Lives in Berlin (2017–present) · Author has 181 answers and 879.1K answer views · Updated 7y ·
- You have to put the separation bar after your groceries in the queue to pay in the supermarket. The person behind you may be overloaded with their own groceries and staring at you with anger, but won’t put their stuff if you don’t place the bar first.
- You have to pack your groceries as fast as you can because the cashier won’t wait for you before they start with the following client. And cashiers in Germany are super fast!
- Drive your bike wherever and whenever you can (which is basically every day except when the streets are frozen).
- And connected with the last one….Nop, for Germans having small children or carrying stuff like a piece of furniture are no good excuse for not riding their bikes. (One time I saw a guy riding with a huge rug in his shoulder!)
- Germans don’t get up of their seats in the Ubahn/Sbahn until the train is fully arrived. There is enough time to get up and get off anyways.
- When you ask them “sprechen Sie Englisch bitte?” they’ll say “just a little”, even if they end up speaking like a bilingual person. (which is the exact opposite of the Spanish world)
- Germans put the bottles in the floor around the garbage trash bin, so poor people can collect them.
- When you tell an idea or a plan to a German who is close to you, they will point out everything that may go wrong with it. It sounds rude and annoying at first, but with time you understand they do it out of worry for you. Well, it never stops being annoying haha, but at least you know they are not trying to be mean.
- When the class ends, students don’t clap but instead they knock their tables to greet the teacher. I learnt this one on my first week at Uni and it blew my mind.
- Yesterday I got an invitation from a German friend to invite me to his birthday party in 3 more months.
- Germans’ pillows are squared and big. I don’t really understand why, but they love them. I have one because it came with the set from Ikea, but after 4 months I still don’t know what to do with it. It lays during the day in the bed, except when I want to lay and so I put it in the floor.
- In winter, Germans open the windows no matter how cold it is outside. They will not mind to ask anyone else if they care, because in their mind set everyone agree. Everytime I see a German opening the window I hear my mum yelling "the heating is on!!!"
- In new years eve, known here as ’Sylvester’, Germans buy dozens and even hundreds of euros in fireworks, to then shoot them to each other. Yes, they shoot each other fireworks. It’s insane, and super risky, but also it’s full of adrenaline. Just make sure you lock your windows properly that night.
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