American Couple Reacts to 21 Things in the US That Puzzle Foreigners!

Americans Anna & JT React to 21 Things in America That Confuse and Puzzle most Foreigners!
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[Jbatley]

I love how Anna’s reaction to the date thing is the same reaction the rest of the world have to the way you guys write the date. It’s so fecking dumb to right the month first 😂

[catherinesmalley]

I don't agree with the comment about lack of choice in the UK...there is plenty of choice, too much sometimes. We have whole aisles in supermarkets dedicated to cereals, biscuits, etc...and while we tend to have blackcurrant drinks such as Ribena, we have whole aisles dedicated to grape drinks too - it's called WINE!!! 🍇🍷🥂🍾😀

[wrorchestra]

UK notes are all different sizes not for aesthetic reasons but for the blind. It allows them to tell the value based on the size. The new plastic notes have braille on them too. It's also why our coins are so distinctive in shape and size.

[symiki]

12:10 hi! i wanted to add something to this fact. I'm argentinian and we also have very colorful bills. it usually helps elderly people (or even normals adults) recognize their money easier. so that if they're paying someone they don't mix up the 100 for the 20, and are not taken advantage of by some stranger 😊

[andrewpinks]

In UK we have entire aisles full of biscuits (cookies). The big difference is that we don’t have multiple options to buy basically the same cookie. In UK there is a huge variety of different biscuits that are very diverse in texture, flavour and shapes.

[oufc]

We are trusted to use glasses for drinking in the UK 😂

[lukajjang]

I think one of the weirdest things that I as an eurpoean also come in contact with alot (when doing online shopping for example), is the fact that you guys use this weird ass imperial system of units, instead of the metric system like everyone else in the world does, it's just a thing that makes things more complicated than they need to be :D

[ifliped]

Love your reaction to VAT. :D
It's 20% in the UK and has been for over a decade now. We don't even notice it because it's just there.
When we buy something and it says, £3.99 we know that we will pay £3.99 at the till :D

[Moribax]

For the VAT, I'll explain the situation regarding Italy (since I was born and lived here all my life):
in the map it says 22%, and that's correct, partly.
You see we actually have 4 VAT categories, 22% is just the highest, reserved for luxury items and services(which doesn't mean jewelry, just things you can live without, like alcohol, cars, electronics, and that stuff).
Next is 10%, and that's mainly for processed foods, that includes things like yoghurt, flour, alimentary fats. Firewood is in this category aswell.
Next there's a 5% tax, that's mainly for spices, public transport, products for child feeding like powder milk, tampons..
Lastly, at 4%, is everything that is deemed necessary for life, so here you have fresh milk, cheese, fruits and vegetables, plus important services like newspapers, housing, medical appliances.
So, yeah, you'll pay 22% tax on your new iPhone, but in a grocery shop, unless you go crazy with alcohol, sweets, and processed food, you won't pay more than 5-6% tax on average.

[stevesymonds]

"Starbucks is overrated". You said that and I could not agree more. Here in Australia, Starbucks went broke. People tried it once and never went back because they can't make coffee. Australians know what good coffee tastes like and you don't get it in Starbucks - but you do get it in the many cafes you find in the cities.

[marcoscholtz]

The Americans being loud-thing is so true, hahaha! When I walk in Brussels or anywhere else in Europe, and I hear voices stick out above the masses (even before I can hear what is being said), I know that some US citizens are visiting! 🙂Europe was so quite during lockdown, hahaha. (and I am not saying that it's a bad thing)

[LisabettaMedaglia]

When my husband and I went to Iceland a couple years ago, the first thing I needed to do was go to the bathroom after I got off the plane. I looooved how their stall doors were completely closed, no gap or anything, complete privacy!

I'm originally from Canada, so we have beautifully coloured bills. When I moved to the States, it took me a loooong time to get used to all the bills being the same colour! I miss my color-coordinated bills!

[evertonfankjb]

With the day month and year thing, I think in the UK like other places are right because we write it small, big and then biggest. So the day is smaller than the month and month smaller than the year. And also because we only have to change the first one when we get to a new day.

[mikef]

I think the UK doesn't really sell single-use plastic cups because the amount that would end up in landfill would be CRAZY. It's probably the same for most other countries.

[guybrushthreepwood]

I love the smiling part, and you both have charming smiles. I live and work in Germany, and most customers coming into the store I work do not smile or even look grumpy. It feels like I did something wrong, even before talking to them 😅Smiles are such an important thing in my opinion, to make people cheer up.

[projectoasis]

Hi from Germany :) Love you video, here from a germans perspective:
21. VAT is 19% for all goods except for non-produced (so fresh) foods which are taxed at 7%.
20. You get a mandatory minimum of 24 paid days off work if you work full time (35-40h/week). Most employers will give you more than that. Usually you can't take all of them at once.
19. We know those cups but you can't buy them other than on Amazon. We do have plastic cups in white though. Germans usually try to avoid those nowadays bc plastic is bad 4 the environment
18. We do fry things but you're on a whole different level! :D
17. Pharmacies are not allowed to sell anything else than health related products. Noteworthy: prescription drugs come free or with only small fees attached (usually 5€).
16. No free refills! And if you order water you'll get bottled water you have to pay for, so watch out!
15. You can return everything within a timeframe of 14 days after receiving. Many shops will accept returns after that date as well. You should keep your invoice / receipt though (just to be safe).
14. You should tip a waiter roughly 10-15%. We do tip other services as well, for example parcel delivery (1-2€), cab drivers and so on.
13. Yeah, Starbucks is jucky. But I don't like coffee too much anyways. Both is common in Germany. We have a lot of cafe's to sit down and relax too.
12. Soft drinks, beer and so on are all refridgerated here as well. We don't necessarily serve them on ice though. Restaurants will do so in the summer months. Coke at room temp is disgusting
11. Mostly no hosehold has AC only some bigger malls are air conditioned. Summer months can get hot and humid at times but we usually just sweat away which feels as it sounds...
10. I don't like our monoply money very much but it grips better than dollars. Dollars are very sticky somehow, especially new bank notes...
09. Thumbs up here means exactly the same.
08. You and your date / distance / fluids / sizes / temperatures ... most of them make no real sense to most of the world haha
07. My parents don't know what they are but it's getting adapted by many becoming parents these days
06. Yeah germans will tell you how they actually are right now if you ask them as long as they don't know how it's ment.
05. Wow, germans need their privacy. Some public restrooms even have entire separeted rooms for each toilet, otherwise they're very consealed
04. I'm loud as well haha. And it's fine until 10pm. Germans will shush you if you keep "yelling" after 10pm because from 10pm to 6am its night silence by law and you can't be louder than room volume (roughly 40db)
03. We do have a lot of choice too. Not as much as you but definately enough. Grapes are either raw/fresh fruit, rasins or Wine
02. Most people ride shotgun in cabs.
01. Germans always look grumpy. Most of them will be very nice if you come up to them so don't be frightened by their mean face projection

[Shadwstu]

JT spitting facts about the Day/Month thing. It makes so much more sense to have the day first as it changes everyday. Also a day is shorter than a month and a month is shorter than a year. Though I am from the UK i dont have the USA perspective lol

[timberwolf]

#18 Deep fried everything...
A few years ago, my brother was working in DC, he'd been there a couple of weeks, and was looking forward to flying back to the UK for some "real" food.
He said that he was in the hotel restaurant, and he finally saw some vegetables on the menu. He ordered his whatever it was and mashed potatoes, along with some broccoli.
The meal arrived, and the waitress put down on the table, and my brother, on seeing no green, just a pile of golden shapes instead of his broccoli, as the waitress where his broccoli was, and what was that on his plate?!
He said the waitress looked confused and said, it's what you ordered, sir, your broccoli?
And sure enough, the pile of gold on his plate was battered deep-fried broccoli!
My brother asked why it was battered and fried? The waitress looked at him like he was an idiot, with the expression of "why wouldn't it be!"
When he finally got home, the first meal he had was a roast dinner, complete with oven roasted chicken potatoes, carrots, and parsnips, sage and onion stuffing, with plenty of steamed broccoli and peas. He said it was practically the best meal he'd had! After 3 weeks of nothing but fried junk food!

[valentinbnr]

21. Im from Germany and we have 19% Salestax on most things. But for example food only has 7%
20. In Germany we have a minimum of 20 Holiday days but in most cases its around 30 days for employees
19. in most cases we have see through plastic cups or glasses in the club. And they arent throw-away.
18. there isnt a lot that is fried. We have Currywurst or Döner.
17. Our Pharmacies also sell just medicine
16. I think only KFC has free refill in Germany
15. If you have the receipt you can also return almost everything in Germany. I think its almost easier in Germany than in the USA
14. In Germany we tip maybe 10% rarely more
13. I would say its 50/50. Some sit down and drink there Coffee ans some drink it on the go
12. Drinks are most of the times just refrigerated. In restaurants and clubs they'll have some ice.
11. We dont have AC in most places, and when there is AC its rarely on the whole time because we are very sparsam (thrifty)
10. facts :P
9. we also have thumbs up
8. yeah thats fckin weird in the USA. It makes more sense to sort it after "size" the day is the smallest, than the month, than the year.
7. yeah we also celebrate the Baby when the Baby is here. But some households do Baby showers since the USA has of course influenced middle Europe a lot.
6.How are you? is a question that will be answered in Germany and comes in most cases after the "Hello"
5.Bathroom stalls have maybe a 15cm-20cm gap to the ground. (6-7inches. <- imperial system is stupid btw)
4. Thats completely depends.Im also quite loud while im talking. But in most cases we grow up with learning to let other speek and to not say everything we think all the time
3. Depends on the supermarket your in. Some are bigger so they have a bigger sortiment. But we also have not much in grape flavor wich is kinda sad. (i like grapes)
2. Your also ridin shotgun in taxis here.
1. Hard to say if we are smiling less or more because i've never been in the US but i would guess we smile less in Germany.
And as I said the weirdest thing is the imperial system and fahrenheidt. The metric system and celsius makes way more sense and everybody should acknowledge that :P

[Flutterbyebutterfly]

We can return items in the UK just the same. As long as you’ve got you’re receipt and labels on clothing (for some shops) you can return it. Shops have the amount of time written on the back in small print. Can’t return obvious items like underwear, make up, things like that. Mind you I’m talking about Scotland, where we even have different money to England. Also we have baby showers here before the birth 😊