing 🤣
@DMGamanda And Barmen very rarely get it wrong, and if you're pushy you will get served LAST
Same in Australia.
@mandynuske4065 well you Aussies or Kiwis or Canadians have those values as they have been instilled in you' andcdareci say some old British bloodlines but sadly our Septic Friends and their etiquette is as good as a fucking chocolate Fireguard!
12:41 it’s not a testament to how polite Brit’s are, it’s a testament to how non-polite Americans are.
I have noticed from watching Americans either when on holiday or on youtube or visiting Americans that very few can use cutlery properly. This is something we teach our children as soon as they are old enough to feed themselves..sort of combined with table manners. As for how you lay your cutlery..knife and fork open on the plate means you are not yet finished, closed together in the centre of the place signifies you are done.
I love how Americans think this is so complicated and difficult 😅
I never thought I could love England any more than I currently do now, but after seeing this vid it's all I can think about now. Putting your fork and knife on a plate like that to let others know you are finished is a great idea. Think I'm going to start doing the same thing tomorrow. I've always left them on the side of the plate, but after thinking about it, that's extra work for them to pick everything up individually. Great vid btw. Love ya England. I'm one HAPPY American today. 😁❤
Hello from wales 🏴 ❤
*'Knife and fork' ... _not_ "fork and knife"
(as when you say the latter out loud it sounds like "f**k 'n' knife"!!) 😉
Its not only the extra work it saves for the waiter its also good hygiene. The cutlery has been in your mouth so its only polite that another person doesn't have to touch that by picking it up off the table.
@brigidsingleton1596Yes, my response to hearing an American say "fork and knife" is always to shout "IT'S KNIFE AND FORK!!" 😆😆
@andybaker2456 🤣🤣🤣
A group of cyber friends met up in the US, I was the only Brit. We numbered about 15, out eating and I started telling of an incident that was amusing. I admit I have a clear voice that carries but I am not loud.
I realised that the restaurant had gone silent so I stopped wondering why.
A voice from across the room called out, "Please carry on ma'm and speak up!" They were all listening in.
I dont have any friends so if i dont feel like cleaning i dont have to.
That's just good time management.
Knife in right hand fork in left hand at the same time and placed next to one another when finished
this has infinitely raised my ego 😂
As a Brit, religion crops up about as much as fairies, leprechauns, the Loch Ness monster and ghosties etc - but much less than Santa does.
So true.
Americans are cultists.
@MuswellAs well as politics !
Father Christmas
@CeleWolf yes thanks, although they're somewhat synonymous Father Xmas would have been more appropriate👍
So glad she mentioned cutlery usage. Americans look like small children learning how to use a knife and fork when they eat. Also when ordering something saying "I need x" or even worse "Gime x" rather than "please may I have x" or "can I please have x".
'I'll do' is another
I think it’s lovely that he feels a little embarrassed about his cutlery skills or lack thereof. We are brought up to use cutlery differently and whilst I hate to see how Americans eat with just a fork, we have to appreciate it’s how they are taught from childhood. I really do hate it though I have to admit.
Why don;t Americans just use a spoon then.
It makes no difference to me (i am uk ) there are more things to worry about .
Watching my hubby eat with just his fork or cutting something with a knife but then swapping the fork into his other hand - drives me nuts. It looks so cackhanded. Not to mention the slurping his drinks, belching without saying pardon me. Or wiping his nose on his sleeves. I mean it's like dealing with a toddler!
I am British and was brought up very strictly regarding table manners. However, it was also encouraged to use just a fork for certain foods that didn't necessitate a knife. Spaghetti or risotto being examples. I find it very odd, and a sign of poor education to see anyone using knife and fork for such dishes. Knowing how to use chopsticks was also encouraged from teens onward for (eg) Chinese food. Flexibility, and integration with different table customs being a sign of good manners. However, I personally dislike using my hand to eat curries and rice etc in India etc. So, sadly, I am likely to be regarded with disapproval in those countries!
You explained perfectly why being loud is so annoying and pointless at 11:30 People just having to get louder and louder to get heard and to be able to hear themselves is quite obviously mad 😂
im the "sorry" when someone bumps into me person but I have a reason for it.
I have very bad balance aswell as I dont realise how close my bag is to someone or something. so even if they bump into me, theres a chance its because I swayed a bit or my bag was too close and they didnt know.
so its normally partly my fault
I often invite friends to my home for dinner or for lunch as well as regularly meeting friends in pubs or restaurants as do many people I know. However, other than on the rare occasion when somebody has moved to a new home, it is not usual to be offered a tour of the house and I certainly don't do it.
@gerardharrison262 It only ever happens when I've just moved into a new place, and even then only to family and close friends.
You CANNOT just change seats on a plane !! You have been assigned a seat - which YOU chose & booked. For safety reasons, you must sit in your assigned seat.
Once the flight has taken off it is quite safe to move seats. After asking permission of course 😊
The only place I changed an assigned seat was at a cinema because the cinema was almost empty.
I used to work in the hospitality industry and sometimes had Americans visit the self service restaurant.... To my horror some of them would have the main course and the pudding on the same plate.... Veg and gravy next to apple pie and custard... I tried explaing one was the savory and the other was the desert, but they didn't think anything was wrong with what they were doing..... And to cap it all they only used a spoon for the whole meal..... He ate like he would be more at home with a trough rather than sitting at a table....
Wow, you were upset because they put everything on one plate. Sheesh.
@stischer47 It's a disgusting thing to do. What is wrong with you? Do you drink pop and coffee mixed?
@ Did you grow up with pigs?
@mobsiesixsixsix9785 My ex puts grenadine syrup in his beer. It's not something I would choose to do myself, but hey, it's his own business.
@petretepner8027 Shudder, how to ruin a decent pint......
I am from France and all of these things are considered rude here as well ... 😄 and in France if someone cuts the queue the person who is cutting the line will definitely hear from the people standing behind ahaha
Only time ive given or asked for a house tour is when just moved in and its a convention ONLY for house warming
Another one, not being on the list, is that in the US it's almost impossible to get a T-Shirt without some text on it, mostly advertising some product, service or even a political statement. I'll wear one if its free and I get a small monthly fee for advertising.
2:24 "At the pub, bro... the pub is your house."
This is true, pub is short for public house. Although they are a business, they have special status in the local community, with the council having to consult the public over it's owners, opening times, who is licenced etc, under what is known as a Asset of Community Value (ACV), and generally (but not always) have the same status as a church.
I would say that us brits do give house tours but generally only if we've just moved into the place.
Exactly!
Or if someone is staying over. It's just not wired if you don't and if it's a smaller flat the sitting room/,living room is the main thing and a kitchen, bathroom and maybe if your luck is the only other thing that's not a bedroom.
10:19 they still don’t realize how loud they are when they go elsewhere, they’re oblivious to their environment and who it affects
We are taught as young children to say please and Thank you and holding doors open for people ,I often have somebody bump into me in shops but I always find myself saying sorry even if not at fault.
Kaylin: "I have to remember to gather *all* my utensils". What, like a knife and fork? That just happen to be in your hand at the time? That must take a lot of effort to remember!
That's cutlery
Put your knife and fork on your plate side by side as if it’s a clock saying 4.20.
My thoughts too after 10 years here she still forgets. Sounds like a stubborn yank not willing to integrate with our customs more like. She enjoys being the loud ill mannered obnoxious yank.
@bcent5758 I use 6.30 😃😃😎😎
I noticed that, how ridiculous ! What is wrong with them 😂
I was recently in Wales visiting a friend. He introduced me to one of his neighbors. After I returned home, she told him that she was shocked when she met me because I was not like "the usual loud mouth American".
@chansetwo Unfortunately that's how the rest of the worlds see's Americans, and to be fair not all Americans are Loud Mouthed, just most of them😮😮😵💫😵💫
Putting used cutler on the table dirties the tablecloth so gives you more work/laundry to do!
We don't 'cut the queue' we 'jump the queue' ! 😊
I flew back to Europe from the US. Overnight flight, not many people. Of course i stay in my assigned seat. Then an attendant came to say i could sleep in a different place - the whole row! My first question "are you sure?" 😂
I'm confused about them giving you the bill right after they serve you food. What if you want to order more? Like a dessert for instance?
Eating out in America does seem rushed, but ive seen it in uk too.
They want you out as soon as possible and expect a massive tip for rushing/hassling you at the same time.
@ So no dessert?
@LauraDowd I don't tip! You get paid, and if it's not enough then either negotiate or get a better paid job. I refuse to subsidise employers paying low wages.
@iamrocketray I agree. I’ve struggled in the USA with this issue before and is one of the (many) reasons I now avoid it when travelling.
When we moved to the US for six years, my then tween son remarked that the American way of using cutlery was simply very inefficient. Table manners are taught at school and encourage amity. But then, school lunch periods are generally around an hour in British schools. In the US they're half as long at best.
I'm English and a few years ago my mate and I were in a queue at greggs and an American tried to jump the queue my mate grabbed him and threw him out of the door he didn't come back
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Slight overreaction maybe!
@lindsaymckeown513 I agree I had word's with him afterwards
@richardevans6433 Yes they did...
😂 Champion
She forgot the "Vee Sign". That two finger salute has two meanings in the UK. Presenting the back of the hand means "Peace" or just Two. The other way around means "Fuck Off!"
The lady’s example of the plane seat is not totally to do with politeness. It’s procedure. Every passenger has an assigned seat which is paired with the crew’s passenger list. It is a matter of identification in the event of a plane crash that the correct passenger is sitting in the correct seat so that the passenger’s remains can be identified. Asking the crew if they can move is a way for the crew to take note of the seat change on their passenger list.
It is also related to the balance of the aircraft and the centre of gravity. On a flight that is only partly full, the seats are allocated to balance fore and aft and the aircraft’s trim for take off is set accordingly. Passengers changing their seats before take-off will change that CofG which can be a safety issue.