Why Walmart Failed In Germany - Cheddar Examines
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2019
- Walmart is a huge business and is key part of many Americans' lives. But when it tried to go global it didn't have the same success. Cheddar examines the failure of Walmart in German.
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I remember when Walmart opened here. Somehow you guys forgot to mention, that Walmart got sued because they didn't pay the absolute minimum wage or forced them to work more than it's allowed in Europe. Or that Walmart didn't want to pay for vacations or days employees are sick, and other stuff that are common in civilized places in the world.
It's not like other companies weren't able to settle in Germany as long as they don't abuse their employees.
There was no minimum wage that time in Germany
sihout
There was not state fix minimum wage in this time . But the wage was in some cases so low, that a court decided, that the wage was too low for a human being and so a violation of the employer obligations.
@@TheElfant i mean this just says a lot doesnt it? There is no minimum wage and somehow you still get sued for paying not enough.
@@shinofoxx8529 There were and are laws to protect employees and if notthings go there is the Law of good faith or again good manners.
@@TheElfant yeah i know. I was making a joke...
"They don't treat their people ( the staff) good. We are not shopping there"
- My German father
Würde es ernst meinen würde er verhungern / If he mean that serious then he would starve in germany :-D
@@nonsense9393 bs
@@Dualitiy ?
@@nonsense9393 Wir leben in Deutschland, dementsprechend kann ich dich beruhigen.
Aber wenn du offensichtlich deine eigenen Leute so mies behandelst, hast du auch simpel kein gutes Geschäft verdient :'D
@@chrissi975 Nein ich meinte eher das die Ausbeutung im Einzel und Onlinehandel überall vorhanden ist. Aldi Lidl Amazon und Co ist bekannt deswegen wird das mehr im Fokus der Medien veröffentlicht aber die Wahrheit ist doch das es überall gleich aussieht. Leider :-D
As a German, the idea of a store employing someone to say "Hi" to me when I come in is literally the dumbest thing I ever heard.
That would just make me feel pressured...and everytime, especially as an introvert, I would have to prepare myself mentally for going inside and outside😂😂😂😂
I'd maybe just turn on the spot and leave to be honest
What kind of job is this anyway? I rather would sell crack in the street than doing this dumb shit.
@@TylerDurden-td2yg It doesnt sound that bad to me, to be honest. Earning money was never so easy, I guess? Better then cleaning a toilet or something.
@@lenas6246 I know of bullshit jobs, but again. For an uneducated person, or maybe a student or a pensioner this could be an easy job to do. Flexible working time, and just getting paid for saying "hello" and a few smiles. Not too bad.
I have done much worse jobs as a student, to pay for my rent.
Walmart: "when others break the rules, tell us or get punished with them"
Germans: *Stasi flashbacks*
Ex Stasi members: "My time has come"
1942 flashbacks
that's actually not even a joke. We've just had these bad experiences when everyone has to report everyone.
Walmart cashier: *smiles at german customer*
German: DAS GRINSEN WIRD IHNEN SCHON BALD VERGEHEN !
Hahaha :D
😂😂😂😂
Bruce Wayne speaks german. Of course he does…
LUL
Most german reaction ever!
Walmart emloyee: **smiles**
German customer: Haste was verloren oder warum guckste so?
Was stehste da rum wie 100m feldweg?
Wat willste?!
Hab ich was im Gesicht?
Was wondering why many service staff in Germany (when I visited in 2017) appeared a little emotionless/cold; maybe this video has given me the answer?
@@lzh4950 Nah mate, that's just the boomer generation. Most people under 40 are actually pretty nice people.
So, in short, Germany:
- has some labour rights
- probibits agressive practices like dumping
- due to German efficiency is a very competitive market
And doesn't like cult practices like fake cheer and that chanting and stuff. Seriously, we had that last century from the extreme right AND from the extreme left, and neither turned out to be a good thing.
I always wonder why Amazon can operate in Germany (it's not typical for Germany). In Switzerland we can't order from Amazon, we have our own popular online stores.
@@Leenapanther That's why I wrote "some" labour rights ;-)
Germany and Switzerland were quite similar in terms of wages 20 years ago. Our politicians "liberated" the job market and wages fell so dramatic, that we had to introduce minimal wages.
Right now there is an amazon add running: Come and work for us for 12 € something an hour. That is not much more than minimal wage and shows how fucked up the german job market is, because we are overrun by imported cheap labour, while politicians and most of the press tell us every week, that we lack workers.
@@olafspetzki and starting Juli 12€ is the new minimum wage
@@jackbordar2727 Unfortunately that's not enough to compensate for the recent inflation.
Any country: Implements basic worker rights and privacy laws
US: is that communism?
I'm reading your comment and seeing the butterfly meme. LOL
No, this is Patrick.
@@lexprontera8325 Same, meme culture has truly infultrated my brain to its very core.
What is it about America and Americans that makes them think anything to the left of hunting the homeless for sport is communism and why?
The sad thing is that they _actually_ think that way. Any form of being decent to other humans by law is communism to them.
Walmart employee: Hello! How are you?
German: Warum fragen Sie? Sind wir Freunde?
I have never noticed but it really is "Hey!" puts stuff on belt "Want some cash back? No? Okay bye"
No. The Answer would be "haben wir schon mit der gleichen Frau im Bett gelegen?"
@@Stalkingwolf Das ist gut
I'm from Germany and I would probably find it weird if an supermarket employee would ask me that question.^^
ShakerGER 😂😂
The whole comment section is just Germans making fun of American logic.... LOVE IT
Yes its funny but germans even they dont wane here it they are like that.
@ukkr As a kid growing up in the 90's and early 2000's in the UK, I remember when WalMart bought ASDA and began rapidly expanding. One of the main things they did was instigate a price war on Cola which was somewhat successful and Baked Beans which made them insanely popular, us Brits really like our baked beans. I remember when it was at it's height you could buy a can of baked beans in ASDA for 2p and a 2 litre coke for 10p, it was pretty barmy and they did cause prices to drop across all the supermarkets and killed off the dominance of Sainsburies with such hardcore loss leading. They also bought entire hypermarkets which were usually split between 2-3 different companies, usually a food supermarket, homewears and electronics retailers, instead all owned by ASDA which the UK had never seen something on this scale before. It proved so successful that the Tesco supermarket company would copy this idea, building huge stores up and down the country and ran with it for the next 2 decades as the market leader until discount stores like Aldi and Lidl and smaller local convenience stores like the Co Op ate into their market share and customer loyalty.
Yes, how very evil of the courts to prevent price wars designed to drive other stores out of business, all the while hurting producers. We had price wars with milk and ground beef when Aldi an Lidl used their buying power to pressure farmers into selling at insanely low prices. These practices only try to bankrupt the competition, giving you the opportunity to hike up the price once you are the only game in town. Walmart did this in the US for decades and still does today.
As for your communist reference: a living wage, health insurance, anti cartell laws, respecting constitutional rights of workers and strong unions aren't communist. Most industrial countries do this, the United States are the odd one out.
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wellwh0 your an selfish idiot
Cheddars explanation: Germany had inefficient, overly bureaucratic anti-company laws, an entrenched workers union culture, while also having protectionist policies. The poor multinational multibillion dollar AMERICAN company never had a chance dealing with these cold hearted germans.
Reality: Walmart business model IS based on mistreating and under paying its staff, anti competitive behaviour against smaller business rivals (lobbying, dumping prices,...) and when operating in an business environment such as germanys, where all of these business practises are illegal, they would fail by default.
Who the hell does the research for Cheddar it is as if you where purposefully making all these mistakes. Seriously i couldn't make this shit up if i tried.
I don't think they made mistakes. That is on purpose. "Nothing originating in the USA can fail, except of course when the environment and state makes sure of it!!!"
@@J_GamerSP Agreed haha, Americans are too full of themselves. I have seen Americans bring forth explanations of the failure of Tesco in America, so basically the other way round, and they always blame Tesco, such as 'Americans prefer homecooked meals'; yeah, no, Americans eat more fast food, and Tesco has a lot of fresh ingredients, so I don't even get where they're poking at.
Did you watch the same show I did? I have no idea how you came to the conclusion the presenter felt sorry for Walmart. If anything the tone of the video is "look how Walmart failed, isn't kinda funny that big international got bitch slapped." The literal statement at the end of the video is "the locals are always right".
there's a reason that walmart failed in Germany and Aldi succeeded in the US.
@@akinmytua4680 Aldi succeeded so well, it succeeded twice. Both brothers brought their chains over to the US separately. The other is Trader Joe's.
I'm an American that was stationed in Germany. I always get a kick out of this video. I'm an introverted person so Germany was like heaven to me. For the record, alot of Americans agree with you about walmart.
Walmart greeter: hi there! welcome to walmart.
German customer: Was? Was stehen Sie da so faul rum? Sollten Sie nicht Regale einräumen!?
Danke, dass es dich gibt!
ABER ZACK ZACK
Mehrfach aufs Handgelenk klatschen um nachdrücklich eine Armbanduhr anzudeuten.
UND ZURÜCKLÄCHELN.
Loriot: “ich kaufe hier ein”.
Aber hallo!!!!😂😂😂
Walmart employee: "Good day sir, how may I help you today?"
"Schnauze halten wär schonmal n guter Anfang."
😂😂
Okay der war gut
Junge die amis denken einfach wir sind die größten husos xD
OMG so deutsch😂
Das fasst Deutschland einfach so gut zusammen😂😂
As a former Walmart employee, I love hearing about how they failed. They say they care and raise wages in some departments (Bakery/Deli/Overnights) to $15. While leaving others (Asset protection/cashiers) at $11. When hired, I got great hours; 32-40, more often 40 and then they were cut down to 28-30 on a regular basis. The owners are some the the richest in the world. Pay your workers a living wage.
The neutral looking cashier at german super markets, that everyone just says "hello" and "bye" to in a plain, polite tone, but silently really apperciates, is hopefully how it will be forever
What frightens me, is this "ethics" culture of Walmart. Cheering for your company every morning sounds like indoctrination into some kind of cult. And forbidding flirting between coworkers seems to be a intrusion into the privacy of their employees.
that's exactly it, and this is why it's forbidden and can just be ignored
if you get fired over it in germany, you drag walmart to court for 3-6 monthly salaries or more (depends on severity and the time you've been there)
@@donaldbarnes1144 Funny side note: You can do both ;)
Don't get me wrong, I think Walmart's absolute garbage. But them banning flirting between employees kinda makes sense since a sexual harassment lawsuit screws employees and the company over massively.
@@Knightwolf1994
So flirting is seen as sexual harassment nowadays? I think, there's a massive difference between those two things.
Welcome to american mega companies, apple employees within germany have to do EXACTLY the same shit for „motivational purposes“....i think it is completely against human nature and creepy as hell.....but its pretty much the „company philosophy“ of all big american players.....
Walmart packer: * grabs item *
german customer: HALTET DEN DIEB!
DevilsAvocado: That was my first reaction when we first went to a Walmart in the USA.
Genral Kranz in a few stores we have them
yeah. i just paid for that stuff so i can pack it in by myself. i'm not a fricking child lul
don't like the packers - they don't pack it like I need it. I have a system and i don't want to carry all bags through the house to put the things away when with intelligent packing carrying one bag to the place I need it is enough. Frozen thing goes to another place than the cans. Some are for immediate use, some for store etc. When I've gone shopping in the US every time I got to the car I repacked everything.The packers would be more help if they would carry the stuff to the car and put it in the trunk.
@@seanthiar I agree with you!!
But, here in the States, I don't know of any stores where packers actually help you out to your car with your groceries anymore- a fact that, for me, absolutely eliminates the old concept of good customer service!!
Sure, stores supply carts, but it's just not the same thing!!
I worked for a major super market, and I can tell you that, even though the company claims to be all for customer service, that's just not the case!!
My Grandfather owned a chain of hardware stores years ago, and my mother taught me good customer service, which did not entail pushing the sale, or emphasize waiting on one customer quickly so you can get them out of the way, or letting them carry their own heavy items out to their car!!
Things have been sped up in the false concept of customer service!!!
I never knew Walmart tried to enter German market. Honestly, I don't miss the American chain stores when I am in Germany. The smaller chain stores have everything you need and they have a certain charm which has been lost in USA. Also, in my experience the German cashiers do smile and greet customers more than they ever did before. I love Germany dearly. :)
Walmart: "Let's do American things in Germany!"
Germany: "Please cut the shit, you're doing illegal things and creeping everyone out. Chill, Walmart"
Walmart: "This is too difficult of an environment. A good pay demand, rights AND cultural connections?!?! SO ANTI-AMERICAN! I'LL LEAVE THIS PLACE! COMMIES!"
America doing American things, Basically
what i you mean i have to follow another countries rules and regulations if i open my business there? im american! i can do what i want, you commie-fuck!
After working for Wal-Mart in the U.S, the more I realize why it's an anti-union company the more embarrassed I am . It's one thing to operate a crap way in your originating country, but in others? No no, Wal-Mart is doing detrimental harm.
No one has to smile at anyone at Walmart. I think they also finally raised their minimum wage and some other bad practices after a lot of pressure over many, many years. Walmart is an evil, un-American company, and everyone here knows it. Unfortunately, it’s the only place many low-income folks can afford to shop, especially since inflation has skyrocket food prices. In some rural towns, Walmart is the only place to get groceries for 50 miles. Many Americans who have more options have made a conscious decision not to shop there, but we don’t look down on the people who have to. THAT would be un-American.
wallmart actually got kicked out because there where selling their products below retail price wich is illegal in germany and throughout europe in general.
Germany: *mentions workers rights*
Walmart: is that communism?
The German version might as well be
@@PrezVeto So Unions are Communism and not Social Democracy?
@@MelkromisteinWeeb Unions themselves are just organizations. Nothing wrong with them necessarily. The immorality is in the degree of power they're given by law rather than as a natural product of negotiation in a market. Unfortunately they've also been given artificial power in the U.S. for almost a century. But mandating that they be given corporate board seats is taking things to a whole other level. That's effectively confiscating the shareholders' property. "You can *own* it, but you have to give the unions *control* of half of your means of production as if they owned it." If that's "social democracy", then "social democracy" is indeed half-way to communism.
@@PrezVeto
Actually that isn't quite right.
Unions and workers councils (the once getting a say in a company by law) are 2 different things, even though they work together at times.
Unions in Germany are more similar to US unions as a concept. (Joining workers of multiple companies to bargaining for better work conditions, pay, etc.)
The workers councils are much more democratic and every company workforce is allowed to elect one if the company size is big enough (so it is limited to one company).
(And of course that is way over simplified)
Also fun fact, a lot of this (aswell as the German social programs like healthcare/pensions/etc. (Introduced in 1883) was introduced by conservatives. (Same reason the GOP suggested Obamacare in the 90s to stop workers from going all revolutionary)
@@PrezVeto It`s called "soziale Marktwirtschaft" social market economy. Its intended and geared towards the goal to let companys and economy work at peak efficiency.
To simpify the though behind it:
Shareholders want profit. Most only see the short time gains and dont look too much in the future. ( Some dont even know what the Company does) That is natural and the need to make mony is good. BUT too much greed leads to run down companys and workers that dont perform well ( illness or lack of skill… further edukation does kost money)
The people running the company on the other hand are very aware of the work that has to be done, regulations, machines and competition. They want it to run well and feel good working there. Oppotunity to shape the work enviromen to the better leads to a more efficient and happier ( better) workers. BUT too much leads to less profit as well.. they feel entitled and performance dropps.
Soziale Marktwirtschaft brings both together and while thy both try to give themself the best position they have to reakt to the market and will find a workable sollution for both. ( So no siede fucks up completly)
Shareholders may own it but whitout People its nothing. And whitout money behind them good ideas and intentions wont be enough. Oversilplified but hopefully esier to understand now.
Walmart: "Hello, how are you?"
Germans: "Bis eben noch ganz gut aber dann ist mir deine Fresse in den Tag gegrätscht."
Wtf XD
*kugel*
Perfekt.
Comedy Gold 🤣🤣
Ach ja, so ist mein Deutschland
Just a small addition: Walmart also employed more people than necessary, because they thought that if all the people worked less than a certain amount of time, they could skip the certain social services, such as health insurance etc. Turned out you can't do that in Germany, so they ended up paying far more than they would have if they just let less employees work full-time.
Also, most of the regional managers where from the US and some where not even able to speak German, gathering criticism as well
Really they flew american managers to germany? I mean speaking barrier aside that sounds like a scummy move because of course they try to enforce the american way.
@@ScaredDeer7571 Yeah - The first CEO of Walmart Germany was Rob Tiarks, and he brought several other managers of the US branch with him to assist - but most of them refused to learn German
I'm german and when I heard what walmart wanted from german empoyees, I felt a little disgusted. I am not a master in german law, but if I remember correctly something like companies firing you for something that you did in private is illegal and firing you for flirting with other employee's. I might be wrong though, please search it up yourself and or correct me in the comments.
Grundsätzlich hast du recht. Die Ausnahme wäre, wenn das Privatleben dem Ruf der Firma schaden könnte. Das sind aber strenge Fälle, wie auf Facebook zu schreiben "Flüchtlinge ins Gas!" - dafür hat ein Azubi bei Porsche seinen Job verloren.
Beziehungen und Flirts mit Mitarbeitern sind deine Privatsache
As long as all parties involved are happy, you can do whatever among colleagues.
But unlike the US we act thrice as fast when one party is NOT happy about being flirted with.
Even here in the Netherlands alot of us prefer German supermarkets. No fake smiles, no overpriced items and no useless sale tactics. Just normal boring supermarkets with good prices.
@Maximilian Stocker but that's not because they are german
Because you're dutch. And generally dutch are, as germans, direct speakers and people.
I noticed at the jumbo market in the netherlands theres allways beautiful girls working at the cash register and the boys are filling up the shelves in the back of the market. Maybe its just in enschede but everytime i travel there from germany i notice this
I miss dutch persipan cookies and so on. It is very expensive in the netherlands, but not knowing the currently valid law my personal policy forbids me to go shopping in a foreign country because of pandemic.
@@tiko8420 I'm belgian, coming from Wallonia. The part of Wallonia that's know to "party for 7 am to 5 am everytime possible" and where greeting someone in a city isn't judged weird. German supermarket look way nicer than Walmart
Imagine having to cheer "Walmart, Walmart" every morning after crying in your car going to work. Hahahaha, thank God I live in Europe...
Excuse me, in America we cry in the car coming back from work.
@@nerut ihr dürft bei der Arbeit sitzen?🤨
Andrija Ban repeating a mantra is what cults do isn’t it?
George Betrian even Aldi has comparably fresh food and if you want it extra fresh you can go to a local farmer.
@C J now that I think of it I've never seen a cashier scan my groceries standing up, wild that they force you to do that
Growing up in the US my parents told me the best thing I can do to make a good first impression is smile, and that simple guideline has served me well pretty much my entire life. However, about 10 years ago I visited Moscow and stayed with friends of friends while I was there, and after two weeks of being my normal friendly self they admitted that when I first arrived I was so friendly they thought something was wrong with me. Like I was slow or mentally unstable. "Why is he always smiling?" Lol Needless to say I learned the lesson that smiling doesn't translate into many other cultures. Sometimes, but not always, and clearly Germany is the same and Wal-Mart learned it the hard way.
A smile makes a good first impression. During the greeting. After that it becomes creepy if there isn't a genuine reason to be happy about.
What is the value of a smile, that you give to everyone and 24/7?
@@MsDancer5000 you are implying that my smile and friendliness toward people I see or encounter is not genuine. I'm not always smiling, but when I see someone and interact with them a smile is quick to cross my face. Because a smile makes me feel better, and usually makes them feel better as well. A smile is the first step toward caring about someone.
@@CharlieRogers50 Well that is how you see it from your cultural background. In many cultures that just comes across as creepy and fake, even when it isn't.
@@lars7935 hence my original comment.
This genuinely makes me thrilled to see how Tesla will be doing in Brandenburg on a longer term. Especially regarding workers rights, cooperation with labour unions and the overall ethics..
I sure wish only the best to the employees but I would not be overly surprised to see some mistakes being repeated. Let‘s see!
Wallmart failed so hard in germany that I never even knew the operated here
Me neither
Same with Little in Norway
I didn't even know what walmart is up to 3 months ago
I only know because we bought a fake Christmas tree from Walmart and still have the original packaging
We had one in our area years ago, thats the only reason I know about that
On the surface that German attitude may seem rude, but they simply prefer friendliness to be real
As a Colombian I smile at everything... It doesn't make how I feel fake in any way... I just like to be happy
@@bobrvrvrvrv wow, that's... ableist
...the Germans are Tsundere.
@@bobrvrvrvrv actually we do not smile every time.
most European countries feel this way. Americans love smiling at random people on the street, try that shit in Britain and people think you're a psycho.
German-speaking American here - I don‘t find German supermarket clerks unfriendly at all. I often share a comment or make a small joke or ask for assistance. It‘s just a honest conversation and doesn‘t always have to happen. But in the States, they‘ll come out with a couple stock questions and not even wait for an answer. In Germany the public basically treats the cashiers as an equal human being, who does the same in return.
American here. When entering a foreign country it is extremely smart to do your research, build a strong, local and honest leadership team and listen to them. Mutual respect is a must. I'm not saying this formula alone will guarantee success. However, in Germany as an example, if you had said team in place, highly likely there would have been an overwhelming concensus to ditch the greeters, fake smiles and predatory loss liter pricing practice. This comes from experience in both working with and managing various German teams with success in the past.
And it is smart to respect the local laws, workers rights, Unions rights etc.
How the heck can you get into the german market without understanding the Union system?
That is absolutly ridiculous.
I guess they could do it american style and just work around it, or that european unions are like the american equivalent. They didn't do their research and had to pay for it.
@@darkiee69 That's just being super unprofessional. If I had a driver's permit from where I lived and were used to local traffic laws I would research the traffic laws in the country I want to vacation in if I intended to drive a car there. If I wanted to apply for a job abroad I would research which documents - if any - I am expected to mail in together with my CV and which information I was supposed to include in said CV. And I'm a private citizen. Walmart is a ginormous business.
@@camelopardalis84 That's why. They're used to doing it their way. If something goes against them they could just "throw some money" at the problem or send their lawyers to fix it.
@@camelopardalis84 Exactly. But sometimes that seems to be the american way.
@@camelopardalis84 this is a common fallacy in the study of economics, the belief that the participants of an economic system behave regionally. However they do not, that's why depressions are so hard to predict by economic models that rely on that assumption. You just have to watch a Lehmann brothers shareholder conference an you get what I mean
The amount of americans not understanding the concept of Basic workers rights in this comment section is just sad, honestly.
The amount of Europeans not understanding basic Austrian Economic principles in this comment section is just sad especially since Austria is in Europe.
@@austinblackburn8095 ummm what?
@@MrGosciu121 If you know about Austrian Economics one of the principals is that all consensual exchange is beneficial to both parties otherwise neither party would agree along with other personal and economic freedom models. If you want to no more look into Mises and Hayek.
I don't know why americans hate poor people so much, it's like : they have to suffer, they need to be crushed , hell yeah ! let's starve this single mum and exaust her to death. I don't know if this is going to stand with middle classes being destroyed these days.
I understand their concerns. The problem however is that in Germany a lot of people don't know how a market works and work for less then they are worth.
I lived in Germany during that period, or at least a significant part of it: More than half the shoppers I saw at a German Walmart were Americans from American bases (I'm a military brat so I do fall in that category). Mind you because I am a military brat and had at that point spent more time in Germany than the US, I was actually more comfortable with the German way of doing things: Leave me alone to do my thing, if I need help ***I*** will approach an employee and ask. Coming back to the US and getting retail workers to come up and ask "how can I help you today?" freaked me right out, and I generally left the store discreetly, even if I meant to be browsing in there for a while. I usually browsed and shopped in places with more... apathetic employees, or at least ones that left me alone.
The way she pronounced "Lidl" made me wanna unsuccessfully apply at Vienna's art school
They have no concept of "long vowels" over there.
LIDL is pronounced like Lee-Dell, not "liddle".
In the English speaking market that's how it's pronounced, I think because the German pronunciation seems forced for non-Germans. In the UK the official Lidl advertising uses slogans like "Lidl on price" to rhyme with little.
😂😂😂
Walmart employee: Thank you for shopping at Walmart. Have a good one.
German customer: Sagen Sie mir nicht was ich tun soll!
Janni Chatzidimitriou eiskalt!
Ich liebe 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
Ich liebe DE
True😂
@Eugene Kendrick don't tell me what i have to do
Congrats to Germany for not putting up with WalMart's crap and showing them to the door.
Rather, they showed themselves the door, and rightfully so.
Honestly. Why a Walmart when you have lidl, aldi, action and decathlon
Germany 4ever
And you don’t want to even see a Walmart when you went to a Edeka.
Drosera Lidl is freaking awesome I love it.
it's so funny seeing Walmart fail in Germany and Aldi succeed in USA
"In Britain, they now own the second largest supermarket chain in the country, ASDA" - They've now sold ASDA to a UK company and left the UK as well lol
Walmart employee: *puts on smile*
German: Sie haben soeben Ihr Recht auf Kniescheiben verloren, mein werter Herr.
Fuuuuuck.
Ist das nicht ein bisschen zuuuu viel?? (Denkt sich das mehr amerikanische Firmen zu Grunde gehen sollten)
Nehmt ihm die Ellbogen weg!
Das hat mich so zum lachen gebracht heilige scheiße
Du hast doch nicht mehr alle Nasenflügel in der Waschmaschine!
CMB HAHAHAHA
Ach du Schande, ich kann nicht mehr😂
Walmart greeter: Welcome to Waltmart! How are you today, Sir?
German customer: Wenn ich gewollt hätte, dass du mich volllaberst, dann wärste jetzt meine Frau!
HaHah lol😂
Ok Boomer
I like how some people pronounce it "Waltmart" and spell it that way!
Geil
Ist echt so ne? XD
Absolutely LOVE Lidl and Aldi. No cringey ads, no weird shit from sales tactics, nothing. I go in, get what I need, pay and leave. It's honestly genius.
Even as an American, I'd intentionally go in the exits at Walmart, _just to avoid the greeters._ But the best is to just avoid Walmart altogether.
Long story short. Wallmart couldn't abuse their employees as they do in countries where Wallmart is successful!!
But Shops like "Lidl" aren't that nice to their employees, "Netto" looks like pure trash.
I'm glad to have "edeka" and "rewe"
@@dribbeldiejustiz because thats how they can get theire prices so low. Not on the neck of the employees
@nova00boss I tend to agree with you about Walmart!!
That's why I don't shop there anymore!!
Lidl is against the union either
Exactly!!!!
I'm german and honestly, if I went shopping and there was someone whose job was specifically to greet me when I enter I'd go out of my way to never shop there again. How creepy is that?
, German living in US where I refuse to go to Walmart; it is super creepy there, no respect for the private sphere, I feel like I am being attacked (usually by a moronically grinning, over-weight being). As a woman I find it especially disconcerting). Oh, and my US friends agree with me.
Walmart in the US doesn‘t trust its customers anymore. I just was three weeks in California and these days you gotta show your receipt on the exit, being scanned for plastic bags you might have taken without paying for them. Weird!
@@sonntagskindlein Same here on the East Coast. I have been told that they check the receipt with the goods after you have paid before you exit. A friend of mine turned around and returned everything (with a lot of hassles) and told them he would never come back again and also tell everyone to boycott. There is also talk about weird codes on some receipts and strange night-time activities in and around the stores.
Honestly, many people find it creepy here in America too. It's a weird gimmick that appeals to I don't know who, maybe old people?
@@SlackActionBumble As an Old person 70 I am especially offended by those gimmicks. But then I am German living in America and find much distasteful here, especially my fellow seniors (men with a pot-belly, hairy stick-legs, high white socks and sneakers, loud t-shirt and baseball cap, women with helmet hair-styles and weird Christmas sweaters over sweat-pants in public.) most of my friends are younger Americans who definitely don't go to the likes of Walmart.
Walmart isn't anti union by german standards. Walmart is simply just anti union
I can understand that an employee of this store does not want to be there for fun. Forcing them to smile makes fun of their low social status and income.
Walmart: "Hi!"
Germany: "We don't do slavery."
Walmart: "Bye!"
Tesla: "Hi!"
Germany: "Auch, nein... Nicht weider!"
...anymore 😏
@lotti Polish people during WW II: are we joke to you?
Laughs in Niedriglohnsektor.
That's basically it.
Walmart cashier: * Smiles *
German Buyer: ist das wie ein persönlicher angriff oder so?
If people can't read this it's :is that person angry or not
I think I don't know Felipe either speaks german or made this illegible on purpose
@@closeenough7490 The translation is: "Is that a personal attack or something like that?" The "or something like that" part is a German expression that just doesn't translate into English very well.
LOL!
@@PhilnoTV The way I hear German spoken, they could've stopped at "oder" and it would have been more likely to be said by a German.
Hab ich etwa was im Gesicht oder warum Lächeln sie so?
Gathering in the morning and doing that "Walmart! - Walmart! - Walmart!" thing reminds me of the "Pledge of Allegiance" they apparently do in the morning in American schools (*no, it's not common elsewhere*).
Fine if you are a sports team about to start a match, or a group of performers about to go on stage... weird in the context of everyday study/work--people are individuals who can and should address issues within their group/system, not little soldiers who have to be loyal and obedient to their master at all times.
Wondering how this stuff can fly in the "Land of the Free".
The lesson I get from this is: We need stronger unions in the US.
"Hostile market" is a funny way of saying "workers actually having rights" lmao
Absolut korrekt. Hab auch nicht gerafft was sie damit meinte. Ich meine hier gibt es viele erfolgreiche Unternehmen die aus dem Ausland kommen. Man muss sich hier halt an Regeln und Gesetze halten. Ansonsten ist dein Geschäft in Trümmern wie Dresden '45
As, don't smile at people if you don't mean it.
@אני תומך בישראל Ani’ mi Elohim, ve you calling germans communists?
@@Mastermast67 4:18
If workers having rights is communism for you, then I’ll take that every day of the week, better than how companies rule everything (politics included) in the US.
So basically an American company like Walmart can’t survive in a environment where it’s not allowed to do shady business practices. That sounds about right 😂😂
Exactly
USA has no federal sales tax , less regulations costs = cheaper in USA , same reason Starbucks went bankrupt in Australia
Wal-Mart and Chinese manufacturers exploit
their employees (it would seem) more than
everyone else.
Union leaders raise hourly rate , that kills your wage
@4estrose watch Richard wolf videos he talks the same left horseshit
Walmart also failed in Korea. And they also abandoned the UK in 2021 after selling their company ASDA with heavy losses.
In Germany customers don't really interact with store personnel unless they need directions or are paying.
I like to think store personnel prefer this approach because they can actually get their work done and customers because they can shop in peace.
The one time I was in a Walmart I was just looking for some Soda and cookies but somehow had to talk to 3 people to get it. That should've been 0, America.
I'm Canadian and my brother back in the 90s worked at Walmart. He was laid off for not smiling. He wasn't working on the sales floor his job was in the backroom. He was breaking down cardboard boxes and someone complied he wasn't smiling.....sounds like Walmart is run by the Joker.
Lol
That company IS a joke, although it's not a particularly good one...
Walmart seems like a cult to me or a strange dystopian version of a company where everyone gets fucked but brainwashed into liking it and always pretend to smile or otherwise they kill you
But even the bible says you have to smile before killing the cardboards lest they hate thee, is your brother an atheist?😂
I'm dutch and as a teen i worked at MacDonald they asked me to smile more i told them "no im not here for fun" and that was that. If you do your job and be on time. they can't fire you.
I'm a German who spent a month in America and I can confirm, the concept of a "greeter" is really weird, awkward and almost creepy to me.
Like, just the concept of hiring a person to do nothing but standing by the entrance to say hello or whatever, it comes across as the opposite of welcoming. It's insincere at best and manipulative at worst.
If I'm just passing an employee in the aisles and they're like "Good morning!", that's perfectly fine. It's natural and polite.
But when it becomes their sole purpose... it just screams "We're totally not trying way too hard. We're a nice company, we swear!"
As an American, maybe I am just too used to the concept, but I don't think anyone here actually dwells on whether it is weird or not. Usually the greeter is an elderly person, sometimes a disabled person, and 98% of the time you just walk by them. I have never once thought that this big evil corporation is trying to put one over on me by having some 70 year old wave to me when I come in. Oh yeah, they do actually do other stuff. Since stores are often not laid out the same, they can point you in the right direction if you are in a rush, and they help with returns and online pickup.
By the way, I do like Aldi here in the states, but I would be interested to see how they pay their employees compared to Walmart or other grocery chains.
@@WarEagleTimeMachine We Germans tend to keep "private" and "professional" things apart. If I go into a shop or a restaurant, it's business: I want to buy something, they want my money. Both sides want that to go off as efficient as possible.
And 70 year old person shouldn't have to work.
@@WarEagleTimeMachine my local LIDL for example pays new employees 12€ per hour which is equal to 13,65$. However, in Germany we have a minimum wage for everybody who's working here. Atm that minimum wage is 9,35€ (10,66$). When I worked in retail once they gave me the minimum wage which is perfectly fine. Also this minimum is raising from year to year. Last year it was 9,15€. Next year it's supposed be 9,85€.
On top every worker has a right for paid vacation (a minimum of 20 days per year is ensured by law) and payment in the case of sickness. (The Company has to pay for the first 6 weeks that an employee is sick in a row. If he doesn't recover in that time, the Health insurance has to pay).
Many employees in retail can also profit by an employee-discount.
@@WarEagleTimeMachine It would be interesting to hear about the US wages from Walmart / LIDL / Aldi in comparison :D
@@hypatian9093 No one is forcing a 70 year old person to work you know that right?
„Dedication to their company culture“ - that’s a good euphemism for their treatment of employees and anti-Union business practices.
Also, they’re not missed here - it’s always jokingly celebrated as a “win” that they had to leave. Unions aren’t the enemy here, and the greeters and smiling was just creepy, yeah - but Walmart also broke laws here, for example trying to pay under minimum wage. And, not going to lie, making us chant something to praise our boss? In a group, synchronised? Jesus Christ, that’s just weird.
Your workplace is just that - your workplace. It’s a relationship with two sides: your employer wants your work, so they compensate you fairly and treat you well. And you want that workplace, so you do your job and do it well. But it’s not a religion or a moral guide, and it’s not your family or your spouse. You don’t have to love them (or pretend to) to do a great job, you just do your half of that contract.
Shorter version: They didn't know that slavery was illegal in germany
true
Amazon is doing just fine in Germany...
@@unvergebeneid Mit Zeitarbeitsfirmen bekommt man da auch 13€/h
@@banchnotok Aber nicht der "Servicepartner" von Hermes
@@Beggi01 natürlich nicht, die handeln teilweise höchst illegal
Wenn minimale Arbeitsrechte mit Kommunismus verwechselt werden ist man in den USA
Traurig aber wahr
ouch
Wir leiden unter dem Kommunismus während die in den USA frei und glücklich sind - wait a minute.
Huh
@@emlyn1728 ja man wird bezahlt wenn man krank ist so schli... Wait
Deren großes Problem war die Standortwahl, Wallmart war ausschließlich in grossen und oft zu den Wohngebieten weit abgelegenen Gewerbeparks. Deutsche kaufen für maximal eine Woche ein und dafür ist niemand bereit etliche Kilometer zusätzlich zu fahren, wenn der nächste Supermarkt(Aldi, Kaufland...) doch direkt um die Ecke ist.
In Germany, we mostly show more Angriness and Frustration while Grocery Shopping, since for the most of us it's just a thing you want to "get over with" so employees greetings us or being overly friendly either just wastes the "previous time" or is just wierd and unecessary.
It's just the culture of us being always in a rush and or being frustrated.
Yep. This. Grocery shopping is a strictly (using the word as a bit of an exaggaration) planned chore that always just frustrates. You don't go to a store browsing the shelves for more than a minute thinking about what you like to buy while having a chitchat with the employees. You just want to get in, get your preferred brand you've been consuming since childhood and get out without murdering everyone in the queue at the cashier.
Grocery shopping sucks.
The last phrase sums it all.
It is a selfish and arrogant culture
Germany: Unions are an important part of our economic culture, they organise workers to fight for their rights and well being, and in turn also help the company in various ways.
Wallmart: bUt ThAtS cOmMuNiSt
But IT IS communist.
@@a4yster no, it would be if the workers held the majority in shares
@@SanPendro I don't get your reasoning. The company I work for is more than 50% owned by employees, yet we are fiercely compete on the free market. Not to mention, majority of the stock market is owned by employees of some sort. All the retirement plans, passive income plans of millions of Americans are held in stock market, and most Americans are just simple "middle of the road" workers.
To be fair it's just funny that you are trying to explain what is communism to a man born in USSR.
@@SanPendro It would not be communism even if employees held majority of the shares, which is an actual model operating in many companies. Its just business model in the system of capitalism. Communism is a complete social, cultural, and material reform.
Communist or not, if it works, it works. Thats what we europeans look at. The majority of Americans have no clue what communism actually is. The same goes socialism. They are raised with the idea both are bad.
Americans have no clue about how close their very own country is to communism. Pledging loyalty to companies, the flag and a 2 party system. Thats just 1 party away from communism. Ultra rich people with power and the average worker hardly can exist. Thats mighty close to to former CCCP American friends......
Ich: Schaut englisches Video
Kommentare: Da stand Deutschland im Titel wir übernehmen jetzt
Wie Monte sagen würde. Rein da Zack Zack
Luca Michael ist immer so
Blitzkrieg haben wir halt drauf
Kerngedanke: Rein!
Halt echt so
Surprised they didn't have baggers at the the cashier desks. I can imagine how the Germans would react to a stranger putting their shopping in bags for them while they awkwardly stand by full of anxiety, being asked to see the receipt on the way out as proof of payment or being asked how was their day? and did they find everything? at the cashiers desk. Lol
Oh god yes. I find baggers so creepy. Like, leave my shit alone, I want to pack it in a specific way and not whatever haphazard order you'll chuck it in.
As an American they tried to use American culture and normal American practices in somewhere that’s not America that’s why they failed
Walmart nachdem sie dicht gemacht haben:
DANN GEH DOCH ZU NETTO
jetzt hätte ich mir vor Lachen bald in die Hosen gepinkelt. :D
ROTFL!
Du kommentierst auch überall, oder?
Egal, welches Video ich sehe, da ist mindestens ein Kommentar von dir😂
@@p3chv0gel22 lol echt? Vllt verwechselt du mich ja mit jemandem haha
Ich hab immer das Verlangen dieses Gör zu dropkicken
There are some mistakes:
1. Shops were never closed on Saturdays. At this time they were allowed to open till 2 pm (now till late).
2. There is no law that small shops can offer lower prices. Walmart sold goods below their purchasing prices and that´s forbidden - for all companies.
CNX Expat … In Germany it is like with a Mafia. They agree to prices behind closed doors and rip the customers off. In the US it has always been that purchasing large quantities determines the price for the customer. Companies in the US pass these savings on to the customer where they can. There is nothing illegal about that. In Germany you have the UVP to jack up the price and leave the impression that the customer is saving when the price is lower. If you price around before you buy you can often find the product cheaper somewhere else if you have the time. One more thing … is it not suspicious that certain products are never, ever on sale for a lower price? That is because we are getting screwed.
@@robertthomas6127 Oh, that´s the reason why everything in Germany is so much cheaper than in other countries. Do you have ever been in supermarkets in France, UK, etc. The prices for brand products are 30% - 50% higher.
@@cnxexpat1862 …. Well aren't you the lucky one if for you everything in Germany is "so much" cheaper than elsewhere.
@@robertthomas6127 Go to a supermarket in London and Paris, buy 1 liter of milk, a Mars bar, a Coca-Cola, a Ritter Sport Chocolate and other brand food and compare the prices with a supermarket in Berlin. You should travel more.
@@robertthomas6127 Companies in the US dont pass the savings onto the customers 😂. They charge them to their employees with miserable wages and anti-union propaganda
I already hate it when I'm in a clothing store and an employee asks me if I need anything, just 5 seconds after I entered.
Being greeted in every possible store as if I knew that person is anxiety fuel.
Funny. I hate when I’m in a clothing store, or any other store, and have to spend 10 minutes trying to find and then chase someone down to answer a few questions about what I want to buy.
And really, “anxiety” from someone saying hello to you?
I am a Bulgarian living in Germany, for one thing it does not inspire confidence to be smiled at by a complete stranger for no reason, I think that will happen to every European.
Another big mistake that does not get enough attention in the comments is the morning "motivation rituals".
These motivational rounds are at best reminiscent of Scientology, at worst of a leader cult that can only be found in fascistoid or (drum roll) communist organisations.
Yes!
Walmart just failed in Germany because they didn't sell a Allwetterjacke. They konnten ja not wissen.
And that's why have a Allwetterjacke: Because man weiß ja nie
Allwetterjacken weil man weiß ja nie xD I love it
This is a Allwetterjacke, it's like a Jacke that schützt for all Wetter.
@@azathoth2365 you have erklärt that one wall free
xdd
That is the most Deutsch thing I have read heute.
Walmart employee: „Welcome to Walmart. How-“
German customer:“ Sowie du arbeitest würden andere gerne Urlaub machen“
hahahaha ihr killt mich mit diesen Kommentaren
😂
what does it mean?
@@Burakmillerson4946 Some wanna have vacation the way you're working
"Dein Job könnte ein Pappaufsteller machen. Die Ineffizienz in dieser Bude ekelt mich an."
One if the reason why walmart failed is based in the workculture differnce between ger and the us. In Germany there are so many laws that protect the employes and secure a healthly work flow.
so many laws to protect employees yet they still manage to overwhelmingly be clearly and visibly miserable and uninterested in being the least bit friendly or helpful.
All I know about Wal-Mart is that our oil-fund, (im norwegian), have blacklisted them from investment due to the way they treat theyr emplyes...
In germany, we show politeness by being completely neutral instead of faking happiness.
Deutschland ist der Traum eines jeden introverts
It's when the Germans start pretending to be nice you should get worried.
😆😆😆. I'm South African, but you said it brilliantly.
@@monkeymode5652 yer Germany is Europe’s North Korea the place were no body ever smiles like at ALL
@@260381re that is so not true
I’m translating all the German responses and honestly, they’re all gold.
I am laughing so hard at every single one of them :D
We Germans tend to be honest.
I laughed too, because there so true.
We tend to be allergic to fake.
Germans do not like "Scheißfreundlichkeit" in stores, like "how are you today, thank you for shopping here" etc
@@wolfgangk2824 Haha same. And I'm from California (the capital of fake niceties).
@@theduke5355 There are only three kinds of people in California: Who is not fruits or nuts is flakes.
Germany: Having basic worker rights
Americans: Hostile Market
Haha, I love how they blame it on the "difficult business environment" instead of admitting to their cultural tone-deafness.
Me: (sees title.)
Also me:,, We had a Walmart in Germany???"
In Bremen z.B. :-)
Ja, lange her.
Und meine Eltern und ich waren vielleicht zwei oder dreimal dort. Der ehemalige Wertkauf in Wiesbaden-Schierstein.
Ich erinnere mich dunkel, mal in dem in Essen gewesen zu sein, das müsste 2005 gewesen sein. Danach wurde das ein Real, also mehr oder weniger das deutsche Walmart.
Hier in Maintal, meine Heimatstadt, war früher auch einer.
Ich hab's gar nicht mitbekommen😂
"by german law, these stores could offer lower prices than big box stores". erm, thats quite obviously horseshit. there is no german law regulating prices by store size
yeah, I’m also not sure, what she was talking about there. I think are laws concerning selling items at a loss intentionally to kill competition. And running a big store is a lot more expensive then the small discount stores. Maybe that was meant, but I don’t know.
@@eechauch5522 yeah she probably meant the law preventing you to sell at a loss with the intention of killing off competition. lets not forget the irony that that's what the "small" guys Aldi and Lidl are doing all the frigging time :)
@@mondvogel6124
They dont sell at a loss. They sell some products at exactly the price they cost them and not a penny more.
@@jorenvanderark3567 do they sell for what they buy or including all their own cost?
@@mondvogel6124
Your own costs have to be included.
Ich habe in der Nähe des Wal Marts Feldstraße im Schanzenviertel in Hamburg gewohnt und war auch hin und wieder dort einkaufen ...
der Markt war so übel asi ...
Normally I try to stay away from big media but I can’t lie these cheddar videos are perfect.
Comment section summarized:
90% Germans
5% Interested people
5% also Germans
ah...you know percentage calculation.
haha true 🤣
@@birnbaumimgarten8501 yes...
@@carljohnson4473 Blitzkrieg its called Blitzkrieg If you Dont Like it then Dont make Videos about US
We will find you and Blitzkrieg you
@@zli2760 ich bin Deutscher also... 😂 😂
What American employers say: "We need to lower your salaries and fire some of..."
What German workers say: "Unsere Gewerkschaft steht dafür ein, dass..."
What Americans employers hear: "Союз нерушимый..."
german worker: "See you in labour court"
Wal-Mart: "Wait.. what?"
exactly Mat S. Teddy Neptune : You forgot what the german law would have said to that: Was du machen willst ist verboten per Gesetz und somit illegal , schau mal nach unsere Gesetze du idiot
Mimarspre Welches Strafgesetzbuch? Welcher Paragraph? Ich kann auch einfach behaupten das irgendwas illegal ist
@@shitnick4202 welches Gesetz suchst du? Ich kann die Paragraphen für dich suchen
:D
The One Who Writes Comments Das das besagt das man keine Menschen zum Lächeln verpflichtet muss
I was in a Walmart once. It was in a city center (most prestigious in Germany, not like "inner city" in the US) in a nice building and from the outside it looked really nice, with the signs and so on. I don't recall being greeted or people pestering me, but what put me off big time was, that it was like some $1 store. Only crap for sale - but not even cheap.
German people rejecting the fake hospitality is the funniest thing I've ever heard. I remember getting written complaints from customers for not laughing at their jokes or smiling enough when I worked in fast food in the US.
Germany: "You can't exploit your workers"
Walmart: "What is this, CoMmUNiSm?"
Germany: "You'll also have competition"
Walmart: "What is this, Capital... oh, wait"
Haha
ahah germany FORCED walmart to raise prices.. thats communism.. theres no competition in germany nor europe.. the govt dictates who gets what
@@johnnyllooddte3415 only on special products like milk products...
you know how walmarkt getting low prices? they put all sellers in one room, and ask "whats the lowest prices on that item" often those sellers dont earn anything of it selling it to walmarkt, underbidding compitions, just to get money income, and will do looses..if there is a store opening of walmarkt. local ecomy dropping down. germans dont have interest in foreign companys destroying local economy, just that this company get their profit. if you dont follow ethical rules and dont want social responsibility, just scavaging locals, move your company somewhere else. easy. luckily germany is kind of that position to say to those vultures "fuck off" compare volkswagens sales and their profit to walmarkt. vw doing much less profit per sales compared to walmarkt. vw got alot of disabled/handicapped ppl, because they see it as their responsibility to give them oppertuninty. in usa, if you are handicapped/disabled, u are basicly getting homeless and will die of something. in the usa everything is a business, in other parts of the world, there is society. not a business. compare your food in school to european stuff. if you are not rich and cannot afford private schools, ur kids get waste as food. sorry, we got our dignity.
funquestions, how many parties offering a candidate for presidential elections in the usa?
@@johnnyllooddte3415nope, thats using brainpower. noone wants to produce milk if its dirt cheap or even worse, sold with loss
Walmart in Germany: We are not making enough profit..
Aldi in the U.S.: KEINE SCHWÄCHE ZEIGEN!!!
And the Americans get the double dose! IIRC Aldi Süd runs their own chain there and Aldi Nord operates under the Trader Joe's label.
lennier1
Was Trader Joe‘s gehört zu Aldi? Krass
And Aldi is getting more and more ground in the US as I heard.
Finally world domination :]
@@fuckinantipope5511 Japan did it through video recorders and game consoles and now Germany does it through grocery stores! 😂
Aldi the real MVP
here in canada walmart put alot of smaller businesses out of business and yes pay is garbage and the the stuff is of low grade. good job germany keeping small business going is what counts
Just a bit of an update on the situation in the UK. Asda started in 1949 and expanded dramatically in the 1970s and 1980s. Therefore it was a well established business when Walmart bought it in 1999. For a while (2003 to 2014), Asda had the second largest share of supermarket sales in the UK but slipped to third again after that, when Sainsbury's overtook them again. In fact, Asda was losing market share to the other three 'Big Four' supermarkets (Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrison's) and to the German incomers, Lidl and Aldi. Operating profits were being squeezed and so, after trying to engineer an exit by first attempting to merge Asda with Morrison's and then Sainsbury's without success, Walmart sold Asda in February 2021 to British owners who weren't direct rivals. I have been shopping at Asda for over 50 years and its customer base has always been fairly constant - let's just say that their customer car parks might have slightly fewer BMWs and Mercedes than some of their rivals'.
Hello, how are you?
German: cringes
I am American, and cringe, too. If I spoke German, I would move there.
I'm a Norwegian and if someone asks me how I am they better know me or I will simply ignore them, because why would I talk to a random stranger about how I am?
We don't .. we don't talk like they do in America, we don't have people greeting us when we enter stores, that's just weird.
My point, it's not just Germans who are like that, many people in Europe and especially Nordic countries simply don't like engaging in dialogue unless we know the person or it is of value to us, where as in America they can go on a bus and sit right next to a person and start asking how the persons day was.. That's just fucked up to me.
@@Polarcupcheck i am german just because you dont speak german you still can live her.
You can learn it in germany or just speak english.
@@cybercipher5770 The thing is I would be looking to get into a technical or biotech job, and I am not sure if not knowing my subject matter in German would seriously hinder my opportunities. I know some have said American trying to speak German is almost pointless, because German's English is usually better than our German.
I have really grown tired of the American system, and the culture has decline alot since the 1990's
@@Polarcupcheck hm
Walmarkt: lets all chant in union Deutsche: darauf falle ich nicht nochmal rein
Ich wünschte, das würde auch für Thüringen gelten, aber im Wesentlichen haste schon Recht.
Wait what? Ist was anders in thüringen?
@@kingkii9475 Höcke
@@kingkii9475 thüringen, das rechtsextremistische herz deutschlands lol
@@earthbind83 ... Thüringen ist eines des Länder, welches am meisten links wählt...
Asda is 3rd in the UK and Walmart tried to sell to Sainsburys too but it was blocked due to competition concerns
And now it has British owners again, as an Asda employee Walmart were always held in check in the UK by our strong workers rights, how they treated British workers to US workers was like chalk and cheese.
I live in Germany and I asked my Dad if he knew anything about Walmart. He was smiling. I asked why he was smiling? He said that Walmart was a joke. He told me that it was most times empty, the prices were ridiculous when you compare the prices with stores like Aldi or Lidl. They were way too expensive, and he told me he was feeling that the Personal is under a lot of pressure, like it's a competition or something who is the nicest one... I thought that was pretty weird and now where once a Walmart were standing is now a Kaufland, Kaufland is kind-of the German version of Walmart.
If your "ethics" code is struck down by courts, it might be worth questioning how ethical it really is.
Underrated comment.
I think getting shut down by a court is much less dramatic for Americans. They can just say that the judge was (insert opposite political party) and likely be right. Especially with the Supreme Court.
Getting shut down by the German federal constitutional court is like getting choke-slammed by the constitution. Getting shut down by the American Supreme Court just means waiting for the right judge to die. Sucks to be them
Or just bitch out and run back to America to cry about how CoMmUnIsM ruined Europe and nobody else has any freedom.
But but but... they _called it_ an "ethics code", so surely it must be ethical! Also that guy saying unions are "politicians" and "taking a cut of his pay" (rather than, say, negotiate higher pay or better conditions for him like they actually do) seemed really genuine, I'm sure he wasn't just the boss's son-in-law or something who got pulled in to pretend to be a ground-floor employee coincidentally spouting boss-friendly rhetoric or anything!
@@hazukichanx408 The fact is, the walmart guy was telling the truth. Unions in the US spend a lot of the union dues on unrelated political campaigns that are usually against whom the actual union members want, and do very little actual supporting of their members, often to the point of just being a bribery racket.
Even worse, unions tend to promote and protect based on time in service instead of merit or skill. This leads to many instances of bottlenecks in promotion as many members reach a point where they don't want to be promoted further which makes it harder for the younger members. Additionally it results in worthless people who have been there a long time being protected even though they are terrible and make work harder for everyone else.
Maybe it is different in Germany.
"Germany" im Titel
Deutsche: *ZUGRIFF!*
Ne, die Deutschen denken sich: *Alarm* *Alarm*
Karsten Stahl?
@@kanalkucker14 Klassiker
Aber mal ernsthaft: Warum liegt hier Stroh rum?
Weil du ne Maske auf hast :p
@@kanalkucker14 na dann b-
Nein Moment, das führen wir besser nicht fort😂
“Germans don’t behave that way” most northern europeans don’t.
We come here to shop not talk. I want to be in that shop as short as possible and as efficiently as possible.
I remember when they opened a store here and we thought they might have some American products that usually are not sold in Germany (like Root Beer). That was a disappointment, they just had the same stuff all the other stores had.