as an american who's bartended in both the US & UK, the difference in service culture took me aback when i worked in london. my manager would get mad if, as i bussed empty glasses off tables, ask if guests would like another drink. 4 out of 5 times they'd say yes, the bar would sell more product and i'd get tipped - win win win, right? response: "brits will expect table service if you do and WE CAN'T HAVE THAT". lol welcome to the UK, the differences stories i could tell.

I started driving (legally) at 15, and my dad started driving (legally) at 12. In most states, everyone gets their license at 16 years old, because most places have no public transportation, it's usually at least an hour's walk to the nearest store, and parents don't wanna tote their kids all over town.

Keep in mind, Laurence has been living in the US for over a decade, so some of his info may be a little outdated.

Please react to more Lost in The Pond. Laurence been living in the US for 13 years now, so probably some things may have changed since he last lived there.

He isn't saying the UK bars don't have TV's, just not the number that US bars have. Same with darts!

Even Lawrence always points out when he is generalizing. The US is huge with both regional cultural differences as well as some laws varying from state to state. The age for driving is one example. He’s been in the US for about 13 years and has mostly lived in the Midwest, so that’s mostly where his personal experience with the US comes from. Also, you brought up two examples of American pubs which are attempting to model themselves after an English and Irish pub. Lawrence points out these are not necessarily representative of American bars. His other videos are worth the watch. He compares all kinds of things.

Glad you guys reacted to Lost in the Pond. Do keep in mind that Laurence has been living over here on this side of the pond for 13 years now, so some info regarding the UK may be a little off. I hope you react to more of his stuff in the future! Also, FYI, Laurence is from the town of Grimsby. (I think Dave might have asked where he was from because of his accent)

I grew up in Vegas from the mid 70's on. I cant ever remember a bar not being open 24-7.

The drinking culture in Britain is next level. I've heard Dave say on more than one occasion that he agrees with the drinking age being 16 because you've got to learn how to drink. Well, no you don't Dave. There are a few adult activities that it is best to put off until young, immature and emotionally fragile 16 year old's grow up a bit more. Also, it seems in Britain the pub culture sprang up around small local pubs that were close to where you live, so that even if you drink too much you could still walk home. Here in the US it is more likely that you would be driving home from the bar, tavern, pub etc and therefore be a greater hazard to the public than if you were just taking a piss or throwing up on the street as you staggered home. Once again, your way works for you and ours works for us. 👍

You were right the first time actually: In the US, you can get your "learner's permit" at 15, which means you can drive with an adult during certain hours, and then get your full license at 16.

When he talks about the TVs in bars here in America he means there’s 10 to 50 TVs in every sports bar, so yes majority of pubs in England have TVs but not in the quantity of the average American bar

Keep in mind Laurence moved from the UK in 2008. I love all his videos though.

I wondered if you guys would ever react to Laurence. He actually lives in my neighborhood!

Dave's Vegas story is insane to me. EVERYTHING is banging all the time. Especially on the weekend.

I joined the Marines when I was 18, and we always used to laugh that we had to go overseas to drink legally. We culdn't figure out how we could go fight and die for our country but couldn't have a beer. Also, axe throwing bars are becoming more popular in America.

He is not saying UK pubs don’t have TVs, dart boards, etc ... but rather the prevalence. In my experience, there is a difference.

Hey guys love the channel. Keep in mind that 21 is the legal drinking age, with the key world being legal.

I think the thing with the TV's is that 1) Lawrence moved from the UK like 10 years ago, so things have changed, and 2) the number of TVs. When I was in the UK 6 years ago I saw plenty of pubs with a TV. I didn't see any with walls of dozens of TVs with dozens of consecutive games on them.

Here in America you can get your driver's permit as early as 14 1/2 years old. Drivers license at 16.

Shiner Bock is a Texas beer it’s hard to find even in the northeast - from a Texan who has been in NYC for over a decade

Driver’s permit at 14-15 yrs old. Driver’s license at 16 yrs old. And it is very common for 16 yr olds to have a license - especially if outside a big city (public transport is not as available as in the UK).

you can get your driving permit at 15 and as long as your parent or legal guardian is in the car with you, you can drive, getting a driver's license at 16 is VERY common in the United States. One of the reasons the drinking age is 21 is 1. Drunk Driving, Teenagers already have "questionable" judgment when it comes to many things, so mixing alcohol into the equation makes many of their decisions even worse. 2. Studies have shown that people's brains are still developing into their early 20's and so giving a person the ability to drink alcohol at the age of 18 can stunt their ability to become fully functional adults. 3. Most 18-year-olds are still in High School and so they did not want High Schoolers showing up to school drunk/hungover.

Honestly, we do most of the drinking and partying in high school and before 21. By the time we turn 21 partying and drinking just gets old and we don't want to do it anymore. We'd rather stay home.

There's a bar in my town right now that's a book bar.... I kid you not, the whole point of it is to get a drink and sit there and read quietly. THAT'S WHAT THE F'Kin LIBRARY IS FOR!

Age 16 you can get your drivers license in America. You can drive with a learners permit at age 15 tho if you have an adult in the car with you

I'm glad you guys watched Laurence finally. He has so many great videos.

We have Mexico 🇲🇽 themed bars around where I live, we also have mexican grocery stores, butcher's, and restaurant's. Its wonderful food!! All of my neighbors are from Mexico & they are wonderful hard working people, they help if they see you in your yard planting or having trouble mowing, they're great neighbor's.

I’m a second generation from Italian and Polish immigrants so I still had a few “European” parenting ideas taught to me younger. My parents taught my sister and I that drinking should be social or with family for dinner or special occasions. I believe this helped to teach me to drink responsibly. Unlike not learning anything and drinking at college/high school parties and doing unsafe things

Its amazing how many people including Americans do not understand drinking age laws. 21 is the national age to which someone can buy alcohol and someone can drink in public. Many states allow for drinking under the age of 21 when in private, you can even throw parties with alcohol as long as based on the state the parents are there or the parents have given consent. The same misunderstanding happen with tobacco, before the laws where changed a few years ago. 18 or 21 was not to smoke, it was to buy tobacco, only like 3 states had age laws to smoke, some cities might have had ordinance on smoking age but for the most part all an officer could do is take the tobacco from someone under 18 and if they wanted it back their parents would have to come get it. On private property (including homes and offices) with parental presence and consent: 29 states On private property (including homes and offices) without parental presence and consent: 6 states For religious purposes: 25 states For medical purposes: 16 states Only 5 states have no exception to the national 21 law. (not 100% true) What is not mention is consent of spouse, if you are under 21 and marry someone who is 21 or older you can legally drink with them in most of these same states.

Closing time for bars in NY is 3am except for places like Chippewa St im Buffalo and some parts of NYC where they close as late as 4am or 5am.

I have never been to the UK but here in America a "Sports Bar" not only has TV's MOST have like 12-20 TV's and they will have on 8 different sports (depending on the sports season) During the NFL season (American FootBall) a sports bar will have 12-20 TV's and every game that is being played will be televised which is very nice because let's say you are a fan of the Minnesota Vikings but you live in Nevada you can go to a sports bar and watch your team play During September you can watch Baseball AND NFL and during November you can watch NFL/NHL/NBA games as they will have a TV turned to each game. So I do not know how it is in the UK, but in America, you are talking about 8, 40 inch TV's 4, 50 inch TV's and 4-5 60, inch TV's

My local bar stops selling at 2 am. But closes doors at 4am. Last call is called at 1:40 am. This is when you buy your last drafts and mix drinks, and buy an extra 6 pack of cans or bottles to get you to 4 am. They will store the overtime buys in the cooler to grab as you need.

I live in south Houston so I might have to drive to the woodlands & check out those Pubs. 👀 & we do got some German type of Pubs. Went to a bad ass one this past weekend👌🏽

US bars have just about every big named European beer. Most common are Heineken, Duvel, Guinness, Amstel, Stella, Carlsberg, Harp You can get a UK pint in the US, depends on the bar.

I live in Western NY. Bars stay open till 4am here

He didn't miss out on anything. He said "with the exception of certain parental laws." In most states if you're accompanied by an adult you can drink underage at a restaurant. And in your own home there basically is no law.

In a lot off states you can get your permit right when you turn 15 and then go for your liscence the day you turn 16 and start driving

Hey Daz, are you talking about "The Goose's Acre" (Irish pub) and "Baker St. Pub and Grill" (English pub) on Waterway Ave?

I live in bush Alaska and the only 2 bars in my village close at 1am, which is strange in the summer because it's still light out.

MY daughter works at well known restaurant/bar, her and the rest of the wait staff never want to go to hourly wage base. they make to much in tips

1) You're absolutely right about the importance of learning to drink responsibly and the absurdity of our drinking age of 21. Everyone I know well began drinking as a teenager, and, except for one alcoholic, did their heaviest drinking before age 21. Adulthood is legally defined at age 18, except for drinking. A persuasive argument can be made that our drinking age laws violate the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees equal protection for all. (BTW, this should have prevented all of the "Jim Crow" racial discrimination laws from the 1870s-1960s, but we just ignored that part of the Constitution.) 2) One of my favorite beers is Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout. It's a rare treat because it's so expensive.

It really depends on the pub whether there's a dart board. Usually ones with dart boards often have pool tables.

I love watching this guys videos! You guys should react to more of them.

In Portland Oregon the State law requires that every pub have cooked food so a lot of pubs are also the best eateries, there are also a lot of Hawaiian bars (as in owned by Hawaiians with Hawaiian food) for some reason.

Lawrence lives in Chicago (found out in other vids). We have several places in Chicago that close at 4 AM/5 AM on weekends. But there a limited number of licenses, they cost more than 2x the 2AM and no new ones are issued. One must wait until a existing business gives theirs up.

He didn't mention that in some US states there is no "closing time'. I lived in Las Vegas, Nevada about 15 years and most local bars are 24 hours... Not the tourist spots on The Strip, sorry Dave.

Is there anything like Dave and Buster's in the UK? Its basically an adult Chuck E Cheese

here in Miami-Dade County (Florida), closing time can be 5am, but you can open back up after 1hr.....and a lot of bars close at 5am & open at 6am

I lived in Vegas for a few years right after I graduated and most drinking and the "loads of life" are in the massive hotels. When I was young and had the damn energy we'd "hit the strip" every single night. Underage drinking and gambling. A few very beautiful ladies of the night. The hotels are so massive the only people you really see on the street are just moving from hotel to hotel. The masses on the streets usually happen during the day when tourists are awake trying to see everything and if you're on vacation, you can't unless you have a few months and even then good luck unless you just walk passed everything and never stop anywhere. Our favorite spots circa 2005 were Cesar's and The Stratosphere. Usually valet at Cesar's, get drinks, hit a club, and walk to The Stratosphere for hookah, more drinks, the slingshot for an adrenaline rush and head back to Cesar's. Lots of celebrities hangout in the clubs there and unless you are local it's difficult to get in a lot of places. You learn after a few to just not give a shit. My buddy made Paris Hilton cry because he wouldn't dance. That kind of thing happens quite a bit because those party going celeb types will hit clubs and think "I'm gonna get so much attention". No, sorry. We've had enough of you, no one cares.

I love being on the west coast here in states; you can go watch NFL games at 9am drink & have breakfast/ brunch buffet ; and all over the states can go at ~6am to pubs for Premier soccer (err football) & other I live International games with time difference

The two sports where you can play with a beer in your hand: darts and cornhole.

I was 14 when I got my drivers permit. Got my license at fifteen. 90’s Hawaii. Looking back, that shit was insane

To me he seems to be describing more commercial bars or pubs in America. Not local bars in cities or towns. But there’s a lot crossover between the two and not nearly as many like strict local bars anymore anywhere.

Bruh, we are drinking every weekend by like age 14 or 16 in the states... Had fake ID at 18... nobody learns to drink at 21!

Shiner Bock is a Texas local beer. Just a really famous popular one. It comes from Shiner, Texas.

I love the places where people can get together and catch up and at a certain time have a bit of music.

The Vegas Strip has become a lot more for tourism than partying. Prices are all jacked up there too. Downtown Vegas (Fremont Street) is where the late night drunk crowds are more likely to be hanging out, with it's outdoor bands and cheaper booze. You may have been in the wrong place if you were looking for late night shenanigans.

License requirements vary by state but generally speaking you can get your permit at 15 and your license at 16.

I worked as a barmaid and a bartender in my younger years and it was great money. My hourly wage wasn't, but the tips had me making more than most professionals.

The drinking age thing is a simplification: for example Idaho's drinking age was 19 until the national drinking age was introduced. Since I was going to USU at the time, and it is only about 20 miles to the Idaho State Line, I got a job as a bartender-well until the fun police raised the age...

While the drinking age is ridiculous in America, I’ve never met anyone who hadn’t began drinking before turning 21. In English and German descent families it’s common for children to have a tiny cup of wine at dinner. We really don’t pay much mind to the legal age.

Many states allow you to get your permit prior to your 16th birthday and then you can take your driving test on your 16th. Other states require the new driver to take driver's ed before they can get their license. I had my permit before I turned 16, but my son was required to complete a driver's ed course and didn't get his license until much later. As for the age of 21, there was a spike in deaths after the drinking ages went down to 18. Also, think about the ages of our high school students. I turned 18 at the beginning of my senior year. The 18-year-olds were who the others went to for cigarettes. Do teens still have 21-year-olds and other adults who buy them alcohol? Yes, of course. But, they have fewer people they can turn to. In my home state, they went so far as revoking your license until 21 if you got caught drinking underage and increased the fines massively. But, if you want to see effed-up liquor laws, research Utah. Ohhhhh boy. They are seriously messed up.

Driving age differs by state. In my home state of Montana you learn to drive at 14, get your license at 15. A lot of farming families mean people drive early.

I was on a road trip across the states and we stopped at a bar in Texas. It was legal for a 15 year old girl to be there as long as she was accompanied by an adult. My friends and I were completely shocked.

In the US an 18-year-old is responsible enough to vote, sign a contract, own a home, fight in war, serve on a jury and condemn someone to death and even own a tavern, but not responsible enough to take a drink of beer.

If in a farm, a 14year old can drive some farm and trucks for the business of the family farm. If raised by grandparents, you can also drive your grandparents around at 14.

I don't go to a pub without Guinness! Here in Minnesota, bar closing is 2am and there are a few Irish authentic pubs!

There's an Islandic bar in NYC called Valhalla

In a lot of states you can drink under parental supervision

You can get your permit at 15 years 6 months and then need to drive for 6 months with a licensed adult before being able to apply for your driving license. Some states may vary from this, but it the case in most. Many teenagers get their license at 16 but there are many who wait. Kids on farms can usually drive farm equipment by 12 as long as they stay on the property,

Most states in the middle you can get a provisional license at 14. It's necessary for farm kids to be able to drive to school. Most farmer's kids start driving very young. I was driving a standard transmission grain truck at the age of 12. You can drive without another licensed driver in the car from sunrise to sunset.

Lol 😂! I entered a pub in London and lingered by the door, expecting some sort of instruction, such as please seat yourself or I’ll be right with you (to seat us at a table). Instead, after looking around curiously and standing by the door for some time, I was completely ignored. Puzzled 🤔, I left. Didn’t get a drink the entire vacation!

You can craft brews for $5/pint. American/English Browns, Porters, IPAs, Stouts, Lagers.

In the USA u can get your permit at 15 and some states it’s 15 and 1/2. You have to have your permit for 6 months but you can get your drivers license at 16, but gotta have a permit for 6 months no matter what.

In the US, one can get a driver's permit at age 15 and half. After 6 months of behind the wheel practice, then can one obtain their license at 16.

Closing times here in the states’ bars also depends on the liquor license of that particular bar. Some bars/clubs here in Florida don’t close until 5 or 6 AM the next morning. At least they used to before the pandemic. A lot of the restaurants that have bars stay open a little later, like TGI Fridays, Applebee’s and Outback Steakhouse for example.

In Wisconsin children can legally drink with a parent present ; there is officially no minimum age, just at discretion of the bar/ pub owner /manager 🤷‍♂️🤔🤣

In Seattle we have pinball bars, Cinebars(movies bars), Breweries, German theme, english, irsh, etc. I would also consider Dave and Busters/Gameworks(huge arcades) bar's.

worked in a nightclub - keeping tabs on whos next is fucking exhausting!!

I'm an American but I grew up in Germany in the 1980s. The old joke was if you were tall enough to reach the counter you could order a beer. My German friend would mix beer with cola, a drink for kids. Did not like. German-style Dunkelweizen is my beer of choice till the day I die.

Was a bartender for 16 years in the states. Because of tipping, we make a very good living in the states. But with that, comes a responsibility to deliver the best service we're capable of. Otherwise, people stop tipping and stop coming to your bar.

Yes we have a lot of dart boards and bars. LOL

Learner’s Permit: 15 Driver’s license: 16 Voting: 18 Tobacco: 18 Porn: 18 Draft age: 18 Gun ownership: 18 Drinking age: 21 Marijuana age in states where it’s legal: 21 It feels crazy even being able to mention that last one. 😂

Well in America they have to card you legally. If they don't they can lose their license to sell alcohol. That and the person that is serving you can be held legally responsible for selling alcohol to a minor. Losing your liquor license can be the death of a restaurant.

Woodlands - Molly's, The Flying Pug, The Blue Lion, The Goose's Acre, 242, Highlander, The Golden Retriever

In South Mississippi we have quite a few bars that stay open all night.. usually gay bars and irish themed ones. Others have to close due to the chances of violence being alot higher after 2-3 a.m. there's plenty of "hole in the wall" bars(pubs) that never close. I was at one during hurricane Katrina until it floated away. We had a blow up mattress and floated away with as many bottle as we could float on it while we grabbed the sides 🤣🤣🤣 pornhub isn't all we're known for here. We may not be the only in Florida videos... But that's bc they'd run out of space doing video on how amazing the citizens here are. ALL EPIC IN OUR OWN WAYS. VERY EPIC PEOPLE 🤣🤣 🍻 Cheers mate

In the US we have a ton of variety and terminology. 1.) Bar - just any old shit hole with shit beer, cheap, shit food. 2.) Pub - Irish or English emulated. Pub Chip Shop is a local one by me. Tons of people will go there for Euro-soccer and rugby events. 3.) Gastro-Pub - More expensive than a bar with far more craft beer and they are known for very well done $$ food that pairs well with beer. 4.) Taprooms - Usually attached to actual breweries where all their beers are on tap.. It's slowly also a Taproom if a group of breweries are featured in it, kind of like a buddy system under one roof.. heavy on local beers but can also have larger craft beers. Only craft beers, high alcohol beers (8-10+% ABV), variety of styles. Not uncommon for 30+ taps with different beers. 5.) Breweries - We have a ton of micro breweries and even nano breweries. A lot of experimental beers can be found.. everyone working there is very passionate about brewing beer and the staff are involved in the process of making the beer or at least taste-testing etc.. A lot of the time there are food trucks, and these are a great place to get growlers filled etc.. I have breweries around me that are massive and hold hundreds of people or ones that have 6 seats at a bar in a little hole in the wall. This is by no means an official list or definition but just in my area the terms my friends and I will use to describe where we will be going to drink and how much we expect to pay etc.. It is not uncommon at all to go to a brewery and pay $8+ a pint (not including tips).. or on the other hand go to some shithole place having college night and paying $1-$2 for miller/coors/bud . The options are limitless in the US and I've traveled overseas alot and people still make fun of American Beer. Our craft beer scene in the US is not even remotely on the same wave-length of anywhere else in the world. I struggle to even find a half-decent IPA in many countries, or what they do have and call an IPA is not even close.

The thinking about learning how to drink, in America, is that if you're going to learn how to drink at age 16 or 18, you should do it at home with your parents, so that you are properly supervised. And yes, it's completely legal for your parents to give you alcohol at home at those ages. (But there's a social taboo against doing so when visitors are over to your house, especially in the middle class.) A lot of parents *don't* teach their kids how to drink, because they don't want their kids to drink; but that's a cultural issue, not a legal one. Themed bars can definitely have themes other than Irish or English. There are sports bars, honky-tonk bars, sports bars, sixties themed bars, eighties themed bars, sports bars, bars themed after television programs (Star Trek, Cheers, ...), nautical themed bars, sports bars, medieval-tavern themed bars, more sports bars, ... did I mention sports bars?

So, you can get a learners permit at 15 and a provisional license at 16. The drunk driving incidents were primarily caused by various different states having different drinking ages. Kids would drive over to states where they could drink, get shitfaced, and then drive home. In the US we have a thing that would put the dart throwing activity in its place as far as drunk people throwing sharp objects are concerned. Some bars here have axe throwing. It is probably about the same price for a pint over here. Our pints are smaller and cost $5 on the low end. At time of writing $5 is roughly 4 quid. You can get cheaper at happy hour, but that's a specific time frame. I typically tip about 50% at bars because I'm saving money going there and not to other places where I'd spend a lot more money.

Most sports bars have the electronic dart boards in Houston. It's hard to find a place to break out your set of Unicorns (I may have dated myself) on an "analog(?)" dart board.

The ridiculous thing is that when you're 18 in the USA, you're old enough to buy an AR-15, or die for your country in a war, but you won't be responsible enough to have a beer until you're 21.

In states like Wisconsin your able to also drink with a meal and your parents.

In the US, servers still get paid at least minimum wage. If their tips don't add up to minimum wage, the restaurant has to compensate for that. But if you're a decent server, you'll make more (sometimes much more) than minimum wage, anyway.

8:32 - "That's if everybody takes their test at 16" - The US is very very car centric. It's incredibly hard to get around without a car. I'm sure not _everyone_ takes their driver's test at 16, but I would put it in the 90% range. If you live in a larger, compact city area with plenty of public transportation (like New York or Chicago, not Los Angeles), you can probably get away with not getting a license, but just about everywhere else you need a car and a license to do.... well.. anything. After school job? School activities? Hanging with friends? Cars are just necessary. Out here in farm country, it's not unusual to see 14-year-olds bringing stuff in or buying things for the farm at the co-op in the old beater truck.

You can get your permit at 15, and you can get your license at 16 in the US

In Wisconsin it’s legal to have a drink with your legal guardian no matter what age

In answer to the names of the two pubs in The Woodlands, we’re you thinking of Baker St. and the Goose’s Acre?

You can get a driving permit at 14, driving license at 16. The primary reason for age 21 is because of driving. Unlike European drinkers, most people in America drive a car and they have great distances to drive. For instance, here in Iowa, if someone lives in Treynor and goes drinking after work in Council Bluffs Iowa or Omaha Nebraska...they have a 25 mile drive to get home.

In the US 16 is the age you get your driver's license, 15 is when you get your permit where you have to have an adult in the vehicle to drive.

In regards to driving age in the U.S. it varies from state to state. In Kansas I got a learners permit at 14, a restricted license at 15 (let’s you drive to school and work only), and my unrestricted license at 16. But my Missouri neighbors next door are all one year older for each phase of the licenses