American Reacts Europeans Who Visited America, What Was Your Biggest WTF Moment? (r/AskReddit)
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Boston Saint Patricks day, people born in the USA dressed as highland Scots claiming to be Irish.
😂😂😂😂
😆 and others dressed like Napoleon claiming to be french?
😅😅😅
Someone needs to tell them that St Patricia (St Patty) has nothing to do with Ireland too.
@@Bakers_Doesnt I’m sure their one tenth Irish DNA on their great, great grandmothers side, would fight you on that.
For me it was the incessant begging or tipping. Started on the Tour Bus. Our guide introduced herself and said that her minimum tip was $5 per person per day and the same for the driver. Then at each place of interest we were joined by another Guide who stated his minimum tip! And these were often much more expensive. So why were we paying tips for two guides? There were around 40 people on our bus, so these extra guides charging $25 were making $1000 per bus with time to do two or three per day. Then we would go for a meal and expected to pay tips. We were told to carry lots of $1 bills because the barman expected a tip for each drink! I volunteer as a Tour Guide in York with the Association of Voluntary Guides. We don’t take tips, because we are not beggars and have some self pride. We are mostly retired people who do this to help our city and look after its visitors. For me visiting the US is like visiting the third world, you are surrounded by beggars as soon as you get off the plane.
Also, "how do they sell so much food without it all going bad?" - chemicals/additives.😂
There are no generic Europeans. Europe: 50+ countries each with their own language, culture, history etc😊
Hi Connor.. fun fact: the state of Western Australia is 3.6 times the size of Texas in land mass, but our whole country's population is less than Texas!
Haha, I'm Swedish and would not go near an alligator or an American, y'all are nuts!
Del "who let that out"?
Rodney " no Del, they live here".
Del " you mean there are more of the buggers?"
Miami Twice 😂
About Americans' loudness:
In my first job in the incentive travel in London, we "corralled" a group of middle-aged American tourists. We had pre-booked hotel rooms for them in a fairly up-market hotel. The group wasn't very large, all were very "proper" except for "the" odd-one out who was wearing a Stetson from morning till night.
When they arrived at the hotel, they had to get their keys from the reception desk. As they were couples, they were handed keys to double and twin rooms.
A few minutes after they'd all gone to their rooms, Mr Stetson was storming back down and, from the elevator door, bellowed to the Receptionist, and for all in the hotel lobby to hear "Maam', I ain't slept with my wife for 25 years, and I ain't gonna start now" ... as he'd been allocated a double-bed room ...
Oh, Conner! Is someone going to explain to him that in 1776 you chose whose side you were on but Canada, in 1781, became a colony of Britain. So much so that in 1815, after years of Murica trying subjugate Canada, you got biffed on the nose and a few bonfires were lit up the Potomac River and buildings were set alight!
So I am pretty sure that with the Queens Head on the Notes and Coinage of Canada, they are closer to Europe than to Murica, not forgetting the French speaking provinces, Quebec, Yukon ans Newbrunswick!
So, calm down and breathe, you will soon realise that neither Mexico, nor Canada, want to become the 51st State!
TIL = "Today I Learned". It's Reddit slang.
I was at the Black Country Museum years back and as we walked past one of the little buildings we could hear loud talking and thought there was a commotion or something had happened, like an accident or something and someone was panicking. We went to see but no, there was just an American tourist in there speaking excitedly to her companion at 5 times the volume of everyone else 😅 everyone was looking at her like WTF and she was oblivious.
You haven't seen the People of Walmart page? Do yourself a favour and don't look for it.
'Till is a shortened version of until
Actually, "till" is older. "Until" is a pointlessly lengthened version of "till".
TIL = "Today I Learned". It's Reddit slang.
Walmart. The real America 😂
i went to usa in 1994 during the world cup. i was in Albuquerque and i heard gun shots, the next next day day we saw that a petrol station was cordoned off and the cashier booth was full of bullet holes, that when i fell out of love with the usa.
When my cousin first moved to florida, he lived in a gated community.
After the first night there, he asked his american wife what all the fireworks during the night were.
You can guess the rest😂
I’m English, I first visited America in 1971 (obviously before you were born Connor). Before my trip I purchased a 21 day Greyhound Bus ticket for $99. After a couple of days in NYC, I traveled extensively, to Miami, New Orleans, Texas, California, Nevada, Arizona, Chicago, crossed the border into Canada, then to Toronto, and Niagara Falls. I enjoyed my holiday so much, I did it again in 1972.
I think we do know more about you, than you know about us. But we also assume we know more, and yet I have discovered so many little things that would have assumed were the same and yet they are different. Its the stuff you don't pick up from tv and films, because that is all that it is, we don't study you in school or anything. You don't have electric kettles, you don't eat soft boiled eggs from egg cups with soldiers to dip in them. Your front doors are different, you wear hats inside. You are strange people. 😂
Yes, I had never heard of jaywalking until I started watching videos like this.
In France it is normal to greet random strangers with bonjour.
Not if in a busy street.
When entering a shop, not a supermarket, say bonjour.
Before speaking to a shop assistant, always say bonjour.
Canada (British commonwealth)
I feel like there is general misunderstanding of what "Americans" means in such videos. Most countries around the globe by "Americans" means USA citizens who are stereotypically the elephant in the room. Therefore Canadians can contribute a lot having it first hand being so close.
I never understood why Americans consider muttering "shit" as swearing, but not "shoot". Not that I'm particularly into this kind of thing, but given the choice I personally would rather face a pile of manure than being shot at...
I rented a car in Los Angeles and drove around for hours. Ended up in Beverly Hills and stopped on the side of the street to take a walk and look at the houses.
I would never have done that. Two guards with their hands on their holsters rushed up and asked what I was doing there.
I realized that I had misunderstood the meaning of “American freedom”.
It felt good to come home to Sweden again where you are not immediately suspected if you leave the car for a while and are not at home, at the mall or at work.
Ah yes. Canada . A neighbouring country that has a National Health service.
"Whenever I try to remember three things I end up remembering nothing". I feel you Jib (ADD here). I'm in the living room and I have to get something from the kitchen, get the mail and turn off the AC. I get to the kitchen and wonder what I was supposed to do there. When nothing comes to mind I go back into the living room. That's when I suddenly remember what I went to the kitchen to do. I obviously forgot about the other two things I was supposed to do and only remembered them later. Very annoying. I've gotten the milk from the fridge and walked into the bathroom and just stood there with the milk carton in my hand.
I don't have ADD but have been doing stuff like that all my life. One example, during the 1970's I worked with horses and was grooming a big hunter name Duke, he staled* as I groomed him so I went out of his stable to fetch a broom to sweep it out...and walked into the office next door!! I stood there for about 30 seconds wondering what I had gone in there for, turned back and went into Duke's stable and saw the reason - I needed a broom so went back out to where the yard tools were, picked up a broom and swept Duke's stable floor clean! (* stale is what horsey people call horse urine!) No need to go into the office at all and yet I did... I was around twenty tears old at the time and felt rather silly at my actions, but that was just one of many such "silly" things I've done in my life. I am 71 now, so hopefully will make fewer "silly" mistakes (but cannot promise I won't!!)😊🐴🏴🐴♥️🐴🇬🇧🐴🤔🐴🖖
That's me!
Cant bare these ai voices🤢
TIL = Today I learned
"I try not to swear". You know, as much as I hate when people censor out swears with bleeps, I very much also appreciate when people make an effort to keep it clean.
Loved the map comparisons. Didn't realise your state was so tiny.
As members of the Commonwealth, Britons can make fun of Canada as we are cousins. LOL
US toilets generally have narrower plumbing (3" vs 4" on average) that operate differently (vacuum siphoning vs push siphoning with no vacuum) to European toilets. This neccesitates more water but are still more prone to blockages.
I can understand why you have so many flat earthers. You think the world ends at your borders.
No comments about the dreadful AI voice colon?!! It's somewhat distracting (imo!!)
What I not understand is that americans not see that they are hold
uninformed for a purpose.
Its not ignorance its misinformation.
As an european, the only actually european-like place in Canada is Quebec city, change my mind.
Also bidets at least in France, have NEVER been designed to actually have your affair in them (that's actually as gross as doing it in the sink)... They're definitely an old fashioned thing you won't find in modern houses, but it's originally made for people to wash their parts AFTER the deed.
Not even close
Seeing the size of Texas I realise even more how overpopulated the UK is. Depressing
(28.44) Conor goes to great lengths to explain the differences between areas in the US yet he continuously groups countries of Europe as if it was one country.
TIL = today I learned (or learnt 😉)
From what I understand about your walmart food question and being from England ! The answer is no they do not throw it out they will sell it all because if it is not stuffed with chemicals and preservatives it is plastic so it won't go off anyway !
Connor, I thought you meant the tv skit with the crossword puzzle ("The Two Ronnies") where at the end of the skit the Nun asked for a rubber to erase a mistake she had made on the same crossword puzzle in her newspaper...
"What lies at the bottom of a budgie's cage, four letters, ending in 'i t' ... _Grit_ - oh, has anyone got a rubber?!" It was meant to be seen as innuendo, and the thought of a _Nun_ needing a 'rubber' - other than as sn eraser - was amusing!!
...by the way, a budgie is the shortened form of the Australian wild bird called a _Budgerigar_ I think it's an Australian Aboriginal word, like 'Kookaburra' and 'Kangaroo' etc...
People used to (and may still do?!) keep them as pets in portable cages on a stand in British homes...
My late Mum used to breed and keep budgies, and finches (and other birds) back in the days when keeping finches as pets was allowed.
I think perhaps they (and others) are not allowed to be kept in cages anymore.
re. Lots of water in the toilet bowl:
When one lays a cable, and there's a splash, it's known as 'Neptune's Kiss' 😊
Connor, "til" is just short for 'until'
but it's okay to say _til_ instead of until. It's _not_ 'slang'. I say it all of the time. Do you know what 'until' means - I'm sure you must do?
On one trip to New Jersey the immigration officer was very chatty and asked what the purpose of my visit was. I explained that I was with a group of birdwatchers visiting Cape May for the spring migration. He was really interested and we had quite a nice friendly chat and he told me to have a good trip. I was agreeably surprised.
The two Ronnie crossword sketch is the rubber/eraser with the nun. Never been to the US so that's all i can contribute to this lol.
9:43 "If I was in Europe..." it just depends on the country, in southern Europe people are more social and definitely talk to strangers/say hi on the elevator. Not as social as US citizens, but not cold lke scandinavian countries whatsoever.
Also, an hour commute in the morning is very normal for people that live in the outskirts of big cities like Madrid/Barcelona and have to take public transport. Even with car would be like 30 minutes at least most of the times.
As a Scandinavian Im tired of being called "cold". We're not cold. We respect each others space. U can say hello, but if we're not in a mood to talk, take the hint. Otherwise u just feel very pushy and disrespectful. We're very direct, we dont do "how do u do" as small talk, if u ask us a question, we assume, u really want the answer. And so what Americans call small talk can very quickly become very personal and intrusive to us, asking questions about things, we only share with close family and close friends.
If u stop us on the street and ask for help, we will gladly give it. But dont expect us to be ur new best friend. We very often have our social circle. And while we will stop, even if busy, to help u out, we dont have the time or inclination to entertain some random stranger, when we have kids to pick up, grocery shopping to do etc.
We're actually very laid back and accepting. If u feel, we're cold, its often a reaction to ur behavior, that we feel to be intrusive and disrespectful.
@@dfuher968 It wasn't an attack, I have a lot of scandinavian friends, when they come to Spain to visit they are the ones saying that we in souther europe are a lot "warmer" than them. I think what you are saying it's Europe in general, in Spain we are also very direct, but one issue of northern countries that it's a fact is how isolating your societies are in comparison with others.
Also, I could say the same, as a Spaniard I'm tired of people calling me warm. So what, we are talking stereotypes, generalizing a country is easier than a continent, that was my point.
The saying hello or acknowledging strangers does happen in the Uk more likely the further North you are and more likely outside of major cities and towns.
Theres so much, I could add to in this video, but heres just a couple of things.
The flags. U say, yes, we do love our patriotism. Thats whats so American about it. That u have linked ur love for ur country to a flag, and not worshipping ur flag and displaying it constantly is considered unpatriotic and bordering on treason. We love our countries, just as much as u love ur country. We just dont feel the need to brag about it constantly. Or to equate our country with a piece of cloth, our love is much deeper than that.
Ur rants about Canadians. One was a person saying, they used to live in Canada, nothing about being Canadian. The other was a Canadian answering a European, trying to explain, why US servers steal our credit cards, which is, how we view it, if u take it out of our sight. Its a security thing.
The various comments about food. Its almost impossible to get US foods in the EU. Coz u guys pump it so full of pesticides, hormones, chemicals and other toxic additives and loads and loads and loads of sugar, which makes it unfit for human consumption. And for animal consumption for that matter. The US brands, u find in Europe, have been produced in Europe with changed recipes to make them comply with food and health regulations (not just food/drink items). Also, how Walmart is able to sell all that "food" without it going bad. Its so filled with preservatives, it basically cant go bad, it'll just poison u instead.
And finally, as a Dane I have to stand up for my fellow countrymen and our Scandinavian sisters and brothers, since we all get stamped with being "cold", even by some Europeans. Its simply a misunderstand of our culture. We respect each others personal space. If u say hi to us, we will politely reply, but if we want any further conversation, we will indicate it. We prefer fewer and deeper relationships, we dont stop, whatever we're busy with to entertain some random stranger wanting to talk. If u ask us for help, we will gladly give it, even if we're actually busy, but dont expect us to be ur new best friend, just coz u introduced urself. We're very direct ppl, we dont really do small talk except perhaps a few exchanges about the weather.
If u ask a question, we assume, u want an answer, so "how do u do" isnt a greeting, its a question to us, and so American platitudes, that are used for small talk in the US, can very quickly go into very personal territory for us about things, we only share with close family and close friends. If u ask us, if that shirt, u see in the window, would look good on, we're not going to give u polite reassurance, we're going to u, that it would look horrible on u, some more politely than others but none the less. And we dont really talk about our jobs and definitely not about money, talking about how much money u make is considering bragging, and we do NOT like ppl, who brag. We talk about our families and leisure pursuits and personal interests.
But we're mostly very laid back and accepting. If we seem cold and offputting to u, thats usually a reaction to ur behavior, that we feel is intrusive and disrespectful. The biggest problem with US tourists in not just Denmark, but in Europe in generel, is, that almost none of them do any preparation about the countries and cultures, theyre going to visit, they just expect, that everything is like in the US, and that they can behave like in the US. And not just in public places. Like, getting invited to some1s home in Denmark is a really big thing, its very personal, u have to respect our home, starting with taking off ur shoes, some Danes dont do this, but in most of the country its really disrespectful to wander into some1s home with ur outdoor shoes on. Those little details matter. Instead there are often tourists, who react like that American replying to a comment about ppl not saying hi to him in the elevator, not understanding, that the locals arent ignoring him, theyre respecting his personal space.
You need to relax a little.
My biggest WTF moment about this video is the robot voice, that always mispronounces words, somehow managed to say Arkansas like with a W.
All these type ofreddit vids use this voice its been around for years.
@@sweeneytodd011 I know, that's the point I'm making. It never gets words right, yet here it said Arkansaw, even though it's spelled Arkansas, and the thing reads the letters it sees.
Re the homeless guy in Vegas, if you’re going to take a run up, at least give him $40.
Not surprising people outside the US know more about the Country considering the number of US. made films and tv series flooding in , even the ones about us are written by them . I think most believe it's artistic licence about some of the extremes , but listening to some of these perhaps not .
I was born and raised in Canada we r not in snow all the time we have spring, summer and fall in winter sometimes it snows, if it snows we have snowplows that clean everything up
"Fall" instead of Autumn "plow" instead of plough, that is the sort of thing that makes people think Canada is the same as USA.
@@Phiyedough Canada is very different then the US.
Connor, I have to react. Why are you mad at Canadians reacting? No offense but you call yourselves Americans/America. I am seeing a lot election claims "we make America great again". Do these mean continent (incl. Brazil, Mexico, etc.)? No. So we (the rest of the world) call you the same way. We call USA simply "America". Whoever asked that question did not meant the continent. So Canadians reacts just because they live so close to that bubble that they have a lot to say. 🤷♂️
But as I said no offense here. You are learning. So keep up!
The People of Walmart was a thing over 10 years ago showcasing all the freaks and "individuals" who shop in Walmart. See Jessica Frech's song video that sums it up. She kinda slipped in obscurity because she "got her some Jebus" and realised she wasn't being particularly kind to people just doing their own thing.
On vacation from Europe, visiting family in NC. Had a dude stopping his car outisde a Wallmart, to compliment my shirt. I was not sure if i was about to get kidnapped or rolled up on.
11:35, it means "today i learned
How new all the building were.
How loud the people were.
How fat the people were.
Not necessarily in that order 😁
04:20 Connor! "We guys" outside the USA know more about just about every other country in the world than you guys in the USA do!!! 🤣
I was in Orlando and we stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel. When going out for the evening the path from the hotel to the entertainment area was covered in tiny reptiles. I was really scared I would step on them and kill them. I still don’t know what they were.
Erm Canada is part of the British commonwealth!
I heard in a trucking video that U.S. truckers call Texas "the state that never ends". I dunno if that's true, but it's hilarious. At least that one trucker did...
Man I love those Merucan trucks.
The eraser ref'? Two Ronnies Crossword sketch.
Oh, yeah! Conner doesn't own a Pen and Paper or know how to take notes as an Aide Memoire!
We know more about the US not because where are smarter or whatever, its beacuse of all the american culture that is fed to us since forever. Also Euroepans has the means to travel more. But ask a european a random question about a southamerican country or so e random afrikan country and they will be as cluless as any american!
It's not that Canada seems European, it's that the USA is stuck in the 80s. Instead of saying "we're from xxx country." We should say "hi, we're from the future."
I don't know how people participate in these Reddit discussions. I tried to subscribe and got in trouble on day one! I made a comment but the rules say you have to be a member for 5 days before commenting. I tried again a few months later and there was a message saying I've been permanently banned!
Oh, New England again, it must be like Nania because if you Google the State Senator it refuses to answer because there isn't one because it isn't a state, neither does it physically exist!
The amount of stuff in Walmart confused me. For example, Eggs, It's like Walmart is expecting a small country to come in at any moment looking to buy as many eggs as possible.
In Australia, when the shelves are running low on stock, they refill them as needed, maybe once or twice a day, in Walmart I think they fill them once a week with as much as humanly possible, so unless there actually is a small country coming to do their shopping, they're good to go.
You can bet there are conturies with a smaller surface than Wallmart and it's parking, or having less population than the number of employees of Wallmart😆
Conner, I think it's because we watch more tv about america than you watch about Britain or Europe.
Sorry buddy. Canada is more European than you think. Most of us are immigrants from Europe and Asia. We are a melting pot of our various heritages which we are proudly encouraged to live and be proud of. We have learned to live in peace with our differences and respect each other's cultures. That's the difference. It's not what land mass you live on, it's what's in your heart.
Canada. It's different from the US. VERY different.
6:08 - If you look at a map of the US and imagine it's a human body, what part would Florida be? Here's the answer to why floridians are like they are. 😆
Root Beer tastes like creosote.
Lol. Connor I have to disagree about Canada. Canada even to Europeans is more?European than its geographical destination. It is very UK and French influenced and also not that far from Russia.
O sea que uno de Miami se parece más a un australiano?... 😂😂😂 Miami es la segunda Cuba. Eso sí. 😅 Es la misma diferencia que entre un español y un alemán . Sí, somos parecidos un español y un italiano.😊
Good of you to clarify right of the bat. Otherwise I would have wondered what you have on your head.
Regarding rating people based on their politics - I have to disagree. In many cases (particularly in divided times like recent years where extremes get into positions of power, people who literally idolize & emulate authoritarian dictators), a person's politics can directly reveal their prejudices and bigotry, and therefore their core values.
Every time I hear about TSA not knowing basic things about other countries, I always think that they HAVE to be new to the job. How can your job be interacting with people from all over the world, regularly asking questions of people from other countries, and being trained to do so, and you don’t become aware of common differences between countries? Is the TSA training that bad? 😆
(…don’t bother replying with cringe like “🤤bEcAuSe aMeRiCaNs aRe DuMb...”
It’s a job where you surely pick up relevant knowledge just through experience)
Your the exception connor you know a lot about us . Hope your doing well 😊
Sure we have toilet paper 🤣. To be honest, bidets are on their way out. personally, i don't know anyone who owns one anymore. Moreover, toilets and bathrooms are no longer a single room.
Sorry I can't watch this. I absolutely hate robot voices.
Till is untill dude !
The concept of "free refills" is completely unknown to me. I don't know whether it exists anywhere in Europe. It sounds awesome (although strange) and I would love to have the same here.
I don't think I can find a uk flag in our house😂❤
"I have never been to ..." so I am going say, "Yeah, that's right." That is so American and you hear it often on these reaction videos. "What does 'till' mean?" How old are you? It is simply short for "until" and with two "l"s. Children no longer learn that in grade school?
I had to stop watching, not your fault Connor but the AI voice on the video you are reacting to was too annoying.
In the UK anyone born after 2009 will never be allowed to legally buy tobbaco
That voiceover sounds like Toast Of London
Is root beer the same as ginger bee?
Root beer is same as sarsparilla, not ginger beer. (Love root beer - strangely, where I am in Australia, can only buy A&W root beer in Asian supermarkets).
Root beer tastes like antiseptic
@nolasyeila6261 ok so what's sarsapilla taste like?
@@garethlowbridge2979I've tried it once; indescribable
No, no, and no again. Two completely different drinks.
I presume that AI voice was based on Matt Berry? :D
Lol can doesn't want to be your brother
You don't need a passport for the UK anymore. Just buy a dinghy and get a hotel room for free, we don't even need to know your name.
Heck! Get another dingy to Northern Ireland and come to the Republic across the non existent border and we will give you the best social welfare benefits in Europe, no questions asked once you are not European
They have the same system in the US.
It's called the southern border.
Yawn.
Sure, if you literally want to risk your life doing so.
Maybe you should try it? ..
Shouldn't believe everything populists tell you to rile you up :)