After discussing the phrase &#39;mad as a hatter&#39;, Isi and Mitch discuss the British etiquette of interacting with strangers in private, in public and in pubs and restaurants.

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Intro

Mitch:
[0:23] Welcome to the Easy English Podcast, episode 62.

Isi:
[0:28] Hello, good morning.

Mitch:
[0:29] Good morning.

Isi:
[0:30] From Germany.

Mitch:
[0:31] From Germany. I&#39;m living the German dream.

Isi:
[0:35] Mitch is just eating a pretzel with butter. Just had coffee and a pretzel, very German. We arrived, already over the weekend. It was the first thing in the supermarket that we got.

Mitch:
[0:46] What is the... this has now become a small topic, but how would you rank German supermarkets?

Isi:
[0:55] What does that mean?

Mitch:
[0:56] From top to bottom, which is considered the most premium, to the most scabby.

Isi:
[1:00] I don&#39;t even know all the supermarkets any more.

Mitch:
[1:04] In England?

Isi:
[1:05] I would say the best is, well, the best, the most expensive is, is it Marks and Spencers?

Mitch:
[1:14] Yep, I&#39;d say so, Marks and Spencers.

Isi:
[1:16] You know that you eat, should our listeners hear you eating? Marks and Spencers and then...

Mitch:
[1:23] Morrison&#39;s.

Isi:
[1:24] Morrison&#39;s. Is that actually, even more premium?

Mitch:
[1:27] No, Morrison&#39;s is a more premium supermarket. M&S, which is actually a clothing store, has like, a small sort of, supermarket section.

Isi:
[1:38] Yeah, M&S. Then not Morrison&#39;s, next one. And Tesco&#39;s?

Mitch:
[1:45] I think Tesco&#39;s and Sainsbury&#39;s are kind of locked.

Isi:
[1:49] Sainsbury&#39;s and Co-op is also somewhere around them, I&#39;d say. Or is Co-op actually better than Sainsbury&#39;s?

Mitch:
[1:55] Co-op is actually probably better than Sainsbury&#39;s and Tesco&#39;s.

Isi:
[1:57] Saino&#39;s, as we call it.

Mitch:
[1:59] Saino&#39;s.

Isi:
[2:00] And then probably ASDA, which is a discounter.

Mitch:
[2:05] Yeah.

Isi:
[2:05] And then the German ones.

Mitch:
[2:07] Then the German ones.

Isi:
[2:08] Lidl and Aldi. Where Lidl is better in England and Aldi is not... or?

Mitch:
[2:14] I&#39;d say that Lidl could be above ASDA. ASDA also goes by the other name of ASBOs, which stands for Antisocial Behaviour Order.

Isi:
[2:23] Oh, God. I think ASDA has a lot more to offer, at least.

Mitch:
[2:27] It&#39;s usually massive, because it&#39;s owned by Walmart.

Isi:
[2:29] Yeah, and they have a lot of, if you like to cook from different cuisines, they have like World&#39;s Food Isles and all that. Lidl doesn&#39;t have that.

Mitch:
[2:37] Okay, so we&#39;re saying Marks & Spencer&#39;s M&S, Morrison&#39;s Co-op, Sainsbury&#39;s and Tesco&#39;s, then Asda, Lidl, Aldi. Okay, shall we move on to our actual program?

Isi:
[2:53] I would like to, yes, can I start?

Mitch:
[2:56] Please.

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