Name: 10 Things That Will SHOCK You In The USA
Uploaded: 2018-03-27T04:02:38.000Z
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Hey guys, what's up, Stefanie the English coach here from EnglishFullTime.com

In this video, we are going to talk about 10 things that will shock you about the USA

Now, some of you have never been to the USA before

And I am from the USA, so all of this stuff is completely normal to me

But when I talk with my friends and people that I know that traveled

and visited the USA for the first time they go oh my gosh Stephanie I experienced

so much culture shock there were so many things that were different from where I'm from

So, that's what I want to talk to you guys about in this video today

Now, a lot of this stuff is actually going to be about observations that my husband made

Because he is from Argentina originally and when he came to

the USA for the first time four years ago, he made some really interesting and funny observations

And in another video I'll tell you about some of the observations I made in Argentina about

how that country and culture was different from what I knew in the USA

Okay, now before we get started, I just want to let you guys know that you can

also find me on Instagram, Facebook, and on my website, of course

So I will include the links in the description and I hope you join me there as well

Okay, let's get into it number one of 10 things that will shock you in the USA

I know this sounds really silly and crazy but when my husband came here

One of the first places we went was to my sister's house and I remember

he came out of the bathroom and he was like, oh my gosh, the toilet paper was so soft

It was like a blanket and I was just looking at him like okay like to me that

was just normal and then I thought about it and I was like yeah you know when we

were in Argentina the toilet paper wasn't as thick I guess okay but in the US

We actually have a couple words for the kind of toilet paper that we use

because a lot of it is really soft I mean depending on how much money you

spend on your toilet paper or what brand you get or what quality you want you can

get like really cheap thin toilet paper or you can get the other kind that's so

thick and it's like a blanket okay so the kind that's like a blanket

we call it quilted okay a quilt is a type of blanket you can google a

picture of that if you want to see what quilts look like but basically they call

it quilted toilet paper or they might call it something like two-ply two-ply

just means that there are actually two pieces of paper that are put together to

make that toilet paper extra soft okay all right the next thing

that will probably shock you about the USA is that the food here is extremely

sweet now this is not a good thing in my opinion because it just means that

there's a ton of sugar and unnatural products used in our food to sweeten the

food but again my husband made this observation when he came here he made a

sandwich he bit into his sandwich and he was just like whoa why is this bread

sweet like it almost tasted like dessert to him or something but it was actually

marketed as regular sandwich bread right and you'd you don't really normally

think of bread that you use for sandwiches as being sweet but anyhow

that's one of the problems he has with the bread here is that it's completely

sweet and you'll just notice that in all kinds of food too it's not just bread

it's also meat it's also the sauce we put on our food dishes there just there

is just so much sugar in the food and also there's a lot of obesity in the USA

so that's not even on the list but that's another thing that might shock

you when you come here and you see the size of people okay the next thing that

will probably shocked you about the USA is that the cars here there's such a

variety okay you can go down the street and see a Corvette here a really unique

car there okay I just full disclaimer I'm not a car person I don't know the

name of names of cars I'm like a Corvette a Mustang but the way I talk

about cars I'm like oh that's a cute blue car that's a really awesome red car

the way I distinguish cars is if it's a van or a pickup or a like four-door car

a sports car that's kind of like my terminology for cars is limited but if

you're a person that's really into cars you're gonna love driving down the

freeway and seeing all the different cars that are here okay cuz there's just

such a huge variety and I remember when I went to Argentina and I was like okay

so there's like five kinds of cars here I mean there's more

than that but because I was so used to seeing such a wide variety here in the

USA when I went to Argentina it just seemed like everything was all the same

okay so I don't mean any offense by that obviously these are just observation

next number five in the USA you can do almost anything over the phone you can

make an appointment book an appointment you know call a store and make a request

put an order and ask about something or send an email but it's more common to

just book things online like you can get a pizza delivered to your door just by

requesting one online you don't even have to call anymore but the reason why

I'm saying this is because in so many countries that I've traveled to if you

want to talk with a banker or something like that you actually have to go to the

bank stand in line, wait your turn, ask your

question talk to the person about it get the information that you need and then

you go home. In the u.s. we just don't want to waste any time going anywhere

and asking questions when we can just you know use the technology that we have

to get the information that we need okay number six the next thing that might

shock you about the USA is that a lot of the bathrooms here are automated I mean

everything is automated the toilet flushes on its own you have to put your

hand under the soap dispenser and it will pop out a little bit of soap for

you then you wash your hands and then you put your hands under the faucet and

then the water comes on automatically and then you can either put your hands

in a drying machine what are these called hand dryers okay you can put your

hands in one of those or under one and it's all automated it's like you don't

have to touch anything and maybe that just represents that in

our culture were germaphobes I don't know or maybe people are just you know

trying to be more hygienic but this is really interesting although it can be

frustrating when something's not working because you're like what's wrong with

the Machine you're putting your hand in you're putting it out you're putting it

in you're putting it out and then as soon as you take it out then the soap

Falls but it doesn't fall on your hand so it can be really frustrating and I

guess I'm gonna have to talk a lot about ren in this video

my husband because he's just the one that you know shared all these

observations with me and gave me these funny stories but the first time he used

a bathroom like that and realized that he could just wave his hand in front of

one of the machines that would roll out the paper towel for him to dry his hands

he was just like whoa it's so cool now I know there are plenty of countries

around the world that are also you know advanced in this department but plenty

of them aren't okay so some of you guys might find this very interesting and if

you visit the USA and it's not like this in your country then you'll probably

find it shocking okay number seven something else that will shock you about

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