I've lived in Germany for over 20 years. Stuff I notice when I go back: grocery stores are overwhelming with too many choices and food is horribly expensive, especially organic stuff; lack of sidewalks and the possibilities to walk or ride bike somewhere; public transport sucks in most places; cars are enormous and many homes have two or three gas-guzzlers parked in their garages/driveways; tipping in restaurants in the US is practically mandatory because employers don't pay servers a living wage (I used to wait tables in the US...I made 1.29 dollars per hour!!); you're never sure how much something really costs because taxes aren't applied until you check out. In Germany, the price you see is the price you pay; healthcare in the US is insanely expensive. I could go on, but that's what comes spontaneously to mind.
Oh yeah, and the chlorinated water...I grew up on it but now, when we go back for a visit, I end up buying bottled water because my kids refuse to drink it!
The stores are overwhelming here after being in Germany for 6 years. Took me a good bit of time to get over it. Turning right on red was the hardest thing to me.
Aldi in Gemany is broken into two parts, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd. You can tell them apart by the color of the logo. In the US, we have Aldi with the blue logo (Aldi Süd). For legal reasons, Aldi Nord is known as Trader Joe's in the US.
Thanks for the explanation, but in the video I was talking about wishing Trader Joes was in Germany. I'm pretty convinced many of the German commenters haven't visited Trader Joes in the US because it is nothing like Aldi in Germany. :D Same owner but totally different concept and products. (Trader Joes is more like a Biomarkt - very expensive products, freshly gourmet sandwiches and salads ready to go, most everything is organic, and they make their own very creative products- healthy themed.) I've asked all of my German friends who lived in the US, and they say Trader Joes is nothing like Aldi. So I think it all depends on your view point :D
@@HiFromHamburg but it is... it is Aldi Nord. Now, they may not have the same flair because there is a different taste and orientation, still it is. In the US, they are different because they compete in place (Aldi Nord and Sued) but not in segment (Aldi's ways vs. Trader Joe's ways). In Germany, they are occupying the same segment, so, they don't compete in place. Aldi Sued had the name rights to Aldi in the US, thus Aldi Nord bought Trader Joe's. Pretty sure they did market research and the segment of Trader Joes is covered by other brands in Germany. About what "A Hill" said: They still use the same market power to purchase despite being separate managements - the tactics are globally the same: Own branding, purchasing wholesale productions off of companies, etc. - the hiding of the connection is intentional, I believe, because there is no benefit to tell that it is under German ownership, but certain liabilities: If there is a conflict in public opinion, if they ever want to sell it, then any connection makes it harder. You won't find any hint on ownership on Trader Joe's site. PS: I'm German expat living in TX, so I see both Trader Joe's and Aldi here and know the German markets both.
The water filters will reduce the mineral content, but the difference in effect on hair is mainly down to US tap water being chlorinated, which is strictly prohibited in Germany.
Yea… no. Chlorination is NOT prohibited in Germany. They rarely do chlorinate it, but sometimes, they do, for example after a pipe burst. I also can imagine that some communities do because they have bad water - or in summer when water reserves dwindle and they have to use less save resources.
In my experience shopping for groceries in Germany, I am almost always positively surprised how well it works. They will leave you alone as long as you don't ask for help. But if you do, they will often even insist of walking you to the item you are looking for, except they are positively convinced that an exact explanation will do. That is even when you are obviously interrupting them with what they were doing. I love it.
In France, you can ask for tab water (usually provided automatically). But in Germany don't do that. Food is so cheap in Germany, the restaurants make their benefit with the drinks. So yes, it's absolutely uncommon to ask for a free drink.
Food is not really cheaper in Germany. In Germany you are paying around 14€ for a main course but in France you can get a 3 course qset meal that includes a drink for around 20€. The higher-end segment of restaurants can certainly be comparatively a lot more expensive compared to Germany but the quality in France is higher.
The difference you noticed about the background music: As long as the lyrics aren't in German, to most Germans, English lyrics are not distracting because they don't understand them if they don't consciously make the effort to try. And as most pop music is in English is basically is the equivalent to instrumental music. Sometimes the producers are being sneaking and hiding messages in the lyrics though, that's always kind of funny.
Hi Lila! I'm also an American living in northern Germany (retired) and enjoy your comments. A few more reverse culture shocks I've noticed: first, the cars are so big in the US! Monster SUVs all over the place. Also, I got in the habit of turning off the water in the shower, soaping myself and then turning it back on to rinse off. Do you do that, too? Also, "ich trenne meinen Muell" here in Germany and use "den gelben Sack" pretty conscientiously. Americans are a lot more casual about recycling, I think. Well, alles Gute and keep up the great work!
I live in Germany and had my wisdom teeth operation two weeks ago, i could decide if I want the local anesthesia with sedative for a extra 80€ or without which would cover my insurance. A general anesthetic during the operation cost about 400€. So I decided to get the sedative (somek kind of Benzodiazepin) and honestly it wasn't painful and I feel like I wasn't even conscious. So I can definitely recommend that, totally worth it! Not so expansive and a matter of 40minutes and actually quite pleasant experience😅. Greetings from Göttingen✌🏻
Tab Water: In Germany the tip is usually lower than in the US and the restaurants earn the most with the drinks. That's why they are not so happy, if you order tab water. But I agree that it would be better to calculate the "true" price for a meal and offer tap water for free, especially because tab water is usually fine and environmentally friendly. In Switzerland a retail market leader Migros Cooperative offer tab water in their self service restaurants for free.
@@alexandreaugustin832 In some restaurants in Austria you actually have to pay for Tab water because it's normally so uncommon here, that it's kinda frowned apon to not buy something. for the tab water though you're basically just paying for the use and cleaning of the glass. So mostly it's like 50 Cents to 1 Euro I believe.
Unless your X-ray shows potential for complications the wisdom teeth will be removed under local anaesthesia by your dentist. In case your wisdom teeth shows potential for complications, your dentist will refer you to a dental surgeon.
@@magdalenagraz8732 Not necessarily. You can have no problems at all (they stay in) or you can have a situation where a dentist can see they may cause problems in later life (they go out, with local anesthesia). OR you can have a situation where you want to remove the teeth (because of problems later in life) but removing them might be complicated -> surgeon. I got all mine out, all with local anesthesia. Harmless, in all 4 cases.
yep, that's the proper procedure also in Belgium , contact your 'home-dentist', if complications he will send you to a stomatologe ( kieferchirurge) or a paradentolist ( gumspecialist)
I would add that quite a few dentists in Germany are also dental surgeons. So they do not have tomsend you to a different doctor to perform dental surgery.
It also depends on if the wisdom tooth is still covered by your gum or not. If it is the dentist/surgeon has to cut the gum to get the tooth out which is more complicated than just pull the tooth out.
The Dentist might take an X-Ray to check how complicated the wisdom tooth is to pull out. Most of the time the dentist will pull it, but if it's too complicated, they might transfer you to a dental surgeon (Kieferchirurg).
I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed in one go last year, and it was a surgery under anesthesia (the sleeping kind) by a Kieferchirurg. It was fully covered by insurance. With just one tooth, they might only use local anesthesia.
I have all 4 taken away and there was a hughe difference between each side. The first two have been removed by dental surgeon and caused painfull long lasting infection problems. The other side was done by my new dentist who was once the chef dentist of the Berlin Charité. He cut the the teeth in two parts and removed them part by part without a large hole or even grinding the jaw. I wish i had done the first two also by this dentist.
@@faultier1158 I also had letting it done by a Kieferchirurg, but only with local anesthesia. 1st one side and after healing the other, so that I was able to eat almost normal with one side. No complications and not much pain afterwards and none during the procedure. I would recommend doing it without "the sleeping kind". Less stress and recovery for the body and you always know what's going on. Didn't take long either.
@@matteloht Tbh, I really liked the sleeping part. Someone drilling inside my mouth really stresses me out. And I didn't take long to recover from the anesthesia - half an hour or something. Eating was a bit tricky for a few days, but that's to be expected when you get 4 teeth removed at once. Full anesthesia is more risky ofc (there's a small chance of dying - especially if you're already weakened), that and the cost are the reason why you only do it for bigger things.
AFASK in Germany the Dentist /surgeon has to have the full anaesthesia done by a special doctor that has to attend the surgery. That is more effort - they try to avoid. That surgeon that does NOT fear the extra effort of having another doctor in the room try to distinguish from others for people that are very afraid.
Yes, German Apotheker know what they are talking about: Die Ausbildung zum Apotheker gliedert sich in folgende Abschnitte: das Grundstudium an einer Universität (2 Jahre Regelstudienzeit) inklusive der Famulatur (ein Praktikum von 8 Wochen) den Ersten Abschnitt der Pharmazeutischen Prüfung (1. Staatsexamen) das Hauptstudium (2 Jahre Regelstudienzeit) den Zweiten Abschnitt der Pharmazeutischen Prüfung (2. Staatsexamen) die praktische Ausbildung (12 Monate) inklusive der Teilnahme an den praxisbegleitenden Unterrichtsveranstaltungen (2 x 2 Wochen) den Dritten Abschnitt der Pharmazeutischen Prüfung (3. Staatsexamen)
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A late comment on tap water in restaurants. Germany doesn't have a culture of offering tap water in restaurants - maybe because at some point in history it wasn't sanitary, or maybe because Germans traditionally prefer carbonated water typically in the form of bottled "Mineralwasser". This contributed to the price structure you find in German restaurants. The food is often a rather low margin business - especially as staff is paid a living wage without requiring mandatory tipping. Drinks are much higher margin and contribute a lot to the operating cost and profit margins of restaurants. (So in a way you pay the owner by ordering drinks, like you pay staff in the UXS by tipping.) That doesn't mean that you need to drink juices or sodas - instead, if you only want water, you order "stilles Wasser" - bottled, uncarbonated, mineral water. There is no legal obligation for restaurants to serve tap water for free - or to offer it at all. So if you ask for tap water to drink, you can experience different reactions. Some restaurants will refuse to serve you tap water, offering their still mineral water instead. Others may serve you tap water, but charge you for it - in fact a couple of restaurants in Hamburg made headlines for charging 4,50€ or even 6,80€ for a carafe of tap water. In some places you will get a free glass of tap water if you order a glass of wine or a cup of coffee, but not as the only drink (somewhat common in Austria.) And there are places that will happily give you tap water for free. The latter seems to be becoming more common. But it can't really take widespread hold unless restaurants shift some of their margins from water to food - which is hard to do if a restaurant has to compete with the grown sentiment about what restaurant food will cost. And if I have to balance a pasta dish for 10€ in Germany plus a couple of Euros for a bottled water against the same experience in California, where a pasta entree will often be $25 (plus taxes and tip!), I'm not too unhappy to pay for drinking water...
14:18 in Germany the Softdrinks are sort of a tip… German Restaurants made more Profit with Softdrinks, then with food. So owner asks the waiters to sell Softdrinks.
Hey :) I liked your video a lot. I am German, living in Hessen - and I am a part-time cashier. I get that you're used to all that small talk and such but from a German perspective, I can tell you that it appears to be an invasion of my privacy if some foreign person in a super market asked me about what I did last summer and what my plans for the weekend are. Also, I do scan the products very fast but I also tell the costumers not to rush putting them away afterwards ^^ And if I am walking through the isles and I see someone is looking for something I ask them if I can help them. It is also okay to ask the personal for help ;) This June I got some of my wisdom teeth out. It was at my dentists office and he only anesthetized the right part of my jaw/cheek (I only got those two out). I was very lucky and even though I couldn't eat solid food for about a week I did not have any pain after the anesthetic wore off. So don't be too afraid of it. I also didn't wanted to be unconscious since I did not want it to be a big thing. I also wanted to stay in my hometown instead of driving half an hour to a clinic or what not. Especially since I then just wanted to be at home and not in some hospital bed or anything. Moving to the next thing you said: putting the toilet lit down is not just for splash-protection. I don't know about you and your boyfriend, but I only put it down after I flushed - and that is for once because I was told to do so while growing up. But also because during the time no one is on the toilet, dust settles and then you sit down in dust and that is just ewsh. Okay ... When I go to a restaurant I go there to eat something and therefore I also buy something to drink. I have never heard that that's where they make their money but I know it is not in tips like it is in the US or France or wherever. I also have never seen that there is something like free water. Even if it's not sparkling water I have to pay for it. Then again, I do not live in a big city. Well, anyway - great video! Have a nice day!
Just one or two remarks: "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (hehe) About the toilet flush, Bones (Emily Deschanel) once said something about myriads of germs would be released on you if you didn't close the lit before flushing - something that negated what I had learned, to not close the lit as to not it being polluted by the flush if having been closed before. Something I made an own comment of: I think, total anesthesia was something necessary for my own case, with three teeth being extracted at once, but local one might be sufficient if it's only about one tooth. Agree about the "not-being-able-to-consume-solid-food" thing, though it was less than a week for me.
I also work in a food store here in germany (I live in a very tiny town in Bavaria) and its totaly normal for people to ask the personal. Also if someone seems lost and I see them I always ask if I can help them in finding the items they search. I dont know where the feelings of foreigners come from that they cant ask for help... Maybe in a big city where everybody is in a rush but in smaller towns the attitude is much more relaxed
@@bobkat1911 we have around 40k people in this town so no I dont know everyone. Maybe most of the People recognise me from shopping in the store but we help complete strangers aswell :)
all the costumer service you love is exactly what would annoy me so much. I dont wanna talk to the cashier or been asked all the time if they can help me.
When I took German in highschool, I was taught that "tchüss" is informal or a casual way of saying bye while "aufwiedersehen" is the formal way of saying bye.
Tschüss is colloquial similar to Ciao or Servus or Moin or Pfiati/Pfüati Tschüss is also more common in central or northern parts of Germany and not common in southern Germany /Austria/ South Tyrol
Yes. You can say “Tschüss” in many situations, when you’re leaving a shop, restaurant, etc. even after an interview.. depends on the people.. you sometimes say: “Tschüss” or “Auf Wiedersehen” or “Guten Tag” or “Einen schönen Tag” or “Wiedersehn’”.. as Goodbye or bye bye. But important is: it is indeed necessary and polite to say goodbye 😘
Hi, I will give you my answers from a perspective of an Italian living in Germany. 1) credit card at the grocery shop: I think this is a safety thing. In Germany the terminal for the card payment is off all the time and it's activated by the cashier only when you say you want to pay with card. In Italy is more or less the same, in general the device is not directly accessible for the customer. When you give the card to the cashier he/she takes the device and passes it to you, to tap or to enter the code and then he puts it back. 2) in general in Italy nobody hurries you at the check out. It is up to you to be quicker if many people are waiting in the line, but the cashier will never hurry you. 3) customer service: in Italy it's not so extreme like in the US but also not so horrible like in Germany. The principle is that the customer is the king and he's always right, whether or not he made mistake or was acting not correctly. In Germany they call it customer service but it's just someone blaming you for having done something stupid or in the wrong way. 4) wisdom teeth: I took out all my 4 wisdom teeth in Italy with local anesthesia (no sleeping), of course in 4 different days. My orthodontist was also professor at university and sent me to the university oral surgery at the hospital, so I had to pay just the basic cost. I don't remember exactly, but it was for sure less than 50€ each tooth. After all, Italy has the 2nd best healthcare system in the world after France, according to the WHO. Germany is 25th, US is 37th. No problems at all. However I know that nowadays the general anesthesia is more and more applied. I don't know exactly why, but I don't think it's the best choice. 5) WC flush. In Italy is pretty similar to Germany. The old WC's have still one kind of flush for solid and liquid waste but the more recent ones have the double button for different kind of waste. In the US the older WC wasted a lot of water. After 1994 a law was introduced to reduce the amount of water, but in some case these low-flow toilets are inefficient, requiring more the one flush to remove the solid waste. So it depends on which generation of toilets you have been coming across. 6) Pharmacy. In Italy is also quite similar to Germany. In every pharmacy must be at least one pharmacist , who is not a doctor but a graduated in pharmacy and can advice you about which drug you could need for basic things. However in some bigger pharmacies, with many employees we just have a few pharmacists and other normal sellers without medical background. For specific advices, they have to ask to the pharmacist. 7) water in the restaurant. In general, nobody in Italy would ask for tap water in a restaurant, with exceptions. On one hand it is considered a little impolite (like you are so stingy that you want to save a couple of euro), on the other hand you want to choose among different water qualities. Then in general water in a restaurant is intended as mineral water (still or sparkle). Maybe in a bar or in a very cheap restaurant you can still order tap water, but it's a rarity, also because you maybe want to have it a bit colder from the fridge. Tourists in Italy sometimes feel like they are cheated, because of the high cost of the water in bottle at the restaurant, but once I was asked 9.50€ for a bottle in Munich! 8) vaccine app: this is an European thing, not only German. Theoretically all 27 EU countries should have an app system to scan the QR codes and save them in the so called "green pass". And not, it's not because they take care of you, it's only because they don't trust you! If you say you are vaccinated but cannot show an evidence, probably you are not vaccinated :-) I think in the US it is still the concept of trust in one's word: if I say I'm vaccinated, then I'm, until proven otherwise. In Europe is the other way around. 9) sunny days: I am also the kind of person who is very much influenced by the weather: sun it's good mood, no sun is bad mood. In southern Italy I was used to have 9 months good weather, with at least 6 month with 30°C and the rest a bit cloudy with very few days of heavy rain or wind and cold. But even in a bad day, you will always have some hours of light. Since I'm in north Germany everything changed and a summer can be even 5 days in a year and raining 200 days a year. I was shocked by a statistic: in the north-west area of Germany the two months with the highest raining amount are July and August! which are probably for the rest of the northern hemisphere the warmest and dryest months of the year. Bye, take care!
I am living in nz and I miss the German healthcare. Haven’t ever paid for braces, dentists, blood tests. You even get medical massages, speech training, physiotherapy, counseling/ psychotherapy paid if you need it.even some plastic surgery Is paid by the healthcare, for example if you have problems because your boobs are too big. And if you’re a single parent you can go on a 3 week paid parent-child- retreat. Now that I’m in nz I had to pay almost 300 nz dollar for a professional dental clean :(
I'm really astonished that Italy has the 2nd best health care system in the world - they tell us quite the opposite about Italy in Germany!!! But I'm sure you're right. Not only since Corona but also before it I and my boyfriend had bad experiences with doctors here. Our health care system is a mess and much too expensive. I'm "selbstständig" and pay so much more for the insurance than any employee.
@@nebucamv5524 also don't think its necessary true, in the World Index of Healthcare Innovation 2020 Germany is number 2 after switzerland. Italy is only number 29. so i guess it depends where you look it up haha
There is a saying: "Operation succeeded, patient is dead." This means that invasive interventions should always be the last resort. This also applies to general anesthesia. If it's not absolutely necessary, don't do it. It's very rare, but general anesthesia can kill you. That is the meaning of the above saying. The local anesthesia is very good and you will not experience any pain. You can close your eyes and, if you like, listen to music with earplugs. Make sure to have the dentist write down a pain reliever for you before you go home. You will need this when the local anesthesia wears off.
It there are no complications, the wisedomtooth should stay. It might replace a tooth that is not so good anymore and has to be pulled out. I am very happy to have wisdom teeth, I would have no teeth at the end of the row.
Tschüß is understood and used in all of Germany. Other regions have additional greetings that are unique to them. In Bavaria you may hear people say "Pfiad di" or "Habe die Ehre" or "Servus", but they will use "Tschüß" or "Ciao" etc. as well. Kind of depends on the context and the people you are with. The more local the group, the more local the greeting ;)
@@sofiam.8474 sagen eigentlich nur Männer und wenn man wirklich seine bayrische Herkunft zum Ausdruck bringen will. zb. am Stammtisch oder beim Schafkopfen. Auch in Österreich.
17:52 „too less sun affected the body and mood as well“ true, that’s why you go outside ASAP when sun shines on Germany. Sideeffect: You value sunny days much more.
Back in the days (like in the 90's) when Aldi had regular cash registers and no scanners the cashiers were hammering the keyboard in speed of light. The cashiers had to memorize the price of every single item as there were no price tags on the items as it would have taken too long to look for the price tags.
... and you had to shop with 2 people. 1 put the items on the belt and the second had to put the items into the cart 🛒 (in light speed), because behind the cashier was waiting an empty cart 🛒. Delaying the shopping hasn't been accepted 😂
is incorrect every product was numbered cashiers only had to remember the product number and if price changes happened that was changed in the head office. The cashiers only had to memorize the number of the goods and every Wednesday the promotional goods with product numbers.
Selber Packen und weniger reden im Supermarkt macht den Kassiervorgang schneller und die Waren etwas günstiger. Wenn ich in der Schlange stehe freue ich mich wenn's schnell geht, wenn ich einpacke geht's oft zu schnell. 😂 Letztendlich wohl wirklich eine Frage der Gewöhnung.
The idea is, to increase the psychological preasure on the customer. He then works faster. That way the throughput by one cashier rises meaning, you need less cashier. Good for the employer, less employees means less money to pay. So, that is the only reason.
Am a Czech but I never heard anyone who'd go asleep when wisdom teeth are taken out. Local anesthetics are much more common, cheaper and time-efficient. I think it's because here (and Germany) are people much more behaved and/or do not start freaking out when the dentist/surgeon takes out all his tools... and of course, there's no urge to milk people for everything even it's absolutely unnecessary. I'd go even further and say that lot of surgeries are done only with local anesthetics. I had fractured heel bone as a kid and they had to screw it together with several screws and surgical steel stuff... the only reason I *had* to be asleep was because I wasn't 15 y/o yet at that time. If I'd be 18+, for the same surgery, local anesthetics are always a first option. The cortisol cream really got me... here it's more of a meme... it's like if you don't know what the rash is OR no one gave you the cream specifically for that type of rash, use cortisol cream... it's like a duct tape, you can temporarily fix everything but you'll still eventually need to figure out how to repair it properly.
The reason most Americans are put to sleep for certain surgeries, is so they don't have to see what is happening, and it helps are them feel a bit relaxed. It's optional. When I had my wisdom teeth taken out, the top teeth just had to have teeth extractor tools to remove them, as they came in with no problem. The bottom teeth however had little room to fully come out, and were rotting away, and the gums were infected. So other tools had to be used to remove those. I did not want to witness that. Mine were removed at age 21.
Thankyou S Regan, and to the person who liked my comment before both comments disappeared. It was good to receive a comment so quickly, S Regan, and sorry I didn't get to read it. This is a real eye opener to me as I have crossed so many bridges with such a broad range of people from all over the world in comment sections, and really made some deepish connections and loyal comment-friends. It is an eye opener to me too, as I can only conclude that someone did not like our comments. I do not know what I wrote in my comments because they have disappeared. What I can say, though, is that I am the most compassionate person one could wish to meet and I very consciously try to both build understanding, but also to stand up when others are not treated as human. I think it is a Kiwi thing. ( eg women not voting in 1896, nuclear ships entering our ports, Spring boks blocking great rugby players because of the colour of their skin, and of course more recently, the odd person (double meaning) coming here and targetting our Muslims. This is part of Kiwi culture. Manaakitanga and kotahitanga are aspects of our culture that are very widely understood across our people. Our current prime minister and other leaders represent these mindsets. I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to Lila, but as you can imagine, I am shocked that deeply thoughtful and inspiring comments could be removed. I guess this is part of the backlash problem Lila has experienced. Lila, you are extremely brave how you weather the storm. To any German person who feels defensive about what others say- do not be bothered by it! You are a country with very many wonderful habits! Be proud of all the good and do not get annoyed by our views! Also, I am delighted to hear so much about brutal honesty. The person who removed comments could enlighten us regarding why. There is obviously more to understand across cultures. That's why some of us are here. I understand a bit about truthtelling and I know it isn't always popular. But a lot of people hide in the crowd and don't get in the ring and show courage (boxing analogy). Maybe this comment will disappear too. But I wanted to thank S Regan for his/her mystery reply.
About talking with a cashier : I - and Ithink many other germans too - absolutely hate it, when you are standing in a cue and you have to wait while the cashier is talking about unimportant things with the customer whos up. Do you really think the cashier has any interest in the life of thousands of customers ? Its all fake and wasted time. And in Germany the cashier is paid well. You dont have to give him a tip. I think cashiers in the USA have to be friendly to get their tip an make ends meet. So its all a big fake and worthless.
@@susannabonke8552 There is a difference between being friendly and being forced to have a fake conversation with every customer while others have to wait.
@@luckyqualmi I think I can distinguish between forced and real friendliness, and there ARE real friendly cashiers in Germany. Also, it's a sign of respect to other people to give them the time they need to pack their wares and pay (and talk) due to whatever reasons.
This "fake" debate always comes up; and, yes, it comes across to me as artificial as well. But effectively small talk and politeness are like that everywhere, even in Germany. It's maybe a bit more pronounced or done differently in the US - but the principle isn't different from certain expectations you'd with German waiters or cashiers. And if you look for example to the hyper-polite Japanese staff, that's again also company enforced and will feel artificial, but it's just a different politeness again; not that chatty-US type, but something unique to Japan. In the end societies just have certain norms and expectations and that's how people act. It's not so much "fake" as, well, being on a job.
Basically one can say that in Germany from north to south the groundwater becomes "softer" - for geological reasons. In the north - on the coast, groundwater does not have to cross as many layers of earth to get to the surface, but this means that more limestone is dissolved in the water - the water is "harder" - than in the south, the higher, mountainous parts Germany, with significantly more filter layers up to the exit on the surface - is only a guideline, but roughly this is possible.
Here in Germany, the restaurants hardly earn any money on the food you order, they make all their profit from the beverages they sell (it's got to do how the end prices are calculated and what's common and accepted by the guests). So if you don't order a beverage the place is actually almost loosing money with you while you occupy a seat that could be used by someone who would order a beverage. Most places won't even serve you tap water to you.
14:36 not ordering a drink in Hungary (it's quite possible it is similar in Germany) is like not tipping in the US. Restaurants usually barelly make any money on the food, the price only covers the used ingredients and the staff's wage.
oh? thats wierd O_o from sweden myself, it's fairly common not to order a drink with food, it's like 40% of people order some kind of wine / beer, 20% soda, and 40% order free water. Usually just order wanter, don't really want a "drink" with the food most of the time, if I felt I had to it'd be wierd to just toss it away every time just because you had to order it. So if you only want water, what do people do there? we don't have tipping like US (but like when bigger group, 4-10people maybe 50% of the times someone tips 5-10%, IF the waiter has been good). But it's not cheap to eat out though.. hm.
Wenn die Weisheitszähne schräg stehen oder es irgendwie kompliziert sein könnte, sie zu entfernen, macht es nicht der Zahnarzt. Der Zahnarzt überweist einen dann zu einem Kieferchirurgen. Mit jeder Narkose sind Risiken verbunden, deswegen sollte man generell nur lokal betäuben, wenn es möglich ist. Bei mir hat ein Kieferchirurg die Weisheitszähne entfernt, natürlich nur lokal betäubt. Man spürt nichts! Aber ich habe gemerkt, dass er mit Kraft und viel Werkzeug gearbeitet hat, es war echt komisch, aber total schmerzfrei.
Genau, er beurteilt, wie die Weisheitszähne liegen. Bei mir lagen sie zu nahe am Gesichtsnerv, deshalb wurde ich zu einem Kieferchirurgen überwiesen und unter Vollnarkose operiert.
About Trader Joes: Trader Joes is the American Version of Aldi Nord. Aldi in Germany is devided by South and in the Rest of the World is divided by Country so either Aldi Süd is allowed to open stores in a Country or Aldi Nord is allowed to open Stores. The Usa "belongs" to Aldi Süd so all Aldis you see in the USA belong to Aldi Süd but the USA is such a big market that aldi Nord also wanted to go there. So the Founder of Aldi Nord made the Brand Trader Joes for the US, this way he could ignore the rule within aldi.
That's right but.... Trader Joe's isn't made by ALDI Nord. Trader Joe's name is existing since 1967. In 1979 ALDI Nord bought the company and the brand Trader Joe's.
I'm from Austria and I got one of my wisdom teeth out 2 weeks ago.I was awake and just got an local anesthesia where my tooth was. What surprised me was that it took exactly 4 minutes to take the tooth out and that's it. (at least in my case) My super friendly dentist was like: "that's it you're good to go, just wait outside for 10 minutes so we can check if there's any after surgery problems" and then I could go home. Though I wasn't allowed to eat very hot, crumbly, or hard food for 1 week (no popcorn or cornflakes) and I had to watch out with my dental care on this spot and I wasn't allowed to lift heavy things of drive my car. But it was no bad experience and no big deal :)
😅 As far as I know, Trader Joe’s is Aldi-Nord. Aldi-Süd is just Aldi (in the US). For whatever reason, Aldi-Nord decided that they didn’t want to alienate American customers with their home brand. And, of course, that is also why you don’t have Trader Joe’s in Hamburg. That is Aldi-Nord territory. Aldi-Nord and Aldi-Süd are divided along the Aldi-equator running between Essen and Mühlheim an der Ruhr and then in a curvy line through all of Germany. Germany might be reunited, but in this regard we are still a split nation. Wisdom teeth… depends on the case. If the teeth are in position that is easy to reach, local anaesthesia will be sufficient (and you get live updates on the progress of the procedure). I did it with full anaesthesia. Boring. Water at restaurants: Yes, it is actually kind of rude to order tap water in Germany. You have to understand that the restaurants in Germany calculate their prices differently. So, not ordering a proper drink with your meal will mess up their calculation. They won’t make much profit if they sell only food. If you are out with some friends who also would like to drink water, oder a whole (0.7 litre) bottle (they’ll give you glasses for everyone at the table). If you drink wine you (or rather I and many I know) will usually also order a bottle of water to quench the thirst instead of getting completely drunk on wine.
Aldi is not the same at all to Trader Joes though. Trader Joes sells quite expensive and healthy products that are mostly organic. Aldi is a discount grocery store that doesn't sell anything similar to Trader Joes o.0 Thank you for the tips on the wisdome teeth and water:)
@@HiFromHamburg Trader Joe’s is owned by Aldi Nord, but Aldi decided to handle Trader Joe‘s as an investment and let them do their own thing, not messing with their business.
17:30 or so: "It's all mean. It's like Germany got scammed of summer again." It's a very nice and considerate thing to say. I think the Germans are kinda used to being cheated of summer and just learn to put up with it. But the summers of Los Angeles are totally glorious. Maybe that's why Germans love songs like: "I'm walking on sunshine."
In regards to the wisdom teeth removal, I've lived in the US all my life and they took out all 4 of my wisdom teeth without putting me to sleep. I got a bunch of numbing injections in my mouth (which, tbh was the worst part) but I wasn't in pain when they actually removed the teeth. My regular dentist did all this too. Overall, not a terrible experience. I think recovery was the hardest part.
For me as a Brazilian, German sounds kind of similar comparing with English, I learned English on my own and I got the American accent I wanted and now I'm starting with German / using English to learn German. Your experiences are useful for me to know a bit more about Germany and how an American can think about all of that. Great video!
I got my wisdom teeth out with just a local anesthesia although the surgent couldn't remove all teeth in one piece but had to break a tooth into pieces and collect the fragments. It's quite weird to feel your jaw being hammered and pulled without feeling anything on the theeth. On the plus side: if you don't go to sleep during the surgery you can leave by yourself just when it's done. You can still drive and don't need anyone watching over you. I think your surgent will discuss the options with you, but unless he/she recommends it, I would say going to sleep is not necessary.
I have to honestly say, I actually expected the usual reverse culture shocks from other expats, which is a recurring theme among expats. However, through your precise observations, you have been able to gain some aspects of the actually exhausted topic that I have not yet read.
My dentist in Halle an der Saale took out all 4 wisdom teeth at once. I was awake and I only had local anasthesia with some small syringes. I had to sip soup and ice for two days and then I was fine. During the session I haven’t seen anything, busy keeping my mouth open. But I chose to have my trusted dentist to it because I was afraid too.
Well, years ago I had a dentist who wanted to take my "Weissheitszähne" out - I was not convinced and so I asked another one who strongly disagreed. So maybe taking the opinion of your German dentist might be the next steps. Some years later the root of one of it caused a problem, so one had to go out - this needed a "Kieferorthopäde" as it the root was growing in to the jaw bone too much. But yet it was done with the local narcosis - and I got some pills for the pain afterwards. The operation was weird being awake, no pain. So I think there are two points why you have this difference in the US: a full narcosis gives them more money and US doctors try to avoid any pain or even weird feelings, which is thought to be ok in Germany, where we see that every full narcosis has a higher risk than a local one. So: If it is really necessary, I suggest to go with the local narcosis - it won't be a nice thing, but you will be fine.
My father was a dentist. And all of my wisdom teeth had to be removed. My father refused to do it on his own child, but he recommanded to have it done with local anesthesia. His argument was the dentist is likely to operate more gentle if the patient is awake, which reduces the risk of healing disorders. Proably that's not allways true. However my friend is terrified by dentists. He prefered full anesthesia. In that case all four teeth have been removed at once. I don't remember if he had to pay a part of the full anesthesia or if the health insurence pay for all. But a German dentist will be able to tell you. My fear before was much worse than the operation itself. I would chose local anesthesia again. My friend would chose full anesthesia again. :-) But he had to go through the hangover of the anesthesia and for some days he had a wound in each part of his mouth (we had soup then :-)). Just talk it over with your dentist in Germany. And if you still unsure, get a second opinion.
I had (in Germany) all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed with local anesthesia only. Sure, it was not funny. But it also was not terribly bad. I had 2 separate surgeries for that (once for left and once for right side top and bottom at once). It was a bit exhausting, because they pull back your cheek with a hook. And after 1,5 hours of holding against that pull, your neck starts to lose its strength and it's hard to keep the tension up against that pull. But it was really not that terrible. And it was done by a 'Kieferchirurg' (aka. dental surgeon) - not a regular dentist. But I went there and left again after ~1,5-2 hrs on my own feet without going to sleep.
I had to have all 4 of my wisdom theeth removed because they changed the positions of my other theeth as they pushed them forward. Unfortunately I was too late for it because I waited too long so my theeth are all akimbo now. Which really sucks as I had braces in my younger years and I can't afford them right now as an adult. (or haven't prioritised it enough) The Wisdom Theeths came about years later though. I had mine removed with local anesthesia. Two at a time - first one side then the other. They did this so I could chew on the other side while it healed up. No complications whatsoever. I didn't feel anything either, you just feel that things are going on. I did have some that where still under the flesh and some that had already poked through. So those under the flesh had to be cut open and then pulled out. If you're not comfortable with that or have a fear there is always the possibility to go under. But I think you have to go to the hospital for that. It also depends on how your theeth are positioned. So talk to your dentist or a specialist in Germany and they'll give you choices. It was not that bad as some of the drilling I had to have done. There's stuff that's more uncomfortable for sure.
As others have probably said here, the (often overblown) prices for drinks keep the prices for the food low - different business model ., but you are not forced to order a drink.
For the wisdom teeth: in the Netherlands either the dentist takes them out or it's a quick visit to the hospital (takes like 15 minutes max). Both do only local anesthesia. Never heard someone had to go to sleep completely. Also I just had them take out all 4. Two at one side in the first visit, other two at the next. No need to feel scared, you don't feel anything at all and it is done in no time. Afterwards you mouth can swell very much though which can really suck.
My friends had them taken out under general anesthetic (dunno if that is the right translation for Vollnarkose) here in Germany. Thought that was the norm but to be fair my friends arent really a big enough sample group to say it is, so maybe it isnt.
In Indonesia, wisdom teeth operation is thru local anesthesia (you're awake) at doctor office. Why would you add additional danger with full anesthesia? In Indonesia the operation is covered by national health insurance BPJS. If you don't have BPJS, the cost is 150 to 400 USD in private hospital, 30-100 usd in government hospital or clinics.
Drinks in restaurants: The prices in restaurants are calculated in a way that they make the most money with drinks. So by just ordering a meal and not paying for drinks you're basically being subsidized by the other patrons. Another thing is that waitstaff will pretty much leave you alone over the course of the meal. So bringing you drinks is the only moment for them to offer great service and earning a good tip. If you take that opportunity away from them, you have no reason to tip them in the end. So that's why they might seem disappointed.
In Germany we say often ,when you are friendly, "Tschüss schönen Tag noch" but normaly we say "Auf wiedersehen" wich is goodbye is the US i think but it's not an huge different between "Tschüss" and "Auf wiedersehen"
In the Netherlands the dentist removes the wisdom teeth, unless he suspects complications (from the X-ray) and it is covered if you have dental insurance. If complications are feared you must go to hospital (my case) to what we call a "jaw surgeon". I was awake, felt no pain and was out in 10 minutes. Of course the after surgery pain will last a few days, but the surgeon will give you stong pain killers to take home for that. In case of going to a hospital, the (compulsory) health insurance will cover it all.
I think if you lived a long time in another country you always have these culture shocks back and forth. Had them after living 3 years in the Netherlands. There is no Trader Joe in Germany, because the owners are the family Albrecht which also own Aldi. So have some products in Aldi under the name Trader Joe (Ice tea, nuts, etc.)
@@fruitproof115 the word is an abbreviation of "atschüs" , a vulgar form of "a dios" from spanish or adieu. Hamburg as international melting pot created it. That means "god be with you".
I just moved after living 9 years in Thailand. You never do the credit card swipe yourself there. You give your card to the cashier. Got back to the States this summer and tried to hand my card to the cashier. We stood there looking confused at each other.
'Tschüss' comes from the time of the french occupier and the following so called 'french time' in Hamburg, Lübeck an other Citys in Northern Germany between 1806 and 1814. The common people pronounced the french word Adieu as Adschö. Later it changed to "Adschüss" and "Tschüss". In Hamburg sagt man Tschüss (it means Auf Wiedersehen) is an old but well known regional Song by the folk access Heidi Kabel from the Onsorgtheater. To say Tschüss when leaving a Shop or restaurant is just courtesy.
I used to live in the South (GA) and now I live in Munich and I miss friendly customer service so much! Like whenever I'm speed-panic packing my groceries at the Aldi check-out I think about having nice, friendly conversations at the register in the US while someone else would pack for me... someone that was getting paid to do it. To be fair when I can't find stuff in German supermarkets (because also after all these years I still can't see the logic behind how supermarkets are organized here^^°) I will just ask someone that works there and they will know where I have to go looking usually. But yeah, sometimes they won't be very friendly when you dare ask a question. For the wisdom teeth removal: I had to get it done in Germany and yes, it's a surgery. But I wouldn't recommend going to sleep because a surgeon actually told me that some doctors will be less gentle when they feel you won't know what's happening.
was a really nice video to watch :) - your question at 3:40 : You said "Tschüss" alternatives: Auf Wiedersehn, Tschau, Tschö(ööö), TschauTschau, man sieht sich, bis dann, bis demnächst, bis morgen (if you want to be funny: Tschö mit Ö) - then there are also dialects like Bayrisch -> Hello = Servus, Bye=Servas, Guten Tag= Griasgott(Grüß Gott) .... the thing with Moin is only something else in the north to say hello - if you want to say bye just take on of those i listed first:) Little fun fact: It's uncommon to say "Auf Wiedersehn" if someone said it to you before. Mostly you'll answer it with "Tschüss", "Tschau" or "Tschööö". If the person who talked with you and says "Tschüss" and u want to be really wholesome then u say "Auf Wiedersehen" Hope that helps :D
You can go in Hamburg to the University Hospital Eppendorf and the sleeping during a teeth surgery will costs you 60 Euro. This is what I have paid in 2016. But that is all what you need to pay for, if you have the German health insurance. Same day surgery (sds) is called the Department in the Hospital. Hamburg has hard water. In Hannover the water is softer, because it comes from the mountains Harz. This make the difference with your hair or with the tea.
@Timon Zielonka: If "Tab Water" is the same as "Table Water" than you have tap water with additives (this water is the cheapest in restaurants). If you mean "Tap Water" (change the "b" with a "p") than you talk about the water at your home! In german restaurants it is unusally to serve "tap water". They serve table water or mineral water.
I hear that a lot from Europeans also, that they truly believe the American customer service is fake. I used to work in retail, and I can say at least for myself, if I'm being nice to you, I really mean it. It's just common courtesy! I genuinely liked helping people. I can't tell you how many times an item would be out of stock at my store and I would offer to get it for them from another store if they didn't want to track it down at another store in a different city themselves.
Love seeing videos like this, I will be studying in Tübingen for 1 year starting in August and I am from Cali. So I have been eating up these videos. Also, I got my wisdom teeth removed at the dentist with some numbing, no issue.
A months ago, I watched this video. I had to stop and repeat many times. But what I did the last past weeks was, I have really watched so many documentories and interwies of Pink Floyd, that I got used to listen and understand it more and more. It was an ultimate boost, really. Now I can understand this woman perfectly, 100 percent. Well, I think I have been spending my time very usefull. btw, it´s a nice voice, l like to listen to her very much.
Hi! *"Tschüss!"* is indeed very common all over germany to say:"Goodbye" in a nice, familiar way. You can use it everywhere and in nearly all situations, except when it has to be very "formalistic"! - Really not good to be used at funerals, or when you are leaving your bosses bureau, except when he is a near private friend. Especially not good, when you just told your weeping, (now ex -) partner, that "it is over!" Best regards, Lincoln 6 Echo
The white powder in you water is called "kalk" and it depends on the region you are living in. You have to look for a "wasserhärte" table for your region. In Bremen for example we have very soft water so you hair would be fine here.
I lived in Hamburg for one year and I can confirm, Hamburg really does not luck out when it comes to the weather. In this one year the weather was almost always quite rainy, misty and just all in all grey-ish and it affected me quite a bit, right up to I wish to not move there again.
Hello Lila, It was great to see your video. As an Indian who has lived in the US and now live in Germany, I could relate to a lot of these points. I would like to point share a few things on your shots: 1. Customer service: I think there is an imbalance in the US between the service providers and the customers. The most common adjective for customers I think is ‘’Irate’’. In Germany, I found that the service providers usually treat customers as equal so they don’t really need to find out about their customer’s day or whether the customer will put the zucchini that they bought into a soup or a curry. I think an interesting perspective will be for you to actually speak to people working in stores in the US as well as Germany and see what they say. 2. Packing your own groceries: This one I loved. DW had an Instagram reel which I really liked it. 3. Trader Joe’s: I was really surprised to see that you don’t know that Trader Joe’s is the brand used in the US by Aldi Nörd. I believe that they acquired it in the early seventies and continued to expand that brand in the US. In fact, I am told that in Aldi Nörd you can find a few You being from Hamburg, I would have expected that you already know this. You can google it. 4. Flushing: I feel that in the US, the flushes are more efficient and use less water than Germany. I find this rather surprising as I would have expected the Germans to adopt any environment friendly practice much quicker. 5. Restaurants in Germany: I think compared to the US, the service is so slow in Germany. I still notice this after spending 4 out of the last 5 years here. I think the whole concept of slow food is very natural to European restaurants and sometimes you have to wait for ages to first get the menu, and then to get the check. I think that once you have ordered, the drinks or the food comes pretty fast. But I sometimes miss the fast, efficient service from American restaurants. I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work and all the best!
At 7:49: Trader Joe's is owned by Aldi Nord, a major grocery discounter in Germany, which, as the name suggests, operates in nothern half of Germany, incl. Hamburg. Aldi Süd operates in the nothern part of the country. Their respective owners are brothers.
It depends: in Munich and Austria you say "Servus" in the area of Stuttgart you might hear "Ade" in some "Bundesländer" you also hear "Auf Wiedersehen"
Es werden drei Sprachformen unterschieden: * Standardsprache (wird überall verstanden) * Umgangssprache (slang, regional unterschiedlich) * Hochsprache (vornehme Ausdrucksweise) Tschüss ist Standardsprache und wird insofern überall verstanden. Hochsprache ist immer in höflichem Umgangston. Höflich kommt von Hof. Die Sprache die "am Hofe" (Adel) gesprochen wurde. Königshäuser, aber auch darunter. Beispiel Begrüßung/Verabschiedung: Umgangssprache: Servus, Hi, Ciao, CU, Was geht? Standardsprache: Tschüss, Hallo, Guten Tag/Abend/Morgen, Auf wiedersehen/wiederhören Hochsprache: evtl. Gehab dich wohl/Gehaben Sie sich wohl, für Begrüßung fällt mir gerade nichts ein Beispiel schlechtes Wetter: Umgangssprache: Es pisst / Sauwetter Standardsprache: Es regnet/es _hat/ist_ schlechtes Wetter Hochsprache: Es _herrscht_ schlechtes Wetter
I thought summer in Germany in general was a pretty average one (apart from the flood part). Some warm/hot days interchanging with thunderstorms and rain phases. The last three years of long dry hot periods were very uncommon amd affected lots of plants and wildlife with may forests considerably thinned out because of lack of water. The rainy summers are the reason Germany is lush amd green amd no desert ;) Plus you really learn to appreciate the sunny days and make the most of them. Have a great time in LA :) Also, isn't water in US mixed with cloride like in public swimming pools here? After swimming in such pools my hair is all curly like you described. Maybe it's not the chalk but the cloride they add to the water thats affecting the hair?
The wisdom teeth thing is different. My friend's dentist said that it depends on how the root is located and how branched it is. As soon as the jaw has to be cut open, you probably have surgery. He had a "root like in a medicine book" (whatever the doctor meant by that) and the tooth was simply pulled out under local anesthesia. After that he had to take strong pain medication for four days and cool down properly, and everything was okay again. A friend of mine had bad luck, he had to be operated under general anesthesia and the jaw was cut open. But it was not as bad as it sounds.
Uk Wisdom teeth extraction. Never done under a local anaesthetic. It’s done at special dental surgery with a qualified anaesthetist and the dentist. Usually Midazolam is used. Also you must have a responsible adult with you or they will not proceed , to drive you home post procedure. You can also attend hospital for something like total extraction but that’s unusual. The dental schools in London also see people out of hours but access is limited.
In New York, I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed in 2 visits. I was asked to decide if I wanted local anesthesia or to be put to sleep. I chose to stay awake. First visit was for bottom wisdom teeth - no pain or discomfort. Second visit was for top wisdom teeth - not without discomfort. When they injected the anesthesia at the roof of my mouth, I had a choking reaction, so they had to pull my chair upright so I could regain composure. I had no problem or pain after that. I guess that when the roof of your mouth is numb, it can feel swollen to the extent of feeling choked.
Hi from Flensburg! Love your video! I agree! Its really frustrating to have so much rain, wind and cloudy sky ... so yes, I think it forms the people a lot. When I was i North Carolina for a short school exchange I was so exited for the service and kindness of the people!
It's totally fine, and normal, to take still water/table water in lunch restaurants. I suppose it depends on the type of restaurant ("Imbiss"/"Wurstbude" may not have water, but the inside places usually do)
I'm from the very east of Germany and actually summer is mostly warm and sunny here. It's surely not California but Hamburg really is known for the rainy weather in summer. I was there on a trip some years ago and literally had no warm clothes with me as it was in June... I learned from it xD. Btw, you can say "Tschüss" everywhere in Germany :) Also I never order drinks just because I don't like to drink while eating. Never felt guilty for it ! The cashier topic depends on your location, usally in small towns or villages you know each other and talk about personal stuff. But yes generally it's not that common. It's really fun to hear your perspective as an Amercian. Didn't know you don't say "bye" at grocery stores. And the legendary "Hä"😅 still is a mood for me.
It's unusual to order tap water. It feels like you won't pay for water. Restaurants make most of their money with drinks because food is to cheap in Germany.
I had to extract a wisdom tooth while I was Bergendorf about 60 km east of Hamburg. My wisdom tooth was outside so there was no need for surgery so they said it can go up to 390 €.
In the US. In German 1, at the High School I went to the teacher told us: •In Germany they have an age restriction on who can watch the Disney movie the Little Mermaid. •That letters the teacher wanted us to read were written in English by German students that went to England to learn English. •A story about that would be told in Germany about a kid that died by refusing to eat soup. •That in Germany they a use what we in the US call military time. (In US movies and tv shows people in the US military would use military time. Also in real life.)
I got my wisdom teeth removed 8 years ago, and they did all in one go under general/full anesthetic. My doctor deemed the general anesthetic to be medical necessary. I had to pay only for the anesthetic dose itself which was 40€, which is kind of surprising since usually you pay for it all or none. My sister had them removed in two sessions with local anesthetic and she would had to pay like 300€ if she wished for a full anesthetic.
Here's what I learned the hard way in the restaurant business: 66% of a restaurants revenue comes from drinks. If you have less than 66% during margin, you (as a restaurant owner) do something wrong.
White thing in water is just minerals, it's called "hard water". Wikipedia says that "Hard water is formed when water percolates through deposits of limestone, chalk or gypsum" and this is why this kind of water contains magnesium, calcium and other minerals. I live in eastern Poland (so next to Germany) and as an example - we use filters before we boil water for tea, otherwise the bottom of czajnik (thing to boil water for tea) becomes white, full of minerals. But there are places where they have clean water and they don't need to do it, it just depends on where the water comes from in some area. I am pretty sure that in USA there are places where people also need to deal with hard water. :)
In the US you would typically go to your family dentist to remove your wisdom teeth under local anesthesia. For more complicated cases you would go to an oral surgeon.
I miss the days when people helped bag groceries. In Canada, in most stores I have been packing my own when going through the check out, though I have been going through the self check outs more often since covid. There are some stores that pack the groceries that don't charge for the plastic bags, but that is becoming very rare these days.
I'm writing only because I had my wisdom teeth removed yesterday: I live in Barcelona, tooth extraction is always free (covered by public insurance), dental surgeon did it. I guess it can be done by the normal dentist but depending on how they grow it may be a bit complicated. Also just had local anesthesia, I was never put under for a dental surgery.
German here. It has been a couple of years since I got my wisdom teeth out. It wasn’t my regular dentist but an oral surgeon as well and this seemed to be normal, at least in my town my classmates who had their wisdom teeth removed also went to the oral surgeon. I was put to sleep because I specifically requested it because I knew that I would hate the procedure and I prefer to sleep. It wasn’t a big deal and it was easily arranged and it cost absolutely nothing extra, but this might have changed over the years. I know only one other girl who was put to sleep , the others were awake during the procedure. the procedure itself was identical.
9:25 My wisdom teeth had to been taken out (it wasn't an acute emergency, so no pain, inflammation or suppuration) . My german dentist sent me to a specialist for dental surgery (orthodontist). At the orthodontists office a x-ray was taken in advance to check if there were some difficulties to be expected and then they drew the teeth in a second session under local anesthesia via local injection. Local anesthesia is the usual approach here if there are no reasons for general anesthesia like a complicated surgery or anxiety patients. I asked how long the removal will need and was told about 15 minutes in total - after 10 minutes i was already out of the doctor's office. There were no charges for this, all covered by the public health insurance fee. You should always be aware that a general anesthesia is an additional risk you want to avoid, if not necessary.
Inserting the credit card before the cashier is done scanning sound very odd to me. Don't you want to know the amount before agreeing to pay it? I would never use my credit card without being certain, that the sum would be covered by my current savings in that account.
It asks you a question at the end if the amount is correct so it doesn't proccess the card when you enter it in early :) It is just possible to start the process earlier so it saves some time^.^
Hi I live in Hamburg and can comfirm that wisdom teeth removal is covered by your health insurance, done by your dentist and I've never heard of someone going to sleep during the operation. I can remember pushing the volume of my Airpods to the fullest trying to block out all the horrific noises haha...
About the wisdom teeth: It depends on several factors whether they are just pulled out or whether a surgery is needed. When they did not come out of the gums yet, you need surgery to cut them out if they need to be taken out. If they are already out of the gum, you may still need surgery if they grew in a way that prevents them from being pulled out without hurting other teeth or if the roots are weirdly shaped. I had my four wisdom teeth removed under full anesthesia, not local anesthesia, because my mouth is rather small and I can't keep it open long enough to let them do their job. My boyfriend's wisdom teeth are already out of the gum and he had to have one pulled out. The dentist did it just in a normal appointment.
Hey Lila, I also have an appointment tomorrow to have two wisdom teeth pulled. But because they are so wedged, I have to go to an oral surgery. Statutory health insurance pays the costs for this. But since I also let myself be anesthetized, I have to pay 50€ (= $ 58.63) for the complete anesthetic. I couldn't afford the surgery in the US.
regarding ordering tap water: in germany you "pay" for the time on a table and the atmosphere of the location by buying drinks (implicitly). So sitting with empty drinks, or asking for free tap water can seem impolite. I would not do this when I am not known in that restaurant, and I would not be pissed if they charged for the tap water in this case. If you ask for tap water with e.g. wine or coffee - totally different situation. When you are a regular at a restaurant, and the waiters know you will tip for the good time you have there, there will be no strange looks for asking for how you enjoy yourself. A waiter will happily do anything so simple that makes a regular (who isn't stingy) have a good time. So on a first time at a restaurant, you might give an impression of being tight-fisted, and no waiter likes stingy customers (not only for the tips, but also for the tips). Or similarly, if you want to occupy a table with your friends just for chatting after the restaurants main dinner time is done - either keep ordering drinks, or ask for the bill and tip for the time you plan to stay. If you tip here and stay for another hour after their main business is done, you will probably be offered coffee or shots on the house. If you instead sit with empty drinks without having paid, you will probably be pestered every 10 minutes if you are fine - because it makes them uncomfortable with you sitting with empty drinks. The situation is completely different, but the meaning is similar: Once you show your appreciation for the good time you have at a place, you are welcome to stay and the nice customer is king. Until you do so, you might get strange looks for ordering tap water...
I've lived in Germany for over 20 years. Stuff I notice when I go back: grocery stores are overwhelming with too many choices and food is horribly expensive, especially organic stuff; lack of sidewalks and the possibilities to walk or ride bike somewhere; public transport sucks in most places; cars are enormous and many homes have two or three gas-guzzlers parked in their garages/driveways; tipping in restaurants in the US is practically mandatory because employers don't pay servers a living wage (I used to wait tables in the US...I made 1.29 dollars per hour!!); you're never sure how much something really costs because taxes aren't applied until you check out. In Germany, the price you see is the price you pay; healthcare in the US is insanely expensive. I could go on, but that's what comes spontaneously to mind.
Oh yeah, and the chlorinated water...I grew up on it but now, when we go back for a visit, I end up buying bottled water because my kids refuse to drink it!
Damn they have done a number on you- stay in Deutschland!!!
The stores are overwhelming here after being in Germany for 6 years. Took me a good bit of time to get over it. Turning right on red was the hardest thing to me.
America was made by croocks like the corrupted politicians.
You don't need a sidewalk to walk.
Aldi in Gemany is broken into two parts, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd. You can tell them apart by the color of the logo. In the US, we have Aldi with the blue logo (Aldi Süd). For legal reasons, Aldi Nord is known as Trader Joe's in the US.
That's changing though, I hear. The Aldis are uniting!
But Trader Joe's in the US is way cooler and hipper than Aldi Nord!
Thanks for the explanation, but in the video I was talking about wishing Trader Joes was in Germany. I'm pretty convinced many of the German commenters haven't visited Trader Joes in the US because it is nothing like Aldi in Germany. :D Same owner but totally different concept and products. (Trader Joes is more like a Biomarkt - very expensive products, freshly gourmet sandwiches and salads ready to go, most everything is organic, and they make their own very creative products- healthy themed.)
I've asked all of my German friends who lived in the US, and they say Trader Joes is nothing like Aldi. So I think it all depends on your view point :D
Trader Joe's was purchased by the Aldi owner as an investment. It's not really part of Aldi, and definitely not Aldi Nord. Totally separate companies.
@@HiFromHamburg but it is... it is Aldi Nord. Now, they may not have the same flair because there is a different taste and orientation, still it is. In the US, they are different because they compete in place (Aldi Nord and Sued) but not in segment (Aldi's ways vs. Trader Joe's ways). In Germany, they are occupying the same segment, so, they don't compete in place. Aldi Sued had the name rights to Aldi in the US, thus Aldi Nord bought Trader Joe's. Pretty sure they did market research and the segment of Trader Joes is covered by other brands in Germany. About what "A Hill" said: They still use the same market power to purchase despite being separate managements - the tactics are globally the same: Own branding, purchasing wholesale productions off of companies, etc. - the hiding of the connection is intentional, I believe, because there is no benefit to tell that it is under German ownership, but certain liabilities: If there is a conflict in public opinion, if they ever want to sell it, then any connection makes it harder. You won't find any hint on ownership on Trader Joe's site.
PS: I'm German expat living in TX, so I see both Trader Joe's and Aldi here and know the German markets both.
The water filters will reduce the mineral content, but the difference in effect on hair is mainly down to US tap water being chlorinated, which is strictly prohibited in Germany.
The toilet water in Germany is cleaner than the tap water in America
In Germany we have one of the cleanest water sources in the world
Yea… no. Chlorination is NOT prohibited in Germany. They rarely do chlorinate it, but sometimes, they do, for example after a pipe burst. I also can imagine that some communities do because they have bad water - or in summer when water reserves dwindle and they have to use less save resources.
The water in Hamburg is very good, water in n Heidelberg is very strong water with limestone.
Water in Germany is chlorinated, time to time I have seen chlorinated water in Heidelberg.
In my experience shopping for groceries in Germany, I am almost always positively surprised how well it works. They will leave you alone as long as you don't ask for help. But if you do, they will often even insist of walking you to the item you are looking for, except they are positively convinced that an exact explanation will do. That is even when you are obviously interrupting them with what they were doing. I love it.
I see it the same way. I'm sorry that these superficialities are highlighted as much as by the video creator.
In France, you can ask for tab water (usually provided automatically). But in Germany don't do that. Food is so cheap in Germany, the restaurants make their benefit with the drinks. So yes, it's absolutely uncommon to ask for a free drink.
Food is not really cheaper in Germany. In Germany you are paying around 14€ for a main course but in France you can get a 3 course qset meal that includes a drink for around 20€. The higher-end segment of restaurants can certainly be comparatively a lot more expensive compared to Germany but the quality in France is higher.
The restaurant prices vary a lot in Germany. The East - including Berlin - tends to be a lot cheaper.
In germany it is mandatory by law that any restaurant or club have to serve you tab water for free but most people just dont know.
The difference you noticed about the background music: As long as the lyrics aren't in German, to most Germans, English lyrics are not distracting because they don't understand them if they don't consciously make the effort to try. And as most pop music is in English is basically is the equivalent to instrumental music. Sometimes the producers are being sneaking and hiding messages in the lyrics though, that's always kind of funny.
Hi Lila! I'm also an American living in northern Germany (retired) and enjoy your comments. A few more reverse culture shocks I've noticed: first, the cars are so big in the US! Monster SUVs all over the place. Also, I got in the habit of turning off the water in the shower, soaping myself and then turning it back on to rinse off. Do you do that, too? Also, "ich trenne meinen Muell" here in Germany and use "den gelben Sack" pretty conscientiously. Americans are a lot more casual about recycling, I think. Well, alles Gute and keep up the great work!
I have always turned the water off while soaping myself and then back on to rinse. Anything else is a waste.
I live in Germany and had my wisdom teeth operation two weeks ago, i could decide if I want the local anesthesia with sedative for a extra 80€ or without which would cover my insurance. A general anesthetic during the operation cost about 400€. So I decided to get the sedative (somek kind of Benzodiazepin) and honestly it wasn't painful and I feel like I wasn't even conscious. So I can definitely recommend that, totally worth it! Not so expansive and a matter of 40minutes and actually quite pleasant experience😅. Greetings from Göttingen✌🏻
Tab Water: In Germany the tip is usually lower than in the US and the restaurants earn the most with the drinks. That's why they are not so happy, if you order tab water. But I agree that it would be better to calculate the "true" price for a meal and offer tap water for free, especially because tab water is usually fine and environmentally friendly. In Switzerland a retail market leader Migros Cooperative offer tab water in their self service restaurants for free.
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some restaurants will sell tap water for a small fee to pay for the glass you use and the service
tap water is legally free in germany
@@alexandreaugustin832 In some restaurants in Austria you actually have to pay for Tab water because it's normally so uncommon here, that it's kinda frowned apon to not buy something. for the tab water though you're basically just paying for the use and cleaning of the glass. So mostly it's like 50 Cents to 1 Euro I believe.
Why are people saying "tab" water it's "tap" , " faucht " in American English, Leitungswasser in German .
Unless your X-ray shows potential for complications the wisdom teeth will be removed under local anaesthesia by your dentist. In case your wisdom teeth shows potential for complications, your dentist will refer you to a dental surgeon.
If your wisdom teeth don't show potential for complications, they won't be removed at all. I have mine and they are fine.
@@magdalenagraz8732 Not necessarily. You can have no problems at all (they stay in) or you can have a situation where a dentist can see they may cause problems in later life (they go out, with local anesthesia). OR you can have a situation where you want to remove the teeth (because of problems later in life) but removing them might be complicated -> surgeon.
I got all mine out, all with local anesthesia. Harmless, in all 4 cases.
yep, that's the proper procedure also in Belgium , contact your 'home-dentist', if complications he will send you to a stomatologe ( kieferchirurge) or a paradentolist ( gumspecialist)
I would add that quite a few dentists in Germany are also dental surgeons. So they do not have tomsend you to a different doctor to perform dental surgery.
It also depends on if the wisdom tooth is still covered by your gum or not. If it is the dentist/surgeon has to cut the gum to get the tooth out which is more complicated than just pull the tooth out.
The Dentist might take an X-Ray to check how complicated the wisdom tooth is to pull out. Most of the time the dentist will pull it, but if it's too complicated, they might transfer you to a dental surgeon (Kieferchirurg).
I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed in one go last year, and it was a surgery under anesthesia (the sleeping kind) by a Kieferchirurg. It was fully covered by insurance. With just one tooth, they might only use local anesthesia.
I have all 4 taken away and there was a hughe difference between each side. The first two have been removed by dental surgeon and caused painfull long lasting infection problems. The other side was done by my new dentist who was once the chef dentist of the Berlin Charité. He cut the the teeth in two parts and removed them part by part without a large hole or even grinding the jaw. I wish i had done the first two also by this dentist.
@@faultier1158 I also had letting it done by a Kieferchirurg, but only with local anesthesia. 1st one side and after healing the other, so that I was able to eat almost normal with one side. No complications and not much pain afterwards and none during the procedure. I would recommend doing it without "the sleeping kind". Less stress and recovery for the body and you always know what's going on. Didn't take long either.
@@matteloht Tbh, I really liked the sleeping part. Someone drilling inside my mouth really stresses me out. And I didn't take long to recover from the anesthesia - half an hour or something. Eating was a bit tricky for a few days, but that's to be expected when you get 4 teeth removed at once.
Full anesthesia is more risky ofc (there's a small chance of dying - especially if you're already weakened), that and the cost are the reason why you only do it for bigger things.
AFASK in Germany the Dentist /surgeon has to have the full anaesthesia done by a special doctor that has to attend the surgery. That is more effort - they try to avoid. That surgeon that does NOT fear the extra effort of having another doctor in the room try to distinguish from others for people that are very afraid.
Yes, German Apotheker know what they are talking about:
Die Ausbildung zum Apotheker gliedert sich in folgende Abschnitte:
das Grundstudium an einer Universität (2 Jahre Regelstudienzeit) inklusive der Famulatur (ein Praktikum von 8 Wochen)
den Ersten Abschnitt der Pharmazeutischen Prüfung (1. Staatsexamen)
das Hauptstudium (2 Jahre Regelstudienzeit)
den Zweiten Abschnitt der Pharmazeutischen Prüfung (2. Staatsexamen)
die praktische Ausbildung (12 Monate) inklusive der Teilnahme an den praxisbegleitenden Unterrichtsveranstaltungen (2 x 2 Wochen)
den Dritten Abschnitt der Pharmazeutischen Prüfung (3. Staatsexamen)
A late comment on tap water in restaurants. Germany doesn't have a culture of offering tap water in restaurants - maybe because at some point in history it wasn't sanitary, or maybe because Germans traditionally prefer carbonated water typically in the form of bottled "Mineralwasser".
This contributed to the price structure you find in German restaurants. The food is often a rather low margin business - especially as staff is paid a living wage without requiring mandatory tipping. Drinks are much higher margin and contribute a lot to the operating cost and profit margins of restaurants. (So in a way you pay the owner by ordering drinks, like you pay staff in the UXS by tipping.)
That doesn't mean that you need to drink juices or sodas - instead, if you only want water, you order "stilles Wasser" - bottled, uncarbonated, mineral water.
There is no legal obligation for restaurants to serve tap water for free - or to offer it at all. So if you ask for tap water to drink, you can experience different reactions. Some restaurants will refuse to serve you tap water, offering their still mineral water instead. Others may serve you tap water, but charge you for it - in fact a couple of restaurants in Hamburg made headlines for charging 4,50€ or even 6,80€ for a carafe of tap water. In some places you will get a free glass of tap water if you order a glass of wine or a cup of coffee, but not as the only drink (somewhat common in Austria.) And there are places that will happily give you tap water for free.
The latter seems to be becoming more common. But it can't really take widespread hold unless restaurants shift some of their margins from water to food - which is hard to do if a restaurant has to compete with the grown sentiment about what restaurant food will cost.
And if I have to balance a pasta dish for 10€ in Germany plus a couple of Euros for a bottled water against the same experience in California, where a pasta entree will often be $25 (plus taxes and tip!), I'm not too unhappy to pay for drinking water...
14:18 in Germany the Softdrinks are sort of a tip… German Restaurants made more Profit with Softdrinks, then with food. So owner asks the waiters to sell Softdrinks.
Hey :)
I liked your video a lot. I am German, living in Hessen - and I am a part-time cashier. I get that you're used to all that small talk and such but from a German perspective, I can tell you that it appears to be an invasion of my privacy if some foreign person in a super market asked me about what I did last summer and what my plans for the weekend are. Also, I do scan the products very fast but I also tell the costumers not to rush putting them away afterwards ^^ And if I am walking through the isles and I see someone is looking for something I ask them if I can help them. It is also okay to ask the personal for help ;)
This June I got some of my wisdom teeth out. It was at my dentists office and he only anesthetized the right part of my jaw/cheek (I only got those two out). I was very lucky and even though I couldn't eat solid food for about a week I did not have any pain after the anesthetic wore off. So don't be too afraid of it. I also didn't wanted to be unconscious since I did not want it to be a big thing. I also wanted to stay in my hometown instead of driving half an hour to a clinic or what not. Especially since I then just wanted to be at home and not in some hospital bed or anything.
Moving to the next thing you said: putting the toilet lit down is not just for splash-protection. I don't know about you and your boyfriend, but I only put it down after I flushed - and that is for once because I was told to do so while growing up. But also because during the time no one is on the toilet, dust settles and then you sit down in dust and that is just ewsh.
Okay ... When I go to a restaurant I go there to eat something and therefore I also buy something to drink. I have never heard that that's where they make their money but I know it is not in tips like it is in the US or France or wherever. I also have never seen that there is something like free water. Even if it's not sparkling water I have to pay for it. Then again, I do not live in a big city.
Well, anyway - great video! Have a nice day!
Just one or two remarks:
"I Know What You Did Last Summer" (hehe)
About the toilet flush, Bones (Emily Deschanel) once said something about myriads of germs would be released on you if you didn't close the lit before flushing - something that negated what I had learned, to not close the lit as to not it being polluted by the flush if having been closed before.
Something I made an own comment of: I think, total anesthesia was something necessary for my own case, with three teeth being extracted at once, but local one might be sufficient if it's only about one tooth. Agree about the "not-being-able-to-consume-solid-food" thing, though it was less than a week for me.
I also work in a food store here in germany (I live in a very tiny town in Bavaria) and its totaly normal for people to ask the personal. Also if someone seems lost and I see them I always ask if I can help them in finding the items they search.
I dont know where the feelings of foreigners come from that they cant ask for help... Maybe in a big city where everybody is in a rush but in smaller towns the attitude is much more relaxed
Exactly! I hate it when cashiers get too chatty and ask nosy questions. Here in the US I use self-checkout whenever I can.
@@garysmalls8724 I can see in a tiny town where everyone knows everyone but not in a town where the store workers are all strangers.
@@bobkat1911 we have around 40k people in this town so no I dont know everyone.
Maybe most of the People recognise me from shopping in the store but we help complete strangers aswell :)
all the costumer service you love is exactly what would annoy me so much. I dont wanna talk to the cashier or been asked all the time if they can help me.
people are mostly kind, it is not a problem to ask for help. I do it often
When I took German in highschool, I was taught that "tchüss" is informal or a casual way of saying bye while "aufwiedersehen" is the formal way of saying bye.
Jup
That's right.
Thats not correct
I say yo Tschüss in a Formel way to someone on phone
Tschüss is colloquial similar to Ciao or Servus or Moin or Pfiati/Pfüati
Tschüss is also more common in central or northern parts of Germany and not common in southern Germany /Austria/ South Tyrol
Yes. You can say “Tschüss” in many situations, when you’re leaving a shop, restaurant, etc. even after an interview.. depends on the people.. you sometimes say: “Tschüss” or “Auf Wiedersehen” or “Guten Tag” or “Einen schönen Tag” or “Wiedersehn’”.. as Goodbye or bye bye. But important is: it is indeed necessary and polite to say goodbye 😘
Hi, I will give you my answers from a perspective of an Italian living in Germany. 1) credit card at the grocery shop: I think this is a safety thing. In Germany the terminal for the card payment is off all the time and it's activated by the cashier only when you say you want to pay with card. In Italy is more or less the same, in general the device is not directly accessible for the customer. When you give the card to the cashier he/she takes the device and passes it to you, to tap or to enter the code and then he puts it back. 2) in general in Italy nobody hurries you at the check out. It is up to you to be quicker if many people are waiting in the line, but the cashier will never hurry you. 3) customer service: in Italy it's not so extreme like in the US but also not so horrible like in Germany. The principle is that the customer is the king and he's always right, whether or not he made mistake or was acting not correctly. In Germany they call it customer service but it's just someone blaming you for having done something stupid or in the wrong way. 4) wisdom teeth: I took out all my 4 wisdom teeth in Italy with local anesthesia (no sleeping), of course in 4 different days. My orthodontist was also professor at university and sent me to the university oral surgery at the hospital, so I had to pay just the basic cost. I don't remember exactly, but it was for sure less than 50€ each tooth. After all, Italy has the 2nd best healthcare system in the world after France, according to the WHO. Germany is 25th, US is 37th. No problems at all. However I know that nowadays the general anesthesia is more and more applied. I don't know exactly why, but I don't think it's the best choice. 5) WC flush. In Italy is pretty similar to Germany. The old WC's have still one kind of flush for solid and liquid waste but the more recent ones have the double button for different kind of waste. In the US the older WC wasted a lot of water. After 1994 a law was introduced to reduce the amount of water, but in some case these low-flow toilets are inefficient, requiring more the one flush to remove the solid waste. So it depends on which generation of toilets you have been coming across. 6) Pharmacy. In Italy is also quite similar to Germany. In every pharmacy must be at least one pharmacist , who is not a doctor but a graduated in pharmacy and can advice you about which drug you could need for basic things. However in some bigger pharmacies, with many employees we just have a few pharmacists and other normal sellers without medical background. For specific advices, they have to ask to the pharmacist. 7) water in the restaurant. In general, nobody in Italy would ask for tap water in a restaurant, with exceptions. On one hand it is considered a little impolite (like you are so stingy that you want to save a couple of euro), on the other hand you want to choose among different water qualities. Then in general water in a restaurant is intended as mineral water (still or sparkle). Maybe in a bar or in a very cheap restaurant you can still order tap water, but it's a rarity, also because you maybe want to have it a bit colder from the fridge. Tourists in Italy sometimes feel like they are cheated, because of the high cost of the water in bottle at the restaurant, but once I was asked 9.50€ for a bottle in Munich! 8) vaccine app: this is an European thing, not only German. Theoretically all 27 EU countries should have an app system to scan the QR codes and save them in the so called "green pass". And not, it's not because they take care of you, it's only because they don't trust you! If you say you are vaccinated but cannot show an evidence, probably you are not vaccinated :-) I think in the US it is still the concept of trust in one's word: if I say I'm vaccinated, then I'm, until proven otherwise. In Europe is the other way around. 9) sunny days: I am also the kind of person who is very much influenced by the weather: sun it's good mood, no sun is bad mood. In southern Italy I was used to have 9 months good weather, with at least 6 month with 30°C and the rest a bit cloudy with very few days of heavy rain or wind and cold. But even in a bad day, you will always have some hours of light. Since I'm in north Germany everything changed and a summer can be even 5 days in a year and raining 200 days a year. I was shocked by a statistic: in the north-west area of Germany the two months with the highest raining amount are July and August! which are probably for the rest of the northern hemisphere the warmest and dryest months of the year. Bye, take care!
As for the Supermarket in Germany, yeah, so depressing..and I am born hete..some new ones in Berlin are more friendly.
I am living in nz and I miss the German healthcare. Haven’t ever paid for braces, dentists, blood tests. You even get medical massages, speech training, physiotherapy, counseling/ psychotherapy paid if you need it.even some plastic surgery Is paid by the healthcare, for example if you have problems because your boobs are too big. And if you’re a single parent you can go on a 3 week paid parent-child- retreat. Now that I’m in nz I had to pay almost 300 nz dollar for a professional dental clean :(
@@numivis7807 must be what Americans Sometimes call socialist.
I'm really astonished that Italy has the 2nd best health care system in the world - they tell us quite the opposite about Italy in Germany!!! But I'm sure you're right. Not only since Corona but also before it I and my boyfriend had bad experiences with doctors here. Our health care system is a mess and much too expensive. I'm "selbstständig" and pay so much more for the insurance than any employee.
@@nebucamv5524 also don't think its necessary true, in the World Index of Healthcare Innovation 2020 Germany is number 2 after switzerland. Italy is only number 29. so i guess it depends where you look it up haha
There is a saying: "Operation succeeded, patient is dead." This means that invasive interventions should always be the last resort. This also applies to general anesthesia. If it's not absolutely necessary, don't do it. It's very rare, but general anesthesia can kill you. That is the meaning of the above saying. The local anesthesia is very good and you will not experience any pain. You can close your eyes and, if you like, listen to music with earplugs. Make sure to have the dentist write down a pain reliever for you before you go home. You will need this when the local anesthesia wears off.
It there are no complications, the wisedomtooth should stay. It might replace a tooth that is not so good anymore and has to be pulled out. I am very happy to have wisdom teeth, I would have no teeth at the end of the row.
Tschüß is understood and used in all of Germany. Other regions have additional greetings that are unique to them. In Bavaria you may hear people say "Pfiad di" or "Habe die Ehre" or "Servus", but they will use "Tschüß" or "Ciao" etc. as well. Kind of depends on the context and the people you are with. The more local the group, the more local the greeting ;)
hahaha bin aus bayern, aber "hab die ehre" hab ich noch nie gehört
@@sofiam.8474 sagen eigentlich nur Männer und wenn man wirklich seine bayrische Herkunft zum Ausdruck bringen will. zb. am Stammtisch oder beim Schafkopfen. Auch in Österreich.
Ich hatte verstanden dass man in Deutschland nicht "Ciao" sondern "Tschau" schreibt. Stimmt das? (Holländer fragt)
@@ronaldv_tm geht beides
Moin Moin im Norden! Und „Tach!“ im Rheinland 😂
17:52 „too less sun affected the body and mood as well“ true, that’s why you go outside ASAP when sun shines on Germany. Sideeffect: You value sunny days much more.
Back in the days (like in the 90's) when Aldi had regular cash registers and no scanners the cashiers were hammering the keyboard in speed of light. The cashiers had to memorize the price of every single item as there were no price tags on the items as it would have taken too long to look for the price tags.
... and you had to shop with 2 people. 1 put the items on the belt and the second had to put the items into the cart 🛒 (in light speed), because behind the cashier was waiting an empty cart 🛒. Delaying the shopping hasn't been accepted 😂
is incorrect every product was numbered cashiers only had to remember the product number and if price changes happened that was changed in the head office. The cashiers only had to memorize the number of the goods and every Wednesday the promotional goods with product numbers.
Selber Packen und weniger reden im Supermarkt macht den Kassiervorgang schneller und die Waren etwas günstiger.
Wenn ich in der Schlange stehe freue ich mich wenn's schnell geht, wenn ich einpacke geht's oft zu schnell. 😂
Letztendlich wohl wirklich eine Frage der Gewöhnung.
The idea is, to increase the psychological preasure on the customer.
He then works faster. That way the throughput by one cashier rises meaning, you need less cashier.
Good for the employer, less employees means less money to pay.
So, that is the only reason.
Am a Czech but I never heard anyone who'd go asleep when wisdom teeth are taken out. Local anesthetics are much more common, cheaper and time-efficient.
I think it's because here (and Germany) are people much more behaved and/or do not start freaking out when the dentist/surgeon takes out all his tools... and of course, there's no urge to milk people for everything even it's absolutely unnecessary.
I'd go even further and say that lot of surgeries are done only with local anesthetics. I had fractured heel bone as a kid and they had to screw it together with several screws and surgical steel stuff... the only reason I *had* to be asleep was because I wasn't 15 y/o yet at that time. If I'd be 18+, for the same surgery, local anesthetics are always a first option.
The cortisol cream really got me... here it's more of a meme... it's like if you don't know what the rash is OR no one gave you the cream specifically for that type of rash, use cortisol cream... it's like a duct tape, you can temporarily fix everything but you'll still eventually need to figure out how to repair it properly.
Also, general anesthesia puts a lot of strain on the body. So it makes sense to avoid it, if not totally necessary.
The reason most Americans are put to sleep for certain surgeries, is so they don't have to see what is happening, and it helps are them feel a bit relaxed. It's optional. When I had my wisdom teeth taken out, the top teeth just had to have teeth extractor tools to remove them, as they came in with no problem. The bottom teeth however had little room to fully come out, and were rotting away, and the gums were infected. So other tools had to be used to remove those. I did not want to witness that. Mine were removed at age 21.
Thankyou S Regan, and to the person who liked my comment before both comments disappeared.
It was good to receive a comment so quickly, S Regan, and sorry I didn't get to read it.
This is a real eye opener to me as I have crossed so many bridges with such a broad range of people from all over the world in comment sections, and really made some deepish connections and loyal comment-friends.
It is an eye opener to me too, as I can only conclude that someone did not like our comments.
I do not know what I wrote in my comments
because they have disappeared.
What I can say, though, is that I am the most compassionate person one could wish to meet and I very consciously try to both build understanding, but also to stand up when others are not treated as human. I think it is a Kiwi thing. ( eg women not voting in 1896, nuclear ships entering our ports, Spring boks blocking
great rugby players because of the colour of their skin, and of course more recently, the odd person (double meaning) coming here and targetting our Muslims.
This is part of Kiwi culture.
Manaakitanga and kotahitanga are aspects of our culture that are very widely understood across our people. Our current prime minister and other leaders represent these mindsets.
I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to Lila, but as you can imagine, I am shocked that deeply thoughtful and inspiring comments could be removed.
I guess this is part of the backlash problem Lila has experienced.
Lila, you are extremely brave how you weather the storm.
To any German person who feels defensive about what others say- do not be bothered by it! You are a country with very many wonderful habits!
Be proud of all the good and do not get annoyed by our views!
Also, I am delighted to hear so much about brutal honesty. The person who removed comments could enlighten us regarding why. There is obviously more to understand across cultures. That's why some of us are here.
I understand a bit about truthtelling and I know it isn't always popular.
But a lot of people hide in the crowd and don't get in the ring and show courage (boxing analogy).
Maybe this comment will disappear too. But I wanted to thank S Regan for his/her mystery reply.
Moin Lila, apropos Regen:
Hamburg ist so schön, weil es ständig gewaschen wird! XD
Greetings aus deiner zweiten Heimat Ben
About talking with a cashier : I - and Ithink many other germans too - absolutely hate it, when you are standing in a cue and you have to wait while the cashier is talking about unimportant things with the customer whos up. Do you really think the cashier has any interest in the life of thousands of customers ? Its all fake and wasted time. And in Germany the cashier is paid well. You dont have to give him a tip. I think cashiers in the USA have to be friendly to get their tip an make ends meet. So its all a big fake and worthless.
I am German and I disagree.. Friendliness is worth it no matter the Motive behind.
@@susannabonke8552 There is a difference between being friendly and being forced to have a fake conversation with every customer while others have to wait.
@@luckyqualmi I think I can distinguish between forced and real friendliness, and there ARE real friendly cashiers in Germany. Also, it's a sign of respect to other people to give them the time they need to pack their wares and pay (and talk) due to whatever reasons.
This "fake" debate always comes up; and, yes, it comes across to me as artificial as well. But effectively small talk and politeness are like that everywhere, even in Germany. It's maybe a bit more pronounced or done differently in the US - but the principle isn't different from certain expectations you'd with German waiters or cashiers. And if you look for example to the hyper-polite Japanese staff, that's again also company enforced and will feel artificial, but it's just a different politeness again; not that chatty-US type, but something unique to Japan.
In the end societies just have certain norms and expectations and that's how people act. It's not so much "fake" as, well, being on a job.
@@Sp4mMe so you feel Well as customer.
Basically one can say that in Germany from north to south the groundwater becomes "softer" - for geological reasons. In the north - on the coast, groundwater does not have to cross as many layers of earth to get to the surface, but this means that more limestone is dissolved in the water - the water is "harder" - than in the south, the higher, mountainous parts Germany, with significantly more filter layers up to the exit on the surface - is only a guideline, but roughly this is possible.
Here in Germany, the restaurants hardly earn any money on the food you order, they make all their profit from the beverages they sell (it's got to do how the end prices are calculated and what's common and accepted by the guests). So if you don't order a beverage the place is actually almost loosing money with you while you occupy a seat that could be used by someone who would order a beverage. Most places won't even serve you tap water to you.
That's a legend. They calculate the meals for profit. Otherwise you could get a meal for less as 5 to 6 Euro.
14:36 not ordering a drink in Hungary (it's quite possible it is similar in Germany) is like not tipping in the US.
Restaurants usually barelly make any money on the food, the price only covers the used ingredients and the staff's wage.
oh? thats wierd O_o from sweden myself, it's fairly common not to order a drink with food, it's like 40% of people order some kind of wine / beer, 20% soda, and 40% order free water.
Usually just order wanter, don't really want a "drink" with the food most of the time, if I felt I had to it'd be wierd to just toss it away every time just because you had to order it.
So if you only want water, what do people do there?
we don't have tipping like US (but like when bigger group, 4-10people maybe 50% of the times someone tips 5-10%, IF the waiter has been good).
But it's not cheap to eat out though.. hm.
Wenn die Weisheitszähne schräg stehen oder es irgendwie kompliziert sein könnte, sie zu entfernen, macht es nicht der Zahnarzt. Der Zahnarzt überweist einen dann zu einem Kieferchirurgen. Mit jeder Narkose sind Risiken verbunden, deswegen sollte man generell nur lokal betäuben, wenn es möglich ist.
Bei mir hat ein Kieferchirurg die Weisheitszähne entfernt, natürlich nur lokal betäubt.
Man spürt nichts! Aber ich habe gemerkt, dass er mit Kraft und viel Werkzeug gearbeitet hat, es war echt komisch, aber total schmerzfrei.
Des Rausbrechen der Zähne fühlt sich schon bissl komisch an.
Genau, er beurteilt, wie die Weisheitszähne liegen. Bei mir lagen sie zu nahe am Gesichtsnerv, deshalb wurde ich zu einem Kieferchirurgen überwiesen und unter Vollnarkose operiert.
In Germany *you* have to ask the workers in stores when you need help to find something.
If you actually manage to find one. Last time I was in a different city and went to a Rewe market, it was easier to ask another customer :-)
About Trader Joes: Trader Joes is the American Version of Aldi Nord. Aldi in Germany is devided by South and in the Rest of the World is divided by Country so either Aldi Süd is allowed to open stores in a Country or Aldi Nord is allowed to open Stores. The Usa "belongs" to Aldi Süd so all Aldis you see in the USA belong to Aldi Süd but the USA is such a big market that aldi Nord also wanted to go there. So the Founder of Aldi Nord made the Brand Trader Joes for the US, this way he could ignore the rule within aldi.
That's right but.... Trader Joe's isn't made by ALDI Nord. Trader Joe's name is existing since 1967. In 1979 ALDI Nord bought the company and the brand Trader Joe's.
I'm from Austria and I got one of my wisdom teeth out 2 weeks ago.I was awake and just got an local anesthesia where my tooth was. What surprised me was that it took exactly 4 minutes to take the tooth out and that's it. (at least in my case) My super friendly dentist was like: "that's it you're good to go, just wait outside for 10 minutes so we can check if there's any after surgery problems" and then I could go home. Though I wasn't allowed to eat very hot, crumbly, or hard food for 1 week (no popcorn or cornflakes) and I had to watch out with my dental care on this spot and I wasn't allowed to lift heavy things of drive my car. But it was no bad experience and no big deal :)
😅 As far as I know, Trader Joe’s is Aldi-Nord. Aldi-Süd is just Aldi (in the US). For whatever reason, Aldi-Nord decided that they didn’t want to alienate American customers with their home brand. And, of course, that is also why you don’t have Trader Joe’s in Hamburg. That is Aldi-Nord territory. Aldi-Nord and Aldi-Süd are divided along the Aldi-equator running between Essen and Mühlheim an der Ruhr and then in a curvy line through all of Germany. Germany might be reunited, but in this regard we are still a split nation.
Wisdom teeth… depends on the case. If the teeth are in position that is easy to reach, local anaesthesia will be sufficient (and you get live updates on the progress of the procedure). I did it with full anaesthesia. Boring.
Water at restaurants: Yes, it is actually kind of rude to order tap water in Germany. You have to understand that the restaurants in Germany calculate their prices differently. So, not ordering a proper drink with your meal will mess up their calculation. They won’t make much profit if they sell only food. If you are out with some friends who also would like to drink water, oder a whole (0.7 litre) bottle (they’ll give you glasses for everyone at the table). If you drink wine you (or rather I and many I know) will usually also order a bottle of water to quench the thirst instead of getting completely drunk on wine.
Aldi is not the same at all to Trader Joes though. Trader Joes sells quite expensive and healthy products that are mostly organic. Aldi is a discount grocery store that doesn't sell anything similar to Trader Joes o.0
Thank you for the tips on the wisdome teeth and water:)
@@HiFromHamburg But funnily enough you'll find products labeled as "Trader Joe's" in Aldi Nord. :-)
@@HiFromHamburg Trader Joe’s is owned by Aldi Nord, but Aldi decided to handle Trader Joe‘s as an investment and let them do their own thing, not messing with their business.
17:30 or so: "It's all mean. It's like Germany got scammed of summer again."
It's a very nice and considerate thing to say. I think the Germans are kinda used to being cheated of summer and just learn to put up with it.
But the summers of Los Angeles are totally glorious. Maybe that's why Germans love songs like: "I'm walking on sunshine."
In regards to the wisdom teeth removal, I've lived in the US all my life and they took out all 4 of my wisdom teeth without putting me to sleep. I got a bunch of numbing injections in my mouth (which, tbh was the worst part) but I wasn't in pain when they actually removed the teeth. My regular dentist did all this too. Overall, not a terrible experience. I think recovery was the hardest part.
For me as a Brazilian, German sounds kind of similar comparing with English, I learned English on my own and I got the American accent I wanted and now I'm starting with German / using English to learn German.
Your experiences are useful for me to know a bit more about Germany and how an American can think about all of that.
Great video!
I got my wisdom teeth out with just a local anesthesia although the surgent couldn't remove all teeth in one piece but had to break a tooth into pieces and collect the fragments. It's quite weird to feel your jaw being hammered and pulled without feeling anything on the theeth.
On the plus side: if you don't go to sleep during the surgery you can leave by yourself just when it's done. You can still drive and don't need anyone watching over you.
I think your surgent will discuss the options with you, but unless he/she recommends it, I would say going to sleep is not necessary.
I have to honestly say, I actually expected the usual reverse culture shocks from other expats, which is a recurring theme among expats. However, through your precise observations, you have been able to gain some aspects of the actually exhausted topic that I have not yet read.
This comment made me so happy to read. Thank you! I'm glad I could find some aspects that weren't yet talked about :)
try to find channel Dream Prague, for born LA girl reverse culture shocks
My dentist in Halle an der Saale took out all 4 wisdom teeth at once. I was awake and I only had local anasthesia with some small syringes. I had to sip soup and ice for two days and then I was fine. During the session I haven’t seen anything, busy keeping my mouth open. But I chose to have my trusted dentist to it because I was afraid too.
Well, years ago I had a dentist who wanted to take my "Weissheitszähne" out - I was not convinced and so I asked another one who strongly disagreed. So maybe taking the opinion of your German dentist might be the next steps. Some years later the root of one of it caused a problem, so one had to go out - this needed a "Kieferorthopäde" as it the root was growing in to the jaw bone too much. But yet it was done with the local narcosis - and I got some pills for the pain afterwards. The operation was weird being awake, no pain. So I think there are two points why you have this difference in the US: a full narcosis gives them more money and US doctors try to avoid any pain or even weird feelings, which is thought to be ok in Germany, where we see that every full narcosis has a higher risk than a local one. So: If it is really necessary, I suggest to go with the local narcosis - it won't be a nice thing, but you will be fine.
I had one of mine removed - thats all. no problems with the rest. They are exaggerating this.
My father was a dentist. And all of my wisdom teeth had to be removed. My father refused to do it on his own child, but he recommanded to have it done with local anesthesia. His argument was the dentist is likely to operate more gentle if the patient is awake, which reduces the risk of healing disorders. Proably that's not allways true. However my friend is terrified by dentists. He prefered full anesthesia. In that case all four teeth have been removed at once. I don't remember if he had to pay a part of the full anesthesia or if the health insurence pay for all. But a German dentist will be able to tell you. My fear before was much worse than the operation itself. I would chose local anesthesia again. My friend would chose full anesthesia again. :-) But he had to go through the hangover of the anesthesia and for some days he had a wound in each part of his mouth (we had soup then :-)).
Just talk it over with your dentist in Germany. And if you still unsure, get a second opinion.
I had (in Germany) all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed with local anesthesia only. Sure, it was not funny. But it also was not terribly bad. I had 2 separate surgeries for that (once for left and once for right side top and bottom at once). It was a bit exhausting, because they pull back your cheek with a hook. And after 1,5 hours of holding against that pull, your neck starts to lose its strength and it's hard to keep the tension up against that pull.
But it was really not that terrible. And it was done by a 'Kieferchirurg' (aka. dental surgeon) - not a regular dentist. But I went there and left again after ~1,5-2 hrs on my own feet without going to sleep.
I had to have all 4 of my wisdom theeth removed because they changed the positions of my other theeth as they pushed them forward. Unfortunately I was too late for it because I waited too long so my theeth are all akimbo now. Which really sucks as I had braces in my younger years and I can't afford them right now as an adult. (or haven't prioritised it enough) The Wisdom Theeths came about years later though. I had mine removed with local anesthesia. Two at a time - first one side then the other. They did this so I could chew on the other side while it healed up. No complications whatsoever. I didn't feel anything either, you just feel that things are going on. I did have some that where still under the flesh and some that had already poked through. So those under the flesh had to be cut open and then pulled out.
If you're not comfortable with that or have a fear there is always the possibility to go under. But I think you have to go to the hospital for that. It also depends on how your theeth are positioned. So talk to your dentist or a specialist in Germany and they'll give you choices.
It was not that bad as some of the drilling I had to have done. There's stuff that's more uncomfortable for sure.
Aside from me being interested in what they are doing. So I want to be awake.
As others have probably said here, the (often overblown) prices for drinks keep the prices for the food low - different business model ., but you are not forced to order a drink.
For the wisdom teeth: in the Netherlands either the dentist takes them out or it's a quick visit to the hospital (takes like 15 minutes max). Both do only local anesthesia. Never heard someone had to go to sleep completely. Also I just had them take out all 4. Two at one side in the first visit, other two at the next. No need to feel scared, you don't feel anything at all and it is done in no time. Afterwards you mouth can swell very much though which can really suck.
My friends had them taken out under general anesthetic (dunno if that is the right translation for Vollnarkose) here in Germany. Thought that was the norm but to be fair my friends arent really a big enough sample group to say it is, so maybe it isnt.
In Germany most of the profit in normal Restaurants is made from the drinks not the meals.
In Indonesia, wisdom teeth operation is thru local anesthesia (you're awake) at doctor office. Why would you add additional danger with full anesthesia?
In Indonesia the operation is covered by national health insurance BPJS. If you don't have BPJS, the cost is 150 to 400 USD in private hospital, 30-100 usd in government hospital or clinics.
Drinks in restaurants: The prices in restaurants are calculated in a way that they make the most money with drinks. So by just ordering a meal and not paying for drinks you're basically being subsidized by the other patrons.
Another thing is that waitstaff will pretty much leave you alone over the course of the meal. So bringing you drinks is the only moment for them to offer great service and earning a good tip. If you take that opportunity away from them, you have no reason to tip them in the end. So that's why they might seem disappointed.
In Germany we say often ,when you are friendly, "Tschüss schönen Tag noch" but normaly we say "Auf wiedersehen" wich is goodbye is the US i think but it's not an huge different between "Tschüss" and "Auf wiedersehen"
Yes, we do have a lot of chalk in our water, but we only filter it for our irons; we may use extra rinse for our hair after washing it
In the Netherlands the dentist removes the wisdom teeth, unless he suspects complications (from the X-ray) and it is covered if you have dental insurance. If complications are feared you must go to hospital (my case) to what we call a "jaw surgeon". I was awake, felt no pain and was out in 10 minutes. Of course the after surgery pain will last a few days, but the surgeon will give you stong pain killers to take home for that. In case of going to a hospital, the (compulsory) health insurance will cover it all.
I think if you lived a long time in another country you always have these culture shocks back and forth. Had them after living 3 years in the Netherlands. There is no Trader Joe in Germany, because the owners are the family Albrecht which also own Aldi. So have some products in Aldi under the name Trader Joe (Ice tea, nuts, etc.)
Tschüss is now used all over Germany, primarily coming from the Coast, meaning: god with you! ( A Dios ).
Tschüss means god with you? How?
@@fruitproof115 did not believe it either. Had to Wikipedia that shit. And: it's absolutely true 😅
@@localheiner Wow, now I get it: a dios -> adieu -> adjüs -> atschüs -> tschüss
@@fruitproof115 the word is an abbreviation of "atschüs" ,
a vulgar form of "a dios" from spanish or adieu. Hamburg as international melting pot created it. That means "god be with you".
I just moved after living 9 years in Thailand. You never do the credit card swipe yourself there. You give your card to the cashier. Got back to the States this summer and tried to hand my card to the cashier. We stood there looking confused at each other.
'Tschüss' comes from the time of the french occupier and the following so called 'french time' in Hamburg, Lübeck an other Citys in Northern Germany between 1806 and 1814. The common people pronounced the french word Adieu as Adschö. Later it changed to "Adschüss" and "Tschüss". In Hamburg sagt man Tschüss (it means Auf Wiedersehen) is an old but well known regional Song by the folk access Heidi Kabel from the Onsorgtheater.
To say Tschüss when leaving a Shop or restaurant is just courtesy.
I used to live in the South (GA) and now I live in Munich and I miss friendly customer service so much! Like whenever I'm speed-panic packing my groceries at the Aldi check-out I think about having nice, friendly conversations at the register in the US while someone else would pack for me... someone that was getting paid to do it.
To be fair when I can't find stuff in German supermarkets (because also after all these years I still can't see the logic behind how supermarkets are organized here^^°) I will just ask someone that works there and they will know where I have to go looking usually. But yeah, sometimes they won't be very friendly when you dare ask a question.
For the wisdom teeth removal: I had to get it done in Germany and yes, it's a surgery. But I wouldn't recommend going to sleep because a surgeon actually told me that some doctors will be less gentle when they feel you won't know what's happening.
was a really nice video to watch :) - your question at 3:40 : You said "Tschüss" alternatives: Auf Wiedersehn, Tschau, Tschö(ööö), TschauTschau, man sieht sich, bis dann, bis demnächst, bis morgen (if you want to be funny: Tschö mit Ö) - then there are also dialects like Bayrisch -> Hello = Servus, Bye=Servas, Guten Tag= Griasgott(Grüß Gott) .... the thing with Moin is only something else in the north to say hello - if you want to say bye just take on of those i listed first:)
Little fun fact: It's uncommon to say "Auf Wiedersehn" if someone said it to you before. Mostly you'll answer it with "Tschüss", "Tschau" or "Tschööö". If the person who talked with you and says "Tschüss" and u want to be really wholesome then u say "Auf Wiedersehen"
Hope that helps :D
I am surprised you dont say bye😂 I did not know that... I would thought it is everywhere the same, but obviously not...
Trader Joe's is actually Aldi Nord in Germany ;) the american items actually often are branded as Trader Joe's there :)
You can go in Hamburg to the University Hospital Eppendorf and the sleeping during a teeth surgery will costs you 60 Euro. This is what I have paid in 2016. But that is all what you need to pay for, if you have the German health insurance.
Same day surgery (sds) is called the Department in the Hospital.
Hamburg has hard water. In Hannover the water is softer, because it comes from the mountains Harz. This make the difference with your hair or with the tea.
@Timon Zielonka:
If "Tab Water" is the same as "Table Water" than you have tap water with additives (this water is the cheapest in restaurants).
If you mean "Tap Water" (change the "b" with a "p") than you talk about the water at your home!
In german restaurants it is unusally to serve "tap water". They serve table water or mineral water.
I hear that a lot from Europeans also, that they truly believe the American customer service is fake. I used to work in retail, and I can say at least for myself, if I'm being nice to you, I really mean it. It's just common courtesy! I genuinely liked helping people. I can't tell you how many times an item would be out of stock at my store and I would offer to get it for them from another store if they didn't want to track it down at another store in a different city themselves.
Exactly how they handle it in German supermarkets!
Love seeing videos like this, I will be studying in Tübingen for 1 year starting in August and I am from Cali. So I have been eating up these videos.
Also, I got my wisdom teeth removed at the dentist with some numbing, no issue.
A months ago, I watched this video. I had to stop and repeat many times. But what I did the last past weeks was, I have really watched so many documentories and interwies of Pink Floyd, that I got used to listen and understand it more and more. It was an ultimate boost, really. Now I can understand this woman perfectly, 100 percent. Well, I think I have been spending my time very usefull. btw, it´s a nice voice, l like to listen to her very much.
Hi! *"Tschüss!"* is indeed very common all over germany to say:"Goodbye" in a nice, familiar way. You can use it everywhere and in nearly all situations, except when it has to be very "formalistic"! - Really not good to be used at funerals, or when you are leaving your bosses bureau, except when he is a near private friend. Especially not good, when you just told your weeping, (now ex -) partner, that "it is over!"
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The white powder in you water is called "kalk" and it depends on the region you are living in. You have to look for a "wasserhärte" table for your region. In Bremen for example we have very soft water so you hair would be fine here.
The english pendant to kalk is "limestone".
In Germany we call the service thing "Servicewüste Deutschland" and I think it is beautiful...
Horrible Thing.. that's why so many people are bitter..
@@susannabonke8552 Germans are more helpful and friendly. Just not all ;-)
@@Fast_Ultralight 😀👍
I lived in Hamburg for one year and I can confirm, Hamburg really does not luck out when it comes to the weather. In this one year the weather was almost always quite rainy, misty and just all in all grey-ish and it affected me quite a bit, right up to I wish to not move there again.
I got my wisdom teeth pulled here in germany, without going to sleep. At the very evening of that day I ate Vollkornbrötchen.
Hello Lila,
It was great to see your video. As an Indian who has lived in the US and now live in Germany, I could relate to a lot of these points.
I would like to point share a few things on your shots:
1. Customer service: I think there is an imbalance in the US between the service providers and the customers. The most common adjective for customers I think is ‘’Irate’’. In Germany, I found that the service providers usually treat customers as equal so they don’t really need to find out about their customer’s day or whether the customer will put the zucchini that they bought into a soup or a curry. I think an interesting perspective will be for you to actually speak to people working in stores in the US as well as Germany and see what they say.
2. Packing your own groceries: This one I loved. DW had an Instagram reel which I really liked it.
3. Trader Joe’s: I was really surprised to see that you don’t know that Trader Joe’s is the brand used in the US by Aldi Nörd. I believe that they acquired it in the early seventies and continued to expand that brand in the US. In fact, I am told that in Aldi Nörd you can find a few You being from Hamburg, I would have expected that you already know this. You can google it.
4. Flushing: I feel that in the US, the flushes are more efficient and use less water than Germany. I find this rather surprising as I would have expected the Germans to adopt any environment friendly practice much quicker.
5. Restaurants in Germany: I think compared to the US, the service is so slow in Germany. I still notice this after spending 4 out of the last 5 years here. I think the whole concept of slow food is very natural to European restaurants and sometimes you have to wait for ages to first get the menu, and then to get the check. I think that once you have ordered, the drinks or the food comes pretty fast. But I sometimes miss the fast, efficient service from American restaurants.
I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work and all the best!
At 7:49: Trader Joe's is owned by Aldi Nord, a major grocery discounter in Germany, which, as the name suggests, operates in nothern half of Germany, incl. Hamburg. Aldi Süd operates in the nothern part of the country. Their respective owners are brothers.
It depends: in Munich and Austria you say "Servus" in the area of Stuttgart you might hear "Ade" in some "Bundesländer" you also hear "Auf Wiedersehen"
I studied in Kiel (50 km North of Hamburg); it is raining a lot in Northern Germany, and often cloudy; I used to ride my bike, was constantly wet :(
Es werden drei Sprachformen unterschieden:
* Standardsprache (wird überall verstanden)
* Umgangssprache (slang, regional unterschiedlich)
* Hochsprache (vornehme Ausdrucksweise)
Tschüss ist Standardsprache und wird insofern überall verstanden.
Hochsprache ist immer in höflichem Umgangston. Höflich kommt von Hof. Die Sprache die "am Hofe" (Adel) gesprochen wurde. Königshäuser, aber auch darunter.
Beispiel Begrüßung/Verabschiedung:
Umgangssprache: Servus, Hi, Ciao, CU, Was geht?
Standardsprache: Tschüss, Hallo, Guten Tag/Abend/Morgen, Auf wiedersehen/wiederhören
Hochsprache: evtl. Gehab dich wohl/Gehaben Sie sich wohl, für Begrüßung fällt mir gerade nichts ein
Beispiel schlechtes Wetter:
Umgangssprache: Es pisst / Sauwetter
Standardsprache: Es regnet/es _hat/ist_ schlechtes Wetter
Hochsprache: Es _herrscht_ schlechtes Wetter
I thought summer in Germany in general was a pretty average one (apart from the flood part). Some warm/hot days interchanging with thunderstorms and rain phases. The last three years of long dry hot periods were very uncommon amd affected lots of plants and wildlife with may forests considerably thinned out because of lack of water. The rainy summers are the reason Germany is lush amd green amd no desert ;)
Plus you really learn to appreciate the sunny days and make the most of them.
Have a great time in LA :)
Also, isn't water in US mixed with cloride like in public swimming pools here? After swimming in such pools my hair is all curly like you described. Maybe it's not the chalk but the cloride they add to the water thats affecting the hair?
That's due to the tubes. Old ones..with a Filter it gets better..
The wisdom teeth thing is different. My friend's dentist said that it depends on how the root is located and how branched it is. As soon as the jaw has to be cut open, you probably have surgery. He had a "root like in a medicine book" (whatever the doctor meant by that) and the tooth was simply pulled out under local anesthesia. After that he had to take strong pain medication for four days and cool down properly, and everything was okay again. A friend of mine had bad luck, he had to be operated under general anesthesia and the jaw was cut open. But it was not as bad as it sounds.
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Wisdom teeth extraction.
Never done under a local anaesthetic.
It’s done at special dental surgery with a qualified anaesthetist and the dentist.
Usually Midazolam is used.
Also you must have a responsible adult with you or they will not proceed , to drive you home post procedure.
You can also attend hospital for something like total extraction but that’s unusual.
The dental schools in London also see people out of hours but access is limited.
In New York, I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed in 2 visits. I was asked to decide if I wanted local anesthesia or to be put to sleep. I chose to stay awake. First visit was for bottom wisdom teeth - no pain or discomfort. Second visit was for top wisdom teeth - not without discomfort. When they injected the anesthesia at the roof of my mouth, I had a choking reaction, so they had to pull my chair upright so I could regain composure. I had no problem or pain after that. I guess that when the roof of your mouth is numb, it can feel swollen to the extent of feeling choked.
Hi from Flensburg! Love your video!
I agree! Its really frustrating to have so much rain, wind and cloudy sky ... so yes, I think it forms the people a lot.
When I was i North Carolina for a short school exchange I was so exited for the service and kindness of the people!
It's totally fine, and normal, to take still water/table water in lunch restaurants. I suppose it depends on the type of restaurant ("Imbiss"/"Wurstbude" may not have water, but the inside places usually do)
I'm from the very east of Germany and actually summer is mostly warm and sunny here. It's surely not California but Hamburg really is known for the rainy weather in summer. I was there on a trip some years ago and literally had no warm clothes with me as it was in June... I learned from it xD. Btw, you can say "Tschüss" everywhere in Germany :) Also I never order drinks just because I don't like to drink while eating. Never felt guilty for it ! The cashier topic depends on your location, usally in small towns or villages you know each other and talk about personal stuff. But yes generally it's not that common.
It's really fun to hear your perspective as an Amercian. Didn't know you don't say "bye" at grocery stores. And the legendary "Hä"😅 still is a mood for me.
It's unusual to order tap water. It feels like you won't pay for water. Restaurants make most of their money with drinks because food is to cheap in Germany.
I had to extract a wisdom tooth while I was Bergendorf about 60 km east of Hamburg. My wisdom tooth was outside so there was no need for surgery so they said it can go up to 390 €.
Starting with the A4 sheet you wrote your notes on, or are theese Common in California as well?
haha well actually I brought the notepad and pen from Germany :D Nope, can't find these sizes here I don't think ^^
In the US. In German 1, at the High School I went to the teacher told us:
•In Germany they have an age restriction on who can watch the Disney movie the Little Mermaid.
•That letters the teacher wanted us to read were written in English by German students that went to England to learn English.
•A story about that would be told in Germany about a kid that died by refusing to eat soup.
•That in Germany they a use what we in the US call military time.
(In US movies and tv shows people in the US military would use military time. Also in real life.)
I got my wisdom teeth removed 8 years ago, and they did all in one go under general/full anesthetic. My doctor deemed the general anesthetic to be medical necessary. I had to pay only for the anesthetic dose itself which was 40€, which is kind of surprising since usually you pay for it all or none. My sister had them removed in two sessions with local anesthetic and she would had to pay like 300€ if she wished for a full anesthetic.
Here's what I learned the hard way in the restaurant business:
66% of a restaurants revenue comes from drinks. If you have less than 66% during margin, you (as a restaurant owner) do something wrong.
White thing in water is just minerals, it's called "hard water". Wikipedia says that "Hard water is formed when water percolates through deposits of limestone, chalk or gypsum" and this is why this kind of water contains magnesium, calcium and other minerals. I live in eastern Poland (so next to Germany) and as an example - we use filters before we boil water for tea, otherwise the bottom of czajnik (thing to boil water for tea) becomes white, full of minerals. But there are places where they have clean water and they don't need to do it, it just depends on where the water comes from in some area. I am pretty sure that in USA there are places where people also need to deal with hard water. :)
You should ask your pharmacist about the water 😂😂😂
In the US you would typically go to your family dentist to remove your wisdom teeth under local anesthesia. For more complicated cases you would go to an oral surgeon.
I miss the days when people helped bag groceries. In Canada, in most stores I have been packing my own when going through the check out, though I have been going through the self check outs more often since covid. There are some stores that pack the groceries that don't charge for the plastic bags, but that is becoming very rare these days.
Hahaha - you don’t know what happened THIS summer in Hamburg with the rain? Rain every day = life in Hamburg 🤗
I'm writing only because I had my wisdom teeth removed yesterday: I live in Barcelona, tooth extraction is always free (covered by public insurance), dental surgeon did it. I guess it can be done by the normal dentist but depending on how they grow it may be a bit complicated. Also just had local anesthesia, I was never put under for a dental surgery.
German here. It has been a couple of years since I got my wisdom teeth out. It wasn’t my regular dentist but an oral surgeon as well and this seemed to be normal, at least in my town my classmates who had their wisdom teeth removed also went to the oral surgeon.
I was put to sleep because I specifically requested it because I knew that I would hate the procedure and I prefer to sleep. It wasn’t a big deal and it was easily arranged and it cost absolutely nothing extra, but this might have changed over the years. I know only one other girl who was put to sleep , the others were awake during the procedure. the procedure itself was identical.
Oftentimes some kind of “if you don’t make eye contact you won’t get service“ gets applied.
9:25 My wisdom teeth had to been taken out (it wasn't an acute emergency, so no pain, inflammation or suppuration) . My german dentist sent me to a specialist for dental surgery (orthodontist). At the orthodontists office a x-ray was taken in advance to check if there were some difficulties to be expected and then they drew the teeth in a second session under local anesthesia via local injection. Local anesthesia is the usual approach here if there are no reasons for general anesthesia like a complicated surgery or anxiety patients. I asked how long the removal will need and was told about 15 minutes in total - after 10 minutes i was already out of the doctor's office. There were no charges for this, all covered by the public health insurance fee. You should always be aware that a general anesthesia is an additional risk you want to avoid, if not necessary.
Inserting the credit card before the cashier is done scanning sound very odd to me. Don't you want to know the amount before agreeing to pay it? I would never use my credit card without being certain, that the sum would be covered by my current savings in that account.
It asks you a question at the end if the amount is correct so it doesn't proccess the card when you enter it in early :) It is just possible to start the process earlier so it saves some time^.^
@@HiFromHamburg Makes sense. Even for a German.
Hi I live in Hamburg and can comfirm that wisdom teeth removal is covered by your health insurance, done by your dentist and I've never heard of someone going to sleep during the operation. I can remember pushing the volume of my Airpods to the fullest trying to block out all the horrific noises haha...
About the wisdom teeth:
It depends on several factors whether they are just pulled out or whether a surgery is needed.
When they did not come out of the gums yet, you need surgery to cut them out if they need to be taken out. If they are already out of the gum, you may still need surgery if they grew in a way that prevents them from being pulled out without hurting other teeth or if the roots are weirdly shaped.
I had my four wisdom teeth removed under full anesthesia, not local anesthesia, because my mouth is rather small and I can't keep it open long enough to let them do their job.
My boyfriend's wisdom teeth are already out of the gum and he had to have one pulled out. The dentist did it just in a normal appointment.
Hey Lila, I also have an appointment tomorrow to have two wisdom teeth pulled. But because they are so wedged, I have to go to an oral surgery. Statutory health insurance pays the costs for this. But since I also let myself be anesthetized, I have to pay 50€ (= $ 58.63) for the complete anesthetic. I couldn't afford the surgery in the US.
regarding ordering tap water:
in germany you "pay" for the time on a table and the atmosphere of the location by buying drinks (implicitly).
So sitting with empty drinks, or asking for free tap water can seem impolite. I would not do this when I am not known in that restaurant, and I would not be pissed if they charged for the tap water in this case. If you ask for tap water with e.g. wine or coffee - totally different situation.
When you are a regular at a restaurant, and the waiters know you will tip for the good time you have there, there will be no strange looks for asking for how you enjoy yourself. A waiter will happily do anything so simple that makes a regular (who isn't stingy) have a good time.
So on a first time at a restaurant, you might give an impression of being tight-fisted, and no waiter likes stingy customers (not only for the tips, but also for the tips).
Or similarly, if you want to occupy a table with your friends just for chatting after the restaurants main dinner time is done - either keep ordering drinks, or ask for the bill and tip for the time you plan to stay. If you tip here and stay for another hour after their main business is done, you will probably be offered coffee or shots on the house. If you instead sit with empty drinks without having paid, you will probably be pestered every 10 minutes if you are fine - because it makes them uncomfortable with you sitting with empty drinks.
The situation is completely different, but the meaning is similar: Once you show your appreciation for the good time you have at a place, you are welcome to stay and the nice customer is king. Until you do so, you might get strange looks for ordering tap water...