One of the reasons for a school uniform is you don’t have the issue of children being judged on the clothes their parents can afford. Plus they’re really not all blazers etc anymore, grey trousers, polo shirts and the school colour jumper. Comfortable and affordable and can be handed down without dating

@sianchild

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately even with uniforms that doesn't stop. They judge on shoes, on how new and clean etc the uniform is, on the rucksack brought in, on which kids can afford the extras at school etc.

@sallykins3800

2 жыл бұрын

Yes true but it looks slovenly.. The blazer and tie uniform and pleated skirt, for girls, meant pupils were going to school and were all the same and unable to modify it but more importantly it was smart . The point of wearing a ‘uniform’ is also psychological where you are wearing it for a purpose and feel ready for that purpose ie to study in this case . There are numerous studies regarding uniforms and how they change your attitude.

@adrianjaramillo3252

2 жыл бұрын

I would actually argue, the main thing is the peace of mind, not having to worry about what to wear every single morning and piece it together, allowed me to sleep in for at least a few minutes, it was much appreciated.

@MsPeabody1231

2 жыл бұрын

@@sianchild Yep at one of my neighbours kids schools they are into £50-100 rucksacks. The kids are aged 6-11...

@alexreid1173

2 жыл бұрын

I see that, but also kids will literally find any difference to pick on someone about, and we can’t control for all of them. I was beat up as a kid for being a vegetarian. I just don’t think that would avoid any problems.

I think a cashless society would disproportionately affect homeless people or low income people who don’t have access to electronic banking or banking in general (e.g., “maintenance” or “account” fees where you’re having to pay a monthly fee to keep your account open if you have less than a certain amount of money in it). I’ve also ran into a couple of cases where the store’s card reader was broken or their system was down, so I carry at least $20 on me just in case. That being said, I only ever use my card. 💸💳

@conormurphy4328

2 жыл бұрын

The logical answer there seems to be we as a society should deal with the homeless/low income problem before we deal with the cashless problem

@cameroff

2 жыл бұрын

Account fees are actually much rarer in the UK than the US. I see the greater hurdle being more around not having a permanent address or ID to be able to open a bank account in the first place.

@cifafs3

2 жыл бұрын

@@cameroff good point!

@cifafs3

2 жыл бұрын

@@conormurphy4328 that would be nice for sure

@spacecadetrik21

2 жыл бұрын

In the UK if you are homeless you can get in touch with Shelter and they will arrange a referral to HSBC who have an account for people with no fixed address. If you happen to have photo ID, then there are a couple of online banks, but you need a smartphone.

I know people have mentioned this already but school uniforms are there to be an equaliser for children. I knew people whose parents could only afford 2 shirts and a pair of trousers (of school uniform) for them but as they were all the same, no one noticed if they wore the same shirt twice etc. If it had been non-uniform people would have probably bullied them for wearing the same t-shirt multiple times a week and every week. School uniforms are there to serve low-income families (although not always as some school uniforms can be insanely expensive these days) and also to separate school and home life. Personally I liked wearing a school uniform everyday as it took away any pressure to have the best clothes and brands and I didn't have to think of an outfit everyday which is something I hate doing now.

@Rhaegarion

2 жыл бұрын

Typical middle class take, completley ignoring that academies require you to buy their branded socks or the kid gets detention. Only the middle class priveliged can support such an awful wealth extraction of the working class.

@nataliatheweirdo

2 жыл бұрын

Ive been in both, and i think the only pro i got to ‘omg free dress all the time’ is that i didnt have to wake up, change into? uniform go to school in annoying uniform, and then come home and change. i could as a depressed 9th grader go in my pjs and ‘nO oNe cOuld noTice’ it wasnt- horrible but i do remember getting picked on for wearing the same like 4 outfits over and over bc thats like all i could wear from target and then everyone had all the cool branded snazzy outfits and tube tops, and i was like- ‘errrr why cant i do that helppppl’ i would look in a sense prefer just wear the damn blazer then like get that low self esteem over feeling bad i couldnt look like i shopped at gucci 😂

@vidincrisis

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rhaegarion in my country, many state schools give money so that the students can buy uniforms and for the really low income families, their old school uniforms also ends up doubling as clothes kids wear at home etc. as long as they are not insanely priced, uniforms do act an equaliser. in my school we had additional rules that you couldn't bring expensive watches or spectacle frames. everything had to be unbranded and 'simple' but were there kids who still managed to brag by having 'fancy' and 'expensive' pens and notebooks and brag about their holidays? of course, kids are jerks like that. oh and here, schools don't allow phones, in very very rare cases you're allowed to bring phones for safety purposes bt even then you have to submit them at the school office and you can get them at the end of the day.

@laurentaylor774

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not just about the financial aspect, it’s also supposed to be a safety thing. It makes kids on school trips etc easier to spot, easier to identify to the police if they are missing and if there are people in the school who aren’t supposed to be there it’s supposed to make them stand out more. Having worked in schools it is definitely easier to look for the school jumper in a crowd than a specific face. Also, I don’t know if this happens everywhere but my secondary school uniform (blazer, tie, branded p.e kit etc) could be subsidised or bought second hand from the school to make it cheaper. My daughter’s school sell second hand jumpers for a pound or two at the end of the year.

@jeanettemullins

2 жыл бұрын

I think that while some school uniforms (because they vary) can be equalisers, some are huge expenses for parents and relatively poor quality and unsuitable for the actual lives that children live. My mum worked in a school that at that time had the common sense to have a really simple school uniform, just a pair of tracksuit bottoms and a t shirt or sweatshirt with a school logo. It was so child friendly. I just don't understand why so many uniforms require kids to be dressed as mini office workers with ridiculously strict rules that penalise kids if they don't have the exact school brand, colour or style or if the fit is not good on them so it doesn't reach a certain length. Kids talk, bring in accessories or see each other outside the school day, they all know who has nicer things and who doesn't. The so called equalisation effect of uniform doesn't go very deep. Our school uniform was ridiculous, we weren't allowed to removed our sweater at any time, even in the height of summer so a lot of cheap polyester uniforms on sweaty teens was a bad combination. It was basically unfit for purpose. I think the best idea is allowing kids to wear whatever bottoms they like with a t-shirt and hoody with a logo which some places do have. Practical clothes for kids just doesn't seem to factor into the decisions that schools make for their uniform.

As a Canadian in regards to the penny thing - companies aren't the ones who decide to round up or down. The price of an item in a store might be listed at $9.97, so we take it to the cash register and the machine automatically rounds it (down in this case) to $9.95. There are really no issues that I've personally encountered. Hope this helps! Edit: Thanks to everyone responding with their country's system for this! So many similarities. I love hearing about different nations and the differences between them :) Keep 'em coming!

@paigefairweather695

2 жыл бұрын

I'm in New Zealand and they even got rid of the 5c, but the rounding just works the same :) although most things are just priced to the 10c anyway

@Rain-np7tk

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I was just going to comment this

@echolinker9590

2 жыл бұрын

@@paigefairweather695 same in australia!

@xesbeats8180

2 жыл бұрын

@@echolinker9590 we still have the 5c

@echolinker9590

2 жыл бұрын

@@xesbeats8180 you're right (i googled it), idk why i thought that...

As a teacher, school uniforms are vital. They don't have to be so formal, but they provide children an opportunity to fit in without judgement of wearing the same clothes during the week. There are so many children and families who are in a situation where wearing the same clothes will result in bullying. At least with a school uniform, they can get away with wearing the same clothes all week if need be (sad, I know), without being called out for it. Also there are many jobs who require a uniform so it's not really any different. At every school I've worked in, young people can still have elements of personal identity and expression so it seems to work in Scotland at least...

@ahpadt

2 жыл бұрын

There are atleast as many jobs that dont require a uniform as those that do require it. I come from a country where school uniforms is not a thing and I firmly believe in it. Its a dated view.

@cameronbishop6001

2 жыл бұрын

The price of uniforms should be taken into account though. On average, a pupil (or more accurately, their parents) end up spending just over £100 on school uniforms. That money could quite easily be put towards clothes that pupils feel more comfortable in by sticking to the basics (for example, it's unlikely you'll notice that someone was wearing the same plain jeans a few days in a row). Admittedly, I'm making that claim based on a male/masculine-dressing perspective, and I can't speak on the female side apart from an assumption that they would have a higher expectation for variety in clothing.

@sataniagidney9695

2 жыл бұрын

But they don’t work that way. I went to a school where the uniform rules were school crew neck t-shirt, belt, closed toe sneaker or flats with socks, and denim or khaki bottoms (skirts & shorts accepted as long as they were at least finger tip length). That uniform requirement was so vague that kids easily were able to pick out identifiers to mock kids. Kids would go after the brand of shoe you wore, the backpack you had, the style of belt you had (color, design, any branding, etc.), hair style you wore , finger nail color, jewelry , etc. I understand that educators and schools think that uniforms reduces bullying but it doesn’t really. Bullying is about exerting power over someone else, and creating emotional (and even physical) distress to achieve that. When someone is targeted by a bully, the bully will find ANY reason to attack. You can create the most stringent uniform policy ever, but bullying will occur because bullies are motivated based one thing: feeling powerful. I do ultimately support uniforms for younger students (USA k-8th) but they should not be relied so heavily on to reduce bullying because they won’t work. I also believe students who are older should be given the opportunity to explore style and self expression through clothing because it will reduce the difficulty they experience as adults in having to pick out what to wear for work or interviews - they’ll have had practice to learn how to identify appropriate versus inappropriate outfits that still express some of their personality at a time when it’s not that big of a deal.

@joesmyth88

2 жыл бұрын

@@ahpadt doesn’t address any of my other counts which are perfectly valid though…

@joesmyth88

2 жыл бұрын

@@cameronbishop6001 true! However, it can be done on the cheap. I’ve seen many supermarket deals for example.

Simple answer to the title; Yes.

@hoojip5969

2 жыл бұрын

Damn you beat me to it

@gemgwilliam

2 жыл бұрын

Long answer: yyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeessssssss

Gotta disagree about the uniform. I loved having uniforms and soooo many people that I went to school with and people I met later who had school uniforms loved it too. It makes life sooo much easier getting dressed in the morning and really helps when the school has a really wide socioeconomic make up. It’s not as obvious when you’re a lot poorer than everyone else lol. But I do agree about it not being gendered. That should not be a thing.

@spmiles98

2 жыл бұрын

@@jillhobson6128 Seriously? Who's the pervert checking that you're wearing the right knickers?

@spmiles98

2 жыл бұрын

@@jillhobson6128 of course, it's always the PE teachers that are pervs.

@CraftyWitch1990

2 жыл бұрын

I would agree with you but ever since i was at school, i left in 2006, most schools have officially branded uniforms and won't let you buy them from anywhere but the school shop. My school was just the local comprehensive and everything had to be branded. The polo shirts were £25 each, the jumpers/sweaters were £50 each and the blazers were £75 each. Plus we had to have branded items for PE too. We were very poor growing up and couldn't really afford that kinda money to be spending on a school uniform that you end up growing out of in 6 months to a year. So the poorer kids still get singled out because they have second hand clothes or poorly stitched logos because they were bought from the local market, hoping nobody would notice. It was hell :(

@NicholasJH96

2 жыл бұрын

If schools want uniforms to stay it should come out of school budget and school should provide it for free. By provide I mean every pupil there non binary,boy and girl and other genders. Schools should provide for all pupils following items socks PE and Plain black socks , tights for anyone wearing a skirt,skorts for PE with leggings in winter time,shorts with leggings in winter time,V Neck jumper,polo shirts,trousers,coats and clear pencil cases for exams and clear bags with clear lunchboxes and back to clothing rain coats, and PE Polo shirt. If schools want everyone to look same. I would also apply clear bag rules to staff to make it fair

@wolfzmusic9706

2 жыл бұрын

@@CraftyWitch1990 where tf did you grow up? school uniform can be expensive but for us, each piece was like £20 and you weren’t allowed to wear stuff that isn’t part of school uniform (on our website shop thingy), but people did anyway & nobody cared

In Indonesia, where a quarter of the country earns less than £300/month, school uniforms are a massive deal. The state offered state-sanctioned school uniforms that pretty much all schools across the nation, except the very posh, adopt. This is important because it means factories can mass produce it and aggressively drive the price down (around £3 / set). It also solves the massive issue of bullying since everybody wears the same so nobody is being judged for wearing the same clothes during the week.

Putting aside all the valid points for a moment…special thanks to the lamp for roleplaying as Evan’s halo/hat in this video!

@saramoldrup

2 жыл бұрын

This is the best comment on this video 👏

6:35 we have these plastic coins here in Italy which allow you to unlock a trolly without putting in any actual money. I'm still not sold on the idea of getting rid of them completely, I mean can you imagine the constant mess people would make by leaving them everywhere?

@magicofshootingstar5825

2 жыл бұрын

In my country some people use money and some tokens. Also in some shops we just have free to use carts and no mess. But it can be because of Finnish nature that we wanna respect the rules 😄

I absolutely agree about the gendering of school uniforms. It's bizarre that that hasn't changed yet. And yes, especially for girls who want to wear trousers as there are more of them I remember getting to sixth form and finally being able to wear trousers to school felt amazing haha. And also the hair styles rules are so stupid. I remember girls being given detention for having their hair dyed interesting colours or wearing their hair down if it was longer than a certain length, even in the hallway or classes where it wouldn't be a safety hazard. It's weird.

@imanepink

2 жыл бұрын

I agree I strongly support school uniforms (not business casual dress codes that can get tf out of here) but some of the rules are just pure BS.

@jaymercer4692

2 жыл бұрын

I mean think the hair thing is outdated but in my old school most of the girls wore trousers and the teachers preferred that because it seemed like the girls and teachers in my old school were in a constant battle of trying to make sure the girls skirts weren’t more akin to a belt than a skirt. There’s been a bit about guys wearing skirts and a couple have tried and there’s been various reactions. I’m not sure what the end result was.

@mhrb44

2 жыл бұрын

At my school we weren’t allowed to wear skirts because people were wearing them to short for my school standards

@DairyFreeAutism

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely wild. I left school 10 years ago. And since from when I started school I was allowed to wear trousers. The school I went to had standard polo short and jumper to wear which was the same for everyone and you could choose skirt or trousers. We also could have our hair any way we wanted as long as it wasnt dyed a really unnatural colour. (Like bright pink) I think it depends a lot on the area.

@KRYMauL

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaymercer4692 I think that guys should be allowed to wear kilts.

On the school uniform point, my parents were both teachers, and one of the bigger advantages of school uniform was that having everyone in the same clothing was more about shielding kids without money for branded clothing from being bullied, when everyone wears the same there's no class systems if you like. Hope that makes sense!

As a tomboy, I hated being forced to wear skirts and dresses at primary school. We were only allowed trousers if it was snowing.

@JBCBlank

2 жыл бұрын

At my school there was this girl who made pants out of the skirt fabric that we were required to wear. And the school allowed it, and I remember being impressed.

@riverstein7251

2 жыл бұрын

Same (went to a private Catholic school in the US). My school issued sweats and jackets with the school’s logo and colors on it to wear when it got chilly, but even then we weren’t allowed to wear the sweats under our skirts. I hated the sweats and the jackets anyways because they never failed to give me a rash with how cheap the material was, so I quickly got used to shivering out in the cold without any protection from the elements. Even if they were worried that I was going to freeze, they never allowed me or anyone to wear one of the many jackets and sweats we had of our own to school. Nope, the solution was to forbid kids (especially the girls who were forced to wear a skirt instead) from going outside to play during recess instead of letting them wear their own jackets and sweats to school. It’s such a dumb rule. Public school was much better because you could wear whatever you wanted on a cold day as long as it wasn’t revealing.

@trans_boy_kole7640

2 жыл бұрын

As a trans man who knew from an early age but only told family until I turned 17... I hated skirts, I hated dresses and I hated the continual complaints the school made about my short "unladylike" hair

@kaiseremotion854

2 жыл бұрын

there was a story on reddit where the school forced them to wear dresses even in the rain and snow and wouldnt even allow them inside, but there was some rule (i forget) that basically put them in detention when they would be outside. so that was their work around

@elizabethk2072

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never been to a school that didn’t allow girls to wear trousers, they should all be like that.

I (in my mid-30s) mostly use card. But I feel uneasy about how I’m making companies abolishing taking cash more likely (Cafe Nero already doesn’t in my town) and how that could be negative for people who RELY on cash, like homeless people or even just people who can only budget if they have physical cash. For them I hope cash stays.

@adrianjaramillo3252

2 жыл бұрын

In my country cards are really just catching on, and it's a shame Because I literally have to DM restaurants' instagram pages to see if they take card beforehand, and be ready to have a stopover at the ATM in case they don't. I'd rather use card cause in case I get mugged or simply lose my wallet, no one is gonna get me my cash back, but with a card I could cancel it on the nearest computer within minutes hence not lose any money. I do understand the fear of over spending if the only thing you need is a little tap, though.

@bellathemusicaddict

2 жыл бұрын

I lived in Norway for 2 years, and even buskers and beggars use peer to peer payment systems there. Seems like the (few) homeless people they have managed to go with the times and figured it out 🙂

@tillywardale9790

2 жыл бұрын

21 and I prefer using cash for some things, it helps to keep track of spending. I also prefer to get my tips in cash than it have to go through finance (in australia, so tipping isn't super common). I also really dislike places refusing cash, it needs to always remain an option.

Uniforms do assist in identifying students vs outsiders and it does help keep everyone one on an even footing. They also help keep everyone dressed to meet OHS, sun safety etc.

Just from personal experience (every school I went to had a uniform) it meant that the friends I had in school, who I knew were on the bread line, did not feel embarrassed about not having the latest clothes/shoes compared to others who may have come from better off backgrounds, as you just needed the same blazer/trousers/skirt and shirt/tie, which did not have to be bought as an expensive label. We could not show any labels anyway (except for the weird coat of arms we had to wear as a badge, and the horrendous tie). It also takes the pressure off already struggling parents to provide these clothes. I think we forget in our rose tinted glasses view of children (and because we weren't 'the bullies') that they can be horrible and others will follow the stronger ones like lemmings (regardless of how they truly feel). Some will always be looking for a way to bully, and having a uniform takes one more reason out of the equation. It honestly never affected my 'self expression' as that actually came out in other ways anyway - and eventually made you feel more 'grown up' in sixth form college when you could wear your own clothes and start to experiment as a young adult without the fear of a spotty little wotsit commenting that you did not have the latest pair of Kickers (showing my age). As a kid I hated the uniform, but as I've grown up I can see why it made sense - I wish we lived in a less materialistic world, but we don't - and I think the pressure is even worse now for that generation.

The problem with 40 hour workweeks is outside of having kids on too-low an income. To begin with, even if you aren't married or have children, you still have a lot less time and energy to do anything in the house, but you still need to be working at least 40 to sustain yourself and pay your bills. The problems of the stereotypical "bachelor life" where you don't cook, mend and clean your clothes, or clean and manage your own living space are compounded. Paradoxically, we've gotten more productive as a society over the years, producing much more, much faster than we ever had, and yet we're required to work at least as much as we always have, if not more. There's a clear disconnect between productivity and wages/time, and it's obvious who is getting the benefits of that disconnect.

@hannah12114

2 жыл бұрын

I also here in the USA I need 40 hours of work a week to get health insurance. If healthcare was paid through taxes I would work less than 40 hours. I plain on living with my brothers and an another roommate. I hope one day I can go to a different country. I want more time for myself and not feel like having one bad medical problem can ruin me financially. 😢

@qdllc

2 жыл бұрын

People just don’t get supply and demand. When men were largely the only ones working, the economics worked. After WWII, women elected to stay in the workforce. In time, the surplus supply drove down wages. Add in outsourcing and downsizing and the US has sent many good paying jobs overseas…leaving people stuck in multiple low pay jobs to make up the loss.

@Piccylo

2 жыл бұрын

@@qdllc Married women remaining in the workforce is not the reason productivity has gone up while wages have gone down per worker. The value being created is still going somewhere, and it's not getting split among multiple people in the household. Even "good" jobs have stagnated wages.

@qdllc

2 жыл бұрын

@@Piccylo - True…the issue IS more complex than just that, but when only men were the breadwinners, wages had to complete. Once women entered the workforce in large numbers, this STARTED to shift. At first, it stayed the same. We also had post-war expansion to absorb the increase in available workers. Once that stabilized, we saw inflation outpacing wage growth (especially once the US dollar went of any standard of value under Nixon). Then you get to the point where “globalism” becomes the new doctrine…eliminating import/export tariffs that ensured that American-made goods could compete with foreign-made…encouraging companies to relocate production overseas with less taxes, cheaper labor, and lesser environmental constraints, and you have a recipe for economic disaster. There simply is not enough high paying jobs for all the Americans wanting one, and we can’t just hand out money because if nobody is producing, what will you buy. Protectionist policies make sense if the goal is to ensure that ONE full-time income is sufficient to support an entire family. American companies, even with better quality, could not compete with the cheaper production costs overseas. We literally ship raw material across an ocean just to have it return as manufactured products…think on that. What is the economic cost of domestic production that justifies this move? How do we blindly justify the environmental impact of moving material to the other side of the world to save money on domestic production?

Things that shouldn't exist in 2021: Huel Yes I am totally shit-stirring but I do feel uncomfortable about how disconnected we've become from the raw products which make up our food.

@Tiger89Lilly

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. Fat free also irrationally fucks me off

@daelra

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! The whole concept of drinking food, that it's all one taste is totally against everything I consider great about food. Same goes for shakes in general and even soups to be honest. In any case there's a big case for making sure you're getting the right micronutrients, antioxidants, flavenoids, etc. It's not just about protein, carbs, fat and vitamins. Even eating the right bacteria and other germs is important for gut health.

@Tiger89Lilly

2 жыл бұрын

@@daelra I love soup and sometimes smoothies and milkshakes but my soups are all home made and I like to use various vegetables, homemade stock, and lots of herbs and spices. And milkshakes and smoothies I make from scratch and have them as snacks. I like different textures in my meals there's something satisfying about different textures and flavours in a meal

Regarding the 40 hr work week, I think it entirely depends on the job. I am a winemaker and I rarely even get weekends. It's technically legal because agriculture is under different regulations. To be fair, it is an incredibly time sensitive job. Yeast doesn't just stop working on Saturday and sunday.

Hey Evan, I saw you in Paddington Station today! I didn’t come up and say hi because you looked busy and I was running late for my train, but I wish I did so I’m saying hi here instead. Hiiii!!! 😂😊

Being from the UK im glad we had uniforms because not only were the poorer kids not called out for wearing less fashionable clothes but we dont have all these "dress code" issues that seem to cause controversy in the US. Just turn up in black shoes and trousers and a certain colour jumper (sweater) and youre good to go!

@am5783

2 жыл бұрын

While we didn't have to deal with the spaghetti straps and three finger rule bs, we did have weird rules about makeup, how many ear piercings you could have, hair colours and lengths etc. And of Course, the naughty kids could get away with all those things but the good kids couldn't.

A life hack for the £1 trolley, if you have a key with a round top, use that instead it works fine.

I’m so glad I didn’t have to think about what to wear everyday at school 😂 My school was very strict though, they were obsessed with us being super neat which I hated and was always being told off, but I still would take that over no uniform tbh

I used to teach in the inner-city in the US and our dress code was to limit gang associations. Students wore school t-shirts that only came in 3 colors and jeans or black pants. But we wanted to keep the gang stuff out of the school

I'm pro school uniforms. Mainly reason mentioned here already - the socio-economic reasons. For those that point out that uniforms are expensive, it's because they are made of very good quality fabric, designed to be long wearing, resistant to discolouration, stains, and rips. So they can be washed and worn frequently. Another reason for uniforms I haven't seen anyone else mention yet is security. If students are wearing the uniform, you know exactly who is meant to be on the school grounds, and who's some uni student, or other stranger pretending to be a school student.

@ottakringcalling

2 жыл бұрын

Plus, I think you identify a little bit more with your school when you wear a school uniform. Its not just the place you go to and sit for the next 8 hours.

@dutchgamer842

2 жыл бұрын

I'm against school uniforms, kids should be able to express themselves and individualism is important. Group behavior is terrible, school uniforms should be against the law.

@LovelyLawla

2 жыл бұрын

I very much agree in terms of the durability of uniforms. I've been basically wearing the same few outfits over the last year due to working from home (think casual like sweats and hoodies) and they are now in a condition where I have to change before leaving the house because they are so washed out/just done, and that didn't include the few hours on buses and carrying my school bag (and once a week, PE bag) around all day! Unless I had grown out of an item, my uniform lasted several school years. Typically I'd get a new skirt (for "registration" [uniform check]) and wear it the first few weeks then I'd switch between both the old and new, meaning I could wash them less often. My blazer literally lasted me 3-4 years (I had 3 in 7 years) and my jumper lasted 2ish years as I only wore it in cooler weather, and I got 2/3 new shirts each year (mine were green so had to be bought from the local school uniform store, so I had to wash them mid-week, compared to my brothers' white shirts for a few quid from Tesco or wherever!)

@michael_177

2 жыл бұрын

@@dutchgamer842 I dunno man, I know that personally, I would never go into school if it was a non-uniform day

Not wearing a school uniform doesn’t make sense to me, personal expression becomes outweighed by pupils flexing whatever rich item of clothing they can afford and it’s bad enough with uniform in dubious areas such as belts and bags. It’s not even very expensive my current uniform if a pound shirt from Asda, fiver for a tie and a fiver for a pair of trousers, 40 pound for a blazer that’s lasted 3 years and 40 pound for school shoes. You can get these cheaper if you buy second hand as well. So I don’t see a real reason why you wouldn’t want uniform

@bronekjeszczeniezdechchwaakrl

2 жыл бұрын

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@Bringon-dw8dx

2 жыл бұрын

Some schools are really expensive (we are talking like £400+), and that needs to be stopped. But generally I agree. It’s nice to not be judged for your style choices or lack of money

@slennethw1025

2 жыл бұрын

I think school uniforms are good as long as the uniform is cheap

@dutchgamer842

2 жыл бұрын

UK is the only western country with this stupidity, that using school uniforms

A lot of farm and warehouse/factory workers have only Sunday off, meaning that they really value shops being open on Sundays, it's not a day of rest for everyone!

Cash is wonderful stuff. Love it. Privacy, apart from anything else. Electronic transactions are always tracked. Thank you for the video!

In 2003, my Catholic HS tried to force all the girls to wear skirts, and my mom and I got really upset and got that policy changed.

Regarding "malfunction in the system" it's more of an endpoint kind of deal. Even though I pay 99% of the time by tapping, I always carry some backup cash, saved me a few times when paying for lunch and only then being told the terminal doesn't work.

23 years old, I stopped carrying cash back in 2019, because I was young and single living by myself. People would see me trying to rearrange the money in my purse because it took up so much room and like hound me for money. Not anymore, though! Plus if I get robbed, I can just cancel the card. My boyfriend is 26, still carries cash, but then again his jeans have those big ass man pockets

@ANTSEMUT1

2 жыл бұрын

Women's clothes should have useable pockets.

Have to say, like many here already, I think school uniforms are a good thing. They're an equaliser and they also make for quicker getting dressed in the morning. No trying to decide what to wear!! Also, I went to boarding school and we had very little storage for clothes beyond our uniform. As someone who used to be a teacher of a practical subject and taught in different countries (some with and some without uniforms) it's a lot easier to make sure the pupils are clothing safe with uniforms! (Drills don't care about fashion and will willingly pull clothes in if given a chance!!)

Spaghetti straps were an issue, excuse me? My school (in Germany) didn't really have any dress code, we could wear spaghetti straps and short shorts in summer (tbf, our school didn't have air conditioning). Literally no one cared, no one complained, no one was distracted. All those rules in the UK and US seem very bizarre to me.

@ia7950

2 жыл бұрын

German here, can confirm!

Regarding school uniform, I think it can be good. I went to a high school in the UK so it had a school uniform. However the school uniform was just a school jumper and polo shirt, not a blazer and tie. I think it added something to the atmosphere of the school with a sense of community but also added some informality in contrast to blazers which made it a more welcoming place. It fed into the schools atmosphere. There was a Catholic high school down the road a bit so you'd always see them walking back and it looked odd to see year 7 (sixth graders) in full blazers and ties. It was, in my opinion, a good middle ground between what the school wants and what the students want. Though likely most would prefer no uniform, I am almost certain the students would disagree nigh on unanimously against introducing blazers.

For a while I worked at a place that did a 9/80 scheme. You worked 9 hours a day Mon to Thurs, then 8 hours every other Friday. To make it work with labor laws, they made the work week Noon Friday to noon Friday, keeping you at 40 hours a week legally. It was nice having every other Friday off, and one extra hour was not a bid deal.

Re: school uniforms.... I'm a Canadian teacher who moved to the UK to teach 6 years ago. I think uniforms are very positive because they level all the students. Not just in the eyes of their peers, but teachers and the community too. I think sometimes the dress regulations in schools can be a bit over-the-top, focusing on things like nail polish and the number of earrings, etc. But overall I think it's very positive on the whole. However, it can be a source of conflict between students and staff -- students wearing trainers, necklaces, etc. -- which can sour the student-teacher relationship when pedantic things must be enforced.

@silverkitty2503

2 жыл бұрын

They don't level all students at all...

@jeanettemullins

2 жыл бұрын

I find it bizarre that kids school uniforms are not based around practical children's clothing instead of the idea of a uniformed office worker that doesn't really exist any more. A simple Hoody and t shirt with a logo in addition to kids own clothes would make way more sense than suit type getup that is so common.

@5bellabellabee23

2 жыл бұрын

I can tell by what school uniform a child wears, it still doesn’t level them. You get fancy uniform and basic plain asda packs

@LovelyLawla

2 жыл бұрын

@@5bellabellabee23 not my school you couldn't. It was bottle green skirt, blazer, jumper, socks, striped tie (plain in year 13 and 14 - age 17 and 18) and a pale green shirt, all of which had to be bought at two shops in our city (or second hand in a few charity shops). Kids of parents on no/low income got vouchers for the uniform, so literally all of us were wearing the same uniform. No jewellery allowed, no make-up allowed (teachers would keep make-up wipes in their desk and make students take make-up off in front of everyone), no "unnatural" hair colours, no visibly branded shoes or bags, etc.

@silverkitty2503

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeanettemullins same

I’m pretty sure most British people like school uniforms. I can imagine for Evan that uniforms wouldn’t be great for him personally because he cares about the way he dresses. A lot of us don’t or a lot of us don’t have the opportunity to do so. It would be like forcing you to wear a sign that has your music tastes. Some people love talking about that and expressing that but for others it’s just another source of anxiety among the many in every day life. I couldn’t imagine having to get up for school and on top of thinking about all the homework and books I need to bring I also need to figure out what to wear. Getting up and just putting on the same thing makes school life so much simpler. Also most schools in the uk are a mix of socioeconomic backgrounds. You have people that are obscenely wealthy and those who are far from that. Just highlighting these differences isn’t a good thing. I remember hearing back in 2017 or whenever it was that Jake Paul and Logan Paul were massive that school children in the US were being picked on for whether they wore Jake Paul merch or Logan Paul merch or none at all. Imagine making a child who still has no clue what things it enjoys or who they are as a person be forced into begging parents to buy them clothes so they can fit in. Just seems like no uniform benefits a few select children because they will have more fun and makes everyone else miserable.

my 2cents no one asked for: the coin for the trolley thing is to make people return it to the proper area instead of just left wherever. and then. School uniforms are meant to be an "equalizer" as in everyone wears the same thing so no one is bullied for not being able to afford to keep up with the fashion trends etc, but that being said it defeats the purpose bc school uniforms in my area are DUMB expensive; also all school uniforms where i am everyone wears trousers and skirts were actually banned bc girls kept hemming them or rolling them up to be suuuper short lmao

@mickb.8925

2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Here in Belgium there is a shop (Colruyt) that has stopped using the trolley coin thing for a couple of years now and most, if not all, people return theirs and I'm assuming there aren't more stolen trolleys either (but that just speculation).

Thanks to the pandemic, I was given the chance to try a 10hr/day, 4 day week and I love it. I've been at it for about a year now. I get way more done at work and at home and feel rested after 3 days and ready to go Monday.

with the 40 hour work week, at school you get 40 hours in school, and my school adds 20 hours homework a fortnight, then they also expect you to do "extra-curricular" and "exstensions". Then ask you to come into school at 7:30 and get angry at you when your tired. And then these teachers will be like, "oh i want you to enjoy your weekend, I will only give you an hour of homework, you guys have a free hour through the course of the weekend" but we also have 7 other classes, it's not like your the only class we have homework in.

In Australia $0.97 gets rounded to $0.95, $0.98 gets rounded to $1 :) When it comes to uniforms I think it can be beneficial, it's less hassle (you wear the same outfit each day without much thought), the kids all look the same so it creates less chance for bullying if someone can't afford trendiest items. But uniforms should be comfortable and allow girls and boys wear trousers/skirts/shorts depending on their preference.

First? And in some examples of job, almost certainly yes. Also for the record, uniforms are not to get kids ready for a work environment as much as they are to prevent a huge disparity of the value of clothes worn by children. Once everything is equaled out it has far less impact on learning and self-consciousness allowing far more learning to take place.

@spmiles98

2 жыл бұрын

Sure, but then why a blazer, button up shirt, and tie? Why not a tee shirt and jumper? So much cheaper, but still all wearing the same clothes.

@lanahands781

2 жыл бұрын

Then they should be affordable for all. Not super expencive, logoed cash cows

@visitor55555

2 жыл бұрын

@@lanahands781 Can't argue there. Some do make a meal out of nothing. 🙄

I miss having uniforms to wear, having to think of new outfits and make sure I’m not wearing the same thing each week takes way too much time

So we’re just not gonna comment on how the ceiling light makes you look like you’re wearing a tiny hat? Okay. Cool.

@Xeroph-5

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my god, it's a small fez! (Fezzes are cool...)

@1DIsMyLifeSmile

2 жыл бұрын

I saw a halo but I see it now🥺

@conormurphy4328

2 жыл бұрын

@@Xeroph-5 stop with your references

@ANTSEMUT1

2 жыл бұрын

He totally does look like he is wearing a tiny hat 🤣🤣🤣

There's a lot of pressure on low-income parents and potential embarrassment for the kids if they can wear what they want to school. A uniform is a good way of keeping it somewhat equal.

@samn6498

2 жыл бұрын

In my first year of high school on 'mufty day' I wore one of those cheesy 90's flame shirts with a white T underneath... Yeah... Made myself a bit of a target for bullying that day

@epicrabid1857

2 жыл бұрын

On non school uniform days were kinda scary since all i had in my mind were what is everon else thinking.

@carpevinum8645

2 жыл бұрын

@@epicrabid1857 non uniform days at my schools were generally themed Dress up days, so looking stupid was kind of the point, and the teachers would get into it too.

Yeeeeah... Come work in a school for a month, and that opinion on uniform will change. I get the overly strict standards on sock colour/etc. is stupid, but there is so much equality and life lessons learnt from wearing uniforms.

I worked 12 hours a day for 3 days, loved it! Less commuting, I could do all kinds of things including short trips on my days off. My costs were lower too.

@Arldavis

2 жыл бұрын

same here!

Back when I was in school we were pretty poor and I was grateful for my uniform, I used to really dread non-uniform day since all my clothes were hand-me-downs. But then our school let girls wear trousers (which I wore exclusively), I never realised some only allowed that in winter.

To answer the point about shops / supermarkets which ask for £1 to use a shopping trolly / cart, there are reasons behind this. A few years ago, my local Sainsburys found that several of their shopping trollies / carts were missing. It turned out that certain individuals (usually P1$$h3@d$ who were staggering out of the local pub at closing time) were stealing and "racing" the shopping trollies / carts and then throwing the trollies / carts into the local lake. NB The local council arranged for a clearcut of a local lake and found 34 shopping trollies / carts in the lake. Since then the trollies have been locked and can only be unlocked with a £1. The thefts have dropped to zero.

I remember when everything in the US was closed on Sundays and I HATED it! I only had Saturday and Sunday off from school and thus only had Saturday to do anything fun! I know it's a selfish and bad argument but...also...it makes the world feel like a ghost town when you go out.

@sie4431

2 жыл бұрын

It was the same in Britain until the mid 90's and I felt the same as you but in hindsight I could have done it if I was a bit more organised and being a kid makes everything harder. These days it's so much easier with online shopping and mini supermarkets

@charlotteinnocent8752

2 жыл бұрын

A person can work Sunday and have another day off in the week in lieu of it, like Tuesday or something. Or you could chose not to work whatever days you chose not to. What IS needed are regulations regarding have enough time off, and being paid enough for the work people do. The reason retail workers are overworked is because their pay is so shabby, not because of Sunday opening.

@sie4431

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlotteinnocent8752 I don't think they're overworked because they're badly paid but the two go hand in hand. Employees do get enough time off, at least under British law, but what good is having Wednesday's off when everyone else is at work

@charlotteinnocent8752

2 жыл бұрын

@@sie4431 People should get to chose which days they wish to work. People work extra days and hours because they haven't earned enough in ordinary 40 hour week. If employees don't get enough time off that is a separate issue, and has no difference on how those hours are distrusted about the week.

As a nurse I work 12 hour shifts so only work 3 days a week (some weeks 4) and I would struggle to go back to "normal" hours now. I appreciate having more days off so much.

I also grew up in the US, but I love the idea of school uniforms. It insures kids look like kids, and takes away some of the issue of the "cool kids clothing." It doesn't need to be with ties and such, but a school polo shirt and uniform trousers just make sense. There's also loads of research that shows that kids perform better when required to wear some form of uniform, and in schools that do wear uniforms, when they have days that they can wear their own clothing, there are more discipline issues.

Totally agree on the uniform thing, I went to a school that was further away just to avoid having to wear a uniform. I was from a poor family and no one judged me for my clothes choices as far as I can remember. Honestly I wouldn’t have worn the big brand names even if my family had the money for it. Wear what you want.

@saoirse7167

2 жыл бұрын

I went to a school with uniforms and I revived a lot more criticism for how I wore the uniform than for what I wore on casual days. I’d rather risk judgement for my own taste than for whether or not I do up the buttons on a blazer, anyway.

Why do people seem to believe that shop closing on a Sunday will just give staff a day of they don’t work 7 days a week. If they lose Sunday trading all the shops will do is employ less staff so people will lose their jobs and for some weekends are the only time they are available. I am a HGV driver and working 4 on and 4 off most days working from 6am till 6pm and like the fact that I have a lot of weekdays off but for those working long days throughout the week Sunday is the best day to shop. 🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🤠

@idontcare556

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. If we are going to make any day a guaranteed day off for retail workers it should be a week day, because during the week everyone else is working during the times that shops are open. Having to take time out of a lunch break to go buy something at a shop because you work 9-5 weekdays and then having shops close on Sunday only leaving saturdays to go and shop……doesn’t really make sense. On top of that, the economics of a day blackout on small businesses and retailers is astronomical. Here in NZ we have legislation that governs the number of hours and days a person can work and reasonable break and leave legislation. It gets a bit grey around the zero hour contracts which are very hotly despised around nz. But they exist and people need to be careful. Employment law is a big thing 😂

@Bringon-dw8dx

2 жыл бұрын

As someone who’s worked in retail we would prefer things like Boxing Day or New Year’s Eve off. Rather then sundays. Lots of students (both school and university) rely on their weekend jobs for income

The shopping carts also take coin-size tokens, you just carry one with you and you never need to worry about having the cash to put in. They are pretty common where I live and the stores even give them out as a promotion (with their logo on it).

I love how the light makes you look like an angel

"Cash vs credit" seems like a false dichotomy, Evan. I'm 35 and barely ever use cash, but I've never resorted to credit either. I can use a debit card pretty much anywhere. The only reason I ever used a credit card emulation was to shop online because because it was really hard to do it without one up until not too long ago. I also never understood this whole "disconnect from the money I'm spending" when using a card. When you buy something, you know the price. You know your bank account goes down by that amount. Where is the disconnect?

@_shreyash_anand

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah debit cards are the best. But I have noticed that they don't seem to be as popular in western countries as they are here in India. I don't like credit cards. I prefer to know exactly what money I have, what I can spend, and don't have to worry about debt and shit.

@Hydraclone

2 жыл бұрын

@@_shreyash_anand You get a debit card by default when you open a bank account in the UK, and I'm pretty sure you do in most if not all European countries.

@_shreyash_anand

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hydraclone actually, yeah okay. It's the same here. I forget how similar the system here still is / took inspiration from the UK😅😅

@lindyashford7744

2 жыл бұрын

I am 72, find this channel interesting, especially topics being discussed, and the way it juxtaposes the things we take for granted here with a relative newcomers observations. Oh those uniforms. The biggest issue I have with them is they only really fit the average person, the ultra skinny of either sex, the ultra tall or short, the tubby waisted or sturdy legged all find it hard to get anything that fits well. I read of a girl with a tiny waist but well rounded hips who couldn’t get a skirt to fit that would stay on her, her schools design of skirt couldn’t be altered. Trousers that either do not stay up or do up are also an issue and some boys who are taller have to resort to adult clothing that is not branded or regulation. Blazers only go up to average sizes too, beware is the child is very tall and has long arms. The mostly formal nature of uniforms could go, I think, if levelling up is the main issue. There could easily be a more comfortable and aesthetically reasonable uniform, I have an idea some countries in the Far East do have rather nice uniforms that are a bit more modern. The cash or credit thing is not really the thing, I use debit for everything, and that’s what people should do. A small overdraft leeway ‘just in case’ is ok but living on credit is a no no. It is bad enough people already have large loans for education, housing, and transport. Do you really want your entire life to be ‘owned’ by your banks/loan companies? I also believe in underspending. Not to be penny pinching, but to create a savings buffer even if it is small. There is nothing inherently good about cash, it is dirty and may have been in some rather nasty pockets. The concept of cash and it belonging to the individual though is very important. I fundamentally disagree that some company which almost always takes payments in advance for services rendered should have first dibs on your earnings. People go along with this without questioning it at all. Very often such companies overcharge and then the next year you find they have taken several hundred pounds from you that you really could have done with in February. That could be millions of people wages at the rate of up to a weeks worth that they have quietly stolen until government notices that they have overcharged you - in advance! Do you get paid in advance? Many such companies have very low overheads and very high profit margins…. Hmmm. Think about it…..

@Hydraclone

2 жыл бұрын

@@valeriem8480 Doing this is also really good for your credit score too.

the 40 hour work week is also incredibly ableist. a lot of disabled people can’t physically work that many hours (like myself) and it’s so hard to get disability income from the government. it shouldn’t be a luxury for disabled people to get basic financial support

Props to you Evan for always trying to get the best set up you can, no matter what situation you're in! While i dont mind if someone doesnt have the perfect setup I do appreciate a good visual experience here and you always got those cool colour lights in the back somewhere!!

I am pro school uniform but anti extortionate prices for school uniform. It made it so much easier in the morning to know what to wear, and as others have said helps unify everyone and prevent bullying where the school has a mix of socio economic backgrounds. I grew up without money so most my clothes were hand me downs or basics (still are to be fair) and kids can be mean and judgey about that.

An error in the system, as in the pin machines being down? The amount of times I've been at the shop to buy something and the internet was down, or a specific bank, can sadly not be counted on just my fingers anymore. I always keep a bit of cash so I can buy my milk 🤷‍♀️

Hello and welcome back to a man who's made many Scousers cry because he didn't stay in their city for long enough.

Never thought 10 years ago I'd be on this side of the argument but I will defend school uniforms on one point: I do think that it's good to have a tangible separation between your outward identity in and out of the school setting. Yeah that's probably more thought than any students ever put into it and tons of schools (mine for example) have such lax uniform codes that you can still incorporate your own style to an extent. (also the cost argument and all the rest yadda yadda) hey Evan. They're by and large not "forced to wear suits" (it's not a suit) there's also polo shirts and jumpers for us future proles who'd never get to see the inside of an office, should we choose to wear those instead

Evan I'm a nurse in the States and 10 hour days IS my set schedule. I would fight anyone who tried to take that from me! I have weekends off and one rotating day in the week. It's very nice, since you can use that day to get things done (appts/travel) instead of having to take time away from work.

Watching this video it looked like you were wearing a yellow fez with a halo above it because if the lampshade. If it helps, fez's suit you

I dunno if Anja‘s country is Switzerland, because I assumed we‘d always had Sundays off, but maybe I‘m wrong, but regardless, we do this ✌️

@JasmineG96

2 жыл бұрын

And we Swiss also have Referendums, and I think I remember we had one about this specific topic a few years ago :)

@tuuleri

2 жыл бұрын

At least it isn't Finland, the shops are fully open here on Sundays

@BruceMurphy

2 жыл бұрын

Switzerland except train stations and airports anyway. Referendum was in 2010ish?

@JasmineG96

2 жыл бұрын

@@BruceMurphy smth like that I think, I wasn't allowed to vote just yet so I don't remember it that well 😅

When my colleague first started at our lab, she asked what the dress code was. I just said practical/comfy. I also said if you’re not attracting attention to what you’re wearing then it’s okay 👍

I really missed having a uniform when I started university - I really liked the simplicity of not having to choose what to wear each day! Am a big uniform fan :P

Yes.

While If we had a referendum on it, I think I'd vote to give everybody Sundays off, I also think practically it's not really going to all that convenient for everybody to have every single Sunday off when everything's always closed. For some people, that would be their only day off in the week and that would make fitting in a lot of errands more difficult and never really give them a opportunity to do stuff they may like, like browsing the shops.

@ArdiraLightsworn

2 жыл бұрын

Also Healthcare is 24/7 so where do we draw the line? I'm assuming nobody would want A and E closed on a Sunday. " Oh, You just had a heart attack? Sorry, we're closed today, better come back tomorrow if your still alive. Sorry for the inconvience" Not sure folk would be very happy about that.

@Hydraclone

2 жыл бұрын

Usually it's people in the roles this would affect who DO want to work those Sundays too. We're all too busy to shut the country down a day a week. I go to the shop OFTEN on a Sunday. Fuck, I did today. I generally buy the food I'm going to eat on the day I eat it, because I struggle with overeating otherwise.

@Bringon-dw8dx

2 жыл бұрын

But some people need to work weekends. I’m a healthcare student so I’m on placement up to 12 hours a day, Monday-Friday. I need to work weekends otherwise I literally can’t afford to eat. I also needs weekends to do my food shop in the winter because it’s not safe to walk to the shops after placement on weekdays when it’s dark

Another banger, good lord Evan keep em' comin

Hi! Canadian here who works in customer service. With rounding, 1-2 rounds down, 3-4 rounds to 5, 6-7 rounds to 5, and 8-9 rounds to 10. So, if something costs $19.26 you would round it to $19.25, and if something costs $19.28 you round it to $19.30. It was a little confusing at first, but it’s really quite simple, and it’s so much easier without pennies!

So I know the 40 hr work week is standard, but I don’t know any one who can just work 40 hours. My company doesn’t specifically say but expects at least 44hrs. I feel like in America, people look down on you if you leave on time

I prefer cash since it's analog (which is kinda my whole thing lol) and, if shit was to hit the fan, I know that it's gonna be next to impossible to track the same way as a bank card is!

We had the no spaghetti straps rule in school as well but I live in Australia where skin cancer is a huge problem, so for us the rule was always about having sun protection on your shoulders, because what little kid can be trusted to apply sunscreen correctly. Because of that we also had the 'no hat, no play' rule all year round.

The 1 pound trolly thing is actually something i support. I'm in the US and every store around has people leaving carts in parking spots, behind other people's cars, and in the mulch patches where the trees are. The only place that doesn't have that problem is my local Aldi bc they have a coin slot on their carts. They don't pay a poor highschool student to run around in the rain tracking down carts and when they close there are three rows of neatly returned carts waiting for the next day. Of course, they usually give you a quarter if you ask and some people leave a quarter in it just to be nice to other people. We have a designated Aldi quarter so we don't have to go searching for one when we go. I think if other stores had a coin slot that their parking lot would be a lot cleaner and I wouldn't have to shove carts out of the way so i can park

I'm mentally ill, and when I had my first job, I struggled to feel like a person, like I'm actually living because i was at work from 8 to 4 and I had to go to bed at like 10, so i would be able to do a good job at work the next day. 6 hours wasn't enough for me to take care of myself and my pets and help around the house, and deal with my alcoholic father.... I quit after a month, because I was treated like shit by my employer, ams I wasn't even getting paid over time, and i had to stay overtime a lot, i was working like 10 extra hours a week without any financial compensation. I wasn't suicidal for a long time before i got that job, but two weeks in... All the progress i made with my mental health got thrown out the window. I'd still be working there if i got paid properly for the job I did, or if I wasn't forced to work overtime so often with a horrible boss treating me like dog shit.

A more blended approach to work in a post covid world is necessary.

I'm getting caught up on videos but I was so excited to see my comment in the video!! :D Also, I agree that you should be keeping track of your own money. Banks do make mistakes and if you aren't watching it closely they may do double transactions, charge you extra fees that they shouldn't, etc. (also, it's for tracking when people haven't cashed checks that you've written, though I'm not sure if you write checks) P.S. my favorite Huel flavor is Banana, though I wish it was available in stores in the U.S.

I am a part of the single income family with three kids crowd. It is possible but difficult. We have had to live in a place with low cost of living. But it has risen SHARPLY the past couple years. Things are tight but only a couple more years until our youngest is in school full time and o can get back to work.

I suggest that you use chapters to allow us to skip the sponsored segments like internet today.

@evan

2 жыл бұрын

Will integrate into future vids! Been meaning to do chapters more often but I always end up forgetting 😅

That Huel requires buying 3 bags (21 meals) to make a purchase is why I don't use it. If I can't buy one and try it to see if I like it, why would I commit to 3 for something I may not even like?

@calastorylord

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alcogod Just double checked the site. The Hot and Savory is what I was looking at, which has a 3 bag minimum, and even the powder and black version have 2 bag minimums. Not being able to buy 1 bag to try it out is really terrible.

Great video as always

Shout out to ALDI for always unlocking me a trolley when I forget the one pound coin that I have specifically for trolley purposes

I don't know whether it's because I come from a working class family with a business, but 40 hours isn't a very long work week. My parents both work 70 + hours a week, and I feel that at least 40 hours is necessary to achieve anything significant. From my experience it's only office workers in London who seem to hate the 40 hour work week, I think a lot of people would be grateful to only have to work for 40 hours.

@Hydraclone

2 жыл бұрын

I work 37.5 hours a week, and I work on building parts of the tax platform for the UK. I get plenty done during the week. My parents each work 40+ a week, so it's not like I was raised without work ethic. It just depends what you do. I don't think I could work less hours and feel productive, but more than 40 is definitely not a requirement.

@Bringon-dw8dx

2 жыл бұрын

I have to agree- 40 hours seems like a dream for a lot of people. I live in London and have a healthcare background- 40 hours is a dream

pennies used to be 100% copper. they soon changed that when the price of copper made 10000 pennies worth £200 and then you'd visit the bank with £200 and ask for 20000 pennies. and so on... thus the steel copper coated penny was made.

@allenwilliams1306

2 жыл бұрын

No: old pennies were pure copper, and they were worth more as scrap than their face value. When new pennies were introduced, they were solid bronze, and much lighter despite their face value being much more than the old penny. Now, however, even this is now over the face value, so the Royal Mint has pioneered steel coins plated with a more attractive metal, but that only happened fairly recently. Coins are now therefore magnetic, so you can still run a magnet over them (including the “silver”) to find the old ones. It has always been illegal to weigh in coins for scrap, because melting the currency down is classed as defacement.

@addicted2caffeine

2 жыл бұрын

@@allenwilliams1306 yes ! sorry you are right . I personally wasn't around at that time... but I used to do scrap metal dealing. and the older guys would tell me about that back in their day.

I like the Saint touch from the ceiling light

Great video as always.

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Carrying cash is almost archaic

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Not in spain

Evan, you're an actual angel! Literally, there's a halo over your head throughout this video! :o

I also live in a country where the stores are closed on Sunday. I like it because there's always one day a week where you know you won't have to shop. You have to plan for it and make sure you have e.g. all your groceries by Saturday 6 pm, but this is not really a big deal in my opinion. Though I admit it was an adjustment as I grew up in the US, with its 24/7 supermarkets. I also agree that it's important to allow retail workers to have a day where they definitely don't have to work. I think their jobs are hard enough as it is.

Malfunctions in the system are things like power-outages, internet outages, card readers wearing out, etc.

Here in Finland shopping trollies also require a coin. However, the supermarkets sell a metal or plastic token you can attach to your key ring for use in trolley locks. As the lock is on your trolley, you carry your keys with your on the trolley (just like a coin, the token cannot easy be removed by random dodgy shoppers). And, no, here in Finland there used to be no shops open on Sundays (like, over ten years ago), but the law changed and all shops can be open for a limited maximum number of hours on Sunday.

In Finland, our shops can be open 24/7 if they want to. Retail workers are paid double on Sundays (and also during night shifts) so Sunday shifts are usually very popular. Grocery and department stores are usually open on Sundays but small specialized shops are not. Also we don't use the 1 and 2 cent euro coins in Finland. There are official versions of the coins for collectors though. Cash payments are rounded up by using the usual method: 0.02 goes down to 0 and 0.03 up to 0.05. Edit: added the second paragraph

I mostly use card but I've definitely been in a situation where the card machines were all down because of a malfunction and so you could only pay by cash, it happens more often than you'd think. Often it's just one individual store or one "brand" of bank, but these malfunctions definitely happen

Finland has actually allowed shops to be open on calendar holidays for some years now and they have been open on Sundays for many years, just with shorter hours. But even that's mostly gone now - we even have 24/7 shops now. But yeah, it used to be that shops weren't allowed to be open on, for example, Christmas Day and couple of days afterwards. Now they only had shorter hours on Christmas Eve and everything was back to normal the next day. (Most Finns celebrate christmas on C Eve, we open presents in the evening and eat christmas dinner. Santa usually visits families with children in the evening) It's so much more convenient for the consumers, but I feel bad for the workers for not having any guaranteed off days anymore.

I've recently been very poor, and withdrawing my foodbudget in cash every month helped me a LOT with ensuring that I had money for food, if I wasn't an idiot, without going into minus. It also helped me with my impulse control. I just got a job though, and will no longer be as dirt poor as I have been, but I've definitely considered continuing having cash to manage my food budget, and then assigning a certain amount for take away.

I use to work 40 hours a week over 4 days. I loved it. I had Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday off ever week. That ment I never worked more than 2 days in a row and Wednesday was a great day to go to the doctors, dentist etc all the places that are shut at the weekend. I work Monday-Friday now and I have it to fight to get early shifts to try and make appointments and it sucks

I only wore a compulsory school uniform for 4 of my 12 years of education. In primary school there was an optional blue & white uniform. In secondary I had a compulsory blue & white uniform for 4 years then in 5th year (yr 11) we were allowed to wear anything in grey, black, blue & white (obviously no denim) to get us used to having work clothes. 6th form was a free for all (no denim again). I liked having uniform as I didn’t have to think of what to wear. Also the logo uniform was not really a thing at that time so I was quite lucky.