I laughed so hard about the nudity thing. Not because you felt not comfortable about nudity at first (that's totally understandable), but because not wearing your glasses made it easier for you :)
I'm German. I go to the sauna once in a while because it's really relaxing. On the other hand I'm quite self concious about my body and really don't like being nude. But walking around in a blurred cloud really helps. If I don't see people, they don't see me.
I got invited to a German wedding with the precise date, more than two years in advance... and the date didn't even have any special meaning for that couple, it was just a random weekend in summer where that venue was still available... 😁
I got invited to a Wedding 3 months before and it was in Romania. So I had one week holidays to fly there, celebrate for 2 days, rest a bit and fly back.
Last year, a friend of mine invited me to her wedding (2023) and it's the same for them, there's nothing special about the date but the fact that she thinks it is going to be a sunny day lol
hi, as a german i like your view. Actually, in europe much more people live together in limited space (town, city, ...) so its importand to reduce danger which lead to injuries. therefore its most importand to follow traffic rules. Second, most people live in in rented flats and don't have much money. So we try to reduce the risk of high bills (ex. if you brake a chair at friends home youre insurance will pay). The best thing is, you are forced to have an insurance for your car. Its unthinkable someone wreck your car (or your body) without being able to pay for it. To keep other people's health is a very high goal here.
Simple Germany in Latin America your shy with showing your body? Since when 🤔😉 but I think in general being more private intimately is def more respectable. In the US it's wayyy too much in your face too it's just too much people are so desensitized. Some things should be honored in the privacy of one's home with their partner not every stranger or acquaintance.
@@realtruth3762 I think nudity itself is just not seen as somthing intimate on its own here. Being naked in the sauna feels much closer to being naked at your doctors than it feels like being nude around my gf, at least for me. Then again Germans are a diverse bunch and not everyone is as relaxed with nudity. My muslim German friends for example are more reserved with it on average.
DavontheViper are you a woman or a man? Either nudity is intimate regardless where you live or whatever you've been told otherwise ppl would have se% with their clothes on. To say the least. It's common sense. Unfortunately common sense is not common to many ppl anymore they just repeat something they hear like a parrot. Talking in general not personal. Nudity is very intimate and thus kids should be protected from it most to say the least/as a side note as many ppl don't think as innocent/naive about it as you may. I think many younger Germans are just very naive in general
@@realtruth3762 Nope, all you said is based in some more prudish culture. You are (most of the time, you dont have to) nude when having sex, but you dont have sex everytime you are nude. Your argument makes no sense. How do kids have to be "protected"? What are you talking about? What damage does nudity do? You are clearly on some religious or "traditional" wave, but here you would simply be falling out of time.
With the red lights, that's not everywhere so. Many people do cross the street on red, as long as there's no kids around. Aaand actually, happened once that I did, and the man standing next to me said "Das ist aber ein Bißchen unverschämt, meinen Sie nicht?" It was a policeman, in full uniform, I somehow didn't notice him before. I just said "Entschuldigung". I didn't got a fine.
I think the reason for the Mercedes taxis is that they have a reputation for reliability, companies will often use them for 10, 15 years or even longer. Mercedes offers special versions of their cars for taxi fleets where some of the components are improved for more durability. They have a history of supplying taxi companies for the last 100 years so part of the reason might be that many taxis have always been Mercedes and people expect them, to be. Also leather seats are easy to clean if a customer spills something.
Some 25 years ago a lady in my town decided to run across a street without any warning and caused a pile-up of three cars. Before she could run away some people held her by her arms and called the police. Let us say the damage she caused by her carelessness could easily have been some 30,000 DM ( 15,000 € in todays money) for the damaged cars plus extra costs if someone got hurt. Part of the blame could have been put on the motorists #2 and #3 because of them driving too close behind each other, but while you have to be insured for your car or motorbike , you are not obliged to be insured as a cyclist or pedestrian. A friend of mine wanted to clean the windows of his car at a gas station but not only lifted the bucket with soap water to carry it to his car, but that tripod it rests in as well ( frosty weather). That tripod flew through the air and scratched a car. That had nothing to do with his car and so his car insurance would not pay. And that is when your "personal liability" insurance comes into play. When you blunder at your job you are not financially liable under German law. A painter who kicks over a bucket full of paint or varnish cannot be made to pay for the damage caused. He or she may get fired under some circumstances ("We told you three times not to put the pots on top of the ladder, you did it again!") but that is a different story. A little problematic is the loss of keys. Let us say you have the keys for your workplace and office at your keyring and that gets lost by your fault. It costs a fortune to change the entire locking system for, let us say, a townhall, a school, a chemical lab... You better make sure that you are insured against that.
When I went on my first ever triathlon (only the Olympic distance, not a full Iron Man), the swimming took place in a lake with only a public nude beach. We athletes were wearing our neoprene bodysuits (or the hobbyists like me a normal swimsuit), and all the spectators along the beach and in the water were totally naked, staring at the few vested people.
@@simplegermany Kiesgrube Pratzschwitz (zwischen Dresden und Pirna) vor mehr als 25 Jahren. PS: I wrote this in German, as I don't want to force any non-native speaker trying to pronounce Pratzschwitz.
Everything absolute right, this is what we germans are! Good to have you here in germany, and thank you for the video. It's allway good to learn more about diffent cultures. Best regards Ralf
Thank You for Sharing this perspective, I so much enjoy it. I'd like to add: if you ride your bike over red, you will not only have to pay the fine, you even might get "points". What is points? Well, I received one for riding the bike over read and it adds to a point-system on my drivers licence, which means, if I add more (driving too fast might help e.g.) than with a certeain amount of points you will loose the licence. First for a month, than for longer or ever :-)
My personal highlight is losing your drivers licens becasue you were caught drunk on your bike ^^. I get it is about being a safe Verkehrsteilnehmer in general, but it just sounds so funny.
Credit cards: These days they come with a good standing and a checking account. That was not the case years ago. You had to pay for them and apply. Merchants OTOH accepting them were not so widespread. Like all the discount groceries. Because there was a commission to be paid by the merchant of 5% - 8% (in that magnitude). So an advice was to go into a shop which accepted Diners Card and buy something. Then offer to pay cash at a reduced price instead of your Diners card. At that time price negotiations were not a thing in Germany. You paid the price which was asked for the item. So it is a historical thing: people not having cards because the use was limited and the utility being limited because of its price for the holder and the merchant. In France the commissions were much lower. So you could buy everything from Metro tickets to your newspaper at the newstand with a card. In contrast to cc we had the Euro card (?) which was a debit card. That came with a checking account and was much more widely used. But again not as many shops accepted them as do today. Americans OTOH have a habit of spending more than they have in funds. So cc are a convenient way to get credit. In Germany you can overdraw your checking account with the same ease (and costs!). You don't have to apply in a complicated process. The bank sees your monthly cash flow. Based on that information get an amount you are allowed to got into debt. But the interst is steep. Just like on a credit card debt. So Americans had the cc to get a consumer credit and the Germans their checking account. Just a different development. And convenience.
Actually v pay card (former EC card) is very widly used in Germany. Germany/Europe has just a different system. Credit cards like visa is very costy for the shop owner so they do not like it.
The cash thing has multiple reasons, the privacy part is one of them but the german distrust of banks has historical reasons. I don't want to write an essay on it right now but it has to do with the post World War One economic collapses germany suffered, within a decade people lost all their money twice thanks to Hyperinflation and the collapse of the global stock exchange in the late 20s. This also led to the rise of national socialism because they offered (false) stability and a scapegoat for the misery people had to endure. While modern generations didn't have to live through times like these it is still part of the upbringing, I'm 29 and my grandfather was born in 1925 - so while he didn't suffer through it as an adult but as a small child he can still remember the hunger and desperation that came with these times, he got taught whose fault it supposedly was - while he would agree it wasn't the jews, to him it was still the banks, and that was part of my parents upringing who are extremely distrustful of banks in general and this transfered to me, who doesn't really trust banks either. I don't think it's even a conscious decision to teach your kids to not trust banks, it's a "lived example".
I had been playing as kid with the inflation paper money of my grand-parents. Millions of Marks (or even billions ?) and then stamps on it making the million to billions (or the billions to trillions) ? Not sure if we even used it as paper money in the puppet shop.
I was hooked to the end, expecting the classic «Everything» Is Closed On Sunday to come. I'm a bit disappointed you weren't shocked by this. However, what surprises me is that Germans are very jealous of their privacy but answer the phone saying their name first.
In 1936 Mercedes-Benz entered the market with their 260 D, D for diesel. In comparison to cars today the numbers built before the war put an end to its production are low, only a few thousands, but taxi companies liked it because of its fuel economy and durable engine.After the war the only passenger car built again by them was the sturdy 170 series that went through a number of "facelifts" throughout the almost 20 years it was built from the 1930s till 1955. And in 1949 a diesel version of it was avaiable as well. It soon became THE taxi cab in Germany. The later passenger car series were avaiable in an extra taxi-version: slightly longer wheel-base for more leg-room, better battery to work the heating so that the drivers could switch the engine off while waiting ( imagine a long row of nailing diesels at night outside the train station or theatre) and stronger chassis. Other car makers always stood a little in the shade when it came to taxis in Germany. They made some lost territory good when those minivans and minibuses appeared on the market. Mercedes-Benz caught up with its B-series.
I also did the cycling in the wrong direction, but they accepted my statement that I live in Austria where that is allowed (I'm not completely sure about that, but everyone does it). And if it is really only one direction there are signs and ground marks.
LoL Video is old but line comment reminded me of the CoVID test and people hanging out waiting for their spot. It was more of a German Cloud crowd. But everyone new who arrived before and behind them and no line was needed, since everyone followed the "Wolkeprotokoll"
Your example of directness is, in my opinion, what makes Germans and Germany so successful as a nation. Although I lived there for many years, I never quite understood why Germany always seems to have this undercurrent of dynamism. But it comes down to this: Germans just want to get things done. It doesn't matter what it is. They don't spend forever, like we English, discussing this and that interminably, then ending up _not_ making a decision. No, where we will just schedule _another_ meeting, then another, in Germany things just get decided und damit basta! This attitude was applied soon after 1945 when practically the whole of Germany lay in ruins. Instead of complaining or wailing, in Berlin and other cities the Trümmerfrauen formed bucket brigades to clear away the rubble left by the bombing. People by and large set to and started up again, wherever they could, with whatever they had. And within about 10 years after the war, Germany was enjoying its first Economic Miracle (Wirtschaftswunder). I still see this attitude, this very German approach at work when I visit the country on holiday. Maybe the last time I was there, say a year before, there was a new road being built somewhere in Hamburg. The next time I go, the road is complete, done! But you'll see this all over Germany. When reunification happened, plans were made to rebuild the East German infrastructure. Now if this had been England, we would have cut corners and saved some bits for a few more years. But that's not how Germans think! Nope, they pretty much ripped everything out and built a new country, whether it's the road network, or the telephone system, or the railways, everything replaced with German efficiency and to the high standards that are expected in Germany. I really wish we had some of that "can do" attitude here in England, but sadly we will need another meeting first, at which nothing, of course, will be decided.
yes, so true! we moved from Germany to the UK 5 years ago and this is such a difference... like nobody really cares if things are done or not... this makes living here so hard for everybody
That's funny, I emigrated from Russia to Germany with my family and I miss the direct way of Russians. Most Germans (that I know) have problems with our direct manner and find it rude. 😔Russians often don't even bother to talk, they just do what needs to be done. 😉 A 15 minute conversation with a German would sometimes require only 2 words with a Russian. So I always have to practice patience and I often slip: "Get to the point" 🙈. Germans don't like it. A Russian, on the other hand, apologizes for wasting the time, which again is a waste of time. 🤣 (Can't speak for all Russians, of course).
@@SuperLittleTyke We emigrated to Germany 25 years ago and I haven't been back since. However, my grandparents and some cousins and aunts go to Russia regularly. So my memories are those of a child. Probably the people and culture in Russia have changed over the years. We lived in a small village without running water and were never in a big city. So my picture of Russia is very limited. 🤔
Regarding number 8: Car drivers rely on the fact that they don't have to watch for crossing pedestrians when they got green. The whole idea of traffic rules is that they only work if everyone is following them at all time. If just some people follow them or if sometimes they follow them and sometimes not, the rules are worthless and provide no safety at all to nobody. You may not see anyone on the street but some car may come up from behind the corner with 50 kilometers an hour and just rush over that cross roads because he is allowed to do that and he is allowed to rely on the fact that no person is standing on that street as for all people the light is red. And why would pedestrians be allowed to break the rules? If they are allowed, bike drivers are as well and they are, car drivers are as well and again, then the rule is totally pointless. In your home countries, do cars cross a cross road when hey have a red signal? No? What if nobody is coming from left and right, will they then just do it? Then what's the point of that light in the first place? It's a "nice recommendation"? Or are they not doing it? Standing there even if there is zero traffic around them? Then why doesn't this apply to you as a pedestrians? Pedestrians are road users, just like bikes, just like motorcycles, just like cars, just like trucks, just like street cars. Same rules for everyone and everyone has to follow them all the time, there are no exceptions and then everything is safe and works smoothly for everyone else.
actually, you don't need to return your empty bottles to where you bought them. You just need to return them to a place where they're being sold. And for plastic (PET) bottles, I'm not even sure about that.
O.K, O.K but always this jaywalk thing I'm 56 now and never have paid for, but I heard, in the dark south German areas they will catch and throw you in a wet and cold dungeon in one of their castles. After a while you will start whimpering. It's the authentic background noise for the tourists.
This is so funny! You could be talking about the Netherlands. They are obviously closer to each other in culture, than I realized. Only in the Netherlands you may cross the crossroads, when there's hardly any traffic. You won't be fined. But if you are fined for anything, the amount to pay is much higher.
Queue jumpers is a thing! And agree the Germans are direct but don’t necessarily like it when non-Germans are direct back at them! In my experience. As Australian we are naturally calm but fairly straightforward and blunt when we need to be.
I remember drinking in public was common in Guatemala. Alcoholism was a huge problem. I don t quite understand why you mentioned it as a "culture shock".
I lived in Guatemala for 2 years. I had a reverse culture shock when I returned to Germany. I am sure you could have come up with stronger shocks. My biggest culture shock was not understanding German people anymore when they talked about their problems. They seemed ridiculous in comparison to the problems Guatemalans face.
My first encounter with FKK in Germany was on a sunny day, riding a bike around a lake, coming out of a forest and seeing a naked woman standing on the path. Thankfully I was able to avoid a broken neck XD
It is simply not true. Germans will not meet in 2 years at 2 pm. They will reschedule this appointment several times. And meet in 4 years at 7 pm (if at all). This all plans are always unceccessful.
Haahhahaahahahah it’s da number 11 for me hahahaahahahahahah or if many people are in da line and it’s taking long they start complaining and speaking to themselves 😂
Now I won’t hold it against that German lady at the mall in Frankfurt who cut me. I took it so personal lmao u just ended a 4 year beef I had w that lady w ur video lol
I answer the phone with a simple "Hello" as well and even though I've been here for a few years, it never stops fascinating me how easily people will just pick up the phone, even when getting a call from an unknown number and give out personal information such as their name without knowing who's calling. That's a clear no-no where I come from, if someone calls from an unknown number, you don't give them any information, not even your name. There's people who call and try to fish information out of you so they can fake that someone you know is being held hostage or has been in an accident of some kind and steal your money. It's a common scam where I come from, so while in my mind I know that Germany is way safer in that regard, or perhaps a lot more naive, knowing what it could lead to, I don't think I would ever be able to pick up the phone like a German.
This whole "do not cross with red light because you're setting a bad example for children" is so damn ridiculous: My kids know that they should not do so and that it is extremely dangerous (especially if you are a kid), but they did learn from the very beginning that adults do a lot of stupid stuff (like e.g. smoking, and many, many more things) and that this doesn't mean, they are an example to follow. Why do Germans get so upset with the traffic lights thing? I don't get it.
I like to pay cash because it's faster. To keep prices down, Germans like effective systems. And when you see how time consuming card payment really is, you prefer cash. Data security is just an add-on.
I prefer cash because you realize better how much money you have left after paying. Especially when you don't have a lot of money, only taking with you a certain amount of money helps to not spend more than you can afford.
Visiting a sauna is voluntary, which means that everyone can decide for themselves whether they want to show themselves naked. A visit to the toilet, on the other hand, is unavoidable and should therefore remain more private. 🤔
@@lukdhguirg7121 The toilets are also used for freshening up and changing clothes. This is generally not done in the cabin, as they are usually too small and dirty. Since women's restrooms are usually crowded, women also regularly go to the men's restrooms (and vice versa), so it's not a strict separation or a big deal.
Shock #1: That would also be a culture shock for me as German, but I know some people who are so thoroughly organized. Not me, not my friends or relatives - but there are some very busy people showing their importance by their appointment schedules. Shock #4: I think that's still a regional thing. In the south alt least people are a little more conservative regarding this - there are places reserved for FKK, but showers in gyms e.g. are mostly "separees" (in separate booths). Shock #10: I had once a similar culture shock some decades before. I was traveling with my youth group to Italy by bus. The driver choose the route through Switzerland and made a break at about 10 p.m. at Lugano, near the railway station (where is also a bus terminal). The taxi I saw there was no Mercedes. It was a Jaguar XJ V12 limousine. That's a totally other price class than the Mercedes of the 200er and sometimes 300er series I was used to. Nowadays you'll see often other brands as well - many VW, some Opel, even some Skoda sometimes. But in some big cities you can also find Tesla taxis...
Sich am Telefon mit Namen zu melden ist sehr wichtig, denn man möchte ja doch erst einmal wissen, ob man richtig verbunden ist und nicht mühsam aus dem Klang des kurzen "Hallo" den Namen erraten müssen! In Deutschland gilt es als höchst unredlich, ja geradezu als verunsichernd und beleidigend, sich nicht mit dem Namen zu melden, weil man dann das Gefühl hat mit der Mafia verbunden zu sein, oder daß es vielleicht einen anderen bösen Grund gibt, warum sich die Person nicht zu ihrem Namen bekennen will!
Being frank and straight forward is appreciated because Germans are frank . but being tolerant and considerate is a common sense all over the world. so I find that rude, inconsiderate and impolite. If we want to be frank with them, oh boy there are a lot of things to bash them with , but we tolerate, rigt?
nudity is also a nerveracking thing. I think they have lost their sense of shame or jealousy over their loved ones or themselves being covered and protected over past decades. they are suppper weird
Answering the phone with „hello“ is extremely impolite, not a cultural thing. It‘s lack of education. And the fines u r talking about r absolutely right because then u hadn‘t followed the rules.
In most coutries it is: Hello. Hello I like to talk to ... Yes it´s me. Nice to talk to you. Haven´t seen you for ... Germany: Last name (means what do you want) Last name and then you tell what you want. Efficient, but unpolite (except for Germans)
@@thomaswaldmann9264 I'm German and I don't care at all, when someone answers the phone with hello. I do it myself sometimes. It's just stuck up people who think they're something better, who always complain about unimportant stuff like this as being impolite
In the Uk we used to answer the phone with our phone number. After 15 sales calls in one day you soon change. If someone has your number surely they would have you name . Hense “Hello” The world has changed
The problem is that you have a lot shocks!! And if you are talking about Latin America, it is not one countrey and not one culture! There exists also many difference! Please no talk so general or clichee,sounds very superficial.
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Endlich mal ein culture shock Video bei dem es nicht um kippbare Fenster geht. Oder um geschlossene Läden am Sonntag.
I laughed so hard about the nudity thing. Not because you felt not comfortable about nudity at first (that's totally understandable), but because not wearing your glasses made it easier for you :)
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I'm German. I go to the sauna once in a while because it's really relaxing. On the other hand I'm quite self concious about my body and really don't like being nude. But walking around in a blurred cloud really helps. If I don't see people, they don't see me.
That ping-pong match on the nude beach sounds interesting even for this German. Too much flopping around involved for my taste.
Ein Video ohne das 500ste "OMG, all stores are closed on sundays". Vielen Dank dafür 😉👍🏻
Jaja. ¡Al punto! Me encantó. Unlike most UA-camrs, you really nailed the explanations as well.
I got invited to a German wedding with the precise date, more than two years in advance... and the date didn't even have any special meaning for that couple, it was just a random weekend in summer where that venue was still available... 😁
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I got invited to a Wedding 3 months before and it was in Romania. So I had one week holidays to fly there, celebrate for 2 days, rest a bit and fly back.
Last year, a friend of mine invited me to her wedding (2023) and it's the same for them, there's nothing special about the date but the fact that she thinks it is going to be a sunny day lol
hi, as a german i like your view. Actually, in europe much more people live together in limited space (town, city, ...) so its importand to reduce danger which lead to injuries. therefore its most importand to follow traffic rules. Second, most people live in in rented flats and don't have much money. So we try to reduce the risk of high bills (ex. if you brake a chair at friends home youre insurance will pay). The best thing is, you are forced to have an insurance for your car. Its unthinkable someone wreck your car (or your body) without being able to pay for it. To keep other people's health is a very high goal here.
Thanks Michael for sharing your thoughts!
Simple Germany in Latin America your shy with showing your body? Since when 🤔😉 but I think in general being more private intimately is def more respectable. In the US it's wayyy too much in your face too it's just too much people are so desensitized. Some things should be honored in the privacy of one's home with their partner not every stranger or acquaintance.
@@realtruth3762 I think nudity itself is just not seen as somthing intimate on its own here. Being naked in the sauna feels much closer to being naked at your doctors than it feels like being nude around my gf, at least for me.
Then again Germans are a diverse bunch and not everyone is as relaxed with nudity. My muslim German friends for example are more reserved with it on average.
DavontheViper are you a woman or a man? Either nudity is intimate regardless where you live or whatever you've been told otherwise ppl would have se% with their clothes on. To say the least. It's common sense. Unfortunately common sense is not common to many ppl anymore they just repeat something they hear like a parrot. Talking in general not personal. Nudity is very intimate and thus kids should be protected from it most to say the least/as a side note as many ppl don't think as innocent/naive about it as you may. I think many younger Germans are just very naive in general
@@realtruth3762 Nope, all you said is based in some more prudish culture.
You are (most of the time, you dont have to) nude when having sex, but you dont have sex everytime you are nude. Your argument makes no sense.
How do kids have to be "protected"? What are you talking about? What damage does nudity do?
You are clearly on some religious or "traditional" wave, but here you would simply be falling out of time.
I’m glad I found this channel! You two are amazing✨
With the red lights, that's not everywhere so. Many people do cross the street on red, as long as there's no kids around. Aaand actually, happened once that I did, and the man standing next to me said "Das ist aber ein Bißchen unverschämt, meinen Sie nicht?" It was a policeman, in full uniform, I somehow didn't notice him before. I just said "Entschuldigung". I didn't got a fine.
sounds great actually, lmao
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See? We also got that 'good cop / bad cop' scheme in Germany!
You are an amazing story teller Jennifer. Love listening to you:)
Awesome channel! I enjoy watching your video. Thank you 👏👏🔥
I think the reason for the Mercedes taxis is that they have a reputation for reliability, companies will often use them for 10, 15 years or even longer. Mercedes offers special versions of their cars for taxi fleets where some of the components are improved for more durability. They have a history of supplying taxi companies for the last 100 years so part of the reason might be that many taxis have always been Mercedes and people expect them, to be. Also leather seats are easy to clean if a customer spills something.
Some 25 years ago a lady in my town decided to run across a street without any warning and caused a pile-up of three cars. Before she could run away some people held her by her arms and called the police. Let us say the damage she caused by her carelessness could easily have been some 30,000 DM ( 15,000 € in todays money) for the damaged cars plus extra costs if someone got hurt. Part of the blame could have been put on the motorists #2 and #3 because of them driving too close behind each other, but while you have to be insured for your car or motorbike , you are not obliged to be insured as a cyclist or pedestrian. A friend of mine wanted to clean the windows of his car at a gas station but not only lifted the bucket with soap water to carry it to his car, but that tripod it rests in as well ( frosty weather). That tripod flew through the air and scratched a car. That had nothing to do with his car and so his car insurance would not pay. And that is when your "personal liability" insurance comes into play. When you blunder at your job you are not financially liable under German law. A painter who kicks over a bucket full of paint or varnish cannot be made to pay for the damage caused. He or she may get fired under some circumstances ("We told you three times not to put the pots on top of the ladder, you did it again!") but that is a different story. A little problematic is the loss of keys. Let us say you have the keys for your workplace and office at your keyring and that gets lost by your fault. It costs a fortune to change the entire locking system for, let us say, a townhall, a school, a chemical lab... You better make sure that you are insured against that.
The beauty of German liability, better safe than sorry :)
@@simplegermany And we do not sue each other as often as Americans do.
Sparkling water is the best thing about Germany. I miss it lots!
Jen is such a great comedian.. you really made me laugh😂Thank you!
When I went on my first ever triathlon (only the Olympic distance, not a full Iron Man), the swimming took place in a lake with only a public nude beach. We athletes were wearing our neoprene bodysuits (or the hobbyists like me a normal swimsuit), and all the spectators along the beach and in the water were totally naked, staring at the few vested people.
Hahahahaha thats hilarious! Where was that? I (Yvonne) do the triathlons as well and also Olympic distance 😅
@@simplegermany Kiesgrube Pratzschwitz (zwischen Dresden und Pirna) vor mehr als 25 Jahren.
PS: I wrote this in German, as I don't want to force any non-native speaker trying to pronounce Pratzschwitz.
I love how cool you both are!
Everything absolute right, this is what we germans are! Good to have you here in germany, and thank you for the video. It's allway good to learn more about diffent cultures. Best regards Ralf
Thank You for Sharing this perspective, I so much enjoy it. I'd like to add: if you ride your bike over red, you will not only have to pay the fine, you even might get "points". What is points? Well, I received one for riding the bike over read and it adds to a point-system on my drivers licence, which means, if I add more (driving too fast might help e.g.) than with a certeain amount of points you will loose the licence. First for a month, than for longer or ever :-)
My personal highlight is losing your drivers licens becasue you were caught drunk on your bike ^^.
I get it is about being a safe Verkehrsteilnehmer in general, but it just sounds so funny.
nice video 😊 As a german I can agree with all of your points haha
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
You guys are sooo cool thank you so much❤💛
Credit cards: These days they come with a good standing and a checking account. That was not the case years ago. You had to pay for them and apply. Merchants OTOH accepting them were not so widespread. Like all the discount groceries. Because there was a commission to be paid by the merchant of 5% - 8% (in that magnitude). So an advice was to go into a shop which accepted Diners Card and buy something. Then offer to pay cash at a reduced price instead of your Diners card. At that time price negotiations were not a thing in Germany. You paid the price which was asked for the item. So it is a historical thing: people not having cards because the use was limited and the utility being limited because of its price for the holder and the merchant. In France the commissions were much lower. So you could buy everything from Metro tickets to your newspaper at the newstand with a card. In contrast to cc we had the Euro card (?) which was a debit card. That came with a checking account and was much more widely used. But again not as many shops accepted them as do today. Americans OTOH have a habit of spending more than they have in funds. So cc are a convenient way to get credit. In Germany you can overdraw your checking account with the same ease (and costs!). You don't have to apply in a complicated process. The bank sees your monthly cash flow. Based on that information get an amount you are allowed to got into debt. But the interst is steep. Just like on a credit card debt. So Americans had the cc to get a consumer credit and the Germans their checking account. Just a different development. And convenience.
Actually v pay card (former EC card) is very widly used in Germany. Germany/Europe has just a different system. Credit cards like visa is very costy for the shop owner so they do not like it.
The cash thing has multiple reasons, the privacy part is one of them but the german distrust of banks has historical reasons. I don't want to write an essay on it right now but it has to do with the post World War One economic collapses germany suffered, within a decade people lost all their money twice thanks to Hyperinflation and the collapse of the global stock exchange in the late 20s. This also led to the rise of national socialism because they offered (false) stability and a scapegoat for the misery people had to endure. While modern generations didn't have to live through times like these it is still part of the upbringing, I'm 29 and my grandfather was born in 1925 - so while he didn't suffer through it as an adult but as a small child he can still remember the hunger and desperation that came with these times, he got taught whose fault it supposedly was - while he would agree it wasn't the jews, to him it was still the banks, and that was part of my parents upringing who are extremely distrustful of banks in general and this transfered to me, who doesn't really trust banks either. I don't think it's even a conscious decision to teach your kids to not trust banks, it's a "lived example".
I had been playing as kid with the inflation paper money of my grand-parents. Millions of Marks (or even billions ?) and then stamps on it making the million to billions (or the billions to trillions) ? Not sure if we even used it as paper money in the puppet shop.
I was hooked to the end, expecting the classic «Everything» Is Closed On Sunday to come. I'm a bit disappointed you weren't shocked by this.
However, what surprises me is that Germans are very jealous of their privacy but answer the phone saying their name first.
That's because it actually isn't true 😉 we did a whole video on the Sunday thing: ua-cam.com/video/yss0cr7x4c4/v-deo.html
In 1936 Mercedes-Benz entered the market with their 260 D, D for diesel. In comparison to cars today the numbers built before the war put an end to its production are low, only a few thousands, but taxi companies liked it because of its fuel economy and durable engine.After the war the only passenger car built again by them was the sturdy 170 series that went through a number of "facelifts" throughout the almost 20 years it was built from the 1930s till 1955. And in 1949 a diesel version of it was avaiable as well. It soon became THE taxi cab in Germany. The later passenger car series were avaiable in an extra taxi-version: slightly longer wheel-base for more leg-room, better battery to work the heating so that the drivers could switch the engine off while waiting ( imagine a long row of nailing diesels at night outside the train station or theatre) and stronger chassis. Other car makers always stood a little in the shade when it came to taxis in Germany. They made some lost territory good when those minivans and minibuses appeared on the market. Mercedes-Benz caught up with its B-series.
Thanks so much for all your insights :)
"They made some lost territory good" Ist einfach sehr witzig :D
5:26 I think the USA and Brazil have an insurance we don't have. Kidnapping insurance for the rich kids.
Yeah I think that’s unfortunately true ☹️
Gut beobachtet. Fühle mich ertappt.
I also did the cycling in the wrong direction, but they accepted my statement that I live in Austria where that is allowed (I'm not completely sure about that, but everyone does it). And if it is really only one direction there are signs and ground marks.
LoL Video is old but line comment reminded me of the CoVID test and people hanging out waiting for their spot. It was more of a German Cloud crowd. But everyone new who arrived before and behind them and no line was needed, since everyone followed the "Wolkeprotokoll"
The shower thing in the gym it's the same in Argentina
Your example of directness is, in my opinion, what makes Germans and Germany so successful as a nation. Although I lived there for many years, I never quite understood why Germany always seems to have this undercurrent of dynamism. But it comes down to this: Germans just want to get things done. It doesn't matter what it is. They don't spend forever, like we English, discussing this and that interminably, then ending up _not_ making a decision. No, where we will just schedule _another_ meeting, then another, in Germany things just get decided und damit basta! This attitude was applied soon after 1945 when practically the whole of Germany lay in ruins. Instead of complaining or wailing, in Berlin and other cities the Trümmerfrauen formed bucket brigades to clear away the rubble left by the bombing. People by and large set to and started up again, wherever they could, with whatever they had. And within about 10 years after the war, Germany was enjoying its first Economic Miracle (Wirtschaftswunder). I still see this attitude, this very German approach at work when I visit the country on holiday. Maybe the last time I was there, say a year before, there was a new road being built somewhere in Hamburg. The next time I go, the road is complete, done! But you'll see this all over Germany. When reunification happened, plans were made to rebuild the East German infrastructure. Now if this had been England, we would have cut corners and saved some bits for a few more years. But that's not how Germans think! Nope, they pretty much ripped everything out and built a new country, whether it's the road network, or the telephone system, or the railways, everything replaced with German efficiency and to the high standards that are expected in Germany. I really wish we had some of that "can do" attitude here in England, but sadly we will need another meeting first, at which nothing, of course, will be decided.
yes, so true! we moved from Germany to the UK 5 years ago and this is such a difference... like nobody really cares if things are done or not... this makes living here so hard for everybody
That's funny, I emigrated from Russia to Germany with my family and I miss the direct way of Russians. Most Germans (that I know) have problems with our direct manner and find it rude. 😔Russians often don't even bother to talk, they just do what needs to be done. 😉
A 15 minute conversation with a German would sometimes require only 2 words with a Russian. So I always have to practice patience and I often slip: "Get to the point" 🙈. Germans don't like it. A Russian, on the other hand, apologizes for wasting the time, which again is a waste of time. 🤣 (Can't speak for all Russians, of course).
@@MissLutetia Do you go to Russia for visits every now and again? Do you miss it? How long have you lived in Germany since emigrating there?
@@SuperLittleTyke We emigrated to Germany 25 years ago and I haven't been back since. However, my grandparents and some cousins and aunts go to Russia regularly. So my memories are those of a child. Probably the people and culture in Russia have changed over the years. We lived in a small village without running water and were never in a big city. So my picture of Russia is very limited. 🤔
Honest, funny and sometimes cool.
Thank you very much guys. You are doing a great job. I love you both...
Haha I'm so laughing! Love this
Jaywalking - I never got a fine!
But I think it depends on the city!
In Munich much people doing it!
The Feierabendbier(after work beer) is nice but the Wegbier(beer for on the way) is better xD.
That’s the one you drink on the bus on your way to the party
Or in your car on the way home from work of course.
Regarding number 8: Car drivers rely on the fact that they don't have to watch for crossing pedestrians when they got green. The whole idea of traffic rules is that they only work if everyone is following them at all time. If just some people follow them or if sometimes they follow them and sometimes not, the rules are worthless and provide no safety at all to nobody. You may not see anyone on the street but some car may come up from behind the corner with 50 kilometers an hour and just rush over that cross roads because he is allowed to do that and he is allowed to rely on the fact that no person is standing on that street as for all people the light is red. And why would pedestrians be allowed to break the rules? If they are allowed, bike drivers are as well and they are, car drivers are as well and again, then the rule is totally pointless. In your home countries, do cars cross a cross road when hey have a red signal? No? What if nobody is coming from left and right, will they then just do it? Then what's the point of that light in the first place? It's a "nice recommendation"? Or are they not doing it? Standing there even if there is zero traffic around them? Then why doesn't this apply to you as a pedestrians? Pedestrians are road users, just like bikes, just like motorcycles, just like cars, just like trucks, just like street cars. Same rules for everyone and everyone has to follow them all the time, there are no exceptions and then everything is safe and works smoothly for everyone else.
Tolles Video :)
Danke! :)
actually, you don't need to return your empty bottles to where you bought them. You just need to return them to a place where they're being sold. And for plastic (PET) bottles, I'm not even sure about that.
cooler vlog.nice person.interesting themes.(not the usual about food,beer etc.) best job.(Sucht ihr Mitarbeiter?)
keep it ut and stay safe
Thank you Kraft Andre!
was perfect 😅👌👌
O.K, O.K but always this jaywalk thing I'm 56 now and never have paid for, but I heard, in the dark south German areas they will catch and throw you in a wet and cold dungeon in one of their castles. After a while you will start
whimpering. It's the authentic background noise for the tourists.
Me, scratching the walls of some bavarian dungeon: ...it was just a red light...I have not heard high German in 8 years...please...
This is so funny! You could be talking about the Netherlands. They are obviously closer to each other in culture, than I realized. Only in the Netherlands you may cross the crossroads, when there's hardly any traffic. You won't be fined. But if you are fined for anything, the amount to pay is much higher.
You can do that in german as well. What is really funny is the similarity in language (meaning to me dutch is easy to read and listen to)
Queue jumpers is a thing! And agree the Germans are direct but don’t necessarily like it when non-Germans are direct back at them! In my experience. As Australian we are naturally calm but fairly straightforward and blunt when we need to be.
The nudity thing is really weird 😂 I guess we learn new things all the time with different cultures
I remember drinking in public was common in Guatemala. Alcoholism was a huge problem. I don t quite understand why you mentioned it as a "culture shock".
I lived in Guatemala for 2 years. I had a reverse culture shock when I returned to Germany. I am sure you could have come up with stronger shocks.
My biggest culture shock was not understanding German people anymore when they talked about their problems. They seemed ridiculous in comparison to the problems Guatemalans face.
Can you buy insurance against having the wrong type of insurance?
Mmh I don’t think so 🤔 what insurance are you worried about getting wrong?
My first encounter with FKK in Germany was on a sunny day, riding a bike around a lake, coming out of a forest and seeing a naked woman standing on the path. Thankfully I was able to avoid a broken neck XD
😂 glad you didn't get hurt!
No. 1 is sooo true! It could be me! You even wouldn’t have to call me and check on me. I would be there for sure 😆
Das mit der Sauna und FKK , Gemeinschaftsdusche ist zum Brüllen Komisch aus der Sicht eines Deutschen. Ja Wir wollen euch halt alle Nackt sehen!:)
Is that a TRADOS "Flagman" postcard on the wall?
It is simply not true. Germans will not meet in 2 years at 2 pm. They will reschedule this appointment several times. And meet in 4 years at 7 pm (if at all). This all plans are always unceccessful.
Haahhahaahahahah it’s da number 11 for me hahahaahahahahahah or if many people are in da line and it’s taking long they start complaining and speaking to themselves 😂
Now I won’t hold it against that German lady at the mall in Frankfurt who cut me. I took it so personal lmao u just ended a 4 year beef I had w that lady w ur video lol
😂😂 that is awesome!
I mean it still is rude af and all the other Germans will hate whoever does it, but you get used to it ^^
Man kann ja versuchen, sich vorzudrängeln. 😉 Wir sind ja nicht in GB 😁
I answer the phone with a simple "Hello" as well and even though I've been here for a few years, it never stops fascinating me how easily people will just pick up the phone, even when getting a call from an unknown number and give out personal information such as their name without knowing who's calling. That's a clear no-no where I come from, if someone calls from an unknown number, you don't give them any information, not even your name. There's people who call and try to fish information out of you so they can fake that someone you know is being held hostage or has been in an accident of some kind and steal your money. It's a common scam where I come from, so while in my mind I know that Germany is way safer in that regard, or perhaps a lot more naive, knowing what it could lead to, I don't think I would ever be able to pick up the phone like a German.
why Not? :-)
And a German "ja" is a "ja".
Yvonne absolutely agrees ;)
This whole "do not cross with red light because you're setting a bad example for children" is so damn ridiculous:
My kids know that they should not do so and that it is extremely dangerous (especially if you are a kid), but they did learn from the very beginning that adults do a lot of stupid stuff (like e.g. smoking, and many, many more things) and that this doesn't mean, they are an example to follow. Why do Germans get so upset with the traffic lights thing? I don't get it.
I like to pay cash because it's faster. To keep prices down, Germans like effective systems. And when you see how time consuming card payment really is, you prefer cash. Data security is just an add-on.
Hi! Thanks for your point of view on the topic! You have a fair point. Let’s just hope contactless payments will also make paying with a card faster 🙂
I prefer cash because you realize better how much money you have left after paying. Especially when you don't have a lot of money, only taking with you a certain amount of money helps to not spend more than you can afford.
Es gibt viele gute Gründe für unser Bargeld.
I'm wondering why germans have common sauna, but separate toiletts for m/w? Bot about nudity.
Visiting a sauna is voluntary, which means that everyone can decide for themselves whether they want to show themselves naked. A visit to the toilet, on the other hand, is unavoidable and should therefore remain more private. 🤔
@@MissLutetia in the toilette are always individuel cabins. You show less nudity than in sauna.
@@lukdhguirg7121 The toilets are also used for freshening up and changing clothes. This is generally not done in the cabin, as they are usually too small and dirty. Since women's restrooms are usually crowded, women also regularly go to the men's restrooms (and vice versa), so it's not a strict separation or a big deal.
Shock #1: That would also be a culture shock for me as German, but I know some people who are so thoroughly organized. Not me, not my friends or relatives - but there are some very busy people showing their importance by their appointment schedules.
Shock #4: I think that's still a regional thing. In the south alt least people are a little more conservative regarding this - there are places reserved for FKK, but showers in gyms e.g. are mostly "separees" (in separate booths).
Shock #10: I had once a similar culture shock some decades before. I was traveling with my youth group to Italy by bus. The driver choose the route through Switzerland and made a break at about 10 p.m. at Lugano, near the railway station (where is also a bus terminal). The taxi I saw there was no Mercedes. It was a Jaguar XJ V12 limousine. That's a totally other price class than the Mercedes of the 200er and sometimes 300er series I was used to. Nowadays you'll see often other brands as well - many VW, some Opel, even some Skoda sometimes. But in some big cities you can also find Tesla taxis...
Sich am Telefon mit Namen zu melden ist sehr wichtig,
denn man möchte ja doch erst einmal wissen, ob man richtig verbunden ist und nicht mühsam aus dem Klang des kurzen "Hallo" den Namen erraten müssen!
In Deutschland gilt es als höchst unredlich, ja geradezu als verunsichernd und beleidigend, sich nicht mit dem Namen zu melden, weil man dann das Gefühl hat mit der Mafia verbunden zu sein, oder daß es vielleicht einen anderen bösen Grund gibt, warum sich die Person nicht zu ihrem Namen bekennen will!
Wir haben eine Mafia?
counting on fingers. Germans start on thumb.
Being frank and straight forward is appreciated because Germans are frank . but being tolerant and considerate is a common sense all over the world. so I find that rude, inconsiderate and impolite. If we want to be frank with them, oh boy there are a lot of things to bash them with , but we tolerate, rigt?
In germany we say Moin Meister btw kappa 🙂
What's your gender
nudity is also a nerveracking thing. I think they have lost their sense of shame or jealousy over their loved ones or themselves being covered and protected over past decades. they are suppper weird
Also, the whole nudity thing... is foreskin jewelry still trendy?
Phew, if you think Germans are direct in conversation then never speak to people frome the Netherlands! 😒
😂
Answering the phone with „hello“ is extremely impolite, not a cultural thing. It‘s lack of education.
And the fines u r talking about r absolutely right because then u hadn‘t followed the rules.
"Extremely impolite", aha 😆 I always find it funny, when people take unimportant stuff like that as an offence.
In most coutries it is:
Hello.
Hello I like to talk to ...
Yes it´s me. Nice to talk to you. Haven´t seen you for ...
Germany:
Last name (means what do you want)
Last name and then you tell what you want.
Efficient, but unpolite (except for Germans)
@@thomaswaldmann9264 I'm German and I don't care at all, when someone answers the phone with hello. I do it myself sometimes. It's just stuck up people who think they're something better, who always complain about unimportant stuff like this as being impolite
In the Uk we used to answer the phone with our phone number.
After 15 sales calls in one day you soon change. If someone has your number surely they would have you name . Hense “Hello”
The world has changed
The problem is that you have a lot shocks!! And if you are talking about Latin America, it is not one countrey and not one culture! There exists also many difference! Please no talk so general or clichee,sounds very superficial.
Gäääääääääähn, gibt ja erst gefühlt 1.000.000 Videos über Kulturschocks in Dschörmani. 🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱
@Hein Daddel Muscha nich angucken, Hein, ischa kein Zwang nich.
Hast recht macht es wirklich schwer das Katzenvideo zu finden.
Besonders von Amis, die keine Kultur haben.
Dann guck sie halt nicht. Guckst Du auch Videos über Meerschweinchen nur um sie negativ zu kommentieren?
Du guckst Video --> ein Viewer mehr --> Trend nach oben. Hast sogar einen Kommentar dagelassen, das ist noch besser. Und jetzt antworte ich auch noch, noch ein Schritt nach oben...
@@MHahn-bg7cu Dann haben wir beide ja alles richtig gemacht! Und Meerschweinchen mag ich am liebsten nach peruanischer Art Cuy Chactado.