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They told me germans were punctual... until I messed with DB and doctors
They told me germans were hard working... until I realized they do the bare minimum and tend to be the laziest at work
They told me germans were direct... aaaaahahahahahaha no comment
They told me germans were reliable... aaaahahaha no comment part 2
They told me germans were honest... until I realized they’re just rude
They told me Berlin was a progressive city... it’s as narrow minded as it gets
They told me germans were efficient... absolutely nothing is efficient here. Paperwork for everything
They told me germans cared about the environment... my post is full of useless paper about things they could have sent me via email. Don’t get me started on registering with a bank. A whole dead tree is what you receive
Lies... they’re all lies. What the hell am I doing here. I don’t belong here
Some German and his girlfriend came over to buy something from me. He wasn’t even paying. He started tapping the thing, questioning it, pretending it was made out of plastic instead of metal so that he could get a lower price. The girl paid and they left. What was he trying to teach her? That this is how things are done in Germany? He just ended up looking like a cheap entitled doucher
Someone told me today that Berlin was the “new American dream”. They were a banker working in Berlin. Excuse me what ?
Haha just saw a big argument at the supermarket. Some turkish guy wasn't wearing a mask and the cashier yelled "Kannst du nicht lesen?!" And he got mad (understandably because who the hell escalates something so hard immediately). Like, Germans really need to learn that you can say things neutrally at first. I wish guns were legal here because all of the assholes would sort themselves out in a few months?
When I was in Spain some german guys had a conversation with spanish police officers. Germans escalated the conversation. The though spain is germany. The police officers were friendly before and tried to explain them not to drink beer and hang around shirtless in front of families and children.
As soon as it escalated the police officers beat the poop out of them. They punched them in the face and hit them even when all 3 were knocked out. Spanish poeple laughed and applauded hard.
Omg i wish I had been there to see that.
One time I saw on some trash German TV a report on German tourists in Netherlands. They showed some German guys getting arrested for peeing in public and the guys were like "Why? In Germany this is completely normal!" And the cops were like "You're not in Germany anymore kid" and it was great. But the moderator was clearly on the side of the Germans and acted like any punishment was excessive.
Ok guys I am not kidding and it's the truth!
My story of spain: I was sitting in a restaurant and a german tourist couple was sitting totaly drunk in a restaurant full of families at 7!!! Pm!!!
The waiter told them to leave the restaurant. But guess what? Not because they were drunk like shit.
They were so drunk that the woman shitted on her white pants. And everybody could see it.
And they refused to leave: we are tourists bla bla.
Germans are broken up. Absolutely broken up
The anti antifa guy has added “whores” to his list of hated. Dude. R u sure you’re not autistic ?
Why do Germans think their education system is so great? All I hear is about how difficult regular school here is and how you have to be really smart to get Abitur. Well I'm from America and Germans have told me for years how much worse our school system is, but strangely when I went to university here I was among the best in my classes for almost all subjects. I never once had the feeling I was missing any prerequisite knowledge. I didn't have to catch up to speed in any subject. There was actually never even a brief moment that I didn't understand what was being discussed.
Oh, and in high school I wasn't even a good student. I took a couple of advanced classes because teachers talked me into it, but I wasn't particularly good at them and I never studied. I don't feel like I'm naturally smart. I just feel like Germans are big liars, that school here is not hard and that university standards here are very poor.
Also, I feel that Germans, unlike most other nationalities, are unable to admit that there is anything about Germany that is sub-optimal. There's no self-awareness among most of them. And the thing that annoys me most of all is when they act like they are victims. If any nation were ever NOT a victim it's Germany. Once I asked a German why they don't have free speech and he told me "because the U.S. drafted the anti-hate-speech laws after WW2." How can someone, with a straight face, claim that Germany's been unable to fix that glaring problem in 70 years?
I was born and raised in a developing country where income gap is huge between people. I was in the lucky side and I managed to get great education, did learn foreign language etc. Anyways, I came Germany to study my masters. It was one of the STEM major and It was entirely delivered in English.
My initial assumption was university could be harder than my native country, This was not the case. I have learnt almost nothing new during my studies here. I was expecting to get decent education but all I was doing, writing papers in English and holding presentations in various subjects in order to pass the classes. It felt like English language school rather than a university class.Plus, exams were not even moderately hard. It was like, at the begining of each class huge pdf / ppt was uploaded into university Intranet and you supposed to read It by yourself. No actual discussion, education or something challenging
Well one thing that Germans apparently do throughout their entire school life are dictations. They just sit and write down exactly what the teacher says and slowly repeats. When I first heard about that I thought it was a joke. But they do them from around 13 until they graduate from school. I'm surprised they don't do them in their Ausbildungen and at university.
@ person from developing country: I agree. I also did a Master's degree here in Berlin in English and the way you describe it sounds really similar to what I experienced. Also, regarding exams, the professors almost always gave us past exams with the exact same kinds of questions that would be on our real exam. I also had courses where 90% of the final grade was just based on a 15 minute presentation. And the last point I want to make is that Germans don't take plagiarism seriously at all. In my home country if you get caught plagiarizing your final paper you will be kicked out of university. Here I knew at least 2 people who got caught plagiarizing and the only punishment was having to write a new paper on a new topic. I think I even remember hearing you can get caught two times before they can even consider kicking you out.
Oh, boy. Back in my home country, we almost always had to solve exercises that were never explained by anyone beforehand. Not during classes, not during labs, anywhere. We had to figure out things for ourselves. There were also questions that required deep knowledge of each subject. Finally, plagiarism was a big no-no and you’d have to start all over again or get kicked out.
Then I came to Germany and had a hard time finding a job because “I studied in ausland and they don’t know if that university is reliable or not”. Seriously???! I gtfo
It just comes down to the basic inability to admit to anything they have is suboptimal. I have run into this in every aspect of German culture. If I make any comparison to my home country they jump up and arms and defend Germany in every way shape and form blindly mostly
dont u hate it when germans try to talk english with u as soon as they realise ur english no matter how poop their english is
They expect you to speak "peeerrfeecccttt " German from the second, you arrived in Germany.
If they can't manage to learn a foreign language (English) in their amazing, super, awesome school system after a decade, why do they expect foreigners to speak German properly when the moment tehy arrived ?
For whatever reason they can't speak English well, It is same reason for foreigners don't speak German as well. It is not hard to understand but welcome to Germany. You just need to leave your cognitive abilities out of you in order to live in this country
This is very advantageous when you have to deal with it tourneys or the police. Let them rant in German for 5 minutes and smile at them and then ask them to speak in English, normally you won't get a ticket or any dispute that you are trying to barter will be reduced by a great amount :-)
Yesterday I sat down on a park bench to rest for a few minutes and blankly stare at trees and grass and stuff. Not much nature in a big city and it's probably good for relaxing to look at green stuff. Anyway a guy walked by pushing an older woman in a wheelchair. She seemd disabled BUT she smiled at me. Just a friendly, genuine smile. I smiled back. Felt good. Sad that the only people in Berlin who can do that, simply smile a friendly "hello", are disabled. Otherwise German society beats that right out of you immediately.
I need to ship two boxes out of germany. What’s the most reliable/cheapest service please ?
Whatever you do, DO NOT use DHL. Have a look here and compare with others online. www.sevenseasworldwide.com/shipping/shipping-to-destinations/australia/ Depending on how much you are sending, it might be cheaper to rail it and send it from London, very competitive rates there.
Is it weird to ask someone on an actual date in Berlin? Trying to get romance
I left berlin years ago but occassionally visit this site to remind myself never to return there. What bamboozles me is that when I was in Berlin I never met one interesting, intelligent, funny or smart German, yet on here - after reading all the posts - there is a wealth of intelligent and hilarious expats. I guess it really is a case of that the cream goes to the top (out of Berlin) and the sh*t gets stuck on the bottom.
I left berlin years ago but occassionally visit this site to remind myself never to return there. What bamboozles me is that when I was in Berlin I never met one interesting, intelligent, funny or smart German, yet on here - after reading all the posts - there is a wealth of intelligent and hilarious expats. I guess it really is a case of that the cream goes to the top (out of Berlin) and the sh*t gets stuck on the bottom.