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Neighbors burping loudly in Burplin.
This city is definitely more full of white trash than a trailer park in Alabama. So many retarded, spaced out junkies and drunks all over the place. Police doesn't care either. Some drugged zombie could rape a child in front of a cop here and wouldn't be arrested unless he said "heil Hitler" while he was doing it.
The genre so vibe of Berlin is just “negative”. Even this forum. Berlin is a negative places on the globe. Probably one of the most. Leave and refresh yourself if you’re not a demon
Anyone else feel like they're hated by every single person they work with? Is this just the way it is in Germany?
i dont think its because they hate you. Its because in germany people arent really friends with colleagues. They will always keep you at a distance and only talk about work related topics. They dont feel comfortable talking about their private lives at work as i think they think it makes them more professional or sth. But i just think it makes them emotionally stunted robots
After working in Germany for the past years, I can tell you something: Do not make friends at work here. Never!
I know, I know.
You spend so much time of your live at work that it’s a bit sad.
I get it. I do have a lot of friends from workplaces too. Previous ones.
Here for you own mental sake, do not.
People are nasty, competitive in an unhealthy way. Will step on you with every given chance if it benefits them.
I have had such heartbreaking experiences changing jobs here and seeing how sad and empty it is.
You think you made friends, but you become irrelevant after you are no longer there. Inhuman mentality.
Also people tend to cluster to be on the negative sad and who-is-better-than-whom.
Keep it professional, let it be. Get a life outside work. If things go South at least you get to disconnect.
It may be 8+ hours of your day spent there, but it does not have to define you.
0 out of 5 stars. Would not recommend
I don't understand why almost no doctor offices or medical practices actually answer their phones. It is appallingly unprofessional. Even the worst places I have lived before, I would expect doctor offices to answer their phones. Should I just show up and bleed/cough on their front desk?! I mean, bleed/cough on their locked doors since they are randomly closed during their business hours for no reason?!
Yeah it's ridiculous here to be honest. It is what happens when a bunch of middle aged German women are responsible for anything (the receptions are 100% of the time middle aged German women). Just like in every Amt here. And if you show up they act like complete bitches. Can't help but laugh at "universal" healthcare in Germany where it's impossible to get an appointment even for non-specialists.
Does anyone find that Germans express worst-case scenario thinking, pessimism, despair, hopelessness more often than people from other cultures?
I had a bad dream that was my brain's way of trying to process how it feels to live in Berlin.
I had to get on a train to leave Berlin, I was going somewhere nice, or at least not Berlin. I got in line to some check-in counter and I showed my ticket to the woman behind the counter, like everyone else was doing. She sneered at me like she couldn't believe how stupid I was, and said "Why would I want to see your ticket? You need to show me the form that was sent in the mail to your address when you booked your ticket." I said, "but I didn't get any form" And she got angry at how stupid I was. I showed her my email receipts, but she said no email, it must be the hard copy with the postmarked envelope. She sneered and told me to go over to another counter for stupid people who lost their form.
Then at that counter they told me, "we can give you a new copy of the form, in order for that you must show us the original copy of the form signed by three witnesses." I said I never got one, and my train was leaving soon.
Then a very cross train conductor, who was sighing and rolling his eyes like he couldn't BELIEVE he had to deal with me, told me to go in another line to get an appointment to get the replacement to the original form to get the copy to get the letter to board the train.
I got in that line, which was a huge crowd of non-Germans, and you had to press a button to reserve an appointment but all the buttons were broken and there were loose wires sticking out of the console. I was panicking now because my train was leaving without me and I wanted to get out.
I told the conductor the buttons were broken, and he told me I had to PRESS them you Arschloch Ausländer, and started muttering to himself.
Then I woke up and realized I was still in Berlin and I now I am drinking my lunch and spending the day trying to not feel like shit.
Seems pretty authentic German to me. But I have noticed that usually after a German has thoroughly bitched you out they'll suddenly accept whatever form of confirmation you have even though 1 minute beforehand they swore it wasn't possible (and that you're an idiot for even asking).
Anyway, Germany feels like a giant role playing game where you need the cerificate from the blacksmith to get the sword, but to get the certificate you need to get the right to have the certificate from the elders council, and to get that you need to already own the sword and so on and so forth, but with rules that are constantly changing. Doubly for Ausländer.
berlin has made me asexual.
I think it's because I spend about 80% of my time here being completely grossed out in Berlin. Every place stinks like urine, dog poop on the street, random puddles of vomit on the sidewalk, men pissing and jacking off in the bushes, drunks lying in the banks and stinking the place up. I can almost feel my testes shrinking when I see this city full of bullshit.
This might be unpopular, but I hate German windows. I hate that they swing open like a door. I hate the dumb "tilt" feature. When there's just a minuscule draft they slam shut, which I am almost positive is the real reason Germans claim drafts are so bad for your health. American windows that slide up are superior if you need to open your windows as the only form of "air conditioning" available. Also kind of dumb that there are no bug screens on windows here except the cheap fabric ones you glue to the frame that look like trash. How am I supposed to keep my windows open all darn summer without having an apartment full of spiders and flies? And one final hate: The dumb Germans in offices who say "Oooh let's get some fresh air in here" and open a window that directly faces a busy street. There is no fresh air in Berlin - it's filthy just like everything else here. Oh yeah, and Germans also hate air filters.
I hate german windows because they are so deep-set in those concrete walls. It feels oppressive. I guess it has something to do with heat preservation? Idk? But in a place where sunlight is so precious it is a really bad design. Beveled window casings let in so much more light. It's like a constant reminder of winter, even in summer.
Too many things, but one thing that keeps me sane is checking this website when I interact with a German.
Despite a few random ones, everyone here seems to be articulated and express themselves in a way it makes sense.
It’s an Oasis. Thank you all!
If anyone thinks it’s the DDR people that are messed up, they’re wrong. The DDR people were treated just as horribly by Wessis as soon as the two countries reunited. It’s a German thing, not having to do with any system. Other countries also had fascism and communism but people aren’t as horrible as the krautts. It’s not the weather, either. Ireland has worse weather and people are amazing.
Corona restrictions lifted again. Went to a restaurant on the weekend. Was so looking forward to it. And - got into an argument with the waitress. I can't believe it. You should be glad that your customers are returning! Why do you feel the need to give them attitude?? Why oh why? I really don't get it.
Germans seem to think that professional = unfriendly, rude. Try going to freaking Kaufhof and buy something from the overpriced butcher or cheese people there. Complete assholes. Even the cashiers at that place are total cunts. So glad that Kaufhof is going bankrupt. They deserve it so much.
Why are these people SO unbearable? How does that mentality make their lives better? What for? Questions I don’t have answers for. I’ll never understand these people.
Low class, trash Berliners.
One girl in my previous job was pure trash, but had an attitude of some sort of royalty.
And when I say pure trash I mean it. Uneducated, unskilled, not smart, bad attitude, rude to colleagues, condescending and crooked looking. Never clean, poop tattoos that liked to flash in very cheap old dirty rags she called clothes. Very bad looking, potentially an addict of some sort.
Still, the confidence man. The confidence...
Where does it comes from?
In terms of renting, even If you are willing to dispose good amount of money for rent, It is almost impossible to find a good flat to live. All of them look like, they were decorated in 80s, they are not big enough to live properly even for single person.
Like any other things, flat means, bare minumum place to live in this country.
Should I just give up on Berlin and go home? How the fornicate do artists make money and function here ?
Drug-free, non-degneerate, actual musician here. It is hard to make a living in Berlin because of the hordes of junkies who somehow manage to play their instrument and who play live either for free or in exchange for drinks.
It is an inflated market full of talentless people.
Who are you going to sgow your art to here? The poor locals who earn 1500/month and spend 2/3 of that on their apartment or the poor tourists who come here because it's "western europe" but cheaper than any other western European capital? Go back home and you'll be happier.