8 culture shocks after moving from Sweden to the USA

I miss cheap coffee 🥺

I've experienced some culture shock since moving back to the States, so today's video talks about 8 things that have stood out to me.

The list:
1. Speaking Swedish in public
2. Driving everywhere
3. Too many choices at the grocery stores
4. Late store hours
5. Small talk with strangers
6. Cash
7. No shoe horns (feat. my 98-year-old grandma!)
8. Prices of things

I also rant about unnecessary umlauts because for some reason the branding team for Gevalia coffee decided to ADD an umlaut to their American packaging. It drives me nuts!

My Instagram: reaganlouis

Thanks for watching!
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[Frozen_Clouds]

Listen shoehorns are a gift to humankind. One day you will realize this and give the shoehorn the respect it deserves.

[Mezziah]

In Sweden we generally don't wear shoes indoors, so we put on /remove our shoes pretty regularly.
The shoehorn is a good way to prevent the heel from getting worn out.

[Mortac]

Yes... I can see it now. Your future. It's so clear to me. You will open a store in Minnesota. *Meagan's Shoehorns.* Yes. You will sell them in all kinds of shapes and colors. Black Friday specials, buy 3 and pay for 2. Now your customers can put on both shoes at the same time and still have a spare.

[JoelPettersson]

An overlooked perk of the shoehorn is that it protects the heel of the shoe from damage when you put them on. So you won't step on them or pull them until they're disfigured.

[bengtmowitz]

The store hours have a price. It costs the business a lot of money which reflects in the poor pay the cashiers etc get.

[JanLarssonfred]

Kul och se dig igen!
Det kanske skulle va lättare att få uppehållstillstånd i Sverige om du säger att du verkligen gillar SKOHORN!! (kanske det var där skon

I’m glad you’re back with a new video! Can’t wait to see more comparisons between Sweden and USA. Also can’t wait before you’re back in Sweden ❤️

[HansenSWE]

There was probably never any misunderstanding with your VISA application.
The purpose you were sent back to the States was because Migrationsverket knew about the new Gevalia packaging, and they needed someone Stateside to kick up some dirt and flip some tables.

[darkhenk]

Ditt spontana ”förlåt” i början blew me away! Helt perfekt uttal! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[godofllies]

But!! But!! You know how strict weapon laws we have here in Sweden!? To have a long iron shoehorn hanging at the hatthylla is our last defence. ✊

[Tycho]

Meagan: *Rants about shoe horns*
Migrationsverket: *Migrationsverket will remember this*

So nice to see you doing videos again though, I always enjoy them!

[Edvinator]

Glad to see your making another video, hope to see you back in Sweden again!

[josefine]

Haha, jag kollar allt du lägger ut men har aldrig kommenterat innan. Vill bara säga att du är så otroligt ROLIG. Jag sitter alltid med ett leende på läpparna under dina klipp <3

[JL-xzvw]

I once watched an american youtuber reviewing make up and she all of a sudden picked up a product that had the word Kosås written in massive letters on it. I’m guessing an american brand called Kosas where trying to be fancy but unknowingly ended up literally naming their brand cow sauce in swedish.
I think the brand was made aware of it though because the ring over the a is now gone from the name. But it was fun while it lasted

[EricReno]

Ugh, as a German, the umlaut thing bothered me as well when I was in the States. Anytime some German themed brand or store or restaurant wants to come across as "cool", they apparently just add a random umlaut. Like a soup bar would be called "süp" or a smoothie would suddenly be marketed as "smoöthie". It all sounds weird when you pronounce it the German way and it's not at all authentic.
By the way greetings from Gävle! I'm here for an exchange semester and I kinda feel happy when the city gets mentioned somewhere :)

[stefanhogberg]

Hope you be back to Sweden soon. Greetings from Gävle ! I did grew up 100 meters from Gevalia Coffee roastery ! :)

[soulis]

We actually have cars with automatic transmissions here in Sweden too ;)

[loradawn]

They have removed the Swedish flag from the package too :( ! We need that flag to represent!
Another thing is that - No, you are not the only one that is obsessed with Swedish stuff. I started learning Swedish and immediately went to IKEA and bought Swedish Ikea coffee Påtår, frozen kanelbullar and lingonsylt (cuz I cant fins anything with lingon berries else where) ! So we are ok, dont you worry!
Great vids, I hope you can go back to Sweden quickly!

[Sara-mrhs]

Totally recognize the stress when meeting someone in the street..!
And would be just as upset about the new Geavalia design!

[Krubbe]

I used to live in Ireland for 2 years and when I got back to Sweden I started speaking English at the grocery store and in public.. super embarrassing!

Glad to see you're back with a new video from the states!