HEY everyone!!! If you don't follow me on my other social medias, please hope along to them. Links are in the video description. I did a very Scottish version of the 'Karma is a Bi***' challenge over on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram and it's proven to be quite popular. It's 22 seconds long and has caused a few giggles =D Hope you all had a fantastic weekend!
WeeScottishLass great stuff mosco as always, btw in Japan it's rude NOT to slurp your noodles! Insult to the chef that you'd wait to eat the food in front of you even just to cool it down.
Great Video as,Always. 😍 Good To know, On This. 😊.👍 Yes please one,On Transportation as Well. Cheers !! ♡ xx . My Wknd,Has been Great !!, and I hope Yours has Too. 😊
Hey, my brother and I spent a week in the Scottish Borders and Glasgow at end of 2017. Just wanted to thank you for your videos; they were incredibly helpful. Loved Scotland, countryside and people. Thanks for prepping us for the trip. Cheers.
My wife and I are planning a trip to Scotland to visit some of my distant relatives, and your videos have literally been a fountain of knowledge for our planned trip. Thank you!
that is interesting. in the States if the place has waiters or waitresses, then they either have what we call Busboys (women do it too) that clear the tables, or the wait staff will clear the table. If you serve yourself or are served from a counter, you clear your own table.
Please do a video about travelling on public transportation in Scotland! :D I'm going in June and not driving, so I would love some tips on how easy or not easy is to get around...
in Australia, most of this applies here too, except for tipping. most places these days do give you the option of tipping but it is not custom here. the way to think of it is that if there is a sticker price or a bill you are never required to pay more then what it says. it includes everything like taxes, pay for the staff etc. no one will ever look down on you either for paying the exact bill.
I dated a server for a while and she trained me to stack my dishes so the busser can easily pick-up the plates with one hand and wipe the table with the other. Many guide books I read say that tipping is optional in the UK. That never sat right with me. I usually say "and one for yourself" which means they add the cost of another drink to the bill and either have one on me or put the money in a tip jar. One of the more unusual methods of tipping I have seen is to float a £1 or £2 coin on a lemon wedge in your drink.
In Scotland, How bar staff take their tips depends on the rules of the bar. I drink in a couple of bars where the barman is allowed to have a drink while on duty. I these places if I say " one for yourself", I like to see the bar man actually have the drink I just bought him. Female bar staff would rather take the money but have the drink after their shift, usally thanking you for it as they pour it, again so you know they got the drink. However in most places the staff can not drink on duty, especially a buzy bar as they would get drunk if they took a drink every time it was offered. It used to be normal for the staff to take the price of a drink but these days only taking £1 is normal. I prefer to just tell the staff to keep the change if it is up to about £2 and some times £3.
This video has the perfect timing as I'm going to take the first step of my life on the scottish soil next week-end =) !!! I will definitly thank the people I buy whisky from haha !! Thanks again Mosco.
I have to say, I loved your shirt and necklace! :D Thank you for the great content that you upload, I have Scottish and Irish roots so I really enjoy your videos.
I've been told and experienced that tipping is a no no in Europe. I had a waiter get insulted when I tipped him. This was in Austria. He said he was a professional and got paid for it, not a college student working through college. Been to a Scottish owned micro brew here in the states and the owner has a sign that says the staff is paid full time and not to tip. He called it the European model. I don't know. I usually tip up to 20% here in the states, depending on the service.
I just went to Japan last summer with my high school teacher and some of my classmates, and I LOVED IT. Where are you planning on going in Japan? I went to Tokyo and Sapporo (albeit the latter on my way to a small town called Noboribetsu which is regionally famous for its hot springs). I highly recommend trying out a bunch of the local cuisine. In addition to that, I recommend you try going to a maid cafe, and a cat cafe. It is an experience I am glad I got to have. If you go to Tokyo, my favorite places were Akihabara, Asakusa, Harajuku, and Shibuya. Not the mention the absolutely gigantic shopping center underneath Tokyo Station. If you go to Ginza don't buy anything, it is way more expensive than any of the other districts. I think the things I miss most about Japan are the convenience stores (and their food), the baths (both public, and in-house), and the badass public transit. Have fun on you adventure in the land of the rising sun!
Thank you for researching about our manner in Japan. We must be like you too. We can guess that you’re from West, so I’d like to think many of us will be quite forgiving towards any cultural differences. Don’t worry too much, I’m hoping your trip here will be safe and fun.
20-25% tip here. Ahhh, the British Isles. You spill drinks here, the servers will clean up your mess even if you ask for napkins to clean up yourself. It's part of the service & usually will result in a larger tip & a compliment to the mgmt. Saying thank you to a bus driver unless it's a hurried thanks as yer departing the bus will get you run over by passengers behind you. You feel the need to say thank you after you've Departed the bus you'll be tampled by those waiting to get on or annoy the driver & have the door shut in your face. Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go.... giddy up horsey's. Only exception, if you rent the bus, a group of people, to take to to & from an event. Sporting event, Family Reunion lg. picnic gathering as examples. Stacking plates, cups, glasses etc. at all for the bus people (who clean your table of those items, tho' more & more restaurants are doing away with those positions) is a nice gesture if you want to, are a regular, know the server personally, but otherwise is looked upon as: 1. Yer a nut aka anal clean freak or 2. Looked upon as a (possible) cheap skate as in, hell, I did alot of your work by making it easy for you to clean off the table, that's being takin' away from yer tip. Two main differences between, in this case Scotland, since yer Scottish & not from sayyyy Malta just to pick a country a bit away from the British Isles, is your country is alot slower in pacing ( the speed) in which life is lived there. Like our Southern States. Secondary it's yer culture. Good form & manners are vastly more important there than here. I believe it comes from the age of your existence & two the Monarchy. I know alot of people there think the all royalty is a bunch of rubbish, maybe so (tho' that thinking is bunk to me) but in the end I think it's what brings all the people's of the British Isles together. Including Canada, Australia, New Zealand et al. You can think your PM's are loons but like the American flag it is a symbol that all can rally around. Hate her, have neutral thoughts about her, love her (same goes for our flag) she's the ultimate symbol of the British people's strength. Symbol = reality? Who knows. But the call has always been God save the Queen not God save our imagination. P.S. My two daughters were, at one time servers. When asked by my oldest, over 10 yrs. ago what I tip & said 10% what I got was an eye roll, told @ least 20% followed by a lecture. My busboy, dishwasher (rarely) days were in the early '70's. Servers did not split their tips as some do now with the other staff.
I'm Scottish but in Ireland it costs like 25€ for a bus maybe do a video on how cheap Scottish transport is compared to there like I could get a bus from fife to Livingston for £2
Well, I must live in Scotland because all those things you mentioned are rude where I live (Midwest of USA, actually). None of those rude behaviours are acceptable in my country. Louts abound throughout the world.
Good Advise. Besides the U.K I think applies if your in Ireland as well. I heard tipping was becoming more popular but I didn't know it was now standard. I have heard British people being confused by the tipping in the U.S.A though. Anyway thanks for the good advice. Very helpful for anyone going the UK as well as Ireland.
Here in the U.S. people act like you have just murdered a litter of puppies if you do not tip. "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Its the reason I no longer eat at establishments that accept tips, unless family or friends want to that is.
I always tip, unless they are incredibly rude. If they do a good job I might even give 10% 15% is my standard and if they at least are polite the least I give is 8% in the states the businesses can pay wait staff as little as 2.50/hour expecting them to make up the rest in tips and because of this they are taxed on 8% of the total bills from their section.
I will be travelling to Scotland with some friends at the beginning of September... when does your school year start and end? And does that effect tourism at all?
Living in America, it's expected to tip. Because the wait staff here is paid less than "minimum wage." They make barely above what would be called slave wages. $2.00-3.00/hr. Alot of these tips are helpful but most of these I do normally, just being a nice person. Thanks for making this video. I love all your videos and hope to one day to meet you in person to thank you.
Here in Tennessee in USA all those things are rude here as well. And always should tip and always thank your wait staff and make sure your children thank them as well. The only thing different is people do spit here but I find it disgusting. One of my kids friends would spit on my stoop every time she came over right where you had to twist yourself to get out the door so as to not stop in it. I stayed furious and no matter how I said it she did it anyway. I stopped her from coming over any more. Just disgusting. ! I don't know why parents let their kids get in that habit.
In America the manors of what's rude or not depends on what part of the country you go. Like I'm in the south, and I was raised to open the door for a woman, any woman young or old. And address anyone in a position of authority or any elderly person as Yes Sir or Yes Mam. As a symbol of respect of authority figures or as a symbol of respect for the wisdom of our elders. Some different regions of America women get angry if a man opens the door for her. We'll they'll just have to be angry at me my mama raised me right to be a gentleman. It is also rude here to slurp your food or eat with you mouth open. People only slurp with a straw when their coke or ice tea is empty but not continuously then that's annoying too. But a single slurp let's your servers know your drink is empty and you want a refill on your drink. But I only do that if they're ignoring me. But if your in a good restaurant they will never let your drink get empty. You have to tell them no more please thank you. If someone spits they do it outside and when no-one is looking. And people chewing tobacco can't do it inside public places and they spit in a container outside. But I don't do that stuff ,gross and I don't want mouth cancer.. Sorta like smoking isn't allowed in most places.
aikidragonpiper71 I'm from the south but I've traveled to other parts and I've never have never seen any ladies get mad when my husband has held the door for them. Maybe you just ran across a bitch.
Leslie Sauceman Well that probably happens in parts of California, it's never happened to me but I've heard of it happening guys trying to open the door in other places. Probably from women that hate all men or something. They say they can do it and say they don't need a sexist man to do anything. But yea it's never happened to me here in Arkansas. A man's rude if he doesn't open a door for a lady here.
When my sister & I went to college, she snapped at me for opening the door for her saying that she wasn't weak. I told her I would keep doing it since she was a female & it was out of respect, not because I thought she was weak. After that I would always race to beat her to the door and open it. I do it for anyone I respect. It is just one way of being courteous. (Also for some reason I am always distracted with something on the horizon when a woman in a skirt is getting in or out of a car when I am tending the door.)
As an American woman who grew up in the midwest and East coast, I can vouch that I would never get mad at anyone who is being polite and holding open a door for me. I often hold the door open for others, of both genders, and I appreciate when strangers offer the same gesture to me (whatever their gender may be). That said, I don't really see why it's BETTER for a guy to hold a door open for a woman than it is for him to hold it open for a man or for me to hold it open for someone of either gender. Courtesy works both ways. The rest of what you said about slurping and tipping is pretty much the same throughout America, I think, at least in my experience. And chewing with your mouth open is always very gross!
A woman once scolded me for opening a door for her. She adamantly insisted that she was quite capable of opening it herself. Shocked, I replied that I didn't open it for her as an invalid, but as a person, and that I do the same thing for anyone regardless of gender. I recognize that women are often criticized for being too weak, or too strong, or too wishy-washy, or too head-strong, etc. (a no-win scenario), but I wish we could all just agree on some common courtesy that doesn't have to make people feel uncomfortable when others are nice...
Dinnae forget that it is ok to slurp the last bit of milk shake drank through a straw, in fact I am sure it is a law. The worse habit I see is those that blow their nose onto the pavement, where they cover one nostril and then blowing hard to evacuate the snot onto the street (only ever seen that here :( )
Hunnie, Max and their Human Too snot rockets! Sometimes you have no other option. Rather blow it out then wipe a huge snot ball on yourself or person walking by.
I would sooner snort it in and swallow it than than blow it out onto the kerb but then again I always carry a hankie so that is very rare even then for me to need to do.
I try to not be too obvious but my nose does not work well so I eat with my mouth slightly open in order to breathe. I still get family who know of my struggle that get on my case about it. They have tried to repair it, but when you are missing parts it is hard to repair.
I’m on the fence with whether not tipping is rude. I don’t think it’s rude if people choose not to tip, even if they had good service. I don’t see McDonald’s staff getting tipped for cleaning after people, etc. I don’t agree with having to clean up after yourself either (even though I do it myself). If the place states (ikea) to remove trays etc then do it. Most staff who are cleaning the plates have that as their job that day. They get paid to remove the plates for you. I hated when people piled their plates up! Sometimes we get told to clean plates in a certain way by managers. It all depends on where you are I guess. I mean of course don’t drop food on purpose etc. I’ve seen some tourists go to a KFC in Korea and throw their burger wrappers and chicken bones on the floor.
I think the best idea is to look around and see what other customers are doing. If most people are stacking their plates, I'll stack my plates. And I'm from the States so I tip, no prob.
I absolutely adore the Scottish accent, and can follow along most of the time. But thank you for mentioning the subtitles, perfect amount of humor added. Edinburgh = Asian broth
We hired a car in England and my friend was driving. When cars would pass they would honk and shake their fist. Later I figured out he was giving them the 2-finger ‘V’ or peace sign. Explained to him that in the U.K. the 2-finger salute meant something else.😂
Not Scottish. Probably not ever mistaken for one but find the bagpipes strangely rousing. Do have a distant connection to Scotland. Was told one of my great great grandfathers was from Scotland. Love this girl. Can't get over they way she talks
Basically all these things hold true in the USA, at least in my neck of the woods. Despite my username, and most of my comments, and pretty much everything I've ever said on the internet, I'm actually quite a polite person. I tip, often quite generously. I make an effort to thank any and all service personnel (including bus drivers) to let them know I both appreciate their service and I don't think of them as a lesser class. I hate making noise while eating. I find spitting in public rude and that whole suck in your nasty snot to spit out makes me want to wretch. Good to know I could probably get by in Scotland without getting glassed. That being said, have I mentioned lately how much I fucking hate and envy you for your awesome travel plans?
Mosco Moon, I live in Japan. Don't worry about blowing your nose in public. As long as you're discrete and not doing it in an openly quiet place, no one will really care. So, if you're on the train, it's best to wait until you reach your stop, get off the train and go to secluded area near the elevators or bathroom and blow your nose. I say this from experience; If you absolutely cannot wait until you get off the train, try to do it as quickly and quietly as possible. If you're staying at someone's house, it might be a good idea to excuse yourself to the bathroom to blow your nose. But honestly, Japan is a very kind and forgiving country, so don't worry too much. As long as you're not doing anything harmful or defacing public property, you will be fine. And if you come to Kobe, look me up. Maybe I can show you around. ;)
Rules of etiquette are similar here in the United States, cept you tip 15% but if your wait staff is rude you leave 2 pennies, hence the term my two cents.
Tipping is more expected in the states than in Scotland, I feel like with Tammy being a nice person and having a good upbringing she overstated the need for tipping, it's not nearly as common. I mean, it makes sense, because in the US servers are not paid nearly well enough and tips make up a decent amount of their wage, whereas here servers, housekeepers, shop workers etc. are all paid the same, but you don't tip the cashier on the way out of tesco's 😆
I would love to see a video about transit it Scotland. I'd like to kinda compare the differences between where I'm from and there. I know in the states public transit is rather shit.
I had a great time in Japan. Here's a tip. If you go into a pub(if that's your thing) and the barkeep makes an X with his arms.. turn around and walk out.
Good professional wait people priebus. That is they remove plates from the table during the meal. That helps the table appear better it makes it quicker and easier to clean when patrons leave. This makes it quicker to prepare the table for the next customer. This means that a waitperson can have two to three more people at the table daring your shift. This will increase your tip income by 20- 30% a good manager will know this and train ther people to do so. Because it also increases the houses money increasing the number of person serve per day. If they're not doing this they don't know what you're doing and it probably going to go broke anyway.
Soo, I’m heading to Scotland next month with my toddler. Would it be considered rude to overtip (I’m assuming not, but who knows!) because here in the states we tip everyone. For everything. I just don’t want to make an ass of myself for tipping a driver, and they look at me like I’ve got 10 heads.
In South Korea we pay respects to your deceased love ones by sharing food and drinks with them at their gravesite. We also respect our elders and when they are drinking any alcohol beverages we pour them a glass and we turn our head away from them when we are drinking.
I'm from New Zealand and tipping is such a strange and foreign concept for me. I'll probably just go to McDonald's when I visit a country that customarily tips. I know I sound like a tight arse, but I'm not flying all that way to pay what I'm charged as well as extra for service. Why not just increase the prices if need be? The bill should cover your meal and service. Do hospitality staff not get paid enough for why they require tips???? I just don't understand it.
Alessandra Bozzelli o_O $3 an hour??? Wtf. Minimum wage here for 16+ is something like $15 an hour (it could've changed since the last time I checked, idk), but that comes to about USD$10.
I just looked it up and in most states it's actually $2.13 www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm Other than tipped minimum wage the national is $7.25...yup....
The making a mess in a restaurant thing REALLY annoys me, and I’m in the U.S. I always try to leave the table the same as I would, should I have to dash out for some reason during a family meal. A few Americans do the same, but most, I’m embarrassed to say, don’t give a shit. We are getting more polite, though. It’s strange. I watched a video about manners in Ireland, and people there always thank the bus driver. That NEVER used to happen here in the U.S., and now, it’s actually getting more common. Most Americans would never admit it, but we are influenced by other cultures just as much, if not more, than we influence. Kinda cool, actually! :D
WeeScottishLass Good presentation and I would say that all of these things are frowned on by polite people here in the U.S. The bottom line is consideration for others and no one likes to hear you slurping, filling your hankie from your nose or leaving a table messy enough to disgust a pig! Tipping is an American tradition up to 20% nowadays, I think, and most of us, especially here in the American South, almost always say Thank You or Excuse Me, etc, And we smile a lot. I think I'll visit Scotland, the land of my Scotts-Irish forebears. I should feel at home. Thanks for the video.
So Scotland has many of the same rules of etiquette as the US has or should have. I also heard it is considered bad manners to sit in the back seat of a taxi there is that true?
Here in America some people are spiteful and sarcastic, even more so if you make a stand on an issue. This does not apply to everyone, but, unfortunately, it is just the way some people will be. but I agree with you.
Nina Boseggia that's been a couple of people said that now. Must be the area, the thing is the staff won't ever ask you for a tip. It's just recommended you do it. I've just sat and asked my friends and family on Facebook because I was wondering if I was wrong but they're all saying they tip and they hate people who don't. So that's like Edinburgh, Lothian, Glasgow areas for sure people are expected to tip. You won't get asked but its expected. If not you come across as an asshole to the waitressing staff around here. Where are you from? Maybe it's different where you live?
I've heard that it's preferable to snort back the post nasal drip in Japan....as you say, opposed to blowing your nose. Isn't the world a strange place?
HEY everyone!!! If you don't follow me on my other social medias, please hope along to them. Links are in the video description. I did a very Scottish version of the 'Karma is a Bi***' challenge over on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram and it's proven to be quite popular. It's 22 seconds long and has caused a few giggles =D
Hope you all had a fantastic weekend!
WeeScottishLass Do you have a Discord? I highly recommend it.
WeeScottishLass great stuff mosco as always, btw in Japan it's rude NOT to slurp your noodles! Insult to the chef that you'd wait to eat the food in front of you even just to cool it down.
Great Video as,Always. 😍 Good To know, On This. 😊.👍 Yes please one,On Transportation as Well. Cheers !! ♡ xx .
My Wknd,Has been Great !!, and I hope Yours has Too. 😊
Hey, my brother and I spent a week in the Scottish Borders and Glasgow at end of 2017. Just wanted to thank you for your videos; they were incredibly helpful. Loved Scotland, countryside and people. Thanks for prepping us for the trip. Cheers.
I'll *hope* along with your Vlogs
My wife and I are planning a trip to Scotland to visit some of my distant relatives, and your videos have literally been a fountain of knowledge for our planned trip. Thank you!
that is interesting. in the States if the place has waiters or waitresses, then they either have what we call Busboys (women do it too) that clear the tables, or the wait staff will clear the table. If you serve yourself or are served from a counter, you clear your own table.
Please do a video about travelling on public transportation in Scotland! :D I'm going in June and not driving, so I would love some tips on how easy or not easy is to get around...
in Australia, most of this applies here too, except for tipping. most places these days do give you the option of tipping but it is not custom here. the way to think of it is that if there is a sticker price or a bill you are never required to pay more then what it says. it includes everything like taxes, pay for the staff etc. no one will ever look down on you either for paying the exact bill.
NiteOwl where i worked we just had a tip jar. This was usually just loose change like 10cent coins haha
From personal experience I can say that saying that Margret Thatcher was a great PM will get things thrown at you in Edinburgh.
MT was great, she motivated the nation to desire independence.
I dated a server for a while and she trained me to stack my dishes so the busser can easily pick-up the plates with one hand and wipe the table with the other. Many guide books I read say that tipping is optional in the UK. That never sat right with me. I usually say "and one for yourself" which means they add the cost of another drink to the bill and either have one on me or put the money in a tip jar. One of the more unusual methods of tipping I have seen is to float a £1 or £2 coin on a lemon wedge in your drink.
In Scotland, How bar staff take their tips depends on the rules of the bar. I drink in a couple of bars where the barman is allowed to have a drink while on duty. I these places if I say " one for yourself", I like to see the bar man actually have the drink I just bought him. Female bar staff would rather take the money but have the drink after their shift, usally thanking you for it as they pour it, again so you know they got the drink. However in most places the staff can not drink on duty, especially a buzy bar as they would get drunk if they took a drink every time it was offered. It used to be normal for the staff to take the price of a drink but these days only taking £1 is normal. I prefer to just tell the staff to keep the change if it is up to about £2 and some times £3.
This video has the perfect timing as I'm going to take the first step of my life on the scottish soil next week-end =) !!!
I will definitly thank the people I buy whisky from haha !! Thanks again Mosco.
Traveling in Scotland would be a helpful video! I'm hoping to take a trip there next year!
I have to say, I loved your shirt and necklace! :D Thank you for the great content that you upload, I have Scottish and Irish roots so I really enjoy your videos.
You're a fun person to watch. Love it. The Scottish tourism board should hire you.
Please make the transportation video. I'm going to Edinburgh in may and if love to know!
Good day Mosco! Always love your videos.
Have a wonderful week! 🌹
"it's free to subscribe to a RUclips channel" I went through hell trying to explain this to ma gran and grandad
These rules also work well if you're traveling to Texas. I was taught literally every one of these things by my mother.
I've been told and experienced that tipping is a no no in Europe. I had a waiter get insulted when I tipped him. This was in Austria. He said he was a professional and got paid for it, not a college student working through college. Been to a Scottish owned micro brew here in the states and the owner has a sign that says the staff is paid full time and not to tip. He called it the European model. I don't know. I usually tip up to 20% here in the states, depending on the service.
Missed skipping in ques, we love a good orderly que here.
Heather Macdonald Cutting in line is frowned on in the US as well.
queue?
it's 15% standard tip here in the state you leave and you leave one or two pennies if the service is bad.
I'd also think that getting through security, jumping on the Stone of Scone and declaring yourself the new monarch would be generally frowned upon. :P
THIS TIPPING WORKS THE SAME WAY IN THE STATES AS WELL
I turned on the auto generated cc's, and they're hilarious
💯 True with _any_ strong accent! 😂😂
Absolutely hate people chewing food loudly. Ahhhhhh x
I have four small children... If I can make sure our table is organized when we're leaving a restaurant then ANYONE can!
I just went to Japan last summer with my high school teacher and some of my classmates, and I LOVED IT. Where are you planning on going in Japan? I went to Tokyo and Sapporo (albeit the latter on my way to a small town called Noboribetsu which is regionally famous for its hot springs). I highly recommend trying out a bunch of the local cuisine. In addition to that, I recommend you try going to a maid cafe, and a cat cafe. It is an experience I am glad I got to have.
If you go to Tokyo, my favorite places were Akihabara, Asakusa, Harajuku, and Shibuya. Not the mention the absolutely gigantic shopping center underneath Tokyo Station. If you go to Ginza don't buy anything, it is way more expensive than any of the other districts.
I think the things I miss most about Japan are the convenience stores (and their food), the baths (both public, and in-house), and the badass public transit.
Have fun on you adventure in the land of the rising sun!
In Japan, it is a compliment to slurp your soup or noodles. Lived there for 4 years while in service. Enjoy you enjoy.
Seeing this vid... Yup, I'm scottish at heart :)))))
As always, thanks for all the vids, mosco. Well done you
I think it is considered rude to pee in the Japanese baths, especially as you are exiting the water.
2300Kenzie that's gross anywhere.
Valid point. However when you go across cultures, it's best to make sure you don't take things for granted.
Who would DO a thing like that?????
wow, sounds more like my family and very same here in manners, when eating out.
*raises hand* I'd be interested in a video about travel in Scotland :)
Thank you for researching about our manner in Japan. We must be like you too.
We can guess that you’re from West, so I’d like to think many of us will be quite forgiving towards any cultural differences. Don’t worry too much, I’m hoping your trip here will be safe and fun.
20-25% tip here. Ahhh, the British Isles. You spill drinks here, the servers will clean up your mess even if you ask for napkins to clean up yourself. It's part of the service & usually will result in a larger tip & a compliment to the mgmt. Saying thank you to a bus driver unless it's a hurried thanks as yer departing the bus will get you run over by passengers behind you. You feel the need to say thank you after you've Departed the bus you'll be tampled by those waiting to get on or annoy the driver & have the door shut in your face. Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go.... giddy up horsey's. Only exception, if you rent the bus, a group of people, to take to to & from an event. Sporting event, Family Reunion lg. picnic gathering as examples. Stacking plates, cups, glasses etc. at all for the bus people (who clean your table of those items, tho' more & more restaurants are doing away with those positions) is a nice gesture if you want to, are a regular, know the server personally, but otherwise is looked upon as: 1. Yer a nut aka anal clean freak or 2. Looked upon as a (possible) cheap skate as in, hell, I did alot of your work by making it easy for you to clean off the table, that's being takin' away from yer tip. Two main differences between, in this case Scotland, since yer Scottish & not from sayyyy Malta just to pick a country a bit away from the British Isles, is your country is alot slower in pacing ( the speed) in which life is lived there. Like our Southern States. Secondary it's yer culture. Good form & manners are vastly more important there than here. I believe it comes from the age of your existence & two the Monarchy. I know alot of people there think the all royalty is a bunch of rubbish, maybe so (tho' that thinking is bunk to me) but in the end I think it's what brings all the people's of the British Isles together. Including Canada, Australia, New Zealand et al. You can think your PM's are loons but like the American flag it is a symbol that all can rally around. Hate her, have neutral thoughts about her, love her (same goes for our flag) she's the ultimate symbol of the British people's strength. Symbol = reality? Who knows. But the call has always been God save the Queen not God save our imagination. P.S. My two daughters were, at one time servers. When asked by my oldest, over 10 yrs. ago what I tip & said 10% what I got was an eye roll, told @ least 20% followed by a lecture. My busboy, dishwasher (rarely) days were in the early '70's. Servers did not split their tips as some do now with the other staff.
I'm Scottish but in Ireland it costs like 25€ for a bus maybe do a video on how cheap Scottish transport is compared to there like I could get a bus from fife to Livingston for £2
I hope your kidding, that is a lot of money.
Im planning to visit scottland, traviling tips would be great :D
Well, I must live in Scotland because all those things you mentioned are rude where I live (Midwest of USA, actually). None of those rude behaviours are acceptable in my country. Louts abound throughout the world.
Good Advise. Besides the U.K I think applies if your in Ireland as well. I heard tipping was becoming more popular but I didn't know it was now standard. I have heard British people being confused by the tipping in the U.S.A though. Anyway thanks for the good advice. Very helpful for anyone going the UK as well as Ireland.
Here in the U.S. people act like you have just murdered a litter of puppies if you do not tip. "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Its the reason I no longer eat at establishments that accept tips, unless family or friends want to that is.
Except for restaurants, tipping can confuse us in the U.S. as well.
I just want to mention if Scots are moaning or ranting on were NOT grumps we just love to have a good rant on about somebody 😅
I always tip, unless they are incredibly rude. If they do a good job I might even give 10% 15% is my standard and if they at least are polite the least I give is 8% in the states the businesses can pay wait staff as little as 2.50/hour expecting them to make up the rest in tips and because of this they are taxed on 8% of the total bills from their section.
Love the vids keep em coming..
I will be travelling to Scotland with some friends at the beginning of September... when does your school year start and end? And does that effect tourism at all?
In Scotland the school year generally starts half-way through August and ends in June
Living in America, it's expected to tip. Because the wait staff here is paid less than "minimum wage." They make barely above what would be called slave wages. $2.00-3.00/hr. Alot of these tips are helpful but most of these I do normally, just being a nice person. Thanks for making this video. I love all your videos and hope to one day to meet you in person to thank you.
Here in Tennessee in USA all those things are rude here as well. And always should tip and always thank your wait staff and make sure your children thank them as well. The only thing different is people do spit here but I find it disgusting. One of my kids friends would spit on my stoop every time she came over right where you had to twist yourself to get out the door so as to not stop in it. I stayed furious and no matter how I said it she did it anyway. I stopped her from coming over any more. Just disgusting. ! I don't know why parents let their kids get in that habit.
We need an update on the 2019 trip, Mosco!
Much love from Massachusetts love your videos there grand
In America the manors of what's rude or not depends on what part of the country you go. Like I'm in the south, and I was raised to open the door for a woman, any woman young or old. And address anyone in a position of authority or any elderly person as Yes Sir or Yes Mam. As a symbol of respect of authority figures or as a symbol of respect for the wisdom of our elders. Some different regions of America women get angry if a man opens the door for her. We'll they'll just have to be angry at me my mama raised me right to be a gentleman. It is also rude here to slurp your food or eat with you mouth open. People only slurp with a straw when their coke or ice tea is empty but not continuously then that's annoying too. But a single slurp let's your servers know your drink is empty and you want a refill on your drink. But I only do that if they're ignoring me. But if your in a good restaurant they will never let your drink get empty. You have to tell them no more please thank you. If someone spits they do it outside and when no-one is looking. And people chewing tobacco can't do it inside public places and they spit in a container outside. But I don't do that stuff ,gross and I don't want mouth cancer.. Sorta like smoking isn't allowed in most places.
aikidragonpiper71 I'm from the south but I've traveled to other parts and I've never have never seen any ladies get mad when my husband has held the door for them. Maybe you just ran across a bitch.
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Well that probably happens in parts of California, it's never happened to me but I've heard of it happening guys trying to open the door in other places. Probably from women that hate all men or something. They say they can do it and say they don't need a sexist man to do anything. But yea it's never happened to me here in Arkansas. A man's rude if he doesn't open a door for a lady here.
When my sister & I went to college, she snapped at me for opening the door for her saying that she wasn't weak. I told her I would keep doing it since she was a female & it was out of respect, not because I thought she was weak. After that I would always race to beat her to the door and open it. I do it for anyone I respect. It is just one way of being courteous. (Also for some reason I am always distracted with something on the horizon when a woman in a skirt is getting in or out of a car when I am tending the door.)
As an American woman who grew up in the midwest and East coast, I can vouch that I would never get mad at anyone who is being polite and holding open a door for me. I often hold the door open for others, of both genders, and I appreciate when strangers offer the same gesture to me (whatever their gender may be). That said, I don't really see why it's BETTER for a guy to hold a door open for a woman than it is for him to hold it open for a man or for me to hold it open for someone of either gender. Courtesy works both ways.
The rest of what you said about slurping and tipping is pretty much the same throughout America, I think, at least in my experience. And chewing with your mouth open is always very gross!
A woman once scolded me for opening a door for her. She adamantly insisted that she was quite capable of opening it herself. Shocked, I replied that I didn't open it for her as an invalid, but as a person, and that I do the same thing for anyone regardless of gender. I recognize that women are often criticized for being too weak, or too strong, or too wishy-washy, or too head-strong, etc. (a no-win scenario), but I wish we could all just agree on some common courtesy that doesn't have to make people feel uncomfortable when others are nice...
dae travel bc in other places they have more than just two bus companies ( we only have first bus or mcgills in glasgow)
Dinnae forget that it is ok to slurp the last bit of milk shake drank through a straw, in fact I am sure it is a law. The worse habit I see is those that blow their nose onto the pavement, where they cover one nostril and then blowing hard to evacuate the snot onto the street (only ever seen that here :( )
Hunnie, Max and their Human Too snot rockets! Sometimes you have no other option. Rather blow it out then wipe a huge snot ball on yourself or person walking by.
I would sooner snort it in and swallow it than than blow it out onto the kerb but then again I always carry a hankie so that is very rare even then for me to need to do.
I just saw that nose thing in The Outlaw King! Totally disgusting, spoiled the whole thing fer me!
In some Asian countries, it's rude NOT to slurp. Slurping means you like and appreciate the food.
Thanks, I appreciate you doing this video.
I try to not be too obvious but my nose does not work well so I eat with my mouth slightly open in order to breathe. I still get family who know of my struggle that get on my case about it. They have tried to repair it, but when you are missing parts it is hard to repair.
Loved this video :) You're awesome!
Omg that shirt...I just want to give you a huge bear hug lol
I’m on the fence with whether not tipping is rude. I don’t think it’s rude if people choose not to tip, even if they had good service. I don’t see McDonald’s staff getting tipped for cleaning after people, etc.
I don’t agree with having to clean up after yourself either (even though I do it myself). If the place states (ikea) to remove trays etc then do it. Most staff who are cleaning the plates have that as their job that day. They get paid to remove the plates for you. I hated when people piled their plates up! Sometimes we get told to clean plates in a certain way by managers.
It all depends on where you are I guess. I mean of course don’t drop food on purpose etc. I’ve seen some tourists go to a KFC in Korea and throw their burger wrappers and chicken bones on the floor.
I think the best idea is to look around and see what other customers are doing. If most people are stacking their plates, I'll stack my plates. And I'm from the States so I tip, no prob.
I wouldn't say that slurping is rude BUT its definitely really annoying (but we do get told not to do it)
I absolutely adore the Scottish accent, and can follow along most of the time. But thank you for mentioning the subtitles, perfect amount of humor added. Edinburgh = Asian broth
We hired a car in England and my friend was driving. When cars would pass they would honk and shake their fist. Later I figured out he was giving them the 2-finger ‘V’ or peace sign. Explained to him that in the U.K. the 2-finger salute meant something else.😂
Here in Kansas those same rules apply, well at least for most of us
Not Scottish. Probably not ever mistaken for one but find the bagpipes strangely rousing. Do have a distant connection to Scotland. Was told one of my great great grandfathers was from Scotland. Love this girl. Can't get over they way she talks
Basically all these things hold true in the USA, at least in my neck of the woods. Despite my username, and most of my comments, and pretty much everything I've ever said on the internet, I'm actually quite a polite person. I tip, often quite generously. I make an effort to thank any and all service personnel (including bus drivers) to let them know I both appreciate their service and I don't think of them as a lesser class. I hate making noise while eating. I find spitting in public rude and that whole suck in your nasty snot to spit out makes me want to wretch. Good to know I could probably get by in Scotland without getting glassed.
That being said, have I mentioned lately how much I fucking hate and envy you for your awesome travel plans?
The tipping comment was kind of weird. Been to England and Scotland and tipping is actually not expected at all.
I want your shirt! or at the very least an exact replica :p
thanks for the video
Mosco Moon, I live in Japan. Don't worry about blowing your nose in public. As long as you're discrete and not doing it in an openly quiet place, no one will really care. So, if you're on the train, it's best to wait until you reach your stop, get off the train and go to secluded area near the elevators or bathroom and blow your nose. I say this from experience; If you absolutely cannot wait until you get off the train, try to do it as quickly and quietly as possible. If you're staying at someone's house, it might be a good idea to excuse yourself to the bathroom to blow your nose. But honestly, Japan is a very kind and forgiving country, so don't worry too much. As long as you're not doing anything harmful or defacing public property, you will be fine. And if you come to Kobe, look me up. Maybe I can show you around. ;)
All of these things are mostly world-wide
They think the rest of the World are barbarians or simply not as sophisticated as the Scots are....
At a full service restaurant in the US 20% tips are standard.
Rules of etiquette are similar here in the United States, cept you tip 15% but if your wait staff is rude you leave 2 pennies, hence the term my two cents.
Tipping is more expected in the states than in Scotland, I feel like with Tammy being a nice person and having a good upbringing she overstated the need for tipping, it's not nearly as common. I mean, it makes sense, because in the US servers are not paid nearly well enough and tips make up a decent amount of their wage, whereas here servers, housekeepers, shop workers etc. are all paid the same, but you don't tip the cashier on the way out of tesco's 😆
I would love to see a video about transit it Scotland. I'd like to kinda compare the differences between where I'm from and there. I know in the states public transit is rather shit.
I had a great time in Japan. Here's a tip. If you go into a pub(if that's your thing) and the barkeep makes an X with his arms.. turn around and walk out.
Ah yes the traditional bagpipes
Also did you know that a unicorn is the Scottish national animal?
Good professional wait people priebus. That is they remove plates from the table during the meal. That helps the table appear better it makes it quicker and easier to clean when patrons leave. This makes it quicker to prepare the table for the next customer. This means that a waitperson can have two to three more people at the table daring your shift. This will increase your tip income by 20- 30% a good manager will know this and train ther people to do so. Because it also increases the houses money increasing the number of person serve per day. If they're not doing this they don't know what you're doing and it probably going to go broke anyway.
I've heard that in Scotland if your first name is "Robert" that it is very common to be called by the shortening of "Rob", is this true?
Soo, I’m heading to Scotland next month with my toddler. Would it be considered rude to overtip (I’m assuming not, but who knows!) because here in the states we tip everyone. For everything. I just don’t want to make an ass of myself for tipping a driver, and they look at me like I’ve got 10 heads.
Once again, great video
Luv ya
In South Korea we pay respects to your deceased love ones by sharing food and drinks with them at their gravesite. We also respect our elders and when they are drinking any alcohol beverages we pour them a glass and we turn our head away from them when we are drinking.
That's interesting. I didn't know that.
Muting the sound and just reading the captions makes far more entertaining
Can you help me please? How do you say Gran or grandma in Gaelic ?
All of that is pretty much frowned upon in the United States as well. For the most part.
Huh, crazy. Utah has almost the same tipping protocols. Go figure....
Scotland is amazing I like in Glasgow
I a wee lass. Called Mary. 😂 😆 😆 😊 😃
I'm from New Zealand and tipping is such a strange and foreign concept for me. I'll probably just go to McDonald's when I visit a country that customarily tips.
I know I sound like a tight arse, but I'm not flying all that way to pay what I'm charged as well as extra for service. Why not just increase the prices if need be? The bill should cover your meal and service.
Do hospitality staff not get paid enough for why they require tips???? I just don't understand it.
h3ll0gudbye yeah, they like tip and clean their own table after the meal :)
In America waiters get paid i think around $3 AN hour so tips for them are essential to make a living...crazy I know..
Alessandra Bozzelli o_O $3 an hour???
Wtf.
Minimum wage here for 16+ is something like $15 an hour (it could've changed since the last time I checked, idk), but that comes to about USD$10.
I just looked it up and in most states it's actually $2.13
www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm
Other than tipped minimum wage the national is $7.25...yup....
But I've had friends who were servers and turned up not making such a bad amount of money because obviously everybody tips ..
Hi, what's the most popular Scottish beer?
The making a mess in a restaurant thing REALLY annoys me, and I’m in the U.S. I always try to leave the table the same as I would, should I have to dash out for some reason during a family meal. A few Americans do the same, but most, I’m embarrassed to say, don’t give a shit. We are getting more polite, though. It’s strange. I watched a video about manners in Ireland, and people there always thank the bus driver. That NEVER used to happen here in the U.S., and now, it’s actually getting more common.
Most Americans would never admit it, but we are influenced by other cultures just as much, if not more, than we influence.
Kinda cool, actually! :D
Geez, I should hope this is true everywhere.
I made the mistake of over tipping. I got a dirty face by the waitreds. Took me a couple other Europeans to make me feel better about tipping habbits
WeeScottishLass Good presentation and I would say that all of these things are frowned on by polite people here in the U.S. The bottom line is consideration for others and no one likes to hear you slurping, filling your hankie from your nose or leaving a table messy enough to disgust a pig! Tipping is an American tradition up to 20% nowadays, I think, and most of us, especially here in the American South, almost always say Thank You or Excuse Me, etc, And we smile a lot. I think I'll visit Scotland, the land of my Scotts-Irish forebears. I should feel at home. Thanks for the video.
Yes I know I do not do that ..love from America.
I love this channel❤️💪💕
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Do you think you could do a video on orkney?
Probably not anytime soon because of work, but I know MrGavinBell has done a few on them (I think!)
No longer am I a Buckfast virgin and nothing went blank nor did I have a stroke while snoring.
I want to know how to travel around Scottland
Oh yeah, I've heard it's rude to film dead people in Japan. Don't know if it's true, might want to google it to be sure.
Are you sure? I heard it's okay.
it's okay here in Scotland. Not morally wrong in the slightest.
Im detecting thick layers of sarcasm. I suppose this would be in relation to two youtubers who shall not be named.
In soviet Scotland, the dead film you. I think I messed up that meme.
Heather Macdonald bahahahaha yeah sorry for setting off your sarcasm radar xD
The Gray jake paul did and everyone in America is pissed
So Scotland has many of the same rules of etiquette as the US has or should have. I also heard it is considered bad manners to sit in the back seat of a taxi there is that true?
That’s pretty much the same thing here.
I always thank the bus driver!!
Here in America some people are spiteful and sarcastic, even more so if you make a stand on an issue. This does not apply to everyone, but, unfortunately, it is just the way some people will be. but I agree with you.
all those things are fax paus in the US as well
YES! YES! PLEASE DO A VIDEO ON HOW TO GET AROUND IN SCOTLAND... I'M TRYING TO LEARN ALL I CAN! AND THANKS! I LOVE YOUR STUFF !!! :DDD &
Europeans often comment on how strange it is that we will often address servers as Sir or Ma'am.
Wow what is that shirt can you do a video on that just because the design is different than america
I was at a really fancy burns supper and I spilt a giant jug of juice❤️😂💕
I've never heard the of the tipping thing and I've been living here for a while. Maybe u were raised to tip but i don't think it's common at all here
Nina Boseggia that's been a couple of people said that now. Must be the area, the thing is the staff won't ever ask you for a tip. It's just recommended you do it. I've just sat and asked my friends and family on Facebook because I was wondering if I was wrong but they're all saying they tip and they hate people who don't.
So that's like Edinburgh, Lothian, Glasgow areas for sure people are expected to tip. You won't get asked but its expected. If not you come across as an asshole to the waitressing staff around here. Where are you from? Maybe it's different where you live?
I've heard that it's preferable to snort back the post nasal drip in Japan....as you say, opposed to blowing your nose. Isn't the world a strange place?
In Japan the sound of slurping saimin is a compliment. 😆