If you want a real funny look? try and pay your bus fare with a Scottish banknote. They will look at you as if you have just handed them a virus. Lol

@Person01234

6 жыл бұрын

Well that's because that's not real money. Though where I live most businesses seem to take just about anything, as long as it looks vaguely like british money. 10 euro cent coins function as substitutes for £1 coins, I have received in change, a swedish krona in lieu of a 10p and an irish banknote.

@SvenTviking

6 жыл бұрын

Then they’re not a native.

@SvenTviking

6 жыл бұрын

Person Oisels A Scottish banknote is legal tender.

@Person01234

6 жыл бұрын

No it's not. They're not even legal tender in Scotland.

@TATTIEPICKER

6 жыл бұрын

SvenTviking Scottish notes are not legal tender but they are legal currency which should be accepted all over the UK, But any shop keeper etc.. has the ability to refuse ANY payment legal tender or not.

Agreer with the other comments. Bus drivers can be a bit "moody". Offer them a fiver and they behave as if you had tried to pay with shells or a gold bar or something. Eye rolling, snorting - quite the carry on.

@ryledra6372

6 жыл бұрын

I'm from the uk and have been told to just go sit down without paying on the occasions that I didn't have correct change and they didn't have any either :D (though this is dependant on the driver and where you are in the country)

@MrNelliboy

6 жыл бұрын

Same here, Bus drivers HATE notes, thats a fact!!

@ivenireland8270

6 жыл бұрын

Some places it is right fare only, but it usually says that at the bus entrance. I live in Southampton and I can honestly say I have never had a driver that complained about giving a note, lucky I guess

@planetyouranus22

6 жыл бұрын

Don't take it to heart. Bus drivers are generally grumpy like that with everybody. But, if you had to take the shit from the great British public that they do. I'm sure you'd understand.

@jerry2357

6 жыл бұрын

You should come to Yorkshire: if the fare was over £4 then most bus drivers here would have no problem with you tendering a fiver.

Not worry about some of those accents, occasionally even other Brits don't understand other people's accents

@johnleonard9090

6 жыл бұрын

Subtitles for the hard of Scottish on episodes of Taggart?

@jloae820

6 жыл бұрын

Carragher always has subtitles lol

@adamwest8711

5 жыл бұрын

I definitely take a bit to get my ‘ear in’ when I go to a heavily accented area. Worst I have is Glasgow. For the first day or two, I’m mostly judging what was said by context and the odd word I understood.

@ToddSauve

5 жыл бұрын

When I was in university here in Canada (back in 1978?) a friend's mom was from Scotland and man, what an ordeal to try to carve my way through that thick accent! It was largely indecipherable but Heather would translate for me and somehow I managed. I only met her once. Nice lady but ...

@personalcheeses8073

4 жыл бұрын

spike duncan True I live in Sheffield and I had to get someone to interpret for me in Barnsley. I know you think that’s a joke but I’m deadly serious. It’s 12 miles away 🤔 Oh dear I’ve just replied a 2 year old comment 😂

As a Brit, I've NEVER understood how the bus system works. it's a nightmare and I avoid it at all costs. If the drivers haven't got money then it's their problem, not mine. You're too kind!

@petraskvarc317

4 жыл бұрын

so if you go to the grocery and pay £20 cash for something that’s about £15, what’s up then? oh wait, you don’t do cash i’d say🤦‍♀️

I'm a Brit and the accents in our country are amazing, so many of them and so close together. I live in London and hear accents from all over the country(and the world) and it makes language so much more fun.

@AdventuresAndNaps

6 жыл бұрын

It's incredible! I love that places in the UK only a few miles away from each other have a different accent - it's very different from Canada.

@Dovenpeis

6 жыл бұрын

But you need to understand that the dialects in England are so numerous not due to diversity, immigration, multiculturalism or some liberal shit like that, but due to segregation and local pride and patriotism growing over time.

I have lived in England since i was born. I still struggle with some of the regional accents. xD

When pharmacies and doctors' surgeries are closed, if it's a non-urgent medical matter then telephone 111 (National Health Service non-emergency number, for help and advice). If a medical emergency, dial 999 for ambulance or paramedic. Alternatively, walking wounded may attend the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department/Urgent Care Centre of any hospital but do expect that there may be a long wait to be attended to. Both 111 and 999 are free, with lines open twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year. A&E departments also are open twenty-four hours and day, 365 days a year, thus there's no need to suffer or die whilst waiting for Monday morning to arrive.

@sammygirl5835

6 жыл бұрын

Also, if you need a chemist out of hours, just Google ‘Find Pharmacy services - NHS Choices’ put your post code and it will list all the pharmacy’s in the area with open times, they operate a late opening and Sunday opening rota, somewhere near you one will be open.

@anghinetti

6 жыл бұрын

Yes-indeed, I forgot about that...

@Pining_for_the_fjords

6 жыл бұрын

Also Tesco Extra shops are generally open until 11pm every day, including sunday. They usually have a small pharmaceutical section.

@apierc1

6 жыл бұрын

Never dial 111, they are utterly useless

@nealogorman1810

6 жыл бұрын

Emm...1. Not all Hospitals have A&E..2 If you call 999 you will get an ambulance, it may or may not have a Paramedic crew.

Sounds like your doing great. Every Brit knows that all bus drivers are cockwombles. It's kinda a thing. Serious it is!

@keithrichards9034

6 жыл бұрын

I use the bus quite regularly and I often say "Town please" when I get on and LITERALLY 1out of 2 times the driver goes "What?" like they're not familiar with the place and I have to repeat myself. You'd think they'd be used to it,

@thewomble1509

6 жыл бұрын

not ALL bus drivers are twats,some are but maybe they have to deal with people like you all day?

@caulkins69

6 жыл бұрын

I gather bus conductors are now a thing of the past?

@DanShieldsUK

6 жыл бұрын

DoubleDeckerAnton

@soundcreeps5371

6 жыл бұрын

we havnt had conductors since the early 80s, now its just a driver in his cabin.

All Englishmen know the pain of Asda not being open when we need to get our Aloe Vera.

@Brissles

6 жыл бұрын

God damn Sunday 4 o'clock closes, REEEEEEEE

@alexwright4930

5 жыл бұрын

A Tesco Express might have been open though cos they're small enough not to have to obey Sunday trading laws. And Scotland doesn't have Sunday trading laws at all.

@personalcheeses8073

4 жыл бұрын

Alex Wright There’s always a Tesco Express open somewhere

@stewarthills9344

4 жыл бұрын

Kristina Winter especially in London. There is just about a 1:1 ratio of Tube Stations to Tesco Expresses/Metros

@leeSouthend

4 жыл бұрын

lol

I'm pretty sure medical emergencies on a sunday in the UK are treated the same way they are the rest of the week. Hospitals don't close.

Haha! A strong Welsh or Scottish accent leaves most English folk with no clue as to what was just said. And even some regional accents can twist the synapses if you aren't used to them. I used to have a neighbour from Kiddeminster, just south of Birmingham. We were talking about our cats and he said he can't bear it when they're off their fewid. It took me several seconds to realize he had said food.

@stillettoRebel

6 жыл бұрын

I'm Welsh and work sent me to their Glasgow office for a year. Most confusing year of my life!! I was properly in a foreign country and couldn't understand what anyone was saying to me.

@Relyx

6 жыл бұрын

Haha I live in Kidderminster, but I'm a brummy through and through. Thankfully my accent isn't that strong though. I lived in Portsmouth for a bit and people couldn't tell I was from Birmingham until I said Ber-MING-'am

@Greenwood4727

5 жыл бұрын

some local accents are very nearly a different language.. my accent gets broader when i am not thinking.. i lived in america for a while.. and i met someone from near where i lived and we started talking and our accents got broader and broader until the people we were with couldnt understand us took a few minutes to lose our broad accents ;)

@tiandawoolner9065

5 жыл бұрын

I made a new friend, she was from Leeds. Within a few weeks of meeting she came round in tears after a fight with her boyfriend. She said to me “I’m not an auger you know”. I nodded sympathetically, thinking “you’re not a drill type thing for drilling holes?,” and nodded and sympathised for several minutes while trying to work it out. ..... It suddenly dawned on me. Ogre, she’s not an ogre...that makes more sense. We are best friends still after 24 years and we still laugh about that conversation at least once a year.

@ianprince1698

4 жыл бұрын

from south London but living in the N E I refer to my dog lead, but here it is a leader.

I'm born and raised in England (Ignore my Korean name) and even in the same small town outside of cities you will hear multiple native accents. It depends on your location in the town, but also age and class, and you get to learn a lot about the person from just hearing them talk. And yeah, the 24hr but not on a Sunday thing is annoying to us too 😂

My dad was a bus driver, the amount of abuse he used to get is ridiculous. With the change, the drivers have to source their own change as the company don't supply them with any.

@winnywin

6 жыл бұрын

I think the driver's do a great job. They should be paid double!

@AJ-cv9zf

4 жыл бұрын

@@winnywin Nope

Might be a Northern thing but I've seen when the bus drivers don't have change they just let the person on the bus for free

@ryledra6372

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's happened to me a few times in Manchester :)

@fionagregory5774

6 жыл бұрын

norosettanne never known that to happen

@kiahsandy116

6 жыл бұрын

norosettanne why can’t she just get use Apple Pay or her credit card just buy an oyster??

@ryledra6372

6 жыл бұрын

Kiah Sandy - She might not be in London (so no oyster card) and most bus services don't take cards (that I've seen anyway)

@sushiwarrior3741

6 жыл бұрын

all london oyster card scanners accept contactless payment (credit/debit card)

The exact change thing for busses is definitely true! I only had a £10 note on me once and I chanced it but the driver refused me and told me to go run to the shop and buy a drink to get the right change. So embarrassing

A&E is still open on Sundays - it's just the outpatient's clinic that isn't! (I know this from hard experience ... I am sooo accident prone!)

I'm old enough to remember when a lot of shops closed half day on Wednesday.

@carl48uk

3 жыл бұрын

My god, id forgotten about that!! Those werent the good old days that everyone over fifty bang on about. I prefer today...

@alanvanallen7762

2 жыл бұрын

I worked in a supermarket (1966) one of my first jobs,the shop did not close for half day at the time,but we had to go round the shop putting signs on certain goods that were not allowed to be sold on half day closing,I think flour and eggs and maybe sugar plus a few other things,seems very outdated now 🙄

A few months ago I bought a ticket on a bus, and the driver gave me too much change - I had given him a fiver and he gave me change for a tenner. So I sat down and scratched me head for a minute, staring at the cash in my hand and trying to figure it out (OK, the maths is fantastically simple, but when it happens, you're kind of "no this can't be right - maybe I made a mistake"). So I went back to the driver to tell him and give him the fiver that he had mistakenly returned to me, and he got all grumpy about it because he couldn't figure out how to deal with the situation. Jeez, man, I was doing you a bloody favour!

@afloatingpineapple6170

6 жыл бұрын

MrSonofsonof Umm.. ok then

Keep Sunday special is a pain in the butt! I had the reverse dumb foreigner moment in Poland. My thought process was "This is a Catholic country, a huge %age of them go to church, the place will be shut on Sunday", so I made sure I had bought everything I wanted for Sunday the day before. Went out on Sunday, town square full of a market, all the cafes, restaurants and shops were open. So yes, the UK, which is about as religious as a cabbage, has a more special Sunday than a devout country that produced a pope.

@AdventuresAndNaps

6 жыл бұрын

Think I'm going to use "as religious as a cabbage" from now on lol Thanks for watching!

@bearhustler

6 жыл бұрын

I remember when Sunday open came in, I was very pro it (as has been said England has to be the least religious place there is so it seemed odd) but I've changed my mind, I think it's really good that there is a day when we can step away from shops and money and just all be together, now many families don't have one day when that all are off together as people have different non-working days. I try not to go to shops on Sunday, it just makes me feel bad for all the people not getting a weekend.

They are starting to introduce card payments on buses, eliminates a lot of the issues. Bus drivers are hired for their moodiness though, if you're friendly you don't get passed the interview stage.

@sanguisdominus

6 жыл бұрын

More than that - in town you have to use either a contactless card or oyster card, they don't accept cash.

@lloroshastar6347

6 жыл бұрын

That's bizarre, I bet that brought the ire of a lot of pensioners when that was first introduced. Blood for the blood god Sanguis.

@sanguisdominus

6 жыл бұрын

Probably not, pensioners get free bus travel so it doesn't really affect them.

@DanShieldsUK

6 жыл бұрын

You clearly haven't heard of DoubleDeckerAnton then :(

@goggler2

6 жыл бұрын

I like it, i can buy my ticket on my phone and scan it when i board the bus. No need for change, less time waiting for people to buy tickets from the driver. Though ofcourse they should still allow people to buy tickets from the driver for those without smart phones etc.

Hahaha! This is soo funny! You're not on your own, I've lived here all my life and still don't understand some accents :)

@WolfGratz

6 жыл бұрын

Very few of us understand folk from the North East when they get going - I have a fighting chance cos my nan came from South Shields but it can be hard going - and we Londoners do tend to gabble a lot.

@1981moondancer

6 жыл бұрын

That's funny I am from the North East near Newcastle. I am married to an American and he understands me perfectly well I guess being an English teacher, helps somewhat.

@ElizaBeth-dg8sz

6 жыл бұрын

I'm from the north east and all my posh friends cannit understand me but I don't ink I have a thick accent😂

5:30 you turned English for a second

@chrisusher7097

6 жыл бұрын

was that the word "hear" - I noticed that too

@katephillips1227

5 жыл бұрын

Hear

@michaelqdlap

4 жыл бұрын

I think she says 'hit'

You're doing great. I could listen to you for hours and still come back for more.

I can't unsee that screen with a long stand balanced on a shoe box, on a chest of drawers, that open against the table.

Your stories of embarrassing moments brought back memories. Here's a few of my own: I got on a bus in a small town where they don't get a lot of visitors and the ticket taker (they still had them at the time) asked me where I was going (to determine the correct fare). When I spoke the whole bus went dead silent at the sound of my voice (I'm Canadian). The ticket taker turned to the crowd and said "Mind your own bloody business!", then to me, quieter "Sorry mate, we don't get many of you lot here". What lot is that? I asked. "You know", he said quietly, "Yanks". I said I'm Canadian. He looked at me funny as if I had said I were from Mars. Radio frequencies are given in a weird way in England. AM stations are expressed in meters not in kilohertz. Conversion is possible but you need a calculator. FM is the same worldwide (megahertz). English people recite phone numbers in a weird way. A number like 555-2231 would be expressed 'triple five double two three one'. This gets confusing when recited quickly, which often happens. If you ask them to repeat it, they roll their eyes and mutter "bloody Yank" (OK not everyone is that rude, but some are). Prince Harry's bride to be will have lots of fun getting used to British norms, being from California. Some think people won't like her because she's biracial. Probably not because of that. If people will roll their eyes at her it'll be because of her accent. English people think all North Americans sound the same, they can't distinguish Canadians from Americans (even I find it hard sometimes). A last little piece of advice. Don't try too hard. Don't imitate your version of an English accent, they won't like it. Don't use Britishisms in your Canadian speech. I overheard one young lady (recently) say something like this in England (she was from the US) "I watched Downton Abbey on the telly last night". Response: On the what? The telly. No response. You know, the television. Oh, that. Lesson: When you use a Britishism like "telly" for TV, you'll get the passive-aggressive treatment. Not everyone, but a lot. Just talk normally, be polite and say sorry if you really screw up, you'll be fine.

@cogidubnus1953

6 жыл бұрын

Harry's bride? God bless her...if she's good enough for him, she's more than good enough for me...and if by some most unfortunate fluke she ends up in the line of succession, then I'm more than happy.

I'm English born n bred and have the same trouble as you on the odd occasions I catch a bus lol.

I wouldn't worry about talking about Canada too much, I could listen to you all day!

Absolutely adorable! You're so welcome here and sounds like you're doing so much better than most of us Brits when we travel or move abroad! Feel free to tell us more about Canada. It sounds wonderful and I look forward to visiting one day :) xx

Most places have 24/6. On Sundays it is usually til 4-6pm. Even though the UK isn't massively religious, we do have the CofE. If you have a medical emergency then you call 999. Most of us would enjoy to hear what life is like back home. 👍

@MsPinkwolf

6 жыл бұрын

please don't dial 999 for an ambulance for a minor burn on your hand.

@JamiePiller

6 жыл бұрын

MsPinkwolf Yeah, that's why I said medical emergency. 😎

you can talk about Canada as much as you like to me ,as far as I'm concerned we are family

Came across this channel by accident and I'm an immediate fan. Utterly charming.

You've very funny and likeable. You've also helped me appreciate my own country more, so thanks!

The sunday thing is more of a european thing than a british thing.I am from Romania and here everythink is closed on sundays

as a person who lived in Canada for a year and permanently moving to England I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS VIDEO

@AdventuresAndNaps

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching :) Good luck with your move over here!!!

@Deniz-bz8sy

7 жыл бұрын

Adventures and Naps thank you! I was in Nova Scotia and even though it was kinda boring I miss it there. I watched a few of your other videos and got homesick for canada 😅 I don't know why you moved but are you glad that you did?

@AdventuresAndNaps

7 жыл бұрын

It's definitely been worth it! My boyfriend is English, hence the move. It can be tough but I'm glad I did it :)

Just discovered, and i love your channel. First class!

Hi there. I was looking around for some personal thoughts, re people from America/Canada etc. and their take on the English when I stumbled on your channel. I just have to say your experiences and the way you put them across are extremely endearing and funny, funny ha ha, that is. Thank you for making me smile and in the nicest way laugh out loud. You are fresh and extremely engaging and it takes a lot of caurage to talk about other people's culture. Especially when you are resident in that country and not relating an experience, from the past, whilst sitting in your living room in Canada. Know that you are not offensive in either what you say or how you are saying it! Keep up the good work and I look forward to hearing more. Paul

Just tell the driver to keep the change. I used to ride the bus in Portland Oregon, same policy. Exact change.

@Simonius86

6 жыл бұрын

Are you mad? I ain’t telling no bus driver to keep the change

@theglowup9623

6 жыл бұрын

That a heck of a lot of change

@philipr1567

6 жыл бұрын

Bus drivers in the UK are not permitted to keep the change.

@jenniferwhitfield9163

6 жыл бұрын

If there was an exact change policy it would an OK but that doesn't exist. We're supposed to he able to pay... but yeah, the main companies especially are terrible with giving enough change to their drivers.

@alexwright4930

5 жыл бұрын

Philip R They keep the change in Birmingham on National Express. Exact change policy, they don't give change at all.

Being from England, I have been told to get off the bus before when all I had was a 20 which I understand is a lot for the amount of change they have but I was literally in the middle of nowhere at my friends house so its like, well what do you expect me to do 😂 I was also told to get off the bus once when I asked for a child single ticket, which I was actually eligible for but they didn't believe me so they told me to leave lmao. Bus drivers are moody and irrational tbhhhh

I totally cracked up when you said the thing about not understanding British accent 🤣 love your videos so much!

As far as I'm aware, my home province of Prince Edward Island still only permits Sunday shopping between Victoria Day and Christmas -- first from Victoria Day to Labour Day primarily for tourists, and then from Labour Day until Christmas primarily for year-round residents. And when I lived in small-town New Zealand in the early-to-mid 1990s, shops would be open until about noon on Saturday, and then closed until Monday morning.

With UK buses its mostly which side of the road you are on that counts if you want to go west go to the bus stop on the side of the road where the traffic is going westward. if you want to go south go to the bus stop on the side of the road where the traffic is going southward SIMPLES

@seanscanlon9067

6 жыл бұрын

I think her point was she didn't know which buses were going east or west in the first place to know whether she was on the right side of the road or not. On a compass, west is on the left so you would be travelling from right to left via road but that applies on both sides of the road, regardless of the direction you are going in.

@anghinetti

6 жыл бұрын

Sean Scanlon: Best (and simplest) thing to do is to ask the driver if he is going to where you want to go If the driver speaks English, is not deaf and dumb nor extremely rude then one hopefully will receive and answer of some sort.

@seanscanlon9067

6 жыл бұрын

+anghinetti - Oh yeah of course but you still initially for want of a better expression, have to pick a side and direction that the bus is going in before you can ask the driver anything. If you end up having picked the right side (and it's usually a 50/50 chance anyway) then you get on or stay on the bus of the driver you have asked, or alternatively you're going in the opposite direction and so the driver will tell you to cross over the road and get the bus heading the other way. I think what Alanna is getting at here though is that there's nothing initially to tell you in which direction any bus is going and only the name of its end destination, with some maybe showing a few other stops by name too but being new to Kent, she was alluding to not yet having been familiar with the names of those destinations. I expect having been here for 2 years, that has become less of a problem for her now. I bet the drivers are still just as grumpy all the same and the one driving the bus she got on when going in the wrong direction, was probably her original encounter here with the Beast from the East!

@anghinetti

6 жыл бұрын

Sean Scanlon: You merely have repeated some of what I said. Stands to reason you cross the road if the diver tells you he/she is not going to where you want to go. In any case, many bus stops have not only some information (whether on the actual bus stop pole or in a bus shelter) as to where the bus is going but often a time-table also. Plus the fact we all have a tongue in our head and so could always ask some person other than the driver, if not sure - unless, of course, the bus stop is in the middle of nowhere and so then best to look-up online timetables beforehand - it's that easy.

@seanscanlon9067

6 жыл бұрын

+anghinetti - And you have merely missed the point that you have to pick a side of the road first and a direction the bus is going in, before you can get to ask the driver if that particular bus is going your way. The clue was when I said it was a 50/50 chance whether the bus stop on the side of the road you choose is the one you want. Then once the bus comes and you ask the driver, he/she will either confirm your luck is in and you picked the right side, or it's out and you didn't. Presumably the point Alanna was making was that back home for her in Canada, the buses went by direction such as eastbound or westbound, as opposed to having the name of the destination on the front of the bus, so the direction thing is what she was used to, as well as not knowing when she first came to live here the names of the places on the front of the bus......See what you've just started here Alanna? *Hoping you come back and reply with "Innit Bruv!" :p

Come up to Norfolk, you won't understand a word haha. Also, buy an aloe vera plant, saves buying it over and over.

@AdventuresAndNaps

6 жыл бұрын

An aloe vera plant, same advice my mum gave me :) Thanks for watching!!

@jloae820

6 жыл бұрын

Come to Norfolk and meet Alan Partridge!!!!

@Nitr09

6 жыл бұрын

I'm from Norfolk and I still have trouble with the accent!

I always enjoy your videos about England. Good or bad you always say it with a smile on your face. I'm English so you can compare us to canada all you like. Having never been to canada your comparisons will give a flavour of what it is like to be canadian. Keep up the good work.

Hilarious! ! So natural and familiar, but so well stated.

Well done!! It takes a 'foreigner' to recount embarrassing situations in Britain. I am 75 and am born and bred British - I embarrass myself constantly, but I try very hard not to acknowledge it . Stiff upper lip don't ya know.

You are NOT, repeat NOT, a foreigner. You're Canadian which means you are a cousin, therefore part of the family.

@seanhumphreys4157

6 жыл бұрын

I personally whole heartedly agree!

@alexggg49

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed Australians,New Zealanders and Canadians aren't foreigners ,just Brits with an accent😀😀😀helps you don,t want to murder us.

@dickvandyke5573

6 жыл бұрын

I find Canadians to be lovely people. Except the ones that think they’re French.

@Bigsigh24

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed, though if you are not sure if the person is american or canadian..always assume canadian first. They hate it if you think they are american..sorry to say I have done this at least twice.

@RandomJane104

6 жыл бұрын

Is that why everyone assumed we were Canadian when we visited. We're Americans. I thought it was funny.

Love the video and have only just discussed you. I am a born and bred Londoner and would like to add that we solved the bus issues years ago here and have no cash fares these days. Contactless card payments or the Oyster card (travel card for London). Also opening hours in London on Sunday is limited in some places, but more central London places do open later, and elsewhere there are always corner shops that will open later.

Looks like I am not the only one going through similar situations -_- thanks for sharing your observations

Try not to have any medical emergencies on Sunday when I got to UK - got it, I'll definitely do my best to plan for that. You are a great storyteller!

@afloatingpineapple6170

6 жыл бұрын

Sam Valladares hospitals and A&E are always open

@Dovenpeis

6 жыл бұрын

If it's a real medical emergency, there are several options depending on how life threatening it is. If you suffer a heart attack, they don't ask you to come back during business hours. However, buying Aloe Vera isn't a medical emergency.

Where I study the drivers give you an IOU if they don't have the correct change

@AdventuresAndNaps

6 жыл бұрын

That's incredible!

@discoverrealityclover9620

6 жыл бұрын

Angus williams That's true. Part of why l love the English.

@hannahclarke1023

6 жыл бұрын

That's crazy, where I grew up in the West Midlands they just didn't give out change. Oh its £4 but you only have a fiver? They'll accept it but they'll take the entire £5. You don't even give the bus driver the money, it goes into a cash funnel thing with glass at the bottom so the driver can see exactly how much you've put in, but no one can remove anything once it's in, and then it drops into the big container. So the driver couldn't give you change out of the box if they wanted to. To be fair I think it was to stop people harassing the bus drivers and taking all the money.

Lol... I feel your pain! Loving the videos... :)

7:16 Our Tesco is the same - it advertises 'open 24/7' . In practice this means it's open 24/7 except when it's not.

You are very sweet. Your boyfriend is one lucky man.

@AdventuresAndNaps

6 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it! Thanks so much for watching :)

Although your accent is still very much Canadian, you are certainly picking up traces of a South-East England accent, so in a few years you'll sound just like a local!

@Whereiscovid

6 жыл бұрын

DavidUKesb only if she is a fake person

@TheIceMurder2

6 жыл бұрын

Highly doubt that lol.

@cogidubnus1953

6 жыл бұрын

Rubbish...it's human nature to pick up the regional accent of folk living around you

@Dovenpeis

6 жыл бұрын

I can't tell the difference between a Canadian and an American .

@tikmik1789

6 жыл бұрын

I can only tell the difference when Canadians say ‘out’ or ‘about’ 😂

Delightful to watch your videos, as only came upon them by chance. I am English but my Father was Canadian by birth from London Ontario, and Grandad full Canadian, and had a hard wear store in Toronto. As such, I have Canadian citizenship, but never been there! Sadly, at aged 61 and living in the Philippines, probably never will. Enjoy England and take care!

I did this in Winnipeg a few weeks ago only the bus driver was helpful not rude. Sunday's were very nice and pleasant before big stores started opening on sunday. Now the roads are so busy and there is never a quiet day . ive got pleasant memories of going to church every other sunday with cubs tem scouts. The U.K. is a different place now , its changed for the worse.

Hospitals are for medical emergencies, not supermarkets. But joke aside, be thankful you're not on the continent, no shops open AT ALL on Sundays in France, Germany, Italy. Religion rules, Canadians not religious?

@hairyairey

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, we have A&E open on Sundays and that would definitely qualify.

@ToddSauve

5 жыл бұрын

@tomtom vicky Less and less so. When I was a kid back in the 1960s and 70s the stores were closed on Sunday, except for the odd drug store (chemist) who had to stay open by law to fill emergency prescriptions. There was quite a kerfuffle when they decided to let any store that wanted to to stay open on Sunday. Many people felt that workers should get Sunday off to go to church or spend with their family. Canada is becoming a more and more lawless place. They almost forbid teaching kids the 10 commandments in school anymore, except in the Catholic schools. And they wonder why crime is skyrocketing? All over rural Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and these are big provinces, criminals raid farms every night and try to steal vehicles or whatever they can lay their hands on. The local RCMP detachment will take at least an hour to show up (if you are lucky) and our politicians have almost forbidden people from defending their property with a gun. So the criminals get away with murder. Much of it has to do with the invasion of drug gangs like the Hell's Angels who peddle this stuff extensively to kids in schools, thus they grow up and are addicted to meth, fentanyl, cocaine and whatever they can cook up to get them hooked. We have the most immature and irresponsible politicians you can imagine in this country. They really live in fairy tale land.

I've never had that problem with buses before. Seems like you had a rude driver.

@teflondon4963

6 жыл бұрын

vast majority of bus drivers are miserable

Sunday trading laws forbid big shops from staying open all day however, smaller units can trade all day, we have a local Sainsbury's in my town that is open 7am to 11pm every day including Sunday, check supermarket websites as most of the big chains operate these smaller local stores around the UK.

talking about home is homesickness. i did the same thing when i was in Holland in the 90s. always talked about the uk. i remember when i was in the east of Holland i was staying in a house in wolfhazel, it was the place where the British army landed in mass for a great battle at Arnhem . i kept quite until the people who were very kind asked me some questions, when i spoke English every one went very quite and listened. They said they way talked was very different from what they were used to, and it was a surprise to them. lovely people

No one in Britain knows how to make a f###ing website work properly so no one can find anything about busses online, also bus drivers are always moody

Ahh I love being British! Jk aha

The solution to shops being shut on Sundays: Small (usually Asian run) single outlet general stores. PLUS: you have the added bonus that you are supporting a small business rather than a big multinational.

When I was a student I would often get on the morning bus with a £20 note. It was a great way of getting a free ride, as most buses (especially those running at around 8:30 am) didn't have change for a £20, and would - more often than not - just let you ride for free.

I'm English and even I screw up using our shite public transport :P

Who, in their right mind, would get on a bus. What do you think your legs are for.

@annother3350

6 жыл бұрын

Old ladies, kids, anyone who hasn't got two hours to kill when something could take 30 minutes. Jeez!!!

@TheIceMurder2

6 жыл бұрын

Good troll.

@TomRocaGK

6 жыл бұрын

Legs are for walking on and off the bus, aren’t they?

As a British american (one parent British, I was born in America), this channel has been a real eye-opener for me as to just how naïve my fellow Americans are. I already know everything that you tell us about, and I honestly thought that everyone else did, too. Thank you for these videos.

I always carry bus change! Used to work in a shop and it does get annoying getting note after note!

As a Brit who’s moved to Canada the whole Sunday thing is something I really don’t miss. Even though places might close a little early, corner shops like “7/11” are always gonna be open

Love your positive attitude.

The 24hr signs get me too. Fortunately it's about the number of employees, so smaller placed are open longer... In my case it was Tescos..."extra" vs "express".

number 2 happens to me and my wife everywhere we go--on a bus to the middle of nowhere--you have my sympathies.

@folksurvival

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should start wearing a nappy?

Thx for sharing.. the second one sounded pretty annoying but funny from this side.. jajaaa 😁😂😀

I can definitely relate to that accent issue you struggled with lol. Glad I'm not the only one, but I got used to it eventually and it's alright now. Btw you're really funny how end your videos "Byyyyyeee" 😂 cute though. Thanks for sharing the info

I had the same bus mishap in my own country. I got on the wrong bus and put my nose into a book, and I didn't realize my mistake until we reached the end station. Then that was quite embarrassing, but there is more - my destination was only a couple streets away. I could have walked. But I didn't know that. I took the bus back to where I came from, got on the right bus, and got there two hours later than I should have.

Sainsbury Locals are usually still open till 11pm on Sundays, they only have small units, as it's all about the size of the building that determines their opening hours on Sundays

The bus incident seems like something that would happen in London exclusively. Almost everywhere else they have standard bus systems where you pay according to age (child or adult) and depending on the ticket you pay for, like a standard one way ticket, a day rider (day ticket/pass), or a mega rider (weekly pass/top up card). And they have the normal change system.

Stores closing on Sundays is common throughout Europe. There will always be at least one pharmacy open but not all of them.

That coin thing was so cute 😁

Sunday opening depends on the size/number of staff a shop has. Smaller supermarkets are open.

Here in Melbourne our public transport all uses Myki cards. The cards can be bought at railway stations and some newsagents. They work like a debit card. The money is put on the card and then we can travel on trains, trams and buses using the same cards, which have to be continuously topped up with cash.

I've lived here 60 years and I still did the bus thing last week! Ended up after an hour back where I started.

@AdventuresAndNaps

6 жыл бұрын

Thankfully I've gotten better at using the bus... not totally an expert, but getting there!

Shops use to close Wednesday afternoons even Newsagents. Most large shops have sunday trading times. 09:00 - 16:00 or 10:00 - 17:00.

Some bus companies dont give change. When I joined the Navy there were people from all over the Country and for someone from Cornwall to talk to someone from Scotland had to be translated through several people for a few weeks before" people got their ear in "

Whenever I got on a bus in America, there was usually a sign saying that I better have the exact money! Maybe Canada is not the same? My experience was in Wisconsin, pretty close to Canada. Love your videos, you are learning quirky English ways quite well!

Petrol station shops occasionally have decent stores e.g. BP with M&S stores inside, they are open 24/7 every day of the week and often have the essentials. In terms of medical related stuff, as others have mentioned, especially late at night dialling 111 for non-emergency calls (can take longer to pick up as there aren't many call-takers) or 999 for emergencies you can always get help. There are alternatively A&E hospitals which are open 24/7 which if you can get to (by being driven or walking etc.) are a good option, and some Minor injury units stay open at night if needs be. There are also late night pharmacies, though these are more prevalent in larger cities, and mostly aren't open all night, only late hours such as 11pm, or some small convenience stores will also be open late and occasionally all night as well

Sunday opening only counts for shops with over a certain number of employees. A local (not big chain) shop will still probably be open.

Most large cities will have a late opening pharmacy, even on a Sunday. My local pharmacy opens til 10pm on a Sunday

Where I live the bus drivers always have a float, and I've even been a passenger when a driver didn't have enough change for someone just getting on, so the driver and passenger agreed that he'd give her the change after a few stops when he'd built up enough. As for the Sundays thing, yeah, annoying but many people like to take their Sundays to chillax.

I used to live in a small village in Somerset, it only had one shop ( until a prat from London bought it then closed it then we didn't have a shop at all ) and one brilliant old pub. We would all be talking normally until a foreign tourist ( must have got lost ) came in then we would deliberately drop into deeper Somerset accents just to confuse the tourist as they wouldn't understand what we were saying lol. At times it would sound like a Wurzels convention going on. If you have never heard of the Wurzels you should look them up on KZread.

denied is a southern thing, in the north its a case of machine broke or no change so give you a IOU that can be cashed aon another bus or bus station :)

The reason shops close early on Sunday was mainly to do with work life balance . Originally certain shops could stay open as long as they wanted with the exception of alcohol as the rules are different. But they discovered that it wasn't worth them opening 24 hours as not enough people took advantage of the extra hours to make it pay for the shops. Since than we have the hours that we have. However their are plenty of off licences that sell a variety of things and they are normally open like the 7-11s in the US. Hope that helps...

Oh Sweetpea, you're talking about "verbal incontinence" and everyone experiences it, but you are kind and open enough to share so others won't feel so bad.

The Sunday opening hours is something a lot of us natives don't get either, especially for the big super market chains. Although if you do have a genuine medical emergency on a Sunday, there's usually a hospital with an A&E department somewhere reasonably close. (Although less so recently because politics)

Nice vlog, but a little understated. Bus drivers are a lore unto themselves (or so they believe) if you get to the point when you are unsure, explain to someone in the bus queue that you are from Canada or elsewhere, and could they explain how the system works. Similarly for bus routes and accents. To be honest, I am from Yorkshire and I have issues with understanding some of the Yorkshire accents. Btw I am 73 years old and have had almost every accent spoken to me, so I generally can middle through. Also most English people, Scots, welsh and Irish are also included, will gladly explain or translate for you. Lol😂

I worked in a Bakery for years and the best thing for a burn is cold running water. It is best not to put anything on a burn, just keep it under the tap until it stops stinging, and let the fresh air get to it once the stinging stops

In Ireland we have exact change only on the buses......there is a money slot and no change is given.

lmao! I'm an international student, and the accent bit is so true omg hahaha!

In the 70s and early 80s all shops closed at five or before weekdays apart from Wednesday when the shops shut at 12 noon. They also opened on Saturday morning but that was it. Because of this and also everything was shut on all bank holidays people used to buy everything they needed for a week of Christmas celebrations before hand. The odd thing is people do the same thing now even though supermarkets are open Boxing day.

Love the way your accent changes when u said asda haha