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You don't understand that Poles are very honest and show and say what they actually think and feel. It's not a fake show like in American society. When a Pole gets angry, he shows anger, when he likes you, you feel that it really is. The smile is sincere, not fake, painted on the face for social correctness.

In shops I want to be alone and look on product and have time to think if I want to buy it or not. I feel unconfortable if strangers are to friendly and push themself on me too much. So this is not bad for me.

@WheresWes

Ай бұрын

Same

The politeness of service in shops and restaurants in the US is simply artificial. Forced cheerfulness, smiles and servility. It's like interacting with a robot

@leno_o17

20 күн бұрын

I think people should really learn to just call things "different" and not "bad" when they don't meet their expectations. Saying the service is bad means that it should aspire to some other standard. And that's just wrong. We just have different standards. Things that Wes describes- having employees harass you or feeling like they're there to "serve" you , sounds like an absolute nightmare. Same with the social culture- people minding their own business isn't being rude or closed off- respecting someone's personal space is a sign of good manners. Being all over someone, being loud and getting too close to someone would be considered disrespectful.

@mu6014

Күн бұрын

@@leno_o17well said 👍

Haha, I knew the "Polish smile" would come up. It's definitely real.

@kazepl8988

Ай бұрын

Poles know how to laugh and smile, but they do it with people they know. I see no reason to smile falsely at strangers and I don't like it when people do it to me. Many Poles consider this type of behavior abnormal. Fake smiles and behaviors are the best way to fool people. In life we ​​should be reserved and distrustful of strangers. Either way, the lack of smiles among Poles is not due to sadness. Honestly, I never paid attention to this type of thing. Until I heard about it. Foreigners have interesting observations, but wrong ones. Poles are very smiling and joyful people. It all depends on the situation and relationship with the person. ;)

@leno_o17

20 күн бұрын

Why smile without a reason. It's a waste of energy. Energy should be saved for surviving winters and invasions

I think there is a different situation in Warsaw, where you can find large Vietnamese and Chinese diaspora. I grew up in Warsaw, so in my high school were at least 3-4 Asians mostly vietnamese origins (but born in Poland), I also had a friend from Mongolia. So for me Asian people weren't strangers, they were friends. After I moved to Kraków I realised that except tourists there are not many Asians as i thought before. You should go to Warsaw and discover Asian enclaves :)

I think sexuality in Poland is your business, just like your faith. You do you, you don’t need to yell about it at ppl

@charko4191

25 күн бұрын

Yesss finally someone gets it

If you smile at someone You don't know In Poland You will most likely be labeled as a creep or just stupid. Sadly thats how it is here

I will share with you an observation: during my stay in the United States, I often felt embarrassed in stores and restaurants, because the service, according to the standards I knew, was not so much very polite, but even degraded in servility. I don't know - maybe the boss was watching, and due to the lack of a civilized legal Labor Code in America, they could have been fired overnight, or maybe they thought they would get bigger tips? It was very sad and many of my friends from other European countries shared my view. As for the low birth rate in Poland, there are many theories and speculations and many "wise men" who think they know the answer. The diagram you showed shows that since the 1960s, maybe apart from the 1980s, the birth rate has been gradually decreasing in Poland. You are probably right in saying that with the change of the political system and the emergence of the free market after 1989, people began to have professional priorities related to career, earning money, etc., which resulted in a decline in interest in starting a family early, and, moreover, Polish women began to give birth later than in times of communism. But the situation is complex and there is no single explanation. There are many factors contributing to this state of affairs. For example, the situation on the housing market, not so easy availability (at least for many years) of housing loans, insufficient social care in the form of widely available nurseries and kindergartens, lack of trust in successive governments that promised something and then withdrew from these social promises , or implemented them only partially, the level of average wages in relation to living expenses - and finally, in the last four years: first the pandemic, and then the war in Ukraine. So there is a lot of fear, and when people are afraid, they tend not to think about having children.

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿good stuff bro. preciate you

13:00 we have Żabkas open and gas stations ofc

Appreciate you bro 😊

I love how they talk about Polish racism. And Poland is one of the safest countries. There was such a lady here in Poland from Japan and she videotaped a man without his permission then the peasant showed her the middle finger. That from the time that in Poland racism.

American politeness in services? Try not to give a tip. I'ts blowing my mind to pay obligatory more than the fixed price. I usually give tips in PL, but it's up to me.

Come on, in Poland we have great customer service! As long as customers do not annoy the service. Karens will not be tolerated :)

I think you nailed it. I am Polish American. Reading some comments I noticed a few about fake smile etc. It's American as apple pie, and polish smiles is polish as it is. I like when neighbors say hello even if I don't know their name, I like being a part of a community. I like having wrinkles because I smile not because I am mad. And that's way I am not understood when I go back to Poland 😂😂😂😂😂

Thumbs Up !

I want you to know, Thank you for creating videos. I sent you a message on Whatsapp about Poland ❤

Asians have a reputation in Poland as hard-working people, and these are features that Poles appreciate, from my personal perspective, Asian women are the most beautiful women on the planet and still maintain their femininity, they have fantastic bodies for a long time which, unlike European women, makes them attractive until old age

I've heard an opinion that Americans are very polite to each other because of easy access to guns ;)

@portjanka

8 күн бұрын

That's how some are trying to justify easy access to guns, they say "armed society is a polite society".

I do think less people are having kids, but overall the gap is because more woman decide to have kids later in life, whereas not too long ago maybe 10-15 years it was common for woman to have babies in their early 20s, and now its a more conscious, careful decision. We also spend more time on collage and carrier, but at the end most poles want a family.

I met a lot of gays, was friends with most, they're just normal people and open about their sexuality, tho they're mostly friends with woman. Theres even a gay club in Kraków hahahah and Poznań is probably the gayest city in Poland

Great Video Wes! Would you do a video with Sonya about the incident of racisim in Krakow? I heard Kpop is quite popular now adays!

@WheresWes

Ай бұрын

a future video is coming out focusing on the asian experience in Poland

626? Are you from LA county?

Percention truly is reality. Being from the West Coast myself, I know plenty of Asians dudes pulling like crazy. It's very common to see Asian men in interracial couples here in Seattle. The ones that don't are either hardcore nerds or new to the country. Skyrocketing cost of living is the reason why family values are deteriorating in the US is the. If that adjusted, I'm willing bet that a lot people would consider having children

@WheresWes

Ай бұрын

I didn't do bad in the US either. But you have to know what's out there to really see the difference in cultures and women

Are you able to stay long term? Do you have a visa that you’re working with?

OMG. Instead od having lots of totally false external and very shallow kindness, Polish, people are simply FULLY FAIR most of the time. They either like or dislike something or somebody, and very seldom they LIE about their preferences, wchich is a total domain of US people - who usually bear a FALSE smile on face. Regarding a small talk - first of all somebody MAY NOT WANT TO SMALL TALK to you, so why do you expect everybody to respond? Just leave everybodys FREE WILL to choose whom they will or will not talk to. Also do not use the argument of being lowly social because if you happened to KNOW ANYTHING anout the Polish peoplel, you would be amazed HOW SOCIAL AND FAMILIAR they are. The second thing is - just go to the UK and you will be surprised how UNWANTED a small talk could be ON THE DAILY BASIS. And most of all the Brits have built the USA. So you should first well listen to yourself prior to publishing this silly video. Do not constantly tell that Polish people are great (you repeat it every second sentence) , because the Polish people are not great at all, especially having explained how bad they are, being sad, shut up, non-social, non communicative, quiet, etc. Just on the contrary to the US people they are just REAL, FAIR and ADEQUATE to the situation.

I don't really understand why Poles should be somehow similar to Asians in a cultural sense. For Poles, Asia has always been very exotic, and a culture opposed in many respects (e.g. in terms of individual freedom and individualism, which have been exceptionally strong in Poland for centuries; it is not without reason that Poles were the first in Europe to have a modern constitution). The Mongol invasions, which left such a large mark on the Russians' mentality, failed in Poland, the Mongols lost to the Poles decisively, and they were unable to exert any influence. Poland was in the circle of typical European Western and Latin culture, and in addition, 100 years of occupation of part of Polish territories by Russia did not have a major cultural impact, the differences were too great (in terms of the attitude to personal freedom and the importance of the individual, religion, the accountability of the authorities with her actions, etc.). Even communism in Poland was completely different from in the USSR (not only much more liberal, but also marked by constant social rebellion and lack of fear of authority). So explain to me what you actually meant?

California has shallow friendships, however in nyc , for example, we have strong European style multi decade friendships virtually unknown in California. so please speak of "in California" on that topic and not "in the usa" Californians are known throughout the usa and abroad for their "false friendliness" and their shallowness however this is not a usa trait but a out west trait encompassing california as well. R

I'm curious to what extent language affects things. Do those who speak Polish well enough to interact with shopkeepers have a different experience than those who don't? I haven't been to Poland in a while but when I was there it made a world of difference.

@WheresWes

Ай бұрын

Yeah totally language makes a difference. Not as much as other countries tho cuz many people here speak English

Curious about the cultural similarities between Poles and Asians. Mongols didn’t succeed in conquering Poles. Whenever Russia does something that upsets the West the Anglos go full racist and characterize white as snow Russians as “Asiastic”. I thought Poland considers itself western plus it’s a catholic state

@ak5659

Ай бұрын

Poles generally consider themselves (along with the Baltics and Ukraine) as the eastern boundaries of 'West'. People further east (i.e. Russia) are the 'barbarians '. Poland post WWII is the most homogeneous that it's ever been. That plus 'religious processions ' being the only legal way to demonstrate against the communist government is why Roman Catholicism was so prevalent in Poland. Previously Poland was one of the most diverse countries in Europe with plenty of Protestants, Orthodox, Muslims, & Jews living in comparative harmony. Fun fact: There is/was a Polish mosque in Brooklyn, NY.

@LeadLeftLeon

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing ak. Odd how Poles earmark Ukraine as being apart of the West. Given how Ukrainians have the same father civilization as the Russian Empire. Along with the handiwork of Stefan Bandera. Always thought Ukrainians are genetically and culturally Rus’ regardless of what the West claims

@wizardman1976

Ай бұрын

@@LeadLeftLeon That's the point. Today's russia was a savage country paying tributes to Mongols when today's Ukraine was influenced by Polish and Lithuanians. For example: until moscovians took over the part of Ukraine with an important city of Chernihiv after the treaty of Pereyaslav, they had not even one scientific centre. No academy, university - nothing. Genetics have nothing to do because Ukrainians since the emergence of their national identity knew that leaning to East means slavery and subjection to feudal tsardom. While they have some grugdes with Poland from the times of their struggles for independence they were always more or less leaning westward, despite being Rus ethnicity and orthodox faith. Russia have other values than imperialism

@wizardman1976

Ай бұрын

@@ak5659 Before the war position of church among common people wasn't that strong. For centuries it was the local nobles and elite that dictates and priests were lower in the social hierarchy. Communism removed the upper class and church filled the void and with few exeption get along with communists pretty well until 70s. In the most of vicinities parish priest and Party secretaty were more or less chummies. Being an open opposition is a relatively late case.

@leno_o17

20 күн бұрын

​​​​​​​@@LeadLeftLeonPoles also have the same father civilization because we were all Slavs, before the east/west/south Slavs division happened. Rus fell apart in the 13th century and since then different parts were evolving in a very different way. ukraine and Belarus were under the influence of Poland -Lithuania, so by proxy also "the West", while what later became Russia was under the influence of the Mongols. When Muscovy emerged a few centuries later, and started conquering the old Rus territories, it was a completely different entity from the part belonging to Poland-Lithuania, with different language and culture. For Poles Russia also feels "asiatic" whenever it does something stupid, because it feels so unnatural for us and so similar to what the Mongols were like.

As for lgbt situation. I think that here you are free to love whoever you want, its your buissnes. We do not "celebrate" stuff like this, thats why the west think we are against it🤔 at least I feel this is the problem. We arent buying the ideology. If you keep stuff to yourself its ok and nost people are pretry tolerant. Only change I want now from this field is law about lgb marriages, because I see no argument against it and a disscusion about adopting kids by lgb couples. I'm against it for now but I want dissusion so I could see arguments from every side.

@leno_o17

20 күн бұрын

What you say is accurate for the people, However the loud minority of right wing politicians/religious people is what the world sees.

for me the biggest shock was that you are American ( I am sure many Poles told you that) ;-)

@WheresWes

24 күн бұрын

Yeah everyone thinks I'm from Asia of course

@maxo1124

24 күн бұрын

@@WheresWes I knew that ,especially in Poland

You should talk about the relationship between Chinese and South Asian nations.

@WheresWes

Ай бұрын

Don't know enough about it

@LeadLeftLeon

Ай бұрын

South Asians have their own distinct Desi culture. Southern Asia is a big region and considered a subcontinent. As a yellow skinned Asian I don’t feel any connection and familiarity towards Southern Asia. Geopolitically China and India has border disputes

@MoAdan28

Ай бұрын

Chinese are normally not Muslims but similar to south Asians since other countries in South Asia do have Islamic stuff in there.

"It's becoming a lot more Western." Poland is a Catholic country in Europe, how is it anything other than Western?

@WheresWes

Ай бұрын

quite a superficial comment. Poland is not Western like the US at all, though it's headed towards that direction.

@mdbk2

Ай бұрын

@@WheresWes Poland is as Western as the US. For over a thousand years, Poland has been a Catholic country heavily influenced by the Catholic Church. Poles studied at Western universities, and during our golden age, Westerners came to study at our universities. Polish kings shared blood with Western royal families, and Polish culture was shaped by the same mechanisms as any other Western country. The only period when Poland was forcibly disconnected from the West was during the Soviet occupation from 1945 to 1989. Saying that we are not a Western country because of 44 years out of our more than 1000-year history shows ignorance. Moreover, arguing that Poland is not Western because our culture is more conservative is far from true. The US is as religious and conservative as Poland (there are plenty of statistics to support this), and even in Europe, there are conservative Western countries like Portugal and Italy. It's especially annoying to us because saying we're not "Western" is like discarding 99% of our history just because we were poor and occupied by the Soviets, making us not "cool" enough to be associated with you. Finally, Poland is not heading in a "western" direction because Poland is part of what defines the West. Read at least a Wikipedia article on this topic.

@igorwoek502

28 күн бұрын

@@WheresWes Here's the thing, most Poles consider Poland a fully "Western" country. Saying otherwise can make some people feel offended. For them, you're implying that Poland is an "Eastern" country.

@Robertino12

25 күн бұрын

​@@WheresWesa co w usa jest zachodniego narkomania seryjni mordercy bród smród ciągle wojny na niewinne kraje wymordowanie Indian lizanie dupy Żydom człowieku zanim zaczniesz coś pisać zacznij myśleć głową

As for pregnancy and kids, I'll tell from the perspective of my friends and the people I know. A lot of them are just scared to have them? The medical situation have a lot to do with it, but there's the problem with houses and money in general. So they're just postpone it for the time they'll be fully ready for it. And for racism... We do have a dark humor in general, which can be offensive for a lot of foreigners. BUT Kraków in general have a lot of this kind of people, who will search for a problem from nothing. For example when I was waiting for a bus to work in the morning one guy almost beat me up, because as he said I looked to good and wtf was I thinking looking like that. Just be careful on weekend nights and mornings too.

Polish people long time ago married and had a children but now they more want have carrier travel enjoy life then have some kids ! Regarding racial ? Yes we do have racist people like in every country in the world ! Even if you meet one stupid person who is racist then you must remember he don’t represent forty million Polish citizens ! Really enjoy your vlogs 😊

Polska jest taka jaka jest, a jak się komuś nie podoba to wypad.

Slavs and East Euros in general aren’t smiley. And they’re direct. Some regions of America are painfully overly polite. No one should speak like this: I’m sorry but can you get me a pepper when you’re free

@mu6014

Күн бұрын

Poland and Slovakia are Central European countries. Please check the map 🗺️

As a Pole, I don't want to have children because I don't feel like the world is going in the right direction. I will not protect my child from this rather sad reality, I see no hope for humanity. Additionally, our health service is at a low level and the cost of having a child is very high, especially now. It is cheaper to have a pet, it is best to adopt it from a shelter and enjoy life together with your husband/wife. I have a bad relationship with my mother, my father died very young, I don't want to waste my time and nerves on a child for whom I cannot provide a good future in the world of materialism/consumerism, in the world culture of promiscuity, full of radicals of various faiths. Raising a child now is problematic, social media has a negative impact on young minds. There are too many people on Earth, we are too invasive a species, there is no point in contributing to this destruction and disrespect for the planet we live on. I've seen too many unhappy and unwanted children, I don't want to be a bad parent. In the future, I prefer to adopt young person and give something to someone who really needs an easier start. I consider this a fair solution. As for our rude honesty and detachment... I like it. Yes, this culture has many disadvantages... but at least I know that if someone is too polite to me, I have to be careful because they have bad intentions... so it isn`t that easy to deceive us. We have hard shells and very soft hearts. In our country we say: if you have a soft heart, you must have a hard *ss. I think that most of us follow this rule and allow ourselves to be open only to those we can trust. Wasting time on shallow acquaintances is impractical. We say: you will find true friends during a crisis situation... only such friendships are worth cultivating, that you can always count on. There are too many tricksters and cheaters in this world who play with people's compassion. We are like turtles, we will only stick our heads out of our shell when we feel safe. In larger cities - especially in Warsaw, women are more "easier" when it comes to relationships. In small towns and villages, relationships are still approached more traditionally.

@LeadLeftLeon

Ай бұрын

Head eastwards to skip western woke stoopidity that corrupts children. From Russia to Japan

@FekalistaGrzybowory-lz8lh

Ай бұрын

Popieram w stu procentach, kolego

Ma prośbę do wszystkich obcokrajowców,jeżeli zamierzacie tu dłużej mieszkać nauczcie wy się w końcu polskiego choćby po to żeby się jako tako dogadać.Przebywacie tu w tych swoich zamkniętych bańkach mając błędne przekonanie,że wszyscy Polacy mówią po angielsku.Większość nie mówi.Zastosujcie się do tej rady,a zapewniam was że Polska stanie przed wami otworem i może trochę lepiej nas zrozumiecie,bo jak ogladam filmiki na przykład Amerykanów to widzę i słyszę że za chuja nas nie kumacie.Nigdy nie byliśmy i nie będziemy jak Amerykanie czy Francuzi,bo nie jesteśmy Amerykanami ani Fracuzami.Polski wbrew pozorom nie jest taki trudny,tylko wy macie to w głowie.

@xertijagee2812

5 сағат бұрын

Nie oni nie maja przekonania,ze wszyscy Polacy mowia po ngielsku im wystarcza ta czesc,ktora po angielsku mowi wiec po co sie uczyc jezyka. A ze na tej podstawie maja obraz rzeczywistosci jaki maja? Wyglada na to,ze im to wystarcza.Tak jest po prostu wygodniej zwlaszcza jesli przyjechalo sie tylko na jakis czas. Przynajmniej nie narzeka jak ten mlody Koreanczyk,ze chcialby sie w Polsce dogadac ze starsza generacja a tu starsi ludzie angielskiego nie znaja.

Be direct and minimize your bullsht trivial small talk when approaching East Euros.

@portjanka

8 күн бұрын

I think that's exactly what he is. This is the most honest and direct opinion about Polish experience that I have seen on KZread so far. He is not running away from anything, nobody forced him to come here, he certainly had other choices, yet he chose Poland.

Yes, we are freaking rude. Maybe not to foreigners but to each other definitely, yes. Customer service used to be dreadful and people would tell you off in the past but now it’s getting better. It will take one more generation to change the attitude.

We still want to create families and have kids, we're just being priced out of home-ownership :)

youre way too westernized

@WheresWes

Ай бұрын

Obviously I grew up in the US

I am Polish and I don't like when people saying that being nice in USA or some other countries is fake, this is bollocks, they are nice, we are not that nice, that's it

@mu6014

Күн бұрын

Not true. We are nice enough that’s enough. I meet many random, kind and friendly people on the streets everyday in Poland ❤️

dokładnie jest tak jak mówisz my nie chcemy by było nam to wpychane na siłę , by gdzie nie spojrzysz było LGBT