American Reacts to 28 Pub rules Brits think are normal

[00:00:00]What's going on guys? JP's back for another video and today we're going to be reacting to 28 pub rules Brits think are normal. This one is from Adventures and Naps and the original video will be linked in the description. Make sure you guys show her some love because she is constantly coming through with quality content. And this video looks like it's going to be one of those because I've been throughout the pubs in Britain all up and down and there may be some rules that I didn't know I was breaking. 28 that's quite a few rules. Uh, I can't I can't think of that many. I didn't even know there were rules at the pub. If someone breaks a glass, everyone cheers.

[00:00:35]That's all I know. But the pub is truly the cornerstone of community throughout Britain and one of the most important and fantastic aspects of British culture. You just meet at the pub. Good day, bad day, new day, [laughter] doesn't matter. You know, maybe not new day. Morning in the pub is crazy. Well, who knows? If it's a football match going on then and there have been quite a few of those. So anyways, the pub something I appreciate so much, something we are truly missing in the United States. We're so divided, isolated, that sense of community, the gathering. That is exactly what we need, but we don't get it. We get chains, sports bars, bar and grills, restaurant, you know, it's it's not the same. I want to pub the three lions in. You know, they're always named something like that. Anyways, let's get into this, guys. Find out what these rules are.

[00:01:25]Here we go.

[00:01:26]>> Hi everyone, it's me. If you're new here, my name's Elena and I'm a Canadian, but I live here in the UK. And if you're not new here, hey, how's it going? It is so hot today. I've had to turn the fans off for filming. Um, so watch the sweat start to pour. I also poured a cider for this video to talk about pub habits. It is already lukewarm and all I've done is sat down. But the vibe, >> you guys see I started licking my lips.

[00:01:51]I know that's some Henry Weston's >> this video if my numbering is correct I have 28 >> better not be strong bo I'm sorry for any >> British pub habits and British pub etiquette bits bits of etiquette how would you say that probably just etiquette um I forget the sentence that I was literally speaking that's the vibe for today hope you're staying hydrated and without further ado let's go number one the invisible cue as a foreigner you learn very quickly like this stereotype, oh, Brits love a queue, that's real. And just because you can't see the queue doesn't mean it's not there. The same is true for places like a bus stop. There's not going to be like a physical line typically, >> but there is a non-physical line. There is a cue there. People know if you cut it. Personally, I love it. There's always like an order to things. Even if it's not like a formal line, there is an order. And do not jump the queue. God forbid everybody will hate you.

[00:02:54]Everybody in the queue will hate you or somebody will tutt at the back of your head. And honestly, I think that's worse. Number two, buying rounds. The concept is simple, but there definitely is like a little bit of a panic when you >> there's just always someone who doesn't do their play their part. But this in practice, usually it works. Yes. But it's always someone just >> realize like there's eight of us and we are now financially tied together for the next 4 hours. And you can't just casually leave when your round is next cuz that is so rude.

[00:03:29]>> Oh, is that the police? We've got [laughter] someone here you might be interested in.

[00:03:34]>> To be honest, a lot of this list comes back to being rude. I feel like the Brits are just like >> I feel like they sort of invented politeness and fairness and orderly [snorts] stuff, you know? Like it's very orderly and I just love it. None of that makes sense. I feel like this video is not going to make sense. It's so hot.

[00:03:55]Backside rounds, [laughter] though. You will find this in North America, but I find it much less formal, less common.

[00:04:00]and people tend to kind of look after themselves or maybe you know your friend will buy you a drink but it's not as like systematic as when you're with a group of people each person takes their turn um buying drinks for everybody. It is a lot more again orderly. Rather than having like eight people come up to the bar and be ordering drinks, you have one person that that takes care of the group. Maybe this video isn't about pub habits, but it's about like British culture being polite and orderly. Cheers to that. M warm. Number three, crisps.

[00:04:36]Please try saying that five times fast.

[00:04:39]I >> What is it? Two pints of logger in a packet of crisps. Something I need to listen to. I think that's a song or a band. Oh my god, I'm slow. I always love it that when you're at a pub and you want to buy some crisps, they're displayed behind the bar almost like you're at a pharmacy and the flavors are typically extremely British. As a crisp, can I say crisp connoisseur? Cuz I just did super British flavors like uh roast beef, pickled onion, prawn cocktail. And I also love if people do get crisps and you're not, you know, you're at a table and they'll open them up like they'll open the packet [laughter] and it becomes like a sharing platter of crisps. I love that. Number four, carpet. Why a British pub is a special kind of place that will see all sorts of different types of people. Uh, animals.

[00:05:31]It'll see muddy boots. It'll see wet shoes. It'll see young kids, old people, like just every type of like walk of life is going to go to a pub. And what kind of flooring do you think is appropriate to welcome that array of clientele and weather? [laughter] Why not carpet? I have seen so many pub carpets.

[00:05:56]>> All I'm going to say, yeah, this has to be weather spoons. Yeah, it already I already know. All I'm gonna say is those carpets have been through generations of who knows what. You don't want to fall on the carpet. You don't want to eat something that's fallen on it. That's all I'm gonna say. I like it though. It looks nice. But I I guess somehow they the carpet just survives. It's mental.

[00:06:16]Man, I wish I was in the spoons right here. that I can't even begin to understand what it's absorbed. From like Guinness to Buddy Paws to like [snorts] stale strongbo fruit, you know, the purple one.

[00:06:33][snorts] But weirdly, a carpeted pub is somehow infinitely more cozy.

[00:06:39]>> It is.

[00:06:39]>> You just have to get over the fact that it's it's absorbed literally every >> Okay. Well, you're not walking on it barefoot with your tongue dragging all up down up and down it. So, it's not that big of a deal in terms of the hygiene, but yeah, it does add a lot an element to the atmosphere, the interior.

[00:06:55]>> And with that, number five, the pub dog.

[00:06:57]Now, there's two different types of pub dog. The first one is the landlord's dog. I love these types of pubs when you go in and it's like everybody knows the dog's name even if they don't know the landlord's [laughter] name. And the landlord dog is always like the most comfortable. It's usually like sleeping somewhere in the middle of the floor and everybody's like walking around it and it has no cares. I just absolutely love it. On the flip side, you have like the patron dog, the dog that comes in with the customer.

[00:07:28]>> Um, I love this. I love dogs. I love that pubs. I was going to say all pubs let dogs in. Probably not all pubs, but I've never been to a pub that has refused a dog. And that is something about British culture that I absolutely love, that dogs are so tied into the culture. They're like an accepted family member. You're going to the pub, your dog's going to the pub, and it'll be great. Even though in North America, >> and some I'm sure some people just go out for a walk, and then the dog ends up at the pub, leads them to the pub. Oh, I mean, we have to say hi. I have to get a point now. Let's make sure the dog gets some treats in the pub. Put some of that Yeah. programming into it.

[00:08:10]>> I would say is very like dog friendly culture. Like a lot of people have dogs.

[00:08:15]A lot of people like dogs. Even still, I think you would be very hardressed to find a business that has a a bunch of dogs inside. Like a cafe, a bar. You're certainly not taking a dog to a bar.

[00:08:29]It's just not very common. It's not really acceptable >> because we're not as pedestrian and and condensed and walkable, pedestrian friendly. So, people are are, "Oh, let's let's get the dog. Let's put it in a car and drive all the way there and then bring the dog out." No one's thinking that. And I don't think it's as socially acceptable either to have your dog in the bar or pub in the US. Interesting though, that is the dog thing is a bit it's a big difference. And I have noticed that. Of course, I go into pubs in the UK and there's the dog sprawled out on the floor, the hair everywhere.

[00:09:01]It's very cozy, good for the dog.

[00:09:03]>> But here, if I go into a pub and there's a dog, I am immediately going to be staying so much longer. Number six, we have the baby. If not a dog, there's a baby. Not my preference. Personally, [laughter] I think in some countries bringing a baby to a what is technically a alcoholic drinking establishment probably feels quite weird, but here in the UK again, it's like >> if you're going to the pub, >> your baby's gone, too. Bring the dog, bring everybody, bring grandma. The benefit of a British pub is that it has much more of like a community living room feel than what I would associate the equivalent of like a bar in North America, right? It's very adult. It's very drinking cocktail fancy. like maybe you're out trying to meet somebody, but here in like the UK, which you could do that at a pub to be fair, but in my mind at the heart of it, a British pub is very much a community living room and you bring it.

[00:10:01]>> It's more acceptable to a much wider range of people and animals, and that's what makes it so laid-back and chill.

[00:10:08]Ex. She explained that very well about North American establishment, drinking establishments. First of all, you have to be 21. So, that's a huge thing. And they're very strict on that. they would.

[00:10:17]So that I think I don't know what the drinking age is in Canada. I don't think it's 21, but in the US like there seems to always be some type of motive. It's rare to just, oh yeah, let's just go for a walk. Oh, the pub's there. You might as well pop in. No, no, no, no. You have plan it out. Otherwise, you're not going to see anyone cuz we're living so far from everyone.

[00:10:38]>> Dog and you bring your baby and everybody walks on the carpet and it's just very cozy. Number seven, let's call this one, have you booked? If your pup does food, which not all of them do, but if your pup does food, more than likely there's going to be a Sunday roast, but my god, you better book ahead. I actually messed up um last year, maybe the year before. Um my mom comes uh to visit me at Christmas and I didn't really want to cook that night. I thought, well, we'll probably just go out. We we'll go to a pub somewhere. And all of them were full.

[00:11:11]>> Damn. because I didn't book ahead, which was a rookie mistake. That was my fault.

[00:11:17]Um, how disappointing. You know, when you're getting ready for a [laughter] roast and then you're not having one.

[00:11:23]But if your pub does a good Sunday roast, cuz just like not all pubs are equal. Not all Sunday roasts are equal, right? We've all had one that was a bit grim.

[00:11:33]>> But if your local does a good Sunday roast, hold on with both hands. And you better visit them and spend your money there and keep them open. That's like your civic duty. Number eight. Wow, the sweat.

[00:11:47]>> I've really missed the Sunday roast. Oh my god. Really hard to mess it up. Even if it's a poor roast, it's still going to hit, you know? It's still it's decent enough. But oh, a a proper good one. Oh, and you're h you're so hung over. It's just too good >> to really kick in. Number eight, let's call this one the volume shift. If you've ever gone to a pub in the afternoon and you just stay, right? You just maybe you're eating, maybe not.

[00:12:14]Maybe you're seeing friends that you haven't seen in a really long time or like you're having a family reunion, but you're at the pub for quite a while. You will see the volume shift. And every pub is different. It'll be at a different time, maybe some later than others, but all of a sudden you'll notice like it's starting to get just a little bit louder. As the pints are flowing, the volume goes up. It'll also depends like if you're at perhaps like a rougher pub, maybe the volume goes up and there's a bit more like hey >> I say roughy tuy. I don't know why I want to say that.

[00:12:44]>> Why did I think of Blackpool? I'm so sorry if you're from Blackpool. I'm sorry. I'm going to visit I'm going to visit Blackpool by the way and I'm going to make a video out of it. [sighs] I have to see it for myself.

[00:12:54]>> It's [laughter] like a bit rougher, you know? Maybe there's like a bit more aggression in the volume change. But just because it's getting louder does not always mean that you could be at a very cutesy, very like historical prim and proper pub, the volume's still going to go up. It doesn't mean that there's like a fight imminent. Number nine, the cat and custard pot. Something I love about British pubs are the names. And my god, when it comes to naming things, British people are either very funny, very creative, very dark, or maybe like a combination of all three. A couple of personal favorites. Of course, the cat and custard pot. That one's here in Kent. We also have the jolly.

[00:13:35]>> I don't know. The cat and custard sounds a bit nasty. That >> pair in Portsouth. How about the bull and spectacles from Staffordshire? I also really like the rusty bicycle in Oxford. And perhaps my favorite, The Gate Hangs Well in Lester. A lot of times, especially if it's an older pub, the name actually means something. It's not just like a pub name generator, you know, where you put in like some words and it just spits out something and something. A lot of times the pub names actually mean something, which I love.

[00:14:10]Again, it's like tying in British pubs, like a cozy British pub, and British history. And keeping that history alive is just A+. unrelated but kind of related but slightly unrelated. The community and I play Geogesser sometimes on Twitch. Subtle plug. Join me on Twitch every Wednesday night and every Sunday night. It is free to join. I live stream twice a week, but we will.

[00:14:35]>> Okay.

[00:14:36]>> Anyway, number 10. Saying goodbye seven times. British people are professionals when it comes to saying goodbye. I personally love it. I love watching it.

[00:14:44]I know that's kind of weird, but there's like a real art and dance to it, >> right? Should we? Yeah. Okay. Hi. Uh, yeah. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. It was really nice. Yeah. Yeah. It was lovely.

[00:14:55]Yeah. Thank you very much. Cheers. Yeah.

[00:14:57]Thanks. Have a great day. Yeah. Thank you. Bye. Yeah. Take care. Take care.

[00:15:01]Bye-bye.

[00:15:01]>> If you're at the pub with a bunch of people, you don't just say, "All right, we better be off. See you later, guys."

[00:15:05]And walk out. No way. Everybody has a slightly different variation to it, but a lot of times, you know, right, slap your knees. We better.

[00:15:13]>> Yes. The slapping knees call to action.

[00:15:15]It's all about softening the blow. Cuz listen, no one wants to see you go.

[00:15:18]hopefully. And you don't want to leave them either. So, it's just softening the blow, making it a little smoother, but sometimes it's a bit over the top. Like, all right, just go sleep.

[00:15:30]>> Off. You stand up, you say goodbye, you keep talking, you still drink, >> but who doesn't love an Irish goodbye sometimes? E, it is nice.

[00:15:40]>> Maybe you finish your drink, maybe you take it to the bar and you come back and you're saying goodbye and when we're going to see you and yada yada yada.

[00:15:46]Some people might even sit down again because you get stuck in a conversation and then you get back up and then you finally leave and it takes forever and I love it. And if you're at the pub [laughter] with a group of people and you're meant to be catching a train [snorts] home, you have to start this process so much earlier otherwise you're going to miss your train. Number 11, a personal pub lie that I love. Just a quick one. This literally does not exist. It might exist in English language, but the physical act of just a quick one doesn't exist. It's kind of like the pub version of like, "Oh, I'll just watch one more episode." Number 12, we have Pub Garden delusion. The second a sliver of sun comes out, it doesn't matter the temperature, people are going to be in the pub garden and they're going to be saying, "You know what? It's quite a nice day out." Even if it's 9°, it's windy as hell, there's like storm clouds when you look one way, people are in the pub garden, people are in shorts, they're having a lovely time. I think where British winters are so abysmally depressing, the second the tiniest bit of nice weather comes around, British people are like trying to make the most of it. And you know what? I respect it.

[00:16:54]You might even see some pub gardens where they've got like the heating lamps. So even if it's not very nice out, people are still going to be outside having a nice pint, trying to >> The lamps are the best. You're outside all winter. It's so nice. And listen, the contrary to this, when it's sunny all the time and oh, it's too hot. It's been so hot. But I just wanted to cool down. We're never happy. We're never h no matter what the weather is. So, a little bit of sunshine when it's usually cloudy hits so hard. I can relate to that.

[00:17:23]>> It's outdoors without like having to do anything outdoorsy. Do you know what I mean? You're just you're drinking outside. Number 13. Why so sticky? Yes, if you're British, you know exactly what I'm talking about. The tables, the floors. Why is everything so sticky?

[00:17:38][laughter] [snorts] Weather spoons, I'm looking at you. Nobody really come.

[00:17:41]>> She We know the answer to that. It's like you step onto the floor and just can feel it. It's like gum >> planes either. It's just kind of like a thing that's accepted especially out of weather spoons, but not always. Some of the nice little independents are a bit sticky. It's It's pretty bad though when like you put your phone down and then you go to lift your phone up and it like sticks. You know that noise? I can't do it. It's like it like sticks off the table. It's a bit grim. And I would say how sticky the table is is relative to how sticky the floor is going to be.

[00:18:14]Number 14. Let's call this one drinks outside part two. Even if there is space inside, there will almost always be somebody outside. And this isn't like in the garden. This is like somebody outside on the street having their pint.

[00:18:28]And there's always at least one pint balancing on the window sill. I think it's just like a continuation of British people love to drink outside. Whether it's in the back garden, whether it's on the street, on the sidewalk, you got your pint on the window sill, you're just having a nice time. Number 15.

[00:18:45]>> And this this freedom, guys, should be appreciated because in the United States, you can't just walk outside with the glass. Hey, what are you doing? It's not legal to drink out there. It's not.

[00:18:54]And they're worried you're going to take the glass as well.

[00:18:58]Oh man. In London, if you pay for the pint, you might as well take the glass as well. 15 quid sometimes. Ah. I don't know about that.

[00:19:07]>> Number 15, you're local. Having a local pub is something that is so, >> can I just say so British? It's definitely something that I romanticized as a foreigner. Like, oh, having a local and they know you and you go down there and they know your local order. There is something that is so fun about that.

[00:19:28]Even if your local is a bit grim, I feel like people are willing to overlook that because it's it's yours. At one of my old flats, I had a local. Um, it was quite small. It was a quite small village, so there's just less people there. It's quicker for people to like recognize you, you know? So, I had a local that I used to go to, even not just like to drink. They had nice food, go for lunch or whatever. Um, not so much now. Um, but I also haven't really made the effort because you got to go enough times, right? You got to talk to the staff. You got to make your presence known before that becomes your local or at least your local where the staff know you. Number 16. That's a bit rough.

[00:20:05]British people can look at a pub from the outside and just immediately [snorts] know if it's a bit rough or not.

[00:20:11]something that I actually struggled when I first moved here. And it was not something that I ever thought about before or like had heard anyone talk about before, but as a Canadian when I moved to England, I like looking at something couldn't tell you if it's rough, >> like sketchy, dangerous, or it's just old. Cuz typically in Canada, if something looks like quite old, it means like it's a bit run down, it's a bit sketchy. But here, it might just be old.

[00:20:40]And this does translate into pubs. I have a really hard time looking at a pub, assessing its vibe. I can't really tell. My British partner immediately is like, let's not go on that one. How can he tell? I don't know. I think it's just like in British people's DNA.

[00:20:56]>> DNA and nature and nurture experience.

[00:20:58]Experience.

[00:20:59]>> Okay. Number 17, we have the pub quiz.

[00:21:02]And don't let these fool you. It's a serious business, >> right? [snorts] Question number one. How many goals have been scored?

[00:21:11]>> I think my first time This is shown so much throughout British Telly. It's in Gavin and Stacy. It's in Detectrist.

[00:21:18]It's in so many so many shows that I've seen recently. The Pub Quiz has to be on like a Tuesday night or something random.

[00:21:25]>> Got to know the answer to that.

[00:21:27]>> Yeah. 53 billion. Yeah. 53 billion. 53.

[00:21:30]There are 8 billion people in the world.

[00:21:33]Name them. Right. So, we've got Tom, James, Yep. Lucy, Harriet, Tony. matter which I think so.

[00:21:38]>> You think it would be casual fun? No.

[00:21:40]This is serious business. There's always a regular team that wins often. God forbid somebody pulls out their phone.

[00:21:48]Even if they're not going to Google something, but everyone thinks that they're going to Google something.

[00:21:52]Absolutely not. That person should be kicked out forever. Banned forever. The prize is usually tiny or perhaps even non-existent, but the competition is very serious. And with that, number 18, quiz team names. Like I mentioned earlier, the Brits are very good at naming things. They're very funny, very dark, very creative, often very punny.

[00:22:15]And this does translate to pub quiz team names. And honestly, half the time is hearing the pub quiz master, like the person who's like organizing everything.

[00:22:26]Hearing them read them out. Hilarious.

[00:22:30]And I do think there's something to be said about a good name, like a pub quiz team name gets more respect than whoever actually wins. If you have a favorite pub quiz name, leave a comment down below. I have a couple, but honestly, I don't know if YouTube would allow me to say them out loud because they're like quite grim but very funny. Number 19, we have know your table number. This one sometimes throws me when I go into a pub that does food. Sometimes I can't tell.

[00:22:58]Are we ordering at the table? Do you go to the bar? Like what's the situation?

[00:23:02]Because you kind of >> you just go to the bar and tell them your number. You got to take action. If you just sit there, they're not going to come up to you. It's not the United States. I had to learn that the hard way. Just sat there for like 10 minutes.

[00:23:14]No one's there's no servers like that.

[00:23:16]Got to do it yourself, which I don't mind. I'm not complaining. Just a cultural difference.

[00:23:20]>> Have both. I feel like um apps have been more common now. like a QR code on the pub table. You scan it, you order it all through this app system, but sometimes you just like have no idea, but then you go up to the bar and you're like asking what the situation is and you want to order and then they say, "What's your table number?" Panic. I don't know. And it's so much worse if the pub is really big and you have to go all the way back to your table to figure out what the number is and come back. It's kind of like a certain type of walk of shame.

[00:23:50]Number 20, the casual presence of fruit machines. This really threw me because it's not quite fitting with the like foreigners romanticizing of a British pub. When you picture that in your mind, you know, the wood beams and the fireplace and there's a pub dog and they're pulling pints and it's very cozy and and people are big fluffy jumpers and it's just like wonderful. There's a lot of knitwear in my fantasy at the pub. You don't often then picture a fruit machine, but they're usually there. It brings like this strange energy to this cozy pub, but most people don't even notice them. And if you visit a pub at 11:00 a.m., there's going to be somebody on that machine. And >> by fruit machine, she means the slot machine or casino thing. Yeah, most people just ignore that. Not the biggest fan of putting that in a pub. We have them in some dive bars in the United States. I It's just a waste of money.

[00:24:45]Toss your money away, I guess. I've also seen vape vending machines in the UK more often in nightclubs than pubs, but that is something I've never seen in the United States. So, yeah, it is. I've seen these slot machines in like weather. This might be Weather Spoons, too. It looks like it. Yeah, it is.

[00:25:05]They're always The slot machines are always in Weather Spoons cuz what? Mr. Weatherspoons needs his cut. The revenue is not enough for him. Listen, the prices are too low. We got to get it somewhere, guys. Sorry. They have been there because they're about to win for the last 45 minutes. But who are you to judge? Because you're at a pub at 11:00 a.m. [laughter] Number 21, the cozy spot. Every pub has a particular section that is just like more desirable than the other spots. Personally, especially in the winter time, it's going to be where the fireplace is cuz usually pubs will put like big like leather or leather adjacent cozy chairs there. And if you go to a pub in the winter time and they got the fire on and nobody's sitting there, oh my god, sit there as quickly as possible. Number 22, the terrifying pub toilets. One word, Weather Spoons. Weather Spoons has the craziest pub toilet journey [snorts] that I've ever seen. And it's not just one Weatherspoons. I feel like all of them choose the most random spot to have their toilets. You can't get this at like an independent pub. You have to like walk down a weird hallway and maybe you go down and then you go up again.

[00:26:16]And this >> this does look like what? Yeah, they do though. Oh my. It's like a mission looking for the bathroom. Listen, I don't envy women when it comes to the pub toilet. Just got to pop a squat.

[00:26:25]We've got the troth, so that's good. But there it's really nasty no matter what.

[00:26:30]It's just get out. Get in and out. You know, >> stairway is like really narrow and kind of like wonky. That does happen. But I feel [laughter] like wonders like as a whole, it's almost like they choose buildings where they can put weird [snorts] toilets. Like they choose that building specifically and it's so awful.

[00:26:48]You've had a couple of pints. Maybe this pub doesn't serve food. So you got an empty stomach full of pints and you got to go to the toilet and it's like this odyssey to get there and then you can't remember how to get back. If my numbering is correct, I think we're on 23 maybe. And that is pub and community center in one. In North America, you go to a bar. You're going to a bar to drink. You're going to a bar maybe to meet somebody. It's very specific. It's a very specific type of vibe. When you go to a British pub, they're kind of like an all-in-one. I've seen people go and read their book by themselves. It's totally normal. If you're trying to get into like solo activities like me, going to a pub and reading a book, great.

[00:27:28]Nobody cares. It's very cozy. I've also seen people play like full on board games. Like some pubs literally have board games that you can go and play.

[00:27:36]Maybe you're there for food, maybe you're there for just a hangout. Maybe you're there with work, maybe you're there with like an employer or something. It's just kind of like an allaround place. So yeah, technically it is a pub, but it's really not just for drinking. Number 24. I want to call this what you have in love. [laughter] I'm so sorry if my accent that sounds terrible.

[00:27:57]The bartender calling everyone mate, love, hun, any sort of like that term of endearment really surprised me. As a Canadian, this felt like oddly intimate.

[00:28:08]I feel like Canadians are very sort of touchyfey. They love to hug. They're very open about their feelings and stuff, but servers and bartenders are usually not like calling you darling or love or that kind of thing. Um, and and having that in here was quite surprising. At first it feels kind of weird and it's like I don't know this person. But then when you go someplace and they don't do it, you kind of >> you also have to realize they're doing that to everyone. And yeah, then when they don't do it, you're like, wait, I thought you were going to call me love.

[00:28:36]>> Feel disappointed. It's kind of like if you're on the train or the bus and you really don't want someone to sit next to you and then everybody sits down and they nobody chooses to sit next to you and you're like, "What's wrong with me?"

[00:28:50]Number 25. This one I'm simply calling so old it's hard to comprehend a pub, a business, a British business that is older than my country. Let's just let that sink in for a minute. I would say Canadians typically, like in Canada, if something is a hundred years old, that's old. That's historic. Something a 100 years old in the UK is honestly meaningless. Here in the UK, you can go to a pub that is just unbelievably historic. And I love that and I really do appreciate British people have really tried to keep that history protected, keep a lot of these buildings protected.

[00:29:29]But here you can go to a pub that has seen kings and queens and plagues and now somebody is ordering a Jager bomb.

[00:29:39]The contrast [laughter] is just wild and it's got a carpet [clears throat] and the carpet is sticky and the carpet is older than Canada.

[00:29:48]Number 26. I want to call this what are you having for tea? And I don't always mean that tea. Sometimes I mean the other tea depending where you are in the UK. Some people will call dinner tea and maybe you're >> I don't know if that depends on where you are. I think everyone calls it tea but I had to get used to that as also >> to get tea dinner but not always tea dinner tea. Sometimes you're going to get actual tea, and actual tea for some people might mean dinner tea >> or tea >> or maybe both. I always thought I could speak English coming from Canada that speaks technically English, >> but British English really keeps you humble. But to be completely honest, I've seen multiple people drink actual brewed tea at the pub. Um, so this whole like tea, do you mean tea or do you mean tea? endlessly confusing. 27. Let's talk about the drinking age depends on.

[00:30:44]>> You've you've created the entire English language. There are so many other things you could call it than something synonymous with what you always are doing. Drinking tea. Come on, guys. Oh, what's it depend on?

[00:30:56]>> Kind of a lot of things actually. Even with the rise of like low alcohol drinks, I still find like drinking alcohol and drinking at a pub is still very much part of the culture. And what you can and can't do based on your age is super fascinating. So for instance, in England at least, it is illegal to sell alcohol to anyone under 18. Okay, so there's that. But also 16 and 17 year olds can consume beer, wine, or cider with a meal in a restaurant or pub, provided they're with an adult and the drink is bought by that adult. But also, it is technically legal for children aged five or older to consume alcohol in private like at home. Incredible. Number 28. Everyone knows pub etiquette, but nobody explains. Okay, even if it was illegal, like who's going to stop you?

[00:31:52]You're in your home. But also, why? No one. Maybe 15, five is crazy.

[00:31:58]>> Where to order, when to pay, where to sit. Nobody explains it. Nobody's going to hold your hand. It's just something that you kind of have to absorb experience.

[00:32:09]>> British culture and pub culture has honestly a thousand unwritten rules. And if you do break one, no one's going to yell at you. No one's going to fight at you. They might politely notice, which honestly might be worse. Thank you guys so much for watching.

[00:32:25]>> Yeah, they might just stare at you and make you feel awkward.

[00:32:28]>> This video if you have a >> All right, that's a wrap, guys. Yeah, 28 rules, but ex I completely agree with what she said. There are so many unwritten rules and social nuances and how you should behave and conduct yourself and and they they differ depending on the pub and the atmosphere, the time especially. [sighs and gasps] But yeah, that was that was a class video. Gave me a lot to think about about the pubs. Something I'm going to be missing this summer. I won't be in the UK this summer, which is it's a definitely a bit of a shame, but I will be returning in next summer in 2027. Uh so that's that's going to be awesome.

[00:33:03]But if you guys want to watch my travels this summer, I'm going to be going traveling into central Europe. Make sure you subscribe to my second channel. It's linked in the description so you can see me take over the pubs out there. But yeah, let me know your thoughts on the video. Thanks so much for watching, guys, and I'll see you guys in the next one. Peace.