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A cook at a pizzeria I regularly eat at just started acting aggressively towards me for no reason. I took my laptop out to do some work (which I usually do at that place) and he straight-up unplugged my cable and SLAMMED it into the ground. I told him that I'd be leaving a review on Google and then he started shouting VERPISS DICH!! RAUS!!! RAUS!!!! like it was 1940 all over again. Two German police officers were there watching the whole thing. They just stood there like dumbfounded idiots.
Stupid leftists love Berlin because they imposed radical rent control. I was one of those people, until I actually lived here. Now I realize, it was all because of the sheer amount of hatred in Berlin and they needed emergency measures to keep people from rioting or taking out the jackboots again.
What a toxic shithole.
i experienced the same shock with customer service last week.
- a BVG "lady" tried to convience me, that i want something from their officve center @ Zoologischer Garten that she cant give me. I tried to explain her the whole time , that last time her college did it without a problem.. omg.. their stupidity and superiority without even thinking and listeting.. OMG! in the end she did it, i won, but it costed me so much energy.
- i went to a hipster cafe and it was full, i asked the guy who served the tables if there is place for one person. he showed me one. i sat down and started to wait. nobody came, so i took the menu myself and continued to read the newspaper. after 40 minutes i decided to ask somebody, if they would take my order. i went to them and the same guy told me to wait and he will be soon at my table. i said: ok, fine. in 15 min new people came to the long table where i was sitting and the server came to take their order. i was like: hello, im waiting already for 40 minutes here. then he started to scream at me, like, you should come to me and say something.. i was like: i DID, 2 times! he continued to unpleasantly talk to me.. i said i dodnt want to fight here. so i ordered my coffe and i wont go there again. ever. i hope he didnt spit in my food, you never know..
the thing is, a lot of google reviews are so nice. i get it, one can be stressed from a lot of work, but its not an excuse to scream and not to apologize, which he of course never did
p. s. im not in Berlin anymore and it was the very best decision in my life in general
Germans can't apologize. Even if they are something resembling apologetic, they won't actually apologize. Some old pensioner stepped on my foot the other day quite hard. She just did the whole stupid sounding German "hooooops" sound and said to the person she was with that she stepped on my foot while looking at me. But of course she didn't apologize. Retarded country.
I hate that, they always play '' German culture '' card for everything they do or say which is weird, inappropriate and not acceptable by %90 people in the world.
Also I hate the statements like '' Ohh Germans are actually really nice and friendly but they are cold at the beginning and they need time to open up bla bla bla '' They see themselves superior all the time and as a poor, unlucky foreign person, you need to put afford for them to open up.
This country is massive joke
Exactly its total BS.....I dont buy this narrative anymore either......and to be honest there are so many Berlin fanboys as it seems to be a "trendy place" over the past year......I have no idea why .....as in reality its a shit-hole and really really not nice to be in .....So glad Im back in London.....SW region - bloody nice in comparison and not half the amount of weirdos wondering the streets......its actually very civilised in comparison to Berlin.
'I hate that, they always play '' German culture '' card for everything they do or say which is weird, inappropriate and not acceptable by %90 people in the world.'
I agree. Apparently their being German excuses all of this. In most other countries these things would be frowned upon.
'Ohh Germans are actually really nice and friendly but they are cold at the beginning and they need time to open up bla bla bla'
Yep I got tired of hearing that sh*t too. To hear this from my Indian housemate was especially disappointing as I would have expected him to see through it all. The foreigners who actually like it here are almost as annoying as the locals.
Yeah its so so much Bull crap lol ......makes me laugh the amount of excuses go around for bad manners and cultural behaviours....I mean who do they think they are are? Something special or something....sorry I dont think so by any means.....you just need to travel to see that Germans aint anything special as they think they are. Just pure arrogance and distance against people that are not their own. Its ridiculous!
Few months before i left, i was seeing a man putting down his pants and pooping next to the pillar in the ubahn station (U8). I think this moment i broke and made final decision....
shitti.ng should be, there were many reasons, job market being a joke, rude and racist locals, customer service being a joke, dirt and filth everywhere, glad to be out of this misery
I hate going shopping here. The staff is either rude or indifferent at best, the other customers either walk into you or stare at you (I am blonde and female and European looking). Arabs or Turks let their kids run through the store and yell as loud as they can to call them. Nobody smiles. Not one attractive person in sight that you want to flirt with. Judgmental stares from older women or creepy stares from fat middle aged men with no hair. Ugh.
Schönefeld Airport Staff are Sons and daughters of whores. They can suck my penis
Its so difficult to transfer a mobile number to a different network. When I arrived I just got a Vodafone pay as you go and now wanted to switch to another network. In the UK I would have just gotten the PAC and switch within minutes. Here, you need to register your card using your passport, pay €25 and go through a difficult procedure. WTF
Things are so so much harder there in Germany.....unfortunately. Its no less than a joke. Are you also from the UK like myself. I left Berlin and back in the UK .....things are brighter now in many many ways....starting to feel like a empathetic, gaining my higher emotional intelligence back and actually feeling joy. I used to think the UK was crap and like many of us we will put the country down from time to time....especially when moving to a new country...saying things like "its better here" but Im thankful for one thing.....living in Berlin and Germany overall has restored my faith for the most part and dare I say it pride in my country. I cannot get over how polite people actually are compared to Berliners and Germans in general.....Im quite happy to be back. Pls note I speak very good German and went beyond the call of duty to fit in.....but there was always something not quite right there.....especially in Berlin but overall the problems existed in most places in Germany. Namely suspicion of foreigners etc - and its dosnt matter even if you are white like I am....I just came across pure ignorance in most not all cases.....but most!!!
That is only one of the fraud system experience you did which the companys in this failed state do with their people with the help of their government.
Remember VW diesel gate?
Guess what... In America VW had to pay billions. In Germany they still didn't pay the people. They came up with the idea to pay all people who got fuckedd up to pay 1000_2000 euro. That's germany. You can do whatever You what thoae people and they don't go on the street to protest like french or Spanish or Italian people.
Funny for a society that is so aggressive and fuckedd up beeing so darn passive aggressive.
'Things are so so much harder there in Germany.....unfortunately'
Yes they are! I thought getting a SIM card was unnecessarily complicated, and that was just the beginning. I felt tired and frustrated most days, in part due to the fact that everything seems harder here.
Left Berlin and Germany 6 months ago and will never return. Many people here posting don't seem to be doing anything about it. Just LEAVE. You can find a job elsewhere, I would avoid Czech Republic and Prague as they are turning into overpriced dumps but you can escape if you really want. Whatever you do, do NOT pay a deposit in Germany, that's what will trap you with those soulless, racist, idiotic people and they are stupid too! Germany's best days are long gone. Get out and see that there is more to life than being Constantly annoyed by morons.
Let me guess. I am single, female, alone on tour and get insulted by any kind of people of every nationality - for no reason. I guess the reason is that I am not 20something . But maybe one doesn't even need a reason.
Especially SBahn and BVG CONTROLLERs are plain rude, no difference between the Ausländers and Germans. They treat you like dirt. But I Guess it's nothing personal.
Anyhow I still haven't figured out how to grow a thick skin and I am ashamed of so many people who act like that.
But I am thankful for those who I can have fun with, make jokes and have a good time. Very rarely people can be sweet, funny and gorgeous.
It is easy to be "anti-social" in Berlin because they don't let you inside their social system when you are alone, eventhough if you are not so much different.
People should build more bridges and smile more.
They shouldn't insult others and just try to keep calm.
They should try not to be so archaic, there will be a chain reaction and others will get crazy too
It's possible that you are just too attractive. I have noticed that every time I dress up and wear makeup I get aggressive stares (I normally don't even look into people's faces on public transport because of that). The weirdest thing is that it often comes from women who are way younger than me?!? Like, from teenagers. WTF?
For a Tech guy, which city is the best to settle down in Europe. I mean to compare with cost of living and salary.
Berlin is terrible for tech, 99% of jobs are startups, which are always barely above the water, you will work your butt 12h per day for circa 2k-2.5k euro in stressful atmosphere, the city is utter disgusting, ppl are rude, internet connection speed and beaurocracy ridiculous, you can find better opportunities anywhere in europe, pay comparing to cost of living will be better even in eastern europe. Answer yourself if it worth it.
Spent four weeks in another country. Couple days back in B. and so ready to leave again.
It always starts when you go through passport control at the airport. You know your back when a mean face looks at you, ignores your friendly hello and just expects everyone to be a criminal as you flew in from another country. How dare you have not stayed in beautiful Germany, how dare you visit friends and family in another country.
Want to see some real OCD shit? Watch a German pack up after a few hours at the beach. Seriously takes them 20 minutes to fold up a towel and put it in a bag (no exaggeration), longer if they're male so they can try to casually spot naked women. Country of metally handicapped retards.
What's with all Germans in positions of petty power (cashiers, Bürgeramt people, receptionists, etc.) always bitching and whining about every single thing possible when your issue strays 1% from the norm even though they almost always end up just doing their job in the end? Is this country run by autistics? Can't imagine how unbearable such a life must be.
Germans are so freaking stupid. When they need to drill 20 holes, instead of measuring and then drilling all 30 holes, they freaking drill one hole, wait 10 min and then drill the next so it ruins your whole freaking weekend. How can they be so freaking dumb and inconsiderate? What a retarded country.
An authentic Berliner. www.youtube.com/watch Notice how he says "That's my opinion" because of the lack of an agreement of what he truly believes. Later he jokes saying he gonna burn his seasonal ticket. You can him smiling friendly only for a splitsecond. The other doesn't laugh with him. He replies therefore accordingly "That's how simple it is" and then another. You see Berliners originally are very authentic bold people with heart which doesn't contradict anything here.
Think soul. Let's say it was fake, it does not change a thing about that. He clearly feels relieved after saying how he feels. What does it actually matter what is on his mind, even fakeness, the real level is not on the mind. You gotto actually grasp, the suffering comes from thinking so, leading to such because human is human, there is only good way to be.
But that doesn't mean a thing I guess. Anyway I meant that you can see how he replies to the other not laughing with him aka truly something that didn't take place, with what took place. It made him angry, he didn't meta. I always said light and anger is from the same source. He was joking in a good way, but it naturally not a light joke anymore. Light or angry, the topic always has something true behind it. It's no terms, just an observation of what is.
Let's say it's straightforward what he obviously was angry about, it just sounds off otherwise. He first even went with this laugh but it rang untrue. It's not a fight. And you don't have to see similarities, he is angry, people here too. There Are similarities. You see, everything just already is.
Anyone else find it totally annoying that Germans talk to you in (broken) English even if they know that you can speak their language?