British Couple Reacts to 18 Cultural Differences Between the USA and EUROPE

British Couple Reacts to 18 Cultural Differences Between the USA and EUROPE

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[pacmanc]

I cannot remember the last time, if ever, I saw an American nonchalantly drop trash on the street - at least in the city where I live. Looking out my window right now, I don’t see one piece of rubbish anywhere - and I can see for more than a block in 3 directions.

[Jml]

I get 365 days of vacation. I had to work 37 years to get it, but retirement at 55 is GREAT!

[FEARNoMore]

I am always skeptical on people like this that make these videos based on generalizations cuz it's based on usually where they grew up. Like this dude seemed like he may have lived in many countries in Europe but probably only lived in one state here in the U.S. lol

[sunniertimer]

We DO NOT LITTER in the US. Not only because we care about our environment, but there are fines associated with littering as well. I should add that we have water fountains in many places, but most people buy bottled water, or carry their own drink. Also, we have parks everywhere, in most every town, as well as city green spaces. The national parks are absolutely beautiful. I realize this is a summary of the differences, but it is a shallow one. Both Countries have so much to offer that it becomes hard to make a short video on them.

[ssjbrandon]

The trash one is weird b/c i never seen someone throw trash on the ground. There soo many public trash can everywhere and you can get a fine for littering .

[natemalnaa]

As an American, I've never thrown trash on the ground, alos electric vehicles are so much worse than normal gas cars

[caphwys]

There are a few states here that have bottle deposits. Here in New York, we have a 5¢ deposit on beer, soda and water bottles and cans. You pay the deposit when you purchase at the store, and you can return the empty container to the store to get your 5¢ back. Some states, like Oregon and Michigan have 10¢ deposit.

[Neo-hwnu]

I never knew about two different flushes on the toilets. Probably does save a lot of water. Here in America, we use a lot of water for flushing.

[PatsySegars]

If you are caught littering in US, there is usually a $200 fine and maybe community service.

[xenialafleur]

The thing with the coins is that even though we have $1 coins in the US, nobody uses them.

[teenystudioflicks]

I've lived and grown up in the Pacific North West (Idaho, Oregon, Washington) in the USA and it also is very clean. Over 40 years ago they started a littering campaign to clean up our states roadways. I also do not know anyone who does not recycle Glass, paper, cans, and deposit used oil, batteries and other potentially toxic items at safe designated sites. Oregon also pays deposits for cans and bottles. I do not know where this guy grew up but most states police the disposal of waste. Oregon is a beast about littering their beaches though cleanup is needed when foreign waste washes ashore. The cities of Seattle, WA and Portland, OR have taken a big hit on their beautification programs the last few years due to homeless camps. It is a shame because they worked so hard on it.

[scoobysnacks]

The distinction that he was making about the coins is that the largest denomination of coin that we use regularly in the US is the quarter, which is very similar in size to the Euro, but the Euro is 3x more valuable than the quarter. Our 50 cent coins and $1 coins are much larger than our quarter and people rarely carry them around because we have a $1 bill that is lighter to carry than a $1 coin. I made the mistake when I went to italy with the Euro coin. Because it is so similar in size to the quarter I kept counting it as a quarter, when it was in fact worth more than a dollar. By the end of the trip I decided that i really did like the dollar bill better than the dollar coin because anything $1 or more is in note form and goes into my wallet, while anything that is a fraction of a dollar is in coin from and goes into my pocket. So very little chance of mistaking the higher valued money as lower valued money. I also didn't really car for the notes all being a different size in Italy. I liked that they were different colors my denomination, but not the different sizes because a smaller sized bill can easily get "lost" in the middle of a stack of the larger sized bills. We're used to our bills all being the same size and color so you have to look at the number or the president on them to know how much the bill is worth.
Holy cow, 6 or more weeks of vacation...that would be amazing, as long as it's paid vacation. I think pregnant women only get 1 weeks of maternity leave after having a baby and they just produced a while new human being. 6 weeks for no reason is just crazy. I would not want to be an employer having to pay someone for 6 weeks for not doing any work for me. Just mind blowing.

[outaview]

Interesting video, I too have not really seen people throw trash on the streets, and the city I live in is pretty clean. As always, usually, a copy will give you 5 vacation days other than holidays for your first 3-5 years. If you join the military you get 30 days every year.

[Dillenger.]

It isn't that any country's water is necessarily dirty. There are bacteria and viruses in all water, they are just a different mix everywhere. You will get sick drinking clean, unfiltered tap water most places outside of your home region. (How big a region is? eh, dunno)

[whiteowl]

I don't mind the shorter vacations because here in the US I don't need to travel very far to go to some amazing places and I don't need to have a passport to get there. I am happy with the beautiful natural wonders of the US. From where I live, Washington state, I can drive there instead of flying. I guess it's down to me having a fear of flying. So visiting Europe is a no go for me. I have a passport so if I want to visit Canada I can drive about 30 minutes to 1 hour to get there. In my opinion the western part of Canada has the most beautiful scenery in the world.

[davidcosta]

The states of MA, CT, VT, ME, DE, MI, and CA have bottle bills, which allows for a deposit of either 5 or 10 cents to be added to the price of soft drinks, and non hard alcohol. This is returned if you give back the empties at a redemption center.

[randallchaput]

Do not know where he is from, but in the 3 states I have lived in no trash thrown around, recycling very common and easy. In northeast at moment - mandatory separation of compostable food waste etc is becoming even mandatory. And, vacations - every place I worked since late 70s gave minimum 2 weeks, by 90s added more for length of employment. Got sick days everywhere, 10 to 12 per year - and even personal days up to 3 per year. By 2010s, including vacation, personal, and always minimum 1 to 1.5 weeks Winter Holiday (Christmas/New Year) total was minimum 6.5 weeks, not counting sick days or other major holidays

[heathermackey]

Can't wait for your announcement!!

[jonadabtheunsightly]

The difference with the coins is, in America, it is very unusual for your change from any transaction, to include more than a dollar's worth of coins. Fifty-cent and one-dollar coins exist in America, but they are treated as collectors' items and don't circulate much. About the only way you get them, is if somebody (usually your grandmother) goes to the bank and specifically requests them, as a novelty (e.g., some people try to collect a fifty-cent piece minted every year since their birth). You *can* spend them at a store, but the person working the cash register is going to do a double-take, then put it in the "miscellaneous" slot in the drawer (where things like coupons go), because there isn't a slot specifically for them. They invariably then get sent to the bank in the store's next deposit, because they're not useful for giving out change. The bank likewise ends up stowing them somewhere and only giving them out if someone specifically asks for them; a normal bank teller's drawer will generally not contain any coins worth more than a quarter of a dollar.

So if you go to the store and buy an item that's priced at $2.99, and you hand the teller a $20 bill, you're going to get back 3-4 bills (either a ten a five and a one, or three fives and a one) and several coins. Assuming Ohio sales tax, that'll be five or six coins (three quarters, a nickel, and one or two pennies); the exact amount varies from state to state. Most people immediately toss the pennies in the "take a penny leave a penny" cup sitting by the register (in case someone else's bill comes to $20.02 or whatever; no one wants to break a twenty for a couple of cents) and so would walk away from the transaction with at most four coins from any given transaction, and most of them are quarters. A large percentage of Americans don't *spend* coins on a day to day basis, they just drop them in a jar or whatever when they get home, and then after several years when the jar is full, they take it to the bank and have it run through the automatic coin counter, and it comes out to a two-digit number of dollars, after multiple years.

Note that Canada is with Europe on this one. It only took me *two days* of not spending my coins in Canada, to accumulate over $20 in stupid ginormous $1 and $2 coins. My pants were literally in danger of being pulled off, by the coins in my pockets. Super annoying. I had to start spending the things out of self defense. At one point I paid for a more-than-ten-dollar purchase, entirely in coins, and the cashier didn't even bat an eye. In America, you'd get an incredibly dirty look pulling a stunt like that. NOT cool. But I guess Canadians have to do it all the time, to avoid losing their pants.

[anonygent]

Electric vehicles are not really cleaner. I don't know why people keep promoting that.