You don't have to accept incoming bank transfers. Once you send it and the banks communicate with each other, the money is booked on the recipient account automatically.
And it's very fast in last few years, I don't know how in Poland, but here in Czechia they really increased speed of that transfers in last years. It took very long time few years ago, sometimes even few days, now it's almost instant.
About staring: I've never noticed anything like that. I mean there are people who would stare at you but it's not normal. Staring at other people is definitely not something regarded good manners.
After living for 14 years abroad, this staring bothers me the most during holidays in Poland 🤷♀️ Same as eavesdropping e.g. on the bus. I'm talking with my friend quietly and some woman moves closer to us to hear better. Really?! 🤦♀️😆
How can you not notice? I mean even in Warsaw everytime I walk down the street people just stare at each other. Sometimes there's good chemistry and someone might even smile at you, sometimes it's bad but usually they just stare.
@@empressqi1722 I think it depends on the type of stare you giving. There is definitely a stare type which makes it a competition and at that point .. the cringe is real and here to stay until one of you are going to give up.. :) (you can also try and go for instant win by trying to smile to the person... they might not be able to react in a right way and stop staring , the problem is if they smile back haha)
I'm always cringing a bit about US people being so resistant to change. It's always like" Hey, we know wearing shoes in houses is dirty, but we were doing that ever since", "Hey, we know our measurment system is shit, but we've used it ever since", "Yeah I don't trust waiter taking my card to the backroom, but hey, we did it ever since" xd Much love!
Actually, you make a good point. There's a lot of "That's the way we've ALWAYS done it" mentally here regardlng certain things ( EVEN things LIKE 🚬smoking and buying certain brands of products and cars). Fortunately, that mindset is starting to change.
Kanapka is THE breakfast food! I guess that's because it's the easiest thing to make in the morning when you're half-awake, unless you're just going to eat all the ingredients separately straight from the fridge 🤭
In Poland when you catch an eye contact in public transport, you enter a DANGER ZONE that is: "The staring game". The first one who looks away will be the sore loser. That is the staring game.
In Poland we usually don't distinguish between Breakfast and Lunch, there're 3 basic meals here (maybe 4 if you include the "2nd breakfast" - Drugie Śniadanie - which is common for work/school)
That taking your card to the back room thing, I've been warned about. So I just got a dedicated, USD card before coming to USA this year. Then after getting back to Poland I immediately blocked that card. And yeah - it was all done online. Polish online banking is awesome.
I've been wondering, Trev...what's the point of wearing shoes indoors anyway? Shoes were invented to protect one's feet from rough surfaces, water, mud, ice, sharp stones and cold - it's really hard to find any of these inside a house.
"Wśród kanapek wyróżnia się sandwicze - wynalazek hrabiego Sandwich (między dwiema warstwami pieczywa znajdują się dodatki) i tartinki (na pojedynczej warstwie pieczywa ułożone są, często ozdobnie, dodatki). Znane są one już od starożytności. Tradycyjne niemieckie śniadanie, podobnie jak polskie, to kanapki z dżemem lub miodem oraz ewentualnie jajko na miękko." - quote the Wikipedia, "Sandwich" is an distinguish form of food: in the middle of two pieces of bread, there are some ingredients". But in polish term, if there is not "up bread" - in polish, and other European countries, it's still "kanapka" ;) .
Cash/payments: 1. Poland skipped check payments, we have a cash transfer (przekaz pieniezny) in the post office, but it's uncommon (mostly elderly people use it). 2. Poland is one of the most cashless country in the EU, almost everywhere you can pay with a card and in the most cases using a safer chip method rather than a magnetic. I don't wear cash or wallet on me since mobile payments like ApplePay or GooglePay introduction. Generally, polish banking system is ahead of the most of the world if it comes to payments and fintech stuff, still we don't have fixed rate loans etc. Staring is a thing, people are just curious, it's considered "bad behavior" but it's a thing, and it's polish more than European thing. Pickup trucks it's a culture thing, can't understand it, it's wasteful to buy something you don't use and sucks your tank dry, but it's like Poles staring. It a gimmick. Crapes, if I remember correctly, based on Jewish bread, and were introduced into European culinary culture, with some twists around it. UK haven't really picked up on those and you have nothing like it in your American menus. Poles have something similar to pancakes, I know it as omlet puszysty (name varies between regions), which is bitten eggs with flour and some sugar cooked in pan, you definitely should try it.
Yeah, I was a little confused when he said Poland is the mix of cards and cash. Everyone I know from my friends to my parents are using cards or phones for payments, I barely even have my wallet on hand when I go somewhere, I do only when I need my public transport ticket. From my experience nowadays only elderly people still use cash on a daily basis, the rest use it only when they know they couldn't pay with card/phone
Talking about vehicles in the U.S. and Poland the big difference I think is that big majority of cars in Poland have manual gear box and it’s completely normal to people that they know hot to use the clutch and change the gears whereas I’ve heard that most of the cars in the U.S. have automatic gearbox ever since and people don’t have to know how to use manual one. In Poland when you do driving license you have to drive manual since it’s considered more difficult and when you can do that you’ll be fine driving the auto one. Only new cars have auto gearbox and it’s changing now because people became aware that its more comfortable. Before that they didn’t even have a choice. There were only manuals.
What confuses me about wearing shoes in house is why would you not prefer changing into slippers or something more comfortable? I even change out of my shoes when I'm in the office, never mind at home, because it just feels better.
Hello Trev. Have here 2 comments: 1. When we do transfer to another bank the recipient does not have to accept anything. It just gets on his account. I actually was doing internet banking and transfers since 2002 and never understood why in the US it is still so difficult to do it this way. 2. kanapka (sandwich with just one slice of bread) is for us breakfast, dinner or apetizer (if they are tiny and cute) food. It is not lunch food. And you guys in return eat potatoes based foods for breakfast and this is definitely a lunch thing :) We also have breakfast menu which is : before mentioned kanapki, cereal, eggs, parówki (which you call hot dogs but without a bun), serdelki (a thicker cousin of parówki), or milk-soup (this one you would find exotic if you bump to it) guess not too often served at homes right now, but everybody remembers about it from kindergarden or summer camp. Potatoes are not breakfast food it is lunch food for us. So it is all relative.
Różnica w transferach pieniężnych wynika z bardzo prostej przyczyny. Po przemianach ustrojowych nasze systemy bankowe prawie nie istniały, wszystko stawiano od nowa, całą infrastrukturę informatyczną. Dzięki temu nie musieliśmy zachowywać wstecznej kompatybilności z istniejącymi już systemami jak również nawykami klientów. Dużą rolę odegrało to że był u nas dostęp do praktycznie nieograniczonej liczby wykwalifikowanych programistów.
It seems to me that sending bank transfers by going physically to the bank is not something really common in Poland :O Also more people usually pay using card or their phone, but maybe some older people still do these things only in this traditional way.
I never felt staring at someone or someone staring at me was annoying. I think it's preety normal if you are looking around like in a bus, to stare somewhere or at someone. After all your eyes aren't closed or bind to your smartphone ;) And a SUV or Truck consume a lot of fuel, which is relatively expensive here.
I live in a small town here in Poland and I really hate that people stare at me or look at me and then gossip and it's super uncomfortable. So I agree with you about this staring thing that Poles do because it's true
They are looking at You because You are beautiful. The feminism here is not that strong yet ,so we are sill allowed to look at the women and not be arrested. If You don't like it put Your burka on or take a 2 dog ,go to Forrest and nobody will look at You.
7:00 it's indeed a European thing. In Germany, France, Poland, Belgium... They'll stare at you, even when you stare back at them. While in Germany it's not considered rude behavior- in Poland is and you shouldn't do this.
that's weird, here in Czechia when you accidentaly look to someone's eyes in metro or bus, they will look to different way to affoid eye contanct, when someone is staring to you, it's secretly
In Poland we have 'fuel consumption' in liters per 100 km. Thus, the lower the number the better (for car owner). In US we use 'fuel economy' in miles per galon. The higher number the better
In most nations that have survived war, slavery and mass murder many times, staring is a form of defense. People evaluate what to expect from others and react. I encountered this problem in sociology lessons. This applies not only to Poles and Poland. This is the result of our national trauma, which is why someone older and remembers terrible times, the more often they stare.
That is funny because here in France we love checks. We can pay everything with checks from a grocery store to the gym. And the thing is that we love so much checks , each employee receive a bunch of "meal checks" from his employer each month. There are checks everywhere even if it's changing and we are moving towards new methods.
I have to also add some of my experience with staring. When You started this point, I was sure that You will say completely opposite thing. Always when someone makes more than one eye contact with someone else, it means that this person has some problem with You or wants to ask about something. That is my experience at least. Also, You shocked me with the first one. I can't imagine life (in those times) without bank transfers :P
Crepes, are made like a thin layer of sweet bread with filling(ususally it's dairy product with fruits). Pancakes are made like a thin layer of a cake, and it get's sweetened up, by clone syrup or something fruity.
I can say that at my home was or kanapka (school break/lunch or picnic) or skibka (breakfast/supper):) . The difference is that kanapka is with 2 peaces of bread and skibka only one ^^.
sandwiches are usually eaten on working days, when people are in a hurry to work/school. At home we eat single slices of bread, and for work/school two folded as in the USA. We eat eggs, sausages, etc. on weekends and days off, when there is more time to prepare breakfast and eat.
4:44 Actually there are still some shops in Poland where shopkeepers takes your card and goes with it somewhere, maybe not to the backroom but puts it somewhere under table. Few years ago my uncle came to us from Netherlands, and he went to our small local store, and saleswoman wanted to take his card to her own hand which really pissed him off and got angry on her, he later really complained about her. It's also very uncomfortable for me when someone wants to take my card, fortunately it's very rare to find such a shop, usually it happens for tiny shops runned by an older people and fortunately it seems to disappear
My boyfriend stare at people all the time and it's so annoying, I can't! 😂 He says:,, What? I'm just curious". We name it,, obczajanie" and it annoys a lot of people here too.
Well, I am shocked that your card can be taken away by a waiter in US - been to quite a few countries already (Europe/ Asia) and I never had my card taken away from me - I am pretty sure that's illegal here in EU
When I was in Portugal and wanted pay in restaurant (by cash) they did it with my high banknote and it was on more places so it's probably standard there. Very weird, in Czech restaurant if waiter walk away with your 2000 CZK banknote, you probably start running to catch him becasue it's not really normal behavior. I can't even imagine this with card, how can they pay with your card when they don't know your PIN? I don't understand that. In my country you can pay contactless without pin only 20 eur and lower.
I can kinda understand the uncomfortable thing about people staring at you in Poland. I notice it sometimes and feel uncomfortable when it happens too. But most of the times I think we don’t even notice it because we’re so used to it. I guess that people who do stare at others don’t do it consciously and do not want to make you uncomfortable. Me for example, I always try not to make prolonged eye contact because I’m aware that it’s not appropriate and I don’t like it neither when somebody stares at me.
The most traditional Polish breakfast would be pick and choose type of deal. At least with my family when everyone had day off at work we would prepare everything and then sit at the table together. So there would be buttered or plain bread slices (if plain, butter would be at the table), cold meats (different types of ham, smoked turkey slices, dry sausage etc), veggies (tomatoes, cucumbers, red/white raddish, chopped chives), sour pickeled cucumbers or just regular pickles, sourkraut, cheese (different types) and eggs (hard boiled). Of course next to all this would be salt, pepper, some ketchup, mayo, mustard, horseradish paste. This is to me the most traditional Polish breakfast and unless you are very close with family you have slim chance to experience it.
It depends. You could eat pizza every single day and lose fat anyway. But yeah, too much for me. Seems like a bad habit. Bad cultural habit. You have to roughly know or feel how much you eat every day in kcal. Like - I ate 6 kanapkos today so I will abstain from chocolate or chips or whatever. But looking at the obesity rate in the US and all that burger worship thing it seems they in general have deeply rooted misconcepctions about nutrition. Or they don't give a fuark at all. But hey, my babcia always stuffed me with too much of everything, potatoes mostly so I'm just now at the age of 35, learning how to eat reasonably. I really don't like my titties man. hehe
To me it actually seems more balanced. Notice that carbohydrates should make up about 70% of your diet, so if you take just a single slice of bread (carbs) for a single slice of ham or cheese (protein) and some butter (oils), then you get too little carbs for too much protein and oils... There is an ongoing propaganda against carbohydrates which is basically nonsense, since they're actually the most necessary kind of nutrients. Yes, eating solely them and especially in the form of simple sugars is not healthy but people misunderstand this and actually cut their carbs in general which can lead to serious health problems and lack of energy.
Bread 🍞 in Poland is much different from what they eat in UK or US. They call bread that spongy white stuff which we call toast bread but it's not what anyone have in mind saying bread. You can't compare that to a full flour sourdough bread. It's like comparing a steak to that soy thing pretending to be a meat
When I was saying at my relatives' apartments in Poland last summer after I ate breakfast I was served spinach cake, some jelly fruit sponge cake, and apple pie. I ate the spinach cake and the jelly fruit cake for lunch and dinner too. Trains in Poland are so much faster compared to trains in Canada. I went on the PKP Intercity train from Kutno to Gdynia, I was impressed by the speed.
Thanks Trev I like your videos about living in USA and difference between Poland and America like shops, guns, driving, obesity, food 👍 maybe you can talk something about American's holidays, sports (we all watching now The last dance), hating Canadians 😆 or other sitcoms and movie stereotypes about Americans
9:10 Actually what i know SUV are quite popular when u buy a new car, but that's quite small group of people because Poles mostly buy used cars because of well... money.
Don't be so nice. We Poles are blunt, to the point, no beating around the bush, I'm out of idioms, but that's who we are. For example, I clicked because of staring, which I know is our thing. I was hoping to have a laugh because someone else is not used to it, agree that it's probably uncomfortable, have a laugh, agree that's our thing, have a laugh, possibly disagree that it's a bad thing, have a laugh, then become all dismissive and sympathetic at the same time. What I got instead? "Please, don't dislike me for that, but as an American I've found one of your behaviors slightly, possibly, allegedly, uncomfortable... I like you a lot guys, so like me back, but I may be possibly, allegedly, suggesting that I don't like that one minor thing", and so on. That's weak. Be blunt. We are. We like it. We don't like American smile (and we really mean it when we say it!) and we don't like when someone is overly diplomatic when criticizing us. If you don't like something about us, just, simply, say, it. BTW - Just because I wrote all of this, it does not mean I didn't enjoy the video. We are weird, aren't we? Trzym się!
Wolnościowiec chyba nie zrozumiałeś a co chodziło wyżej, z tymi 10 zł chodziło mu o to, że nie używa papierowych pieniędzy ani monet tylko płaci wszędzie kartą
@Wolnościowiec ziom, to był komentarz do tego czy nosimy jako Polacy gotówkę czy używamy karty :P Teraz sobie dywersyfikuję trochę i mam mniej więcej po równo gotówki, karty i na lokacie.
In general though the answer in both your case and mine right now is probably that we kind of look like a foreign element and hence the staring kicks in. In Poland as well everybody was told by their parents while growing up it was impolite to stare at strangers.
actually you can refuse to give your card to the staff, you can go with them and they should respect your request, i think they aren't really allowed to take it from your sight, not sure
6:39 In most Polish houses we are not leaving our shoes outside. This is commonly seen in smaller cities and villagies. It is considered a bad habit to leave your shoes. Its nasty man.
In Poland, staring at someone is considered rather rude or creepy, potentially hostile. Might get into trouble if you do that, it might mean someone is trying to provoke you. It is much more likely people are zoning out, particularly in public transit.
We use cash just like u use checks :) We just use them, because we do :P We are also distrustful... And yes... Ppl stare here. I fk hate it. They just staaare (and also u can feel them judging). Btw i love ur old 60/70th cars :D
There's one thing tho. Americans are much, much more wealthy. We pretty much don't buy trucks because they cost a button of money, compared to average polish salary, but as you said, it's beacuse they're not very popular too.
Cześć. Czy planujesz odcinek odnoszący się do obecnych wydarzeń/protestów/zamieszek w stanach? Chętnie wysłuchałbym kogoś, kto nie stronniczo potrafiłby przedstawić tło obecnych wydarzeń.
We do have bank transfers in Canada. In the restaurant they bring monaris to the table , we do not give our card to anybody . In most houses ,we do remove our shoes in the foyer . I did not know that we are so European, since most of my life I do live in Montreal . We still do have a lot in common with our American neighbors like :we eat cereal for breakfast , we are polite, friendly ,we do not stare , and we smile a lot 👍😊❗ 😉 Cheers 🥂 🙋♀️💌
I haven't been using cash for about 6 years. Usually I just use my phone to pay with Google Pay. Well, I guess it's less common to use cash in Poland in terms of younger generations, but still - my parents are 60 years old and they prefer using plastic cards instead of traditional forms. I'd say that it depends on the family in which you grow up and their habits.
There is a huge hostility between people in Poland!!! People are afraid of each other . That’s why they don’t chat much with strangers , that’s why they don’t smile to each other and that’s why they observe strangers !!!! They don’t know what to expect from the strangers and that’s why they stare at them. It’s similar to What wild animals do in the forest.
Being driver in Poland is a really big thing, this is not like in US, to stop on sign, get a turn and stop on parking spot on a huge lane (two european cars can stand next to each other on yours one lane). In Poland pedestrians are named „saint cows”, they can do really strange things, roads are narrow and you can cause an accident, maybe it will be not your fault, but someone can get hurt. It's just not comfortable to have a big car, and don't see little kids running around your tires when you will be waiting on green. ;) From time to time i have problems in regular sedan with a friendly dog who is running next to my car and i don't see it, when i hit this dog his human family will tear me live inside my car. They will act as i kill they child and this is stressful. Think about bigger car and little kid running around, it happens in Poland in smaller cities on it's borders.
I'm Polish and hate others staring constantly and I don't get it at all :D... Regarding Polish sandwiches - when I worked in Ireland like 15 years ago someone asked me this weird question: "why do you eat lunch for breakfast?"... Took me a while to understand :)
I wouldn't say the cash vs card is correct about Poland, I mean, maybe you have noticed a lot of people paying by cash BUT when it comes to numbers, in Poland you can pay by card (and contactless) in like >90% of stores and what not, while for the US the number is much lower iirc
How many truck you can find in NYC? - not to many because is a big city. For exmaple in Wisconsin you can find a lot trucks because people need that.In Poland a lot people live in citys where problem with parking pleace. In POland if you bay a coach or anther big stuff - store can delivery that for you.
Poland is slowly changing from cash to card/phone, (Corona is definitely speeding up the process) Personally i use app on my phone to pay, but always have like 50-100zł in cash just in case.
About shoes inside: i don’t have a problem with my friends comming to my house and wearing shoes.. but i cant imagine myself wearing shoes inside whole day - it is just weird and uncomfortable
The thing of the shoes... I'm gonna be honest, here, if I didn't cleaned the floors yet on that day, and I have a guest, I'm gonna tell them to leave them on. Most ppl won't listen anyway, but they always have that option. I also hate when ppl stare at me. This is not curiosity, it's something really weird, considering we teach little children not to stare, and yet quite a lot of ppl do it when they grow up. Have You ever eaten rosół on breakfast? That's a thing. Provided I hadn't mop up the floors yet.
Staring is an interesting issue. I spent 15+ years in Brussels where it's sort of OK to stare a bit but that ALWAYS means an exchange of smiles and it has absolutely nothing to do with being attracted to someone as that happens across all age groups and genders. It has become so engraided in my brain to smile at people whenever you make eye contact that I do that automatically in Poland as well and the reactions I get are always very positive, and as well mean that people almost instantly divert their attention from you i.e. stop staring. Another words try that if Polish staring makes you feel a bit uncomfortable. In my case though I have recently moved to Flanders and here I haven't really figured out yet what the social codes are because it often swings between two extremes. Sometimes complete strangers might even say hello passing by, especially of similar age, or even wish you bon apetit/smakelijk if you happen to be sitting on a bench with a sandwich. On the other hand though some people really do stare you down in a slightly uncomfortable way and do not smile back if you smile at them. 🤔🤔🤔
People stare but unless you are insecure or doing something shady no need to get bothered by that. You can stare back, say something or just ignore it. It's really up to you.
It's mostly the older people that keep on staring, especially in public transport. Younger generations are usually fixated on their phone screens, or staring out the window - they know, staring is uncomfortable (more western mindset). I'm from Poland, and I also hate when a granny is looking at me in the bus. It's a remnant of the post-communist mind set, where you couldn't fully trust nobody, thus this "people scanning" in the public, practiced especially by the elders. Important thing to note: *Most people do that subconsciously.* i.e. they simply absentmindedly fixate their gaze at someone or something, which might also come down as staring. If somebody is staring at you for a longer time, simply confidently meet their gaze and make them feel uncomfortable - you give a clear sign "stop it, it feels awkward" - if they're not a psycho, they'll immediately escape your gaze. If a person keeps on staring, when not being looked at, they might be either trolling, or provoking, or yep... they might have a bit of craziness in their head - in that case, simply ignore it. Don't give them your attention. Try shooting at them some very quick but confident stares, as if saying "yes, I know you're looking at me. Stop it, I don't care" - eventually, they might get intimidated and won't provoke you anymore. *There's just a lot to talk about the staring in Poland - it's just part of our mindset, and each person stares at other differently, but almost all of them are completely harmless and are either fueled by curiosity, subconsciousness or non-verbal game of trolling others in public*
It is forbidden by Polish banks to give your card to other people BECAUSE it could be a way to empty your account. That's why you always see the terminal and it's always you swiping the card. Of course there are exceptions, but these exceptions break terms of agreement between you and your Polish bank.
I feel the staring thing applies more for smaller towns and elderly people? Younger kids never stare at me but older ladies could probably look into my soul and it's the most uncomfortable thing. Like did I do something??
The shoes inside thing is not really completely true. Polish families are divided in this respect. Yes, more and more people take off their shoes at home or when they visit someone but this custom derives from countryside upbringing. In the past it was not customary to take off your shoes for people from the city. But as more and more people from the countryside move to the cities over the years, and especially in the last couple of decades, they bring this behaviour to the cities. My grandmother would cringe as much as the Americans do to the sight of someone taking off their shoes in her home. It was considered disrespectful and still is in many well educated families. There is really no need and if you come for a visit you usually have a more or less formal attire - walking barefoot or in your socks does not really come along with it. So, to sum up, it stems from the fact that many Poles got a countryside upbringing. It must have made more sense in the countryside where you, for example, got back from the field or from the barn or from wherever in your dirty boots. Also, shoes were not that accessible in the countryside as they were quite expensive.
We have pancakes that is like in america and „polish” pancakes my sister making amazing pancakes
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You can do bank transfers in US. Also many companies do not issue actual checks as a payment for your work. You have to have a bank account to get paid. What I really hate about US with money is that most cashiers insist on giving the change directly to your hand. I hated it since the day I came to the US, but now in Covid era it is simply ridiculous. I don't want to have direct hand contact with a cashier. Nothing personal, just completely unreasonable. Also kanapka is not a sandwich as you correctly noticed. Why eat so much bread??? It's not really healthy anyway. Besides, American bread is loaded with sugar! Subway couldn't sell their sandwiches in Ireland, because the bread had too much sugar in it to qualify for tax exemption. According to Irish law it would be qualified as pastries based on the sugar content and would have to be taxed as such.
Dude, you said you just looked at the guy the second time and you didn't like that he did the same thing, and you got annoyed by it. Where's logic begind that?
Hey Trev! You should react to the Kosciuszko monument being vandalized in the BLM riots in Washington DC. Would make an interesting video and no RUclipsr has talked about it yet other than news channels and so on.
@@Trev_in_Poland Awesome! There's an interview with BLM protestors about the monument being vandalized on RUclips, shouldn't be difficult to find. It's an interesting subject and I'd be interested in hearing what you think about it. Btw, I just noticed I haven't subscribed yet after watching your channel for about a year now.. Subscribed now!
Acrually It may be a lot less suvs in Poland than in America but I'd say recently they've gained quite a popularity. As to trucks ye they're kind of american
Sandwiches are actually the most basic breakfast meal, maybe toghether with cereal. The rest is more special
You don't have to accept incoming bank transfers. Once you send it and the banks communicate with each other, the money is booked on the recipient account automatically.
And it's very fast in last few years, I don't know how in Poland, but here in Czechia they really increased speed of that transfers in last years. It took very long time few years ago, sometimes even few days, now it's almost instant.
About staring: I've never noticed anything like that. I mean there are people who would stare at you but it's not normal. Staring at other people is definitely not something regarded good manners.
After living for 14 years abroad, this staring bothers me the most during holidays in Poland 🤷♀️
Same as eavesdropping e.g. on the bus. I'm talking with my friend quietly and some woman moves closer to us to hear better. Really?! 🤦♀️😆
How can you not notice? I mean even in Warsaw everytime I walk down the street people just stare at each other. Sometimes there's good chemistry and someone might even smile at you, sometimes it's bad but usually they just stare.
@@empressqi1722 I think it depends on the type of stare you giving. There is definitely a stare type which makes it a competition and at that point .. the cringe is real and here to stay until one of you are going to give up.. :) (you can also try and go for instant win by trying to smile to the person... they might not be able to react in a right way and stop staring , the problem is if they smile back haha)
I'm always cringing a bit about US people being so resistant to change. It's always like" Hey, we know wearing shoes in houses is dirty, but we were doing that ever since", "Hey, we know our measurment system is shit, but we've used it ever since", "Yeah I don't trust waiter taking my card to the backroom, but hey, we did it ever since" xd Much love!
Yeah, it's an American thing for sure
Actually, you make a good point. There's a lot of "That's the way we've ALWAYS done it" mentally here regardlng certain things ( EVEN things LIKE 🚬smoking and buying certain brands of products and cars). Fortunately, that mindset is starting to change.
Kanapka is THE breakfast food! I guess that's because it's the easiest thing to make in the morning when you're half-awake, unless you're just going to eat all the ingredients separately straight from the fridge 🤭
Sandwich
@@ksjsosbxknxksbd7616 Don't abuse glorious polish kanapka with shitty sandwich name. It's like calling Mercedes Ford.
@@werthor7083 Wait till you hear about GT.
@@fbi3881 we are comparing ordinary day to day middle segment cars here.
Poor people eats them 2 times a day.
In Poland when you catch an eye contact in public transport, you enter a DANGER ZONE that is: "The staring game". The first one who looks away will be the sore loser. That is the staring game.
Only for teenagers. Childplay.
Haha long ago my friend has told me about that but I thought it’s only him didn’t know it’s a thing
In Poland we usually don't distinguish between Breakfast and Lunch, there're 3 basic meals here (maybe 4 if you include the "2nd breakfast" - Drugie Śniadanie - which is common for work/school)
That taking your card to the back room thing, I've been warned about. So I just got a dedicated, USD card before coming to USA this year. Then after getting back to Poland I immediately blocked that card.
And yeah - it was all done online. Polish online banking is awesome.
I've been wondering, Trev...what's the point of wearing shoes indoors anyway? Shoes were invented to protect one's feet from rough surfaces, water, mud, ice, sharp stones and cold - it's really hard to find any of these inside a house.
Now we're asking real questions.
"Wśród kanapek wyróżnia się sandwicze - wynalazek hrabiego Sandwich (między dwiema warstwami pieczywa znajdują się dodatki) i tartinki (na pojedynczej warstwie pieczywa ułożone są, często ozdobnie, dodatki). Znane są one już od starożytności. Tradycyjne niemieckie śniadanie, podobnie jak polskie, to kanapki z dżemem lub miodem oraz ewentualnie jajko na miękko." - quote the Wikipedia, "Sandwich" is an distinguish form of food: in the middle of two pieces of bread, there are some ingredients". But in polish term, if there is not "up bread" - in polish, and other European countries, it's still "kanapka" ;) .
Cash/payments: 1. Poland skipped check payments, we have a cash transfer (przekaz pieniezny) in the post office, but it's uncommon (mostly elderly people use it). 2. Poland is one of the most cashless country in the EU, almost everywhere you can pay with a card and in the most cases using a safer chip method rather than a magnetic. I don't wear cash or wallet on me since mobile payments like ApplePay or GooglePay introduction. Generally, polish banking system is ahead of the most of the world if it comes to payments and fintech stuff, still we don't have fixed rate loans etc.
Staring is a thing, people are just curious, it's considered "bad behavior" but it's a thing, and it's polish more than European thing. Pickup trucks it's a culture thing, can't understand it, it's wasteful to buy something you don't use and sucks your tank dry, but it's like Poles staring. It a gimmick.
Crapes, if I remember correctly, based on Jewish bread, and were introduced into European culinary culture, with some twists around it. UK haven't really picked up on those and you have nothing like it in your American menus. Poles have something similar to pancakes, I know it as omlet puszysty (name varies between regions), which is bitten eggs with flour and some sugar cooked in pan, you definitely should try it.
Yeah, I was a little confused when he said Poland is the mix of cards and cash. Everyone I know from my friends to my parents are using cards or phones for payments, I barely even have my wallet on hand when I go somewhere, I do only when I need my public transport ticket. From my experience nowadays only elderly people still use cash on a daily basis, the rest use it only when they know they couldn't pay with card/phone
Actually Poland didn't skip check payments. It was kinda popular before WW2 and was still a thing after WW2, but not very popular.
I remember that my parents had check payments in 90'
Talking about vehicles in the U.S. and Poland the big difference I think is that big majority of cars in Poland have manual gear box and it’s completely normal to people that they know hot to use the clutch and change the gears whereas I’ve heard that most of the cars in the U.S. have automatic gearbox ever since and people don’t have to know how to use manual one. In Poland when you do driving license you have to drive manual since it’s considered more difficult and when you can do that you’ll be fine driving the auto one. Only new cars have auto gearbox and it’s changing now because people became aware that its more comfortable. Before that they didn’t even have a choice. There were only manuals.
You actually may get wpierdol for staring in Poland.
What confuses me about wearing shoes in house is why would you not prefer changing into slippers or something more comfortable? I even change out of my shoes when I'm in the office, never mind at home, because it just feels better.
Hello Trev. Have here 2 comments:
1. When we do transfer to another bank the recipient does not have to accept anything. It just gets on his account. I actually was doing internet banking and transfers since 2002 and never understood why in the US it is still so difficult to do it this way.
2. kanapka (sandwich with just one slice of bread) is for us breakfast, dinner or apetizer (if they are tiny and cute) food. It is not lunch food. And you guys in return eat potatoes based foods for breakfast and this is definitely a lunch thing :) We also have breakfast menu which is : before mentioned kanapki, cereal, eggs, parówki (which you call hot dogs but without a bun), serdelki (a thicker cousin of parówki), or milk-soup (this one you would find exotic if you bump to it) guess not too often served at homes right now, but everybody remembers about it from kindergarden or summer camp. Potatoes are not breakfast food it is lunch food for us. So it is all relative.
Różnica w transferach pieniężnych wynika z bardzo prostej przyczyny. Po przemianach ustrojowych nasze systemy bankowe prawie nie istniały, wszystko stawiano od nowa, całą infrastrukturę informatyczną. Dzięki temu nie musieliśmy zachowywać wstecznej kompatybilności z istniejącymi już systemami jak również nawykami klientów. Dużą rolę odegrało to że był u nas dostęp do praktycznie nieograniczonej liczby wykwalifikowanych programistów.
It seems to me that sending bank transfers by going physically to the bank is not something really common in Poland :O Also more people usually pay using card or their phone, but maybe some older people still do these things only in this traditional way.
I never felt staring at someone or someone staring at me was annoying. I think it's preety normal if you are looking around like in a bus, to stare somewhere or at someone. After all your eyes aren't closed or bind to your smartphone ;)
And a SUV or Truck consume a lot of fuel, which is relatively expensive here.
I'm an English teacher in a school in Poland and I think your videos are a great lesson material :) Thanks!
I live in a small town here in Poland and I really hate that people stare at me or look at me and then gossip and it's super uncomfortable. So I agree with you about this staring thing that Poles do because it's true
They are looking at You because You are beautiful. The feminism here is not that strong yet ,so we are sill allowed to look at the women and not be arrested. If You don't like it put Your burka on or take a 2 dog ,go to Forrest and nobody will look at You.
@@polexwerex6025 of course you had to there... it has nothing to do with feminism or lack of it. Women stare at each other too.
For me breakfast is always cereal, scrambled eggs or sandwich. Easy on your stomach and fast to prepare.
Here in Poland the law doesn't allow anyone to take your credit card or debit card. They just HAVE TO deal with it in front of you.
7:00 it's indeed a European thing. In Germany, France, Poland, Belgium... They'll stare at you, even when you stare back at them. While in Germany it's not considered rude behavior- in Poland is and you shouldn't do this.
that's weird, here in Czechia when you accidentaly look to someone's eyes in metro or bus, they will look to different way to affoid eye contanct, when someone is staring to you, it's secretly
I'm living in United Kingdom now and when my parents visit me I keep repeating "Mum! Stop staring at them!" 😆😆
miles per gallon says nothing to us :)))
In Poland it would be liters per 100 km...
I translated this to km / l in the subtitles
@@Trev_in_Poland I'm afraid that's still not very helpful. We use liters per 100 km, e.g. how much fuel you need to drive 100 km.
Trev liters per 100 km. Not km per liter xd
Which is why calculating fuel consumption is now difficult in the UK...as we buy our fuel by the litre but still use miles to measure distance
In Poland we have 'fuel consumption' in liters per 100 km. Thus, the lower the number the better (for car owner). In US we use 'fuel economy' in miles per galon. The higher number the better
Thanks for another great video :)
In most nations that have survived war, slavery and mass murder many times, staring is a form of defense. People evaluate what to expect from others and react. I encountered this problem in sociology lessons. This applies not only to Poles and Poland. This is the result of our national trauma, which is why someone older and remembers terrible times, the more often they stare.
Your videos are very enjoyable.
That is funny because here in France we love checks. We can pay everything with checks from a grocery store to the gym. And the thing is that we love so much checks , each employee receive a bunch of "meal checks" from his employer each month. There are checks everywhere even if it's changing and we are moving towards new methods.
Great video. I really like sharing observations with ya.
I have to also add some of my experience with staring. When You started this point, I was sure that You will say completely opposite thing. Always when someone makes more than one eye contact with someone else, it means that this person has some problem with You or wants to ask about something. That is my experience at least.
Also, You shocked me with the first one. I can't imagine life (in those times) without bank transfers :P
Beside in Poland we make 2 versions of sandwitch xD Sznita and klapsznita. it always depends of people :D
Crepes, are made like a thin layer of sweet bread with filling(ususally it's dairy product with fruits). Pancakes are made like a thin layer of a cake, and it get's sweetened up, by clone syrup or something fruity.
I can say that at my home was or kanapka (school break/lunch or picnic) or skibka (breakfast/supper):) . The difference is that kanapka is with 2 peaces of bread and skibka only one ^^.
Co to skibka ? XDD pierwszy raz w zyciu slysze takie okreslenie, kanapka to kanapka
@@gr0vy447 W Poznaniu mówi się skibka jako kawałek chleba na który się kładzie obkład i ma się kanapkę :D
@@bette2122 mhm to dlatego nigdy tego nie slyszalem bo ja Malopolskie
Też pierwsze słyszę o skibce
sandwiches are usually eaten on working days, when people are in a hurry to work/school. At home we eat single slices of bread, and for work/school two folded as in the USA. We eat eggs, sausages, etc. on weekends and days off, when there is more time to prepare breakfast and eat.
4:44 Actually there are still some shops in Poland where shopkeepers takes your card and goes with it somewhere, maybe not to the backroom but puts it somewhere under table.
Few years ago my uncle came to us from Netherlands, and he went to our small local store, and saleswoman wanted to take his card to her own hand which really pissed him off and got angry on her, he later really complained about her. It's also very uncomfortable for me when someone wants to take my card, fortunately it's very rare to find such a shop, usually it happens for tiny shops runned by an older people and fortunately it seems to disappear
My boyfriend stare at people all the time and it's so annoying, I can't! 😂 He says:,, What? I'm just curious". We name it,, obczajanie" and it annoys a lot of people here too.
I agree about the staring part!
I agree about staring. IT is just not easy not to due to the design of public transport. I always try not to but IT is tough when the bus is crowded
Well, I am shocked that your card can be taken away by a waiter in US - been to quite a few countries already (Europe/ Asia) and I never had my card taken away from me - I am pretty sure that's illegal here in EU
When I was in Portugal and wanted pay in restaurant (by cash) they did it with my high banknote and it was on more places so it's probably standard there. Very weird, in Czech restaurant if waiter walk away with your 2000 CZK banknote, you probably start running to catch him becasue it's not really normal behavior. I can't even imagine this with card, how can they pay with your card when they don't know your PIN? I don't understand that. In my country you can pay contactless without pin only 20 eur and lower.
Oh, and in Europe, pancakes are like crapes to you. It's, like basically, the same thing to your pancakes ;) .
crepes and pancakes are 2 different things
Pancake isn't a crape.
@@ginterka381996 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%AApe
luv ur videos, i can imagine 90% of ur crowd is Polish hahaah
Checks...
Oh by gods! Checks are so 1990's! I doubt anybody born in Poland after 1995 ever seen a check with theri own eyes!
I prefer cash than card always, it's just freedom for me.
I can kinda understand the uncomfortable thing about people staring at you in Poland. I notice it sometimes and feel uncomfortable when it happens too. But most of the times I think we don’t even notice it because we’re so used to it. I guess that people who do stare at others don’t do it consciously and do not want to make you uncomfortable. Me for example, I always try not to make prolonged eye contact because I’m aware that it’s not appropriate and I don’t like it neither when somebody stares at me.
The most traditional Polish breakfast would be pick and choose type of deal. At least with my family when everyone had day off at work we would prepare everything and then sit at the table together. So there would be buttered or plain bread slices (if plain, butter would be at the table), cold meats (different types of ham, smoked turkey slices, dry sausage etc), veggies (tomatoes, cucumbers, red/white raddish, chopped chives), sour pickeled cucumbers or just regular pickles, sourkraut, cheese (different types) and eggs (hard boiled). Of course next to all this would be salt, pepper, some ketchup, mayo, mustard, horseradish paste.
This is to me the most traditional Polish breakfast and unless you are very close with family you have slim chance to experience it.
Isn't it too much bread?
It depends. You could eat pizza every single day and lose fat anyway. But yeah, too much for me. Seems like a bad habit. Bad cultural habit. You have to roughly know or feel how much you eat every day in kcal. Like - I ate 6 kanapkos today so I will abstain from chocolate or chips or whatever. But looking at the obesity rate in the US and all that burger worship thing it seems they in general have deeply rooted misconcepctions about nutrition. Or they don't give a fuark at all. But hey, my babcia always stuffed me with too much of everything, potatoes mostly so I'm just now at the age of 35, learning how to eat reasonably. I really don't like my titties man. hehe
To me it actually seems more balanced. Notice that carbohydrates should make up about 70% of your diet, so if you take just a single slice of bread (carbs) for a single slice of ham or cheese (protein) and some butter (oils), then you get too little carbs for too much protein and oils...
There is an ongoing propaganda against carbohydrates which is basically nonsense, since they're actually the most necessary kind of nutrients. Yes, eating solely them and especially in the form of simple sugars is not healthy but people misunderstand this and actually cut their carbs in general which can lead to serious health problems and lack of energy.
Bread 🍞 in Poland is much different from what they eat in UK or US.
They call bread that spongy white stuff which we call toast bread but it's not what anyone have in mind saying bread.
You can't compare that to a full flour sourdough bread. It's like comparing a steak to that soy thing pretending to be a meat
When I was saying at my relatives' apartments in Poland last summer after I ate breakfast I was served spinach cake, some jelly fruit sponge cake, and apple pie. I ate the spinach cake and the jelly fruit cake for lunch and dinner too.
Trains in Poland are so much faster compared to trains in Canada. I went on the PKP Intercity train from Kutno to Gdynia, I was impressed by the speed.
Thanks Trev I like your videos about living in USA and difference between Poland and America like shops, guns, driving, obesity, food 👍 maybe you can talk something about American's holidays, sports (we all watching now The last dance), hating Canadians 😆 or other sitcoms and movie stereotypes about Americans
9:10 Actually what i know SUV are quite popular when u buy a new car, but that's quite small group of people because Poles mostly buy used cars because of well... money.
Wearing shoes at home is also very uncomfortable. You have to let your feet rest. Thank... you don't wear shoes in bed😀 I like your videos
I saw in many US movies they do sleep in socks and sometimes even in shoes. It's crazy
Don't be so nice. We Poles are blunt, to the point, no beating around the bush, I'm out of idioms, but that's who we are.
For example, I clicked because of staring, which I know is our thing. I was hoping to have a laugh because someone else is not used to it, agree that it's probably uncomfortable, have a laugh, agree that's our thing, have a laugh, possibly disagree that it's a bad thing, have a laugh, then become all dismissive and sympathetic at the same time.
What I got instead?
"Please, don't dislike me for that, but as an American I've found one of your behaviors slightly, possibly, allegedly, uncomfortable... I like you a lot guys, so like me back, but I may be possibly, allegedly, suggesting that I don't like that one minor thing", and so on.
That's weak. Be blunt. We are. We like it. We don't like American smile (and we really mean it when we say it!) and we don't like when someone is overly diplomatic when criticizing us. If you don't like something about us, just, simply, say, it.
BTW - Just because I wrote all of this, it does not mean I didn't enjoy the video. We are weird, aren't we? Trzym się!
The bank transfers part made me laugh because In Canada we use bank transfers all the time.
So you must found some creep in a bus in the situation - Na huj się lampisz? that is the sentence i would use :)
You have visited probalby diffent Poland than I live in xD
For about a year I have got about 10zł in my wallet xD
Wolnościowiec chyba nie zrozumiałeś a co chodziło wyżej, z tymi 10 zł chodziło mu o to, że nie używa papierowych pieniędzy ani monet tylko płaci wszędzie kartą
@Wolnościowiec ziom, to był komentarz do tego czy nosimy jako Polacy gotówkę czy używamy karty :P
Teraz sobie dywersyfikuję trochę i mam mniej więcej po równo gotówki, karty i na lokacie.
U mnie tak samo. Gotówka jest potrzebna tylko na bazarek :p
In general though the answer in both your case and mine right now is probably that we kind of look like a foreign element and hence the staring kicks in. In Poland as well everybody was told by their parents while growing up it was impolite to stare at strangers.
actually you can refuse to give your card to the staff, you can go with them and they should respect your request, i think they aren't really allowed to take it from your sight, not sure
6:39 In most Polish houses we are not leaving our shoes outside. This is commonly seen in smaller cities and villagies. It is considered a bad habit to leave your shoes. Its nasty man.
My mum always say on the lets call american sandwich "Just like in the school" :D
In Poland, staring at someone is considered rather rude or creepy, potentially hostile. Might get into trouble if you do that, it might mean someone is trying to provoke you.
It is much more likely people are zoning out, particularly in public transit.
Open- face sandwiches are available in USA, at least on the West Coast.
Yeah, they're here on the East Coast, too.
We use cash just like u use checks :) We just use them, because we do :P We are also distrustful... And yes... Ppl stare here. I fk hate it. They just staaare (and also u can feel them judging). Btw i love ur old 60/70th cars :D
There's one thing tho. Americans are much, much more wealthy. We pretty much don't buy trucks because they cost a button of money, compared to average polish salary, but as you said, it's beacuse they're not very popular too.
Cześć. Czy planujesz odcinek odnoszący się do obecnych wydarzeń/protestów/zamieszek w stanach? Chętnie wysłuchałbym kogoś, kto nie stronniczo potrafiłby przedstawić tło obecnych wydarzeń.
As for the bank transfer, it's getting more popular in the US - using Zelle.
As for vehicles, they are bigger in US than in Europe in general.
check is basically like a bank transfer but dead old and complicated hahah
Also sinks in US kitchens are different, they have blades so you may put food waste there.
We do have bank transfers in Canada. In the restaurant they bring monaris to the table , we do not give our card to anybody . In most houses ,we do remove our shoes in the foyer . I did not know that we are so European, since most of my life I do live in Montreal .
We still do have a lot in common with our American neighbors like :we eat cereal for breakfast , we are polite, friendly ,we do not stare , and we smile a lot 👍😊❗ 😉 Cheers 🥂 🙋♀️💌
I haven't been using cash for about 6 years. Usually I just use my phone to pay with Google Pay. Well, I guess it's less common to use cash in Poland in terms of younger generations, but still - my parents are 60 years old and they prefer using plastic cards instead of traditional forms. I'd say that it depends on the family in which you grow up and their habits.
You forgot milk soups 😂😂
There is a huge hostility between people in Poland!!! People are afraid of each other . That’s why they don’t chat much with strangers , that’s why they don’t smile to each other and that’s why they observe strangers !!!! They don’t know what to expect from the strangers and that’s why they stare at them. It’s similar to What wild animals do in the forest.
You are right Polish people look at others ,is so normal! Is not staring to Us!lol
Being driver in Poland is a really big thing, this is not like in US, to stop on sign, get a turn and stop on parking spot on a huge lane (two european cars can stand next to each other on yours one lane). In Poland pedestrians are named „saint cows”, they can do really strange things, roads are narrow and you can cause an accident, maybe it will be not your fault, but someone can get hurt. It's just not comfortable to have a big car, and don't see little kids running around your tires when you will be waiting on green. ;)
From time to time i have problems in regular sedan with a friendly dog who is running next to my car and i don't see it, when i hit this dog his human family will tear me live inside my car. They will act as i kill they child and this is stressful. Think about bigger car and little kid running around, it happens in Poland in smaller cities on it's borders.
I'm Polish and hate others staring constantly and I don't get it at all :D... Regarding Polish sandwiches - when I worked in Ireland like 15 years ago someone asked me this weird question: "why do you eat lunch for breakfast?"... Took me a while to understand :)
in Poland, all payment terminals are now contactless, so it is easier and safer ;)
I wouldn't say the cash vs card is correct about Poland, I mean, maybe you have noticed a lot of people paying by cash BUT when it comes to numbers, in Poland you can pay by card (and contactless) in like >90% of stores and what not, while for the US the number is much lower iirc
How many truck you can find in NYC? - not to many because is a big city. For exmaple in Wisconsin you can find a lot trucks because people need that.In Poland a lot people live in citys where problem with parking pleace. In POland if you bay a coach or anther big stuff - store can delivery that for you.
My Grandparents and Parents say on a "American" sandwich klapsztula 😁
Na śląsku mówi się po prostu klapsznita.
Poland is slowly changing from cash to card/phone, (Corona is definitely speeding up the process)
Personally i use app on my phone to pay, but always have like 50-100zł in cash just in case.
Slowly? We're nr 1 top country for using cashless payments.
Staring... It happened to me once. So creepy. Maybe because I'm not staring at people, I can't see that they are staring at me?
Can u please put polish cc in your videos? I mean a lot of people would enojoy them thankss
What is difference between lunch and breakfast ?
About shoes inside: i don’t have a problem with my friends comming to my house and wearing shoes.. but i cant imagine myself wearing shoes inside whole day - it is just weird and uncomfortable
I hate when someone is staring at me. Its like "why u fu**ing looking at me u old trash ". Im Polish
The thing of the shoes... I'm gonna be honest, here, if I didn't cleaned the floors yet on that day, and I have a guest, I'm gonna tell them to leave them on. Most ppl won't listen anyway, but they always have that option.
I also hate when ppl stare at me. This is not curiosity, it's something really weird, considering we teach little children not to stare, and yet quite a lot of ppl do it when they grow up.
Have You ever eaten rosół on breakfast? That's a thing.
Provided I hadn't mop up the floors yet.
Staring is an interesting issue. I spent 15+ years in Brussels where it's sort of OK to stare a bit but that ALWAYS means an exchange of smiles and it has absolutely nothing to do with being attracted to someone as that happens across all age groups and genders. It has become so engraided in my brain to smile at people whenever you make eye contact that I do that automatically in Poland as well and the reactions I get are always very positive, and as well mean that people almost instantly divert their attention from you i.e. stop staring. Another words try that if Polish staring makes you feel a bit uncomfortable. In my case though I have recently moved to Flanders and here I haven't really figured out yet what the social codes are because it often swings between two extremes. Sometimes complete strangers might even say hello passing by, especially of similar age, or even wish you bon apetit/smakelijk if you happen to be sitting on a bench with a sandwich. On the other hand though some people really do stare you down in a slightly uncomfortable way and do not smile back if you smile at them. 🤔🤔🤔
People stare but unless you are insecure or doing something shady no need to get bothered by that. You can stare back, say something or just ignore it. It's really up to you.
It's mostly the older people that keep on staring, especially in public transport. Younger generations are usually fixated on their phone screens, or staring out the window - they know, staring is uncomfortable (more western mindset).
I'm from Poland, and I also hate when a granny is looking at me in the bus.
It's a remnant of the post-communist mind set, where you couldn't fully trust nobody, thus this "people scanning" in the public, practiced especially by the elders. Important thing to note: *Most people do that subconsciously.* i.e. they simply absentmindedly fixate their gaze at someone or something, which might also come down as staring.
If somebody is staring at you for a longer time, simply confidently meet their gaze and make them feel uncomfortable - you give a clear sign "stop it, it feels awkward" - if they're not a psycho, they'll immediately escape your gaze.
If a person keeps on staring, when not being looked at, they might be either trolling, or provoking, or yep... they might have a bit of craziness in their head - in that case, simply ignore it. Don't give them your attention. Try shooting at them some very quick but confident stares, as if saying "yes, I know you're looking at me. Stop it, I don't care" - eventually, they might get intimidated and won't provoke you anymore.
*There's just a lot to talk about the staring in Poland - it's just part of our mindset, and each person stares at other differently, but almost all of them are completely harmless and are either fueled by curiosity, subconsciousness or non-verbal game of trolling others in public*
It is forbidden by Polish banks to give your card to other people BECAUSE it could be a way to empty your account. That's why you always see the terminal and it's always you swiping the card. Of course there are exceptions, but these exceptions break terms of agreement between you and your Polish bank.
I feel the staring thing applies more for smaller towns and elderly people? Younger kids never stare at me but older ladies could probably look into my soul and it's the most uncomfortable thing. Like did I do something??
The shoes inside thing is not really completely true. Polish families are divided in this respect. Yes, more and more people take off their shoes at home or when they visit someone but this custom derives from countryside upbringing. In the past it was not customary to take off your shoes for people from the city. But as more and more people from the countryside move to the cities over the years, and especially in the last couple of decades, they bring this behaviour to the cities. My grandmother would cringe as much as the Americans do to the sight of someone taking off their shoes in her home. It was considered disrespectful and still is in many well educated families. There is really no need and if you come for a visit you usually have a more or less formal attire - walking barefoot or in your socks does not really come along with it. So, to sum up, it stems from the fact that many Poles got a countryside upbringing. It must have made more sense in the countryside where you, for example, got back from the field or from the barn or from wherever in your dirty boots. Also, shoes were not that accessible in the countryside as they were quite expensive.
It’s called open face sandwich
We have pancakes that is like in america and „polish” pancakes my sister making amazing pancakes
You can do bank transfers in US.
Also many companies do not issue actual checks as a payment for your work.
You have to have a bank account to get paid.
What I really hate about US with money is that most cashiers insist on giving the change directly to your hand. I hated it since the day I came to the US, but now in Covid era it is simply ridiculous. I don't want to have direct hand contact with a cashier. Nothing personal, just completely unreasonable.
Also kanapka is not a sandwich as you correctly noticed. Why eat so much bread??? It's not really healthy anyway. Besides, American bread is loaded with sugar! Subway couldn't sell their sandwiches in Ireland, because the bread had too much sugar in it to qualify for tax exemption. According to Irish law it would be qualified as pastries based on the sugar content and would have to be taxed as such.
Maybe people stare at you cause you are so handsome ;) ;)
Ha gayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
Dude, you said you just looked at the guy the second time and you didn't like that he did the same thing, and you got annoyed by it. Where's logic begind that?
Hey Trev! You should react to the Kosciuszko monument being vandalized in the BLM riots in Washington DC.
Would make an interesting video and no RUclipsr has talked about it yet other than news channels and so on.
i'll look into it, thanks
@@Trev_in_Poland Awesome! There's an interview with BLM protestors about the monument being vandalized on RUclips, shouldn't be difficult to find.
It's an interesting subject and I'd be interested in hearing what you think about it.
Btw, I just noticed I haven't subscribed yet after watching your channel for about a year now..
Subscribed now!
I agree with you, Polish people do stare. It's annoying.
Acrually It may be a lot less suvs in Poland than in America but I'd say recently they've gained quite a popularity.
As to trucks ye they're kind of american
Jeszcze jest Blik
Polish people stare. I am polish but live in the UK and when I visit Poland I am uncomfortable with how much everyone stares.