6 Things Foreigners Find SHOCKING About Living in Germany! 🇩🇪
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- After moving to Germany and living in Germany for nearly 3 years, what have some of our biggest culture shocks been? Well, today we go over a few of our favorites that we have talked about on our channel. Enjoy 😊
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00:00 - HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! Don't skip!
1:12 - Time to rewind!
1:48 - Culture Shock #1
3:43 - Culture Shock #2
6:02 - Culture Shock #3
8:46 - Culture Shock #4
10:50 - Culture Shock #5
12:42 - Culture Shock #6
15:27 - Bloopers
Here are the links to the original videos these sections were pulled from in order in which they showed in this video! Enjoy 😊
“Essential German Habits to Adopt When Living in Germany” - ruclips.net/video/ceX3Aky3j0Q/видео.html
“Things Germans Do Everyday, Considered FANCY in America” - ruclips.net/video/EJWydjoWL8Y/видео.html
“Things German Adults Do American Adults WOULDN’T Do” - ruclips.net/video/Irs21RL-k9U/видео.html
“How Germans Email, Text, & Use Phones TOTALLY Different Than Americans” - ruclips.net/video/nSvfavZaVMc/видео.html
“(Seemingly) Insignificant Strange Differences Between Germany and America” - ruclips.net/video/qqRG_alPvfc/видео.html
“The Unexpected Realities of Living in Germany - Americans in Germany” - ruclips.net/video/pEq3TDO8k7k/видео.html
Of course, it is almost always lowercase in E-Mails and letters too. The first sentence is a continuation of the greeting, so it is still part of the same sentence and if the first word is non-noun it will be lowercase in most cases. Notice the comma after the greeting?
Hi number 3: We say groß oder klein also ich muss groß oder ich muss klein
Regarding water in US restaurants: I can't remember a time when I was able to drink that stuff. It was always so heavily chlorinated that I could smell it even from afar. Thanks, it may be free, but I don't drink pool water. ;-)
same here, disgusting. Even took me a long time to get used to drinking from plastic bottles. Either the bottles got better or my sniffer is broken.
@@steffenrosmus9177 Had poolwater in Colorado Springs too. But of course its not bad in every place...
@@steffenrosmus9177 You are right, I hade a few exceptions but in general the tap water is bad. Sometimes so bad that even the soft drinks were tainted by the amount of chlorine in the water they used to mix the syrup with.
Same for me when I was on Okinawa.
@@mikehagen7385 We Germans usually know where our local tap water is coming from. Sometimes that supply is not good (gets your washing machine into trouble, or makes stomach trouble for infants) - happened in my place. They changed the water source and since that time the situation improved.
I never got the "i miss the closeness" thing :D
even with 2 bedcovers.. me and my bf we just slightly overlap them to cuddle normally, but when its bout to fall asleep we still got our own cover and dont need to fight over one :D
"This is the way" (to quote a Mandalorian :)
This is the way
I‘m still not quite sure if a single duvet helps the emotional bonding between a couple or if two separate duvets are helping getting better sleep and therefore lower the overall stress level the couple is exposed to in their relationship. 🤔
I hate the single duvet thing. My back is always cold. So I pack a small blanket whenever going to the UK or Ireland. 😉
In addition to your quandary, the size of the bed is an issue. On TV, couples seem to sleep on queen or double size beds. OMG that would suck, you'd have no place to go with another person there. I say, a king size bed is the answer to a happy marriage. Throughout the night you choose to cuddle or not, repeatedly. And, you need a man cave, cuz guys really need that.
considering the divorce rates in the US are ridiculously high and japan where couples often sleep in separate beds altogether and they have very low divorce rates I'd say it's bad.
The latter! Absolutely the latter! ☝
Hell, I struggle "against" my girlfriend (of 18 years, we're just to lazy for the whole effort of a marriage^^) in a German two conjoined full sized single bed setup - I essentially have a Third of the whole with her occupying something between a little over half to two thirds of the whole... how much depends if the cats also want a part in crowding me ;).
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
Instead of using #1 or #2 for restroom, you would use "klein" and "groß" in German for doing "small" or "big business". Even the combination with "Geschäft" e.g. "kleines Geschäft" are in use.
1 or 2 are also common in germany
There are also a lot of euphemisms for going to the toilet. You go „für kleine Königstiger“ (for little King-Tigers), or you go „für kleine Mädchen“ (little girls). Sometimes you go „den Kaffee wegbringen“ (to put away the coffee) or you must go „mal eben wohin“ (pop off to go somewhere).
@@haggihug3162 your example describe "going to the toilet" in general - not the differences between #1 and 2. Most used euphemism would be "austreten" without mentioning the word "toilet".
@@henningbartels6245 😇 Yes I know. It was more thought to ba an additional content. To say „austreten“ is here totally unusual (altough I know this of course). Maybe it depends on the region?
To say WHAT specially you're intendig to do on the toilet seems to me a bit overdone. I appreciate to do without this Kopfkino. 😉
@@haggihug3162 well, it's good that YOU know - but it is worth explaining since Donnie and Aubrey and other English speaking expats might be not as proficient in the small nuances of the German language.
Donnie explicitly asked in the video how one would express #1 and #2.
If you don't use "austreten", how would you paraphrase it without mentioning too much details? „für kleine Königstiger“ sounds rather like a silly expression one would use among friends.
3:45 Instead of offering drinks for free, Americans should offer benefits like health care or other Social Security benefits for free.
The population would benefit more from this than from "free drinks" in bad restaurants.
There you have a valid point I never thought about. That shitty chlorine fluid they serve you in US restaurants is disgusting. When I honour for dinner, I really don’t have a problem to order my drinks as I please, and pay for them. Mineral water served in a restaurant is not tap water. The restaurant owner bought it in the first place, so why give it away for free?
A friend of mine has several pubs in Brighton, where he serves rather affordable pub food, which is actually really good. He always says: you can hardly make money with food. So keep it easy, big portions, and the people will spend their money on drinks. And we all know, once you had a few sherries, you don’t mind another one, and another 😉 And the Brits like their drinks when socialising.
Or better pay for the service personal.
Annoying german incoming...
Smove transition to health care😂
About #1: when you cuddle you just put a bit of one duvet over the other. No emotional border. You connect your covers.
About #3: old men, immigrants and machos stand. If you wanna stand in my bath, you can look for another bathroom. However, standing in public toilets is normal. You sit when at a private residence (unless you think the owner is a filthy one who doesnt sit). Basically, if you dont know how clean it is, you stand. If you or your friend cleans, you sit.
My wife and I use duvets of different thickness. No way we would ever go with just one.
It is also by law, the "Mineral- und Tafelwasserverordnung", that Mineralwasser (defined by EU guideline 2009/54) always has to be served in a closed bottle and may only be opened at the table.
That is why you get a small bottle when ordering just a single glass.
Kinder is superior choclate if you eat just a piece or two. Ritter Sport is better for large amounts.
If you want the best chocolate, take the train to Basel (there is a german train station where you technically are not crossing any borders) and buy swiss chocolate, especially the blonde chocolate that you can get nowhere but in Switzerland. That is chocolate on another level! The Coop in the train station has the same prices as anywhere in the country, so you don't have to go look for a specific store. Highly recommend it to everyone liking chocolate to try at least once. Also, you can currently use the 9€ Ticket to get there ;)
Edit: I personally really like Villars and Ragusa as blonde chocolate brands. If I had to choose between Kinder Schokolade and Ritter Sport, I would almost never eat chocolate at all to be honest.
@@axolotl938 Not a fan of blonde choclate, I'm more into dark one (Lindt, so still swiss brand).
Had the Ragusa blonde once, never had Villars though.
The chocolate i love is michel cluizel - mangaro (51% choc with milk). The dark ones are also superb, but expensive. When you want to buy cheaper milk chocolate then lindt and hachez. Aldi moser-roth is also a good pick in milk chocolate.
About the Tapwater in restaurants thing: Nobody would sell you tapwatr in germany but every waiter will just bring you a glass of tap water to the table if you sk for it (most times without charge)...this is usually done for people who need to take medication or are choking but i have brought out countless glasses and pitchers of tapwater on demand as a waiter in multiple places. Just nobody would charge anything for it. But as Restaurants make money with drinks they wont advertise it
That is never a problem if you spent sufficient on your normal bill. On the other hand almost all places offer several waters (often high quality products from the country of origin). That of course will not be free.
As for culture shock #4: Starting the second line in lower case follows the german grammar rule, that a comma is always followed by a lower case letter (provided the word following that comma isn't a noun).
There is a second form, though, not as common and somewhat less formal than the first one (so maybe less suited for a business letter), but also grammatically correct: If you make the greeting an exclamation (e.g."Hallo Leser!"), the second line would start with a upper case letter (since it starts a new sentence).
In a more official letter / email, I'll never close with "MfG - Mit freundlichen Grüßen" but with "Hochachtungsvoll". That is used for offices and is more respectfull - or at least it gives the sense of being respectfull.
I kind of hope that culture shock 3 becomes more normal here too. For totally selfish reasons since I'm a cleaning lady with a lot of toilets to clean every day lol
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thx for doing this
i´m a Sitzpinkler
Da bin ich ganz bei dir bei! Schönes Wochenende
@@arnodobler1096 moin Arno, ich auch. Bin ich schon immer gewesen. Unter anderem auch deswegen, weil ich bei uns derjenige bin, der die Toiletten reinigt. Und das drumherum natürlich auch. Hätte ich Söhne, hätte ich auch darauf bestanden dass sie sich zum pinkeln hinsetzen. Wenn nicht, hätten sie einmal selber die Toilette sauber machen müssen. Schönen Sonntag dir!
@@tasminoben686 Muss mal gesagt werden!
@@tasminoben686 da ich meist Single war, ich auch. Und mir fällt auch nix ab dabei! 🤣
Herzlichen Glückwunsch und eine wunderschöne Kennenlernzeit für euch beide und euer Baby 🍼💐
Danke danke!
When there's a urinal I'll stand, if there is only a normal toilet I'll sit. I wont pee standing up into a toilet that's not made for it, I'm not a barbarian ... also there would be splashing.
That said, we've had a urinal at home, so it was never really a question growing up and I guess that's how habits form.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Baby! Viel Freude mit dem Nachwuchs! :-)
Bei Ritter Sport ist die Auswahl verschiedener Geschmacksrichtungen größer, aber Kinder Schokolade ist auch gut.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch ihr beiden 💚
Danke!!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch und alles Gute an dieser Stelle....and now back to the Video ;)
Random question of the week: of these two, Ritter Sport is the best. Kinder Chocolate is just sugar. Lindt or Zotter is better.
Agree with Zotter--but this is boutique chocolade!Not available anywhere!
In Germany we say: "Ich muss mal klein" for just peeing, and " ich muss groß" for 💩 .
Or it is called " das kleine/große Geschäft"
Translated this just means the small or the big business 😅
Usually when you are at your favourite drinking spot, your desire to do no 1 is higher. Thus I am used to hear the "I'm for small boys / girls" all the time, but I never hear anything else. In fact, if you excuse yourself, why should you inform the other people about what you are going to do exactly. If you need help, you'll inform the helper. No need to spread the information more that that. I bet that most people just can do without that information.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Ich wünsche euch das allerbeste!🎉
I can say squirrel and Eichhörnchen 😂
Wooohaaaa. congratulations to you two for your baby.
Thanks!!
6:00 Ask a doctor - you don't empty the bladder fully if standing. It's healthier to sit and it is something a Dr. will advice you to do if you have often problems with bladder infections, because it's often caused by a bladder that is not emptied fully.
I would happily pee twice as often if I could do it standing up. Being a girl sucks.
@@LythaWausW LOL!
Squatting is supposedly even better for urinating *and* defecating, but especially as a man, try to do so without either taking off your trousers completely or peeing on them. Yes, I tried.
Separate duvets are the best thing in the world. intimacy can survive that. It really can. // Definitely Ritter - but there are many better brands. They're just more expensive.
Congratulations to no. 3 on the passport. 👶
Regarding the random question: Out of these two, Ritter Sport. Overall "Die Gute Schokolade"(yes, that is really the name of it). Not because of variety but because of quality, taste and things like all the money for it goes directly to the people involved in making that chocolate without anything going to the stores where it is sold.
Was laberst du 😂😂
@@der_gipsyking7512 Dass ich von den beiden genannten Schokoladen Ritter Sport bevorzuge aber Die Gute Schokolade um einiges besser finde als die beiden genannten, auch wenn diese viel weniger unterschiedliche Sorten hat. Dafür ist sie qualitativ und geschmacklich besser. Zusätzlich gehen die Erlöse von den Verkäufen zu 100% zu den Milchbauern, Kakaofarmern und so weiter während die Läden, die die führen auf ihre Gewinne für die Schokolade verzichten.
We always use one big blanket and have an additional (double size) blanket at our feet, so when one wakes up because the other hogged all of the shared blanket there is still another.
In restaurants Mineralwater has to be served in bottles according to the "Mineral- und Tafelwasserverordnung".
If you have to pee into the potty and you do not clean it yourself.... be polite and sit, so that no one else has to clean after you... if you have a urinal or clean it yourself, do you... but I bet if you clean it yourself you will quickly realize the benefits of sitting down supposed to using the "spray" method.... ;)
Wer Ritter Sport über Kinder stellt hat einfach noch nicht erkannt, dass Kinder Bueno ein Geschenk Gottes ist
In England they got quite a plague with their squirrels. In the southern part you can actually purchase minced meat pie, which is made out of squirrel meat. It's that grey type you can see in hyde park in London. They are actually pretty amazing. I sat down on a bench, and they came right up to my lap, letting me feed them. So different from the German red type, which will always avoid contact to humans
The grey squirrels are invasive types from America. The common English sqorrel is the red one, just like ours in Germany. The problem is that the grey squirrels wipe out the red ones because they transmit a virus the red sqirrels cannot cope with and die. This is why the grey ones are hunted.
In our hotel (mid Germany) we decided to stop charging for water last year.
The guests seem to appreciate it. 😊
In an e-mail and a letter we germans write the first letter small. Bc. Of the comna. You only kapitalize after a point in german.
If you sprinkle when you tinkle be a sweety wipe the seaty .. and the lid .. and the floor ... and ...
... or just sit down!
Make them clean up after themselves and they will sit down voluntarily. And no, it's not the aiming, it's the spraying upwards.
Between the two it's Ritter Sport.
About duvets, me and my husband for some years shared one, but we figured out we sleep and cuddle better with two separate ones, because I'd always need a warmer one than my husband. So he'd often go get himself a second, lighter duvet and then the two big duvets would take so much space in the bed that it made cuddling uncomfortable.
I am completely on the "two bed sheets" side. My gf loves big heavy blankets but I can't sleep with anything thicker then a towel.
And when we want to cuddle we can simply lift up one side of our sheet to invite the other and when we move apart in our sleep no-one ends up without a cover.
The space between two mattresses is colloquially called „visitor gap“ (Besucher-Spalte“.
Ritter Sport, by far. And you are right, even here in germany we have thsi Shopping centers out of town ('auf der grünen Wiese'), most not far from town, but just unconviniend to go by Mass Transport. You need to live in a Mid Size Town, to get rid of a car.
Pro Tip: Car Sharing. You often get discounted rates if you have a Public Transport Subscription. If you dont need your car dayly thats worth a thinking.
The thing with the bed sheet: im not sure that this is a typical german thing. You can buy bed covers in any size, so its totally random.
Regarding the random question: Kinder excels at treats that are a combination out of chocolate and something else (usually wafers) and Ritter is better on a pure chocolate basis. As for the water in restaurant, aside from a certain legal obligation (mentioned in at least one other comment) there is also the reason to pay for the service (since waiters don't rely on tips to reach minimum wage) and restaurants rely especially on beverages to make their profits. Aside from salads and some pasta dishes the profit margins are usally pretty slim in an average restaurant, which I only know because my father worked as a waiter as well as managed and owned a restaurant. I don't know if it is still a thing but when I was a child or teenager, we either had to go "groß" (number 2) or "klein" (number 1). Other ones for number 2 were also "eine Sitzung haben" or "ein Geschäft verrichten".
Your beverage explanation is - to my knowledge - the best I have read on this video.
On the covers, I am 100% with Donnie. A few years ago I switched to the individual system and absolutely loved it. I recommend everyone giving it a try. Blanket hogs don't like this because there is less blanket to steal 🙂
Different people have different demands on what is necessary to sleep well. My father had a bad back and thus he needed a hard place to lie on. He was the one to have cold feet all the time and sometimes wore socks in bed. BTW my parents had 4 kids and I don't think they left out much snuggling time! ;)
#1 = klein (small)
#2 = groß (big)
Makes sense! 😅
@@PassportTwo it's the short term for "großes geschäft" and "kleines geschäft"
Squirrels, here in Great Britain American grey squirrels were introduced about 150 years ago and have almost replaced native European red squirrels in the southern parts of the country. So, although we like to think of squirrels as little red animals with tufts on their ears, actually they are generally the grey ones.
Ritter Sport for sure :)
I've read somewhere that we have more and more "American-type" squirrels here in Europe as well and they sometimes even displace the native ones.
Regarding the squirrels, that's not completely true. At least yet. You find the American ones in the UK and in one part of Italy afaik. But our European Red squirrels can be black, grey or dark brown as well, despite their name. Unfortunately, some people don't know that and think they are American squirrels and chase off or hurt those differently colored European squirrels. That's also a reason for why many think that American squirrels are more widespread here than they actually are. Don't get me wrong, they definitely pose a threat. Just look at what American minks did to European minks. They are almost extinct in Europe now with only a few kinda isolated populations surviving....and that only barely
Hallo
Wir nutzen auch 2 Bettdecken da es bequemer ist. Ich zum Beispiel nutze nur die Bettdecke, wenn ich einschlafen möchte aber in der Nacht werfe ich meistens die Bettdecke weg da es mir darunter zu warm ist.
Ich finde es toll das die Männer sich setzen, wenn sie auf Toilette müssen denn dann spritzt es nicht so rum, und das ganze Badezimmer ist nicht versaut.
Ich schaue eure Videos immer mit der Übersetzung von RUclips auf Deutsch.
Even when we have 2 blankets. Most of the time we fall asleep cuddeling or something like this. But when we sleeping most oft the time we Split more
@Passport Two , as regards to tap water, you CAN get it for free, just ask for 'leitungswasser' most cafes/restaurants will provide it if you ask 😉
Amazin’!! 🤣🤣🤣 Miss you all ♥️
As a child I preferred Kinder but since my preference has shifted to Ritter Sport as they have so many more flavors than Kinder. Just think of all the strawberry, rum-grape-nut, crispy-cookie, peppermint, whole-nut, peanut, ... a whole rainbow of flavors.
Toilet code words are #1 Klein and #2 groß
Makes sense! 😅
Out of these two it is Ritter Sport. Isn't Kinder actually Italian (Ferrero)?. However my personal favorite is Fazer, which is Finish.
Absolutely one duvet, which my German husband has no trouble with. However what about the top sheet issue? We went a few weeks without a top sheet and making the bed wsa so much easier! But then it got HOT out. And I don't want the duvet near me at night. So he gets it, and I hog the top sheet.
You can order also tab water, and this is free. But when u ask for water you get mineral water
Ritter Sport is better if you have some time you schould go to the Ritter Sport Museum in Waldenbuch(Baden-Württemberg)
@4:07 That is good enough for survival but not in the interest of the restaurant. 😊
@4:45 That is not posh but civilized. 😛 It is basically standard fare and you get cleaner water with fizz. 😊
@5:44 It may be clean enough but the tubes aren't necessarily, it is not mineral water and people aren't on a survival trip.
We have Carbonated Water Makers for our tab water
Regarding #3, there are many phrases you can use to indicate what you are doing. Children would probably be taught the phrases "klein müssen" und "groß müssen" for this, or doing business (Kleines Geschäft, großes Geschäft). But there is a myriad of other ways. You wouldn't ever indicate this in a formal setting, so all phrases that indicate the difference are colloqiual. "Eine Stange Wasser wegstellen" would be only urinating, while "einen abseilen" would be defecating, for example. You could also "ein Ei legen". But this also hugely depends on region, and pretty much every sub-culture in germany has their own phrases for this. Which most of the time, all other german can understand by context.
If you order tap water explicitly you’ll get a glas of tap water at no additional cost.
Two duvets don't protect you from freezing...
When I go to sleep, I have my own duvet. After some time it gets warm, I throw it out of the bed and everything is fine.... till it gets colder (open window) and I grab the next duvet I could find. Ask my partner, how many times he woke up, freezing, missing his duvet 😀
Na, du bist mir ja eine Silke! Bettdecken Dieben! Lach! Wir haben auch schon immer getrennte Bettdecken gehabt. Man muss sich doch richtig einräumen können ohne dass der andere zum Dieb fährt! Schönen Sonntag dir!
You should do a future video on how the experience of raising a baby in Europe is versus in the USA.
We definitely will once we are back from leave! 😃
Superior chocolate brand is actually Milka not Ritter Sport!
Chocolate: Cailler from Switzerland and Hachez from Bremen, I cannot choose which, they made me into a chocolate snob. Except, I don't eat chocolate. Just one piece, every few months. But those are the 2 brands that blew me away.
Try Zotter!
Wir haben auch getrennte Decken. Aber ich habe etwas amerikanisches übernommen (durch ein VLog von Amerikanern in D) - die Größe des Kopfkissens. Nicht mehr das große quadratische, sondern ein 40x80 . Die Argumentation hat mich überzeugt und mir taugt das tatsächlich besser. 😀
Just a quick comment regarding the shared cover. Personally I don’t feel like having two covers is an emotional separation. I always used to cuddle with my girlfriend under both covers and sort of share both of them at the same time. It just is a lot more convenient during the night because when both people sleep they can use the cover according to their own preferences :). I always get really hot so sharing one cover sounds like a really horrible thing for me, however maybe it’s just since I’m so used to it as a german.
Love your content, and congrats on having the baby :). Greetings from Berlin.
With regard to your Question about #1 and #2 . We call the #1 "kleines Geschäft"=small business and #2 is "großes Geschäft"=big business 😃
I totally understand the duvet dilemma. However as a professional and ruthless duvet stealer knowing that nobody and nothing can get it back frim me come wind or high water, the double duvet is the only way my partner and I can sleep in the same bed without me stealing and never returning the duvet. Intimacy is still intact and it is kinda cute when bf lifts his duvet to invite me in for cuddles. A single duvet would cause chaos and havoc as I have to admit I'm the problem. : D
The equivalent for #1 would be "Ich muss mal klein" and #2 would be "ich muß mal gross"
I prefer the sentence "Ich muss mal für kleine Königstieger" as metaphor for needing to go to the bathroom.
We so much HATE having only one duvet, that we prefer 2 Queenbeds vs. 1 Kingbed when we stay in US Motels. We both hate struggling with only one cover.
Regarding water: In Germany it's law that the cheapest non-alcoholic drink must be at least cheap as the cheapest alcoholic one.
In regards to number 2: "Eine Sitzung machen", probably because of the difference between N. 1 done standing and N 2 sitting. And in regerds to that: I think the sittiing 1 comes from women (who generally were and are the ones cleaning) "motivating" their men towards it. And as that I am intrigued if there is a East/West divide but I could not find anything about that.
And for getting around you have to watch teh Not Just Bikes channel.
I have found that the cheapest way to enjoy a beverage in Germany is to order a cup of tea. It's "only" 2Euros or so.
Mineralwasser MUST be served by the bottle. If you only get a glass of water it cannot be Mineralwasser (only Tafelwasser).
Kinder Pingui from the freezer - and some Ritter Sport flavours arent bad, either :)
To be fair, trains in germany used to be much more reliable than they are now. That was back then before the DB was privatised. That may be shocking to an american, but privatisation is not a guarantee for better results.
The first sentence starts with Sehr geehrter and after a comma you don’t write upper case
Genau 👍🏼
Never knew that you would write uppercase in English 😳
Because you're near Kaiserslautern, try WAWI Schokolade. Just visit Pirmasens. You will find the best sweets of southern germany 😉
Hi! First of all: all the Best for you as "Passport 3" 😀
To the "Sitzpinkler-Topic" I guess, most men would sit in the restroom, if they had to clean it by themselves... everywhere... And by the way: normally, there's no spectator in the restroom. It could stay your secret, if you decide to sit. 😀
8:36 Großes Geschäft and Kleines Geschäft
Why is sitting on the toilet so unnormal in the USA? I’m a Swiss guy that doesn’t get that😅
That urination topic I had this week with a colleague :D As we are both born in the 80s for us sitting was never an option for just peeing. But I remember, that it was around the mid of 90s when it came up especially from the kind of helicopter mums ;) Nowadays afaik most boys are raised with the sitting only option
I was born in 1980 and sitting while peeing was not uncommon where I grew up. It's also far more relaxing.
12:42 If you live far away from the metropolitan areas, you cannot rely on public transport. In the late 80ies they started the privatisation of public transport and all went bad. Stations and routes were closed down. Trains on remaining routes are canceled without notice, the only bus that runs is the school bus and of course only outside of the school holidays. Without your own car, it is not yet possible to commute to work or buy your groceries.
You have forgotten to say, that- if you go to a german restaurant and get your menu to choose, what you want to eat or to drink, you see the final prices including taxes and tip. In the USA you don`t see this. The non-carbonated water there may be free - but at least your bill is much more higher than in a german restaurant. The taxes are different in every state and even the expected tip is also higher than here in Germany.
You are definitely correct that taxes aren't included in the price in American restaurants and you are also correct that tipping is generally less in Germany than in the US (although remember, in the US, tips are still not mandatory and you could go your whole life without tipping if you really wanted to.), but this does not mean that your bill is going to come out lower in Germany in the end. In fact, in Oklahoma, it is SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper to eat out than anywhere else in Germany, and we get free water and refills 😅 Cost of living varies greatly across the US and this is one of those things that is in fact cheaper in Oklahoma.
@@PassportTwo Tap water may not be billed, any other water is. I tip all the time as a German wherever I go. Waiting is usually not the best of jobs and gets not the best of payments. If I am treated well and kind, I tip. Usually about 10% (my personal level). And since the pandemic has led to a lot of restrictions / lock downs, those spots suffered about the most and I try to make up for it - just the tiny part of it that I can afford.
Wait! Wanda Vision is not a 1950s television show. It just copies the style of a sitcom episode from each decade.
Cluture Shock #4: the first sentence does not begin in the line after the salutation, but begins with "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,..."
and precisely because of the ",", the sentence is not finished, and so the writing continues in lower case.
You know that you can ask for tap water in gean restaurants, right? It also comes free of charge. You just have to specify that you'd like 'Leitungswasser' when placing the order.
You're free to do that, but in many cases the answer will be negative. You may get Tafelwasser (table water) instead, which is... tap water, but @ € 2,20 per glass ;-)
As a matter of fact, any drinks are part of the economic calculation of a restaurant, so asking for free tap water is kinda rude.
@@ppd3bw I never had an issue with asking for Leitungswasser as long as you order a meal or drink and don't ask for refills (as refills are generally not provided free of charge in Germany, neither for water nor soda). Also, in Cafés it is never a problem to ask for Leitungswasser with your coffee.
We've found this to be not true in most cases. When my grandparents visit from the US every year, they ask for "Leitungswasser" every time we go out to eat. Over the last 10 years or so we have probably visited 25-30 restaurants and fewer than 5 probably did give them tap water, one of them even required them to order a paid drink with their tap water, and another one charged them 50 cents for the water.
In german emails the beginning of the adressing "Dear XX" is the beginning of the first sentnce. So, there are two possibilities: If the adressing end with a comma (,), the mail begins with a small letter. If it ends with an exclamation mark (!), then the mail starts with a capital letter.
To the water: I've said it multiple times: When I don't get sparkling water, I can drink tap water. I don't understand people, who buy water bottles with "stilles Wasser". But whatever.
I like both, Kinder Schokolade and Ritter Sport. But I eat Kinder Schokolade more often.
About water: it depends on the local quality of tap water. In the last decades overall quality was improved because of regulations and testing. That was not always the same. I remember times when we used "RheinUferFiltrat" which was water pumped from below the Rhein valley filtered by the sands. That was bad tap water. Washing machines broke down caused by chalk in it. Kids had more stomach problems when their bottles were made with tap water. We used "table water" not carbonated and had way less stomach problems with our kids. Since then the water source was changed (better for the machines and the kids). Today I would drink tap water. Usually local communities have information about the local situation.
I'm living in Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate) in the Rhein valley.
In germany you can say "Ich muss klein" or "Ich muss groß" referring to nr. 1 and nr. 2 when going to the bathroom. Also if you happen to have an important meeting coming up and have to be punctual, never ever trust the deutsche Bahn. it comes too late or not at all more than it is punctual.
Regarding Water: If you Order explicit "tap Water" they have to Bring you Tap Water without charging (but only 1) otherwise they are failing to Provide assistance, in Case your dying of thirst (very dramatic)
oh how I hate the "single duvet" thing. I never sleep well when in Germany... we sleep very close, and the divide between the duvets always leaves one of us in the cold. So when we are in Germany we put the duvets on the bed crosswise (just to be clear, from one side of the bed to the other, not from head to toes)... and it gets slightly better. Slightly.
Hey Catherine, can you believe we’re in another lock down?
Oh by the way your services aren’t required anymore but good luck with your future endeavors…
Yeah, so friendly and polite…
Random…but ok 😂
Have you ever noticed that the quality of German bread is different from American bread? So I don't think it will be completely unnoticed...
1. So 2 duvets and 2 pillows are mandatory. And you also have 2 separate mattresses in most double beds in Germany. So everyone can choose their mattress that offers the best sleep. In addition, your side doesn't wobble as much when the other person turns around. I've always found it very distressing in the US when I have to sleep in a bed with another person (if you want to sleep).
2. In most areas of the US, the water, which was free, was very often so heavily chlorinated that it smelled like a swimming pool. I never want to drink it and found the taste rather repulsive. However, it may vary from state to state.
3. There are almost always urinals in public toilets, so you can pee standing up. At home on my own toilet I would never think of peeing standing up because I have to clean it afterwards. And it splashes and that's not nice. If people pee standing up in public toilets, you can see that very quickly because they are often very dirty.
4. I've found that if you write too much unimportant information at the beginning of an email, some people then lose sight of what's important in the email. And I want to achieve something. Besides, I usually don't know the person on the other side personally. In Germany, only the reason is given for formal things, nothing more. The only thing you write is "thank you very much for the quick reply" or "I hope you can help me" etc.
5. Yes, but both types are cute :-)
6. Well, I live in Hamburg and I'm still happy to have my car. Of course you can do almost everything by public transport. But when, like today, I drove to the hardware store, the pet store and the supermarket. Then it would have taken me 3 times as long with public transport and I wouldn't have been able to buy everything I bought.
I don't eat chocolate much, but usually I go for Milka. 🤷
Apart from that: if you're already struggling with pronouncing "Eichhörnchen", don't try some of the dialect versions like "Oachkatzerl". 😅 (Literal translation of that would be "little oak cat")
And honestly: separate duvets is a matter of practicability as Donny explained. It actually can save relationships because there's no endless fighting over it which results in one person losing and having an uncomfortable night. And you can still snuggle without blanket in-between when having two. You just need to get used to the right technique 😉
And: herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🍼 🎉
Can't wait to soon see more videos on "being a parent in Germany" 😉
Aubry - where is the problem of crawling under the duvet for snuggling? We both are able to 🥰
there is no special code like #1 or #2.
either I go 'pinkeln' or 'kacken'.
Restaurants are actually legally obligated to offer free tap water. If you specify, that you want tap water, they will bring it to you for free. You're right, the drinks is how they make their money, so what I do, is usually, order 2 drinks. One free tap water, for which I will ask for refills throughout my stay, because eating makes me thirsty and these tiny bottles of water don't do it for me. And one other drink, which I will treat much more resourcefully, when it comes to reorders. So, one is for thirst, the other one is for enjoying. And by the way, it is perfectly fine to order a tap water, you won't get dirty looks (anymore, I think itused to be a bit like that, but I think that has changed quite a bit)
You are wrong. Tap water has not to be free in german restaurants. Many will do it if you ask them, but they are not legally obligated to.
I sit on the Toilette at home and at friends places. But in public i stand most of the time.
Most german men sit as soon as they have to start cleaning their own toilets. Take that from a german man.^^
Just a suggestion from a restaurant ninja. If you want to refill your glass of tap water just go tho the restroom (or WC) and fill it. It's just not true that water isn't free in Germany. It is!
It may be free for you in the restaurant. But every German pays his tap water in his home and the tap water in the reastaurant is payed for by the restaurant. Water is NOT free. You are just not billed for it in a restaurant.
Ritter Sport natürlich!
Did you know that there are black squirrel variations that still are the same species than their red ones?
Said that in the video 😊
Ritter Sport is still doing business with Russia.
"Ich muss groß" if you want to imply that you intend to do more than urinating. Btw, if you need to know the location of the toilet, if you don't want to actually mention it (ie at the dinner table), you can ask where you can wash your hands...everyone will know that's this is not what your pressing desire is.
Ritter Sport Schokolade, for sure.
Ritter Sport: More decent varieties versus overall sweetness with Kinder products.
Thank you for your compilations videos, not the least it's nice to watch Aubrey again.
All the best for you Passport Three!