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tipping is not for the public to pay staff wages, its up to the employer to pay a wage, a tip is for good service, none of which ive received in America
Mhm. Patreons are not running the buisness.
@@BergenDev but Petreons are paying the wages, not the employer that's my point, I leave a tip higher than the bill in most cases, I like to make our UK servers day, but never in America they are to false
Tipping's history.....😪
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I had an argument at the Hilton Miami, where the breakfast was a self serve buffet and they wanted a 15% tip for someone showing me to a seat. I crossed it off the bill and there was a fuss but it was something like a $3.50 tip for literally pointing me to a table I could have found myself so I felt ripped off so stuck to my guns. It wasn't the money, it was the ridiculousness of a tip for pointing to a table.
@@BergenDev nobody tips me for coming to work for 12hrs, but i get paid decent money instead. Which part you don't get? If bar/restsurant hire someone to do work then they should get paid enough to have comfort life instead of rely on customers to subsidy their wages.
For those Americans who think having basic labour rights means "communism", lack of economic growth etc., let me just tell you that the USA had a GDP growth of 2.1% in 2023, while Ireland's was 3.2%, which is nearly 50% more. So better labour laws, a month of holidays and sick time whenever you're sick (rather than a limited number of days) don't mean lower economic growth.
tell us about the year you had 24% growth and how much did that help ordinary folk?
@@auldfouter8661 what's that got to do with anything? Are you saying YOUR ordinary folk are doing better? Which ones, the ones living in tents in your parks, or the ones doing meth, or maybe the ones turning into zombies on opiates because in your country even doctors are so avaricious that they sell opiates left right and centre even though they know perfectly well they're harmful?
Seriously, the social stratification in the USA is on the level of failed Third World countries - that's not an opinion, it's a fact confirmed by UN and OECD reports, google them. Getting seriously ill means personal bankruptcy even if you're middle class, going to university means having to repay your studen loan for two decades, and you have the cheek to mention OUR ordinary folk? hahahah, that's a nice one...
And they also imprison you for refusing to call people by their "pronouns"... even if you don't know them.
This is the same guy who doesn't know why prices are going up every year... the cost of those 6 weeks of paid vacation have to come out of someone's pocket, usually the customer. 2.1% GDP growth with a 10% inflation rate. Good job Jimbo.
@@luisdanielmesa UK inflation peaked at 11.1%. Was 2.0% in May and June 2024 and now 2.2% - all lower rates than the USA which had 3.0% inflation in June and 2.9% in July so your argument fails.
The Eurozone inflation peaked at 10.6%
Dutch inflation peaked at 14.6%.
American inflation peaked at 9.1%
Nobody in prison over pronouns
Or look at the GDP per capita and how much people work. Because it's not just how many hours people work, but also how much those hours are worth.
And there is another thing that impacts inflation rate: war.
And Europe currently has a war going on.
The mistake Americans always make is to assume that Europe is as much of a collective as the US. Europe is a continent, and the differences between the various European countries are vast.
I hate that
Also, maps are misleading. Just looking at a typical world map, you'd think Europe is much smaller than the US, but it isn't - hell, Sweden, tiny Sweden, is slightly bigger than California. Where the continental North America mainly differs is that it's a slight bit more homogenous (still has cultural differences) and has far less developed land. Oh, and they make the maps. So...
Indeed. Europeans also tend to underestimate the differences within the US or just how big the country is, but the differences between countries with different languages, completely unrelated institutions etc are just much bigger
@@snorpenbass4196 Europe is slightly larger than the US in size and a lot larger in population, but most in the US use a carefully chosen map which - one in particular is often seen to prove this point - that Texas alone is the size of most of Europe.
Europe is by definition a subcontinent that belongs to Eurasia.
Subcontinent: “larger part of a continent that has a certain degree of independence due to its size and shape”
America is on Place 59 in human Rights..that's about the lowest in whole Western World
I suspect they're about to get a whole lot lower on that list...
@@Hiforest True.. USA will become allmost like North Korea in next 4 years. Trump wants USA be like North Korea. Deportations of unwanted people is a good start. Next is, putting unwanted people behind bars...
Americans should ask why McDonalds can obey European employment laws and charge the same.
Would you PLEASE think of the billionaire shareholders for a moment? How are they supposed to gold plate their third super yacht when wages cut so deep into their dividends?
@@KomradeKrusher They need some tax cuts,- anything else would simply be rude.
The prices are really the same?
@@steffent.6477 pretty close at the current exchange rate a Big Mac is a dollar more in the uk.
@@charlestaylor3027 The Big-Mac-Index shows very similar prices but GB seems to be slightly cheaper. Like 20 cent^^
I'm pretty sure garbage disposals in the sink are not in EU, they're illegal here in Australia.
DISGUSTING things, all that stuff down the drain into our waterways 🤮
A lot of us recycle our food waste and it's used for compost, the bags are even compostable and collected by the local council. Hence less garbage.
You've got to think about the environment. Recycle!
Yep. Sewage systems are mostly designed to deal with human biological waste (that's your poop). Adding different waste in it can lead to clogged sewage pumps, cause delays and imbalance in the sewage treatment (alot of it is done in a chemical way, so if you spill motor oil or medication in the drain, it will eventually add up enough to either kill the bacteris or cause filtering issues). Its even more true if your city has a very old network, as before the 1960's it was common to have a "common" sewage system that deal with both rainwater from the streets and regular sewage. So even tossing your waste in the sewers is a no-no (either it's a common system and it will eventuall mess up the sewage system, or it's a separated network... and rainwater networks are not filtered, so any waste you toss in there will go directly in the nearest river).
They are certainly banned in the UK.
@missharry5727 The original plan for the whole Environment Act 2021 to come fully into effect in 2023 has been delayed. Many of the provisions in the Act have already started. The elements that involve food waste will now happen before 31st March 2026. BTW the status varies from country to country, with England being the slowest to enact the legislation.
They are allowed, but require a separator system or tank to collect the food waste
@@missharry5727 they are also banned here in Italy
Military needs paid for? My country is a member of NATO, and in all the wars we have been in in the last 40 years it has been at the request of the USA and not for our own defense. (Iraq, Afghanistan, Serbia). If we have a better system and a better quality of life, it is not because we do not spend it on tanks and airplanes, it is because we demand that our governments treat us with respect and dignity, and that they do not put large corporations ahead of their citizens.
Iraq wasn't a NATO operation. The war was fought by the US and British outside of the NATO alliance. The peace keeping mission that came later after the war ended also wasn't a NATO mission, but the nations that participated were mostly NATO members and allies of the US, sure.
@@dnocturn84 Australia, Italy, Spain and Poland also participated.
And a lot of other countries joined the coalition after the invasion.
We also pay more taxes for it. Thus the state can afford things like Universal Healthcare and military spending. That's the difference. Which is not to say that the US couldn't afford it, after all you add the Federal and State taxes together it's about on par with European average.
But currently Military(except perhaps state guard) spending is I want to say mostly Federal ordeal in US, and if a state like say Hawaii or Massachusetts wants to do their own statewide Universal Health Care they can do so from their own state taxes respectively however Federal Government doesn't have the means for a Nation wide solution(without increasing taxes - not going to happen without a _huuuge_ culture shift among US voters).
Caveat here is that Universal in Universal Healthcare *refers to access,* meaning visiting neighbors from other states and even outside of the Nation would also have that access. Whatever happens to be covered by the system will be open to all. No discrimination. So unlikely to happen in the US on a state by state basis. At least without a significant culture shift among the voters.
Yeah, the American klingon Empire level of military spending is a bad excuse. It's more likely their "small government" culture.
@@dnocturn84he didn't say I was a NATO operation, he said all the wars fought was on request of the USA and the coalition of the willing was requested by the USA either.
It’s not like we get “sick days” in Europe. There is no such thing. When you are sick, you don’t come to work, that’s it. I wish it was the same for my American friends. Maybe some day it will change, who knows.
You’re lucky if you get more than 2 weeks of vacation time per year here in the US.
yeah after the next "anti (modern)slavery movement" incl. "new Civil (Rights) war" xD
In Belgium you can get 3 sick days without going to the doctor. You just can't use those in one time, only separate. People abuse those days to go to festivals and such. Stupid decision from the government. Supposed to lighten the burden from doctors.
@@DaiKurome It's similar across Europe (EU and advanced European none EU countries), just varying in days. But that's just job policy set by local governance recommendation on "Statuary Sick pay"... as employers get government tax and support to go towards sickness. At the end of the day... if you are sick... you are sick in Europe... and under no circumstances can you actually be fired/sacked for being sick... you can be "penalised" for not taking "reasonable steps under the circumstances to keep your employer informed" or "Not taking steps to go back to work when possible" and The job will word it like they can or find a loop hole to punish you... but ultimately, the law states that someone cant actually be fired for being sick and a employers can open themselves up to "unfair dismissal".
Here in the UK it's 5 days before a note from a Doctor "when possible or return".
Hopefully yes
But in the US that could take 100yrs.
I fell of my bike and had to leave work for 6 weeks.
Had to go to the ER, X-Ray, was seen by a doctor, had my leg imobilized and had two more apointments with a doctor, total cost: 13€.
Time off: was paid by Social Security.
Tiping: That’s something I dont agree with. It is the responsibility of the owner to give a decent salary to the employees, not the customers.
At a restaurant we leave a small gratification to the waiter if the service is good, but not that big.
I’m from Portugal 🇵🇹
Hello there. I am about to visit your country next week!
@@LadyHeathersLair great! I’m sure you will enjoy. What places are you going to visit?
@@LucianoMMatias Lisbon. Porto. Algarve. I could give you a bigger list. I will be with my friend for two day before we join a tour. But I am now afraid of the earthquake that affected Lisbon (Lisboa) But I am still excited about touring your country.
@@LadyHeathersLair I’m sure you will love it. Its always good to see new places.
Lisbon and Porto are always full of tourists, but the Algarve might be less crowded in September.
Dont be afraid because of the earthquake, it happens from time to time but without any damages. (Its not like in Japan)
@@LadyHeathersLair I was awake during the quake and didn't feel a thing. My cat was sound asleep through it all... The last earthquake with damages was 300 years ago.
Taking an ambulance without a worry in the world - except for the worry of why you needed an ambulance :)
I had the same reaction.
"Calling for an ambulance because it is needed. Not because you can afford it."
@@andrewhallam237 You need to educate yourself on that. Ambulance costs to be used in a great many parts of the world outside the US. Switzerland…Sweden…European countries, all have ambulance fees high enough to give a second thought to if you REALLY need to call one.
@@MarleyM414 I'm referring to my country that doesn't charge anything for Ambulance calls. The UK, but that was not even my point.
@@andrewhallam237 I got your point - that it is an American thing to have to pay big money for an ambulance. But it’s not. It’s not even a non European thing. Additionally-in the US, it is also totally normal to call the ambulance when you need it. On top of that, it is also completely normal for it to be free at point of service. I’ve done it, and my son has done it. “Unknown in the US” is what the video is. It’s not unknown in the US, not even by a long shot; therefore your comment is either uneducated or maliciously ignoring the truth.
@@MarleyM414 Even in countries where it "cost money" it usually costs significantly less. Like Sweden, Germany, and so, you only pay less less than what would be about 40 dollars. It's cheap enough that you don't think about the price, and you would never not call / take it if you need it or if you are pain, like it should be.
IF companies paid their staff a decent salary, then the workers wold not NEED to rely on tips. Which are also taxed! Just pay staff MORE.
Funny how you say you have an unlocked phone instead of just a phone, all the rest of US just have locked phones and you don't. See how they trick you with even the language; "oh you want an unlocked phone, well that's gonna cost ya." Meanwhile here in Europe we wouldn't really understand what you meant with a "unlocked phone" and think it was some kind of hacking device shenanigans.
Same thing with "sick days", they're tricking you into accepting that you may only be sick a couple of days a year by giving out "sick days". If you are sick you are sick, the limit of your sickness isn't set by any employer.
So much of language is used to control our thought patterns and lock us into a frame or a pattern of thought that isn't "problematic".
Unlocked phones in Europe became standard in 2017. It's not *THAT* long ago. In theory most Europeans should still know what you're talking about, unless you're actually asking a teenager.
@@dnocturn84 I have never owned a "locked phone", never seen one as a matter of fact. Even my first one, a Phillips Fizz back in 97(?), I could simply swap out the sim card. "locked" phones never was a thing here in Norway.
i don't know how it's been in the whole of europe, but i know that locked phones were the norm in france like 20 years ago. pretending it's something specific to the US is just disingenuous. everybody used to do that, then it changed in europe
My last job in the UK, you were allowed to be off sick three times within any 12 month period, then you lose the right to sick pay for six months. If you are off sick again within those six months, the six months starts over. End result, people coming in sick because they can't afford to stay home, and by the end of the year the entire office had no sick pay. And then the managers threw a wobbly when they failed to get Investors In People. Scum.
@@grischad20 Uh, no, not everybody. As far as I can remember (Siemens C55) there were no locked phones in Czechia.
Right to online privacy is that your boss can't send you e-mails outside working hours. Well, he can send them but you're not obliged to open or answer them.
In Portugal, companies are prohibited from contacting employees on vacation or after working hours.
@@LucianoMMatiassame in Denmark, if they Call you when you are not working, they have to pay you 😂😂
If you need to be available outside your scheduled hours of work, this is known as being 'on call' and you will be paid extra money for being available, even if you are never contacted at all.
If you are contacted, then you will be paid for the work that you do, probably at an increased rate, and - especially if you're only paid at your normal rate, or time and a half - are likely to also get extra paid holiday, to make up for your missed time off. This will all be part of your employment contract and negotiations; you won't suddenly start getting random calls from your bosses or colleagues.
Even more so, if you're on call, those hours are paid. And stuff like night or weekend work costs more.
Right to online privacy is not just that, it’s also that your personal information is just that personal. No one is allowed to post your picture online without your consent for example.
Whoever wrote that stuff about maternity leave was clearly American, because he said that it can be done because "US has military stuff paid for". No one but the USA depends on the US military for protection. This is a common fantasy in the USA, but it's complete nonsense. Every country (except for micro states and atolls that are countries) has standing armed forces. How do you think the UK won a war against Argentina that the US took no part in? I could list a lot of military actions taken by other countries that had nothing at all to do with the USA, but the chances are that an American would never have heard of them. By the way I am British and have been living in the USA for more than a decade.
And we finns got our independency in war with Russia and couple years ago our troops won US marine corps in international military exercise so... 🤷🏻♀️
i mean usa having a strong military is pretty fucking important right now unless you want china to invade taiwan and russia to invade other european countries and china to attack ships and other economic vessels around their waters and australia etc. You guys have no idea the amount of shit the USA is holding together.
USA did give a little assistance to the UK during the Falklands war.
Also, it kinda suggest they think that taxes for funding the military are the taxes used for maternity leave, or that they can have either one or the other. Yet small countries have military forces and maternity leave, France has one of the largest military force in Europe, the largest European space program budget AND have all kind of social benefits.
Also, alot of the military spending in the USA is absolutely overbloated (remember the submarines that replaced 27 000$ apiece joysticks for Xbox gamepad?) but that's another story.
@@AlBarzUK Actually they didn't. The reason was they had a treaty with South American countries for mutual defence. As both countries were allies the USA stayed neutral. This meant that Britain was denied even refueling facilities, which would have been useful.
My first thought is "drinking in public"
And reusing bags means taking them back to the store for your next shopping. And the next after that. I have some around for nearly 3 years now. And those are the "disposable" plastic bags. The fabric one last even longer.
And if a country like Luxemburg can write prices including taxes, than the US can do that.
I know two kinds of public toilets.
There are "independent" ones. Those you pay for. The money is to make sure they keep working.
Then toilets in restaurants and such. Those are free for customers. No, nobody will check if you bought something. And often there is a small plate where you can leave change. As tip for the cleaning staff.
The 'paying to use a toilet' one is always an odd one, as it only applies in certain places. In the UK, for example, public train and bus stations and toilets in some big tourist places charge a small fee, because they get used so often, they need hourly cleaning. Away from those sorts of places and public toilets are free.
They also get abused which is less likely to happen if you've paid for entry.
They had free toilets at a train station in my town, but it became such an unsafe area that none but druggies and criminals used the area. With renovations that area is now pay to enter, looks way better.
I have seen pay restrooms in the USA, though. Mostly at train and bus stations.
the only toilet in the Netherlands I encounterd which you had to pay for was a Mcdonalds one in the city center of Amsterdam, but other mcdonalds in Amsterdam are free. But that 1 had a cleaning lady infront and was indeed spotless so I didnt mind the 50 Euro cent payment to not get piss on the bottom of my shoes lol
Supermarkets have good, free use toilets.
I worked in a secondary school (high school for you folks across the pond) for a lot of years. I had 13 weeks of paid holiday per year as well as just not coming into work when you were sick. Nobody batted an eyelid if you phoned in sick and it was always a case of you being told not to come back to work until you were better. Most countries in Europe have a mandated national minimum living wage, which means tipping is largely unnecessary. The other thing I have noticed is that Americans are shocked that wages here are lower than in the USA. That is because we don't have to pay for extortionate health insurance, the work /life balance is so much better, public transport is relatively cheap and safe, free higher and further education in some countries, the ability to join a trade union (looking at you Jeff Bezos) and so on. In Europe, you work in order to live, not live to work yourself into the ground to satisfy your employer.
Animals and children bring dirt into the house:
Training can help. If the dog is trained to wait in front of the (patio) door until someone cleans it with a cloth, it (usually) does exactly that and children learn to take off their shoes by example and admonition. In addition, depending on the country's typical living style, there is usually a hallway/foyer and people do not carry the street dirt directly into the living area.
12:41 - Inter country means "between countries". Like "international" is "between nations". When travelling from California to Oregon, that is inter state travel, but it is intranational - "inside nation".
You mean domestic flight as we call it around the world 😂
@@deadzio I've only ever heard US Americans use the term 'Domestic flight' and I've travelled a bit, including multiple times to the US. The are called internal flights, in many locations though.
Yea he knows, half this stuff is just useless and incorrect
@@deadzio hmmm i only heard that in the states.........
@@Thurgosh_OG Domestic flight is used in every country where you fly within the country.
it's NOT 4 weeks off in the summer, it's 4 weeks that you do with as you please (as long as you ask the manager obviously)
And it's closer to 6 weeks for most full time workers in Europe.
@@Thurgosh_OG 5 weeks here.
Depending on the company, some of them may be mandatory (yearly maintenance shutdowns, or local celebrations during which the company prefers to shut down rather than deal with hangovers). But anything that's not mandatory by collective agreement yep, you can take it when it's convenient for you. My current employer has three months of "preferred vacation time", but that's "preferred", not "required".
Also, for example, in Poland you have to take two of those weeks in one go because the lawmakers deemed that necessary for a good rest. The use of the rest of your PTO is between you and your employer.
Well, it depends on where you work. Some workplaces in Denmark mandate that you take a large part of it during the summer months. Some even have designated weeks where the whole place is shut down and you have to take those weeks off as vacation. They're called "industry vacation".
What does it mean: "Europe is so packed"? Europe is (a little) bigger in area than the USA, almost similar.
Coalition Government: We have a lot of parties. And after election (we vote for the parties) several parties can join to get the "absolute majority" and thus are able to form a government. These coalited parties are interested not to fight against each other, they need to cooperate.
In a coalition you have several "political opinions" that need to be "uniformed". This way the government is kept from going too extreme.
But it doesn't work in Germany anymore.
@@AlexandraVioletta About 100 years ago, there was an economic crisis. And a party tried to blame the immigrants. And many people believed in their propaganda and democratically voted for this party. And then this elected party tried "to clean" the situation. It resulted in many deaths, many years of war, destruction... and still we suffer from this.
I don't want a "fighting" and "killing" solution again, I vote for a diplomatic solution. Yes there will be caveats, but still better than WWIII.
It's a similar situation to before WWII. Do you want to repeat it? Do you want to send your children to war? Like the parents = voters 100 years ago?
Intelligence means learning from the past.
I don´t want to change place with any person that needs to leave his country because of war. Still these "guests" need to behave accordingly. And those who don´t behave need to leave. In this regard I wish to see more strictness. But don´t generally blame all others.
Where I live in Australia, it's now illegal to allow cats outside unless they're in a cat run (caged outdoor area). To save the native birds and small animals.
"Our cute killers: Cats kill more than 1.5 billion native animals per year in Australia" - from a report in 2019
I wish the same law would apply in Denmark. We have a law that says you must keep your cats on your own property, but it is not being respected. There's a lot of discussion every time it's in the press, people think it's against their nature to be kept inside. We dog owners can say the same, but I wouldn't let my dog just run around on its own, imagine if it was run over.
Australia is a special case though. I heard of one cat on a small island that killed an entire species of bird.
@@MonaMartin166 This is a completely preposterous and harmful law. I can't believe people will easily cage, mistreat and kill millions of animals for human consumption but won't allow cats to follow their perfectly normal and natural instincts. It makes me sick.
@@Phiyedough That is terrible, here they kill lots of birds too.
I'm NOT a cat fan, but lov dogs and if you really love your pet, I would take care of it, and not just open the door and let it run free to annoy other people like scratching cars, pissing in kids sandboxes etc.. 🙄
@@Phiyedough
In the Netherlands, there are roughly 200.000 "free" cats, which are responsible for 30.000.000 bird deaths each year. By EU law all ports must be under the owner's control at all time, but nobody respects that rule for cats, sadly. Cats are mass murderers without natural enemies here :-(
"I get that they can channel more money into that stuff since the US has military needs paid for"... that is such a sad statement. Military should NEVER be the main focus of spending for any country. Certainly shouldn´t be an excuse for terrible workers rights in the richest country in the world...
It´s even more sad that Americans truly do not understand reality about their healthcare system versus the best tax-financed healthcare nations in the world. USA today have around 30 million people without coverage and the vast majority of those that have insurance still have astronomical self payments. MANY do not go to the doctor when they have symptoms but wait a while before eventually reacting. A lot of deceases are easier treated if treated early and the sooner you discover cancer the higher the survival rate etc. The largest single reason for small business to go out of business are owners or close family´s acquired health or financial troubles related to that health. A lot of people diagnosed with a serious deep treatment demanding decease end up taking their own life to not burden their family into bankruptcy. Despite ALL the above knowledge and many other negative effects USA spend A LOT more on healthcare per capita than ANY nation in the free world!
USA could simply accept a small tax increase for ALL and get a taxfinanced system modelled after best practice in the best covered and most efficient systems, like Denmark or Norway, Cover ALL legal citizens AND save an incredible amount of money on top.
An American nurse uses over 20% of a workday on registering what the patient "consumes", from a glass of orange juice to syringes. That´s incredible many work hours burned of on not caring or nursing. How many people are employed to sell and administer health insurances and how many spend their workday on in reality trying not to get people money or coverage where they actually need it? All these "papermovers" produces NOTHING for USA as a nation nor for the population as a whole. Bernie Sanders complain about prices for medicines are higher in USA for their consumers but in USA the medico sector fights for shares of the market and incentiveses doctors etc whereas the taxfinanced nations have central negotiators and can buy in bulk frame contracts depending on stats of what doctors prescribe, thus getting better prices, while medico companies also have a lot less overheads. They do not have 20.000 individual orders and thus selling channels they need to relate to. So also need a lot less selling staff and a lot less administration. I taxfinanced systems you typically are able to use the most expensive machines a lot more because hospitals can have people coming in from outside to have tests during daytime and use the machines for thus hospitalised in the morning and afternoon/evening. If you can use an expensive machine 7-8 hours in USA and 16 hours in a more optimal setting it brings down cost of use etc etc.
Having a taxfinanced system do not prevent anyone that want´s to from using private companies/hospitals.
It´s very hard for me to understand why the American population do not revolt over the elements in the US lobby laws that allow anyone from Israel, over fossil fuel companies to the healthcare sector to legally, in reality, buy politicians opinions long before the voters arrive at the boot.
Is that not how US taxpayers have end up in a situation where their tax money now subsidises fossil fuels, pay billions a year to a UN charter breaking Israel that now controls an area over 300% larger than their UN recognised borders allow, while having many die an early death or face life changing bankruptcies for simply having a random illness being treated? USA´s democracy seem to me to have been replaced by a kleptocracy where those with money can invest in politics and get more money because of it? Maybe a good investment to also taxfinance political parties depending on their votes at last election as it are happening in the most well functioning welfare state multi party democracies.
i took that as an American fantasy.
it seems to me that the poster means that Europe can be humane to it's citizens because the US pays for our militarie's.
the age old American lie to make their citizens think Europe is the reason why the US spends so much on their military and can't take care of its citizens
Something that bothers me about USA, the coastguard is part of the military i.e. to defend the country. In UK it is civilian and mainly exists as an emergency service like fire / ambulance.
Go to the "sort by" function of comments above and chose "Newest first" instead of the default "Top comments" if you want to read the semi censored comments as well. I urge all Americans that want to save money on healthcare to do it.
@@Phiyedough Same in Ireland, and we also have your RNLI here as well. Both do an excellent job.
5:45 the difference is not that tips are optional in Europe.
The difference is that we have mandatory minimal living wages law. Just as taxes, service which is the workers salary, is included in the price by law.
So if you’re tired of the tipping culture’s in the US, ask for minimal wages laws.
But of course if you do so, prices would rise because the owners would want to have the same profit…
But most of Americans complaining about tipping culture can’t accept that, they would like to keep the same current restaurant price and not have to tip…
If Americans really want to get rid of toxic working culture in general, they need to understand that, as a consumer, you always pay the cost of work. If you don’t, you become an accomplice of labor exploitation.
European advantages don’t come for free, we have them because we accept, as workers, employers or consumers to share and socialize an important part of our income.
I am French. My full wages, meaning what I cost to my employer is about 60 000 k€ a year. But what I get on my account, before taxes is about 33 000 k€. The rest is taken to cover all my social right (health costs, retirement plan, unemployment insurance and all other social benefits).
And of course when you want to make income comparisons, you need to take into account the number of working hours which is around 7 hours a day, 35 a week but only 1 500 a year, with all the paid leave I have.
So my wages would seem to be low for an American but, as we regulate our work time I can live comfortably with that.
Many countries in Europe DON'T have minimum wages... So... how does that work? Is your argument valid? Are they forced to pay tips in Denmark then?
@@luisdanielmesaDenmark for sure will have minimum wage policies.
@@stephenbanks5952 Not laws, though. And neither does Sweden. They have a minimum wage level but it's formed by a zillion collective agreements, combined with market forces: people who work for wages prefer regular ones, so they will choose "decent fixed wage" over "shit wage plus tips".
@@NavaSDMB Does it not amount to the same thing? You will be paid at least a minimum wage and not under minimum wage hoping for that to be topped up by tips.
As a Dane we don't even have a "Minimum Wage" at all!!! But conditions are negotiated between Employers and Workers Org. to a reasonable level, so we have no "McJobs"! Even employees in McDonalds are paid a Decent Wage in Denmark. Danish Unions made a Blockade, making it impossible for McDonalds to operate, if not!
I currently live in USA, and I am extremely frustrated at the non-extant vacation time. I am going back to Europe at first opportunity. What I miss the most is the network of hiking trails and bike routes everywhere. In USA it's nothing but private land with "NO TRESPASSING" warning signs everywhere, and GMO frankencrop as far the eye can see. Have to travel half a day IN A CAR to go anywhere nice to hike. Einfach scheisse.
Und ich latsch von der Haustür zehn Minuten und bin auf'm Feldweg! :)
if your body would be used to walk each day, your feet would not have hurt. because the muscles inside them would have been "strong enough" or (I guess here a word) would have the needed "Stamina" to handle the walk,
And USA population wouldn’t be so fat and idle. 😉
I do like having a monarchy, it gives your country more charm/character and history in my opinion. They have little to no political power anyway, which is good obviously, but their ceremonial and diplomatic role is still really important. Our queen (in Belgium) for instance is a big ambassador for big UNICEF projects and stuff and I think that's great, and you can tell she genuinely cares about these projects too.
Police respect... most European police have a police academy from 1-3 years, while most Police training in the US is a few months.
And they will only pull a gun if there is no other option.
@@wanneske1969There's also less chance they'll come across someone with a gun. It happens but not often I believe.
@@zarakikon6352 true. In Europe civilians don't own guns.
@@wanneske1969 'In Europe civilians don't own guns.', No that's not true. Not as many as the US but still quite a few:
USA has 120 per 100 people
Europe ranges from about 40 in Serbia and Montenegro to as low as 2.5 in Poland and 0 for Holy See.
But many are around 20 per 100.
I think Switzerland has what US call 'Open Carry'
Also I think in Switzerland each adult (up to about 50 Year Old) will have a rifle as part of their national service duties, (not sure about this).
@@stephenlee5929 I live in Belgium and I don't know anybody who owns a gun.
I was off work for 6 months with a broken wrist and got full pay. I live in uk.
That seems impossible. There is always something to do even do your wrist is broken 😂
@@user-ie6jr4bg1w what third tier world country do you live in for that to see impossible? It’s literally a basic right in Europe. If you can’t work because you are injured. You can’t work… imagine going to work with something broken That seems impossible ..
@@user-ie6jr4bg1ware you for real
Uk here as well. 12 weeks of after knee replacement surgery, then three years later 8 weeks off after breaking my ankle. All with full pay 😊 got to love the deals worked out by our unions.
Flights within Europe are a bad thing for environment, since electric bullet trains cross Europe every 20 minutes,
from every country, for the same price, and you don't have to check 2 hrs in advance, as it's needed in all airports.
So it doesn't take much more time to travel by train, compared to plane (where you have to wait for your luggage).
DO use trains ! Unlike aboard planes, you can walk around, have a meal, see the landscapes, at 200 MPH,
and arrive directly in the city center you chose ! Much more interesting than boring flights, stuck on your seat,
and then hopping on a crowded airport-city shuttle, that will take you an hour to reach your final destination.
What, you can't put another SIM into a phone in the US? How the hell do you travel? Are you going to tell me that phones over in the US have only one SIM slot as well?
Why are trespassers shot? Someone walking on your field is grounds for shooting them? You know just because you might legally be in the right to shoot someone doesn't mean you should .. or should want to. Sounds pretty sociopathic to me.
Most of our networks cover the whole usa and usually we get roaming included if our network don't have a tower it uses another network's tower. Most people don't travel overseas and if they do, not sure what they do actually lol never thought about it much. I think most cell companies now, in the last couple of years, are starting to sell the phones unlocked though but not sure
With modern phones you dont need physical sim card anymore. E-sims are the thing now. My carrier which is O2 in UK also cover USA, mexico etc. Nothing new.
@@deadzio😅 depends more of the phone technology. My phone (the device, not the company, I have O2 too) doesn't permit e sims. I have to buy a physical one or loan a wifi device. The past year when I traveled to Asia I had a portable WiFi. We were a group (5) and the portable WiFi permited 6 different appliances conected. It was too more economical because we split the bill 😂
You have to remember that, in the US, most gun owners believe that if the opportunity arises to shoot someone, you should - otherwise your peers will question why you bother having a gun at all.
The US is also the only country I know of where ordinary citizens are allowed to exact the death penalty for misdemeanours. Heck, you don't even have to prove that there was a threat. This as all a result of the common misconception that individual rights cancel out the rights of others.
e.g. There was a recent case where a man interrupted burglars who then assaulted him - he managed to retrieve a weapon and fired at them, at which point they ran away. This seems like a good outcome with no loss of life - he would have been able to identify them and the Police could investigate and charge them.
However, that is not how it ended. After they ran, he chased after them, catching up to the woman who then begged for her life before he shot her, twice, and killed her. He was investigated and released without charge because he "exercised his legal and legitimate right of self-defence". He also stated that he had no regrets, even after hearing her pleas.
Now, I don't know about you, but being in possession of a firearm and chasing someone down, apprehending them and having them beg for their life before shooting them cannot possibly be interpreted as "self defence" ... except in the USA
Side note: As for the US legal system, often touted as the best in the world, there was a case where the prosecution were not allowed to submit into evidence a video of the accused actually committing the crime because it was deemed to be "prejudicial to his right to a fair trial".
You couldn't make it up.
Brace yourself. A driver turning into the WRONG driveway because they had been given the wrong address was legally shot by the homeowner, his crime was daring to turn into the driveway. Reported on the news channel which replayed the US news report. Not the only time something similar has happened, another one reported that someone was lost and simply tried to use a drive to turn around [as in drive in a couple of feet, back out to turn around] and didn't make it home again. Not alive at any rate.
10:41 is arguably a BIG point and homie just glossed over it immediately!
The short form: governments like these have more than just two parties, and usually no single party gets more than 50% of the seats in the house. Meaning, they are forced to work together thereby representing a larger part of the population.
While adhering to a more diverse set of policies.
For the phone thing, back in the days (Belgium) they were sometimes locked, but it was because you bought them with a phone plan (stuff like "Get the new iphone for 5€ and a 2 years phone plan that's too expensive so it covers the actual cost of the phone"), but you always could get them unlock by the provider after the contract ended. Other than that, we just buy the phones on "independent" stores (not provider stores), so they of course aren't locked
Librarian here: if you saw research saying recycling is more harmful than not recycling, that's not research. There might be debate about the best way to recycle, but if you read something saying recycling is worse, that was not research 😊
The biggest reason a walking distance feels longer in most of the US is the bad walkability. Even where sidewalks are present they're in a state of maintenance or even design which would be considered unacceptable here. When I lived in Miami, I mentioned the lack of sewers on the edge of sidewalks and was told "oh, those are not needed, once it stops raining it dries up real fast" - well, yeeeeah, except it can rain for 14 hours! Walking when it was raining meant taking a foot bath whether you wanted to or not.
One thing that's very different is child's play. In Europe a lot of child play, schoolwork and sports is in self-led groups (yes, even in the age of screens and in cold places); in the US, most children's activities are either on their own or adult-led. I taught at an American university and my American students (19yo on average) did not know how to work in self-managed pairs because they'd never done any self-managed collaboration before. This is so bad that I've had several Americans describe to me how their children or the children they teach do "self-managed work/play", except their description was: "I tell them what to do and how to do it, and they do it." That's ADULT-LED, you, you, you... American!
I like to add an other reason for the perception of distance, which is the amount of changing scenery along the way. When the scenery does not change it calls for a mindset going like -still the same and still not there- resulting an the image of a long walk. On the other hand when each few hundred meters, or yards if that's more comfortable, looks different, it engages the mind in an -oh now I'm here and now I'm elsewhere and distance passes fast.
Going to the nearest train station, I started with going, past the frituur at a sidestreet, to the traffic lights. From there I went through the street with the shops. Currently I'm going around or across the small playground/park and notice, over there, at the other end, starts the lane with the tall trees leading towards the city center, starting there with the street with the bars and restaurants and ending at the train station.
Before one knows it one has walked almost two miles (2.5 km) while the mind was engaged in noticing the differening parts.
There is a slightly shorter route, (only about 100 meters,) but I don't like it as it is way less engaging to the mind.
Actually, those ‘sewers’ are called ‘gutters’
Maternity leave isn't everywhere one full paid year. In Italy, except in some very specific conditions, it's 5 months fully paid, plus 7 optional months at a reduced pay. They money doesn't come from taxes, it comes from the workers through INPS (the welfare).
And yes, usually our phones are unlocked. Besides, within the EU we have very cheap roaming, so you can travel everywhere in the EU and use your phone just as though you were at home with little to no extra costs.
It's not "very cheap roaming", it's "roaming still counts as local". Charging for roaming within the EU has been illegal for several years.
@@NavaSDMB I haven't been able to travel far for ages due to family reasons. The only times I have been abroad I went to Chiasso in Switzerland for the day. I live in Milan: Chiasso is 50 minutes from home.
@@NavaSDMB Only for calls and text messages. For data, roaming charges may still apply (and that's one of important sources of income for phone operators now, as most plans now include unlimited calls and texting, so what you actually pay your provider for is data).
Before we even start, knowing your grocery price before you get to checkout…
A friend of mine broke his hand. 6 weeks off work. Broke his collar bone. 6 weeks off work. Broke his collar bone again. 6 Weeks off work. Still works in the same company.
Ive lived in both for the same amount of time, almost 40 and lived about 15 yrs in the US, high school, tech school, and 5-6 yrs at my trade. Then moved back to France after i had a motorcycle accident in the US, came back to France for better healthcare (and 100000 fold cheaper). Theres some things i miss in the US , mostly some foods, but i can tell you Europe is a much healthier and happier place to live, obviously if you have income.
An easy fix for the ‘outside’ being brought into your home. Keep a towel to wipe your dogs feet and have your child remove footwear at the door. This is how the rest of the world keeps the ‘outside’ from coming ‘inside’. Yes, both dogs and children are trainable to do so
I get that 3 hours walking may be tiring for someone not used to it, but that's like a regular after-work hike for me. 😅 Putting on a podcast and roaming the woods until the sun goes down is the best way to unwind.
I did that till the ligament in my foot exploded.
I also thought 'nice walk', which might be very Austrian of me though 😜
Having to translate what I write into American English or you won't understand it. We English, Scottish, Australians, Irish, South Africans, etc all understand American English but you can't even read and pronounce ours. (Dooblin???) Ahh the joys of isolationism.
If you want a cat, just go to the nearest cat asylum. Plenty of cats there waiting for a human to domesticate.
Cat asylum?😸, I think you mean rescue or shelter. Unless it's a place to adopt a crazy cat.
@@kittehgo hehe, "asylum" can also mean a place where they are protected. Like when refugees seek asylum.
Not sure I would want an insane cat!
All my cats but one have been rescues. The other came from a friend of a friend as a very small kitten.
I think you mean "adopt" rather than "domesticate"
In the UK if you end up being sick whilst on holiday, you can claim those days back!
I have a daughter currently on a year’s Maternity Leave!
There are over 140,000 miles of public footpaths in the UK, many cross private land and we can walk them without fear of being shot.
Travelling in the USA is nothing like being able to fly to multiple countries to enjoy the different cultures.
In the UK you get jailed for caring about your country, family and your people, or get graped and poked by invaders
In the UK you get jailed for caring about your country, family and your people, or get graped and poked by invaders
When I was a kid we had farmland with a public footpath crossing it. Unlike the US we had to STOP shooting when people wanted to come onto our land!
to be fair, the culture difference between let's say New Mexico and Maine or Florida and Oregon is big enough that you also can do that in the US. You can even move from English to Spanish areas although English obviously is known everywhere
In Scotland we have the "Right to Roam", can basically go anywhere you want, without having to stick to paths. With the exception of like folks gardens and military bases.
An American colleague once mentioned to me that Holland was so expensive to have a simple steak dinner. I was inclined to agree. Then we went over prices where he lived, added the tax he wasn’t including (already included in NL) plus the 15-20% tip vs 5% in NL and we came to a very similar price
In Sweden everyone has the washing machine in the bathroom or in a laundry room, but all bigger apartment rental companies have laundry rooms you can lend for X hours for free. On my street we have 3-4 common laundry rooms and we just book it through their webpage.
I totally agree that it is the boss who should pay proper wages to his staff , not the customer pay the wages via tipping
The washing machine is in the kitchen because there is no where else to put it. Believe me if we had room for a utility (laundry) room, we would love it, but we just don’t have that space.
Americans can be quite snobby about things like that.
I have never in my life seen a washing machine in the kitchen in any house or apartment here in Sweden! The thought of having dirty laundry and detergents near where you make food is a big nono here xD Here you will find them in the bathroom, and pretty sure that's the case for most of Scandinavia at least
Yeah, here in Finland the washing machine is in bathroom because bathroom is wet-space. And house design is usually made so that bathroom has space for washing machine as well as water hookups. In case of some kind of malfunction there should be no water damage and in long run that is way cheaper than repair
@@Dammtuss_ how dirty is your laundry? and don’t you have cleaning materials in the kitchen and if not where the heck do you keep it
Mine is in the bathroom 😅
Yes, in the UK, we've always had the washing machine in the kitchen because that's where, traditionally, hand washing was always done in the sink, in the past. Most places in Europe have the machine in the bathroom - which is FAR more sensible. It's a washing thing, not a food cooking thing !
Inter means between, so it's travel between countries.
And adding to that: most of the time in Europe you don't even need a plane; just hop in your car, drive a few hours, and you're in a totally different country, with its own language and its own culture.
Well... "a few hours" is not always so few. It's often closer to 10-12 hours than to 3-4, which I would consider "few". Even travelling from north to south or from east to west within a single country may take 6-8 hours (for example in my country, Poland). So I rather prefer travelling by train than by car. Sadly in recent years there's less and less international train connections in Europe...
@@0raj0 Yeah, my bad. Poland is huge. I spent a few months there. I'm in The Netherlands though. Quite small. So for us, it's easy to get in our cars and drive for a few hours and be in a totally different country.
Coalition governments are very frequent in Europe. It is the case when the party that is first in votes after an election doesn't get enough members in the parliament (or senate, different countries have different systems) to get the approval to form a Government, then they can cooperate with other parties to add up to the number of MP's and form a coalition Government, where, usually, the Prime Minister or President is the leader of the first party and then the Ministries are shared amongst the participating parties according to the number of MP's each has.
Yes but you get bland government.
@@charlestaylor9424 No, they don't have to be. The discussions behind the scenes are extremely rewarding for everyone involved. It's hard political work. Representation of large group's opinions always counts! There is not just black and white, which is why most Western democracies have oval parliaments that express continuity of political attitudes rather than two blocs sitting opposite and spitting at each other.
@charlestaylor9424 Germany at the moment has a government formed of 3 parties and they argue all the time. They don't like each other much, but need to collaborate, so they do. 😂
@helgaioannidis9365 Scotland had a Holyrood assembly held to ransom by 6 Green politicians who were not directly elected. In order for the SNP to stay with their snouts in the trough they had to kow tow for 3 years. Israel knesset is regularly forced into taking action by far right fundamentalist parties.
The coffee shop i use to go, has a tip jar " Tips for Andreea's next tattoo" 😂 and from time to time its changed 😂
I'm English, I live in a town (pop. 26k) and I walk 6 to 7 miles everyday, all weathers, walking my dog. I am of course, retired. But Brits do walk quite a lot.
In Europe all phones including iphones are unlocked by default.
This was introduced in 2017. So up until 2017 you could have gotten locked phones in Europe too.
Oh, and the latest is the EU wants all charges to have the same connectors so you can just switch charges whenever. Did that law get passed, do you know?
@@FredericiasChannel that law got passed already, it's the reason why the latest Iphone has a USB-C connector instead of their lightning one.
In Italy there could be locked phones, but they become unlocked after a while (depend on the contract, but with a limit fixed by law of 18 months - I think this limit is fixed by EU laws), anyway only one phone operator have used locked phones.
Not always, not everywhere. But mostly yes.
subscribing helps the channel grow so that charlie and his family can leave the usa as soon as possible 😄
Intercountry travel-> I think they are referring to the fact that you don’t need a visa or even your passport to go from Greece to Finland when you are traveling through Europe. There are no borders.
1:58 "they can channel more money into that stuff since the US has military needs paid for" I keep seeing this insidious myth.
The EU has some 2 million soldiers and all kinds of modern weapons. Overall Europe represents 24% of world military expenditure, same as Asia and Oceania combined.
European countries buy US weapons such as the F-35, "buy" being the important word here. The US is donating old stocks to Ukraine in recent years, but that's actually an opportunity to renew/update while saving on decommissioning costs. Overall, the US has been making money from European defense, not paying for it.
The US military budget is 3% of GDP, fairly high but this is no wartime economy and is not related to lack of social benefits. You don't have them because companies don't want you to, and lobby to keep it that way.
by intercountry travel they mean that you can travel easy from one country to an other country
Exactly. *Intra*country travel is within the same country.
While I've travelled intracountry by plane in the US, it is possible in some European countries, too. For example, I've flown from London to Edinburgh and back before. If you consider England and Scotland to be part of the same country, the United Kingdom, then that's intracountry. You can fly from Paris to Guiana. That's all within France though, arguably, not all within Europe. Similarly, you can fly between Mainland Spain and the Canary Islands, and between Mainland Portugal and the Azores.
Especially if you live in the outskirts of a small country like Belgium... From home I'm a 20-minute drive to Luxembourg, a 30-minute drive to Germany, one-hour drives to the Netherlands or France, four-hour drive to Switzerland. I love this freedom to change countries and cultures so easily.
@@jfrancobelge Yeah, it's so normal when you grow up like that, but thinking about, amazing. I mean, going on school trips to other countries was so easy. I live at the very south-west, so one day school trips to a museum in Switzerland or sightseeing to the little french town where Studio Ghibli made their research for 'Howl's moving castle' was so normal, not to mention the graduation trips to England (before Brexit) for Junior High and Italy after Highschool. Parents weren't even worried, cause us kids were already so used to spend time in foreign countries, be it week long family vacations in Spain or Portugal or weekend fishing or camping trips in France.
@@drzander3378its called domestic flight.
@@deadzio Maybe you should brush up your English. Here in Europe we have more internal flights. Not everybody here speaks Americanese.
In Germany, you need a sick note from your doctor from the fourth day of illness. The lost working hours are paid by the employer for up to 6 weeks per illness. If you are sick for a longer period of time because the convalescence process has not yet been completed, the health insurance company pays sick pay of 80% of the normal salary up to the 78th week. After that, the pension fund will take over further aid payments. If you fall ill with different diseases several times a year, the process starts all over again. The employer must then pay the wages again for 6 weeks, etc. etc...
loving the new hair cut Charlie
Due to the lower voltage in the US, electric kettles do not heat water as quickly as they do in Europe.
Depends, if the overall power is the same (Watts), it doesn't differs. P=U x I (Watt = Volts x Amps)
@@JacobBax but in the US you'd need more amps for the same wattage. Which might be difficult because kettles usually need between 1500 and 3000 Watts
@@DanVibesTV I'm sure that they can make kettles in the US
@@JacobBax yes, but what I was referring to was, that since they have a 110V power grid they would either need to make less powerful kettles, which boil the water more slowly, or make them draw 12 to 24 amps, which will actually be a problem for most homes.
@@DanVibesTV You only need thicker wiring.
Saw a YTer with a electrical company and 8 kids, installing a 1200Amp connection to his house. So I don't think it is a big problem over there.
Can you imagine having a 600 Amp connection in your house, where you live?
In the provincie of the Netherlands where I live, you see every where some cats hanging around and going home after dusk.. I had once 9 strange cats in my little garden, one on the fence, on the shed roof, in the tree on the chair outside.. under the tree.. that looks amazing!!… these days only three old once.. maybe because I have a doggy now..😄
Electric kettles are awesome, but they are much more useful in Europe where the electric grid runs on 230V. In the US it's 110V, which is too low to deliver the energy fast enough to make kettle boiling faster than regular boiling.
In Europe it takes 5 min to boil in electric kettles vs 10 on the stove. In the US it takes 8 minutes so stove is more convenient.
On recycling: it takes more energy to recycle, but preserves resources. This means that the more we resolve the fossil fuel energy problem, the better recycling becomes
As an extra advantage, when you add a deposit in the container it not only encourages recycling, it also discourages littering. At least in theory. Also, it encourages por and or homeless people to clean up after the lazy people for the deposits.
Also, if you have ever had the misfortune to have seen a landfill site, they are so disgusting and full of unnecessary plastic. There is one near the mouth of the Thames which is now eroding by the tides and all sorts of non biodegradable items like nylon clothing and plastic items are reappearing.
About the nudity thing: In the US they seem very prudish about showing the naked human body in movies but are quite comfortable with guns and extreme violence. Someone getting (their head) blown away appears just routine to US audiences and appears quite warped to many of us outside your country
I get what you're saying about cats, I'm a dog person but I don't hate cats, people seem to think that if you like dogs you must hate cats and vice versa.
iam dutch and i spit out my water when u tried to pronounce patatje oorlog XD but i LOVED to hear you try
try to pronounce the oo in oorlog like the o in the word introduce, and then the o like you say the o in holland
and patat try to take the a sound from the word 'haha or 'ago'' for the first a but the second a is more like the a in holland
(tryed to use words that iam sure you pronnounce in a similar way, i teach dutch as a second language to foreign people here in the netherlands :) really love to see what words are difficult)
In Europe we dont have sick days, if you are sick you go to the doctor (free in spain) and if you are not able to work he sign for "your days off"
It'sChalie No tipping is optional because the waiters get a decent pay. In tthe US no one could survive on what they earn. if us bosses paid more, customers would not need to pay an expected % on top of the bill on tipping which is actually their salary
Keep in mind the US restaurant prices arelower. And higher in Europe beause it already includes what US customers are expected to pay on top of the meal/beverage prices.
But still Europeans do always tip in real Restaurants, bar, clubs etc but not in for instance a mcDonalds) but not such a high %. of the pre tipping bill.
I adjusted my comment whenI heard you explain it it but that's not the reason/difference.
I already wrote a short comment on tipping before this one.
The washing machine in the kitchen thing is because in many places people still don't buy a dryer, and clothing lines or clothing racks are accessed through a kitchen door/window. Dryers are more common now, but a lot of Europeans still use a clothing line - especially where the wheather makes it easier (and so much cheaper) to let your clothes air dry. In appartment buildings most people have a balcony where they can put out their clothing to dry, and those who live in detached houses have access to a back yard or something similar to set up a clothing line. In several modern appartments buildings ("modern" in Europe means less than 50 yrs old) the laundry room with a washer and dryer, if there is one built in, is usually just a small space right next to the kitchen, for simple convenience and saving space.
BUT... things differ from country to country, so if you've been or lived in one country in Europe, it doesn't mean everyone has the same setup in their home.
Bidets are an excellent example of this: in the Southern countries they're very common, but in the North they're virtually non-existent.
Not entirely true on bidets. Here in Finland almost every non-public bathroom has bidet-shower attached to sink. We do not have separate bidets but we do have those shower heads if you need them. I think they were meant for female hygiene but I think most common uses are cleaning babies and cleaning the bathroom itself.
And washing machine is also usually in bathroom where it probably cannot cause water damage.
It depends if you are talking about a house or an apartment.
In case of a house, if the clothing lines are outside (in the back yard), you have to bring the laundry outside anyway, and it doesn't make much difference from which room you go to the door. In most houses there's no such thing as "kitchen door". Often there's only one door, or there are two doors on front and back, but they both lead to centrally-located hall/stairway. I've never seen a house with a direct exit outside from the kitchen. If such an additional door exists (usually in newer houses), it's in the living room, so you can go out of the room directly to the garden.
In case of an apartment, as you noted, usually there's a balcony and clothing lines are there. But the door to the balcony is usually also in the living room (or in one of the bedrooms, or in both in larger apartments); it is never in the kitchen.
So it's by no means easier to take the laundry out for drying from the kitchen than from the bathroom, where the washing machine is usually located (at least in my country) if there's no space for a separate laundry room (in many houses, these separate laundry rooms are located in the basement, and the clothing lines or racks are also in the same basement room).
@@0raj0 hmm all the houses I have ever lived in have had a back door usually exited from the kitchen or the utility room via the kitchen. Plus having patio doors into the garden. My mum used to call them French doors. Oh I’m in the UK. But have lived in Holland, Germany and the US. It’s fascinating to hear other peoples experiences. The comment section is what I enjoy about RUclips.😊
Going shopping on foot or cycling is normal in Europe. But we build "mixed". That means there are not these huge housing areas where there are only residential buildings, in Europe there is always a shop, a pharmacy and so on.
In the UK we do have traffic lights on some large roundabouts .
You have a roundabout wich contains 5 smaller roundabouts. THAT is impressing!
Glad you called out the ‘good mayonnaise’: I’ve tried mayonnaise on fries in the Americas and it doesn’t work
Maternity leave and militiary costs happen same time in Finland and some other european countries.
Universal healthcare and free college are incorrect or at least not complete:
- The price of that healthcare and the ‘own risk’ premium has been going up fast (though still way more affordable than in the US)
- In most European countries college is most definitely not free. Though prices at all but the most elite(ist) institutes are way more affordable than in the US
Inter country travel means travel from one country to another. For example, someone living in France might fly Italy for a weekend.
Someone living in England might travel to France by car, thanks to Eurotunnel.
Also , at least here, you cant get fired if they dont have a good reason to fire you. And you probably get a 6 month or 1 year contract when you start a job and after 3 temporary contracts (every combination possible it so can take 1.5 - 3 years) they are required to give you a permanent contract.
So even if there are certain benefits you only get for being a permanent employee, they cant fire you without reason after 2 years to prevent you from getting the benefits.
Intercountry travel: he means as citizens of EU member countries we don't need visas or even passports, just our country's issued ID will do. Think of it as EU being like the USA and travel between countries like from state to state. But they are different countries, with different languages, taxations etc. and at least majority of them ( ohhhh hello there Britts) , use Euro as national currency.
I’m in the UK. Locked phones were banned by OfCom a long time ago. Networks and manufacturers stopped that practice themselves a good while before the ban hammer came
CONCERNING TIPPING: the employer is ALLOWED to "pay less than minimum wage", BUT if "wage + tip" is less than minimum wage ... the employee SHOULD BE "filled up to minimum wage" by the employer.
This is one of the reasons why I say that *AMERICANS NEVER ENDED SLAVERY, they just TRANSFORMED "OWNERSHIP" into "WAGE SLAVERY"!*
To be absolutely clear: in European countries there HAVE been provider-locked phones in the past, but it was deemed not consumer-friendly as to break it open, a fee was needed as well. Laws have taken care of this, iirc. In some aspects it was as simple as typing in a special code (the ones usually starting with *# etc #) or unlocking it via special software.
Isn't the washing machine in the kitchen more of a UK thing? Here in Belgium you typically either have it in a laundry/utility room or a garage. Here I've never seen or heard of anyone having it in their kitchen, but I have in the UK.
I remember, when they have "banned" free plastic bags in Europe (they made you pay for each one, plus for a short period there was none or not enough). It was crazy everyone was pissed because it was hard to remember to take them from the house or constantly buy them. But you know what? We got used to it. Same with seat belts, they made them mandatory, people were pissed but most of us now use them automatically. And I'm saying Europe cause I belive that it's across the whole European union(so at least half)...
Greece is in EU, but a lot of people still "forget" about the seatbelts. Everybody got usedm to paying for plastic bags, though. People use them as trashbags at home.
When I am going to the shops by car I often forget my own bag, so I go to the veg part and if there are any cardboard boxes there that are empty I use one of those. I keep one in the car, so trolley my purchases to the car and pack them there.
tips are optional here because hospitality workers are meant to be paid a living wage. the tips are an appreciation not an obligation.
The coalition government is what happens if you have more than two party systems. Very simplified explanation - in order for anyone to win an ellection and get the right to choose a parliament representative, they need to get a majority of vote. With multiple party sistem this is impossible, so usually multiple parties of similar ideologies form bigger groups - coalitions. Once the coalition wins, they name their parliament representative who is de facto the leader of the law making portion of the government. Parties have deals between them. If a single party wants to be the one naming the parliament leader, they have to make a pact with other parties. Something like "we want your vote counts and you want to push this particular law forward, so if you join us, we promise you that we will do it". If they hold the promise, the coalition may prevail. If they fail to do so, the party who's trust has been broken leaves the coalition. They can join the oponent, or they can create their own coalition, but either way, liars and fakers get rekt in the next ellection. That way, all parties keep each other in check. You get stuff like ecologist sometimes siding with family and border security oriented parties, but some other times, fpr example when the border security party starts to feel too sus and nazi-like makimg deals with far right and traditionalists, ecology and family parties may form their own coalition, inviting for example racial minority representing party and youth and education oriented party to their cool kids club.
Even your explenation seems simple for us Belgians i don't think like Americans understanding one word you 'r saying😄
Coalition government is because there are multiple parties. We actually had 22 last election in the Netherlands. It like if A,C, F and G form a team ( coalition) they together have a majority. It takes some concessions and good agreements need to be made, called formation agreements. That’s one of the reasons our government sometimes crashes down and we get new elections.
10:05 in europe ketchup with fries (we don't call them french fries here because we know that they are from belgium) is a relatively new thing. Twenty years ago even at Mc Donald's you probably had mayonaise with fries. Now, yea, ketchup and mayo hehe :)
Fries with ketchup is a thing here in Germany for at least the last 40 years. Maybe a lot longer. There are little differences between European countries like that.
@@dnocturn84 But is that Tomato Ketchup or Curry Gewürz Ketchup, I've seen both… (And also seen either on the Patatje Oorlog)
@@jfw413 I'm pretty sure that the default is just good old normal ketchup when it comes to fries. Curry ketchup isn't supposed to go with fries, but there are certainly people out there, who'll indeed eat it like that. Curry ketchup originally is something to go along with meat (steak, sausages, etc.). But different people = different taste. I'll usually eat my fries with mayonaise, but sometimes switch to ketchup, if I feel like.
@@dnocturn84 Most recently I hat my mayo mixed 70/30 with sambal sauce.But then it was with baked potato wedges and not actual fries.
@@jfw413 Hey, that's not ok. How could you end your comment like this? How did it taste? Do you recommend it, or what?
Re cats, the housecat phenomenon seems to have encouraged the breeding of strange features which would be unsustainable for a free roaming creature. No hair and short legs or other "cute" features spring to mind. Like dogs have been, some of which have health problems due to their inappropriate breeding.
"I got Kinder Eggs from Belgium" Don't snitch! There are huge fines "smuggling Kinder Eggs".
Kinder eggs aren’t illegal like people think. They were maybe like 4 years ago but I see them in stores all the time. The reason they were illegal is because they were made for kids especially little kids and they have small toys in them and kids often put things in their mouth and they could choke and die from the toys.
They have different ones in Europe than they do here, it seen the ones for sale here.. Trust me, they are not the same, in Europe the toy it's literally inside of the chocolate egg, the ones here are split in half, toy one one side, chocolate on the other
@@ItsCharlieVest those are Kinder Joy, not Kinder eggs. We do have them in Europe as well. Different products :)
@DanVibesTV in the UK the ones with toys inside are called Kinder Eggs.
Just subscribed, finally some one who understands cats, yes they pick you. Plus they are intelligent and loyal despite what people think. I had a cat save me from a house fire. He woke me three times then went out the cat door, finally when I heard him come back in the 3rd time he sat on my head, I sat up to find the room full of smoke and realised I was ready to pass out. "Hobbit" was my best friend for 21 years.
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I'm from belgium, i walk 2 hours each day...
A few months ago I called in sick for 3 weeks because I couldnt talk. I work in a callcenter so thats a problem. I had a viral throat infection and the doc I went to after 1 week of not being able to talk basically just told me "cant do anything for you, its viral, antibiotics wont work, take paracetamol and dont talk. And if the pain gets worse, come to me and youll get stronger painkillers" The planner at work only contacted me in the last week to ask if she could schedule me for next weeks work shifts.
They never questioned my sickness (well yeah I talked to them on the phone once and they could definately hear me not being able to talk). And I got the 3 weeks paid AND 4 weeks after I came back to work I had a 3 week vacation planned (I must admit I felt a bit guilty getting sick right before vacation but you know, it was not my fault). Thats how its done in The Netherlands. I feel like if I were to do this in the USA I would be called by my boss every day to confirm im still sick, I would have to find someone to cover for me (here, thats the managers job) I would be out of a job because of the amount of sick time, and I would be in debt because the doctor would try to prescribe me things I dont need.
1. Vacations in the summer? No way. When I was working and not having children, I took them in May. No tourists, good weather, great service and low hotel rates. 2. With that tattoo stay away from El Salvador. 3. Wrong thinking. If repurposed, your bags DO end up in the trash.
That one month summer vacation was either for France, where nearly the whole country takes the whole of August off cause it's just too hot. Or it could be for Germany, where nearly everyone who has children takes 3-4 weeks of vacation during the 6 weeks summer break.
I got a new job this summer. She asked me if I already planned a holiday during this summer. I got the 2 weeks approved vacation before I signed the contract. Full paid holiday.
For most germans a 3 hour walk is a short Spaziergang
Relaxed mood, nice music, interesting topic! Subscribed! :) Best from Switzerland: Mad
We have Washing machines in kitchen because European houses are smaller than US houses where you have a room especially for Washing machines, Driers etc.
We do not have our washing machines in the kitchen in mainland Europe... they DO in The United Kingdom!
"Inter" means between. Inter-country travel means travelling between countries. If your travelling within one country, it's "intra-country travel".
In Australia we love our cats and dogs, but we love our birds and native animals too. That's why responsible cat owners keep their cats inside at night. Feral cats kill millions of birds each year.
I hate to say it but cats should not be allowed as pets in Australia it's not fair on the local wildlife and its not fair on the cats being lockedcin all the time
What wrong with a cat proof garden?
And cats killing wildlife is bullshiet.
Losing their environment due to human activities and wildfires is the problem.
Before humans became a big overpopulation issue there were more animals around then now. The calculation is simple
@@SkyCGirl -"And cats killing wildlife is bullshiet." It is not. They kill billions of small animals a year and over 60 species have gone extinct thanks to them.
-"Losing their environment due to human activities and wildfires is the problem." That is also a problem, but doesn't mean cats don't kill a lot of stuff.
-"Before humans became a big overpopulation issue there were more animals around then now." Well, house cats are a human problem though. We bring animals to different places as pets and let them loose without considering the effect on the native wildlife. With cats we keep them fed and always in peak condition, which means they are always in peak hunting shape. If house cats had to survive without humans they wouldn't be as deadly because some would die due to starvation or lack of shelter. So it is still a human problem, but cats definitely kill a lot of wildlife.
Holidays in the UK are set at 20 days per year (Usually not taken all at once ) plus 8 "Bank Holidays" / Public holidays and they are all paid holidays. In many cases if you don't take them you can lose them but some employers allow a number to carry over, it varies who you work for. So it's not a month off in the summer! P