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Just one example why very few people ever really learn German. translate.google.com/
What I most hate about Germany is that they have no idea that they are no longer great or important.
They are haughty, boring and arrogant.
Went to the Supermarket. You all know. Don't need to even type further. But I will try. The journey to the 'Supermarket' i.e. the cramped shop where no one actually works except 3 incompetent old east german women who hate people in general. Oh and 'food' is stacked up and not taken out of cardboard containers. The walk there in the sludge, with every Berliner walking towards you from the back/front/side/diagonal. No spatial awareness or care for his fellow man. The stares, despite not doing anything to garner such attention. Then there is Arrival. Security disapproval looks. For a country that prides itself on order, there is none. Nothing makes sense and so much is mouldy or missing from the shelves. Need help? Forget it. No one to ask. If you do ask you will be met with tuts and irritation or plain ignorance. Oh and staff will push you out the way or grumble at you while they stock shelves because you know that is their job and they are more important than you the indirect wage-payer. Get to the 3 cash desks open and no one helps, other customers are willing to sell their mum to jump the queue. Btw side note: Germans actually think they (themselves) are polite. Something goes wrong with the scanning... so instead of calling another member of staff, they get up and leave the checkout and disappear for 5 mins. Because there is always a shortage of staff at one time as Germans are too tight to have adequate customer service, customer service. Let me say this again. Cu-sto-mer Serrrrvice. You complete pleb of a country.
THIS. I cannot count any more how often I was hit by grumpy staff stocking the shelves. However I think poor staff is absolutely not to blame for the stress. It's true that no supermarket has any more than 3 employees present no matter the size. It is the Lidl and Aldi "Discounter pioneers" billionaires' fault to establish this business spirit to save money at all costs. Employees are obliged to stock the shelves during normal working hours to avoid extra costs for night shifts. They are also obliged to clean the floors themselves in smaller supermarkets while still running a counter around 9 pm. They are cleaning the floor and whenever someone appears at the counter they need to rush there and go back cleaning ... and back to the counter again. I can only imagine how stressful it must be to work there. Shame on this business culture!
OP here: I went again to Supermarket today, more fool me, and felt like the staff a) do not know how to navigate around other human beings... much like all Germans. I observed one making all the wrong decisions so she was in the way of the shoppers. This explained why I have the constant feeling I am in everyone's way. Back in England I never felt like this, nor anywhere else. Yeah, sure sometimes we accidentally get in people's way- it is normal... but here I think the beasts are either brainless in their calculations or just do it to piss you off in a sick game.
Doesn't it drive you mad when all the workers stomp towards you with those metal cages... during peak times. Not just one. Today I counted 4 that I seemed to be in the way of. Why is it so hard? Am I the only one feeling like a gladiator having to dodge the metal cages hurtling towards me with Steffen or Bettina scowling and their relentless determination to walk into us and get cross when we want to get into a fridge... to BUY something because it is a S H O P.
OP: Yes I recall doing the same job in Oz and Berlin, which was a receptionist at a hostel working nightshifts and the amount that was required of me in the berlin hostel was 4-5 times more arduous. German management want blood for the same money I was paid in Oz. All for nothing and stress. This explains why germans smoke and drink so much coffee. The pressure from management. So I agree with you it is not steffen and bettina's fault as such. They are understaffed and required to do way too much. And we all suffer as the customer, and there is no other option. We all lose.
They have this weird thing going of happen to be there. Like a supposed to attitude. They feel it's ok to be in the way because they happen to be there. You can see this type of stuff even in the football club Union. They often play so collectively that the strikers don't even aim lol, they take it as it comes. It has its good sides and it also has something really dumb. Certainly is not anything overall good.
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I tried to have some drinks delivered by flaschenpost.de and it turned into a frustrating nightmare. It was suppossed to be delivered within 2 hours, but at one point it said the shop is now closed and there are no more deliveries. It happened after I ordered so I didn't know if I actually get my things. There was no communication whether I will have my money returned or just get my delivery as I ordered before they closed.
Trying to contact them lead to nowhere, the contact form in the app doesnt work, social media told me they cannot see my order and no answer to my email. No phone number either.
About an hour after it was meant to be delivered I got an email that I'll get it in about 1 hour. I was meant to be here 30 min ago. Nothing!
Never order from them.
How come they still haven't cleared the snow off the pavements? Cycle lanes are clear in my area, but walking is a nightmare. Either you have to walk through the snow/mud/ice mix or get run over when walking on the cycle lanes (which is the only option to walk properly).
Just start laughing at germans and telling them not to mind their own business when they correct you . You will be doing it all day for the rest of your life, and will have to be slammed into in the road, but at least you can laugh and not take them seriously. They’re stupid
If we want to leave Berlin, what other cities should we avoid?
Liverpool and Manchester have about 90% good people, but the other 10% are the shiit of the earth. Polish people are generally pleasant to deal with, but again, the 10% are pathetic alcoholics. I love Italians but not many opportunities there these days. French women are adorable. All the Skandi countries are to much SJW virtue-signallers.
As an outsider in any European country, you will never fit in. Go back to your own country, after being in Berlin, it will seem like paradise.
If you still want to live in Germany. Maybe can consider Munich, but it is expensive to live, but people are way more normal here. Customer Service is better but not like American class of Customer Service. Strangers will still say good morning or Mahlzeit to each other. They do still smile to you in the train if you catch their eyes. Still say sorry if they bump you. Not the best because everything is way more expensive at least 20% more expensive. But salary is about the same with Berlin. At least you could mingle with people that have ambition.
Take a U-Bahn to Alt Tegel on a sunny day and walk down to the lake, it's quite nice there.
To the previous poster, I could reply to your post for a technical reason, so I'm doing it here.
That's the problem, you can't convince people to leave, they are sure they will be able to crack the code, like they do everywhere else, but you never will in Berlin, the Ossies live in their own weird bubble, no one else can work them out.
My advice is to leave the relationship and start anew, to save your sanity. No relationship is worth going insane and losing your soul. Don't make a Faustian deal, like your partner, eventually they'll learn what Berlin is really about, NOTHING..
I also couldn't reply on the post so will do here :) I am trying to convince my husband. I told him that I can clearly see that we are not the best versions of ourselves here and that I don't want to leave Berlin when I feel I cannot live here any more at all but before. With him I can't play the drama card too much (have done that too much before haha) so I want us to focus on our bright future outside the city. Hope it will eventually work to convince him, wish me luck!!!
How do you convince someone you love to leave Berlin? Has this worked for any of you?
I am trying to convince my husband. I told him that I can clearly see that we are not the best versions of ourselves here and that I don't want to leave Berlin when I feel I cannot live here any more at all but before. With him I can't play the drama card too much (have done that too much before haha) so I want us to focus on our bright future outside the city. Hope it will eventually work to convince him, wish me luck!!!
what do you think the maximum age is for the "point of no return" for moving to Berlin? Most cities its not an issue, but people get stuck in Berlin and have a hard time coping elsewhere, especially as they age. Thoughts?
What’s up with Germans and (native) South East Asian women?
Usually in these combos the woman is rather a pet: not too intelligent, bedazzling with personality (besides a dumb giggle) or even good looking. Like, have you ever seen a beautiful SE Asian trophy wife?
Most of them have those big bobby heads on tiny, but not gracious body frames, and puffed faces with crooked teeth.
Not that anyone can choose that, but they rather look like children that simply got old, without going through puberty.
Still, Germans are attracted to that, and they seem to be desperate to find one...
Beats me.
Is it low self esteem, pedophilia tendencies? The fact they feel superior, tall and mighty to them?
Do they believe these women genuinely love them?
And these women, are they compromising happiness to be pets? Are they really dumb or just play dumb for comfort?
I need to know for research purposes.
Hi I need your advice people! So I left Berlin in March (thank God) and my German bank account was at -500€ (had some financial problems there, pls don’t judge :/ )
Now I use a bank account in my home country, where I live, and earn a comfortable salary. But short after leaving Germany, I had changed my address at the German bank (and gave the one in my home country) just for the transition until I would open an account here. Now the German account has been left abandoned for months. I recently received a letter from the Sparkasse informing that they closed my account and that I have to pay back the 500€.
Of course I should but do you think there is any chance I could get away with not paying this ever and they would just close the file after a while ? I live in the EU but don’t plan to ever go back to Germany