Please never leave your island again

Wasting food, mocking other cultures and turning your nose up at the idea of free basic shelter is possibly the most misguided way to “stand up” for the working class.

Oh well, I guess I should at least address it, as what's presented in the video is far from what happened in reality. The beauty of KZfaq, everyone... First things first, thank you to everyone for all the supporting comments (even if a couple were a little less so). To be honest, I'm quite surprised by this video myself, as one: that's not the deal we've had, two: they were actually quite friendly in person, we've had quite an enjoyable chat, including discussing some British panel shows I've been watching when they arrived (I would assume that's why the TV is blurred - for copyright reasons). However to set the facts straight: 1. I admit my flat was not in the best condition. They knew it. They've been warned beforehand, I had my hosting status as "maybe" partly because of that. And I did encourage them to try and find a different host, as mine was not truly ready for guests, but I would still be willing if I'm the only option. 2. I agreed to host them mostly because the feel of the whole piece was supposed to be (as it was described to me) showing the absurdity of British food prices (and presenting couchsurfing as a viable option for staying if you want to do it on the cheap). 3. As some have guessed, by they time they arrived at my place, it was already agreed they would not be staying - however the reason was never some fake "family emergency". I wonder how much of it is true, but the story that was given to me was that they managed to switch to a flight the same day (I was even given an exact hour of the flight, so it might have actually been true - not sure about the hostel scene though). 4. They did however film several variants of the story, one being "we found a better flight, but we could have stayed here, if we didn't" that I was told, and they even prepared a version where they pretended to go to sleep after all (which was the most prevailing variant for most of the time - one of the reasons why I don't really speak much on camera is not just because of how they cut it, but I just didn't want to take much part in the "fake stay" version - I'm neither good nor comfortable with lying). To be honest, if they presented either of those variants, I'd probably be fine and would have left the topic alone. But I'm not comfortable with the way it got presented in the end, as this is not what we agreed upon. Somehow I'm not surprised that in the end I didn't get a message from them when the video went up. So do with it what you like, but judging from the bit including me, I'm starting to wonder how much of the rest is also a fabrication.

Ten moment kiedy przyjeżdżasz do obcego kraju żeby wyśmiać obcą kulturę i ujawniasz dane osobowe typa który przyjął was bezinteresownie a przy okazji robisz zakupy

As a working class Englishman these guys are an embarrassment apologies to the good people of Poland

I feel physically sick watching the part with Jakob. He seems so kind and sweet, and probably watches this too. Honestly if I put a bed up for the night for two strangers and went out and met them and did everything I could to make them comfortable seeing this would destroy me. NOT all of us are like this, the MAJORITY of brits love Poland and their culture 🇵🇱 ❤️ 🇬🇧

As a polish guy living in UK can't believe what I just saw. These muppets making laugh of Jakob's home, but totally forgot how average British house look. How nasty and disgusting conditions they live in.

Zostańcie w UK, jeśli nadal nie dorośliście do szanowania innych kultur.

You put Jakub's real name and surname + showed where he lived only to show a few unfavorable shots of his house and leave, then made up an excuse and laughed about it in the video. You know he's 100% going to see this right. You could've just cut that portion of the video out if that's uncomfortable for you instead of making fun of the guy who offered you hospitality for free. That's not just being a dick, it's also doxing.

The disrespect towards the city’s goat tradition and calling Polish currency “monopoly money” was enough to rub me the wrong way. But then seeing the way you guys portrayed Jakob in this video was genuinely hurtful to a man kind enough to offer you a roof over your head for the night. Couch surfing is a great resource for travelers on a budget and definitely not known for being luxurious! And the food waste made me cringe as well, you could’ve just done the math instead of spoiling a whole trolley of food. Really not impressed this time

Użyjcie tłumacza, jak tak bardzo śmieszy was polska mowa. Wasze zachowanie jest odrażające, Wyśmiewacie cudzy kraj, cudzą kulturę, cudzą walute. Co, biedacy polacy filmu nie obejrzą, bo internetu nie ma? Nawet nie macie kultury dla człowieka który za darmo dał wam nocleg, pokazując wrażliwe dane na oczy miliona ludzi. Poprostu zachowujecie się jak rozwydrzone bachory. A i z tym biletem jest 300 złoty grzywnej, więc jak był użyty bilet za 2 złote to cieszcie się że nie macie grzywnej.

As a Brit, I am embarrassed at the treatment of Jakub who is clearly a good bloke. Having a posh, stuck-up mummy's boy squealing "we would have died!" after being invited into his house is pathetic.

Pan Kuba wyda się super sympatyczny nie zasłużył na takie traktowanie

Speaking as a Czech, who is also autistic as fuck and not really trusting: Jakob looks pretty hospitable. I trust him completely.

brytole blagam zostancie przy swoich fasolach na toscie

Poor Jakub all he wanted to do was help, & Boris Jnr just shat all over his hospitality. I see why the world hates us British people, entitled much?

Dla Was nie będę nawet pisać po angielsku, sami sobie tłumaczcie. Zanieczyściliście środowisko, zmarnowaliście jedzenie, ośmieszyliscie człowieka, który chciał Wam pomóc. W imię czego? Aaa, sławy i pieniędzy. Porażka. P.s 2zł za bilet w Poznaniu?Chyba ulgowy. Co za szkoda,że nie było kontroli biletów, dostalibyście karę i Wasz pseudo wysiłek poszedłby na marne.

For UK viewers, they manipulated the whole video, even the shopping was not "real" part of the food that they bought was purchased in the shop called żabka, you can see here 4:32 that is a different and much more expensive shop something like 7/11 than lidl that they were talking about

Some fun facts and clarifications: 1. Jakub did comment on this video. Search for the nickname “arakell” in the comments, upvote this comment so people can easily find it when they sort from popular. 2. What’s up with the goats in Poznan? “When the Poznan Town Hall was being expanded in 1551, the city councillors commissioned the construction of the clock to the master Bartlomiej. On the day of the presentation, a crowd of townspeople gathered around the town hall, especially since the ceremony was to be graced by the presence of the voivode and his wife. For this occasion, a feast was organised, with the main dish being a roe deed haunch. Unfortunately, during the roasting, the haunch slipped from the spit into the fire. Desperate, the master cook Mikolaj sent his assistant Pietrek to the butcher’s for new meat for roasting. After unsuccessful searches, the boy reached the city walls, where he noticed two small white goats, grazing in the meadows by the Warta river. Without much thought, as time was of essence, he hurried them to town hall. However, in the kitchen, as soon as they were released from the leash, clever little goats escaped from the cooks and ran up the stairs straight to the town hall clock tower, where they jumped onto the cornice right above the new clock. When the voivode arrived at the town hall, an unusual sight met the eyes of the onlookers. Two small white goats were happily butting heads on the clock tower. The whole story amused the voivode so much that he pardoned the cook for the theft. However, he instructed Master Bartlomiej to enrich the clock mechanism with the prancing little goats as a memento of this event”. Goats are the symbol of Poznan, we have statues of them, mural paintings, plushies. Just a part of our tradition now. This may be not a story about blood, war and heroism, but it’s just a part of our culture, and we love our goats. 3. Poznan is not a big city, you can easily walk from one end to another in about two hours. Walking around the center and complaining how bad your legs hurt? C’mon, even with that huge grocery bag you could just use google maps and it’s a 20 minutes walk at most, with plenty of benches to rest on on your way.

Full respect to Jakob it is such a kind thing to open your home and make yourself vulnerable to strangers so people you don't know can have a roof over their head.

In a video highlighting the cost of living crisis you've undermined it completely by disrespecting the one person offering you something for free

Insulting Polish tradition by calling it a sh***, calling Polish money 'monopoly money', insulting a man who opened his doors to strangers, and most of all... WHO do you have to be to make fun of an AMBULANCE hurryng up to save a human life?? Maybe your intent was to make people angry and get plenty of comments under your video, congratulations, you won this part

Ośmieszyliście się na skalę światową. Gratuluję. Bilet w Poznaniu 2 złote? Hahaha, chciałabym. Żabka potraktowana jako Lidl? Widzę, że macie swoich widzów za idiotów.

As much as I don't mind joking when travelling about other countries/nationalities, the guys were straight-up disrespectful to everything and everyone they encountered when in Poland. Now I understand why people have such a wonderful opinion on the British lol.

I think I get the point of this video. You’re trying to point out that prices in the UK are so high that it’s actually cheaper to travel abroad. But all you’ve managed to point out is that Archie is just a pompous spoilt brat. And Josh is just as bad for going along with it. You two have publicly humiliated a man, not to mention showing his face, naming him and showing us his home. And that man was simply allowing people to use his home as shelter for no cost. You guys missed the mark here.

I have a new title for your film. "how two brats became the least welcome people in Poland in 10 minutes"

Następnym razem jak tak zrobicie ktoś po prostu może wam dać po mordzie zamiast pisać komentarze w intrenecie, pamiętajcie też że sporo Polaków mieszka w UK

As a Polish man living in the UK basically my entire life I was well excited to watch this video but turns out seeing u shit on every aspect of daily life there wasn't actually very enjoyable at all. Jakub seemed like a nice guy too, least you could've done was blur his face

Strange to see you guys shit on Poland, the Polish guy willing to have you stay for free and also waste some food in the process.

''Monopoly money'' - Said a peasant from a country where banknotes are made of plastic.

wow i finally understood why people hate the british thanks guys :)

Well, the money aspect was educative, but the real lesson this video is giving us is the answer to a question "why British visitors to Poland are generally perceived by locals as utter, obnoxious wankers". If that was a real goal of this video then congratulations, job well done!

You just confirm the stereotype of the Brit tourist, which everyone in Europe hates so much. 🫠

I'm a brit living in poznan and this vid makes me deeply ashamed. Poznan is a great place and you guys shat all over it for no good reason

Remember that this people with monopoly money, fought for you independence :)

Kuba, tszymaj sie facet. Osoby takie jak ty daja mi dume byciem polakiem. Archie & Josh, just appologise guys. This is embarrasing.

Yoo na man I actually feel so bad for the couch surfing guy. You knew what you were signing up for. You didn’t have to humiliate him on the internet

That was so rude to the polish man who let you stay at his for free. Going inside and filming his home + his face + his name and profile, talking about him being sketchy + shitting on his country. Wtf... Not only is this humiliating someone who was just being kind, you also just wasted his time. That man owed nothing to you. Unsubscribed

Well done Britain for raising these two...if there are more of you like them, you are doomed❤

I have never seen someone so ungrateful before, that man offered you a place to stay FOR FREE, did you expect a 5-star hotel? The disrespect

Jakob didn’t have any need for you fools to come through his home, but he invited you anyway and showed you hospitality. The only the thing of any value in this video is Jakob. Thank you Jakob.

Very disappointing treatment of the man that opened his home to you. As others have said, you were aware of what you were getting into. Feeling uncomfortable staying there is fine, but to frame the man in such poor light and mock his living situation is genuinely repulsive.

As a Pole i have to applaud those two fine English gentleman, you truly showed how to respect other cultures & painted Poland & it's people in the best light possible. It was incredibly kind of you to let yourself down to Jakub's couch level & barely insult him in the process. The fact that you included the city ​​hall of Poznan for almost a minute & ur wholesome words were inspiring. Going to other countries only to save money is also my passion but i usually do this in countries where they have darker skin... In those countries they are much more understanding & never get offended. You just proved that the British are indeed the most cultured people in history & by far enjoy the worlds best cuisine. Who doesn't want peas & beans for breakfast? What a shame ur no longer in the EU, please visit Poland again....

I'd say:,, Two idiots from the UK, who try to be funny."

Archie killed this video with a real negative attitude

Archie comes across as entitled and ungrateful. His inability to try to pronounce the Polish currency and general snobbish attitude helps paint British people in a negative light to foreigners. Full respect to Jakob for sharing his home for free, what a shame you through his genuine hospitality back in his face. You post some interesting videos but this one falls far below the standard.

"Dumb And Dumber" part 4.........

Please, don't leave your lonely island ever again

Mocking the couch surfing host like this is fucked.

Now imagine that a Pole comes to London and the first thing he says when he sees Big Ben is "it's just a tower with some shitty clock". You don't know the historical background of Poland, or these goats, and you call it a piece of shit, like does this say about you?

Do you know that in Poland it is illegal to publicly someone's surname and place of residence?

Hope you give the couch guy all the profits from this video as an apology. He let you into his home

As a Pole 🇵🇱 the topic of the film could be good, but due to the constant ridicule/complaining about our country, it only gives me the feeling that you wanted to humiliate us, or maybe just show this innate British arrogance.

the Brits: * laughing at two mechanical billy goats * also the Brits: * look at that big clock we have :3 * pure dumb ignorance

hope you get sued for revealing personal data of a guy that wanted to help you out

What was wrong with his apartment? :D Just a dude being a dude, playing videogames and very likely nerd enough to even know Josh and Archie from YT... People who share their apartments for free are not usually the posh-kind, no one can expect luxurious hotel from couchsurfing. And to be fair, you were the weird ones with a plastic bag full of LIDL :D

As a Polish person , I need therapy after watching an australian and an eton pleb diss us like that

O kurwa, wielki i bogaty pan brytol (specjalnie z małej) pojechał do biednego, brzydkiego i taniego kraju, żeby sobie się pośmiać. Do jasnej cholery. Gdybyście ten hajs zarobili chociaż w sposób inny niż nagrywanie pranków dla zjebów lub poniżania innych kultur ze względu na to, że ich nie znacie (XD), wtedy może bym w jakimś małym stopniu was zrozumiał.

I was born and raised in Poznan but my boyfriend is Brit, and I was so happy to show him my culture, traditions and beloved city. It was a great feeling to see him enjoying and liking everything about it… I’m not saying u have to love everything about it but you should still act with respect especially to a person that was willing to have you under his roof…all you did was just humiliating yourself and as the video went viral lots of people will see how disgusting and disrespectful you both are… you should be soo ashamed of your behavior…

I get why you wouldn’t want to stay somewhere you’re uncomfortable, that’s fair. But as the content creators you have the ability to tell the story in any way you want to, yet you chose the negative angle where you just complained about someone’s house and published it on the internet, probably making them quite embarrassed. There were so many other ways you could have told that part but this was not cool.

I feel SO bad for the couch surfing guy! He probably planned his day around you, probably excited to see you after checking out your videos. At least you could have stayed back for some conversations :(

It was very hard to watch. I'm glad I don't have friends from the UK. I lived there for several years and unfortunately I also have similar experiences with young British people. Ignorance and arrogance - a difficult mix to endure if you want to be polite towards people. Jakob- you probably didn't plan to make a career on KZfaq, but you became one because of these morons. You are the only positive character in this movie. ❤️

I'm form Poznań and trust me, there is much more to our city than just being "the cheapest place to go in Europe". But obviously you need to be a more cultured person that both of you are to appreciate and find that. You embarassed yourself completely.

crazy how annoying and mean archie was throughout the video, really hateable guy it seems

Muszę przyznać, że dobrze, że was już nie ma w UE

It's not 2 zł... they got the cheapest ticket with the student discount, so they actually could have been fined if caught.

Cost of living in central/eastern Europe is lower and Ryanair is a low cost airline. What a discovery ! Now go to Norway or Switzerland.

I don't remember the last time I actually bothered to give a video a dislike. Treating someone like that is not okay

Archie seems like a bit of a prat, honestly.

Dla was nie będe pisał po Angielsku, by pokazać jaki ze mnie "RURAL POLE". Naprawdę nie wyobrażam sobie poleiceć do innego kraju i krytykować jego kulturę bez nawet jej poznania. Już pomijając to, że dostaliście dosłownie mieszaknie za darmo, a i tak się naśmiewaliście. Tak to jest jak kasa do łba dobije

Good job guys!!! You doxxed and made fun of guy who was nice enough to give you FREE place to stay, istead idk - talking about his life in poland, getting to know him. Also great, witty, peak british humour calling an ambulance rushing to rescue someone's life cAmP while acting like an idiot. Not going to mention shouting in shop and not bluring Cashier's face 👍👍👍 You sure are great people!!

I'm so glad people are grilling you in the comments, you deserve it 100%

So you went to a different country with a different cost of living and were surprised the cost of living was different? Christ alive…

Jakub may never want to take anyone in his house again. ''Well done'' boys.

1,47 mln subskrybcji pytam z jakiego powodu, ludzie powinni je stracić, może brak kasy pomoże im inaczej spojrzeć na świat, odklejone towarzystwo bez kultury, moralności i zasad.

What was even wrong with Jakub's place? Ok it was cluttered but saying you wouldn't have survived was ridiculous. That sweet and generous man trusted complete strangers to enter his home and sleep for no charge. So rude and disrespectful to his kindness and trust in you. Got to wonder what bubble you grew up in to think clutter will kill you. Appalling, nasty behaviour.

I get being a bit uncomfortable and having second thoughts about staying at a person's home, but to frame the guy as a serial killer that you needed escape from 'in the interest of staying alive' was a bit of a dick move.

As a Couchsurfing host and hosted over 140 people and having 200 positive references I'm so happy that you never visited my country (who is more expensive than your little small island 🤣🤣🤣)

watching this as a polish person makes me flatout pissed, i have never heard somebody call my currency "monopoly money"( 4:01 ), making fun of the Poznań culture ( 3:35 ) and so on.

There is also an imperial castle in Poznań. It is strange that such distinguished guests were not offered free accommodation there. Along with that bag of ruined food.

Kinda unenjoyable, unfunny, and annoying how grumpy Archie is about literally everything in this video.

this video should be reported as harassment and bullying. What they did is degrading, what people won't do for money and fame... I hope that such people will quickly regret what they did.

dont worry guys theres a LOT of poles in the uk, its just a matter of time before you get beat up for this little stunt lol

I really like your videos most of the time gentlemen, but you did kinda come across as dicks in this one. I'm really hoping against hope that it was a "Bit" with Jakub in on and part of the joke, however, if it was, that's some of the most convincing acting I've ever seen. Not sure I buy that though. you might've been going for the good old "Jeremy Clarkson spoiled moaning old fart" routine, but honestly there's a fine line between funny and just insulting, and this kinda stamped all over it. Please do better. Much obliged -Dan

We don’t get tourists where I live, and I’ve always wondered why the English were commonly hated. I’ve experienced it for myself from this vid.

A ja myślałam że Amerykanie są ignorantami.

Przynajmniej nie musimy się zastanawiać, który kran odkręcić, żeby leciała przyjemnie ciepła woda.

After watching this I changed my mind about Brexit. It's actually wonderful that you guys have left EU😂

On behalf of us British I apologise for the short arrogant one. Takeaway his passport to stop any further embarrassment to the country.

this is just a reminder that rich people see us poors as roaches to be laughed at.

I wanted to go on holiday to Great Britain next year. Seeing how the British treat us Poles, I will probably give up this trip.

Yeah lads the way you treated Jakub really wasnt the one. Publicly embarassing him and laughing at his home, and not even blurring out his face

Use me as a ‘go back and apologise to Jakob‘ button

4:30 They are not even in Lidl anymore... It's żabka...

You're the reason why I installed plugin that show number of dislikes. It was worth it.

respect other cultures, respect poland, respect other people

Yikes. Not a great to be honest, especially on Archie's part. I understand the sentiment that was meant to come from this video, but it was poorly executed. Roaming around Poland and giving off "this is shit" energy isn't a great look. And then embarrassing a man who opened up his home to you is poor taste. I get that this is all probably a bit and a joke, but it's just a bit of a shitty thing to do. I'm usually a fan of your videos, but this one is a miss.

Przykro patrzeć na takie marnowanie jedzenia dla zabawy i brak szacunku dla kogoś kto chciał bezinteresownie pomóc. Pozdrowienia z Poznania

Nie pokazujcie się już nigdy w polsce, nasi sobie wasze frajerskie gęby zapamiętają

Damn, the short one is really like a small barking dog. Such a $hitty human being.