Well I'm Coloradan (no, not Coloradoan), and I've never felt very much like money is as important as it is in the big cities. But I guess each state is different. ;)
When people say" I don't lock my door" the majority of Americans will assume that that person lives in a very small town where everyone knows everyone. Implying the town is so small you can trust no one will break in
Yeah, this is definitely a regional thing. I’m in STL, and we don’t trust sh!t here. We triple lock doors, and usually won’t even open the door if you knock, we just yell “who is it” through the wood lol.
One of my school friends lived in a teeny tiny, back to back, middle terrace (row) house.... They used to lock the door and hang the key on a hook outside! Thing was that, back then, we didn't have anything worth stealing! Maybe a b&w tv and a radio, but that was it!
Yeah with my hometown it was more like - don’t worry there’s always a mosey neighbor window watching just waiting for some gossip to talk about so if they see something suspicious...they’ll pop over lol
Honestly I'm American (born in Missouri but moved to Texas as a kid) and I've always called them just tennis shoes. I've never used the words sneakers or trainers. If I don't call them tennis shoes then I call them whatever specific brand they are like Converse.
It's such a big country. Each region has its own words for things. I say sneakers, but I've heard people call them trainers and I've heard people call them tennis shoes. I've never heard them say gym shoes. Depends on where you live or where you're from.
To me sneakers are the brand shoe, trainers are the ones to push you to work out more. Gym shoes are the ones you use to work out in/go to the Gym in. Tenney shoes are the everyday shoe and tennis shoes are the shoes you have to wear when on the courts. But I grow up in a city where it is sunny 300 days out of the year and it's a huge outdoor and active place.
A million dollars absolutely is an "oh my god" amount of money to most Americans. Most Americans don't have more than $500 in savings at any given time.
@Hamcake well here in rural Minnesota my family has never had more then 50k at one point in time. Granted, my mom was 17 when she had me, she split with my dad a couple years after, and she doesn't have a job whilst my dad works as a chef at an old folks home. Also I'm only 14, but still, you get my point.
@The Great Pumpkin Yes but we're familiar with a million dollars for government or big corporation projects. Maybe they don't discuss big business or government spending deals in Ireland and UK, in general?
@Hamcake Thanks for the compliments and the advice, I'll keep it in mind but for now what I really want is a job with animals. My whole life I have loved animals and have spent a lot of time learning everything I can about them. I'm thinking maybe a biologist or maybe even a journalist? People say I should be a vet but I couldn't stand to operate on animals let alone put one down. So yeah, I really like writing, drawing, and animals so a journalist kind of sounds right. Yep now I'm just rambling, I probably don't sound as mature as you thought now but that's the kind of job I want.
I live in California and we had a lot of people who migrated from Wisconsin, Chicago, Kansas etc. the craziest story I heard was a guy who flew out of Chicago int California and the temperature from takeoff to landing was exactly 100 degrees which totally blew my mind!
Where is there a range that extreme? In the northeast, I feel like the range is 15F to to maybe 100F. Very few days in my life have been out of this range.
@@DarkMagic1323 @Julie Hansen I'm from Michigan and I can confirm this. I'd even go so far as to say it can go quite a bit lower than -20 in the Midwest winters but it's not as common. It definitely happens, though.
In rural areas of the US, most people have three layers of security; 1. Locked Doors 2. A dog (in the event the locked doors are defeated) 3. A gun (in the event the dog is overpowered or incapacitated)
That is why in my country it is a running joke that they live in the land of the free. Americans are afraid of everything. They fear the law and the crook. They are like a deer frozen in the headlights of the oncoming car. Dammed if they do and dammed if they don't. I do not lock my doors or own a dog or gun and i never have been robbed and need pill's to feel calm or sedated. Odd how my countries people live longer on average also. I wonder why?
henry bourdon My boyfriend is from a large city in California and I grew up in rural Oklahoma. We are constantly arguing about locking the doors. He gets mad when I don’t lock the door and I get so frustrated when he does lock it. Really, the only reason I lock my door is the tiny chance someone breaks in if it’s unlocked and they might let my pets out.
henry bourdon American’s have the freedom to own guns. We don’t live in a country where the Government treats us like little children telling us what we can and can’t own. It’s also a check on tyrannical government. You live at the mercy of your Government
In America, house alarms are actually much more common in very low-crime areas, as the deciding factor tends to be the cost of the alarm, not trust in the community.
The justice systems in both countries are very different, in Ireland burglaries are common, if the thief is caught and it's a big if, it's treated as an occupational hazard. It's common to see burglars with over 100 previous convictions given a minor sentence, as firearms are illegal here there is no risk of them getting shot. In America the sentences are far harsher and there's a very real risk of the home owners shooting the burglars.
If you get caught breaking and entering here in the US you are likely getting shot. I’m super left leaning but... if I wake up with some stranger in my place they are dying. Reason being- they likely are armed as well, and I’m not willing to wait to find out.
"We can control temperature and air because we are Americans." I laughed so hard at that I almost tossed my cookies! Also, living in Texas, I enjoyed the accent. Job well done.
And in smaller towns with all services in town? Distance would be small enough mostly to bike it, I'd imagine. Of course, if the nearest supermarket is one town over, that's different.
In small towns if you're a kid you have a bike to get to the convenience store or go to your friend's house. Another thing to note is that if a city has a cold winter or hot summer bicyclists are seasonal - in Seattle winter bicyclists take advantage of public transport bike racks to skip the muckiest/hilliest part of their commute. Here in Albuquerque there's bicyclists along all roads from October to May but summer time is no bueno except at like 5-7am.
"Service animals" are allowed almost everywhere, but "emotional support animals" aren't allowed in most places, and will maybe even earn eye-rolls - "SURE that's an emotional support animal".
Yes, ESA's are allowed on planes, but only if smallish? Or sent to the back of the plane? I think. Other than that, ESA's aren't really allowed anywhere that isn't open to all public spaces where pets are welcome. Specially trained service animals are permitted anywhere that is public provided the animal behaves appropriately. There's a major problem with people passing off pets as fake service animals though.
@@PetMama1313 Yes. That is exactly right. One gets a permit for service animals, but you just have to say "this fish (or cat, or whatever) is my emotional support animal".
@@PetMama1313 PREACH!!! And you can only ask, "Is that a service animal?" anything more and you begin to cross lines of legality. Especially sucks when they are obviously an untrained bully of a pet! Too many damned chihuahuas snapping and causing drama when a true service animal helps to eliminate drama.
Just so you’re aware, emotional support animals are a point of controversy here because there’s a difference between a service animal and an emotional support animal. Service animals go through years of rigorous training, where emotional support animals can just get a certificate to be called that. Service animals are often the only animals allowed in public areas like malls and grocery stores, but a lot of people illegally bring their emotional support animals in and badger the employees to allow them to do so.
I worked in HR at a big cimpany, we had so many problems with this. Guide dogs, service animals love them... some idiot that gets he attack dog a 150 dollar certificate from a clown on the Internet to bring in to intimidate their boss during performance meetings, get the fuck out our building. The sad part is that there are legitimate emotional support animals, for instance we hired veterans, some with ptsd who had certified trained emotional support animals. I had to write a whole policy and get legal support to justify our case by case justification for denying an emotional support rattlesnake but allowing an emotional support dachsund. God I hate people.
There are only 2 questions they can ask you about your service dog. One is ,is that a service dog. 2nd what is the dog trained to do. That's it. They can't ask you why you need one or what your condition is.THERE IS NO CERTIFICATE FOR A SERVICE DOG. YOU CAN GET ONE ON LINE BUT IT MEANS NOTHING BECAUSE ANYONE CAN GET ONE.THEY ALSO CAN'T ASK YOU FOR ONE ANYWAY. I HAVE ONE SHE HAS A VEST AND I KEEP A DOCTORS NOTE ON ME JUST IN CASE SOMEONE TRIES TO KEEP YOU OUT OF SOMEWHERE I CALL THE POLICE AND I WILL SHOW THEM BUT I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER ON ME.THESE ARE FEDERAL LAWS SET UP BY THE ADA..YOU CAN USUALLY TELL BY A DOGS BEHAVIOR YOU REALLY DON'T NEED TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO .WITH THE RIGHT TRAINING THEY KNOW WHEN THERE WORKING. YOU ALSO NEVER PET A SERVICE DOG WHEN ITS WORKING. THEY PRETTY MUCH HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS PEOPLE.
I'm a therapist and have to explain this to patients all the time. ESAs are the ones I can write letters for, but I have to tell my folks that will allow them to have them in an apartment (within reason) where the landlord would otherwise fuss pets, but that's it- bringing the pet somewhere typically excluding pets, around the public, requires a ton of training to become a service animal so that everyone can be safe.
I remember being a kid in the 1970s, hearing adults talk about how they used to be able to leave their doors unlocked, but society had gotten so bad they had to lock up. Forty years later, the adult children of those people talk about how they used to be able to leave their doors unlocked... Nostalgia lies.
I always lock my door because I think about how stupid I'd feel if someone broke in because I didn't lock the door. But when I was a kid, in Chicago in the 60's, not only didn't we lock the door, we'd sleep outside on the lawn in the summer. And there was NEVER a problem.
Friend lived in Tempe for a while.Cooked an egg on the sidewalk.Those "Jelly" sandals would melt just enough to get sticky on the sidewalk.Air conditioner=survival.People without,like,DIE and everything.Happens in places like NYC too.Poor folk,the elderly...
Jacqueline Reed AZ is different but in NY people only die from the heat because they are in a poorly ventilated space. I don’t have AC in my house and as long as I have a fan I’m happy.
no you dont. ppl lived there for far longer than the small stretch of time when freon and refrigeration became a thing. like any desert, or culture found in one, doing work during the day was only for rush jobs and emergencies. in the usa workers in the south are known to have a really slow pace but getting the job done. because u have to conserve energy to last an entire day. and humid hot is always known as worse. in arizona u can do old school air conditioning. eat a hot pepper to induce light sweating. if u were burning calories to sweat; you die of thirst in 3 days. eating a pepper gives you calories and induces sweat cooling u off if there is any type of breeze. calorie free cooling. that works there. in humid climates that are hot like florida. dehumidification is just as important and its much harder to do in florida.
@@tonyb7615 That's precisely why the whole "siesta" concept became a thing in Mexico. They're not lazy, sleeping during the day--they're just having SENSE! Work will happen later, when it's cooler. Having lived in both wet and dry heat summers I will take the dry ones ANY day.
American here. I was surprised when I was in Galway two years ago, people had their dogs everywhere. Not on leashes, just well behaved dogs. Loved seeing dogs in pubs.
I live in Texas. I’m still extremely impressed that people lived and worked here without air conditioning 70 years ago. It’s almost unimaginable. Fun fact. The first air conditioned car was in Texas.
#1 haha, I live in South Texas. When the AC goes out everything gets sticky. If it is left like that for too long then mold starts to grow. I have huge respect for the lawncare people, I certainly. I think I used my heater 2 times last year? On the other hand, I did live in Idaho and my house didn't even have an AC installed. But it did have a Franklin stove and a gas heater
I'm surprised to hear her say people don't use checks in Ireland. We don't use checks a lot here anymore, because most people pay bills online w/their credit cards, but if you have to send someone money through the mail, it's a safe way to do it because there's a record of it (or a money order). Or if you have to pay a repairman or someone whom you can't pay w/a credit card and you don't have enough cash in the house, you can pay w/a check. How do you handle that in Ireland if not with a check?
I have never locked a door in my house. Ever. I don’t even have keys. When I was young and lived in apartments I would lock them, I think, but haven’t locked my doors in almost 30 years. I do set my alarm, though. Sometimes.
I have to lock my door because my pos roommate steals my stuff and I cant afford to move out or find a way to get them kicked out yet. Before living with them never had to lock a door for anything in my life
I use to work with a guy who came from England. He told me about his first experience in our summer in Southeast Kansas. He said it was mid June and he had mentioned to someone about how hot it was. They started laughing at him and told him, "it's not even August yet" He couldn't grasp what they were talking about, until about the second week in August (at this point everyone who knows should be laughing) It's around this time when the outside temperature is around 100-115 degrees Fahrenheit. Now the heat really isn't as bad as it sounds, what's going to get you is the 90% humidity that comes along with it. So at least down in my part of the country, it is very important to have air conditioning in the summer.
the humidity can get extensive, no doubt in that. here in mich. the great lakes have the ability to create it's own weather. about 5 years ago, it went from snowing, to rain, and then to hot and humid all within a span of about 3-4 hours.
I lived in Houston for 12 years. (now back in Nebr) I drove a convertible. no a/c. Our work didn't have a/c. You get used to it. I don't use a/c now that i"m in NE again. I hate a/c.
I live in northwest Florida what people don’t understand is 90/90 is usually 6-8 months of the year air conditioning is like Houston and other southern us cities allowed the ability to grow otherwise it’s so inhospitable you have a very hard time surviving
I think its more about the larger & larger $$$ amounts our Government spends & ever increasing national debt. Add to that, inflation, and unrestricted tuition prices being constantly jacked up, we stop getting shocked by huge $$ amounts being quoted.
a million dollars for one person (general speaking) is a huge amount.. but 1 million spent by the government (which is OUR tax money really) theoretically means that 1 million dollars came from 300 million people, so it's less then 1 cent each.
@@MAV-xq1ch A mansion and a Ferrari would make that million gonzo. A good car and a good house would only take about 25-30% of it as long as you're not buying a house in some insanely overpriced area.
GA girl here. We can open the windows maybe one month out of the year. Otherwise it's either hot as hellfire or cold AF and we have to control the temp in the house to be comfortable lol.
I’m in Tennessee. Maybe two weeks in the fall and two weeks in the spring, Windows are open and I am so happy like I’m living in California again! And then those two week seasons are gone and I close it all up and let my smart thermostat do its thing. I keep it cooled to 70, heat to 68. I do hate the weather here.
I live in Alabama and the humidity and heat of the summer coupled with the swarms of mosquitoes and bees make for a pretty miserable atmosphere in your home if you open the windows. It was 97 degrees here with a heat index of 105 and humidity at 78% today. I'm glad my thermostat is sat on 64 year round!
I have always lived in rural Texas. I heard a joke about us that cracked me up so hard because it was so true. We have security lights outside our houses but none of the doors are locked. The answer (also very true) is "but what if the neighbors need something."
The usage of the 24 hour clock in America is primarily used by all the different branches of the military, not just the U.S. Army In America, we don't refer to athletic shoes as runners or trainers, we typically call them sneakers or tennis shoes (Runners to an American, would be a long narrow stretch of a rug, usually matching a larger area rug)
Other countries generally don't have different branches of the military; they call it all "the army," so I don't think she was aware of the fact that our army is separate from our navy, etc.
I've learned to stop taking this one personally. A lot of people, even Americans, will just lump the entire military together as "the Army". I got sick of saying "Marines, actually" and learned it's a time saver and easier for me to just not get worked up over something so small.
The first time my wife and I went to Ireland we noticed immediately that there were no screens on the windows and also there weren't any storm doors. All the home entrances seemed to have only one door. Screens on windows are essential here because when the weather is warm you can't have a window open without getting houseflies and other insects in the house.
I've always thought it was weird seeing houses without screens on the windows or outside living spaces that aren't enclosed (mostly in southern California and areas like that). Just wondering if those places don't have bugs like we do in Oklahoma lol.
I will say I got a hellish amount of bugs in the house when I stayed in County Cork and left the windows open. I missed the screens but the airflow was amazing compared to here in the states. LOL
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Having lived nearly all my life in unsafe, high-crime areas makes me surprised to hear you say Americans don't lock their doors. Heck, even when I moved in with a couple of people in a much, much safer region we always locked the doors. I just can't imagine living any other way.
Yes I’ve also never k own anyone who doesn’t lock their door, but I grew up in the city. When it comes down to it, if someone really want to get in your home, a lock isn’t going to stop them but at least you’re not inviting them in
@@bobungaurmoms4954 Not locking a door isn't an invitation. It won't deter all break-ins but most people prefer them to be easy. Circumventing locked doors tends to be noisy, time consuming, and attracts a lot of attention.
Some of My family lives in a small town of literally like 500 people. They don’t lock their doors there because even their next door neighbor is far away seeing as they live on 900 acres of land. So it’s just not necessary. kind of pointless actually.
Where I live I lock my doors sometimes, but I don't feel it's highly important to lock my door. I also have extra "security" measures for intruders, but break ins aren't really all that common.
Leasing isn’t renting to buy. You have the car for a set time, then the lease is up, you turn it in to the car dealership, and lease a new one. Your maintenance is covered, and you don’t have to deal with selling the old car when you want to buy a new one.
One does have the option to buy, but leasing is almost always done by those who just want the newest, more expensive than they ever could afford type of car and that is the only way they can have that. No fiscally wise person cares about dealing with selling their car they paid for, but would never pay for something, only to have no asset at all when done paying, unless the only asset they care about is to have use of what they could never afford, though that would never be a fiscally-wise person.
@@JohnFourtyTwo my first car was 17yr when I got rid of it, second was 5 and just paid off when I totaled it. Third was 10 when the engine blew. Rather than dropping another 4k on THAT repair (I had JUST spent nearly 5k to overhaul all the rusted out parts after moving to TX from the north), I cut my losses and used the cash as a down payment on a new but base model, year old clearance car. I'm not liking this one much, so I do intend to take good care of it, pay it off early, and get a solid trade-in value on something else in another couple years when my student loans are gone and I can afford a higher payment for a vehicle I actually like.
@@JohnFourtyTwo yes, unless you're going to use it as a leisure vehicle and drive it sparingly, the maintenance on the old cars starts to be less financially worth it than just buying a new one. Probably a good move for an '88. My wife and I want a '58 Impala, gorgeously restored and likely worth a pretty penny, but that would be driven on weekends to the lake for a picnic or other such short and low-risk/low-wear environments for our enjoyment. Certainly never on the highway downtown or just as a daily drive to work. Too precious.
@@JohnFourtyTwo I'm 36 and on my fourth car, but it's my first new one. The first 2 were cheap old beaters that I had to get rid of when the repairs got too costly. The 3rd was a gift that I kept up well for 10 years and was still able get a fair trade value on it when I got my current ride. Now that this one is paid off, though, I'm starting to dream of trading it for something more rugged. A cross-over or a small SUV, something hardy that will last much longer.
@@JohnFourtyTwo I'm moving out to the mountains soon, so I was definitely thinking something with AWD. Jeep is pretty expensive, but then again, so is Subaru (which I've been coveting the last few years). I don't think I'll get another brand new car, though. I think I'll go warrantied pre-owned - a good middle ground.
Tony S It’s amazing to compare what a million dollars could buy in different parts of North America. In some places you would have an enormous mansion while your neighbors live in awful shacks. In other places your house would be small and unimpressive and surrounded by much more beautiful neighbors.
I'll never see that much money in my entire life. Animals must be trained for the kind of job they'll be needed to do. They wear vests and certification that they are service dogs. You're really not supposed to pet them without first asking the owner. A couple of pet stores you're welcome to take them. We took our dog a couple of times and he loved it! Most dogs were walking around on leashes and going crazy with all the other dogs and smelling all the food and treats lol. My little toy fox terrier, on the other hand, was terrified. We had to carry him! He did have fun, though 🐕🐶♥️ You can't just take your pet wherever you want to.
@@karlamackey4675 There's a big distinction between genuine service dogs and emotional support dogs. The former are of genuine use to the owner. One good example are service dogs for epileptic-prone folks. The dog is trained to recognize symptoms before an attack occurs and go for help.
Honestly I can’t wrap my mind around “open a window” when u literally enter your house to escape the heat. I live in Texas and our summers can get to 105 degrees on an average day. Which is apartently 40 degrees celsius...if I googled that right. Idk 😐
We definitely get used to the temperature change between outdoors and in the stores, just avoid the refrigerated aisles! 😂 Fun video, thanks for sharing!
Having unlocked doors in the States is a sign that you live in a very safe place where crime is low and you know your neighbors. Its not an invitation! Still, a family member or very close friend/neighbor may walk in AS they’re knocking or saying the words “Knock knock!” (Isn’t that weird?!) but it’s only after they’ve let you know to expect them or because they come over so much you expect them. You would absolutely not walk in a strangers home unannounced. That’s a crime, and in many states, a lawful reason to shoot.
I believe that there is a law in Montana that says that if 6 or more Native Americans come onto your property uninvited, it is technically considered a reading property and you are allowed to shoot to kill.
@@Spiralsmile What do you mean? All of our buildings have a gap where 13th floor should be and the rest of the building just floats over the 12th floor...
(Active duty Army) 1400 or just “14” And the whole “we don’t lock our doors round here” is more of a colloquium than a literal thing, people still lock their doors. Also in most rural areas where this applies unwelcome intruders are very likely to be greeted by a round of 12 gauge 00 buck shot already in flight. So in theses areas burglaries are less of a problem, because most would be criminals are well aware of that fact and generally look for an easier score.
I think you are correct, although I didn't lock my door when I lived in rural Pennsylvania, but now that I'm in a suburb of Richmond... I sure do. The shotgun (and other items of my arsenal) are always handy. Lol
I lived in the middle of nowhere (country) in Colorado and we never locked our door on our houses or cars. But I trained dogs so I’d have up to 40 on the property at a time, 3 of which are 85 lb Belgian Malinois that are protection trained.
@@patrickjanecke5894 burglar or bear..... Stopping power matters. Yogi ("Yogi the Bear" is america cartoon reference for those that don't know and you should watch it , Yogi was always stealing picnic baskets and out smarting park rangers, great children's cartoon but I digress ..sorry...) seldom can be reasoned with and deer panic running in the house will destroy the house and hurt anyone it hits as it kicks its way around the room(s) while missing the door or window completely that it came in by...
yeah, before noon you add a zero. So 3am would be O-300 hrs= OH three hundred hours. also in the medical field 24 hrs is used for documentation. Most places cant be biked to its just not that safe on the roads. Also if Im going to the store to do weekly shopping it won't all fit in a bike, I'd need a wagon too. Couldn't really do that 2 out of the 4 seasons
This actually began changing about 1980 or so. Schools, houses & apartments were built with central heat and air conditioning (known in the business as HVAC), and those buildings without heat & air were either torn down or retrofitted. The house I was renting at the time in central North Carolina had a a/c window unit in the living room but the bedrooms would get too hot in the summer to allow me to sleep, so I purchased a window unit for my bedroom which was adequate to cool the bedrooms when we kept both doors open. Places I've lived since then have had heat pumps.
This happens usually in the transitional times of seasons like Spring to Summer and Summer to Fall. Though if you don't like the weather in Michigan, wait 5 minutes.
It’s the same here in Orange County, California. A few times , in the middle of the day, I have realized that I had both on at the same time by accident (my heat is central but A/C is wall units)
Just FYI, watching your channel came in SUPER helpful this week! I spent about 2 hours on the phone with someone in Ireland trying to get them to help me resolve an issue. I used things that I learned from you about Irish culture to help --- saying "I'm sorry" a lot, taking the piss out of myself, starting with a little banter, etc. Good things happened! 😁🥂 Thanks, Diane!
I work two front/customer service desks and I am also the operator/phone service person for a hospital. The "special requests" thing here is mainly because so many people in America feel so entitled and expect to be treated like they own the world. It's part of the "the customer is always right" customer service mentality. We're taught that we need to bend over backwards for everyone we come across, no matter how poorly they treat us. Or we'll get fired.
Me, a southern Texan, imagining not having AC from about May to October when it tends to get up to 90Fahrenheit (110 heat index last July) with usually around 80% humidity💀
Lived in Iowa for 5 years and GOD DAMN the humidity index. I'd look at the weather thingie and be like "Wait, how the heck can it be _100_ percent humidity and not RAIN?!" :P
Tennesee summers are awful too. You walk outside into a sauna from like May to early October. We went to South Carolina (the next state over) and in the middle of October it was 99F. WHY. I'm enjoying the 60F we have right now. I know it wont last long 😭
And you live in South Texas? I would think the humidity was closer to 95 percent! I remember summer haze days in Houston and it was not pollution but water vapor in the air. It is like being a steamed lobster.
I use card for everything because I either get cash back or airline miles. If I pay with cash I pay full price with no benefit. Paying with card saves me money as long as I don't overspend and run a balance on my credit.
I was born in the us and have ALWAYS had issues with the “temperature control”. It’s so great to hear you say that! I literally wonder how people don’t get sick from being hot and then freezing just by going in and outside
It’s mostly older people who use checks. I worked in banking for 5 years and it was always my elderly customers who wrote checks or needed help balancing them. My grandma refuses to use a debit card... my husband and I own our vehicles, but some people lease because they like to change cars more frequently. I personally feel like leasing is wasting money...
I am an older person, and I have reduced my check writing to one every month. My landlord isn’t set up to take cards, so writing a check is easier than buying a money order or tracking them down to pay cash. Checks are disappearing from American life.
I pay my rent with a check every month because the only other option I have with my landlord is cash. Sometimes I've paid for services like lawnmowing with checks because I don't carry much cash on me and the nearest ATM to my house is 8 miles away. I'm middle aged, but not elderly. Though I don't ever pay with a check if my debit card is an option.
I think most folks use checks as a form of personal repayment. For example, you borrow $100+ dollars from a friend or family member, and then you use a check to pay them back so there is a record that you did pay them back.
I think because America has a “the customer is always right” mentality, that is why substitutions & extra help is the norm here. Which is usually fine, except if you work in a service field, you’re bound to get the obnoxious customer who mistreats & takes advantage of this.
I appreciate when stores go what I consider above and beyond in "the customer is always right" approach because I know the customer is no always right. I can't stand watching customers take advantage of sales people by asking for a manager and belittling the person doing their job. When I point out a problem (for instance an expired sale price still displayed), I am not looking to get something out of it but just to let the store know of the problem.
Also people have dietary restrictions and it’s just more polite so say sure no onions or whatever else than to make them explain they are allergic to something or just can’t eat something also restaurants want you to have a good meal so you will come back there are many places to eat and if you don’t like a places food and can’t add things you like or remove things you don’t like you just won’t ever come back . I know from experience there are places I don’t go to because there’s nothing I like or it includes things I hate or they have ingredients I hate in a dish I normally love.
@@davidevans8059 I know this is a week old, but I wanted to say that I was taught *this* when I took hotel and restaurant management for an associate's degree.
It's also because US wait staff rely on tips. You go out of your way to do things for your customer because if you don't, even if it's not your fault, you won't get tipped.
I live in Florida and if someone wanted in and I wasn’t home, they would just break a window to get in. If I am at home they would get shot. Breaking and entering here is not even a gamble it’s just a suicide and when someone is trespassing at night we pretty much accept that they got what they deserved. I know it’s not like that in other places.
Jewel when a man with a knife slit my patio screen i stared him down with my phone 911 ready to press! The man gave up and didn't enter! Gun liability is different in all states! Oregon law says u must attempt to flee before shooting! Florida is a stand ur ground state come in I shoot! Oregon come in and the homeowner must try and flee!
@@oldfogey4679 I live in Oregon as well and though I've heard the same thing, it's not really true. Here is what the Oregon Supreme Court ruled: -This statute was interpreted by the Oregon Supreme Court in March of 2007. In State of Oregon v. Sandoval, the court ruled that Oregonians have no “duty to retreat” when faced with a violent confrontation. The Supreme Court correctly noted that Oregon law contains no requirement to retreat from an attacker and that previous rulings to the contrary are not only incorrect, but obviously incorrect. The Court said, “On a purely textual level, ORS 161.219 contains no specific reference to ‘retreat’, ‘escape,’ or ‘other means of avoiding’ a deadly confrontation. Neither, in our view, does it contain any other wording that would suggest a duty of that kind.” There are three types of states when it comes to homeowner defense, Stand Your Ground states, Castle Doctrine states and Duty to Retreat states. Oregon is a Castle Doctrine state. A castle doctrine, also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law, is a legal doctrine that designates a person's abode or any legally occupied place (for example, a vehicle or home) as a place in which that person has protections and immunities permitting one, in certain circumstances, to use force (up to and including deadly force) to defend oneself against an intruder, free from legal prosecution for the consequences of the force used. For me, though I'm a gun owner and did 20 years in the military, if I have the time, I'll call the police and gladly let them handle it. If not and if I feel that my life or my family's lives are threatened, I will shoot.
How stupid are the criminals where you live? You break into empty houses, so you have time to root around. You don't go into homes where people are sleeping. That's just a bad business plan. The profit to risk margin is very low. And if you are worried about people climbing in to harm you, what kind of an a-hole are you that someone would risk their life to harm you? Again, anyone who knows you well enough to want you dead will know enough not to take you where you are armed. Living in fear is no way to live.
Don Coleman, one does not have to be ill natured in order to have violence visited upon them. Some people are just evil and twisted, doing horrible things for no good or logical reason.
🤣🤣🤣 What thief is going to try to break into a building that has people inside?! That's so imbicilic! What is with these high gun owner states? You don't break into homes in Massachusetts without watching the habits of the neighborhood for a few weeks first because you're just asking for an ass kicking, handcuffs, your family and friends testifying against you or just abandoning you, and being made an absolute laughing stock across the entire region for getting caught acting the fool (if the home or car was unlocked, the victim is the laughing stalk though). Intruders also risk getting shot, stabbed, maced, etc. Unless you're a high profile target here, no one will bother with you. Only risking someone potentially shooting you isn't all that frightening to someone desperate or merely sick enough to commit a felony. I don't think people who brag about shooting people have ever actually been in a situation requiring physical self defense before; it's not something that your body even allows to happen for most people no matter what your brain is saying. You aren't likely shooting anyone, dude. Hesitate, and they shoot you.
The bit about the temperature in the supermarket reminds me of an episode of "Married With Children" where the Bundy family Summer vacation was a week in the frozen food section of a supermarket.
Loved when the old lady got busted. That show is so awesome I have an Al Bundy #33 Polk High jersey. I also have a NO MA'AM t-shirt. He's the closest thing to a hero I have. LOL.
The local rule for around here is that most places only get that cool during the really hot, muggy months. Fun fact: the Ohio river valley is classified as sub-tropical. We can hit 100F in the summer and -5F in the winter.
With regard to the differences in temperatures with stores and outside... at least where I live, it can get blistering hot outside and you walk around roasting in your tshirt, but you go into the store and it just feels SO MUCH BETTER. I have honestly stayed in stores a bit longer than I needed, pretending to browse simply because I knew outside was about 20 degrees hotter and I didnt want to go back outside and be hot again.
Renting a car is just for a few days. Leasing it is for 2 or 3 years so Chad can show off a more expensive car than he can actually afford. Chewy looked bored.
@@1984-f7q , sort of, but not really. The terms and conditions for a lease are much different from a rental. For instance, a lease has mileage limitations, while I've never heard of a rental having limits on how much you can drive during your rental period. I suspect this is likely because many leased vehicles will later be sold as used vehicles, while rentals simply get turned over repeatedly in the inventory of a rental dealership and they routinely replace whole segments of their rental fleet.
@@chthulu27 besides the mileage limit, they are almost EXACTLY the same thing. neither belong to you, both cars are covered by a maintenance program (no money out of pocket for you), and a lot of rental cars also get sold on the used market later on in life.
@@1984-f7q , I've never leased a car personally. To me, it seems impractical. Leasing only seems, in my opinion, like something you do if you want a new car every 2 to 3 years.
A lot of people, and maybe this is unique to Americans, like to get a new car every couple of years. Leasing one for 2 years lets you drive the car you want without having to worry about losing a ton of money on a trade or reselling it 2 years later when you want to upgrade to something newer or just different.
When working with Norwegians/ Finns: They: We can be ready by week 42/ Can you be ready by week 39? ME: WTF is week 42/39? Can you give me a calendar date?
@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 So close. There are actually 53 weeks in 2020. Without looking it up, off the top of your head, can you tell me what week of the year July 17 is in? It's much easier to plan with calendar dates.
That's an interesting way to denote a time of year. I'm American, I only know of that system for the purposes of manufacturer date codes on cases of beer and things like that. Is that really easier than just saying "April 12th?" "October (the) 24th?" "First week of June?" At least to a Scandinavian, or an American bottling plant, apparently it is. I guess you get used to it and then you can take advantage of how it's much shorter to write and say.
I've worked for tips. We're being nice and accommodating so you hopefully tip better. But the friendliness shown towards our customers I've found is contagious and helps put me and the staff around me (as well as the customers) in a good mood; especially on busy nights when the customers are "breaking bread".
When we visited Ireland many years ago, we had beautiful, sunny and comfortable (for us) weather, about 75 degrees (or 23 Celsius) at the end of June. Virtually everyone we talked to complained about the oppressive heat. We were puzzled by that, because in the United States, we can have temps that reach into the 90s (32 Celsius) or higher. Add to that the off-the-charts humidity that accompanies those temps, especially if you live in the mid-Atlantic or Southern states, and you can see where air conditioning is quite the necessity in the summer months.
@@Alex_Gordon Humidity is much worse. High humidity is stifling, you're constantly sweating which doesn't evaporate. Most who live in humid areas, will say the dry heat is a bit more bearable. However, in the overly developed areas of desert states. All the artificial green areas and swimming pools, have lead to those areas becoming much more humid.
@@LatimusChadimus actually they're more right, 75°F is 23.889°C. The equation is take °F subtract by 32, then multiply that by 5/9, (75-32)x5/9. Granted since they forgot the .889°C it's 73.4°F Edit: if converting from °C it's °C multiplied by 9/5 then add 32, (23.889x9/5)+32.
The inability of Limeys to handle temperatures above 72 degrees F is a source of bemusement to Americans. I once asked an aunt who was a lifelong Texan how summers were handled before air conditioning became common. Sleeping porches and dampened bedding were customary. Not enough, since the very young and very old tended to die in the summer heat.
@@barrydouglas6276 24 hour time: 1:00pm equals 13:00 or thirteen hundred. Thus 11am is eleven hundred, 12pm twelve hundred, 1pm is thirteen hundred. 2pm is fourteen hundred etc. I don't know if this is what you were asking. It's to make sure that one knows if it's am or pm, you don't use the same number twice in a day for communication purposes.
@@tinak3271 This would be reasonable if an hour were divided by 100. What name is given to this unit? 15 minutes after 1 PM I regard the time as 13:15 mot 13.25. Please name the unit of which there are 100 per hour and show examples of it being used in public discourse.
@@barrydouglas6276 It's always used as military time, as in regards to the name of the unit. I only know it as 24 hour clock or military time. Mostly in the US and Canada. simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock
"living in a place where you don't need to lock your door" specifically means you live in a place where the community is respectful of property and law and does not enter a house without permission and does not steal.
This is very true. People in those places may still lock their doors, but I myself have simply never been comfortable with it. Having grown up in a rough neighborhood initially, it has left me with a lifetime of paranoia. For better or worse.
We left the front door unlocked when I was a child,which was more than 50 years ago.I didn't,and don't,live in a high crime neighborhood,but as far as I'm concerned,no matter how peaceful and respectful the people may be in your area,leaving your doors unlocked is asking for trouble.
kirk mullings Absolutely right! My wife is from Cartagena, Colombia where humidity is regularly in the 90% range. Walking down the street down there was not so bad because there is usually a breeze. DC almost never has a breeze during the summer (heck, with global warming I am expecting for it to start within a month and not end until November).
Yeah, who's using checks? It's been years since I actually wrote a physical check, and that was only because the state bar insisted on it for some reason even though every other institution had moved on.
@@suedenim There are still people who use checks and many these people hold up a checkout queue because they don't trust the check-writer so painstakingly write them out.
@@lynnquin8565 I always seem to get behind the little old lady who waits until the cashier totals up everything and then the little old lady begins to search for her checkbook. 😂
The idea of classifying a dog as an "emotional support animal" is way overdone in the US. People have abused the term to be able to get their pet into restaurants or planes or where ever, and increasingly those animals are ill trained and aggressive and not able to control bowels and bladders. The US is definitely experiencing a backlash against those thoughtless owners who impose their ill mannered dogs on others. Airlines, for example, are starting to limit the kinds of animals you can bring on board. I am watching with interest efforts to pass legislation that will create very special requirements for training. licensing, bond and insurance requirements, for anyone who wants to claim little Fluffy and an national support animal. True service animals, like for the blind and or wheelchair bound, are highly trained, super expensive animals that will not create a problem in public.
Thank you! Thankfully I don't need a guide dog, but down the line I might, and seeing the issues fake service animals creates and how it effects real service animals really bothers me
I have an ESA. I made sure to go through the proper channels to get a letter from a legit mental health professional. Even though he's legit, I NEVER bring him in any restaurants, theaters, etc. It's my problem - he's my dog. Needing him doesn't give me the right to impose on others. I hate that people cause a fuss with their dogs. ESA's can be brought on planes and in apartments, but they don't legally have access rights anywhere else. I hate the few that use the term to get their pet into stores with them. They ruin it for everyone.
People can’t get handicap stickers just for being fat, and that’s a super weird assumption. It’s more likely that the person has a disability that a stranger can’t recognize at a glance (which is...most disabilities) and also happens to be fat.
We do have huge temperature swings in the US. I’m in Memphis, TN and it’ll be 83° High one day and two days later it’ll be down to 40° low. Look up the term arctic blast.
I get those temperature changes daily. 94° high...52° low...but summer temps are 112° high and 68° low. But a 40° temperature shift is a daily norm for most of the year.
In my experience, most emotional support type of service dogs I’ve seen tend to just be people who want to bring their dog with them into stores and restaurants and the like, and the rules for doing that vary by state. I’m a paraplegic and I have a service dog and she’s legally allowed to go basically anywhere I go. She goes everywhere with me and I’ve flown with her twice and had no issues or even any questions really. She’s even stayed in hospitals with me before too. One time I had to go to a hospital for a very minor procedure and I didn’t realize they were going to be taking me into an actual operating room for the procedure and I had her with me. She stayed in the pre-surgery bay with her leash hooked to my wheelchair while I was taken back into an operating room for an hour. I told the nurses that if for some crazy reason she got the leash unhooked and started wandering around that they were more than welcome to grab the leash and take her to wherever they felt most comfortable keeping her. I introduced her to the nurses and told them her name so that they could call her if something like that did happen, and I told them they could keep her behind the nurses station, take her back to the bay I was in and hook the leash back to my chair, or they could stick her in an empty room or bathroom until I got back. And even if that had happened the only thing she really would’ve done is look for me. She’s super quiet, friendly, and absolutely loves getting attention. I love having a service dog though. She takes care of and looks out for me and she’s been by my side almost every single day for 9 years now. It’s hard to really imagine my life without her at this point.
Some older buildings have a Mezzanine or “M” sometimes it’s called Ground or “G” in elevators, but the next level would be “2”. Also because of superstition, most high-rise buildings will skip floor number 13.
I still prefer choosing my clothes when I was in high school. Its how I found out what I really enjoyed fashion and style wise. That, and self expression and individualism is always good in my book.
Things I’ve done while waiting tables to make a customer happy: 1. Call a friend to bring a can of Coca Cola for a table that was mad we served Pepsi. 2. Hand mix salsa, avacado, and lime for a guest who wanted guacamole even though it’s not on the menu. 3. Put an extra drop of rum in a guest’s straw to make them think their drink is stronger because they asked for it “strong” instead of paying for a double. 4. Used bar garnishes to make “fruit salad” for a kid who wanted it as a side. 5. Let a bunch of adults order of the kids menu to take advantage of dollar kids night. 6. Lied about it being a guest’s birthday to get them a free desert because their food took to long. 7. Let them try every single flavor of salad dressing with their side salad. 8. Used my employee discount on a guest table because they were giving me a hard time. 9. Took prom pictures of a group of high school students. 10. Hooked a customer up with the cook who sells weed. 11.. Substituted every topping off of a burger to put something else on to recreate a burger they had at a different restaurant once. 12. Brought a round of shots of raspberry syrup to a bunch of old ladies whose “tea wasn’t sweet enough.” Yeah. It’s mainly about tips. But it’s just drilled into our heads to be as accommodating as possible for every guest. “The customer is always right.” Sometimes it bleeds into our personal lives too. Someone will walk all over me and without even thinking, I’ll just smile and nod and volunteer ways they can take advantage of me more. That said, (when we aren’t closed for coronavirus) because of tips, I can normally bring in way more money than my friends who work in retail or factory jobs.
Love #3, very creative. We need to get our servers a descent wage and do away with using tips to live on. (to me businesses use tips to keep overhead down and profits high)
Elijah Culper you are AWESOME!!! I want to come to your restaurant after CV. The waitstaff in TN are not nearly so accommodating and generally tell people to slag off!! 🤣
Zachary Cooper This is slightly unrelated but the night I got the best tips was the night I gave the worst service. I was one of two waitresses in a packed full restaurant plus I had the patio. I walked out with so much money. I messed up drink orders. I was literally running all night trying to keep up. My hair was falling out of my bun. I was trying so hard. A lot of people were tipping me like $50 on a $20 ticket. That manager who let all the wait staff other than the two closers at 4:30pm was my least favorite manager and I’m sure he learned his lesson that night. He had to fix all of our mistakes.
The expression about the locked doors is just an expression relating to the closeness and trust you have in your community, not literally leaving your doors unlocked for anyone to enter as they please.
I think it’s a bit of a relic; I’m in my 50s, and grew up somewhere between suburb and rural, and when I was a kid, we only locked the doors at night. We’d rarely even lock them if we were leaving during the day, unless we expected to be gone at least several hours. Today of course is entirely different.
Money. I'm somewhat unusual in that I pay cash for everything and own my house and cars outright. Yay Dave Ramsey! It seems that old ladies are the only ones who use checks, and I'm always behind them at the grocery store checkout. I use Paypal for online purchases and event tickets, else I use a debit card. Bicycles. I live in Alabama, and it is nearly impossible to go to work on a bicycle unless your workplace has a shower. It's hot (it was 80F / 27C this week - it gets hotter), plus it rains - a lot. Next, there are longer distances to travel; for example I have a seven mile commute, which is unusually short. Many people drive an hour to get to work. We don't usually walk for the same reasons that we don't bike. Calendar dates. Yep. I'm even weirder: sometimes I'll write a date YYYYMMDD, especially for computer stuff. Locked doors. In some smaller towns with high trust communities, people don't lock their doors. I started locking mine after the neighborhood kids would just walk in to use the bathroom. I don't have an alarm, although I know some people who do have one. Dress codes. There are still some rules, depending on your lifestyle. I have to wear coat and tie to work. Some bars will have dress codes to ensure that they get the crowd they desire (people who spend money). Special requests. Many people in the US really are that nice. Even fast food places encourage special requests (Burger King - Have it your way). Service industries like restaurants do want tips, but most restaurants have training and standards to reinforce the attitude. Stores like Chic-Fil-A and Publix are known for their kindness. My pleasure. Pets are people. Some bars allow dogs (depending on the local health code). Dog parks are a nice community attraction. I think Emotional Support Animals are bogus, however I fully support trained Service Animals. School uniforms. Kids wear whatever they want to school, usually subject to a dress code. However, some schools like private or parochial schools do wear uniforms. Also, there was a push a few years ago for some public school kids at low-performing schools to wear uniforms, because the thought was that uniforms would make them perform and behave better (longitudinal studies proved this to be false). Floors. There are some places that use the 'Irish' numbering system (Ground, 1, 2, 3,...), but I much prefer the 'American' system, especially when walking up the stairs. Who wants to walk an extra flight of stairs lol? Temperature and air. See above. Much of the South would be unlivable without Air Conditioning. As you mentioned, the AC systems can remove some of the humidity. I just checked, and it's 97 percent relative humidity outside. I do like opening windows when appropriate, like Spring or Fall. Thanks for entertaining us during the lock-down :)
I used to not lock my doors, but moved to a larger city and started having people that only care about themselves and stole things, so yeah now I do..... wish I could go back to mot really having to
That dress code is the LAW for most of America... You don't follow that LAW the cops might get called and could end up getting into legal trouble for not following the dress code... No shirt no shoes no service dress code is the LAW for most of America... Dress codes are necessary... It provides safety and protects people from indecent exposure... Then you have businesses with there own dress codes for there employees to follow if you don't follow company dress code in America you will loose your job... Then we got dress codes for food safety dress codes too in America... Hair net so food don't get contaminated with someone hair... It's disgusting finding someone else's hair in your food... There's a bunch of reasons why America has all these different dress codes and if you don't follow them you could end up in alot of trouble and up being punished
@@jackalcor9966 In Walmart they encourage you to be yourself, but you must wear 13 articles of flair. Now that could be a nipple hanging through the hole in your shirt, a simple pair of crocs counts as 2. Hell, wear a muscle shirt and you can count every jelly roll individually.
My mom gets cold super easily, so she always has a sweater with her, even in the Texas summer, because depending on the building, the AC is so cold, haha.
So many confuse emotional support animals with service dogs. Service dogs are allowed everywhere, as they should be and their use is vital, but emotional support dog just means 'I like my pet and have no respect for anyone else". No one wants to eat in a restaurant with everyone else's pets. I know so many who have had to leave businesses, with their human children because they insist on bringing their dogs everywhere, and many children are afraid of dogs.
@@betsybabf748 Precisely. Even worse, "emotional support" animals are not trained. That is why one weighing 95 lbs almost seriously injured someone at my office in the waiting room. Four people witnessed it lunge at her and come within 3 inches of her. Luckily the man with the dog was heavy enough that the dog was not able to pull him forward far enough to bite the woman. It scared her to death. She could have easily pressed charges. She could have easily sued pur office for allowing this large, menacing, untrained dog into our office and neglecting to protect people at the office. Luckily, after we talked to her, she understood that we did not want the dog there either, and she did not sue us.
I have an ESA an she has saved my life many times. I suffer from major depression and panic disorder. Using her in dire occasions have shortened my panic episodes among other things. She also has thwarted suicidal periods I won't go into. Educate yourself.
I spent 10 years in the U.S. ARMY, and yes, we did use the 24 hour clock, stating time in "hundred hours" before 10 AM we used a leading zero (zero four thirty hours for 4:30 am) and after 10 just the number . if it was an even hour, then the hundred hour ( 1100 hours = 11:00 am, 1600 hours = 4:00 pm. said as sixteen hundred hours) we also used the alpha codes for time zones. and used GMT as the time for communications crossing time zones, so 1400 Z = 2:00 pm zulu, or GMT. we used the local letter for stuff only happening in our own time zone. lastly, we handles the possible confusion on dates by writing and saying our dates with the 3 letter month abbreviation. so this would be 30 APR 2020 spoken 30 April 2020
What you think of as a special request we think of as normal. A special request here might be when I ask the person at the drive-through to give me a half-diet half regular coke with easy ice. Or asking for the meat patty of the burger but not the bread. (No I am not kidding that is what my family does quite often.) Our attitude is that if we are paying for the food, we should get it exactly the way we want to eat it.
kind of like getting 1/2 sweet and 1/2 unsweet tea at Mcdonalds hahah 1/2 cut tea is so common it actually has a name now! (just because the sweet is too sweet)
Bicycles are supposed to be treated like another vehicle on the roadway and follow all the same traffic rules and laws. Some variations in cities that have dedicated bike lanes though.
It's impossible to make this kind of video WITHOUT "generalizations". An American making a video about their experience in Ireland would ALSO have to make "generalizations".
I live in Central Los Angeles and don't even have a key to my house LOL. I do have an iron gate, we have a pitbull and six roommates all on different schedules so pretty much somebody is always home lol
The special request thing about leaving something in a car, had something similar where we lost the car keys in the mountains! The guide company we were with were super helpful and took us ///in their own cars/// back to town while we waited for a tow truck. I was with my two young nephews and the guy driving us was so nice, he even went through a McDonald's when we asked because everybody was hungry after 4 hours in the mountains. Way stressful at the time but a very memorable experience!
I so wish sometimes I could've been rude to people... they're USUALLY the kind of people that in other situations you would definitely give the "what the f" to lol. (Server/bartender here)
I keep my doors locked because my wife wants me too. When she's away for whatever reason, I don't lock em. I live in NM, everyone is armed. No one wants to rob anyone Edit: no one wants to get shot robbing anyone
Oh no demelza bunny, on the contrary, there’s a lot of robberies in NM, it’s just a lot of people are armed to protect themselves and their property, so that neighbors don’t steal from each other.
We use the statement “twentieth of March” when we’re replying to a question about an event in the next month or so. But repeating events or really whenever you need to convey the year you would say “ March twentieth 2020”
Also, I worked in the service industry and I can say for me the smiley amenable nature was just my nature. It certainly didn't have to do with tips and that has carried me well in The UK
Floors might make more sense when you think of office buildings or hotels. My office building is 3 floors and the businesses in it occupy suites. So the ground level suites are named 101, 102, 103, etc. because they're on the first floor. My office suite is 300, because my company occupies the entire 3rd floor (the top floor of a 3-floor building).
There's a saying here in America: "The customer is always right". I don't know if that's a thing in other countries, but that kind of explains the whole special request thing. If the paying customer wants something, and we (the employee) are capable of providing it, then we provide it-- period. That's not necessarily the case in every industry or every business, but it's a common concept over here. A happy customer will come back over and over, an unhappy customer will tell everyone they can just how unhappy they are about your business, and a bad reputation is one of the hardest problems to fix.
Layers are definitely a thing to assist in adjusting to differences between outside temperatures and inside temperatures. Where I live in Northeastern US, especially in fall and spring. Carrying a hoodie with you in summer is smart, too, because some places OVER-air condition!
In the Army they would say "show up at fifteen hundred". In the Air Force we would say "show up at three" because we are smart enough to know you are not talking about 3 in the morning. LOL
We used "fifteen hundred" back when I was in the Air Force, but that was a long time ago. Also, having to show up at three in the morning wouldn't be too unusual for the army. They're nuts like that.
Everything I hear about the different branches tells me the Air Force are the smart ones and look at the rest like they are masochists led by sadists. :D
@@BrigitofBergental I mean, it depends on what you're looking for. If you don't want to be in the military, then maybe the Air Force is for you, I guess. But that just seems like an odd choice to me. Unless you're sure you can actually be a pilot (and not just support) and are doing it for that reason - not really into the "military" thing so much as you just want to fly and this would be the easiest way to get that experience and training - then it's weird to me to want to merely dip your toe in the military experience. I feel like, if you're going to war, then you should receive the best training, and want to be surrounded by people who also received the best training; I don't want to die because somebody fucked up due to lackluster training, and even more so, I don't want somebody else to die because *I* fucked up due to lackluster training (or any other reason, really). If you join just to fly but don't like the military and don't want the experience, to challenge yourself, to be disciplined, then sure, go Air Force. If you want to challenge yourself and instill in yourself an unshakable confidence, receive training that is designed to keep you and your brothers alive, if you want to surprise yourself with what you're capable of, then Marine Corps.( (And if all you want is for the gov't to pay for your college, Army.)
Hang on Chad, let me start the thread for you: "Well I'm American and I've never ____"
Lol . . .Dahc here and "I'm American and we ALWAYS ______"
Well I am American and I have never learned Irish jig dancing and I really want to
"Well, I never!" (also #FHC)
Well I'm Coloradan (no, not Coloradoan), and I've never felt very much like money is as important as it is in the big cities. But I guess each state is different. ;)
Boulder boy here @@UnknownColorado ...could that be because you're breathing air a mile up?
When people say" I don't lock my door" the majority of Americans will assume that that person lives in a very small town where everyone knows everyone. Implying the town is so small you can trust no one will break in
That's like where I live everyone knows everyone I live in hancock md but out in the country
Yeah, this is definitely a regional thing. I’m in STL, and we don’t trust sh!t here. We triple lock doors, and usually won’t even open the door if you knock, we just yell “who is it” through the wood lol.
One of my school friends lived in a teeny tiny, back to back, middle terrace (row) house....
They used to lock the door and hang the key on a hook outside!
Thing was that, back then, we didn't have anything worth stealing!
Maybe a b&w tv and a radio, but that was it!
@@mazdamps These days, people will steal used condoms.
Yeah with my hometown it was more like - don’t worry there’s always a mosey neighbor window watching just waiting for some gossip to talk about so if they see something suspicious...they’ll pop over lol
As an American, I always bring a sweater, even on the hottest days, because so many indoor businesses keep the temperature so darn cold!
I’ve started doing this as well. Especially a theater.
For me it's always a sweet blessed relief when i enter a place of business because I'm always in perpetual "it's too goddamn hot!" mode.
I keep a sweater and a blanket at work. The air conditioner at work works too well for me lol.
Same
Me too
Sneakers. Trainers are people you pay to torture you at the gym.
Honestly I'm American (born in Missouri but moved to Texas as a kid) and I've always called them just tennis shoes. I've never used the words sneakers or trainers. If I don't call them tennis shoes then I call them whatever specific brand they are like Converse.
@VanityBaroness yea in Chicago people don’t say sneakers. The vast majority of people say gym shoes
I've always just said shoes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It's such a big country. Each region has its own words for things. I say sneakers, but I've heard people call them trainers and I've heard people call them tennis shoes. I've never heard them say gym shoes. Depends on where you live or where you're from.
To me sneakers are the brand shoe, trainers are the ones to push you to work out more. Gym shoes are the ones you use to work out in/go to the Gym in. Tenney shoes are the everyday shoe and tennis shoes are the shoes you have to wear when on the courts. But I grow up in a city where it is sunny 300 days out of the year and it's a huge outdoor and active place.
A million dollars absolutely is an "oh my god" amount of money to most Americans. Most Americans don't have more than $500 in savings at any given time.
@Hamcake well here in rural Minnesota my family has never had more then 50k at one point in time. Granted, my mom was 17 when she had me, she split with my dad a couple years after, and she doesn't have a job whilst my dad works as a chef at an old folks home. Also I'm only 14, but still, you get my point.
@The Great Pumpkin Yes but we're familiar with a million dollars for government or big corporation projects. Maybe they don't discuss big business or government spending deals in Ireland and UK, in general?
That’s false I make 27k a year and I keep over $2000 in savings and try to push higher normal drop down when I use for big purchases
@Hamcake Thanks for the compliments and the advice, I'll keep it in mind but for now what I really want is a job with animals. My whole life I have loved animals and have spent a lot of time learning everything I can about them. I'm thinking maybe a biologist or maybe even a journalist? People say I should be a vet but I couldn't stand to operate on animals let alone put one down. So yeah, I really like writing, drawing, and animals so a journalist kind of sounds right.
Yep now I'm just rambling, I probably don't sound as mature as you thought now but that's the kind of job I want.
@@TheBeesies good luck with your future goals..dream big and reach for the stars!⭐🌟
When you live in a place where you can get 115 F in summer and -20 f in winter you need a good heating and cooling systems.
Legit.
I live in California and we had a lot of people who migrated from Wisconsin, Chicago, Kansas etc. the craziest story I heard was a guy who flew out of Chicago int California and the temperature from takeoff to landing was exactly 100 degrees which totally blew my mind!
Where is there a range that extreme? In the northeast, I feel like the range is 15F to to maybe 100F. Very few days in my life have been out of this range.
@@juliehansen5696 Midwest.
@@DarkMagic1323 @Julie Hansen I'm from Michigan and I can confirm this. I'd even go so far as to say it can go quite a bit lower than -20 in the Midwest winters but it's not as common. It definitely happens, though.
In rural areas of the US, most people have three layers of security;
1. Locked Doors
2. A dog (in the event the locked doors are defeated)
3. A gun (in the event the dog is overpowered or incapacitated)
That is why in my country it is a running joke that they live in the land of the free. Americans are afraid of everything. They fear the law and the crook. They are like a deer frozen in the headlights of the oncoming car. Dammed if they do and dammed if they don't. I do not lock my doors or own a dog or gun and i never have been robbed and need pill's to feel calm or sedated. Odd how my countries people live longer on average also. I wonder why?
henry bourdon My boyfriend is from a large city in California and I grew up in rural Oklahoma. We are constantly arguing about locking the doors. He gets mad when I don’t lock the door and I get so frustrated when he does lock it. Really, the only reason I lock my door is the tiny chance someone breaks in if it’s unlocked and they might let my pets out.
@@henrybourdon6712 Trust me, most of us aren't fearful
My dog isn't for security, he's my best friend 🐺
henry bourdon American’s have the freedom to own guns. We don’t live in a country where the Government treats us like little children telling us what we can and can’t own. It’s also a check on tyrannical government. You live at the mercy of your Government
In America, house alarms are actually much more common in very low-crime areas, as the deciding factor tends to be the cost of the alarm, not trust in the community.
Also, most home owners insurance will discount enough to justify the cost of an alarm
High crime areas tend to have big dogs instead of alarms, and armed owners.
The justice systems in both countries are very different, in Ireland burglaries are common, if the thief is caught and it's a big if, it's treated as an occupational hazard. It's common to see burglars with over 100 previous convictions given a minor sentence, as firearms are illegal here there is no risk of them getting shot. In America the sentences are far harsher and there's a very real risk of the home owners shooting the burglars.
If you get caught breaking and entering here in the US you are likely getting shot. I’m super left leaning but... if I wake up with some stranger in my place they are dying. Reason being- they likely are armed as well, and I’m not willing to wait to find out.
Everyone has an alarm system in low crime areas 🤔wonder why they are a low crime area lmao kinda like safe spaces or not so safe
My mom thought it was weird that there was no air conditioner in our hotel room in Ireland.
"We can control temperature and air because we are Americans."
I laughed so hard at that I almost tossed my cookies! Also, living in Texas, I enjoyed the accent. Job well done.
Me too. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
That line def got me, lol
Actually in America bicycles are most common in big cities, because that’s The only place ware things are close enough to bike to.
I see more cars than bikes in Chicago, but we do have bike lanes.
Well yeah, it’s the US, there’s going to be more cars than bikes, but I guarantee you have a higher bike density in Chicago than they do in Effingham.
And in smaller towns with all services in town? Distance would be small enough mostly to bike it, I'd imagine. Of course, if the nearest supermarket is one town over, that's different.
In small towns if you're a kid you have a bike to get to the convenience store or go to your friend's house. Another thing to note is that if a city has a cold winter or hot summer bicyclists are seasonal - in Seattle winter bicyclists take advantage of public transport bike racks to skip the muckiest/hilliest part of their commute. Here in Albuquerque there's bicyclists along all roads from October to May but summer time is no bueno except at like 5-7am.
In Boston bicycles are all over the place
When you have to go over 20 miles to work biking and walking is a bit hard, specially with a foot of snow on the ground.
And if you live in areas where bears, wolves or cougars can be found.
@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 Or human predators
"Service animals" are allowed almost everywhere, but "emotional support animals" aren't allowed in most places, and will maybe even earn eye-rolls - "SURE that's an emotional support animal".
Service animals = emotional support animals (and vice versa) these days.
Yes, ESA's are allowed on planes, but only if smallish? Or sent to the back of the plane? I think. Other than that, ESA's aren't really allowed anywhere that isn't open to all public spaces where pets are welcome. Specially trained service animals are permitted anywhere that is public provided the animal behaves appropriately. There's a major problem with people passing off pets as fake service animals though.
@@PetMama1313 Yes. That is exactly right. One gets a permit for service animals, but you just have to say "this fish (or cat, or whatever) is my emotional support animal".
@@PetMama1313 PREACH!!! And you can only ask, "Is that a service animal?" anything more and you begin to cross lines of legality. Especially sucks when they are obviously an untrained bully of a pet! Too many damned chihuahuas snapping and causing drama when a true service animal helps to eliminate drama.
@@Druunah69
No. Not even close.
Just so you’re aware, emotional support animals are a point of controversy here because there’s a difference between a service animal and an emotional support animal.
Service animals go through years of rigorous training, where emotional support animals can just get a certificate to be called that. Service animals are often the only animals allowed in public areas like malls and grocery stores, but a lot of people illegally bring their emotional support animals in and badger the employees to allow them to do so.
Allie Herring thank you for this comment. I am a blind person with a guy dog it’s exhausting to always have to explain the differences :-).
I worked in HR at a big cimpany, we had so many problems with this. Guide dogs, service animals love them... some idiot that gets he attack dog a 150 dollar certificate from a clown on the Internet to bring in to intimidate their boss during performance meetings, get the fuck out our building. The sad part is that there are legitimate emotional support animals, for instance we hired veterans, some with ptsd who had certified trained emotional support animals. I had to write a whole policy and get legal support to justify our case by case justification for denying an emotional support rattlesnake but allowing an emotional support dachsund. God I hate people.
There are only 2 questions they can ask you about your service dog. One is ,is that a service dog. 2nd what is the dog trained to do. That's it. They can't ask you why you need one or what your condition is.THERE IS NO CERTIFICATE FOR A SERVICE DOG. YOU CAN GET ONE ON LINE BUT IT MEANS NOTHING BECAUSE ANYONE CAN GET ONE.THEY ALSO CAN'T ASK YOU FOR ONE ANYWAY. I HAVE ONE SHE HAS A VEST AND I KEEP A DOCTORS NOTE ON ME JUST IN CASE SOMEONE TRIES TO KEEP YOU OUT OF SOMEWHERE I CALL THE POLICE AND I WILL SHOW THEM BUT I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER ON ME.THESE ARE FEDERAL LAWS SET UP BY THE ADA..YOU CAN USUALLY TELL BY A DOGS BEHAVIOR YOU REALLY DON'T NEED TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO .WITH THE RIGHT TRAINING THEY KNOW WHEN THERE WORKING. YOU ALSO NEVER PET A SERVICE DOG WHEN ITS WORKING. THEY PRETTY MUCH HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS PEOPLE.
I'm a therapist and have to explain this to patients all the time. ESAs are the ones I can write letters for, but I have to tell my folks that will allow them to have them in an apartment (within reason) where the landlord would otherwise fuss pets, but that's it- bringing the pet somewhere typically excluding pets, around the public, requires a ton of training to become a service animal so that everyone can be safe.
I agree with this comment 100%, but after reading it, I had to hug my emotional support otter to feel better about it.
I always lock my door, I don’t care how safe an area is, I just feel more comfortable with my door locked especially at night
Same! Also getting hit with your own door by an attacker will make you lock the door all the time.
I remember being a kid in the 1970s, hearing adults talk about how they used to be able to leave their doors unlocked, but society had gotten so bad they had to lock up.
Forty years later, the adult children of those people talk about how they used to be able to leave their doors unlocked...
Nostalgia lies.
Helps to have a German Shepherd at home to scare off people trying to open an unlocked door.
I always lock my door because I think about how stupid I'd feel if someone broke in because I didn't lock the door.
But when I was a kid, in Chicago in the 60's, not only didn't we lock the door, we'd sleep outside on the lawn in the summer. And there was NEVER a problem.
@@EduardBirkaya Helps even more to have a Glock.
Living in Arizona, we really NEED our air conditioners. It is considered an emergency in the summer if it breaks!
Of course I've seen crazy videos of people frying an egg in a pan on a street that is crazy ass hot.
Friend lived in Tempe for a while.Cooked an egg on the sidewalk.Those "Jelly" sandals would melt just enough to get sticky on the sidewalk.Air conditioner=survival.People without,like,DIE and everything.Happens in places like NYC too.Poor folk,the elderly...
Jacqueline Reed AZ is different but in NY people only die from the heat because they are in a poorly ventilated space. I don’t have AC in my house and as long as I have a fan I’m happy.
no you dont. ppl lived there for far longer than the small stretch of time when freon and refrigeration became a thing. like any desert, or culture found in one, doing work during the day was only for rush jobs and emergencies. in the usa workers in the south are known to have a really slow pace but getting the job done. because u have to conserve energy to last an entire day. and humid hot is always known as worse. in arizona u can do old school air conditioning. eat a hot pepper to induce light sweating. if u were burning calories to sweat; you die of thirst in 3 days. eating a pepper gives you calories and induces sweat cooling u off if there is any type of breeze. calorie free cooling. that works there. in humid climates that are hot like florida. dehumidification is just as important and its much harder to do in florida.
@@tonyb7615 That's precisely why the whole "siesta" concept became a thing in Mexico. They're not lazy, sleeping during the day--they're just having SENSE! Work will happen later, when it's cooler.
Having lived in both wet and dry heat summers I will take the dry ones ANY day.
American here. I was surprised when I was in Galway two years ago, people had their dogs everywhere. Not on leashes, just well behaved dogs. Loved seeing dogs in pubs.
I live in Texas. I’m still extremely impressed that people lived and worked here without air conditioning 70 years ago. It’s almost unimaginable.
Fun fact. The first air conditioned car was in Texas.
Fun but not surprising fact haha
Another fun fact for ya I don't give a dam lol btw Biden stole it.Maga baby
#1 haha, I live in South Texas. When the AC goes out everything gets sticky. If it is left like that for too long then mold starts to grow. I have huge respect for the lawncare people, I certainly. I think I used my heater 2 times last year? On the other hand, I did live in Idaho and my house didn't even have an AC installed. But it did have a Franklin stove and a gas heater
I also live in texas, and this summer, even though I had the ac on, a few of my guitar picks melted onto my table and then solidified 😂
I hardly ever see anyone use a check. You must have seen them using them in an area with a lot of old people.
I'm surprised to hear her say people don't use checks in Ireland. We don't use checks a lot here anymore, because most people pay bills online w/their credit cards, but if you have to send someone money through the mail, it's a safe way to do it because there's a record of it (or a money order). Or if you have to pay a repairman or someone whom you can't pay w/a credit card and you don't have enough cash in the house, you can pay w/a check. How do you handle that in Ireland if not with a check?
I think she was referring to getting paid at your job - a lot of places offer direct deposit, but some places only give you actual paychecks.
I’m Kentucky especially rural Kentucky everyone and I mean EVERYONE uses checks
AGREED. I can't get anyone other to take a check! People I know use them only for church and rent
@@JennJohnson9217 really? I'm from Oklahoma and I haven't written a check in 10 years or so.
I laughed at locking doors part, I don't even know where the keys to my house are.
I only lock my doors when I'm home, lol
Lol, I brought my house and the guy we brought it from didn't have a key.
And 5 years later we still haven't even gotten around to Replacing it
I have never locked a door in my house. Ever. I don’t even have keys. When I was young and lived in apartments I would lock them, I think, but haven’t locked my doors in almost 30 years.
I do set my alarm, though. Sometimes.
In the country we rarely lock doors because everyone has guns and nobody is stupid enough to enter a house uninvited... In the country anyway
I have to lock my door because my pos roommate steals my stuff and I cant afford to move out or find a way to get them kicked out yet. Before living with them never had to lock a door for anything in my life
I use to work with a guy who came from England. He told me about his first experience in our summer in Southeast Kansas. He said it was mid June and he had mentioned to someone about how hot it was. They started laughing at him and told him, "it's not even August yet" He couldn't grasp what they were talking about, until about the second week in August (at this point everyone who knows should be laughing) It's around this time when the outside temperature is around 100-115 degrees Fahrenheit. Now the heat really isn't as bad as it sounds, what's going to get you is the 90% humidity that comes along with it. So at least down in my part of the country, it is very important to have air conditioning in the summer.
the humidity can get extensive, no doubt in that. here in mich. the great lakes have the ability to create it's own weather. about 5 years ago, it went from snowing, to rain, and then to hot and humid all within a span of about 3-4 hours.
I lived in Houston for 12 years. (now back in Nebr) I drove a convertible. no a/c. Our work didn't have a/c. You get used to it. I don't use a/c now that i"m in NE again. I hate a/c.
I live in northwest Florida what people don’t understand is 90/90 is usually 6-8 months of the year air conditioning is like Houston and other southern us cities allowed the ability to grow otherwise it’s so inhospitable you have a very hard time surviving
A million dollars really is a lot of money we are just numb to the ever growing wealth gap in the US
We also have no choice. Buy a good car and a house outright and that million is gonzo.
I think its more about the larger & larger $$$ amounts our Government spends & ever increasing national debt.
Add to that, inflation, and unrestricted tuition prices being constantly jacked up, we stop getting shocked by huge $$ amounts being quoted.
a million dollars for one person (general speaking) is a huge amount.. but 1 million spent by the government (which is OUR tax money really) theoretically means that 1 million dollars came from 300 million people, so it's less then 1 cent each.
Agreed! A million dollars will buy one a Gentleman's Estate in the Missouri Ozarks with enough left over for a sensible truck
@@MAV-xq1ch
A mansion and a Ferrari would make that million gonzo. A good car and a good house would only take about 25-30% of it as long as you're not buying a house in some insanely overpriced area.
GA girl here. We can open the windows maybe one month out of the year. Otherwise it's either hot as hellfire or cold AF and we have to control the temp in the house to be comfortable lol.
ga boy here i have mine open from september to march haha
@@Asstronauts93 haha we have to!
I’m in Tennessee. Maybe two weeks in the fall and two weeks in the spring, Windows are open and I am so happy like I’m living in California again! And then those two week seasons are gone and I close it all up and let my smart thermostat do its thing. I keep it cooled to 70, heat to 68. I do hate the weather here.
I live in Alabama and the humidity and heat of the summer coupled with the swarms of mosquitoes and bees make for a pretty miserable atmosphere in your home if you open the windows. It was 97 degrees here with a heat index of 105 and humidity at 78% today. I'm glad my thermostat is sat on 64 year round!
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Dress code go to Walmart at night you'll really be Surprised
John Crow right 😂
Walmartians are the reason I try not to shop there...
I have definitely gone to Walmart at 12 am in a onesie
Just at night? Where do you live? 😂
Shawnee Oklahoma
I have always lived in rural Texas. I heard a joke about us that cracked me up so hard because it was so true. We have security lights outside our houses but none of the doors are locked. The answer (also very true) is "but what if the neighbors need something."
The usage of the 24 hour clock in America is primarily used by all the different branches of the military, not just the U.S. Army
In America, we don't refer to athletic shoes as runners or trainers, we typically call them sneakers or tennis shoes (Runners to an American, would be a long narrow stretch of a rug, usually matching a larger area rug)
I worked at a nursing home and we used a 24 hour clock.
or just people who run in general
I've always called them gym shoes...
Other countries generally don't have different branches of the military; they call it all "the army," so I don't think she was aware of the fact that our army is separate from our navy, etc.
I've learned to stop taking this one personally.
A lot of people, even Americans, will just lump the entire military together as "the Army". I got sick of saying "Marines, actually" and learned it's a time saver and easier for me to just not get worked up over something so small.
The first time my wife and I went to Ireland we noticed immediately that there were no screens on the windows and also there weren't any storm doors. All the home entrances seemed to have only one door. Screens on windows are essential here because when the weather is warm you can't have a window open without getting houseflies and other insects in the house.
I've always thought it was weird seeing houses without screens on the windows or outside living spaces that aren't enclosed (mostly in southern California and areas like that). Just wondering if those places don't have bugs like we do in Oklahoma lol.
It's California, bugs are probably illegal haha
Yeah idk why people dont have screens here. We get hella mosquitos
I will say I got a hellish amount of bugs in the house when I stayed in County Cork and left the windows open. I missed the screens but the airflow was amazing compared to here in the states. LOL
The way Chewie looked over at you, after you said he'd eat someone's face off, was hilarious!
Hehe he's so alert!
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Your Chewie looks exactly like my Charlie. He always patrols my property.
Having lived nearly all my life in unsafe, high-crime areas makes me surprised to hear you say Americans don't lock their doors. Heck, even when I moved in with a couple of people in a much, much safer region we always locked the doors. I just can't imagine living any other way.
Yes I’ve also never k own anyone who doesn’t lock their door, but I grew up in the city. When it comes down to it, if someone really want to get in your home, a lock isn’t going to stop them but at least you’re not inviting them in
@@bobungaurmoms4954 Not locking a door isn't an invitation.
It won't deter all break-ins but most people prefer them to be easy. Circumventing locked doors tends to be noisy, time consuming, and attracts a lot of attention.
Some of My family lives in a small town of literally like 500 people. They don’t lock their doors there because even their next door neighbor is far away seeing as they live on 900 acres of land. So it’s just not necessary. kind of pointless actually.
Where I live I lock my doors sometimes, but I don't feel it's highly important to lock my door. I also have extra "security" measures for intruders, but break ins aren't really all that common.
Leasing isn’t renting to buy. You have the car for a set time, then the lease is up, you turn it in to the car dealership, and lease a new one. Your maintenance is covered, and you don’t have to deal with selling the old car when you want to buy a new one.
One does have the option to buy, but leasing is almost always done by those who just want the newest, more expensive than they ever could afford type of car and that is the only way they can have that. No fiscally wise person cares about dealing with selling their car they paid for, but would never pay for something, only to have no asset at all when done paying, unless the only asset they care about is to have use of what they could never afford, though that would never be a fiscally-wise person.
@@JohnFourtyTwo my first car was 17yr when I got rid of it, second was 5 and just paid off when I totaled it. Third was 10 when the engine blew. Rather than dropping another 4k on THAT repair (I had JUST spent nearly 5k to overhaul all the rusted out parts after moving to TX from the north), I cut my losses and used the cash as a down payment on a new but base model, year old clearance car.
I'm not liking this one much, so I do intend to take good care of it, pay it off early, and get a solid trade-in value on something else in another couple years when my student loans are gone and I can afford a higher payment for a vehicle I actually like.
@@JohnFourtyTwo yes, unless you're going to use it as a leisure vehicle and drive it sparingly, the maintenance on the old cars starts to be less financially worth it than just buying a new one. Probably a good move for an '88. My wife and I want a '58 Impala, gorgeously restored and likely worth a pretty penny, but that would be driven on weekends to the lake for a picnic or other such short and low-risk/low-wear environments for our enjoyment. Certainly never on the highway downtown or just as a daily drive to work. Too precious.
@@JohnFourtyTwo I'm 36 and on my fourth car, but it's my first new one. The first 2 were cheap old beaters that I had to get rid of when the repairs got too costly. The 3rd was a gift that I kept up well for 10 years and was still able get a fair trade value on it when I got my current ride. Now that this one is paid off, though, I'm starting to dream of trading it for something more rugged. A cross-over or a small SUV, something hardy that will last much longer.
@@JohnFourtyTwo I'm moving out to the mountains soon, so I was definitely thinking something with AWD. Jeep is pretty expensive, but then again, so is Subaru (which I've been coveting the last few years). I don't think I'll get another brand new car, though. I think I'll go warrantied pre-owned - a good middle ground.
Just FYI, a million dollars is a heck of a lot to me even if I live in America. 😀
It might just buy a 4 bed house in parts of Dublin.
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It’s amazing to compare what a million dollars could buy in different parts of North America.
In some places you would have an enormous mansion while your neighbors live in awful shacks. In other places your house would be small and unimpressive and surrounded by much more beautiful neighbors.
I'll never see that much money in my entire life. Animals must be trained for the kind of job they'll be needed to do. They wear vests and certification that they are service dogs. You're really not supposed to pet them without first asking the owner. A couple of pet stores you're welcome to take them. We took our dog a couple of times and he loved it! Most dogs were walking around on leashes and going crazy with all the other dogs and smelling all the food and treats lol. My little toy fox terrier, on the other hand, was terrified. We had to carry him! He did have fun, though 🐕🐶♥️ You can't just take your pet wherever you want to.
@@Tux.Penguin I'll be glad to settle for $50,000...
@@karlamackey4675 There's a big distinction between genuine service dogs and emotional support dogs. The former are of genuine use to the owner. One good example are service dogs for epileptic-prone folks. The dog is trained to recognize symptoms before an attack occurs and go for help.
Honestly I can’t wrap my mind around “open a window” when u literally enter your house to escape the heat. I live in Texas and our summers can get to 105 degrees on an average day. Which is apartently 40 degrees celsius...if I googled that right. Idk 😐
I sweat all day at work, I want relief when I get home. I also can't stand going to someone's house that refuses to run the a/c.
I turned on the heating tonight. It's fecking freezing. Summer in Ireland!
Factor in the humidity bro im from Louisiana walking outside is like walking into a sauna what wants to choke you out.
Georgia has that heat, too.
Amethyst3410 i opened my window and a door yesterday and the floors were wetish and I almost slipped 😂
We definitely get used to the temperature change between outdoors and in the stores, just avoid the refrigerated aisles! 😂 Fun video, thanks for sharing!
Loving that Chewie is now a Killer Koala. I can not believe that someone asked you that. Great job as always.
Nah, he's a drop bear. Mighty dangerous, them drop bears.
Having unlocked doors in the States is a sign that you live in a very safe place where crime is low and you know your neighbors. Its not an invitation! Still, a family member or very close friend/neighbor may walk in AS they’re knocking or saying the words “Knock knock!” (Isn’t that weird?!) but it’s only after they’ve let you know to expect them or because they come over so much you expect them. You would absolutely not walk in a strangers home unannounced. That’s a crime, and in many states, a lawful reason to shoot.
Oh that happens at my place all the time. lol
I believe that there is a law in Montana that says that if 6 or more Native Americans come onto your property uninvited, it is technically considered a reading property and you are allowed to shoot to kill.
Here in Houston, TX I know people who have huge vehicles just so they can take their bicycles to the bike trails.
@@joejust9269 yup had 2 friends killed while riding in the last 3 years. Shame people can't pay attention when driving like they should.
Bikes to rent, or free, available in big cities, DC, NYC.
This was a really interesting video. I am always intrigued by "comparison" and "perspective" videos.
In America we usually don’t have a thirteenth floor.
If we do, it's called the 14th floor lmao
We HAVE a 13th floor they just aren't labeled the 13th
@@Spiralsmile What do you mean? All of our buildings have a gap where 13th floor should be and the rest of the building just floats over the 12th floor...
@@wnphn7653 ha
Lmao
(Active duty Army) 1400 or just “14”
And the whole “we don’t lock our doors round here” is more of a colloquium than a literal thing, people still lock their doors. Also in most rural areas where this applies unwelcome intruders are very likely to be greeted by a round of 12 gauge 00 buck shot already in flight. So in theses areas burglaries are less of a problem, because most would be criminals are well aware of that fact and generally look for an easier score.
I think you are correct, although I didn't lock my door when I lived in rural Pennsylvania, but now that I'm in a suburb of Richmond... I sure do. The shotgun (and other items of my arsenal) are always handy. Lol
Eh, I live more in .30-06 territory, but the same applies.
I lived in the middle of nowhere (country) in Colorado and we never locked our door on our houses or cars. But I trained dogs so I’d have up to 40 on the property at a time, 3 of which are 85 lb Belgian Malinois that are protection trained.
@@patrickjanecke5894 burglar or bear..... Stopping power matters. Yogi ("Yogi the Bear" is america cartoon reference for those that don't know and you should watch it , Yogi was always stealing picnic baskets and out smarting park rangers, great children's cartoon but I digress ..sorry...) seldom can be reasoned with and deer panic running in the house will destroy the house and hurt anyone it hits as it kicks its way around the room(s) while missing the door or window completely that it came in by...
yeah, before noon you add a zero. So 3am would be O-300 hrs= OH three hundred hours. also in the medical field 24 hrs is used for documentation. Most places cant be biked to its just not that safe on the roads. Also if Im going to the store to do weekly shopping it won't all fit in a bike, I'd need a wagon too. Couldn't really do that 2 out of the 4 seasons
Alarm service is expensive. It constantly gets set off. And having alarm--says you having something worth stealing...
look up Simply Safe, much cheaper. Anything is worth stealing to someone who wants it bad enough.
It also takes an hour or 2 for the cops to respond, by that time you could be cleaned out.
The" air temperature control because we're Americans". 🤣🤣🤣🇺🇸🇺🇸⭐⭐⭐
This actually began changing about 1980 or so. Schools, houses & apartments were built with central heat and air conditioning (known in the business as HVAC), and those buildings without heat & air were either torn down or retrofitted. The house I was renting at the time in central North Carolina had a a/c window unit in the living room but the bedrooms would get too hot in the summer to allow me to sleep, so I purchased a window unit for my bedroom which was adequate to cool the bedrooms when we kept both doors open. Places I've lived since then have had heat pumps.
Where I grew up it hit 100 F in the summer and dropped to below 0 F in the winter. We def had centra heat and air lol
We don't call them trainers in America you're thinking of England
Right, we call them sneakers or tennis shoes. Depends on which state/region you're from.
@@amandaleard2244 yeah my family calls them tennis shoes, only my grandparents call them sneakers.
Thank you!!!!!!
@@amandaleard2244 Or track shoes.
@@amandaleard2244 I'm from Chicago. We call them gym shoes
When I lived in Michigan there were times when I would have the heat on in the morning and the air conditioning on in the afternoon.
Lol right now! That's me right now
When I moved to Chicago, I bought a humidifier and a dehumidifier to keep the humidity between 30% - 50%.
Same here in Chicago!
This happens usually in the transitional times of seasons like Spring to Summer and Summer to Fall. Though if you don't like the weather in Michigan, wait 5 minutes.
It’s the same here in Orange County, California. A few times , in the middle of the day, I have realized that I had both on at the same time by accident (my heat is central but A/C is wall units)
Just FYI, watching your channel came in SUPER helpful this week! I spent about 2 hours on the phone with someone in Ireland trying to get them to help me resolve an issue. I used things that I learned from you about Irish culture to help --- saying "I'm sorry" a lot, taking the piss out of myself, starting with a little banter, etc. Good things happened! 😁🥂 Thanks, Diane!
Haha no way!! That's so cool!
I work two front/customer service desks and I am also the operator/phone service person for a hospital. The "special requests" thing here is mainly because so many people in America feel so entitled and expect to be treated like they own the world. It's part of the "the customer is always right" customer service mentality. We're taught that we need to bend over backwards for everyone we come across, no matter how poorly they treat us. Or we'll get fired.
Me, a southern Texan, imagining not having AC from about May to October when it tends to get up to 90Fahrenheit (110 heat index last July) with usually around 80% humidity💀
I'm an Oklahoman and I feel you with this. Humidity makes the summer heat SO much worse.
Lived in Iowa for 5 years and GOD DAMN the humidity index. I'd look at the weather thingie and be like "Wait, how the heck can it be _100_ percent humidity and not RAIN?!" :P
Tennesee summers are awful too. You walk outside into a sauna from like May to early October. We went to South Carolina (the next state over) and in the middle of October it was 99F. WHY. I'm enjoying the 60F we have right now. I know it wont last long 😭
@@WriterOfMany we're in the 60s 70s or 80s here, depending if the sun is out. It's been raining a lot
And you live in South Texas? I would think the humidity was closer to 95 percent! I remember summer haze
days in Houston and it was not pollution but water vapor in the air. It is like being a steamed lobster.
I use card for everything because I either get cash back or airline miles. If I pay with cash I pay full price with no benefit. Paying with card saves me money as long as I don't overspend and run a balance on my credit.
The first house I bought, in Berrien Springs, Michigan, was in a town so safe, the front door didn't even *have* a lock
I was born in the us and have ALWAYS had issues with the “temperature control”. It’s so great to hear you say that! I literally wonder how people don’t get sick from being hot and then freezing just by going in and outside
It’s mostly older people who use checks. I worked in banking for 5 years and it was always my elderly customers who wrote checks or needed help balancing them. My grandma refuses to use a debit card... my husband and I own our vehicles, but some people lease because they like to change cars more frequently. I personally feel like leasing is wasting money...
I am an older person, and I have reduced my check writing to one every month. My landlord isn’t set up to take cards, so writing a check is easier than buying a money order or tracking them down to pay cash. Checks are disappearing from American life.
Checks are, at least in my experience, frowned upon as a form of payment. Only the elderly really use it, every one else uses a credit/debit card.
Madoka☆Senpai I know people that aren't elderly that use checks
Nobody I know writes checks except my old-school friend and sometimes my grandparents.
I pay my rent with a check every month because the only other option I have with my landlord is cash. Sometimes I've paid for services like lawnmowing with checks because I don't carry much cash on me and the nearest ATM to my house is 8 miles away. I'm middle aged, but not elderly. Though I don't ever pay with a check if my debit card is an option.
I think most folks use checks as a form of personal repayment. For example, you borrow $100+ dollars from a friend or family member, and then you use a check to pay them back so there is a record that you did pay them back.
@@jamesglendening5180 Checks are indispensable if paying through the mail.
I think because America has a “the customer is always right” mentality, that is why substitutions & extra help is the norm here. Which is usually fine, except if you work in a service field, you’re bound to get the obnoxious customer who mistreats & takes advantage of this.
I appreciate when stores go what I consider above and beyond in "the customer is always right" approach because I know the customer is no always right. I can't stand watching customers take advantage of sales people by asking for a manager and belittling the person doing their job. When I point out a problem (for instance an expired sale price still displayed), I am not looking to get something out of it but just to let the store know of the problem.
Also people have dietary restrictions and it’s just more polite so say sure no onions or whatever else than to make them explain they are allergic to something or just can’t eat something also restaurants want you to have a good meal so you will come back there are many places to eat and if you don’t like a places food and can’t add things you like or remove things you don’t like you just won’t ever come back . I know from experience there are places I don’t go to because there’s nothing I like or it includes things I hate or they have ingredients I hate in a dish I normally love.
I prefer the “the customer is NOT always right but they are always the customer”.
@@davidevans8059 I know this is a week old, but I wanted to say that I was taught *this* when I took hotel and restaurant management for an associate's degree.
It's also because US wait staff rely on tips. You go out of your way to do things for your customer because if you don't, even if it's not your fault, you won't get tipped.
I live in Florida and if someone wanted in and I wasn’t home, they would just break a window to get in. If I am at home they would get shot. Breaking and entering here is not even a gamble it’s just a suicide and when someone is trespassing at night we pretty much accept that they got what they deserved. I know it’s not like that in other places.
Jewel when a man with a knife slit my patio screen i stared him down with my phone 911 ready to press! The man gave up and didn't enter! Gun liability is different in all states! Oregon law says u must attempt to flee before shooting! Florida is a stand ur ground state come in I shoot! Oregon come in and the homeowner must try and flee!
@@oldfogey4679 I live in Oregon as well and though I've heard the same thing, it's not really true. Here is what the Oregon Supreme Court ruled:
-This statute was interpreted by the Oregon Supreme Court in March of 2007. In State of Oregon v. Sandoval, the court ruled that Oregonians have no “duty to retreat” when faced with a violent confrontation. The Supreme Court correctly noted that Oregon law contains no requirement to retreat from an attacker and that previous rulings to the contrary are not only incorrect, but obviously incorrect. The Court said, “On a purely textual level, ORS 161.219 contains no specific reference to ‘retreat’, ‘escape,’ or ‘other means of avoiding’ a deadly confrontation. Neither, in our view, does it contain any other wording that would suggest a duty of that kind.”
There are three types of states when it comes to homeowner defense, Stand Your Ground states, Castle Doctrine states and Duty to Retreat states. Oregon is a Castle Doctrine state. A castle doctrine, also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law, is a legal doctrine that designates a person's abode or any legally occupied place (for example, a vehicle or home) as a place in which that person has protections and immunities permitting one, in certain circumstances, to use force (up to and including deadly force) to defend oneself against an intruder, free from legal prosecution for the consequences of the force used.
For me, though I'm a gun owner and did 20 years in the military, if I have the time, I'll call the police and gladly let them handle it. If not and if I feel that my life or my family's lives are threatened, I will shoot.
How stupid are the criminals where you live? You break into empty houses, so you have time to root around. You don't go into homes where people are sleeping. That's just a bad business plan. The profit to risk margin is very low. And if you are worried about people climbing in to harm you, what kind of an a-hole are you that someone would risk their life to harm you? Again, anyone who knows you well enough to want you dead will know enough not to take you where you are armed. Living in fear is no way to live.
Don Coleman, one does not have to be ill natured in order to have violence visited upon them. Some people are just evil and twisted, doing horrible things for no good or logical reason.
🤣🤣🤣 What thief is going to try to break into a building that has people inside?! That's so imbicilic! What is with these high gun owner states? You don't break into homes in Massachusetts without watching the habits of the neighborhood for a few weeks first because you're just asking for an ass kicking, handcuffs, your family and friends testifying against you or just abandoning you, and being made an absolute laughing stock across the entire region for getting caught acting the fool (if the home or car was unlocked, the victim is the laughing stalk though). Intruders also risk getting shot, stabbed, maced, etc. Unless you're a high profile target here, no one will bother with you. Only risking someone potentially shooting you isn't all that frightening to someone desperate or merely sick enough to commit a felony. I don't think people who brag about shooting people have ever actually been in a situation requiring physical self defense before; it's not something that your body even allows to happen for most people no matter what your brain is saying. You aren't likely shooting anyone, dude. Hesitate, and they shoot you.
WE call them sneakers or tennies. I have never heard "trainers" except for babies under pants.
"Tennis shoes"
I think it's just slang for cross trainers which is a type of sneaker. Though most of us Americans probably don't pay attention to those things.
In the south its tennis shoes.
Sneakers, tennis shoes, skate shoes, yea, but never ever heard “tennies”. That sounds straight up British
There’s a good deal of people in the Midwest that simply call them tennishoes like it’s one word. I am one of them.
Regulating our body temperature in the US is bothersome so we need every building to be at exactly 72 F. Also, walking is hard.
The bit about the temperature in the supermarket reminds me of an episode of "Married With Children" where the Bundy family Summer vacation was a week in the frozen food section of a supermarket.
Loved when the old lady got busted. That show is so awesome I have an Al Bundy #33 Polk High jersey. I also have a NO MA'AM t-shirt. He's the closest thing to a hero I have. LOL.
A lot of Married with Children hit pretty close to home with we Americans. That's what made it funny.
Now that Ed O'Neil is done Modern Family, maybe Psycho Dad next?
The local rule for around here is that most places only get that cool during the really hot, muggy months. Fun fact: the Ohio river valley is classified as sub-tropical. We can hit 100F in the summer and -5F in the winter.
I'm sure diane has absolutely no idea what your talking about lol but we do
Lost in the Pond (YT guy from UK living here in US) said, "I have become very comfortable with America's obsession with comfort" lmao.
With regard to the differences in temperatures with stores and outside... at least where I live, it can get blistering hot outside and you walk around roasting in your tshirt, but you go into the store and it just feels SO MUCH BETTER. I have honestly stayed in stores a bit longer than I needed, pretending to browse simply because I knew outside was about 20 degrees hotter and I didnt want to go back outside and be hot again.
Renting a car is just for a few days. Leasing it is for 2 or 3 years so Chad can show off a more expensive car than he can actually afford. Chewy looked bored.
a rental and a lease are essentially the same thing.
@@1984-f7q , sort of, but not really. The terms and conditions for a lease are much different from a rental. For instance, a lease has mileage limitations, while I've never heard of a rental having limits on how much you can drive during your rental period. I suspect this is likely because many leased vehicles will later be sold as used vehicles, while rentals simply get turned over repeatedly in the inventory of a rental dealership and they routinely replace whole segments of their rental fleet.
@@chthulu27 besides the mileage limit, they are almost EXACTLY the same thing. neither belong to you, both cars are covered by a maintenance program (no money out of pocket for you), and a lot of rental cars also get sold on the used market later on in life.
@@1984-f7q , I've never leased a car personally. To me, it seems impractical. Leasing only seems, in my opinion, like something you do if you want a new car every 2 to 3 years.
A lot of people, and maybe this is unique to Americans, like to get a new car every couple of years. Leasing one for 2 years lets you drive the car you want without having to worry about losing a ton of money on a trade or reselling it 2 years later when you want to upgrade to something newer or just different.
When working with Norwegians/ Finns: They: We can be ready by week 42/ Can you be ready by week 39?
ME: WTF is week 42/39? Can you give me a calendar date?
Cuz theres 52 weeks in a year.
I'm American, but I understand that.
@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 So close. There are actually 53 weeks in 2020. Without looking it up, off the top of your head, can you tell me what week of the year July 17 is in?
It's much easier to plan with calendar dates.
@@beernmetal6964 I couldn't tell ya which week that is. It's not common for people here to know such a thing.
That's an interesting way to denote a time of year. I'm American, I only know of that system for the purposes of manufacturer date codes on cases of beer and things like that.
Is that really easier than just saying "April 12th?" "October (the) 24th?" "First week of June?"
At least to a Scandinavian, or an American bottling plant, apparently it is. I guess you get used to it and then you can take advantage of how it's much shorter to write and say.
@@beernmetal6964 Week 28? I’m just guessing, but that seems somewhat accurate. I’m too lazy to do the math after writing a research paper
“Taoiseach”? Pronouncing THAT word would definitely have given me away as an American in Ireland!
Try this, " TEE-SHICK ". Hope this helps.
Isn't that Ireland's supreme elected idiot?
We call our supreme elected "president"......or "motherfucker" if he's from the other party.
Don't believe American television, especially "reality" shows. They have a script writer in the credits.
Bigger streets bigger vehicles.
Patrick Rovira Good point. They are all Totally scripted. Especially the conflicts and arguments.
I've worked for tips. We're being nice and accommodating so you hopefully tip better. But the friendliness shown towards our customers I've found is contagious and helps put me and the staff around me (as well as the customers) in a good mood; especially on busy nights when the customers are "breaking bread".
Chewie has found a perch where he can keep an eye on you. Careful.....He's watching..😜
When we visited Ireland many years ago, we had beautiful, sunny and comfortable (for us) weather, about 75 degrees (or 23 Celsius) at the end of June. Virtually everyone we talked to complained about the oppressive heat. We were puzzled by that, because in the United States, we can have temps that reach into the 90s (32 Celsius) or higher. Add to that the off-the-charts humidity that accompanies those temps, especially if you live in the mid-Atlantic or Southern states, and you can see where air conditioning is quite the necessity in the summer months.
but which is worst though? the oppressive humid heat in the eastern states or the dry heat in the west? that's up to debate.
@@Alex_Gordon Humidity is much worse. High humidity is stifling, you're constantly sweating which doesn't evaporate. Most who live in humid areas, will say the dry heat is a bit more bearable. However, in the overly developed areas of desert states. All the artificial green areas and swimming pools, have lead to those areas becoming much more humid.
@@LatimusChadimus actually they're more right, 75°F is 23.889°C. The equation is take °F subtract by 32, then multiply that by 5/9, (75-32)x5/9. Granted since they forgot the .889°C it's 73.4°F
Edit: if converting from °C it's °C multiplied by 9/5 then add 32, (23.889x9/5)+32.
The inability of Limeys to handle temperatures above 72 degrees F is a source of bemusement to Americans. I once asked an aunt who was a lifelong Texan how summers were handled before air conditioning became common. Sleeping porches and dampened bedding were customary. Not enough, since the very young and very old tended to die in the summer heat.
In the military we say 14 hundred (never hours - you only hear that in movies)
Police, EMTs and firemen DO however say "14 hundred hours", So do their dispatchers. (40+ years of scanner listening)
14 hundred what? What is the base unit of time that at 2 PM requires a different base unit at 15 hundred?
@@barrydouglas6276 24 hour time: 1:00pm equals 13:00 or thirteen hundred. Thus 11am is eleven hundred, 12pm twelve hundred, 1pm is thirteen hundred. 2pm is fourteen hundred etc. I don't know if this is what you were asking. It's to make sure that one knows if it's am or pm, you don't use the same number twice in a day for communication purposes.
@@tinak3271 This would be reasonable if an hour were divided by 100. What name is given to this unit? 15 minutes after 1 PM I regard the time as 13:15 mot 13.25. Please name the unit of which there are 100 per hour and show examples of it being used in public discourse.
@@barrydouglas6276 It's always used as military time, as in regards to the name of the unit. I only know it as 24 hour clock or military time. Mostly in the US and Canada. simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock
"living in a place where you don't need to lock your door" specifically means you live in a place where the community is respectful of property and law and does not enter a house without permission and does not steal.
This is very true. People in those places may still lock their doors, but I myself have simply never been comfortable with it. Having grown up in a rough neighborhood initially, it has left me with a lifetime of paranoia. For better or worse.
Very true. This is really only true in tiny towns. In the cities, no way!
It's how it was back in the good old days
We left the front door unlocked when I was a child,which was more than 50 years ago.I didn't,and don't,live in a high crime neighborhood,but as far as I'm concerned,no matter how peaceful and respectful the people may be in your area,leaving your doors unlocked is asking for trouble.
lmao i have only ever heard it used in reference to the community being primarily upper-middle-class and white.
Come to Washington D.C. during July and August, and you will know what humidity does to the soul.
For a true humidity experience she should try Georgia. The fact that I could attend a possible meet and greet is only a coincidence.
kirk mullings Absolutely right! My wife is from Cartagena, Colombia where humidity is regularly in the 90% range. Walking down the street down there was not so bad because there is usually a breeze. DC almost never has a breeze during the summer (heck, with global warming I am expecting for it to start within a month and not end until November).
Come to south Florida in august and spend a day in the everglades then you'll understand heat and humidity lol we dont play
@@kmlammto Most people don't know that D.C. was built mostly on swamp land. The Gnats are just an added bonus.
@@jorgejefferson8251 as someone from southern MD i can co firm
"A couple million wouldn't be much to you guys."
*Me who's family has never had over 50k at one time* can I have a million dollars? ;u;
American's use checks???? I don't even know where my checkbook is tbh. In NYC, alarms are useless as the cops never show up anyway.
I only use checks for things that require it like taxes. I will probably never run out of checks.
I can’t find my checkbook either. I could have used it to pay the guy who came to clean out the sewer, but I paid him cash
Yeah, who's using checks? It's been years since I actually wrote a physical check, and that was only because the state bar insisted on it for some reason even though every other institution had moved on.
@@suedenim There are still people who use checks and many these people hold up a checkout queue because they don't trust the check-writer so painstakingly write them out.
@@lynnquin8565 I always seem to get behind the little old lady who waits until the cashier totals up everything and then the little old lady begins to search for her checkbook. 😂
The idea of classifying a dog as an "emotional support animal" is way overdone in the US. People have abused the term to be able to get their pet into restaurants or planes or where ever, and increasingly those animals are ill trained and aggressive and not able to control bowels and bladders.
The US is definitely experiencing a backlash against those thoughtless owners who impose their ill mannered dogs on others. Airlines, for example, are starting to limit the kinds of animals you can bring on board. I am watching with interest efforts to pass legislation that will create very special requirements for training. licensing, bond and insurance requirements, for anyone who wants to claim little Fluffy and an national support animal. True service animals, like for the blind and or wheelchair bound, are highly trained, super expensive animals that will not create a problem in public.
I completely agree with you. People are exploiting laws that were meant to help the truly needy and its just shameful.
Thank you! Thankfully I don't need a guide dog, but down the line I might, and seeing the issues fake service animals creates and how it effects real service animals really bothers me
I have an ESA. I made sure to go through the proper channels to get a letter from a legit mental health professional. Even though he's legit, I NEVER bring him in any restaurants, theaters, etc. It's my problem - he's my dog. Needing him doesn't give me the right to impose on others. I hate that people cause a fuss with their dogs. ESA's can be brought on planes and in apartments, but they don't legally have access rights anywhere else. I hate the few that use the term to get their pet into stores with them. They ruin it for everyone.
I think the whole concept is pathetic, like how common it is to see a Handicapped sticker on a vehicle just because the driver is fat.
People can’t get handicap stickers just for being fat, and that’s a super weird assumption. It’s more likely that the person has a disability that a stranger can’t recognize at a glance (which is...most disabilities) and also happens to be fat.
We do have huge temperature swings in the US. I’m in Memphis, TN and it’ll be 83° High one day and two days later it’ll be down to 40° low. Look up the term arctic blast.
I get those temperature changes daily. 94° high...52° low...but summer temps are 112° high and 68° low. But a 40° temperature shift is a daily norm for most of the year.
In my experience, most emotional support type of service dogs I’ve seen tend to just be people who want to bring their dog with them into stores and restaurants and the like, and the rules for doing that vary by state. I’m a paraplegic and I have a service dog and she’s legally allowed to go basically anywhere I go. She goes everywhere with me and I’ve flown with her twice and had no issues or even any questions really. She’s even stayed in hospitals with me before too.
One time I had to go to a hospital for a very minor procedure and I didn’t realize they were going to be taking me into an actual operating room for the procedure and I had her with me. She stayed in the pre-surgery bay with her leash hooked to my wheelchair while I was taken back into an operating room for an hour. I told the nurses that if for some crazy reason she got the leash unhooked and started wandering around that they were more than welcome to grab the leash and take her to wherever they felt most comfortable keeping her. I introduced her to the nurses and told them her name so that they could call her if something like that did happen, and I told them they could keep her behind the nurses station, take her back to the bay I was in and hook the leash back to my chair, or they could stick her in an empty room or bathroom until I got back. And even if that had happened the only thing she really would’ve done is look for me.
She’s super quiet, friendly, and absolutely loves getting attention. I love having a service dog though. She takes care of and looks out for me and she’s been by my side almost every single day for 9 years now. It’s hard to really imagine my life without her at this point.
Some older buildings have a Mezzanine or “M” sometimes it’s called Ground or “G” in elevators, but the next level would be “2”.
Also because of superstition, most high-rise buildings will skip floor number 13.
But they don't. It still exists as the 13th level. It just isn't numberd 13.
@@grahamsmith9541 I'm sure that's what he ment
I still prefer choosing my clothes when I was in high school. Its how I found out what I really enjoyed fashion and style wise. That, and self expression and individualism is always good in my book.
Basically only Ireland and the UK have uniforms, here in Italy you can dress how you want for school
Things I’ve done while waiting tables to make a customer happy:
1. Call a friend to bring a can of Coca Cola for a table that was mad we served Pepsi.
2. Hand mix salsa, avacado, and lime for a guest who wanted guacamole even though it’s not on the menu.
3. Put an extra drop of rum in a guest’s straw to make them think their drink is stronger because they asked for it “strong” instead of paying for a double.
4. Used bar garnishes to make “fruit salad” for a kid who wanted it as a side.
5. Let a bunch of adults order of the kids menu to take advantage of dollar kids night.
6. Lied about it being a guest’s birthday to get them a free desert because their food took to long.
7. Let them try every single flavor of salad dressing with their side salad.
8. Used my employee discount on a guest table because they were giving me a hard time.
9. Took prom pictures of a group of high school students.
10. Hooked a customer up with the cook who sells weed.
11.. Substituted every topping off of a burger to put something else on to recreate a burger they had at a different restaurant once.
12. Brought a round of shots of raspberry syrup to a bunch of old ladies whose “tea wasn’t sweet enough.”
Yeah. It’s mainly about tips. But it’s just drilled into our heads to be as accommodating as possible for every guest. “The customer is always right.” Sometimes it bleeds into our personal lives too. Someone will walk all over me and without even thinking, I’ll just smile and nod and volunteer ways they can take advantage of me more. That said, (when we aren’t closed for coronavirus) because of tips, I can normally bring in way more money than my friends who work in retail or factory jobs.
Love #3, very creative. We need to get our servers a descent wage and do away with using tips to live on. (to me businesses use tips to keep overhead down and profits high)
The things we have to not get complained about and possibly fired
You sound like the most incredible waiter ever lmao, I would tip you 50%
Elijah Culper you are AWESOME!!! I want to come to your restaurant after CV. The waitstaff in TN are not nearly so accommodating and generally tell people to slag off!! 🤣
Zachary Cooper This is slightly unrelated but the night I got the best tips was the night I gave the worst service. I was one of two waitresses in a packed full restaurant plus I had the patio. I walked out with so much money. I messed up drink orders. I was literally running all night trying to keep up. My hair was falling out of my bun. I was trying so hard. A lot of people were tipping me like $50 on a $20 ticket. That manager who let all the wait staff other than the two closers at 4:30pm was my least favorite manager and I’m sure he learned his lesson that night. He had to fix all of our mistakes.
The expression about the locked doors is just an expression relating to the closeness and trust you have in your community, not literally leaving your doors unlocked for anyone to enter as they please.
I think it’s a bit of a relic; I’m in my 50s, and grew up somewhere between suburb and rural, and when I was a kid, we only locked the doors at night. We’d rarely even lock them if we were leaving during the day, unless we expected to be gone at least several hours. Today of course is entirely different.
Money. I'm somewhat unusual in that I pay cash for everything and own my house and cars outright. Yay Dave Ramsey! It seems that old ladies are the only ones who use checks, and I'm always behind them at the grocery store checkout. I use Paypal for online purchases and event tickets, else I use a debit card.
Bicycles. I live in Alabama, and it is nearly impossible to go to work on a bicycle unless your workplace has a shower. It's hot (it was 80F / 27C this week - it gets hotter), plus it rains - a lot. Next, there are longer distances to travel; for example I have a seven mile commute, which is unusually short. Many people drive an hour to get to work.
We don't usually walk for the same reasons that we don't bike.
Calendar dates. Yep. I'm even weirder: sometimes I'll write a date YYYYMMDD, especially for computer stuff.
Locked doors. In some smaller towns with high trust communities, people don't lock their doors. I started locking mine after the neighborhood kids would just walk in to use the bathroom. I don't have an alarm, although I know some people who do have one.
Dress codes. There are still some rules, depending on your lifestyle. I have to wear coat and tie to work. Some bars will have dress codes to ensure that they get the crowd they desire (people who spend money).
Special requests. Many people in the US really are that nice. Even fast food places encourage special requests (Burger King - Have it your way). Service industries like restaurants do want tips, but most restaurants have training and standards to reinforce the attitude. Stores like Chic-Fil-A and Publix are known for their kindness. My pleasure.
Pets are people. Some bars allow dogs (depending on the local health code). Dog parks are a nice community attraction. I think Emotional Support Animals are bogus, however I fully support trained Service Animals.
School uniforms. Kids wear whatever they want to school, usually subject to a dress code. However, some schools like private or parochial schools do wear uniforms. Also, there was a push a few years ago for some public school kids at low-performing schools to wear uniforms, because the thought was that uniforms would make them perform and behave better (longitudinal studies proved this to be false).
Floors. There are some places that use the 'Irish' numbering system (Ground, 1, 2, 3,...), but I much prefer the 'American' system, especially when walking up the stairs. Who wants to walk an extra flight of stairs lol?
Temperature and air. See above. Much of the South would be unlivable without Air Conditioning. As you mentioned, the AC systems can remove some of the humidity. I just checked, and it's 97 percent relative humidity outside. I do like opening windows when appropriate, like Spring or Fall.
Thanks for entertaining us during the lock-down :)
I have always locked my doors, some used to brag about not locking their doors in terms of how safe they felt, not any more
I have never locked my doors, nor my vehicles. It is totally unnecessary in my part of Wyoming and Montana.
I used to not lock my doors, but moved to a larger city and started having people that only care about themselves and stole things, so yeah now I do..... wish I could go back to mot really having to
American dress code for shopping. No shoes no shirt no service.
Unless you're in Florida.
No shirt, no shoes, no problem.
@@protorhinocerator142 Or Walmart.
Sure, do whatever.
That dress code is the LAW for most of America... You don't follow that LAW the cops might get called and could end up getting into legal trouble for not following the dress code... No shirt no shoes no service dress code is the LAW for most of America... Dress codes are necessary... It provides safety and protects people from indecent exposure... Then you have businesses with there own dress codes for there employees to follow if you don't follow company dress code in America you will loose your job... Then we got dress codes for food safety dress codes too in America... Hair net so food don't get contaminated with someone hair... It's disgusting finding someone else's hair in your food... There's a bunch of reasons why America has all these different dress codes and if you don't follow them you could end up in alot of trouble and up being punished
@@jackalcor9966 In Walmart they encourage you to be yourself, but you must wear 13 articles of flair. Now that could be a nipple hanging through the hole in your shirt, a simple pair of crocs counts as 2. Hell, wear a muscle shirt and you can count every jelly roll individually.
@@protorhinocerator142 blues what blues hey I forgot em the sun and the sand and a Drink in my hand with no problems
My mom gets cold super easily, so she always has a sweater with her, even in the Texas summer, because depending on the building, the AC is so cold, haha.
Yeah... So the "emotional support animal" is a monstrous pain in the ass. Google them and see the kind of craziness that goes on with them.
I have an ESA, but she isn't trained yet, so she doesn't go out as such. It makes it so much harder on trained ESA or even worse, actual service dogs.
America has emotional support peacocks, ducks, and turtles. In other words, it is a load of bullshit. 100% fraudulent.
So many confuse emotional support animals with service dogs. Service dogs are allowed everywhere, as they should be and their use is vital, but emotional support dog just means 'I like my pet and have no respect for anyone else". No one wants to eat in a restaurant with everyone else's pets. I know so many who have had to leave businesses, with their human children because they insist on bringing their dogs everywhere, and many children are afraid of dogs.
@@betsybabf748 Precisely. Even worse, "emotional support" animals are not trained. That is why one weighing 95 lbs almost seriously injured someone at my office in the waiting room. Four people witnessed it lunge at her and come within 3 inches of her. Luckily the man with the dog was heavy enough that the dog was not able to pull him forward far enough to bite the woman. It scared her to death. She could have easily pressed charges. She could have easily sued pur office for allowing this large, menacing, untrained dog into our office and neglecting to protect people at the office. Luckily, after we talked to her, she understood that we did not want the dog there either, and she did not sue us.
I have an ESA an she has saved my life many times. I suffer from major depression and panic disorder. Using her in dire occasions have shortened my panic episodes among other things. She also has thwarted suicidal periods I won't go into. Educate yourself.
I spent 10 years in the U.S. ARMY, and yes, we did use the 24 hour clock, stating time in "hundred hours" before 10 AM we used a leading zero (zero four thirty hours for 4:30 am) and after 10 just the number . if it was an even hour, then the hundred hour ( 1100 hours = 11:00 am, 1600 hours = 4:00 pm. said as sixteen hundred hours) we also used the alpha codes for time zones. and used GMT as the time for communications crossing time zones, so 1400 Z = 2:00 pm zulu, or GMT. we used the local letter for stuff only happening in our own time zone. lastly, we handles the possible confusion on dates by writing and saying our dates with the 3 letter month abbreviation. so this would be 30 APR 2020 spoken 30 April 2020
Hospitals also use the 24 hour clock and they measure in metric.
I was a railroader for 40 years we use it as well.
Yeah, we're used to store temperatures. For those that get cold easy, they just bring a sweater or jacket, knowing they will be cold.
What you think of as a special request we think of as normal.
A special request here might be when I ask the person at the drive-through to give me a half-diet half regular coke with easy ice.
Or asking for the meat patty of the burger but not the bread. (No I am not kidding that is what my family does quite often.)
Our attitude is that if we are paying for the food, we should get it exactly the way we want to eat it.
kind of like getting 1/2 sweet and 1/2 unsweet tea at Mcdonalds hahah 1/2 cut tea is so common it actually has a name now! (just because the sweet is too sweet)
That’s a really good way to explain it. 👍🏼
Hey, I'm gonna try that half diet half reg coke thing.
@@photogurrl12 Thanks
@@DanielRLuke Good luck. ^_^
Bicycles are supposed to be treated like another vehicle on the roadway and follow all the same traffic rules and laws. Some variations in cities that have dedicated bike lanes though.
Bikes just need to stay close to the side of the road and not impede traffic.
I guess you could ride a bike on an Interstate. But you’d have maintain a minimum of 40mph. And you’d be roadkill w/in minutes, regardless.
Bicyclists do NOT follow the same laws, if any. They ignore stop signs and cannot obey the posted speeds.
And it would be awesome if they did! But a lot of people , in Pittsburgh, think if they are on a bike they have no rules.
Usually around universities there are a lot of bike lanes and bike riders, cities too.
There’s a lot of generalizations in this video. Also I love how her dog got more attentive when she talks about pets 😂
It's impossible to make this kind of video WITHOUT "generalizations". An American making a video about their experience in Ireland would ALSO have to make "generalizations".
OOO OOOO OOOO locking doors! I live 10 miles from the nearest traffic light . . .I lock my doors because . . .bears.
Bears don't care. If they want in, they go in.
🤣🤣🤣💚
I live in Central Los Angeles and don't even have a key to my house LOL. I do have an iron gate, we have a pitbull and six roommates all on different schedules so pretty much somebody is always home lol
The special request thing about leaving something in a car, had something similar where we lost the car keys in the mountains! The guide company we were with were super helpful and took us ///in their own cars/// back to town while we waited for a tow truck. I was with my two young nephews and the guy driving us was so nice, he even went through a McDonald's when we asked because everybody was hungry after 4 hours in the mountains. Way stressful at the time but a very memorable experience!
Rude Service personnel can and do get fired for being rude, Service dogs or animals are protected by Law
John Crow not in California, unfortunately...
From what I hear California will not be with us for long,
John Crow 🤣 Yeah...what a mess. I used to live there.
I so wish sometimes I could've been rude to people... they're USUALLY the kind of people that in other situations you would definitely give the "what the f" to lol. (Server/bartender here)
I keep my doors locked because my wife wants me too. When she's away for whatever reason, I don't lock em. I live in NM, everyone is armed. No one wants to rob anyone
Edit: no one wants to get shot robbing anyone
You mean, there are no robberies in NM?
Oh no demelza bunny, on the contrary, there’s a lot of robberies in NM, it’s just a lot of people are armed to protect themselves and their property, so that neighbors don’t steal from each other.
We use the statement “twentieth of March” when we’re replying to a question about an event in the next month or so. But repeating events or really whenever you need to convey the year you would say “ March twentieth 2020”
Also, I worked in the service industry and I can say for me the smiley amenable nature was just my nature. It certainly didn't have to do with tips and that has carried me well in The UK
Floors might make more sense when you think of office buildings or hotels. My office building is 3 floors and the businesses in it occupy suites. So the ground level suites are named 101, 102, 103, etc. because they're on the first floor. My office suite is 300, because my company occupies the entire 3rd floor (the top floor of a 3-floor building).
There's a saying here in America: "The customer is always right". I don't know if that's a thing in other countries, but that kind of explains the whole special request thing. If the paying customer wants something, and we (the employee) are capable of providing it, then we provide it-- period. That's not necessarily the case in every industry or every business, but it's a common concept over here. A happy customer will come back over and over, an unhappy customer will tell everyone they can just how unhappy they are about your business, and a bad reputation is one of the hardest problems to fix.
"I've never been in the American army." Clever lie to throw us off the trail. 😉
Nicholas Kraemer She is obviously Air Force.
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She's correct. She was never in the Army. She's in the CIA :)
Layers are definitely a thing to assist in adjusting to differences between outside temperatures and inside temperatures. Where I live in Northeastern US, especially in fall and spring. Carrying a hoodie with you in summer is smart, too, because some places OVER-air condition!
In the Army they would say "show up at fifteen hundred". In the Air Force we would say "show up at three" because we are smart enough to know you are not talking about 3 in the morning. LOL
We used "fifteen hundred" back when I was in the Air Force, but that was a long time ago. Also, having to show up at three in the morning wouldn't be too unusual for the army. They're nuts like that.
Smart enough. Lazy enough to sleep in. Same dif.
Everything I hear about the different branches tells me the Air Force are the smart ones and look at the rest like they are masochists led by sadists. :D
@@BrigitofBergental I mean, it depends on what you're looking for. If you don't want to be in the military, then maybe the Air Force is for you, I guess.
But that just seems like an odd choice to me. Unless you're sure you can actually be a pilot (and not just support) and are doing it for that reason - not really into the "military" thing so much as you just want to fly and this would be the easiest way to get that experience and training - then it's weird to me to want to merely dip your toe in the military experience.
I feel like, if you're going to war, then you should receive the best training, and want to be surrounded by people who also received the best training; I don't want to die because somebody fucked up due to lackluster training, and even more so, I don't want somebody else to die because *I* fucked up due to lackluster training (or any other reason, really).
If you join just to fly but don't like the military and don't want the experience, to challenge yourself, to be disciplined, then sure, go Air Force. If you want to challenge yourself and instill in yourself an unshakable confidence, receive training that is designed to keep you and your brothers alive, if you want to surprise yourself with what you're capable of, then Marine Corps.(
(And if all you want is for the gov't to pay for your college, Army.)
@@BrigitofBergental Can confirm.
The only time you can say we have a dress code is if you see a sign the says 'No shoes no shirt no service'.
Ever since the nightstalker you better be locking your doors