My 8 New Weird German Habits

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There is a German word for what has happened to Deutsche Bahn. It has been "kaputtgespart". Kaputtsparen means: economize on something to the point of ruin.

“I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.” quote by Douglas Adams (author of "A Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy") Perhaps it isn't so much you becoming germanized that makes you dislike new technology but rather that you're just getting old... Or you can blame it on the Germans. Whatever makes you feel better. 😅

Complaining about the DB is Volkssport!

Cleaning the shower depends on the water. We don't do it, we have "soft" water.

In my part of Germany Brotzeit is a daytime meal and Abendbrot is for evenings - obviously.

as a german i can wholeheartedly say i love a hot dinner simply because im not at home during lunch hours and you have more time to cook

We Germans not only love the Brotzeit, but also our fresh cakes in the afternoon with coffee or tea.🙂🥧☕🫖

I feel like in Germany it is accepted to look at someone until you have established eyecontact. Then the "first looker" either smiles (active and friendly) or looks away (passive and nonthreatening), otherwise it transforms into a stare and is perceived as a threat. It is quite normal to establish eyecontact here.

you forgot to wipe the window with a wiper after showering

Me: wtf is Brotzeit Nalf: also known as Abendbrot Me: ah

Brotzeit don't have to be Abendbrot. In bavaria a Brotzeit can be every time of the day. 😊

I too scoffed at electric toothbrushes, then I used one. It was life changing. My teeth were cleaner than ever before and faster, and more thorough in less time.

For me, what Americans consider staring at someone is actually looking them in the eye. Meeting someone with an open gaze.

We in Chicago know all about transitional jackets. I've worn all three kinds just this month. 28 degrees one day, 50 another, and 74 the other day. Today it's 40ish!

It really annoys me when people diss the DB - if you travel by car you have occassions where it takes you much longer than expected to due traffic jams, accidents or rush hour as well, but with trains people seem to think there should never be any technical or mechanical issues, it has to run like clock work or it's crap. Nobody would complain about being 7 min late on a car journey or when cycling or walking somewhere. In the last few years I have had significantly more trouble with fligths being cancelled or horribly delayed, and DB saved the bacon a couple of times getting me from Frankfurt Airport to Pfronten at 2am when the connecting flight to Munich was cancelled.

It only took one trip for me to Germany to become a German beer snob…it’s just so much better. I always look forward to my next visit for that reason!

At the advice of some gamer friends, I dumped most of the wireless garbage that constantly needed replacing...headphones, computer mice, keyboards, speakers, and more. A wired mouse is so much more precise and fast...a 4 foot wide sweep over three monitors in 1 second. Wireless never did that for me and I kept having to replace or charge batteries every few weeks.

i wipe the glass door of the shower, but never the handles :D

I think in some parts of germany Brotzeit means the break during morning work and before lunch. Abendbrot is then dinner but like you said cold meal with coldcuts, fresh and pickled cucumber and tomato. We sayfor eating healthy: eat breakfast like a king, lunch as middleclass and dinner like a pauper