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the comedy here is because for polish person this is completly normal when dealing with administration, they will not help you if they can refuse you. this is perfectly depicted in comedy sketch: "Swiat wedlug kiepskich - biurokracja"

@mortbobeus6889

9 ай бұрын

omg yes he should react to some sketches from Kiepscy

@kataraktx

9 ай бұрын

No

@PobortzaPl

9 ай бұрын

Polish administration finally dropped influences from Russian one - you don't need to give any "gifts" to have your cases being worked on - but ot kept influences from Austrian one. At that is blindly following letter of the rules, whole almost ignoring the spirit of them.

@DonSalieri181

9 ай бұрын

ŚWK? I think better is in Witcher 3 in Beacleiur - "Customer have right always" (PL - Klient ma zawsze rację).

2:05 I saw that confusion :D Polish is a very gendered language (in a similar way English calls ship a "she"), so "Mławianin" and "Mławianka" can be translated to a "male / female citizen of Mława" respectively.

The "robe" joke is hard to translate. He couldn't find the word to describe his sweater so he used the archaic Polish word "kontusz" which means a piece of clothing worn by 16th century male nobility. This is why they asked him if he has a horse nearby. "Robe" doesn't have the same implication in English I think, so it's hard to get the joke being about old historical garb.

@sylwia4487

9 ай бұрын

In this case, using the word kontush would depict it in a proper way. At least this is what google image confirms when typing kontush in google search engine

@MikrySoft

9 ай бұрын

Also, the donkey would be more accurately translated as "an ass"

@pedrovigo1788

9 ай бұрын

They could use a word "cardigan" 😁

@BB-hx4mj

9 ай бұрын

@@pedrovigo1788even many English speakers don’t know that word

Rob, remember pandemic?? Police told me in the Streatham Common Park to walk apart with me girlfriend, 2m apart, n I told them that we sleep in same bed, n they still told us to walk apart. That was similar situation...

KMN is known for its wordplay, sometimes you need to be fluent in Polish to comprehend the exact meaning of the given situation. English translation does not always cover it.

Sometimes it's like this. One evening I went to a pizzeria with my friends. They were about to close, so they said they wouldn't serve us anymore. So we sat on the windowsill and called this pizzeria and ordered a pizza by phone. They did it and they brought it. :D

I love your reactions to Polish content. It's nice to see you really trying hard to understand our weird-twisted humor, which isn't easy😅

Górski i Cieślak,kultowe postacie w polskim kabarecie

I had this type of situation, I wanted to end a contract, I went to the office, signed the documents and thought I would receive confirmation in writing. But they didn't give it to me because they send confirmations by registered mail!

@RobReacts1

9 ай бұрын

Haha

That's how you get an appointment with a GP in England. If you turn up they will tell to call.

I had exactly the same situation not that long ago in England. I was at the desk of some institution. Lady: Hello do you have a reservation with us? Me: No, but I'd like to make one. Lady: We accept only online booking. Me: But I'm already here. And strongly prefer to speak in person. Lady: Well yes but I can only process online reservations. So I sat there, made a reservation on my phone and went back to her. She said "Ah, hello Sir. I see you have a reservation with us..." Most peculiar experience. Bloody technology!

@MidBoss666

9 ай бұрын

As strange as it is, she wasn't doing it out of spite or to be an ass, that is how she's ordered to do it by her higher ups, she just tried to do her job.

@logolorin

9 ай бұрын

​@@MidBoss666 You're absolutely right. I wasn't rude to her either. Rather amused. That's why I blame omnipresence of pseudo-liberating tech :)

@_r4x4

9 ай бұрын

​@@MidBoss666probably she also had no tools to do it the way the customer would like to be done.

Gosh, this has made me cry with laughter 🤣😂🤣😂😂😆

@RobReacts1

9 ай бұрын

I thought you just wanted a history lesson 🤣

@dorotabarbowska2184

9 ай бұрын

​@@RobReacts1 there's time for everything 😁 this was really hilarious, I just don't like those stupid internet hits. By the way, is there a chance for another polonez video reaction? There were so many comments and proposals under that prom polonez , that I would love to watch one more polonez reaction , this time with one of the street performances eg. in Vilnius ( soooo beautiful) or the Guinness World record in Zamość

@roberttwardowski9711

9 ай бұрын

Angol tego humoru nie rozumie

The best Polish comedy group (we call it cabaret) is definitely Hrabi. They are just the best.

Watching Bareja's movies would be a challange 🙂❤

I am Polish but I was in the situation like this in Southampton travel lodge where they told me that I should book a room online ,even at the reception desk at place and they didn’t want to process my reservation while I was at place talking to them and they didn’t even accept cash to pay .There was a problem with my credit card as the safety password did not go through and I almost cried feeling helpless.Eventually a nice Chinese origin man at the desk helped me but I gather it was a bit unacceptable approach in general

We Poles have a very abstract sense of humor. Not everyone understands it.

@triumphtinltcomicdg

9 ай бұрын

the British too, after all Monty Python is british

@beatryczelupa5411

9 ай бұрын

that's why I once wrote that we have a similar sense of humor@@triumphtinltcomicdg

Ahh the simpler times. Back when comedians came up with absurd scenarios. Nowadays they just tell the news and we laugh through tears

@bonbonpony

9 ай бұрын

Just like in the old communist times, eh? There couldn't be a better sign that these times are back :q

KMN is the short... full name of this comedy group is called: A cabaret of moral anxiety...

05:19 This situation is called Poland :J Polish offices, to be exact. They're the places where time stops and moves backwards, as well as everything else.

I'm Pole, but I didn't know that :D So funny :D

5:18 Try to book an appointment with GP by visiting the GP surgery. Newport, Wales

Just this year, my brother had a similar situation with one of the government offices. Although technically it was a bit less riddiculous cause the in-person service was till like 3pm and the phone service was open till 6pm. So he basically called the guy looking him straight into the eyes 😂

I could not reach a medical center - the phone was still busy, so I came in and they told me to call them to make a reservation for GP! It is UK!!!!! I tried the emergency phone, and they answered, but they told me to call a normal - unreachable phone.

hahaha, this is so true!!! just imagine I’m in UK over 15 years and when you need to sort out something over the phone is the same. you say the story what you need explaining lots of thinks and then ''ill transfer you to other department'' then again, the same and someone else again ''' it’s not my department so ill transfer you. Man, sometimes i waste over an hour for sort out something being transferred from department to department like a ball on football game. i was so many times angry. i had similar thinks at work as well, everyone sticks to only one role and no one is multi-tasking etc. today i get used to it and is normal for me. but yeah, this is exactly what it is. Ps you know why they comedy is so cool? because is real, its taken from reality and those thinks really happens.

@PlGimli

9 ай бұрын

Exactly... Even after so many years of living in the UK, I still don't understand it, many times I wanted to do something in person but I couldn't because I had to call first and say that I wanted to come... I just hate phone calls in the UK, I never know who will answer... it's usually an Indian or an Arab who barely speaks English... I have poor English myself, but when we get down to the level of spelling and Alpha, Tango is too much for my interlocutor, I just want to smash my phone against the wall...

The lesson we take from this? Do not insult someone YOU need to cooperate with You.

World history according to KMN is the best one 🤣

Nice piece of comedy, I liked it listening to it in original Polish. To answer your question, the city council in Wrocław has a security guard station. There, it is clarly written "Security does not render information". I tried to break the rule, and the guy just shook his head.

I had Pretty Match The Same Story When I try to get insurance number years ago in UK 😂

Nie myślałem że takie sytuacje istnieją, dopóki nie miałem takich przyjemności w dziekanacie, dzięki temu dowiedziałem się, że poczta ma jednodniowego kuriera na terenie miasta, zamówiłem list kilkaset metrów dalej na poczcie. Bo wymyślili, żeby pewne rzeczy doręczać tylko pocztą lub kurierem, telefonów nie odbierali, wszystko ciągło się miesiącami, bo na maile odpisywali po kilku tygodniach nawet raz na maila dostałem odpowiedź po pół roku, ciągłe odsyłanie do internetu, albo kogoś innego a to dziekana, którego nigdy nie było. Z resztą to było chore miejsce nawet teraz to brzmi jak żart, ale ile nerwów popsuli...

@kilimandzaro555

8 ай бұрын

co to był za uniwerek?

This is back when KMN was still funny and fresh and clever.

@Mordring

9 ай бұрын

And had Pakosa

Milan, "The Last Supper", 2011. I was there and I couldn't buy a ticket - internet reservation only and the lady couldn't do it for me I had to do it myself so I decided that The Last Supper can wait and I left.

I always having issue with virgin media when my contract is running out when I ring up to extend they will give me price 50£ then they will say as as value customer I give you discount to 35£ but new customer get same package for 30£ so only way to get out from this have to give them 30 day leave notice and wait for them to ring me back before 30 days and they alwas ring back and say ok please dont leave as I have fantasic offer of 20£ :D

Try "Kaplicowy" Zenon Laskowik (TEY)😀

I think the best thing about KMN is that they take simple tasks like this (buying the train ticket while there is some red tape, buying the doors) and crank the potential obstacle to 11

Kocham kiedy oglądasz polskie kabarety😂

You should see a stand up comedy of Lotek (it's a guy's name) - the story when he bought wellingtons is hilarious!

Name of the group alone tells a lot... Cabaret of Moral Disturbance :P It's easier to learn polish than to translate those gags 🤣 Many aspects specific for polish society, euphemisms, double meanings, abstract connotations that don't make any sense... but somehow they do xD And on top of that they improvise quite often.

@rzutkikuc4703

9 ай бұрын

Existing phrase in English is "moral anxiety" or "moral unrest".

@Pavelek88

9 ай бұрын

@@rzutkikuc4703 I was pretty sure there were more fitting words for this, thx :)

one real life situation In Poland it is possible to check the train schedule online. you can also order a ticket online sometimes, however, it is better to go to the station and buy in person. I sometimes travel by train and I have encountered various situations I once wanted to buy a ticket. I checked earlier what hours I had available. I went to the ticket counter and said that I wanted to buy a ticket to a specific city, at a specific time. the seller told me that there was no such train at this time - Sir, but on the Internet it is stated that this train arrives at this time -then please go by internet Welcome to Poland :) It's sometimes difficult :p

Polish trains are a comedy in itself.....

Watch KMN - Dog conversation. This is funny too.

you can ring up to get tickets in poland its still a thing. and oh yes I have definitely been in this exact situation with this exact reaction

It's been an honour to watch you Rob, another good video.

@RobReacts1

9 ай бұрын

Cheers mate

@forwardfordie

9 ай бұрын

​@@RobReacts1what about "Battle of Britain: Untold Story"?

My mother once wanted to make an appointment with the doctor. The receptionist told her that she couldn't make an appointment because the line she was calling corresponded to the ground floor and the doctor was on the first floor. So mom asked her for the telephone number for the first floor. The receptionist gave it to her and hung up. After calling the second number, it turned out that both phones were next to each other on the desk and the same lady answered it and made an appointment... My mother was shocked (understandably), when she told me this, at first I thought she was joking. But this is not the end of the adventures... When she went to her appointment and was waiting in the waiting room, the doctor came out of the office and started calling various names from the list (Times before GDPR). Mom looks at him with a questioning look and says: "Sir... -but I'm the only one here..." to which the guy looks from behind the papers and replies: "Really...? Come on in, then." Is everywhere helfcare like this or only at my place? Because we also have very nifty hospital with 2 star recommendation (altho it's still to high for place where doctor wanted to make a bet that my wrist was not broken and was making fun of me because I secured it)

8:37 It is probably a quote from "Master and Margherita" by Bulghakov.

sorry it's in Polish. in 2008, the same situation when I wanted to make an appointment with my GP. I'm at the registration desk at 8 a.m. and the polite lady tells me that it's only by phone. so I say, I'm here. she only repeats over the phone. I turn around and call from my cell phone and ask if... that's enough now. now it's ok!!!!

You did pretty well although certain parts of the joke you really couldn't understand without knowing perfectly the nuances of our language and the mentality of Polish government bureaucrats! LOL. This horrible mentality is partly a heritage from the czarist times under Russian partitions and then, the times under socialist regime when USSR was pretty much running our country after WW2. A simple clerk could sometimes ruin your life or day just to show his/her power and ego over you! You did a good job by interpreting such a foreign set of circumstances for an Englishman. Congrats!

Rob, This is not stupid.This was Poland in communistic era. Everything was hard to reach ,even simply ticket. If you will Polish nothing will be surprised you. I admire your interest of Poland and Polish. Dziekuje👍👍👍

Kabaret Moralnego Niepokoju Cabaret of Moral Anxiety

"Ani Mru Mru" comedy is the best!!!!

Cześć Rob 😁 KMN are the best comedy group in Poland, they are great but I'd love you to see another comedy group called Ani Mru Mru and their sketch "Stacja Benzynowa" (petrol station in English)

hi! you may react to polish virtuozo on guitar, named Marcin Patrzałek (polish challenge try to read his name :) ) whatever will you choose will be ok, maby moonlight sonata coz its beethoven masterpice or still dre coz its well known ;)

You are spot on!!!!;-)

We Ask for more Polish comedy ;)

It perfectly describes our administration clerks. We are surprised if we find someone helpful with good manners.

Rob you are so smart.Pozdrowienia from East Dulwich London.

Kabaret Jurki " Obiad " :) :)

I was in a situation in Poland in office (land and mortgage register department of the court) and I needed to pay for procesing my case. Women working in the office said, I cannot pay to her, only by a bank transfer, so I made a bank transfer using app in my phone, but then she said, that she need printed confirmation of transfer becouse she dont have an access to their bank account. Fortunetly I found a shop in towh, where they was able to print me a page send to their email, so with this printed I went to the office once again.

I have always feel like that while i try solve some issue whit my british bank. I just passed by and wanted to fix some issue but i can't. They will rise a trouble ticket and send me a snale letter... 😂

It does NOT happen like this in Poland. Never ever. But…. happened to me on numerous occasions in the States and in Germany. That’s why it is so bizarre and humorous to the Poles.

I rekomend ZAKLAD POGRZEBOWY with Zenon Laslowik. Little older but very funny.

7:17 that's beautiful :D The captions say [word game - untranslatable to English], that's correct, however it can be explained. 'Byt' - a being, and 'odbyt' - an anus but in this situation it may be understood like 'me and you, the asshole'. Still, not as funny as in polish due to rhyme but can give an idea to native english speakres :) On the other hand this is one of the most known and loved polish Kabaret (cabaret) of its times.

What you should react to is Kamil Bednarek Spragniony MTV UNPLUGGED with Igor Herbut. It's mind blowing.

This situation may be more associated with German officials in whom fixation on procedures is near perfection.

Yes yes just by telephone this is funny joke

Please check out the best cabaret in polish history - LIMO!

O fajnie że KMN Nagrali skecz o moim mieście ❤

Hahahaha :D First time watch this comedy :D I'm living in Mława :D hahaha

computer says "no"

He ordered a pizza and said that he was wearing a red robe, it was a Polish nobility coat worn in the 17th century, and when she heard that he was wearing a robe, she asked if he was on a horse because she thought he was joking, so he replied not on a horse but on a donkey because he was upset that he couldn't order it. .So in short.😁

Lol, I'm from Mlawa

Siema siema :) fajnie że się podoba

..Rob ..robi dobrą robotę..

NHS GP's are working in that way. Try ring to them and get appoiment.......😎😎😎😎

@RobReacts1

9 ай бұрын

Saying that, I called up the GP at like 9am the other day and got a 11.45am same day appointment

@adamsmithson486

9 ай бұрын

@@RobReacts1 give meplease your gp address, i will switch. In my area you must tried few day or go to walking centre

@RobReacts1

9 ай бұрын

@@adamsmithson486 haha I was surprised as well

This comedy describes attitude of polish railways oficer to passangger who is sort of necessary evil.😀

This comedy has second layer. In Poland after communism collapse PKP (railway carrier) should reform itself to be competitive, true free market company, but hasn't. Even today there are often situations as abstract as if they don't want to have clients. Something like travelers would be burden for them. It's soo much easier to run company if there are no customers, isn't it? ;P

BNT, BNT, BNT, BNT, BNT, BNT, BNT, BNT, BNT, BNT

super

regarding 15:00 , it's because the PHONE ticket reservation. What don't you understand? ;) cheers

Why not play the full version? You cut the ending and the punchline which was really funny!

@RobReacts1

9 ай бұрын

No i didn't. That was the end of the video

@Misiulo

9 ай бұрын

@@RobReacts1 So it;s an alternative shortened version. SPOILER In the extended version, the guy looses it and attacks the clerk who then calls the police. But the partolling Police officer says they only take notifications by phone.

@RobReacts1

9 ай бұрын

ah must be the shorterned version. This is the only one I found on YT@@Misiulo

❤

This is even more ridiculous and stupid when you actually think about it a bit. This is a Telephonic Ticket Reservation, where you reserve your tickets, but you can actually go to the Ticket Selling Booth and buy the actual ticket for the train that departs next day... That man that wants to reserve the ticket is behaving like male Karen. "I have come to you so I want you to reserve this ticket for me." The only missing thing is asking of a Train station manager.

Bc phone calls is more money for them 😉

Mariolka Paranienormalni 😅

This is a bit exaggerated, but still nonsense of some regulations from the times of communism in Poland. 😄 Hi Rob, I highly recommend other jokes from this KMN cabaret. This one is just one visible piece of the iceberg.

hahahaha

but... HOW DID IT END??? :D

😁🤣😁❤️🇵🇱

I had situation in uk when I wanted to open bank account and they told me that I can’t do that because first I need to get a job so I found a job but I couldn’t start without bank account and proof of address bank statement was an accepted proof of address but I couldn’t get proof of address because I couldn’t open bank account. Because I couldn’t open bank account I couldn’t get a job….over and over again

@RobReacts1

7 ай бұрын

Oh Christ what a nightmare!

My recommendations are The Witcher games trailers

Zobacz jak chłop przebiera się za babę, to dopiero są jaja.

KMN..KABARET MORALNEGO NIEPOKOJU

I love your reaction😻

simpli komunizm biurocration 😂😂

The problem is, no, he cannot do it. It's not his choice, this is what he was ordered by the higher ups. Though yeah, he was being difficult on purpose, pretty standard reaction when entitled people want you to do more than you're supposed to just because it would be convenient for them.

DZIEN DOBRY A RACZEJ DOBRY WIECZUR R O B E R T O

that is why i don't do Polish comedy..... give me Frankie Boyle anytime

im confused

@RobReacts1

9 ай бұрын

What you confused about? 🤣 he wants to buy a train ticket but it's he's only able to do it over the phone even though he is right Infront of him

monty python

You should see film KMN Audycja radiowa. Its more funny