James B says:

I was just in England two weeks ago. There’s a fair share of oddities there, too. Eggs on shelves, not refrigerated. Meat just out in open air. They love their pastries, sweets and lamb…not as much salty snacks like crisps/chips. They need small packages for small cars and moped/scooters/public busses.

ASDA is Wal-Mart in UK … same self-checkout menus and such, too.

They love their triangular, lunch sammiches pre-packaged for today’s consumptions; grabbing from the back to get freshest, cold-cut goodness.

bobbo, hero worship is rarely warranted says:

Reminds me of the stories about defectors from Russia in the 60′s. Totally blown away by the excess consumerism in the US. They had been told we were all starving to death and fighting one another. In fact, we WERE the nirvana communism was only promising.

They didn’t compare to the Kmart sharing the same parking lot?

Ha, ha.

Come back in 20 years when both stores are used as prisons. Its all in the works.

Lou Minatti says:

Well, that wasn’t what I was expecting. Usually these videos consist of a couple of chavs mocking American culture while wearing their dirtbag Burberry hats. This was a Walmart commercial.

Olo Baggins of Bywater says:

They missed the ammo aisle, and the machetes in the camping section.

Maybe those are Midwest things. We can handle shotguns at my Walmart.

Dallas says:

Haha. That was good.

Animby says:

# 6 wbowman said, “The UK has ASDA (soon to change their name to Walmart because that’s who owns them) and Tesco”

I was going to mention this but you and James B (#1) beat me to it. Thought you’d be interested in knowing Tesco is in Thailand in a big way. Lots of Tesco Express convenience stores and they bought out a chain of WalMart-like stores called Lotus, now Tesco Lotus.

And anyone who thinks WalMart has a monopoly on that sort of consumerism, I invite you to visit the French international-chain Carrefour. Indistinguishable – right down to fat slobs blocking the aisles.

jpfitz says:

Never been in a Walton big box store… yet. We don’t have one too close to us, thank goodness. I prefer to not deal with checkout lines and taxes and buy almost everything online.

The British can be funny with their English accent.

spsffan says:

#14. Thanks for the laugh…I needed it.

Well, I will say this much. If Alex and Liam keep buying all their food at Walmart, they won’t be skinny much longer!

Oh, and eggs need refrigeration. Funny thing, but in America we noticed that refrigeration keeps nasty bacteria from growing.

As for me, I rarely go to Walmart because the nearest store is 10 miles away, in the ghetto, and is generally unpleasant due to the customers (worse than the “normal” 500 lb. isle blockers). The next closest is about 20 miles away, a good 45 minutes to an hour in normal traffic, and in an only marginally better neighborhood. To get to a decent store, I’m suck for close to an hour in the car. So, unless I’m going nearby for some other reason, I don’t bother.

But they DO have great prices on lots of things and it IS a fun cultural experience.

pedro says:

#4 Good to know you have the salmonella vaccine.

I’ve heard black eggs are a delicacy.

Animby says:

# 15 spsffan said, “Oh, and eggs need refrigeration.”

Poop! I haven’t knowingly eaten a refrigerated egg in years. If you buy FRESH eggs, they are good for at least a week. In the States, though, the eggs are refrigerated from the very start because they may not get to your egg monger for a couple of weeks.

By the way, you know what else takes care of any nasty chicken bacteria?
Cooking.