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I went to an empty bar and ordered beer at the bar
- Are you going to drink it here at the bar, or sitting at a table?
- I'll sit over there
- (without smiling) Then you cannot order here, you have to order the beer from the table.
- ... the bar is empty, can't you just bring it over there?
- (rude) No. My coworker takes care of the tables.
- Can’t you just tell him?
- No.
Needless to say, I sat down, waited for 5 minutes because the other coworker was cleaning some tables, then he came, and I finally ordered my beer. That was the wake up call that made me leave Berlin few months later.
Today something happened that happens nearly everyday. In this case a woman walked in my way. It was as usually very strange, as if i would have a magnet. It seems she really expected me to walk to the right, just that i was already on the right side. And had i moved further to the right there would been space, just that it would lead to stairs that nobody takes. So obviously i was not interested in her genius idea to handle the situation. So i walk and she pulls over like out of her mind and appears to have no brakes. So i stopped for a moment to try to outcommunicate the situation. By stopping she gained more space and had she dropped her pace it would have smoothly worked out. Now surely she interpreted my stopping as weakness and kept walking being pretty sure i wouild move out of my way. Just that she misread that. I don't know what is her secret, i probably never will.
People here have a problem with sharing space. They want to showcase their dominance. They stare at you up and down and intentionally bump into you.
I especially hate the combo of 2 mom's with their strollers blocking the whole sidewalk just so they can talk, and rthe cyclist riding on a sidewalk without giving much space to others. The people here just do not care and lack politeness. Being polite here is a weakness. As a car driver, I hate it when 2 hipsters dressed in dresses and high heels riding their fancy beach cruisers next to each other to comfortably chat on busy traffic taking half of the lane. The entitlement and lack of common sense of some these cyclist is the reason why many get injured.
i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/why-young-londoners-are-moving-to-berlin
When will articles like this stop perpetuating myths about Berlin?
tldr version:
Article interviews 5 people who don't have parents who can support their loss making projects. They are:
Jesse Tadini Rybolt, 26, Musician and Carpenter
Hannah Logic, 26, Creative
Alexandra Moon-Age, Artist
Lyndsey Lupe, Musician and Filmmaker
Luisa Le Voguer Couyet, 22,
Yep, the people who can't survive a conservative government where you have to work. To be honest, I prefer the Tories in England. At least I know my tax isn't funding these oxygen thieves.
i-d is the biggest journalist trash that is out there. All that they write is try-hard pseudo-art trash and they never, ever criticize anything coming out of Berlin even though they think that London club door policies are "too selective". They don't cover anything remotely important in the music scene, gay scene or art. Edgy angsty teenagers, don't like it, real artists and musicians don't like it, Just people like the ones in the article like I-D, let's see how long they last in the city or if they ever come up with something remotely significant. My bet is that at least one of them will OD and the rest will eventually return to the UK when they become even more broke than what they probably are now. Syphilis for all of them.
Und diese Leute werden auch niemals deutsch lernen weil sie denken das in Berlin nur englisch gesprochen wird... Die gehen mir allen so aufn Sack ... Ich kann sie alle nicht mehr sehen !!
5/10 Jahre in Berlin und können noch kein Deutsch !! So ein Mist !!!
Today I had a quarrel with my German roommate about the correct handling of the kettle. apparently it was extremely wrong of me to simply weigh the amount of tap water for my instant noodles. I should instead measure the water exactly in order to save energy. I hate this pettiness in everything
Its not so much the individual instance of kettle heat waste, it is these little things that they know the better way of... or more to the point, the only way and their need to let you now every time you slip up slightly. Two or three of these a day over years is enough to keep anyone up at night.
"Oh I apologize. But see, my grand Mahavishnu Biohazard-Mahatma appeared in front of me and told me to weigh mass rather than to operate on volume. In return, he blesses the water I am using and he blesses you too. I have to go to work now. You know... work. For money. You know.. to pay for the water. Have a nice day, blessed one."
Living in Berlin is like joining the circus, at first you find the disregard for personal appearance refreshing, the parties are exciting and the sex is kinky. But that wears off pretty quick, and you realise that you're now stuck in the freakshow alongside the bearded lady, while the rest of the world moves on.
Don't drink the koolaid. The place actually IS the idiot it appears to be at first impression when you first get out of the airport. Don't buy all the reasons why it's actually cool or interesting. It's also not that cheap anymore, at least for rent. Prices are skyrocketing. This city has not a single redeeming quality unless you are one of those "vegan poly techno hipster" people. Then living here is like a permanent disneyland for you where you can enjoy the smell of your own farts and be with others who enjoy the smell of their farts, constantly. For everyone else: the xenophobia, delusions of grandeur, poverty, ugliness and stupidity of this city, will kill your soul.
German have to stop to say that they have the biggest ,the better , the best things ...
Wir in Deutschland haben wir der ... ( .... ) größeres der Welt , what happens with this people ? I've pity for u weird people ...
What is consider a trash in third world countries is a cool thing here. A cool place is unhygienic bar that is smelly, full of graffiti, full of chairs/table that look like taken from trash bin because they could not afford one.
Rude people who are much too "busy" to step a foot to the right and expect you to grow eyes in the back of your head reserved for them. Knocking you over and insulting you for it too!
There is a construction site in front of my apartment..for 2 years now!!! And it's just about small part of a road...
Yeah over here the same. And if it's not that its the noise of those machines that suck up the leaves or idiot parents autopiloting commands to their child, mowing the lawn, watering the garden with a loud machine, talking meaningless stuff overly loud to ones wife or the quiet version of noise sweeping leaves or snow. They never run out of noise. There is even a cat that is freaking out about this place regularly.
Was chatting with a German guy who said people in Berlin think it looks "trashy" when women dress nice. Yep. A supposedly straight guy here will tell a woman he basically thinks it looks trashy for a woman to look good. I have honestly never come across this anywhere. In general straight men like it when women look feminine. But no, not in Berlin. They want you to have that dirty ugly androgynous Berlin style. so ladies, cut your hair short, sport that cropped German hair style, or shave the sides of your head... Wear clothes from the thrift store that don't fit you right, dirty old converse, never wear makeup or smile, look hostile. Oh and when you go out clubbing, put electric tape on your nipples and don't wear pants, but yeah, it's the girl with a sense of style or a the girl wearing a nice dress that is "trashy". Don't even expect edgy street style or anything in Berlin. I think the lack of style (and even hygiene) in Berlin, is a reflection of their general attitude... They worship mediocrity, ugliness, they want to keep everyone at the same low level, no one should shine, etc .
This site really needs a Facebook Page. Id like to be able to share pictures of that laughable cesspool of White Misery.