i went to europe to visit a friend and i was so shocked that the bathroom stalls were basically like a room with a toilet… there was 100% privacy and i was so amazed by it
There’s quite a few that don’t have hooks. People (mainly children), who will either glance into your stall, or even park themselves against a wall or counter & stare into your stall. Had both happen to me. When that second one happens, I’ve been known to press(since I’ve got it ready), the loudest, ear splitting, obnoxious alarm for drawing attention. Believe me when I say I don’t care whoever else it scares. Absolutely not one person is ready to hear that.
I feel like the thing that gets glossed over with foreigners when they go to restaurants in the States is that nobody really expects you to eat all that food. There is a reason why we're so good about letting you take food home. Do I have any idea why it's that way? No, but if it means I don't have to cook for another night, I'm not complaining.
exactly I love it, as an american in japan the portions are usually finishable but some places give so much food + I can't take it home but it's also kinda rude to leave food behind I can't win fr usually non japanese owned places are chill tho
Wait, there are places that don’t let you take food home?? I’m from South Africa and I’ve never been to a food service place or restaurant here that hasn’t let me take the food I paid for home if I didn’t finish it
@@jocelyn_andrea I believe it's generally pretty rare to take home food in Europe. I've heard mixed things about Asia, but I don't know a thing about other continents. Whether or not restaurants would allow you to is up for debate, but there are certainly places where it's not a cultural norm.
@@orbitaldumpsterfire oh okay I see. Well here it’s also completely normal to take home food if you didn’t finish. Although I don’t believe it will ever amount to being another whole meal
For those that don't know: Reverse culture shock=This woman grew up in the US and then moved abroad so she forgot that these were things that happen in the US when she came back.
@@piinksunflwrso? I've experienced reverse culture shock after only living abroad for 6 months. It's not like you completely forget about your home country, you just get used to things being different. It happens quicker than you'd think.
@@svetlana4310 it’s not really, at least in cities… a lot of restaurants have to-go options as well, so they’ve got the necessary boxes and bags (at least in Portugal)
@@nonignorantsatis Lol... ok. I was just making additional comments on big American portion sizes. Also, in some countries it's not as common. That's all.
@@scz1770 I thinks it's goood to have many choices! After all there's people who have allergies or special dietary. I myself can't eat a specific ice cream brand bc it has something I'm allergic to. And a friend of mine is celiac, so she needs gluten free options!
@@marag7420 yeah those are included in England lol. Obviously alternatives for allergies and intolerances matter. But we don't need as many choices as we have here, it's ridiculous.
@@marag7420 I live in Germany and we have EVERYTHING in here, even for people with allergies or special diets... and our bigger supermarkets are not half as huge as a standard one in America. You also have to think about having to throw all this stuff out once their due date has come. By far not everything will be eaten on time and all this really fine stuff goes to waste bc we want to have everything available at all times. That's already a problem in Germany. Not to begin with North America.
Those cracks in the door in public toilets are BIG. I felt so exposed. I was only 16 when I visited the US, and it was a big culture shock to make eye contact in the mirror with the person washing there hands 😮
As an American the worst feeling is checking if someone is in a stall and making eye contact. The second worst is using a stall and someone checks if it's in use and you make eye contact Just gonna edit to say last time I did that was in elementary after the eye contact. Now I just nudge the door or assume it's used if it's closed no matter what, knocking is even weirder tbh
Nah ,if the stalls closed, just quickly check under to see thier feet. no need to make using the public restroom awkward by knocking .It takes 2 second to look down for feet lmao cuz I'd bother you right back when I'm done .leave us alone were concentrating 😆
The pet dogs and emotional support animals in public have gotten really out of control. So many people claim that they're service dogs when they are not, and establishments are so afraid of being accused of discrimination and of the people throwing tantrums that they don't even bother enforcing no pet rules. Other than being allowed to live in pet free apartments emotional support animals have no more rights than any other pet. Service dogs have to go through intensive training, and be completely obedient and well behaved when working. A real Service dog would never wander away from their handler or go snooping into something else or approach anyone else in public.
Yeah the bathroom cracks have always irritated me. One time a little kid just stood staring. Dude go with your mom! I understood struggle taking your male kid in bathroom w/u but take him in your stall & turn his azz around & not leave him out to stall around the cracks!!
I can’t tell you how many times some mothers little boy (even little girls few times) tried crawling into my stall or opening it or straight up opened it or peeked through, or threw something, it happened even as a kid myself and I had push a kid away which is so scary, seriously parents need watch their kids
the bathroom stall cracks baffle me. a little kid once stared at me through the crack and got scared when i said 'NO' firmly at them LMFAOO they spun around so quick
I remember being a kid, and a kid my age (i was pretty young maybe 6 or 7) just stood outside my stall, eyes glaring through the crack as though i couldnt see her. I was like "helloooo." Some kids are just weird.
@@jessmacdd you're absolutely right! I thought it was so strange because i was 6, with very clear boundaries, being mean mugged by someone else my age who apparently couldnt recognize one. I remember having a thought along the lines of "is she for real right now?"
LMFAO i had the same thing happen at a concert, i scared the shit out of them by hitting the stall door really hard because they were right up against it looking at me 😭 not enough to hit the kid but just to freak them out
I’ve heard the bathroom stall cracks are for like medical emergencies. Otherwise someone could literally die on the toilet and no one would know for a while. Dunno how accurate it is or if it makes a difference but that’s what I’ve always heard anytime the stall crack issue is brought up
@Claire Munroe I don't think that's always true. I used to live in the UK and in my experience the higher end restaurants take your card and bring it back to you. Especially in London.
We had 2 foreign exchange students, one from Thailand and the other from Italy. The Italian couldn't believe we lived so far from stores that we had to drive everywhere. She said everything was in walking distance. Girl from Thailand couldn't believe that cell phones were so cheap here.
in brazil we also drive everywhere. i just came back from europe and omg you can do anything walking or by bike. i see more cars here in one day than i saw there in 14 lol
@@Luisa20102011 I am Brazilian and we drive to a lot of places but like, the US is on a whole different level. The place where I lived in Tennessee didn't even have sidewalks in the residential area, like what- Most places I lived in Brasil I could get to a supermarket with at max a 30-minute walk, and sometimes there was a bakery nearer. Also, I could always walk to school in Brazil, but in the US in both Florida and Tennessee where I lived it was just too far.
I am in Rome and I don't even need to have a car. In about 1000 mt I have: three grocery stores, a gym, three pizzeria, two cool bar for aperitivo, a park, a post office, two banks (one is mine), the shop main street, a cinema and each school from kindergarten to university. I can litterally live in this 1000 mt. Of course you took the car to change places, to travel and all, but for routine life you have everything. It's like this in mostly of Italian cities because we are small and densily populated, I guess. USA has those biiig distances.
Dude when I went to Europe I was so amazed at how private public bathrooms were. Even at a bus stop the door went down to the floor. I’ve always hated how open public bathrooms are. Some don’t even have doors in the public parks! 😢
@@terri3715 I think they were speaking of the doors of the toilets at bus stop/gaz station, not a bus stop with doors. They do exist, but only in area who either get a lot of snow and rain, or where long wait is common. I know I saw some in Norway.
It's the reverse for me. I live in Indonesia (Asia). Almost every public stall have a "normal" door, like doors for houses. They went down to the floor. The first time I saw bathroom stall in US movie, I was shocked. Like how the hell you supposed to "open" your privacy in that kind of place.
i couldn't agree more and tbh we drove across America and literally there was nothing but fast food chains ...personally i found most of the food terrible until we got to New York then it was just awesome
Dawg the bathroom cracks at my school are so big, my friend was in the stall and I was looking in the mirror fixing my outfit and I could literally see her shitting on the toilet, and then she waved at me, I waved back, and we moved on with our day.
That's why I hate it even more when the sink mirrors are directly facing the gaping stalls. It's not as bad when the stalls are in a separate area bc people are less likely to be standing around there loligagging and they don't have huge mirrors to force people to keep looking at those damn stalls. Your eye veers off your reflection and and next thing you know you see some private business going on. Plus, when I'm at those sinks, I feel like a peeping tom so I wash up and run!
it is nightmarish. there's a huge crack in the bottom so you can crawl out if there is an emergency. one time in school I was just trying to take a piss then a little girl crawled underneath the crack and stood in the stall with me. I DIDNT KNOW HER. I FREAKED OUT
@@Beandal I am more cautious now since I'm still at that school. I only go to the hs bathrooms since my school is K-12. sometimes kids are in there but it's not as common. and I only go during class periods bc it's scary to be in there when 20 kids are in there opposed to 1 or 2..usa is amaaazzziiinnnggg
@@ms.pirate bruh if someone is taking pictures of u in the bathroom report them to con staff, it's not uncommon for people who are crossplaying at cons to use the women's bathroom because a lot of people are scared men are gonna do something to them, it's really not common however for anyone to be taking pictures of you in the bathroom
@@butasimpleidiotwizard lol I think your phone autocorrected “cosplaying” wrong but yeah you’re right gender has nothing to do with people being creeps and they should get reported regardless 💀
@@Mr_CreamBean I guess we can see the footwear from enough far. I have even given some tissue paper to somebody who ran out of them at her stall. I don't think I peeked or saw anything.
@@veenaramakrishna7808 like I try to, I never wanted to see anything, but I still gotta look at the stall and sometimes I accidentally see a bit of the person. I swear I’m not like looking for anything but it’s still weird af
In a bathroom at a sports arena these sisters (or friends idk) were arguing “no ain’t watching ya baby” “neither am I” They had put their maybe 6 month old baby on the filthy bathroom floor. How do I know? Because suddenly I see a baby under my stall door. Just stared at me until one of them finished up and dragged the baby out by her legs. This was years ago and I still think about that baby crawling under the stall door. Dear bathroom floor baby, I hope you’re okay because you clearly have an unfit mother.
Ew this connects a lot with the disgust towards any scene involving touching bathroom floors with more than shoe soles, I don't get why people don't complain about this lmao. Anyway, poor kiddo being all filthy
regarding filthy floors and babies... that kid will have an amazing immune system from that experience. i used to eat stuff from the floor because i was weird. i never get sick!
That happened to me! Some lady brought her five year old into the bathroom and when she was taking care of business, he crawled under the door and peaked through the crack of all the stalls. I was about 10 at the time and at 22, I’m still traumatized
I was in Germany for three months last year and as an American, noticed right away that out in public, everyone dressed nice. (American version, which basically means you’re wearing jeans). I really liked that because I never wear athleisure wear ever, so I finally felt normal lol. The cultural differences of European countries and the U.S. are crazy, especially because I always thought they’d be super similar until I visited Europe.
This is so fun and interesting, because as a Swede going to Germany, I can't remember I thought they dressed any special. But only in Sweden, here in my small town I feel over dressed (casual) and going to Stockholm I feel like garbage 😅 So I have a fancier dresscode (wich I love) going to Stockholm or Uppsala or doing something. But going around in my small town I feel I must dress down to fit in, but would never go as far as many, I mean baggy sweat pants... I feel under dressed in Jean, a puffer jacket and sneakers but casual enough to not feel like I am a princess or something.
But why would you think America is similar at all? Lol it’s amazing how being raised here you think the rest of the world is the same. Think about it. No wonder entitlement doesn’t leave
@@hinatababe97 Everybody experiences this--if you grow up somewhere and aren't exposed to other cultures, your home culture is the "default" of how the world is. It's not specific to the U.S.
I love fashion, and when I travel ( which is not very often), I like to buy a few items of clothing of the current styles of that country. I haven't been to Europe in ages, but I suspect that people there don't wear pajama pants and crocs with dirty socks.
When I was in kindergarten a girl in my grade literally crawled under the door of my stall and looked at me before crawling away. I’m still traumatized Edit : the girls name was olivia and I assure it probably wasn’t any of you
At church, 2 girls peaked through my stall and laughed and stared. It still is very traumatizing and at the time I was very self conscious, shy, anti social, quiet, etc. I was very young and felt violated and scared. Ugh 😑
Now I’ve never been anywhere else, but how is it done elsewhere? Do they swipe your card at your seat? Or you just have to take your bill to the front to pay?
@@angelbaby0601 usually you can do both. Depends on the restaurant. But your card will have a pin code and it shouldn’t work without you entering it. So they can’t swipe without you.
About 16 years ago an ex-boyfriend of mine went to lunch with a group of friends. They each paid separately, but gave their respective cards to the waiter, who went to ring them up. Within one hour 7 industrial sewing machines were chargeded to his card in South America! I NEVER let my card separate from me in a restaurant or especially bar....it only takes a minute to go to the cashier!
Not just the cracks in the stalls but the little spaces they put at the bottom like its not even a whole door. I remember in Elementary kids would climb into my stall while im peeing like leave me alone 😭
@@lunarguidance3723 In my country you walk up to a counter (usually next to the door) and pay for your food. We also use the scanners, though they aren't portable
What about before portable scanners? I mean, if you had them in Europe or Asia before the US, they still have to be newer than using credit cards at restaurants? I am under 40 and in my life time worked at restaurants that had one phone line and couldn't take phone calls while a card was being run, and had the old school impression/carbon paper press things for when the system went down and the manager would process the slips manually when it was back up.
@Lunar Guidance 37 We just walk up to the counter and pay after we're done eating. We only see our servers when they take our order, give us our food, and take payment. It's nice not to be disturbed every 2 minutes like in the US.
it is nightmarish. there's a huge crack in the bottom so you can crawl out if there is an emergency. one time in school I was just trying to take a piss then a little girl crawled underneath the crack and stood in the stall with me. I DIDNT KNOW HER. I FREAKED OUT
Reading these comments i have decided that i will if i ever go to america take with me or buy one of those absurdly long rulers and if someone stares just...jab at them with the ruler through the gap while making weird gollum noisesXD
hilarious story, my mum is from england and when her brother visited they went out to lunch for sandwiches. when his arrived first, he pushed it in to the center, and everyone was like wyd? he thought his sandwich was the group meal. he was so shocked as more food OF THAT PROPORTION was brought out for everyoneee😂
This is funny but at the same time, how do you share a sandwich? You can cut it in half but after that if you cut it in smaller pieces everything will just fall out. Also, how would you make a “regular” sized sandwich in the UK then? Are the bread slices smaller over there?
man this is so real. i visited from england last summer and the biggest shock for me would probably be the way everyone greeted each other and waved at you. i loved that so much
But you took your card out and probably even gestured to hand it to them or you left it on the table which I feel like common sense would signify in any country that that means you would like to pay for the bill, otherwise they probably wouldn’t have taken it. The idea of not paying at your table or up at the front is so crazy to non-US citizens but it’s not even really that crazy of a thing? it’s expensive and inconvenient to have a machine at tables or brought to them and it’s expensive to have someone do that solely as their job. We didn’t find it weird before technology existed? So i take your card to my computer and check you out while you stay sat at your table. Fraud is sooo rare in this aspect
@@awesxmeasfxck I live in Australia, and literally every business has a mobile eftpos machine now. Like, petrol stations have them ffs, to say it’s “too expensive” Is disingenuous and to argue “that’s the way it’s always been done” is always a poor argument
@@awesxmeasfxck literally every restaurant here has a mobile one they bring to you, or you walk up and pay at the counter. It was just a weird experience for me given it’s literally the first time I ever experienced it
@@JeremyVTS A lot of the restaurants have them now, especially since you can set up an account and reader to work with a smartphone or tablet, so it's not like it's expensive specialized POS hardware, like it used to be. Pretty soon the US will be no different in that regard.
Tbh I live in the states and that's what I I sometimes do i just go walk around at the grocery stores even if i don't buy anything it's just relaxing to look at the aisles
yeah one time in school I was just trying to take a piss then a little girl crawled underneath the crack and stood in the stall with me. I DIDNT KNOW HER. I FREAKED OUT
Biggest I seen were actually in France. You could almost arrive naked, and leave with a new car full of groceries, clothes, jewellery, your next holiday planned, and all of it fully insured... on the spot. And easy to get lost in the whole shop. Not to mention the other stores around it, in the mall...
There was one time when I was using the bathroom in a supermarket and made direct contact with the custodian who was trying to clean through the stall crack. She goes "my bad G, please continue" and waved before walking out. To this day I still think about it.
I love athleisure wear, it’s so convenient. I can go to yoga at noon, go straight to the grocery store at 2, take my dog for a walk at 3, and go to the mall at 4 and never have to worry about being under/over dressed lol
I feel this!! You know the reverse culture shock hits hard when you break down crying in the cereal aisle from being overwhelmed... like WHY IS THEY AN ENTIRE AISLE JUST FOR CEREAL??? 😂
I read this story of a girl who was peeing and some chick was staring into the stall so she gave her the finger and the girl staring had the AUDACITY to tell her she doesn’t have to be rude and stormed out shdjsufkshskansisnf 😭😭😭 💀
That’s why you carry around a small spray bottle with dye in it, water isn’t enough, gotta stain their face for a bit so they can learn the lesson. Having a blue dye stained face is already a giveaway that you probably did something bad (cuz dye bombs) but imagine having to walk in public with your face looking like that. Oooooor you could just pepper spray them, they wouldn’t be able to see you through those cracks while you’re in there, that’s for sure.
@@BB-TheCandleFairy i take it that you've never pepper sprayed someone. It lingers. If you point pepper spray in an enclosed area, at a stall gap, you will 100% spray yourself too.
Pretty sure they started to charge for plastic bags in California as an effort to get people to reuse plastic bags or switch to cloth grocery bags. They made it a financial nuisance to be wasteful with plastic grocery bags. A not so effective approach to reduce, reuse, recycle. And I said it in the wrong order on purpose to emphasize priority.
@@rumplestiltskin8838 not ~every~ public restroom but nearly every public restroom. the only fully-closed restrooms ive seen in my town are family-bathrooms
I lived in West Africa for three years. When I came back to the United States I remember the shock of standing on the cereal aisle and trying to make up my mind what I was going to take home to my kids!
@@ronnie7848 They also swipe it, but there's generally only one or very few point of sale machines. They can't just bring the entire computer to every single table. I don't know what else you'd think they'd be doing.
@@wmhfv992 usually we have mobile machines. So it's easy to bring the machine to you to swipe (use your password because that's a thing in my country) then they give you a copy of the receipt that's printed instantly by the terminal machine.
Some say she's still wondering the aisles of that supermarket to this day. The memories of what she went there for long forgotten. Her path through the endless maze unknown.
OUUUUUUUUU GIRL and don't let you have to pee outside and be wearing a romper😂 public bathrooms are like a new season of Naked and Afraid but it's just you
Portions are also larger because they expect you to take some home. Personally, I love being able to bring half of my meal home so I can enjoy it later
Simple, ventilation, and easy access for emergency teams, bathrooms had a ridiculous number of people in danger of a health risk, it’s a bathroom and people go to the bathroom when feeling sick.
@@PastPositive for ventalation put a vent in there, emergency teams are trained to get in doors even if they arent held closed by a flimsy little lock, if people go there feeling sick then aint nobody wants to smell them
I hate u.s bathroom stall heights too- tho once in high school, someone brought their service dog in with them, and I only knew it because there was suddenly a GIANT white lab head poking under my stall and honestly my bad buddy it’s not your fault you’re too big for these stalls 😂
At least it was only a dog and not an entire child. Lol! 😂 I have 2 kids so I was as understanding as I could possibly be… But a little boy (maybe 2.5 y/o) was in the stall next to me with his Mom. While she was actually using the facilities, he climbed under and straight into my stall. Thank goodness I had flushed and only had to button my jeans before grabbing my purse & leading the little boy out of the stall. I don’t think his Mom could have apologized more than she did. I would have been super upset with my own kids, but I just laughed it off and tried to made her smile/not feel so bad. I said something like “this will be a favorite story to tell and embarrass him in front of any future girlfriends”!😆🤣
As a little girl I went on a swim trip with my class and another little girl crawled under the stall door to change with me. I was mortified! I’ve always been very conservative about showing skin. I have hated our bathroom stalls ever since 😂
I’m from the US but grew up around the world and I had like 5-6 years of postings at less developed countries where milk and bread weren’t always guaranteed in the supermarket and walls were set up around peoples houses. Coming back to the US to see family was so strange because you could just walk up to anyone’s house and then there was a whole isle in the supermarket dedicated to bread and dairy products. It’s crazy. Still blows my mind today
I grew up in UK and Europe and I never understood why Americans don't have fences or walls around their front gardens... Just... anyone can just walk on it and dogs can shit all over it. So weird.
I like to order meals at restaurants that microwave well the next day. I usually get 2-3 meals out of every meal I order. It makes the cost of dining out worth it. I love large portions💕
Having such large meals and taking home leftovers is such a genius thing Americans do, your telling me I go to lunch, pay for one meal, and get so much I don't have to cook that night? Genius
@@snickers6125 idk even with the small portions in Europe I take leftovers home. Like we usually do not eat half of that 💀and after dining we like to walk. So very different cultures
y’all!! try to keep a jacket in the car as often as you can. when it comes to having no option but the public bathroom, take the jacket and hang the hood on the top corner before you lock it. it will stay up and block the crack so other people won’t see you. it has saved me so many times!!
I'm from south africa, and moved to the US and all of these are so accurate!! My family talks about all of these things any time someone asks what changed🤣
I was shocked by the portion sizes when I moved recently to the US from England. My mom had to explain to me that in America you’re expected to take some of it home as leftovers, most restaurants have boxes and bags for you to take your food with you in. That was probably the biggest culture shock for me That and the lizards
@Khan 04 idk i was mostly in Tromsø? At least compared to the South in the US ir was good 🤷♂️ most places either don't have an accessible bathroom at all, or it an almost the EXACT SAME stall with no difference. No ir only 1 rail, no seperaye bathroom at all, no cord, etc. Just exa6cky the sane but wider
@@amberhorsmanTrust me. Even though I’ve never been to Norway, I guarantee that any Norwegian bathroom is better than American ones. Your country is so beautiful and modern; and also probably has much less people that like to steal toilet paper or piss on the floor. I’m sure you’d have a heart attack if you looked at American gas station bathrooms 💀.
@@intreoo It's not known to me if it's typical that toilet paper gets stolen in the public bathrooms here, they are so thin that you have to use half a roll to wipe so not much to steal 😅 Accidents happen all the time but in most places the cleaners are asigned to that spesific buliding for their shift. Cleaning multiple times a day if needed (usually the toilets). Not all sinks are modernised, nor the soap dispensers or paper dispensers, or they don't work half the time or are empty 🤷♀️ And usually there is water all over the sinks, mirrors and floors because people have forgotten how washing hands works after the pandemic ended 🙈😂 Not saying that the cleaners do a bad job, just not everything gets the same priority or attention when cleaned🤷♀️
@@KarunyaSabapathy that or they could take down my information and continue to steal money after I’m gone. So ya I guess it’s a fear of the waitstaff committing fraud of credit card theft
@@marsbar2067 i used to consider this in the past but internet purchases requiring your card details now require a one-time password that gets sent to your phone or email, so it’s really near impossible for a server to do that. also you can always cover up the three digits on the back of your card! if it’s tampered with, it’ll show on the sticker/ink you left on it
the card thing stresses me out so much, when i’m there is always ask for the machine to do it myself and they would seem shocked. bro i’m not giving you my credit card to walk away with tf
I’m other countries do all restaurants big and small have the ability to run cards right at the table? Fancy restaurants to casual eateries? I had no idea!
@@DS-wo5hd in canada where i am, yes, they bring the debit machine and a printed bill to the table and you pay yourself. in stores and such the machine is in front of you, never been an issue.
Yes all of this! As an American living in the UK for 7 years now I found the styrofoam containers, plastic straws, and cutlery being so widely available really stood out to me when I went back to Ohio recently!
What you're describing would be a culture shock to me 😂 Here in France they're banning one-use stuff from fast-food places and plastic boxes are slowly turning to cardboard boxes for detergent pods for example. McDonald's now uses washable plastic cups and baskets in restaurants and other fast-food places are supposed to do the same. Also plastic Q-tips are definitely banned it's now paper!
even though i was born and raised in the US, i always thought the person taking your card and leaving was weird af but i guess it was something i just never noticed as a kid
@@EleventyThousand Well, I learned something new today. It's bizarre to me that they would take your card! In the UK, they bring over a card reader for you to enter your PIN number. You also have an opportunity to check the total they've inputted before proceeding. Even with Contactless becoming commonplace, which allows you to make a transaction without your PIN up to a limit of £100, you still would never hand over your credit card, you'd do it yourself.
@@lucyhardman2267 Yes! In Spain is the exact same. They just hand you a card reader, but is also in stores, you never lend your credit card to another person.
@@chelseamunroe fr like I know a few places have a little portable machine they just use at the table now but what did they do before those were a thing?
My reverse culture shock was returning to Germany after three years away doing nothing but eating good Chinese food and remembering that nudity and open showering at the gym is totally normal 😵💫
I was reminded of the gym thing when I joined a new one that had a locker room. I was a swimmer throughout my childhood so I had the opposite thought as to the culture shock you experienced; I still think the dressing rooms in the locker room are odd.
@@sakuranovaryan9261 not at the gym itself, only in the showers. It's normal to see people showering nude in any type of gender-divided group showers too. The nude beach is different because people are nude there without being divided by gender or sex .
I remember the shock of returning after a year in Scotland. And after years of living in a city and shopping at smaller stores, big grocery stores are definitely overwhelming!
The grocery store thing happened to me! I had been in Sweden for some years and was SO looking forward to grocery shopping in Canada after so long. I walked into the SuperStore and was overwhelmed. I went up and down the aisles in confusion and awe and left without buying even one thing. Nothing.
are you a space alien or maybe 7 years old? All you need to do look at the shelves and pick up what you need... its literally the same as any market just a larger scale. Jesus how do people like you function as adults
@@Strawbbuni You talk without knowing anything. When I moved to Sweden there was much less in the stores than there is now, it was so little... And none of my favourite food was here in Sweden. I had to cook totally different meals than I was used to for years. By the time I got to Canada I had forgotten what I used to love to cook and eat, even. Going into the grocery store that I had been yearning for there were shelves and shelves and shelves x 1,000,000 of products I either had forgot about or new stuff I had never seen before. It was an overwhelming museum of food. Even now, thinking about it, I wonder how they can sell so much food in North America. I went into the store with no plan on buying anything specific, just to buy something I'd been missing, but I didn't see anything, just the millions of products gathered in one place. Say what you want, judgemental running mouth, but it WAS overwhelming and I function just fine, thank you. How about you? Everything ok in your closed up little world?
@@b-vQEVXideVFSCfCoFWw not really, the restaurant thing is only America. we have machines and they bring it to you. I was shocked when they take your card to the back in America.
When i first move to the states, that was the first thing I noticed. It freaked me out so bad. I recently went back to visit in Peru, and felt so relieved that their cracks was nearly nonexistent. I appreciate the privacy lol.
@@AngryAlfonse yeah because it's easier to clean the bathrooms with stalls like this. I mean I'm a dude so I can only speak for the men's room but we don't actively try to peak at each other because homo.
As an Australian who now lives in America. The shops are weird, the power outlets are weird, the roads are super thin, the shower is now awkward and you cant trust anyone anymore.
Yes, because only in America are you likely to encounter untrustworthy people. As for the showers (??) - not sure how it can be so "awkward" - unless you're talking about prison showers.
When I went to the US the thing that shocked me the most is the massive portions of food they give at restaurants and the drink sizes as well as the gap between the stalls. Going to the bathroom at a mall was scary because ANYONE could just see inside
A Korean friend who visited the US said the size of the drinks "scared" her, ha ha. Nowadays in Korea though everything getting bigger, including the drinks.
@@ms.pirate I'm glad that no one cares about what people are doing but still, the gaps in the stalls are huge, most of the places I've visited had a really thin gap at most or no gap at all
I went to London a couple months ago and the bathroom stalls were so nice.They were like actual rooms and you could have as much privacy as you’d like!!! I would love to go back
I can't believe litterally every right wing American over like 25 years of age can say that "America has it way better Tham most of the world" like yeah we aren't the worst off country but we sure as hell ain't "the land of the free home of the brave"
It’s bc she feels overexposed, it’s not so much bc she thinks people can see her boobies… it’s a normal reaction to feeling like you’re being looked at when you don’t want to be
I was in a public bathroom recently and a kid had their face up to the crack in the stall, like literally poking their eye into my stall. I was so shocked that while coving myself, i mustered up to courage to say something (i struggle with speaking, im mute most the time) and eventually just let out like a shreik and then their parent came back and smacked the back of their head lmao
at least the mom smacked their kid. I would too right in the back of the head and hope their face hits the door in the process. theyll learn to not be peeping toms sticking their face where it dont belong
I remember having to reassure our exchange students that it was ok not to eat everything at the restaurant. I learned that it's not common outside of the US to take your leftovers home. They learned that we work a lot but don't make a lot of money which is why we'd get upset if we paid $20 for a plate of food and all that came out was a serving size for ants.
Honestly, the thing that most reminded me of my home state of Texas when I was living in the UK was Tesco. It wasn't as big as a US supermarket, but the design and layout was very familiar.
I like when people care to look presentable when eating out. Not because it's a posh thing to do but it's because the activity becomes more a special treat than an errand. Like part of self care.
We don't take credit cards away from the table though! Lol but yeah, portions and options can be a lot~ Bathroom stalls aren't so bad like at the mall...
As someone from the US, this is really true. Athletic clothes are worn as casual wear pretty often. Children are even in athletic clothes about half the time here.
I will say that I personally love the large portions because I can never eat it all at once, so I have leftovers to eat later. I don't have to cook! lol
The bathroom cracks I can relate to as a natural born American. When we went to Ireland and actually had privacy, I was in love. The supermarkets are actually something I’m proud of though I can understand the shock.
Supermarkets are so bright too. Like all the packaging. I lived in Spain for half a year and came back and almost had a breakdown the first time I had to grocery because I was overwhelmed by all the conflicting colors and everything trying to grab my attention.
@@user-oh3zc1pl9k we actually eat leftovers!! Surprise!! No but for real we could get boxes to put the food in if you request. One thing I love about the USA is our proportions *cue stereotypical bald eagle caw* 🦅
@@user-oh3zc1pl9k Genuine question, how is it wasteful? Do people in other countries not have to-go bags where you can take leftovers home to have later?
@@M4th3u54ndr4d3 yeah but that's not a good enough excuse, they should have it connected, so it's like dog doors, when the dog comes back from outside, it goes through the dog door, so it just flip open when u move it, and there should some kind of lock to secure so no one can go through it, when u need to use it then unsecure it then flip it open, it should flip open on both sides.
@NokoFace they don’t have to go containers. I’ve lived south of Germany, and now in Japan, and it’s expected they give you appropriate portion sizes that you should be able to finish your meal, or most of it. Here in Japan you can often order your food by sizes in restaurants. Women typically order the smaller size, and they have a tiny size for children. There is also a normal/larger size for men and sometimes even an extra large portion usually eaten by teenage boys and physical workers.
We had a large bathroom stall crack at school and the one time I was in the bathroom when one of my teachers came in to also go. As she walked to an open stall we made eye contact. Instead of just walking by she gave me a look of horror and then waved at me. It was the weirdest moment of my life!
Here in brazil the employees usually don't even touch your card, you're the one putting it in the machine and they charge everything in front of you If someone walked away with my card like that id straight up pass out
i went to europe to visit a friend and i was so shocked that the bathroom stalls were basically like a room with a toilet… there was 100% privacy and i was so amazed by it
The US has some of those too. Basically the family restrooms are like that.
I'm starting to wonder who the creepy fuck in america that makes doors with gaps is
The US has plenty of single bathrooms 😂 I try to only use those kind of bathrooms when I'm out. I know where all the good ones are
They mean a row of stalls that are rooms with doors that go to the floor
How the heck does a public bathroom in the us look like then
Don’t worry, the bathroom stall cracks bother us too
Lol
I'm sure she is "sooooo worried" hahah
That was a culture shock for me too, I felt like an animal using those stalls. Like a horse in a barn haha
Yah I just hang a coat or jacket on the hooks that they put on the doors and it covers it
There’s quite a few that don’t have hooks. People (mainly children), who will either glance into your stall, or even park themselves against a wall or counter & stare into your stall. Had both happen to me. When that second one happens, I’ve been known to press(since I’ve got it ready), the loudest, ear splitting, obnoxious alarm for drawing attention. Believe me when I say I don’t care whoever else it scares. Absolutely not one person is ready to hear that.
I mean… she is American
I feel like the thing that gets glossed over with foreigners when they go to restaurants in the States is that nobody really expects you to eat all that food. There is a reason why we're so good about letting you take food home. Do I have any idea why it's that way? No, but if it means I don't have to cook for another night, I'm not complaining.
Yea. I'm like are they actually trying to eat it all? I know I eat a lot but 9 times out of 10 I still have food to go.
exactly I love it, as an american in japan the portions are usually finishable but some places give so much food + I can't take it home but it's also kinda rude to leave food behind I can't win fr usually non japanese owned places are chill tho
Wait, there are places that don’t let you take food home?? I’m from South Africa and I’ve never been to a food service place or restaurant here that hasn’t let me take the food I paid for home if I didn’t finish it
@@jocelyn_andrea I believe it's generally pretty rare to take home food in Europe. I've heard mixed things about Asia, but I don't know a thing about other continents. Whether or not restaurants would allow you to is up for debate, but there are certainly places where it's not a cultural norm.
@@orbitaldumpsterfire oh okay I see. Well here it’s also completely normal to take home food if you didn’t finish. Although I don’t believe it will ever amount to being another whole meal
For those that don't know: Reverse culture shock=This woman grew up in the US and then moved abroad so she forgot that these were things that happen in the US when she came back.
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@@piinksunflwrso? I've experienced reverse culture shock after only living abroad for 6 months. It's not like you completely forget about your home country, you just get used to things being different. It happens quicker than you'd think.
You get a "box" and take the rest of the food home for lunch the next day 😋 Most of us can't finish the huge portions either.
Leftovers are the best!
Everyone gets food "to go" when they haven't finished it in a restaurant, that's not a U.S. thing...
@@nonignorantsatis actually it’s rare to do it in Europe. Taking food home is unusual
@@svetlana4310 it’s not really, at least in cities… a lot of restaurants have to-go options as well, so they’ve got the necessary boxes and bags (at least in Portugal)
@@nonignorantsatis Lol... ok. I was just making additional comments on big American portion sizes. Also, in some countries it's not as common. That's all.
I came back from England and got so overwhelmed by how big a Target was that I cried in the cereal aisle 😂
I have lived in USA my entire life and everytime I go to a store I have to breathe careful and calm down 🤣 LOL it's so overwhelming
@@notbeingsarcastic5947 there are literally so many CHOICES. We could do with 30% fewer options, really.
@@scz1770 I thinks it's goood to have many choices! After all there's people who have allergies or special dietary. I myself can't eat a specific ice cream brand bc it has something I'm allergic to. And a friend of mine is celiac, so she needs gluten free options!
@@marag7420 yeah those are included in England lol. Obviously alternatives for allergies and intolerances matter. But we don't need as many choices as we have here, it's ridiculous.
@@marag7420 I live in Germany and we have EVERYTHING in here, even for people with allergies or special diets... and our bigger supermarkets are not half as huge as a standard one in America. You also have to think about having to throw all this stuff out once their due date has come. By far not everything will be eaten on time and all this really fine stuff goes to waste bc we want to have everything available at all times. That's already a problem in Germany. Not to begin with North America.
Those cracks in the door in public toilets are BIG. I felt so exposed. I was only 16 when I visited the US, and it was a big culture shock to make eye contact in the mirror with the person washing there hands 😮
LMAOAOAOA
THE EMOJI IS THE FINAL TOUCH IM DYINGG
Imagine growing up there I refused to use the public restroom as a kid
I WOULD CRY 😭
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As an American the worst feeling is checking if someone is in a stall and making eye contact. The second worst is using a stall and someone checks if it's in use and you make eye contact
Just gonna edit to say last time I did that was in elementary after the eye contact. Now I just nudge the door or assume it's used if it's closed no matter what, knocking is even weirder tbh
You don't look in the stall, you look under the stall for feet 👀😬
@@deehines5750 I learned that the hard way 💀
just tap on the door to see if someone's in there dont look bro 😭😭😭
@@caki4695 🤣
Nah ,if the stalls closed, just quickly check under to see thier feet. no need to make using the public restroom awkward by knocking .It takes 2 second to look down for feet lmao cuz I'd bother you right back when I'm done .leave us alone were concentrating 😆
I was using a public restroom and literally a whole German Shepherd just crawls into my stall 😂😭 why is there no privacyyy
lol nawwwww that ain’t right
The pet dogs and emotional support animals in public have gotten really out of control.
So many people claim that they're service dogs when they are not, and establishments are so afraid of being accused of discrimination and of the people throwing tantrums that they don't even bother enforcing no pet rules.
Other than being allowed to live in pet free apartments emotional support animals have no more rights than any other pet.
Service dogs have to go through intensive training, and be completely obedient and well behaved when working. A real Service dog would never wander away from their handler or go snooping into something else or approach anyone else in public.
It was a dog 😂 ur acting like the owner stuck their head in 😂
I would be totally ok with that lol. Better a cute dog than a human.
I’d be so happy though 😂
Yeah the bathroom cracks have always irritated me. One time a little kid just stood staring. Dude go with your mom! I understood struggle taking your male kid in bathroom w/u but take him in your stall & turn his azz around & not leave him out to stall around the cracks!!
One time a little girl stuck head under it and said “do I know you from somewhere?” 👁👄👁
@@Zoefulgh oh my god😭✋
@@Zoefulgh ayo wtf
that's wierd
I can’t tell you how many times some mothers little boy (even little girls few times) tried crawling into my stall or opening it or straight up opened it or peeked through, or threw something, it happened even as a kid myself and I had push a kid away which is so scary, seriously parents need watch their kids
the bathroom stall cracks baffle me. a little kid once stared at me through the crack and got scared when i said 'NO' firmly at them LMFAOO they spun around so quick
I remember being a kid, and a kid my age (i was pretty young maybe 6 or 7) just stood outside my stall, eyes glaring through the crack as though i couldnt see her. I was like "helloooo." Some kids are just weird.
@@nikki1400 and curious. but it's important to teach them manners and how to respect privacy
@@jessmacdd you're absolutely right! I thought it was so strange because i was 6, with very clear boundaries, being mean mugged by someone else my age who apparently couldnt recognize one. I remember having a thought along the lines of "is she for real right now?"
LMFAO i had the same thing happen at a concert, i scared the shit out of them by hitting the stall door really hard because they were right up against it looking at me 😭 not enough to hit the kid but just to freak them out
I’ve heard the bathroom stall cracks are for like medical emergencies. Otherwise someone could literally die on the toilet and no one would know for a while. Dunno how accurate it is or if it makes a difference but that’s what I’ve always heard anytime the stall crack issue is brought up
In Mexico, cards can't be taken away from the customer's sight. They charge everything in front of you.
@@andreaknisley154 In Germany, where you don't have these dangers, they also charge you in front of you.
Same in the UK. The card has to be in customers' sight when being charged.
In Turkey they charge in front of you too, I think it's just an American thing. We just tap our cards and go, no need to even insert🤷
@Claire Munroe I don't think that's always true. I used to live in the UK and in my experience the higher end restaurants take your card and bring it back to you. Especially in London.
@@danadomino how are they charging the card like that?? Do you mean contactless? But what if the meal costs more than the limit?
We had 2 foreign exchange students, one from Thailand and the other from Italy. The Italian couldn't believe we lived so far from stores that we had to drive everywhere. She said everything was in walking distance. Girl from Thailand couldn't believe that cell phones were so cheap here.
in brazil we also drive everywhere. i just came back from europe and omg you can do anything walking or by bike. i see more cars here in one day than i saw there in 14 lol
@@Luisa20102011 I am Brazilian and we drive to a lot of places but like, the US is on a whole different level. The place where I lived in Tennessee didn't even have sidewalks in the residential area, like what- Most places I lived in Brasil I could get to a supermarket with at max a 30-minute walk, and sometimes there was a bakery nearer. Also, I could always walk to school in Brazil, but in the US in both Florida and Tennessee where I lived it was just too far.
@@camilascatonebedin3002 yeah you have to be in a city here
How much are cell phones in Thailand?
I am in Rome and I don't even need to have a car. In about 1000 mt I have: three grocery stores, a gym, three pizzeria, two cool bar for aperitivo, a park, a post office, two banks (one is mine), the shop main street, a cinema and each school from kindergarten to university. I can litterally live in this 1000 mt.
Of course you took the car to change places, to travel and all, but for routine life you have everything. It's like this in mostly of Italian cities because we are small and densily populated, I guess. USA has those biiig distances.
I remember my dad visiting me in the US and taking me out for dinner, and when the waiter walked away with his card he ran after them 😭
, 😂😂😂😂
🤣😂🤣
It's weird af lol
Lol... nz is a mix, either they walk away with your card, bring the till to you, or you go to the till 😅
@OwO ok i will
Dude when I went to Europe I was so amazed at how private public bathrooms were. Even at a bus stop the door went down to the floor. I’ve always hated how open public bathrooms are. Some don’t even have doors in the public parks! 😢
Where in Europe? Each European country is different and none that i have been in ever had doors to the bus stop.
@@terri3715 I think they were speaking of the doors of the toilets at bus stop/gaz station, not a bus stop with doors. They do exist, but only in area who either get a lot of snow and rain, or where long wait is common. I know I saw some in Norway.
Did they steal the doors at the park??
@@terri3715 I assume he meant bus station.
It's the reverse for me. I live in Indonesia (Asia). Almost every public stall have a "normal" door, like doors for houses. They went down to the floor.
The first time I saw bathroom stall in US movie, I was shocked. Like how the hell you supposed to "open" your privacy in that kind of place.
“There’s just so much of everything” is really the best way to define USA
Including blubber on people to reflect the “too much of everything “!
@@Deedeevenicethe British are fatter
i couldn't agree more and tbh we drove across America and literally there was nothing but fast food chains ...personally i found most of the food terrible until we got to New York then it was just awesome
I think US is overrated 🙄 terrible healthcare, unhealthy processed food….. the list goes on
@@Kenzie_McIntyre America is still richer and more developed than any of your European countries. Lol.
Dawg the bathroom cracks at my school are so big, my friend was in the stall and I was looking in the mirror fixing my outfit and I could literally see her shitting on the toilet, and then she waved at me, I waved back, and we moved on with our day.
That's why I hate it even more when the sink mirrors are directly facing the gaping stalls. It's not as bad when the stalls are in a separate area bc people are less likely to be standing around there loligagging and they don't have huge mirrors to force people to keep looking at those damn stalls. Your eye veers off your reflection and and next thing you know you see some private business going on. Plus, when I'm at those sinks, I feel like a peeping tom so I wash up and run!
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Lmfaoo I'm cryingg-
American public bathrooms are like those in my nightmares. I couldn't believe they were something real. I truly thought it was me and my nightmares
it is nightmarish. there's a huge crack in the bottom so you can crawl out if there is an emergency. one time in school I was just trying to take a piss then a little girl crawled underneath the crack and stood in the stall with me. I DIDNT KNOW HER. I FREAKED OUT
@@death9854 O_o I would be scared to go to the toilet if this happened to me 🥲
@@Beandal I am more cautious now since I'm still at that school. I only go to the hs bathrooms since my school is K-12. sometimes kids are in there but it's not as common. and I only go during class periods bc it's scary to be in there when 20 kids are in there opposed to 1 or 2..usa is amaaazzziiinnnggg
This is why some of us are so against letting biological men into the woman’s bathroom. It’s already bad enough in there 💀
@@LilFrg mf just make good bathrooms and let trans women alone smh
That was actually quite a small bathroom stall crack, in my experience lmao
You call that small?
@@ms.pirate its just awkward bc what if ur wiping or changing ur pad/tampon, everyone can see
@@ms.pirate As if only men were creeps. Just build separate private stalls.
@@ms.pirate bruh if someone is taking pictures of u in the bathroom report them to con staff, it's not uncommon for people who are crossplaying at cons to use the women's bathroom because a lot of people are scared men are gonna do something to them, it's really not common however for anyone to be taking pictures of you in the bathroom
@@butasimpleidiotwizard lol I think your phone autocorrected “cosplaying” wrong but yeah you’re right gender has nothing to do with people being creeps and they should get reported regardless 💀
Yeah when I came to Korea, (still here) I was shocked to see that the bathroom stalls didn’t have cracks. Just hidden cameras 😂
Ouuuch😭
oof yea i feel u
Cameras 📸👀
Seriously? 😮
Agh it’s the most awkward thing just accidentally seeing someone doing their business when looking for an available stall 😭
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Just look for footwear at the bottom. You if the stall is free or not.
@@veenaramakrishna7808 What if they see your eyes just peaking at their feet...
@@Mr_CreamBean I guess we can see the footwear from enough far. I have even given some tissue paper to somebody who ran out of them at her stall. I don't think I peeked or saw anything.
@@veenaramakrishna7808 like I try to, I never wanted to see anything, but I still gotta look at the stall and sometimes I accidentally see a bit of the person. I swear I’m not like looking for anything but it’s still weird af
In a bathroom at a sports arena these sisters (or friends idk) were arguing “no ain’t watching ya baby” “neither am I”
They had put their maybe 6 month old baby on the filthy bathroom floor. How do I know? Because suddenly I see a baby under my stall door. Just stared at me until one of them finished up and dragged the baby out by her legs. This was years ago and I still think about that baby crawling under the stall door.
Dear bathroom floor baby, I hope you’re okay because you clearly have an unfit mother.
Wtf-
Ew this connects a lot with the disgust towards any scene involving touching bathroom floors with more than shoe soles, I don't get why people don't complain about this lmao.
Anyway, poor kiddo being all filthy
That’s sad actually, that baby could’ve gotten kidnapped and they wouldn’t have realized till 15 minutes later.
she picked you as her new mom!
regarding filthy floors and babies... that kid will have an amazing immune system from that experience. i used to eat stuff from the floor because i was weird. i never get sick!
"the cracks are so big"
*someone's unsupervised boy proceeds to peek in* 💀💀💀
Oh no 😨😂
unsupervised boy
That happened to me! Some lady brought her five year old into the bathroom and when she was taking care of business, he crawled under the door and peaked through the crack of all the stalls. I was about 10 at the time and at 22, I’m still traumatized
A little boy did that to me and I roared so loud he started crying and when i came out he was standing in the corner of the bathroom 😊
That happened to me once, and I asked “aren’t you old enough to be able to using the boy’s bathroom?” His mom got mad, but you’re raising a perv
I was in Germany for three months last year and as an American, noticed right away that out in public, everyone dressed nice. (American version, which basically means you’re wearing jeans). I really liked that because I never wear athleisure wear ever, so I finally felt normal lol. The cultural differences of European countries and the U.S. are crazy, especially because I always thought they’d be super similar until I visited Europe.
This is so fun and interesting, because as a Swede going to Germany, I can't remember I thought they dressed any special.
But only in Sweden, here in my small town I feel over dressed (casual) and going to Stockholm I feel like garbage 😅 So I have a fancier dresscode (wich I love) going to Stockholm or Uppsala or doing something. But going around in my small town I feel I must dress down to fit in, but would never go as far as many, I mean baggy sweat pants... I feel under dressed in Jean, a puffer jacket and sneakers but casual enough to not feel like I am a princess or something.
But why would you think America is similar at all? Lol it’s amazing how being raised here you think the rest of the world is the same. Think about it. No wonder entitlement doesn’t leave
As a half russian i feel like russians are overdressed and im sorry but i have no words for the "style" of germans 😅
@@hinatababe97 Everybody experiences this--if you grow up somewhere and aren't exposed to other cultures, your home culture is the "default" of how the world is. It's not specific to the U.S.
I love fashion, and when I travel ( which is not very often), I like to buy a few items of clothing of the current styles of that country. I haven't been to Europe in ages, but I suspect that people there don't wear pajama pants and crocs with dirty socks.
When I was in kindergarten a girl in my grade literally crawled under the door of my stall and looked at me before crawling away. I’m still traumatized
Edit : the girls name was olivia and I assure it probably wasn’t any of you
Omg! That's creepy as hell! I'm sorry that happened to you 😮🥺
At church, 2 girls peaked through my stall and laughed and stared. It still is very traumatizing and at the time I was very self conscious, shy, anti social, quiet, etc. I was very young and felt violated and scared. Ugh 😑
The same thing happened to me! But in 1st grade!
THIS HAPPENED TO ME AT CCD OR WHATEVER THAT CHURCH SCHOOL WHEN I WAS A KID
This happened to me but in like 4th or 5th grade 😭
The “walks away with your credit card” thing gave me so much anxiety too.
Now I’ve never been anywhere else, but how is it done elsewhere? Do they swipe your card at your seat? Or you just have to take your bill to the front to pay?
@@angelbaby0601 usually you can do both. Depends on the restaurant. But your card will have a pin code and it shouldn’t work without you entering it. So they can’t swipe without you.
About 16 years ago an ex-boyfriend of mine went to lunch with a group of friends. They each paid separately, but gave their respective cards to the waiter, who went to ring them up. Within one hour 7 industrial sewing machines were chargeded to his card in South America! I NEVER let my card separate from me in a restaurant or especially bar....it only takes a minute to go to the cashier!
@@valerie4245 😳😳 I never had it happen to me, so I guess I never thought about it before. Definitely an eye opener.
@@KAST96 that makes a lot of sense. I really thought that was exclusive to debit cards. I didn’t know they had that for credit cards too.
Not just the cracks in the stalls but the little spaces they put at the bottom like its not even a whole door. I remember in Elementary kids would climb into my stall while im peeing like leave me alone 😭
Thats done for security reasons tho. And its farely common in countries in Europe too.
Yeah a boy came in and started laughing at me
That’s literally SH & I’m so sorry that happened to you. It sounds funny, but that is not okay
@@sofiabruiz17 there is a gap in the bathroom in most places around the world I think? But america does it BIGG
@@wilbyylarrensburg9306 oo I didnt realise they were that big. I honestly never actually thought it was weird.
“All this is for me?” Yeah girl, you gon take home 3 days worth of leftovers and never eat em too lol
The credit card thing freaked me out the first time I paid at a restaurant in the states. I thought my credit card was being stolen.
What do you guys usually do?
@@RossoAmareno They should do that here instead I trust that more
@@lunarguidance3723 In my country you walk up to a counter (usually next to the door) and pay for your food. We also use the scanners, though they aren't portable
What about before portable scanners? I mean, if you had them in Europe or Asia before the US, they still have to be newer than using credit cards at restaurants?
I am under 40 and in my life time worked at restaurants that had one phone line and couldn't take phone calls while a card was being run, and had the old school impression/carbon paper press things for when the system went down and the manager would process the slips manually when it was back up.
@Lunar Guidance 37 We just walk up to the counter and pay after we're done eating. We only see our servers when they take our order, give us our food, and take payment. It's nice not to be disturbed every 2 minutes like in the US.
Nothing scared me more on my trip to the USA then the massive cracks in the bathroom stalls
it is nightmarish. there's a huge crack in the bottom so you can crawl out if there is an emergency. one time in school I was just trying to take a piss then a little girl crawled underneath the crack and stood in the stall with me. I DIDNT KNOW HER. I FREAKED OUT
Reading these comments i have decided that i will if i ever go to america take with me or buy one of those absurdly long rulers and if someone stares just...jab at them with the ruler through the gap while making weird gollum noisesXD
@@Josku2411 😂
Everyone is uncomfortable and makes a point to mind their own business. Im 26 and never had anyone bother me
@@kyleejennings5823 girl u lucky asf
hilarious story, my mum is from england and when her brother visited they went out to lunch for sandwiches. when his arrived first, he pushed it in to the center, and everyone was like wyd? he thought his sandwich was the group meal. he was so shocked as more food OF THAT PROPORTION was brought out for everyoneee😂
This is funny but at the same time, how do you share a sandwich? You can cut it in half but after that if you cut it in smaller pieces everything will just fall out. Also, how would you make a “regular” sized sandwich in the UK then? Are the bread slices smaller over there?
@@nickjack1696 brother asked a very good question
@@nickjack1696 they’re probably like subway sandwiches that you can cut into smaller ones.
@@cecyliamaiden1973 damn we’re talking baguette style
@@cecyliamaiden1973 exactlyyy we’re taking AMERICAN TAKEOUT sandwiches
man this is so real. i visited from england last summer and the biggest shock for me would probably be the way everyone greeted each other and waved at you. i loved that so much
Lol I feel that just by visiting other states.
Only down south. And never in New England
But what did u eat in England?
Not in London 100%.
@@SamS.7598 true haha im from london
*WALKS AWAY WITH CARD* I literally chased the waitress on my first day in the US yelling “woah what the hell are you doing?!?!”
But you took your card out and probably even gestured to hand it to them or you left it on the table which I feel like common sense would signify in any country that that means you would like to pay for the bill, otherwise they probably wouldn’t have taken it. The idea of not paying at your table or up at the front is so crazy to non-US citizens but it’s not even really that crazy of a thing? it’s expensive and inconvenient to have a machine at tables or brought to them and it’s expensive to have someone do that solely as their job. We didn’t find it weird before technology existed? So i take your card to my computer and check you out while you stay sat at your table. Fraud is sooo rare in this aspect
@@awesxmeasfxck I live in Australia, and literally every business has a mobile eftpos machine now. Like, petrol stations have them ffs, to say it’s “too expensive” Is disingenuous and to argue “that’s the way it’s always been done” is always a poor argument
@@awesxmeasfxck literally every restaurant here has a mobile one they bring to you, or you walk up and pay at the counter. It was just a weird experience for me given it’s literally the first time I ever experienced it
@@JeremyVTS A lot of the restaurants have them now, especially since you can set up an account and reader to work with a smartphone or tablet, so it's not like it's expensive specialized POS hardware, like it used to be. Pretty soon the US will be no different in that regard.
@@JeremyVTSlol yeah, we have them in Ukraine, too. It's actually so odd for me that USA don't have them...
I felt the ‘there’s so much of everything’ 😂 I could just walk in and stare at every single type of mayonnaise and be like ‘fascinating’
I got overwhelmed trying to pick a jar of mayo yesterday. Then I realized I shouldn't be allowed to be an adult
@@shannonrickard8605 haha same. I feel like the anxiety is part of being an adult.
Tbh I live in the states and that's what I I sometimes do i just go walk around at the grocery stores even if i don't buy anything it's just relaxing to look at the aisles
"WoW" o0O
Right, American supermarkets really took the 'super' and ran with it
The best part about those bathroom stall cracks is making EYE CONTACT with someone who is checking to see if the stall is vacant. >_>
If that happened to me, I think that would stop me being able to go for a week
I LAUGHES OUT LOUD
fr and when theres no one in them the doors hang open so idk why people do that
Oh ya I have another best part about the bathroom stall cracks.. is when you decide to wear a romper, overalls, etc. No privacy. (・-・;)ゞ
Oh man, knock or look at the floor for shoes
I remember once my friend from Europe asking if I was going to go work out, but I was just wearing shorts and a t shirt to hang around my dorm
in Europe and the UK at least idk about others they don’t even touch your card you put it in the machine and type your pin or tap for contactless
Why did you write this in a way that implies the UK isn't part of Europe😂?
@@Idontknow-zs2jj technically it’s not. I mean not politically anymore. Since Brexit it’s now just the UK.
@@VictorianRabbit3456 I believe you're confusing the European union (EU) with Europe the continent. You can't just remove a country from a continent.
@@Idontknow-zs2jj Brits have this weird idea that they're separate. People here will talk about "going to Europe". Dude, you're IN Europe
Same in Russia, a waiter also looks away when you insert your card's pin 😎
Nah you should see the bathroom stall cracks at my school 💀
The same reason I never once pooped in school in my whole life.
omg rlly I can fit my entire hand through the cracks it's absolutely insane I always have to stuff it with my jacket before I use the restroom
Ikr. I try to get the one on the end for that reason
@@tim.tam.tim.6472 😳 but why?
yeah one time in school I was just trying to take a piss then a little girl crawled underneath the crack and stood in the stall with me. I DIDNT KNOW HER. I FREAKED OUT
As a person who lives in the US, I’m also amazed by how big some supermarkets are.
Truth!
hong kong supermarket be a museum fr
@@gilnahnu My bucket list country to visit.
Biggest I seen were actually in France. You could almost arrive naked, and leave with a new car full of groceries, clothes, jewellery, your next holiday planned, and all of it fully insured... on the spot.
And easy to get lost in the whole shop.
Not to mention the other stores around it, in the mall...
@@goa6329 sounds like Walmart to me 🤷🏾♀️
There was one time when I was using the bathroom in a supermarket and made direct contact with the custodian who was trying to clean through the stall crack. She goes "my bad G, please continue" and waved before walking out. To this day I still think about it.
My nightmare
It’s crazy because the athleisurewear thing is so true! Like wearing workout sweats with a cute top and some sneakers is super duper normal for me😭
Lol not for me. I look at ppl like why are you wearing that 😭. But here I am in literal pajama pants. The pot calling the kettle black.
Athleisurewear is awesome 😂 Especially when my kids were smaller and wanted me to play with them at the park ❤️
I love athleisure wear, it’s so convenient. I can go to yoga at noon, go straight to the grocery store at 2, take my dog for a walk at 3, and go to the mall at 4 and never have to worry about being under/over dressed lol
in europe we only ever wear it if it's workout day otherwise you're weird 🤣 crazy how different things are on each side of the world
i have no idea what athleisurewear means, as long as you dont smell, i really do not care what you’re wearing at all
Those bathroom cracks really be testing the limit of my self consciousness
I feel this!! You know the reverse culture shock hits hard when you break down crying in the cereal aisle from being overwhelmed... like WHY IS THEY AN ENTIRE AISLE JUST FOR CEREAL??? 😂
WAIT WHAT? I WANT ONE OF THESE
@@HenryNWhite-zp5zp we also have an entire aisle dedicated to potato chips and an entire aisle dedicated to carbonated beverages.
because there are so many brands
We like our cereal 😂
Why is it /reverse/ culture shock?
I never realized how much we trust waiters with our card info until some one from another country pointed it out in a video similar to this one 😅😂
Hi
I read this story of a girl who was peeing and some chick was staring into the stall so she gave her the finger and the girl staring had the AUDACITY to tell her she doesn’t have to be rude and stormed out shdjsufkshskansisnf 😭😭😭 💀
Lmaoo. Don't be rude I'm just being invasive and creepy
I hope girlie then stormed into her next therapy appointment bc damn
That’s why you carry around a small spray bottle with dye in it, water isn’t enough, gotta stain their face for a bit so they can learn the lesson.
Having a blue dye stained face is already a giveaway that you probably did something bad (cuz dye bombs) but imagine having to walk in public with your face looking like that.
Oooooor you could just pepper spray them, they wouldn’t be able to see you through those cracks while you’re in there, that’s for sure.
HUHHHH GURL OMGGG
@@BB-TheCandleFairy i take it that you've never pepper sprayed someone. It lingers. If you point pepper spray in an enclosed area, at a stall gap, you will 100% spray yourself too.
The biggest shock I had when visiting was when in supermarkets they don’t charge you for plastic bags. That completely confused me 😂
Unless you are in California and some other places but most places dont
I love your pfp
Pretty sure they started to charge for plastic bags in California as an effort to get people to reuse plastic bags or switch to cloth grocery bags.
They made it a financial nuisance to be wasteful with plastic grocery bags.
A not so effective approach to reduce, reuse, recycle. And I said it in the wrong order on purpose to emphasize priority.
@@ivetterodriguez1994 it is effective, Aldi charges and people dont use the plastic bags often because of it 😂
@@ivetterodriguez1994 that's the correct order🤣 that's how I was taught
WE HATE THE CRACKS TOO!!!! And the walking away with our card and the overload of products at the grocery store😂
What’s the reason for the cracks? Are they like that in every public restroom?
@@rumplestiltskin8838 no reason for the cracks its just the gap between the doors and walls. its not that big of a gap
@@rumplestiltskin8838 not ~every~ public restroom but nearly every public restroom. the only fully-closed restrooms ive seen in my town are family-bathrooms
I believe the doors are smaller to save money on material
Normal Americans don’t mind the waiter/ress walking away with the card or the different options of products.
I lived in West Africa for three years. When I came back to the United States I remember the shock of standing on the cereal aisle and trying to make up my mind what I was going to take home to my kids!
Captain crunch
Imagine being new to a country and you hand a waiter your card and they just run off and you didn’t know they did that
they would be reporting an incident afterwards 💀💀
I never understood this part. What do they do with the card? In England you just swipe it😂
@@ronnie7848 They also swipe it, but there's generally only one or very few point of sale machines. They can't just bring the entire computer to every single table. I don't know what else you'd think they'd be doing.
@@wmhfv992 usually we have mobile machines. So it's easy to bring the machine to you to swipe (use your password because that's a thing in my country) then they give you a copy of the receipt that's printed instantly by the terminal machine.
@@since1290 yeah
Some say she's still wondering the aisles of that supermarket to this day. The memories of what she went there for long forgotten. Her path through the endless maze unknown.
😂😁
I knew American had a lot of different products but never realized the actual size of the supermarket
OUUUUUUUUU GIRL and don't let you have to pee outside and be wearing a romper😂 public bathrooms are like a new season of Naked and Afraid but it's just you
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@@cookiedoech ❤️
Exactly why I have not owned a romper in 30 years.
Portions are also larger because they expect you to take some home. Personally, I love being able to bring half of my meal home so I can enjoy it later
I honestly like the food more after it spent some time in the fridge
Why are our bathroom stall cracks so big! You know how many times I've made eye contact with someone while I'm ON the toilet! lmao
Simple, ventilation, and easy access for emergency teams, bathrooms had a ridiculous number of people in danger of a health risk, it’s a bathroom and people go to the bathroom when feeling sick.
@@PastPositive for ventalation put a vent in there, emergency teams are trained to get in doors even if they arent held closed by a flimsy little lock, if people go there feeling sick then aint nobody wants to smell them
I WOULD JUST HOLD IT IN MY ANXIOUS ASS WOUKD NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT
Well people like to do drugs in public bathrooms or worse.
I hate u.s bathroom stall heights too- tho once in high school, someone brought their service dog in with them, and I only knew it because there was suddenly a GIANT white lab head poking under my stall and honestly my bad buddy it’s not your fault you’re too big for these stalls 😂
Sooo.... You got to pet a doggie FOR FREE WHILE you shat, and you're upset?!?!?
He was just checking in! Making sure ur alright in there too
@@sdomingo2548 ~ What a good boy! 😄
LOL
At least it was only a dog and not an entire child. Lol! 😂 I have 2 kids so I was as understanding as I could possibly be…
But a little boy (maybe 2.5 y/o) was in the stall next to me with his Mom. While she was actually using the facilities, he climbed under and straight into my stall. Thank goodness I had flushed and only had to button my jeans before grabbing my purse & leading the little boy out of the stall. I don’t think his Mom could have apologized more than she did. I would have been super upset with my own kids, but I just laughed it off and tried to made her smile/not feel so bad. I said something like “this will be a favorite story to tell and embarrass him in front of any future girlfriends”!😆🤣
As a little girl I went on a swim trip with my class and another little girl crawled under the stall door to change with me. I was mortified! I’ve always been very conservative about showing skin. I have hated our bathroom stalls ever since 😂
Wtf I would have slapped her
I’m from the US but grew up around the world and I had like 5-6 years of postings at less developed countries where milk and bread weren’t always guaranteed in the supermarket and walls were set up around peoples houses. Coming back to the US to see family was so strange because you could just walk up to anyone’s house and then there was a whole isle in the supermarket dedicated to bread and dairy products. It’s crazy. Still blows my mind today
I grew up in UK and Europe and I never understood why Americans don't have fences or walls around their front gardens... Just... anyone can just walk on it and dogs can shit all over it. So weird.
I like to order meals at restaurants that microwave well the next day. I usually get 2-3 meals out of every meal I order. It makes the cost of dining out worth it. I love large portions💕
Having such large meals and taking home leftovers is such a genius thing Americans do, your telling me I go to lunch, pay for one meal, and get so much I don't have to cook that night? Genius
@@snickers6125exactlyy like everyone hates on it but like why? It's great to have leftovers
@@Feelingabitgoofy maybe you aren't going home? So it's just random luck if you're going straight home and can save them.
Would annoy me
It can create waste if it isn’t eaten
@@snickers6125 idk even with the small portions in Europe I take leftovers home. Like we usually do not eat half of that 💀and after dining we like to walk. So very different cultures
y’all!! try to keep a jacket in the car as often as you can. when it comes to having no option but the public bathroom, take the jacket and hang the hood on the top corner before you lock it. it will stay up and block the crack so other people won’t see you. it has saved me so many times!!
I'm from south africa, and moved to the US and all of these are so accurate!! My family talks about all of these things any time someone asks what changed🤣
Haha I’m American and my fiancé is South African. He hates the card thing especially
I was shocked by the portion sizes when I moved recently to the US from England.
My mom had to explain to me that in America you’re expected to take some of it home as leftovers, most restaurants have boxes and bags for you to take your food with you in.
That was probably the biggest culture shock for me
That and the lizards
No
Most ppl eat it all
When I went to Norway i was so shocked at how nice all the bathrooms were 💀
What Norway did you go to😭😭
@Khan 04 idk i was mostly in Tromsø? At least compared to the South in the US ir was good 🤷♂️ most places either don't have an accessible bathroom at all, or it an almost the EXACT SAME stall with no difference. No ir only 1 rail, no seperaye bathroom at all, no cord, etc. Just exa6cky the sane but wider
As a Norwegian, I want to know what makes you think the bathroom was nice? Like the public bathroom? 😂
@@amberhorsmanTrust me. Even though I’ve never been to Norway, I guarantee that any Norwegian bathroom is better than American ones. Your country is so beautiful and modern; and also probably has much less people that like to steal toilet paper or piss on the floor.
I’m sure you’d have a heart attack if you looked at American gas station bathrooms 💀.
@@intreoo It's not known to me if it's typical that toilet paper gets stolen in the public bathrooms here, they are so thin that you have to use half a roll to wipe so not much to steal 😅 Accidents happen all the time but in most places the cleaners are asigned to that spesific buliding for their shift. Cleaning multiple times a day if needed (usually the toilets). Not all sinks are modernised, nor the soap dispensers or paper dispensers, or they don't work half the time or are empty 🤷♀️ And usually there is water all over the sinks, mirrors and floors because people have forgotten how washing hands works after the pandemic ended 🙈😂 Not saying that the cleaners do a bad job, just not everything gets the same priority or attention when cleaned🤷♀️
I totally get the card thing. I’m Canadian and I found it really scary to just let some stranger take my card away somewhere.
it's so normal and yet I would never go to a restaurant by myself bc .. need for witnesses lol
Genuinely asking, is the fear that the server will run off with your card and charge it for something else?
@@KarunyaSabapathy that or they could take down my information and continue to steal money after I’m gone. So ya I guess it’s a fear of the waitstaff committing fraud of credit card theft
@@marsbar2067 i used to consider this in the past but internet purchases requiring your card details now require a one-time password that gets sent to your phone or email, so it’s really near impossible for a server to do that. also you can always cover up the three digits on the back of your card! if it’s tampered with, it’ll show on the sticker/ink you left on it
I just much rather the way we do it here. They bring the machine to the table or at certain sushi restaurants you go to the front desk to pay
the card thing stresses me out so much, when i’m there is always ask for the machine to do it myself and they would seem shocked. bro i’m not giving you my credit card to walk away with tf
I’m other countries do all restaurants big and small have the ability to run cards right at the table? Fancy restaurants to casual eateries? I had no idea!
@@DS-wo5hd in canada where i am, yes, they bring the debit machine and a printed bill to the table and you pay yourself. in stores and such the machine is in front of you, never been an issue.
I usually just pay with cash to avoid this.
Yes all of this! As an American living in the UK for 7 years now I found the styrofoam containers, plastic straws, and cutlery being so widely available really stood out to me when I went back to Ohio recently!
What you're describing would be a culture shock to me 😂 Here in France they're banning one-use stuff from fast-food places and plastic boxes are slowly turning to cardboard boxes for detergent pods for example. McDonald's now uses washable plastic cups and baskets in restaurants and other fast-food places are supposed to do the same.
Also plastic Q-tips are definitely banned it's now paper!
OHIO
even though i was born and raised in the US, i always thought the person taking your card and leaving was weird af but i guess it was something i just never noticed as a kid
I didn’t get this one! What’s the other option? Paying at the register?
@@EleventyThousand yeah, paying when you leave at the front
@@EleventyThousand Well, I learned something new today. It's bizarre to me that they would take your card! In the UK, they bring over a card reader for you to enter your PIN number. You also have an opportunity to check the total they've inputted before proceeding. Even with Contactless becoming commonplace, which allows you to make a transaction without your PIN up to a limit of £100, you still would never hand over your credit card, you'd do it yourself.
@@lucyhardman2267 Yes! In Spain is the exact same. They just hand you a card reader, but is also in stores, you never lend your credit card to another person.
@@EleventyThousand Bring the portable card reader to the table. they existed over 15 years ago.
I’m so glad they don’t walk away with your card where I live lmaoo
What do they do with it then??
@@chelseamunroe fr like I know a few places have a little portable machine they just use at the table now but what did they do before those were a thing?
@@Natasha.08 Ohhh we have a few places like that where you pay as you leave, it's just not that common.
@@chelseamunroe they bring the card reader to the table
@@Natasha.08 that's because our restaurants aim to cater to the customer
My reverse culture shock was returning to Germany after three years away doing nothing but eating good Chinese food and remembering that nudity and open showering at the gym is totally normal 😵💫
I was reminded of the gym thing when I joined a new one that had a locker room. I was a swimmer throughout my childhood so I had the opposite thought as to the culture shock you experienced; I still think the dressing rooms in the locker room are odd.
I thought nudity was only ok at the nude beach. It's ok in gyms too. What else do you have for us Germany
What do you mean “open showering “😧😂😭!
hahaha ja in der Schweiz ist’s auch so 😂😂 ich habe viele schlechte Erinnerungen an das Schwimmbad 😭😂
@@sakuranovaryan9261 not at the gym itself, only in the showers. It's normal to see people showering nude in any type of gender-divided group showers too. The nude beach is different because people are nude there without being divided by gender or sex .
I remember the shock of returning after a year in Scotland. And after years of living in a city and shopping at smaller stores, big grocery stores are definitely overwhelming!
The bathroom cracks have always bothered me. I get so happy when I go to a restaurant and the doors have no cracks
I’m American and I’ve been thinking this about our grocery stores my whole life. I can’t even think in there.
sensory overload and too many options. I'm overwhelmed every time T_T
The grocery store thing happened to me! I had been in Sweden for some years and was SO looking forward to grocery shopping in Canada after so long. I walked into the SuperStore and was overwhelmed. I went up and down the aisles in confusion and awe and left without buying even one thing. Nothing.
I love how you used Canada as an example, because EVERY one of the "culture shocks" mentioned in this video is normal in Canada as well
I get overwhelmed at Ica Maxi 😂
are you a space alien or maybe 7 years old? All you need to do look at the shelves and pick up what you need... its literally the same as any market just a larger scale. Jesus how do people like you function as adults
@@Strawbbuni You talk without knowing anything. When I moved to Sweden there was much less in the stores than there is now, it was so little... And none of my favourite food was here in Sweden. I had to cook totally different meals than I was used to for years. By the time I got to Canada I had forgotten what I used to love to cook and eat, even. Going into the grocery store that I had been yearning for there were shelves and shelves and shelves x 1,000,000 of products I either had forgot about or new stuff I had never seen before. It was an overwhelming museum of food. Even now, thinking about it, I wonder how they can sell so much food in North America. I went into the store with no plan on buying anything specific, just to buy something I'd been missing, but I didn't see anything, just the millions of products gathered in one place. Say what you want, judgemental running mouth, but it WAS overwhelming and I function just fine, thank you. How about you? Everything ok in your closed up little world?
@@b-vQEVXideVFSCfCoFWw not really, the restaurant thing is only America. we have machines and they bring it to you. I was shocked when they take your card to the back in America.
You're right but I miss my HUGE Supermarkets that Have Everything besides Pasta!!!!!😢
Love how everyone’s talking about the bathroom stalls the most when I never even realised that was a thing 😭
When i first move to the states, that was the first thing I noticed. It freaked me out so bad. I recently went back to visit in Peru, and felt so relieved that their cracks was nearly nonexistent. I appreciate the privacy lol.
@@jakelineychavez as someone from the states, we literally hate it so much 😭😭
@@kaitlynmorgan4613 We need to bring back privacy when we are at our most vulnerable lol
WE NOTICE BECAUSE IT IS ABSURD. IT IS SUCH AN EASY FIX AND YET THE COMPANIES MAKING THE STALLS DO NOTHING.
@@AngryAlfonse yeah because it's easier to clean the bathrooms with stalls like this. I mean I'm a dude so I can only speak for the men's room but we don't actively try to peak at each other because homo.
Th bathroom stall cracks are going to be the reason I move country’s istg💀
Don't move to Canada tho, you'll be disappointed
@@b-vQEVXideVFSCfCoFWw well "Canada" is just a Br*tish construct, so its the exact same
@@TOTUdon't learn from our government
nobody tell her about sam's club 🤣
I’m just so used to everything in the US. I lived there my entire life that not even the bathroom stalls bother me at this point haha
Lol Sam's Club can be super overwhelming.
Not Costco either lmao
...she's an American. This short is about her returning to the US after living in Italy for so long 😶
or tell her to shop at Marshalls
As an Australian who now lives in America. The shops are weird, the power outlets are weird, the roads are super thin, the shower is now awkward and you cant trust anyone anymore.
We will allow you home you know🇦🇺
Bruh you think THESE roads are thin??? I'd like to see you in Puerto Rico 😂😂😂
Our roads are thin? Are you at least in the north east?
@@hithro5466 west-north
Yes, because only in America are you likely to encounter untrustworthy people. As for the showers (??) - not sure how it can be so "awkward" - unless you're talking about prison showers.
When I went to the US the thing that shocked me the most is the massive portions of food they give at restaurants and the drink sizes as well as the gap between the stalls.
Going to the bathroom at a mall was scary because ANYONE could just see inside
A Korean friend who visited the US said the size of the drinks "scared" her, ha ha. Nowadays in Korea though everything getting bigger, including the drinks.
@@ms.pirate little kids do XD
@@ms.pirate I'm glad that no one cares about what people are doing but still, the gaps in the stalls are huge, most of the places I've visited had a really thin gap at most or no gap at all
The portions seem so small to me as an American but I've been told I have an abnormal appetite
Now I wanna see the “regular” sizes from other countries because I have friends also from America say that we should make our drinks bigger😭
I went to London a couple months ago and the bathroom stalls were so nice.They were like actual rooms and you could have as much privacy as you’d like!!! I would love to go back
That’s normal in the rest of the world 😭
I can't believe litterally every right wing American over like 25 years of age can say that "America has it way better Tham most of the world" like yeah we aren't the worst off country but we sure as hell ain't "the land of the free home of the brave"
I love how she covers her top in the bathroom stall even tho she’s wearing a shirt
It’s bc she feels overexposed, it’s not so much bc she thinks people can see her boobies… it’s a normal reaction to feeling like you’re being looked at when you don’t want to be
I was born and raised here and Im still not used to public stalls 🥲
I was in a public bathroom recently and a kid had their face up to the crack in the stall, like literally poking their eye into my stall. I was so shocked that while coving myself, i mustered up to courage to say something (i struggle with speaking, im mute most the time) and eventually just let out like a shreik and then their parent came back and smacked the back of their head lmao
at least the mom smacked their kid. I would too right in the back of the head and hope their face hits the door in the process. theyll learn to not be peeping toms sticking their face where it dont belong
That happens a lot, unfortunately :,) mostly in chick-fil-a
@@covidrat8151 good thing chick fil a tastes like dookie
@@bingusdingus7417 ....💀💀... as a chick-fil-a food lover... I'm not sure how to respond to that XD
as someone who also shuts down when in need of defense thay was hilarious but I can also feel the struggle of tryna get your voice out
I remember having to reassure our exchange students that it was ok not to eat everything at the restaurant. I learned that it's not common outside of the US to take your leftovers home.
They learned that we work a lot but don't make a lot of money which is why we'd get upset if we paid $20 for a plate of food and all that came out was a serving size for ants.
the U.S. and Canada*
There’s was once a kid who was staring into those bathroom cracks. He really just went 👁👄👁 right into the stall
Honestly, the thing that most reminded me of my home state of Texas when I was living in the UK was Tesco. It wasn't as big as a US supermarket, but the design and layout was very familiar.
The bathroom cracks at my school are big enough to slide two phones through it at once 💀😭
wtf😂💀
I like when people care to look presentable when eating out. Not because it's a posh thing to do but it's because the activity becomes more a special treat than an errand. Like part of self care.
I am from Germany, currently in Canada. I am relating hard 😂
Wie cool, wie läuft es? 😊
Kanada stell ich mir toll vor :))) bis auf die Toiletten halt. Aber das wär auch ein Ort, an den ich ziehen würde...
We don't take credit cards away from the table though! Lol but yeah, portions and options can be a lot~ Bathroom stalls aren't so bad like at the mall...
Im intrigued by your observations ..please tell us!
Ps..Hope your having a decent trip
🥀🇨🇦😁
As someone from the US, this is really true. Athletic clothes are worn as casual wear pretty often. Children are even in athletic clothes about half the time here.
And they had the door length so short too. Like wth 😭 it was a blessing when I went overseas. The restrooms their were perfect
Its also easy for you to get rapped and murdered while nobody would even know its happening
I will say that I personally love the large portions because I can never eat it all at once, so I have leftovers to eat later. I don't have to cook! lol
Some of these things still surprise me. And I’ve lived here my whole life-
The bathroom cracks I can relate to as a natural born American. When we went to Ireland and actually had privacy, I was in love.
The supermarkets are actually something I’m proud of though I can understand the shock.
AIN'T NO WAY THEY ACTUALLY TAKE YOUR CARD
Yeah???
Yup, they sure do!
I FOUND THIS STRANGE TOO..
Yuuup, just walk right off with it. It's madness
What do they do in Europe?
I love this reverse culture shock format so much😻
Brooo the bathroom stalls I was so shocked by the cracks andddd the space between the door and floor as huge💀like anyone could easily look in
Supermarkets are so bright too. Like all the packaging. I lived in Spain for half a year and came back and almost had a breakdown the first time I had to grocery because I was overwhelmed by all the conflicting colors and everything trying to grab my attention.
All of this! Especially the weird large bathroom door gaps on the sides and underneath and the gigantic family size portions. 😂
The bottom opening at the door is useful for safety reasons, but the side gaps are just horrible
@@user-oh3zc1pl9k we actually eat leftovers!! Surprise!! No but for real we could get boxes to put the food in if you request. One thing I love about the USA is our proportions *cue stereotypical bald eagle caw* 🦅
@@user-oh3zc1pl9k Genuine question, how is it wasteful? Do people in other countries not have to-go bags where you can take leftovers home to have later?
@@M4th3u54ndr4d3 yeah but that's not a good enough excuse, they should have it connected, so it's like dog doors, when the dog comes back from outside, it goes through the dog door, so it just flip open when u move it, and there should some kind of lock to secure so no one can go through it, when u need to use it then unsecure it then flip it open, it should flip open on both sides.
@NokoFace they don’t have to go containers. I’ve lived south of Germany, and now in Japan, and it’s expected they give you appropriate portion sizes that you should be able to finish your meal, or most of it.
Here in Japan you can often order your food by sizes in restaurants. Women typically order the smaller size, and they have a tiny size for children. There is also a normal/larger size for men and sometimes even an extra large portion usually eaten by teenage boys and physical workers.
I've lived in the US my whole life and I'm still nervous about using public restrooms. Especially when I have to change my pad or something.
We had a large bathroom stall crack at school and the one time I was in the bathroom when one of my teachers came in to also go. As she walked to an open stall we made eye contact. Instead of just walking by she gave me a look of horror and then waved at me. It was the weirdest moment of my life!
Here in brazil the employees usually don't even touch your card, you're the one putting it in the machine and they charge everything in front of you
If someone walked away with my card like that id straight up pass out