9 things foreigners do that annoy British people

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@davidhyams2769 2 жыл бұрын

A Texan was comparing the size of the potatoes he was served with his meal when visiting the UK compared to how big they were "back home." The response, was "we grow them fit our mouths, just like you do."

@Kay-ly3hb 2 жыл бұрын

Epic

@mrade5321 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 (I love Texans by the way) 👍

@midnightwind8067 2 жыл бұрын

How unwelcoming. I’m sure your response to his observation made you look...... pathetic.

@davidhyams2769 2 жыл бұрын

@@midnightwind8067 Maybe I should have expressed the Texan's observations better as being more by way of complaint and being boastful about how much better everything was in America. He fully deserved the put-down, not that he would necessarily have understood the depth of British sarcasm.

@michellemaine2719 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect!

@nickshale6926 2 жыл бұрын

7:38 Just to quantify here; to receive a British ‘tutting’ would be the equivalent of a drive-by shooting anywhere else in the world.

@robertewalt7789 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe the US, at least.

@welshpete12 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, can be quite deadly !

@blumatrix1960 2 жыл бұрын

The queue cutting thing is so true, you risk being the recipient of a severe tutting at with that kind of barbaric behaviour.

@MS-19 2 жыл бұрын

Queueing should really come at the head of the list. One of the best ways to avoid committing that unforgivable sin of queue jumping (or, as we said at school, "pushing in") is to arm yourself with such questions as: "Is this the queue?" "Are you in the queue?" "Is this the end of the queue?" In the event that a queue doesn't look obvious, such questions may be worth asking of those standing in the area. It could save your bacon, as the saying goes!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

😂 you're so right!

@jillhobson6128 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps Surely all civilised countries have the same attitude to queuing, it's not just a UK thing, it's politeness. It's sad if other countries can't understand manners.

@corleth2868 2 жыл бұрын

When I've seen queue jumping it's resulted in a lot more than staring daggers and tutting too. It's usually a lot of swearing and threats of violence, or maybe that's just me ;o)

@jillhobson6128 2 жыл бұрын

@@mementomori1022 I just mean polite and considerate.

@davidwebley6186 2 жыл бұрын

@@mementomori1022 Yes ! If they do not bother to learn the basic etiquette of moving around and behaving in foreign lands. These days with the internet information is freely available so there is very limited excuses. In my experience of living as a Brit in the UK and also in parts of Europe the most rude and discourteous are North Americans and German Youths.

@MrLukealbanese 2 жыл бұрын

I remember coming back home to London on a plane from the US once and a very nice elderly couple from Texas got talking to me and asked what Church I went to. I asked them if they had ever visited the UK (or Europe) before and they said that no, this was their first time abroad. I had to gently break the shocking news to them that it was not OK to ask someone about their religion in the UK unless specifically asked to do so. In the US people frequently seem to ask about your religious beliefs, but then they obviously didn't realise that we've been through several hundred years of religious wars (and in fact are quite secular for the most part in modern times).

@SteveMrW 2 жыл бұрын

I do not see that as a problem.

@welshpete12 2 жыл бұрын

@@SteveMrW I do !!

@SteveMrW 2 жыл бұрын

@@welshpete12 Why?

@marcelwiszowaty1751 2 жыл бұрын

Regarding the "getting in the way" thing. The absolute worst is a group of people (not necessarily foreigners or tourists) stopping and chatting in the *only* doorway in and out of a building, particularly shops. Please don't do that! 😉

@ShaneWalta Жыл бұрын

British people do that too in some situations. I've worked in pubs, and it's so annoying when a group of people stand right next to the door to get behind the bar, and it happens so often!

@marcelwiszowaty1751 Жыл бұрын

@@ShaneWalta I can imagine! I would think in any case that working behind a bar on a busy Saturday night (particularly as certain patrons get more and more inebriated) can be pretty stressful.

@stanettiels7367 2 жыл бұрын

Tutting followed by an audible exhale is one of the best, most passive aggressive put downs ever. I love it and do it to my girlfriend all the time to annoy her. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇨🇦.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@BiscuitGeoff 2 жыл бұрын

The flipside of the queuing phenomenom is that I have seen nervous tourists start a trailing queue in a pub, rather than gathering around the bar. You still need to wait your turn in a pub, but you wait at the bar.

@afpwebworks 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in Australia. I once worked with a Brit who had migrated to Australia about 3 years previously. He was forever telling us how much better it was back home in UK than in Australia. (Yes guaranteed to endear yourself to the locals!). It nearly came to a fist fight one day when he was complaining that Australia was a backward country compared to the UK. "Back home we could get a newspaper outside the football stadium with the results from all around the country at about 5pm on Saturday afternoon. Here in Australia you guys are so backward none of the Saturday papers have the UK football results!" Despite our efforts we could NOT get him to see that at 5pm Saturday in Australia, none of the UK matches had even had a kickoff yet, let alone have a result.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my goddd 😂

@wessexdruid7598 2 жыл бұрын

Stupidity is not a trait peculiar to any nationality.

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

@@wessexdruid7598 neither is withering contempt ;)

@thetrevor861 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry mate. I hope other Brits have not been such dipsticks in your presence, and with other Aussies. On the other hand, we had a new barman in the pub, an Aussie. After about 2 minutes, he was named Skippy.

@AutoAlligator 2 жыл бұрын

Australia is a shit-show of a country (respect)

@gabbymcclymont4167 2 жыл бұрын

My brother is a burns victim, at 11 months he got 48%, he was tied down for a very long time. He’s a grown man with 2 kids, but he never learnt spacial awareness, so he stands too close to everyone, I just push him back. It’s odd after 17years of horrific operation this is his biggest problem, he is great when kids watch him he says don’t juggle with kettles, it puts kids at ease.

@eze8970 2 жыл бұрын

I give this video 9 out of 9 Faux Pax..., which being French, shows how diversified our language is! Thanks Alanna!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

😂 Thanks for watching!

@iainmalcolm9583 2 жыл бұрын

Queuing never really bothered me. I'm always telling people to just go in front of me when I have a full trolley and they have a little basket. Strange thing is that only about 50% take up the offer. Must be the power of the 'queue'.

@RoyCousins 2 жыл бұрын

You're not a foreigner. You're a Canadian. 🇨🇦🇬🇧

@marck717 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Alanna, That was another great video. I’m from Illinois (Long Grove), and when I was young, I used to go to South Florida (Sunrise) to visit my grandparents for Winter Break. About half the population of their neighborhood was Canadian Snowbirds and the other half was mostly from New York. My grandparents Canadian friends would always greet me with the biggest hugs while most of their friends from NY would simply shake my hand, which being from the Midwest where hugs are the standard way to greet people you know, I thought the New Yorkers were cold and unfriendly. So my grandma explained that her New York friends are just as nice as her Canadian friends, but are raised with cultural differences. And that was really the first time I became aware that people from different regions had completely different customs. I think your video was really important because it is very helpful to understand what not to do in another country. Thanks, Marc K

@davidjones332 2 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that in discussing "getting in the way" you didn't mention escalators in the Tube or department stores: stand on the right, walk on the left !!!!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh of course!

@trickygoose2 2 жыл бұрын

And then there's those really annoying people who step off the end of the escalator and stop!

@alancrane4693 2 жыл бұрын

And do as you are told! Unless you are bojo

@AaronTheHipHopGuy 2 жыл бұрын

That was so funny! You always do a great job at making the sponsored sections of your videos funny! I really appreciate how light hearted and fun your videos are right now! Hope you’re having a good day and hope you have a great weekend!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Aaron!!

@eddymccabe5351 2 жыл бұрын

True story on "getting in the way/being in a hurry" - a visually impaired chap in London had a small German Shepherd guide dog, they were a very fast-paced unit, and to get past slow-walking women the dog would put her cold nose on the lady's leg, then skip past when the person cried out and stopped. Sadly she had to be retired very early, as her frustration grew and she progressed to nipping them on the calf, and complaints were made about this "aggressive alsatian"....

@welshpete12 2 жыл бұрын

:-) The thought of a sheep dug shepherding slow walking tourists in London makes my mind boggle . What a wonderful idea ! Have you thought of putting up the idea to The British Tourist Board in London ?

@Nanonic001 2 жыл бұрын

As to 'not getting in the way' you'll also see this played out when tourists take photos of things or each other. British people will literally STOP and wait until the photo has been taken because we don't want to get in the way!

@flitsertheo 2 жыл бұрын

I really hate people running in front of the camera when I'm obviously taking pictures, especially when there is room behind me to pass. If it wasn't such a precious tool I could bash their head with my heavy East-German camera.

@Quaker521 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, tutting - Then you know that you have invoked the maximum distaste from a Brit! 😂😂 Great video. 👍😊

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😃

@billmayor8567 2 жыл бұрын

Add an uff to it that’s seriously getting into dangerous territory 😉

@weedle30 2 жыл бұрын

@@billmayor8567 and a raised eyebrow or two….accompanied by a 🙄

@Doug791 2 жыл бұрын

@@weedle30 that's going too far .

@weedle30 2 жыл бұрын

@@Doug791 one eyebrow?

@roysimpson9711 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a very tolerant person from Yorkshire and we tend to be friendly and warm .In fact there are only 2 things that annoy me about foreigners and that is Everything they say and everything they do. (only joking )

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

😂 brutal!

@roysimpson9711 2 жыл бұрын

@@importedvixen Also they have no sense of humour

@BostonBobby1961 2 жыл бұрын

I’m an American and I love that sense of humor.

@adfe8921 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I've watched them all. Particularly enjoyed this one! 👍

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@RichDoes.. 2 жыл бұрын

I worked at a northern place for many yrs... got friendly with a cpl of Londoners that used to use the bar in my workplace... they LOVED the fact they could spark up a conversation with anyone!

@welshpete12 2 жыл бұрын

I for one like Americans and we used to get a lot here before the pandemic. The two things that make me see red is talking loud in a restaurant or shop and queue jumping . I dare say there are things I do that Americans don't like when I'm in the States .

@Richdbiskit 2 жыл бұрын

The personal space one, I Also get annoyed when I park in a supermarket car park miles away from any car, and when I return with my shopping someone has parked RIGHT next to me. When there are 1000 empty spaces

@stanleybuchan4610 Жыл бұрын

So true. Why do they do it?

@worcslee1287 2 жыл бұрын

I'm loving your Friday videos, keep them coming :)

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

@stephenparker6362 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Alanna, a nice relaxed video, just what we needed. Some very interesting points. Well done.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@neilgayleard3842 2 жыл бұрын

I am from Kent and foreigners don't bother me. Northerners on the other hand do.

@dave_h_8742 2 жыл бұрын

@@neilgayleard3842 Get scared of the big Northerners do you ?😛

@markelliot1248 2 жыл бұрын

Agree about the queue. Was in the supermarket last week and someone tried to jump the queue people were furious, I distinctly heard some people tutting.

@StonefieldJim4 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. You always look like you're about to start giggling - and you often do. A tonic in these testing times. And you've become quite the expert on the UK. The new Bill Bryson? Brits love having a flattering view of their country reflected back at them. ✌️

@ashofthe3yamyamsa.k.aasher675 2 жыл бұрын

Really great chilled video. Expanding on accents, one thing I find annoying is when people assume they know an accent then say you are from there. Very rude as each area has its own heriatage & the people are proud to be from there. Also a good way to start an argument. I find more these days people stopping randomly are paying more attention to their phone than their suroundings, gives me road rage

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Ashers!!

@dbracer 2 жыл бұрын

This has been one of your best videos, especially the personal space parts.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Yay, thank you!

@Dan-zb7vn 2 жыл бұрын

Good afternoon Alanna great video as usual thanks again for entertaining us.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@wessexexplorer 2 жыл бұрын

Love it! Have a great weekend - hugging is fine… so long as you’ve known them…for years!

@delskioffskinov 2 жыл бұрын

Yeeeaaaahhh! you got sponsored! welldone girl you deserve it! i'm so happy for you! see your content is good enough to get a sponsor! lol!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Doug791 2 жыл бұрын

As a Brit I hadn't actually realised how much I hate people just GETTING IN MY WAY . Just thinking about it now makes me want to push some idiot over. I might nip into my village tomorrow and hang around till someone gets in my way , then they're in for it.😂

@ForburyLion 2 жыл бұрын

The worse queue jumping happens on the roads, If you jump the queue don't expect to be allowed back in when reach the front.

@stevelknievel4183 2 жыл бұрын

I'm fairly sure you'll realise this once I mention it but doing something 'in the round' usually refers to a theatre performance where the audience sits around the edge of the stage. What you mean is 'buying a round' or 'getting a round in'.

@andymcgarty3099 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I'm all for the hugging, well I was precovid! Great examples, and all valid. Bad manners also annoys me.

@michaels1422 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Alanna. 1. With you on queues. Hardly a week goes by without me giving the evil eye to someone queue jumping. 2. Not just foreign people playing music out loud. UK teenagers do it. A lot.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

It's so funny you should say that - made the mistake of being on the train today when kids were leaving school and they music they played out loud 😩 horrible!

@dave_h_8742 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps That's not music...... Had a beat in my day....... and you never heard Val Doonican swearing. 😂

@alancrane4693 2 жыл бұрын

It used to be getto blaster's on their shoulders and hopefully a valcun visitor will perform the stun grip on the offender.

@malcomflibbleghast8140 2 жыл бұрын

the teef thing sis a hangover from ww2...the yanks with their pearly whites, and us brits with their gummy grins, gurning at em....

@richt71 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Alanna, Great vid. I like you have experienced both sides of this having lived abroad for a couple of years. I hated it when expats there would say oh it happens this way in the UK so should be the same here! Isn't part of living abroad that fact you get to experience how countries do things a little different? Oh and to your point of stopping in the wrong place. Only yesterday a couple of young tourists decided to stop at the bottom of the stairs in baker street station during evening rush hour! They quickly learnt this wasn't the best idea!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@shearerslegs 2 жыл бұрын

I honestly thought the only foreign thing that really bothered me was not saying aluminium properly but the idea of random hugs from strangers is not a comfortable one. Thank you for the video I am enjoying the three videos a week and hope they continue. I hope you and the butler have a great weekend

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

Aluminum and Aluminium are two different things. One is an element. The other Is an alloy. Most US kids never learn this. For some reason.

@clivebrealey6795 2 жыл бұрын

@@zapkvr They're the same - it's just a different way of spelling the name, one is typically North American (Aluminum) and the other English (Aluminium) - it's the element with the atomic number 13 in the Periodic Table, I've seen both spellings on illustrations of the table :-)

@jillhobson6128 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps I strongly resent being hugged by anyone.

@matthewnewling2707 2 жыл бұрын

@@zapkvr There is no difference, they are separate names for the same thing. Upon discovery Humphrey Davy named it Aluminum, but other contemporary scientists disliked the name on etymological grounds. It was later mentioned in a publication of one of Davy's lectures by The Royal Society as Aluminium, and the two have been in common parlence ever since

@daniel_unique 2 жыл бұрын

you are so spot on with the shame of getting tutted at when you do something wrong, I always find it funny queuing where there's no space to properly form a queue and the awkward feeling of having to then join the queue when its gone done but you feel like you are jumping in, I never look back to see if the person behind me has understood the predicament i was in when there was no space to join the queue or if they are now just killing me with a stare

@chrisfg13 Жыл бұрын

Just to comment on the subject of queueing Alanna, I totally agree. I was lucky enough to spend nearly 4 years living in a "small" town in central China and, in my experience, they had no concept of queueing whatsoever. It was a complete free-for-all at supermarkets and shops, although different in banks where armed security guards were there to keep order lol.

@eddymccabe5351 2 жыл бұрын

Re - buying of rounds, many years ago back in my native Scotland, it was even unacceptable to have, for example, a full pint except on your own round, then only buy a half-pint for yourself. Nor could you drop out of other people's rounds - to do so would make you a "lightweight", and therefore a laughing stock...., then you'd find they'd bought you a pint anyway!

@RichDoes.. 2 жыл бұрын

quite right about the round thogh.. everyone hates the short armed, deep pocketed one

@anthjs70 2 жыл бұрын

It's lovely, you've made the transition to being British in No.8, mainly by saying we throughout it. Hadn't really thought about it but I always get out of the way if i don't know where I am, it's honestly instictive if you're British I think.

@matc6221 2 жыл бұрын

Have a great weekend Alanna 👍👍👍

@galaxywhispers1787 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always Alanna. 🙂

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

@tiny5719 2 жыл бұрын

Not me waiting for putting the milk before the water when making tea

@matc6221 2 жыл бұрын

Phew! No premiere reminder, I was thinking you weren't doing a video today 😢 Lucky I was totally wrong! Its sunny, its Alanna Friday. You amped up Friday so much that I forgot I was freezing my butt off 🤗🎉🎈

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Videos every Friday!! Just not doing the premiere's anymore, but thanks for watching!

@matc6221 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps 😀

@suzanneantippas8420 2 жыл бұрын

You so perfectly described the custom also in place in New York City!! Everyone walking must keep moving while adjusting to everyone else's pace and direction so no one touches anyone else and no one stops unless they first move out of the stream of traffic. I've lived here so long it's second nature to me and I don't even realize the adjustments I make for others as I'm walking in the street or on the sidewalk. I hate to admit it but I hate walking in the City with an out-of-town friend or family member who doesn't know how to navigate our streets, there's often some embarrassing encounter I have to explain. And I can be silently infuriated at some person, probably a tourist, who is blocking my passage when he/she should simply move a tiny bit out of the way. In a way it's kind of fascinating how all of this silent communication and perception has developed among city walkers. It was quite interesting to hear that it's the same in England.

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

For decades I thought the "round" was Australian. I first read it in the book Theyre a weird mob by Nino Culotta a nom de pseud of John O'Grady. I read the book in 73 in high school. It has been a cultural institution here for a very long time. It's call a "shout" not a round.

@DontPanicDear 2 жыл бұрын

I was in the USA for the first time in my teens. It was amazing and I loved it. ….but if I dared mention anything new and different, it was taken as a complaint by my over sensitive hosts 🙄

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

Now if you were a contributor for HHGTG you could always offer to give them a write up.

@Elwaves2925 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Alanna, a nice light video for a Friday, just what is needed. Queue jumping is the ultimate sin, foreigner or not. Two from me. 1 - Upload at 3pm on a Tuesday or Friday because that's AlannaTiime (TM). 2 - Over emphasise the 'ham' at the end of place names, i.e. Nottinghaaammm.

@RGC198 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Alanna, thanks for sharing those great pointers. I even found when moving to Melbourne to not say how great my previous home location , Sydney was. That actually wasn't too difficult, as I prefer Melbourne to Sydney. I think it is similar situation when talking about Australia in New Zealand. I found an interesting situation in Sydney. Some areas would never accept queue jumping and other areas it is everyone for themselves. Here in Melbourne in any queues, the front person always has the largest space. On escalators here in Melbourne, there is a keep to the left rule, which allows anyone in a hurry to rush up or down the right side. Anyway, take care. Robert.

@patrickneylan Жыл бұрын

The escalator rule is good. Australians and Britons both drive on the left, as do all civilised nations, which means that slow traffic keeps to the left and is passed by faster traffic on the right. Australians also (annoyingly for us) play wonderful cricket and rugby, which puts them in the top rank of civilised nations. Now that the Irish, who also drive on the left, have a decent cricket team to go with their wonderful rugby team, we now have to accept them as a civilised nation, overturning eight centuries of prejudice (although the genius of Irish literature should have put that prejudice to bed years ago).

@RGC198 Жыл бұрын

@@patrickneylan The escalator rule operates on all city and major suburban railway stations here in Melbourne. However, I am not sure what they do in other Australian major cities.

@79Adam 2 жыл бұрын

I lived in Canada for 7 years.. I used to speak in my best Canadian accent at drive-thru's because otherwise they wouldn't understand me 😂

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@alanknuss1241 2 жыл бұрын

I once went to a job centre in Ottawa looking for work when I was living in Canada. I was told I wouldn’t be suitable for a job in McDonalds because of my British accent!

@harrybarrow6222 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great video Alanna. You are spot on with your list. You are now truly a Brit. 😄 Bye the way, you can check to see any of your fellow travellers wants to talk by a gentle moan about the weather to no-one in particular. And someone may well notice your accent and ask where you are from.. Take it from there. The stereotype is that Brits are standoffish. Not really. We just don’t want to intrude upon or annoy others who might want peace and quiet. So, nobody starts the conversation. 😆

@matc6221 2 жыл бұрын

I loved your observations. Very true about puplic transport, too. If I find a seat to myself on a packed bus and someone has just got on, I'm like thinking please don't sit next to me 😁. Whenever you bring public transport up it I think of your face from an Instagram pic you uploaded years back! 🤣

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@matc6221 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps Thanks for your content 😁. I don't know if you know what picture I'm talking about but hey it summed up the morning commute perfectly 👌

@archiebald4717 2 жыл бұрын

A firm handshake from a safe distance is more than enough as a greeting.

@Mark-he3tl 2 жыл бұрын

"you may even get Tutted at" - Love it, did make me laugh. :D

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

☺️

@101alexs 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video! The one that gets on my goat, generally North Americans, is "hey I can do a Bri'ish accent!" and then you are subjected to some strangled version of Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. Oh and it is usually very easy to spot tourists because they'll smile in public.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

😂 oh my god, smiling in public breaks my heart but you're right!

@dragonmac1234 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with all of these points Alanna, especially hugging. I do hug people I've known for years (family, good friends etc) but I would never hug a stranger. If you jump a queue at the supermarket you will get the death stares and disapproving tutting sounds :)

@lilyliz3071 2 жыл бұрын

Trying to dodge a round in the pub is definitely a no no,my friends and I get seated and first talking point is kitty or rounds ,once that's sorted we get on with enjoying our night

@donmurray3638 2 жыл бұрын

Re the stopping to take a photo. You can see the extreme version of this daily on the Abbey Road London webcam. It's focused on the Zebra crossing made famous on the Beatles album of that name, and tourists dice with death trying to reconstruct it in the traffic!

@srspower 2 жыл бұрын

06:57 at the end of the first lockdown in the UK I spontaneously popped to McD's for a meal at a place I'd not been too before. I accidentally jumped a MASSIVE queue in the drive through but before I realised so it was too late to go back. I got a lot of abuse ...

@watersideanimals215 2 жыл бұрын

I lived in York until I moved away for university. When I was in my teens a group of us had a game . We would all stop in the middle of the street and look up to see how many tourists would join us in staring at the sky 🤣.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

😂 oh my goddd

@ruthfoley2580 2 жыл бұрын

Ha. I went to nursing college in York & we did that too. 🤣

@grantparman4705 2 жыл бұрын

My brain has not yet adjusted to there being a Friday video on this channel. When I saw the notification of a new video, I got excited 😊

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Yay!!! Always new videos on Tuesday and Fridays now!

@grantparman4705 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps 🙂

@SuzieLady 2 жыл бұрын

You have us sussed young lady. Good job! I am a 4th generation born Londoner.. I notice that I have grown so accustomed to the sound of the city, traffic etc that when I go on holiday or somewhere quiet, and it’s time for bed I can’t sleep! I end up putting the fan on or radio. It really unsettled me. Oh.. I hate it when someone invaded my space unnecessarily on transport! Or jumps the queue.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Andrew36597 2 жыл бұрын

I would say they are all generally true, except for the hugs, hugging was such a normal thing when I was in the UK, from close friends, family members to meeting friends of friends for the first time, and if drunk, that can literally be anyone you’ll hug hahaha (But that may be the northern friendliness thing 😂)

@nbclaymore1861 2 жыл бұрын

Oo-er...I nearly forgot you're doing Fridays too now. What a lovely surprise to see you pop up on YT. :-)

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Always Tuesday and Fridays now! 🥳

@grahvis 2 жыл бұрын

I've worked where there were many international students from all over the world but I don't remember any raving about their own country. The nearest was a Canadian woman who recommended I visit Canada, suggesting I would enjoy it..

@janrogers8352 2 жыл бұрын

Students aren't the same as tourists. They come here to learn, not sightsee.

@RedDevil_Joe 2 жыл бұрын

With queuing, when you think of other cultural traits from all over and you think well fair enough if it’s different here…..we are just flat out right when it comes to how serious we take queuing 😂

@stephenphillip5656 2 жыл бұрын

It's true- jumping a queue here in GB is a social sin second only to spitting at someone!

@janrogers8352 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe it has something to do with good old fair play. Everyone gets their turn regardless of gender, age, wealth, health etc.

@RedDevil_Joe 2 жыл бұрын

@@janrogers8352 yeah exactly, there can’t really be any argument to it

@Dragonblaster1 2 жыл бұрын

I think we’re so focused on our personal space because it’s such a crowded country. The UK is about the size of a medium American state, but we have one-fifth the population of the United States.

@garywallace8521 2 жыл бұрын

A phrase we use in the UK is ‘going against the grain’ roughly meaning upsetting the normal practice of daily life. A pleasant video Alanna. Thanks 😊

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome back Alanna. 5:18 am in Geelong. Thanks for the delightful wake up call.

@howardkey1639 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Alanna, all those things on your list are definitely annoying but you missed out No.10, having a foreigner hold up the queue at the supermarket till because they are expecting someone to load up their bags. Also I did not realise how good a VPN Nord VPN was, I must sign up specially if it makes you feel like you are being snuggled by a duvet. By the way did I mention Nord VPN. 🤗

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Howard!

@raiskis1 2 жыл бұрын

UK expat here. My only experience of Canada is Vancouver where I found people to be quite reserved.

@Chahlie 2 жыл бұрын

Vancouver is a completely different animal, unless you go to the Punjabi market district. The island is where we are friendly :)

@billmayor8567 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Alannah . As a Brit I totally agree. If I ever went to Canada, I would totally adopt the culture and lifestyle eh!😊

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@RobG001 Жыл бұрын

Lol

@shirleyboy8859 2 жыл бұрын

I spent 7 months living in Bellville Ontario.. I loved Canada. It is a wonderful place to live..... The only thing you have to be aware of is its Size....... It is Mahoosive!!!! I was brought up in Halifax UK, I wanted to visit Halifax Nova Scotia I had 5 days off work so I thought I would visit....... After driving all day I was still not halfway!!!! so stopped in Montreal instead..... :-))) xx

@3lmodfz 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from the south and I agree with the personal space thing lol. I was on a bus many moons ago, right at the front at the top of a double decker. Loads of free seats up there, it was super empty. And some woman decided to sit right next to me! I was like WTF, are there no other seats you can choose?? I was so angry lol.

@wayne7521 2 ай бұрын

Why did you forget to remove your stick ??? Was they offensive ...with b o ...? Ot looks ..not good enough ... Southern pompous asses 😂😂😂😂😂 fro. A friendly northener

@SnabbKassa 2 жыл бұрын

Famous joke headline: Northerner terrorizes Londoners by saying "Hello"

@jcasillas78 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Also asking for ice in a beverage, it will get you a disgruntled sigh and a single lonely ice cube...

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@jrd33 2 жыл бұрын

I find it's more of a battle to stop bar staff putting unwanted ice in my drink (which often happens even after I've asked them not to).

@anneheffner6389 2 жыл бұрын

Heavens! I would love the UK. I have major boundary issues and do NOT like to be hugged or touched by strangers or friends. I agree with all your points. I wish it weren't too late in my disease that I could find a way to make the move. Oh, and I am exceedingly shy and dislike loud rude people. On transportation I wouldn't ever take a seat next to someone if there were seats available in empty rows. Love the video, Alanna!

@Dragonblaster1 2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree that if I moved to another country, I would adapt to its way of life. I don’t do that on my frequent business trips, because I think it would come across as patronising if I tried to come across as American, Turkish or French, but I would use local words where the English equivalent could be confused, so in a Turkish restaurant, I tend to ask for “mercimek çorbası” for lentil soup, or in an American restaurant, I would ask for “French fries” rather than chips.

@redsnappersadler34 2 жыл бұрын

It’s really annoying the way Elana has worked us out so well! Great video-as usual! Thanks for the laughs

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@georgefoster8133 2 жыл бұрын

The hugging thing is spot on 😂 I went on a school trip to a family in Chicago at 11 y/o and they all hugged me, I totally froze, most Brits/Irish are not huggy 😂

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@gdfggggg 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a huggy British person and everyone except me finds it weird.

@michaelball4683 2 жыл бұрын

@@gdfggggg You're in the minority then. You should learn from that

@fionnaaragazza7777 2 жыл бұрын

Cannot say for Southern English but I went to Yorkshire, very friendly people who when they heard me speaking French asked where we came from and several times in the streets even without talking , English came to talk ... Which was very funny. The queue might be true as well as waiting to cross the zebra crossing as pedestrians , people do not want the red picture or the seconds to cross , they just check out if no car.

@grenvallion 2 жыл бұрын

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@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

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@BostonBobby1961 2 жыл бұрын

I live in the USA but I’m of Italian descent. Italians are very touchy-feely. I only hug people I’ve known or haven’t seen for a long time.

@fionnaaragazza7777 2 жыл бұрын

Same , and as well from the Italian diaspora but in France.

@garywallace8521 2 жыл бұрын

A particular annoyance I hate is from experience that North Americans don’t add Please when asking for something ie I want a glass of water or can you get me another drink 🍺 that added to the fact men will enter a building or home and sit eating still wearing a hat , normally of the baseball variety. Again I am sure this is the norm within their culture but somewhat frowned upon here in the UK 🇬🇧.

@petertyson4022 2 жыл бұрын

We don't mind buying a drink if someone says in the beginning, that they haven't got much money . One thing we British that get up our nose. Is when you open or keep a door open for someone and don't say thank you or in some way. Very rude. Good show.👍. Be safe 😷

@jonb3311 2 жыл бұрын

I've seen Londoners move to the countryside because it is so quiet and laid back. After a few months, they start complaining that the locals need to get off their arses and get things done - like they do in London.

@alancrane4693 2 жыл бұрын

I know and the looks they give you when you tell them to go back to their own country, Ruddy Londoners mind you I have seen less complaints with the price difference in the pub.

@matc6221 2 жыл бұрын

YAY! For Friday!! :D

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

🥳

@matc6221 2 жыл бұрын

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@chrisshelley3027 2 жыл бұрын

You are some kind of miracle worker, when you started this public service announcement I was expecting it to be perhaps predictable, I swear that you have the ability to turn dust into gold, not once did you make it seem as though we Brits are monsters toward tourists, you gave excellent information from both perspectives, yes we have all been there at some point and it is horrible, but you Alanna should be getting paid £££££ for the service that you provide to the UK, bless your heart and thank you from the bottom of my heart :)

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

You are so kind! Thank you!!

@jeremywentworth1833 2 жыл бұрын

It never ever happened jumping the que until other European nationals as in the other side of Europe and I've scene several times people going mad but thank god who ever at checkout kiosk etc has refused to serve them and told them they must join at the end of the que

@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your sponsor but I did reload the page three times when you froze before I realised you were doing it!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

😂 oh no!

@terencecarroll1812 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a southerner whose gone to live up north and was surprised how open and friendly they are. Down south people are so far up their own arse they taste their food twice.

@paulyh4531 2 жыл бұрын

40 years ago the south was a friendly place and like the north , alas it's not now because people got greedy.

@terencecarroll1812 2 жыл бұрын

I agree, not only greedy but but think they are better than everyone else because of it. Maggie Thatcher is to blame for all that

@alancrane4693 2 жыл бұрын

That's because it's more expensive down South.

@terencecarroll1812 2 жыл бұрын

That's the North South divide.

@importedvixen 2 жыл бұрын

Yup true Im a foreigner living in the North Would never live in London Fake people