AMAA - Spain - 12 Things I HATE about Living in España - Reaction by Average Middle Aged American
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- In this video, I react to and discuss the video: "12 Things I HATE about Living in Spain". My commentary is my based on my opinion as an Average Middle Aged American that had not yet been to Spain or Europe. :-)
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Andalusia
Almería
Almería
Cádiz
Algeciras
Arcos de la Frontera
Cádiz
Chiclana de la Frontera
El Puerto de Santa María
Jerez de la Frontera
La Línea
Puerto Real
San Fernando
Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Córdoba
Bujalance
Cabra
Córdoba
Lucena
Montilla
Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo
Priego de Córdoba
Puente-Genil
Granada
Andújar
Baza
Granada
Guadix
Motril
Huelva
Huelva
Jaén
Jaén
Linares
Martos
Úbeda
Málaga
Antequera
Coín
Málaga
Melilla
Ronda
Sevilla
Alcalá de Guadaira
Carmona
Dos Hermanas
Ecija
Lebrija
Lora del Río
Marchena
Morón de la Frontera
Osuna
Sevilla
Utrera
Aragon
Huesca
Huesca
Jaca
Teruel
Teruel
Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Asturias
Avilés
Cabañaquinta
Cangas de Narcea
Covadonga
Gijón
Luarca
Mieres
Oviedo
Pola de Siero
San Martín del Rey Aurelio
Tineo
Villaviciosa
Balearic Islands
Palma
Maó
Basque Country
Álava
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Guipúzcoa
Donostia-San Sebastián
Eibar
Irun
Vizcaya
Barakaldo
Bilbao
Getxo
Guernica
Portugalete
Santurtzi
Sestao
Canary Islands
Las Palmas
Arucas
Las Palmas
Telde
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
La Orotava
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Cantabria
Santander
Torrelavega
Castile-La Mancha
Albacete
Albacete
Hellín
Villarrobledo
Ciudad Real
Alcázar de San Juan
Almadén
Ciudad Real
Puertollano
Tomelloso
Valdepeñas
Cuenca
Cuenca
Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Toledo
Talavera de la Reina
Toledo
Castile-León
Ávila
Ávila
Burgos
Burgos
Miranda de Ebro
León
Astorga
León
Ponferrada
Palencia
Palencia
Salamanca
Ciudad Rodrigo
Salamanca
Segovia
San Ildefonso
Segovia
Soria
Soria
Valladolid
Simancas
Valladolid
Zamora
Toro
Zamora
Catalonia
Barcelona
Badalona
Barcelona
Cornellà
Granollers
L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
Manresa
Mataró
Reus
Sabadell
Santa Coloma de Gramenet
Terrassa
Vic
Vilanova i la Geltrú
Girona
Girona
Llívia
Lleida
Lleida
Tarragona
Tarragona
Tortosa
Ceuta (autonomous city)
Extremadura
Badajoz
Almendralejo
Badajoz
Don Benito
Mérida
Villanueva de la Serena
Cáceres
Alcántara
Cáceres
Guadalupe
Plasencia
Trujillo
Galicia
A Coruña
A Coruña
Carballo
Ferrol
Ortigueira
Ribeira
Santiago de Compostela
Lugo
Lugo
Mondoñedo
Monforte de Lemos
Vilalba
Ourense
Ourense
Vigo
Vilagarcía de Arousa
Pontevedra
Pontevedra
Madrid
Alcalá de Henares
Aranjuez
El Escorial
Getafe
Madrid
Melilla
Murcia
Caravaca
Cartagena
Cieza
Jumilla
Lorca
Murcia
Yecla
Navarra
Funes
Pamplona
Roncesvalles
La Rioja
Calahorra
Logroño
Valencia
Alicante
Alcoy
Alicante
Elche
Elda
Orihuela
Villena
Castellón
Castellón de la Plana
Villarreal
Valencia
Alzira
Gandía
Requena
Sagunto
Sueca
Torrent
Valencia
"Madrid (/məˈdrɪd/ ⓘ mə-DRID; Spanish: [maˈðɾið] ⓘ)[n. 1] is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million[10] inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the second-largest in the EU. The municipality covers 604.3 km2 (233.3 sq mi) geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about 650 meters above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic, and cultural centre of the country. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters."
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In the middle of the 16th century, King Philip II, through a Royal Edict, established an eight-hour working day. He signed in 1593 the law VI of Ordinance of Instruction in which he dictated that: “All the workers of the fortifications and factories will work eight hours a day, four in the morning and four in the afternoon; the hours will be distributed by the engineers according to the most convenient time, to avoid the workers the burning of the sun and allow them to take care of their health and their conservation, without missing their duties”. so the miners were not living down there. He says it in a joking way.
Oh, I see. Thanks!
Spain is not racist, that's absurd. The first black person who became professor in Europe was Juan Latino, at the university of Granada (Spain) in XVI century.
Luckily he has not realized that the Patron Saint of Spain, apostle James, is called "Matamoros" (moors killer) XD
USA had a black President for 8 years, there are still racist people in America (and every where else in the world.)
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American that´s true, there are racists every where, even in Africa.
@@p1ndarpahnt536 - sad fact: there are more slaves in Africa currently than were ever sent to America.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American that´s mindblowing.
I supose slavery is as old as coal.
By the way, white asparagus are a delicatessen, they are really expensive. The green ones are expensives, but the whites more. In Spain mostly eat chinese or peruvian asparagus (bad), whereas the spanish asparagus (good) is eaten in northern Europe (rich).
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American In the XVI century!!!!!!!!! Obama was president right now.
23:36 imho the problem with the tourism culture is that too often visit a place just to *see* it, as an attraction. I’m the client, entertain me.
While these pleces are real places that have ti be lived.
A tourist cannot be the “end user” of a city, the city is for the citizens, tourists are guests.
I can see that approach.
JAJAJAJA...pues la verdad es que en muchas cosas tiene razón...pero lo del café no es cierto, hay muchos cafés en España y de todo (hay hasta café del Starbucks que eso si que no vale para nada y además te lo dan en un vaso de cartón)....pero bueno que diga que España es racista¡¡¡¡¡¡...España para que quede claro es el país más abierto del mundo, aquí conviven muchas religiones , culturas, negros , blancos, amarillos, azules, ingleses, etc ...incluso personas que no hablan español y no se les exige....y lo último, y te doy toda la razón, es que te enfades porque te confundan con un inglés, es normal eso si que tiene que doler, lo siento y estoy totalmente de acuerdo contigo¡¡¡¡
Ellos confunden a los españoles con los mexicanos ,tienen un cacao tremendo con los países de habla hispana ;de hecho,la mayoría ubican la península en el continente americano.......la geografía NO ES SU FUERTE ,hay mucha ignorancia a este respecto.
I love white asparagus!!!
They are a delicacy with a wonderful flavor.
And you don't need to put a gooey mayonnaise on them.
Better a homemade mayonnaise, alioli or all kinds of vinaigrettes and dressings.
Interesting... :😆
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American kids usually don't like asparagus. It's for educated palate.
@@angyliv8040 - LMAO! I wish I felt like a kid!
Asparagus with "romesco" sauce... Mmmmm!
Hi, I'm a humble Spanish follower of your channel. After watching some of your videos, I can only congratulate you on your composure and open-mindedness. You don’t make hasty judgments, and that truly honors you. Every country has its ups and downs. I really enjoy watching your genuine reactions, and if you ever come to Spain and visit Valencia, don’t hesitate to reach out to me. It would be my pleasure to help you in any way I can.
@vge7963 - Thank you so much for your kind words and offer. I started my channel about 7 months ago, and I am leaning a lot. I have not always been open minded, it is something I am working hard on. 🙂
It is a shame that this person who has been living in Spain for 12 years shows such reluctance to see things simply as they are culturally and sees racism where there is none. Perhaps it is a consequence of a pre-established political position, or of his unwillingness to see his own supremacism and racism against the Spanish people, accusing them of something that they are mostly not.
None is a big word.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American The Three Wise Men is a several centuries old Spanish tradition. King Melchor represents Europe, King Gaspar Asia and King Baltasar Africa; the three continents known before 1492.
Currently Spain has a 2.4 percent of black population, after 30 years of big waves of inmigration. So there were no black people who could represent King Baltasar centuries and decades ago. So the tradition was to paint someone's face to become King Baltasar, with no intention to be mocking at black people but with the intention to represent that there are no races and all humans are brothers. The three known races back then, worshipping Lord Jesus.
So, even if you think NONE is a big word, yes NONE, I keep it and I mean it.
And Mr. James, having been living in Spain for 12 years as he says, should know better.
By the way, Conguitos is a well-known Spanish candy, and no one is mocking at black people because that name at all.
Anyway, following James train of thought I think .... "Black Friday" is racist!!!
So, I repeat, even though NONE is a big word it's the right one. If James wanted to talk about racism, maybe he could have found some real facts from some individual people but not from Spanish society as a whole.. Perhaps he couldn't and he took the easy way.
Un saludo.
@@irondequoit2931 - I understand your thoughts but every country has some. I have been called names in reference to my country by Spaniards on this channel, so I find it hard to believe that 0 is the amount of possible racism.
@@irondequoit2931 Muy bien explicado, al tal James de Nueva Zelanda, se le puede aplicar el dicho" se cree el ladrón que todos son de su condición", en referencia a su ascendencia anglo, bien conocida por su clasismo e intolerancia"racismo", a lo largo de la historia. Un saludo
Im not Spanish, but romanian n i go sometimes on vacation in spain. I love spain n my impression is this dude kinda search hard for something to hate. No country is perfect, there are problems everywhere, n sometimes these problems are the same everywhere. What about trying to ignore the lil annoyments. For example, if you don't like spanish standard coffee (i love it), just brew your own home or go to a starbucks (in my opinion what they sell there barely qualifies as coffee but ok). Or just don't pick up the spam phone calls. What's the big deal, why allow such details ruin your mood n make you "hate" your living somewhere? I think that dude's video is a bunch of drama queen exaggerations tbh
@alinastanescu6208 - Almost all of his videos about Spain are positive. I think he was just trying to explain that no country is perfect. Thanks for commenting and checking out my channel!
Alina.
I'm with you
00:01:34. No offense. Yeah, James is a kiwi who lives in Spain, he married an Spaniard woman and actually has a kid (or two, don't remember). Their videos are actually pretty good and of course he has the right to complaint as a kinda half Spaniard. :D
The environment where you live has an influence in your life. If you live with people that think that Spain is a racist country for example, you will end up thinking the same because they are going to show you every time they see it, like confirmation of their ideas, but ignoring the rest of things that say the opposite. And you will do the same as a habit. He has a point of view about Spain that has experienced through her wife. It's a point of view that can be real and general or just a personal view.
Lo del café es verdad, el torrefacto es asqueroso.... pero mucha gente le echa tanta azúcar que no lo percibe.
Si vas a sitios de turistas o sitios muy baratos siempre van a usar café barato(torrefacto) por desgracia, el café bueno debe saber muy suave al contrario que el torrefacto.
U are right, if he doesn't like that sort of coffe why doesn't he ask for a different one?, It is just funny
Y si no , que lo tome de máquina , que están aguados Igual son los que le gustan...!?
@@mariadelmar514 No me extrañaría, menudo personaje, vertiendo acusaciones de racismo porque existen los conguitos y el rey Melchor que se pinta la cara uno XD, que abyecto
Hola, me gusta mucho tu canal
Te escribo desde Valencia, España. La cuidad donde nací y resido.
Te explico algo sobre la Seguridad Social española. Es un organismo que pertenece exclusivamente al estado español. Los pagos a la seguridad social se descuentan de la nómina del trabajador y el empresario también paga. Ese dinero se destina a la asistencia sanitaria y a las pensiones; pensiones de jubilación, de desempleo, de incapacidad laboral, de viudedad, de orfandad y otras.
La asistencia sanitaria es completamente gratuita, no importa si necesitas una cirugía, un trasplante o un tratamiento oncológico, no pagarás absolutamente nada. E incluso los medicamentos están financiados en su totalidad o en parte por el estado. Yo tengo una enfermedad que requiere un tratamiento que tiene un coste de 2000 euros mensuales y cuánto pago por el? Cero euros
Espero que te haya ayudado a conocer mejor nuestro sistema sanitario, que además está considerado como uno de los de más calidad en Europa. Número uno mundial en trasplantes.
Recibe un afectuoso saludo y no te olvides visitar Valencia cuando vengas a España
Thank you for the kind words and explaining the SS system!
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American I am sorry, but what she says is partially false. “Seguridad Social” contributions do only fund unemployment benefits and pensions. Healthcare is universal and free, as she says, but it is funded by other taxes, not employment (“Seguridad Social”) contributions. This error is common. According to a recent survey, half of Spaniards think what she said.
@@SergioMongeBenito - I figured between SS and income tax it gets covered. Thanks!
Paying in cash is a way to pay salaries that are not official so no social contributions are paid on those which affects to assurances for unemployment benefits and future pensions… employer save money this way as it is out of books
What's with people voting with no ID in the States? How is that possible? Could you explain?
Don't get me started!
We have two political parties and they are split about 45/55. They agree on very little. It is a mess. We need 5-10 equal parties or none. Democrats act like it is racist to require ID because a lot of minorities may not have an ID. It is total BS, because you can not get on a plane or cash a check or drive a car without an ID. It is their way of allowing people to vote who are not allowed to vote or to vote more than once.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American They've recently introduced needing id to vote in the UK. The election in July was the 1st time I ever had to show id to vote. Luckily I remembered to take some as I never carry id with me anywhere. Seems a reasonable thing to me to stop voring fraud.
España racista? Es tan racista que estamos acogiendo a toda África y nadie dice ni pío. Más que racistas somos imbéciles.
ouch
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American la puñetera verdad .
15:41 i didn’t even know there was non torrefacted coffee. Espresso is torrefacted, and it’s the only proper coffee, obviously =]
It is not, espresso is how you make the coffee and torrefaction is a cheap way to roast coffee because it is easier to keep it fresh that way but torrefacto is garbage, always use tueste natural, otherwise it will be torrefacto shit.
@@Odrade100 espresso coffee, like all italian coffee, is torrefacted. The italian word for a company that produces coffee is “torrefazione”.
And i dare to say, italian coffee is not usually regarded as garbage.
@@conigliostressato It is not, torrefacto is a process to toast the seed adding sugar, it is cheap and it tastes bad. At least use Google and learn about it, torrefacto is the coffee of poor people, it was popular during dictatorship cos the extreme poverty.
@@conigliostressato It is not torrefacted if it is good, it is torrefacted if it is cheap garbage, torrefaction is a process of roasting that makes the cofee cheaper and it was popularized in Spain due to the extreme poverty during dictatorship. Here is a quote from wikipedia:
According to Sagi Cohen, the torrefacto process allows coffee to be kept fresh for longer; lowers its price, as it is mixed with much cheaper sugar; and imparts it with flavors which he variously describes as "burnt sugar", "diluted asphalt" and "liquefied coal".
@@Odrade100 i don’t know dude, maybe spanish companies are not good at torrefaction (and spanish coffee is indeed pretty meh).
Again, all italian coffee is torrefacted, and it’s the best coffee in the world.
In Spain, tourism revenues currently represent 12% of GDP, Gross Domestic Product, with the rest coming from industry and services.
What did I say? 13%? 12 or 13% of a lot is a lot.
Something about the US electoral process that bugs me off is precisely Electoral Colleges and the "sweepstakes" (winner takes it all) method. Spain doesn't have a straight democracy (AFAIK only Switzerland has) but a representative one. Our party lists however, which differ from UK, are *closed* and we don't vote candidates, we vote parties. Then D'Hondt method (Jefferson method) applies to share the seats at Parlament. Each province gets a certain number of seats (from 2 in Soria to 37 in Madrid, based on population) so the proportional representation goes to the parties. Each party had closed lists for each province, so the more votes, the more seats they get. Elected congressmen choose a Prime Minister, who then builds the executive power.
Great information. Thanks!
Interesting so if you vote for parties does that mean you can't stand as an independent candidate?
@@JohnnyBoy-h6z Yes, you are able if you register first as a party or association. Sometimes small parties which bring very local policies present themselves for a certain province. For example, recently a party called "Teruel exists" whose policy was to fight for decent roads and trains in a very isolated and mountainous province called Teruel, got 19761 votes (26.66 % of the province) back in 2019 and got 1 seat at the national Congress. But however in 2023 they only got 11338 votes (14.95%) which led to no seats at all.
Big parties do not want rebel candidates. Often some congressmen are severely fined or even *expelled* if they vote upon their honour and conscience against their party policies. 😮
@@BlackHoleSpain ah ok thanks for the info
19:02 i’m pretty sure the concept of “franchise” is an american concept.
Some years ago they tried to open Domino’s in my italian city, and it did not last one year (i tried it once and i literally felt sick).
Now they opened the first starbuck, i suppose tourists will be enough to sustain its weirdly expensive soft drinks.
Pretty bad business plan to open a Domino's in Italy. LOL! Maybe a NY Pizza style or something just to be different but not a Domino's!
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American sorry, how a “ny pizza style” is different? From the look of it is just bad street pizza.
Btw, coffee here in most places is 1.50€ (it sadly skyrocketed after pandemic), how does that compare to starbucks’ business model?
@@conigliostressato - I don't drink coffee, but I think Starbucks is quite expensive. Maybe $5-7 per cup. Fun fact: Starbucks has borrowed MILLIONS from their customers with gift cards. LOL. 0% loan and half will probably lose their card. NY pizza is different, and definitely better than Domino's! Usually made by Italian Americans.
I personally think it makes all the sense in the world that you should have to renounce to the citizenship of your original country and become a full citizen in your new country if you want to have a say in how the country is run by voting (whether it is Spain or any other country we are talking about).
And it is for the exact reason you said you would never give up your american citizenship: if things get ugly in your new country, you can always go back. You'd still have a home, far away and safe, that is native to you. A place you can return to. You simply have a lot less skin in the game.
So I disagree with Mr. Blick on that point.
@FalcoSorreo - I understand where you are coming from. I can be a dual citizen since I am American, though. 😉
And I will add that in my opinion the answer to the question of who is a real anything, whether it be a real american, or a real spaniard, or a real chinese, or a real whatever, is this: It's whoever can't be anything else.
Can you be french? No. Can you be chinese? No. Can you be mexican? No. Can you be american? Yes. Then you are a true american. And the same goes for every country.
Those are the people who should have more of a say in how the country is run, because they are the ones who will lose their only home if things get really bad.
Hola, este youtuber kiwi está casado con una joven española y tienen una niña. Son muy simpáticos y les encanta España. 😊
Los bancos Españoles tienen horarios muy cortos y las sucursales bancarias van cerrando poco a poco, por que todo en europa avanza a realizar TODOS los tramites con la banca online...ingresos de efectivo (en cajeros automaticos), retirada de efectivo, transferencias, pago de impuestos y tasas, contratación de seguros...etc...en realidad puedes realizar cualquier tramite desde el telefono.....y si necesitas atención personalizada, debes pedir cita.
That is great until a computer is down. 🙂 America is headed that way, but people are rebelling because digital currency equals less privacy.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American efectivamente!!!...de esta forma el control fiscal es total por parte de los gobiernos...pero inevitablemente es el futuro...
Say hi to your lovely cat, from a random cat lover here in Spain 😻😅
We are very direct and sincer. If she said yes it's because she thinks so...we drink it but it's strong. we drink at least one cup, we can live without. What a precious cat you have!
awwww, thanks! She is spoiled but she deserves it.
The cost of living in Spain might be suggestive to you, but the harsh reality for locals is that salaries are quite low here and prices lately have increased to such extent that are becoming unbearable, specially apartment renting, which has doubled in big cities. For example, I'm an IT Systems & Networks Technician and my position is barely paid €23-25k a year, even though I must know about Windows, Linux, databases, routing and Internet protocols, programming, virtualization, firewalls, cloud cibersecurity and now fucking AI. Cost of living here is ~85% of Germany, where minimum wage is €23k, the same as my highly skilled job, which is paid €50-60k over there or The Netherlands, or even $80k-110k in the States. That enrages me.
El salario mínimo mensual actual en Alemania, establecido por el Ministerio Federal de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, es de EUR 1985 (USD 2,190.46) trabajando 40 horas semanales para todo trabajador mayor de 18 años.
Equivale al mínimo, valga la redundancia, que recibe un trabajador por la jornada legal de trabajo independientemente del tipo de contrato que tenga.
Por mes, con el descuento por impuestos, quedaría un salario neto de EUR 1528 (USD 1,686.15). Esto es lo mínimo que deberían cobrar trabajando 5 días a la semana, 8 horas diarias.
@@JMGUIX- that is about the same as America. The question is how many people are working near that wage. Germany is the outlier of Europe for income.
@@JMGUIX ¿Por qué Google entonces me da esta respuesta?
_"El salario mínimo interprofesional a partir de junio de 2024 en Alemania ha quedado fijado en 2.054 € al mes, es decir 24.648 euros al año"_
Los salarios en los contratos laborales, al menos en España (no sé desde dónde escribes) siempre se expresan en bruto, no en neto. Escribí €23k, pero es casi €25k !!!
Lo patético son los nuestros, porque se supone que el mío es un trabajo altamente cualificado, y no puedo ni pensar en abandonar la casa de mis padres 😥
@@BlackHoleSpain El salario mínimo interprofesional a partir de junio de 2024 en Alemania ha quedado fijado en 2.054 € al mes, es decir 24.648 euros al año, teniendo en cuenta que se consideran 12 pagas anuales, que es la división habitual del salario anual en la mayor parte de los países.
Pues sencillo porque ahí te dicen calculando el salario en 12 meses. Cuando en Alemania hay el (Weihnachtsgeld) que es la paga extra de Navidad, que suele ser un poco menor que el salario común. Así tenemos que; Salario mínimo 1985 x 12=23820 + paga de navidad, (esta depende su cuantía del empleador) en el ejemplo que indicas la paga extra fue de 828€ pero podía ser de 1000€. Con lo que tu salario anual seria de 24820.
@@JMGUIX Ah! Bueno, también en España tenemos 14 pagas, pero solo 12 de ellas cotizan a la Seguridad Social, por lo que la paga de Verano y Navidad son *mayores* de lo normal.
Aquí el salario mínimo bruto son 15876 euros, en 14 pagas de 1134 euros. El neto puede ser a veces menor de 1000.
Love the cat, greetings from Barcelona
Thanks and Howdy from America!
When u come just try, the big one from Navarra is a delicatessen and soft, let it a chance
The big Asparagus from Navarra(España), are delicious, we eat them sometimes as a starter usually with mayoneise or vegetales with vinegar(vinagreta style)
He can say what he want, but White asparagus with "romesco" sauce are deligthfull.
I'm not sure people hate Americans or America. American chains are prevalent in a lot of different countries but so are chains form those countries too. I think it is just the way the world has changed so smaller places find it harder to compete. Some Americans are annoying when they go on about how USA is the best and freest country when it's just another country with pros + cons like everywhere else. and they tend to be loud too Not all Americans are like that though.
I'm in the UK. I can't remember the last time I went to a bank most branches have been closed. I find it hard to believe that people in USA (or Spain) are going to the bank to cash their pay cheques or other cheques. These must be unusual cases. I think I've seen 2 cheques this century and both those I paid into my account by taking a photo and using the app on my smart phone.
Interesting that they think New Zealand is in Northern Europe I wonder if they are confusing it with Zealand which is part of Denmark.
I know of businesses that do not even take credit cards. Checks and cash are still used in USA. There are probably 100 banks within 15 miles of my house.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Yes cash will be used nearly everywhere here. I don't think there would be many employers who would pay by cash or cheque though would just be direct debit straight into your bank and you get your pay slip by email. There used to be at least 4 or 5 banks in every suburb of my city 20 years ago now each bank will just have a branch in the city centre.Over 6,000 banks have closed their branch in the last 9 years in the UK and they were dying out 9 years ago. It's understandable though as there really is hardly ever a reason to go into the branch. The local branch is becoming a thing of the past. Cheques have virtually disappeared I can't even remember how to write one which used to be a common activity in the 1990s when I had a cheue book. It's just one of those things that has disappeared like video rental shops.Interesting video though. I guess you have to have it in mirror image for copyright reasons?
@@JohnnyBoy-h6z - yes, I wasted about 12 hours on 3 videos that were copyrighted when they should not have been. It is a very lopsided system to fight copyright claims.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Fair Enough. Keep up the good work.
We don't use cheques in Spain 😉 and probably not in any other EU country. That's something I remember from the 80's or so...
Anyway, our social-democratic government laws to fight informal underground economy, now *FORBIDS* any cash transaction over 1000€ which limits the freedom of people.
The state's obsession with controlling the movement of capital and people is sickening. Now they even want accommodations (hotels, hostels, AirBnB, etc) to inform about the name and relationship between the customers, so they can force taxes or even ban the activities. Spain is beginning to become a police state.
These man is from New Zealand not USA
Spain is a straight democracy.
To imply otherwise or to doubt it shows great ignorance and is even disrespectful.
Why do you think it is not?
Do you think France, Denmark, Italy or Germany are not "straight democracies"?
ALL Spanish adult citizenss can vote, they don't need to register previosly.
Can an American say the same?
By the way, here you can have dual citizenship like in any other country.
Why so hostile? America is not a democracy. It is not an insult. We can debate what a "straight democracy" means all day, but what would be the point?
Im sorry for that rude comment. Spain is a full democracy but this person shouldn't have tell you in that way. You dont have to know.everything about us and I think you are very polite and respectful, just asking
Have a good day from spain!@@Average_Middle_Aged_American
@@teresatevar3496 - thanks!
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American At the end, this rude guy says that you can have dual citizenship in Spain. That is only partially true. You can have dual citizenship with some specific countries (historic bonds and so on). It seems that New Zealand is not one of them, and that is why the guy in the video is pissed.
@@SergioMongeBenito - Makes sense. Thanks!
You look fort mose!! Histori!
Beautiful kitty❤️
Thank you! 😊
Los letreros están al reves😂
Backwards. 🙂
el espárrago es una delicia pero con bayonesa... soy Español y en fin es horrible.
Looks like it. 🙂
White Asparagus is big in GER too and i dont like it at all 😃
I can't even handle my wife eating regular asparagus in the same room. 🙂
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American It is how it is. We have to be tolerant even to asparagus-eaters.
They are everywhere...😁
@@TrumpFanClubDeutschland - It is rough.
Hello again, first i got to say james is great and does great content and work, but i'd like to add more suggestions so you can have a little contrast, and some time ago i found this guy, adventure elliot , that i think can give you perspective what interactions in the street here, yet i know they got a camera and so but here it goes.
Also want to tell you about another guy, larry shy who is the biggest fan of spain there on the us, check him out too.
About the topic, i don't know if can be objective but when looking at the racism point i don't feel it is a terrible situation, can't say it is over obviously but we are a multicultural society in every town, we live among people from different origins that are spanish today, other that are not yet so but feel so, and others that come from other countries just to work. for instance, it is common that people from northen africa comes here and they also have childrens with locals as normal, people from all over europe nowadays and more importantly from hispanoamerica, and we also go there so is a reciprocate relation that has been going for more than 500 years now, the percentage of genetic mixture in the population of any american country that was part of the spanish empire is way bigger than others around the world with similar situations, we made more love than war actually, but that's for another day, as for today eventhough there is discrimination specially against african and moor people , they also are among any other group of citizens and some of them are remarcable or famous ones, and they are yet minorities.
But i also want to add that this is a generalized european context on this matter as on the last 20 or more years the amount of irregular inmigration that comes from africa in any way posible is totally overwhelming and this lead to 2 views on our society: those who say people that come here are in need and it is a moral responsability as the most civilized place around, lacking of wars and in economic progress, and so and so; we have to give them a place to be so they can be ok.
An on the other side those who think this is beyond any good for our country and society, that they will undermine the footings of western civilization and will lead to a uncontrolable public security issue, etc.
And also there is the media that is always getting advantage of polarization. But i guess you are already familiar with this.
Now, there is a difficult topic i got to adress but i know you won't understand me.
Everytime you , and james, get upset about the way spanish people can be decievous, tricky and unreliable. You mentioned this in other video about how in some restaurants they may scam you and so, in this one the relationship between employer and employee , of mutual distrust. Well, for centuries, our society has cultivated this so as you don't want to get scammed you become the scammer and so the cycle continues. If you want to really understand this i recommend you one of the most famous spanish books from around XVI s. "Lazarillo de Tormes" about a rogue, a wanderer who started as a kid and tells you how he learned all ther trick through his life. As it is an anonimous text, some believe it is actually an autobiography, and i just found out it is a precedent to a genre that extended to Huckleberry Finn so you get what this is about.
The point is this actitude is actually praised as a sign of audacity and intelligence, and also the values of survival that were so important back then.
This is called "picaresca" and it is asumed that you should be prepared for that , get some of that...to survive. it comes from "pícaro" that would be a low thief or just wanderer.
I'm not yet sure you two will understand me but what i'm almost sure is that you are now more angry as you know it is a thing.
Have a good weekend bye!
@Waksen_yt - Thank you for taking the time to watch my videos and contribute to my channel. It makes me a little sad to know that some people are OK or even proud to be scammers, but there are these people in every country. I am pretty sharp as far as street smarts, so I am not discouraged to visit your beautiful country.
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in Peru....In Uzbekistan....In Tanzania....guess what pal? Not everyone does things like the USA including taxes! This vid is about Spain!
This video is about me reacting to a video and giving my opinions, pal.