American Reacts to SURPRISING Differences Between the UK and USA (Part 1)

As an American I am constantly shocked at learning just how different the UK and USA. Today I am very excited to learn about 8 surprising and random differences between the United Kingdom and United States. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!

[brianbonner]

Sam Hecht, a British inventor, invented the key board. The US. Changed it to suit what they needed, the British have never changed their keyboard

[diaporamabygj]

I am French but have been a Flight attendant for an US carrier for 13 years. So I interacted mostly with travelling US citizens, which means less self-centered ones. I could write a book about their lack of interest for others countries, other habits, their general lack of geography knowledge, and this idea they have that they live in the best country of the world and 'do it' the best way, period (I am speaking in general, I know lots of exceptions). Once, during a flight, a mid-age guy was watching through the window as we were reaching Brussels (Belgium...) and he turned to me and said 'The moon in Europe is so different from ours!' Sometimes, US citizens would complain that we don't have enough Mc Donalds in Paris (France...). On a San Francisco/Paris flight, a guy seated in Business asked for my nationality and after I replied, he said 'Oh ! So do you live in Madrid (Spain...)?' As far as eggs, we do have brown eggs and yes, they stay out of the fridge. Our culture doesn't rate consumerism as an art, and coupons aren't a thing. I did travel of course, and will do, but I don't personally know of any friend or family member not having crossed the French boarder at least once (twice for the way back!;)) : they all came back with interesting cultural visits to tell or informations about foods and habits. Most of them visited part of the United States and were thrilled by the adventure : beautiful landscape and cities, nice people, interesting food... Opening yourself to other countries is a great way to enrich your life and open your mind. It's even better if you speak another language or two, if you were taught at school about world geography and history. Arrogance is an art in France, I agree, but I see 'Americans', as they fraudulently call themselves (America is a continent, Canadian, Mexican and Brazilian are Americans too), as ruthless teenagers mocking the members of their family all the time, when they don't have any clue of who those individuals really are and think that nothing but themselves is important and that they know it all. Well, your French cousin here loves you but can't wait for you to realize that not only taking an interest in those family members is a way to show respect, but it is also a great way to be greater.

[CrspyGlitch]

Eggs are to do with salmonella. We have better conditions at farm level, including vetinary care which means we don't wash the eggs, as we treat salmonella at farm level. In America, standards are different, so you wash the eggs before the store to remove salmonella, but instead have to refrigerate because the eggs protective layer has been removed.

[kitstratfull]

"I didn't know that in the UK supermarkets eggs are not kept in the refrigerator section" says Tyler who 4 videos back (7 days ago) saw eggs are not kept in the supermarket refrigerator section and commented!

[diddsdaddiddsdad]

I live in an English village and we can buy our eggs from houses that have chickens. They put the eggs out to buy, there’s a honesty box to pay. The eggs come up all sorts of colours. Light blue, white, brown and light brown. Free range eggs are the best.

[mrsprivate]

It’s shocking how little Americans know it’s sad

[XiOjala]

The reason you wash eggs and then have to refrigerate them is because they come covered in crap. And they come covered in crap because you keep chickens in tiny metal cages where they can't help but shit on their eggs. The minimum animal welfare standards (you might have to Google Animal Welfare) here mean that chickens can be kept intensively in a barn where, at least, they can run around. Almost everybody here buys free range eggs where the chickens are kept out of doors in a paddock. And don't get me started on why you have to wash your chickens in chlorine and we don't.

[AJB]

The distance between the US and Thailand and the distance between the UK and Thailand is pretty much the same. The reason you can’t imagine it, is down to the US’s constant subterfuge that the US is best and the world has nothing to offer. People from the UK holiday all over the world, distance is not the issue. We go to places with different cultures to experience those culture. It just so happens that in Europe, which is about the size of the US, each country (imagine that the countries are states) has a different culture, customs, language, which are all different experience for the visitor. The US, travelling from state to state, there’s only marginal difference, the same values, the same culture. If the whole of Europe was the same as the UK, we would go somewhere else, we’re used to the UK, we go on holiday to experience new things, not more of the same. Whereas, in the US, you have been told that the rest of the world is inferior to you, and different is bad. Land of the free? Land of the indoctrinated, in many ways, you’re a naive country, as manipulated as a former Soviet Union and China. It’s about time you grew up.

[lordylou]

Americans always claim their lack of international travel is due to the USA being so large and exciting they don't need to travel. However we have the large and amazingly exciting Australia with it's landscape, it's flora and fauna, it's history, yet Australians are exceptionally well travelled. I think it's because Americans are culturally insular and for them America IS the world. This is slightly illustrated by Americans (either in YouTube reaction videos or on holiday), looking at buildings in the UK and saying 'this is older than my country'. No it's not. America existed before European settlers but for Americans it didn't exist untilThe Mayflower got there.

[gdok]

Clipping out coupons seems like something from the last century. We are much more 'paperless' nowadays in the UK. You might have an electronic club card for discounts, but messing about looking for coupons in your wallet or purse takes too long and it's a pain!

[hadenough]

"We both speak English", but you din`t know what a pound sign was. 1 minute in and you were already confused 😊

[donaldb]

Tyler! This is at least the third time you've heard that Brit shops don't store eggs in the fridge. You cannot still be that surprised about it.

[DruncanUK]

Coupons are a thing in UK but not nearly as prevalent as it is in US. Some stores will run coupon promotions but you'll never fill your basket with "couponed" products.

[doobiedootwo]

The colour of the egg is to do with the breed of chicken. Most farms have chickens that lay brown eggs- in varying shades, but some lay white or even blue eggs. Some people do collect coupons - but really its very annoying queueing behind someone cashing in a load of coupons. Mostly our Supermarkets sell goods at reasonable prices👍

[tmac]

Generally, white hens lay white eggs and brown hens lay brown eggs. Majority of our commercial hens are Warrens or Ross', Bovan Brown and Lohmanns which are all brown. All down to market demand.
Chlorine washing eggs in the USA removes the protective cuticle surface which protects the egg from bacteria. Higher hygiene standards in henhouses and farms in the UK takes away the need to chlorine wash and to store them in fridges. Europe does not generally refrigerate eggs.

[Maerahn]

Here in the UK, when it comes to using phone options, we call what you call "the pound sign" "the hash key, " if that helps. 🙂
And yeah, if we see white-shelled eggs in the UK, we'd probably assume they were duck or goose eggs - or at least, some exotic type of egg that's gonna cost us more to buy. Brown eggs are our 'default, ' if you like. And honestly, they'll last a good couple of weeks just out on the open, at room temperature, without any ill-effects or decline in quality.
And yeah, I think a lot of people don't consider the difference in attitude that can result from living in a VAST country like America compared to a tiny island like the UK. In America, it's completely possible to get on a plane, fly for EIGHT HOURS SOLID, and then, when you land, STILL BE IN AMERICA, with the same stores, language and culture as where you flew from. Whereas in the UK, you can get on a plane and, if you fly more more than only TWO hours in pretty much ANY direction, you'll not only be in a different country, but probably one where the language, culture and stores are entirely different, and you have to make big adjustments to that.

[optimusvalerius]

In Australia we have white eggs, brown eggs and even blue eggs .Eggs actually have a natural preservative on them which helps naturally to prolong their life . If you wipe that natural preservative off the egg shell during processing then you need to refrigerate eggs .

[John_Lyle]

The furthest I have travelled is to New Zealand, but i think the main reason British people travel more on holidays is that we get more than just a long weekend as holiday time.

[kaitomakes]

UK doesn't have a "couponing culture", but we definitely do have coupons. You'll find them in magazines and newspapers etc, but more so if you have a Tesco clubcard for example, in that case you'll get a whole host of different coupons and discounts.

[timothyallan]

One interesting thing about our eggs is that you will sometimes find the odd feather inside the box! Also, the boxes are made of a sort of moulded cardboard, rather than the polystyrene boxes that you see in the US that make that awful noise that goes straight through me! On the subject of coupons, I remember that they were more popular when I was a kid in the '80s and '90s - my Mother would cut them out of Womens' magazines, newspapers etc, but then in later years, the paper coupons disappeared. Nowadays, a lot of discounts are found through supermarket loyalty cards; where we do the majority of our shopping, they send electronic coupons to your account in the supermarket app each week, and you select the offers you want to use, and then scan them from your phone screen at the check-out. I think one of the main reasons we no longer have paper vouchers is that it is more environmentally friendly to use other methods, and also the technology makes the actual administration of the discounts much easier for the grocery stores.