10 Things You Should Never Do In Germany

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Do you want to know how German my husband is? We flew to Lisbon for a long weekend. At the airport in Munich we bought water. That bottle had German Pfand. He refused to throw it away in Portugal so he packed in our suitcase and returned it once back home in Germany. My kind of man! 😂

It's a shame. I lost so many friends because of their recycling habits 😔 I just had to instantly blacklist them and report them to the PFAND-authorities

regarding the "divider stick": Nobody is afraid of paying for your goods, but everyone is afraid of wasting their time waiting for the supervisor to appear at the checkout ("Frau Müller Kasse 13, 96") just to storno the wrong item and explain the lady before you that it is removed from her bill. And all people in the row will look at you for your lazy move not to put the divider stick in time on the conveyor belt.

A little "klugscheißing": A german traffic light doesn't turn from "red" to "yellow" to "green", it turns from "red" to "yellow+red" to "green" 😆 when it goes back to red, only then the yellow is alone 😁

Tbf the divider thing isn't so much about paying but rather avoiding the inefficiency of the cashier having to book a cancelation "Herr Müller! Storno bitte Kasse 3!"

As a German I am upset with ghost-sponsors right now.

The problem with the traffic light is that if someone waits like 0,5 sec after the light turned green it causes a delay of 5 sec when there are like 10 cars in a row. In Germany we have a lot of traffic lights and they also switch very fast. This leads to more waiting time. In addition it could happen, that the last car has to wait again for the same lights just because someone didn´t drive fast enough. So nobody wants to wait unnecessarily, especially with all the traffic lights. Some traffic lights are connected with each other. So if there are 5 Traffic lights in a row, and the driver in front is too slow, it could happen, that you have to wait in front of every traffic light instead of driving through them all. Believe , everyone would become mad xD

How to upset an American: Start a conversation about religion or politics. From what I understand, Germans are perfectly fine discussing these topics. Not Americans.

I agree with you that you can annoy many Germans by always comparing Germany with the state of Bavaria, because we have so many other beautiful corners in Germany such as the North Sea and the Harz Moutains in northern Germany, or the beautiful Baltic Sea coast with theirs in the east wide sandy beaches and the Baltic Sea. The wine - growing areas are also recommended, etc.

Dude, calling non-Bavarians jealous of Bavaria is truly upsetting. Especially as a northern German, who lived in Bavaria I perceive the arrogance, ignorance, and exceptionalism of Bavarians as second to none in Germany, only matched by some of our transatlantic friends. Greetings from Hamburg, love your work

I had to smile a little at the beer photo. In the photo, the Kölsch glass is the same size as the Weizen glass. Important: A Weizen glass holds 0.5 l, while a Kölsch glass only holds 0.2 l.

We Germans have a lot of fun driving on the highway at 186 mph. Many people may think that we are hooligans. But if there's a traffic jam, we create an emergency lane for the ambulance. 10,000 drivers take part, none of them use the open route for themselves. No other country on this planet has such disciplined citizens.

The anger with all those 10 things is absolutely justified.

You know what upsets me? Assuming the strict orderliness of Baden-Würtemberg for the rest of Germany. People in northern Germany are way more laid back.

About shoes off: neither in Northrhine Westphalia where I have grown up nor Lower Saxony and in Schleswig - Holstein you take off your shoes entering flats or houses. That would be very impolite to ask your guests to take their shoes off.

These subjects from NALF and Feli from Germany really bring my German out! I show them to my wife and she says, “Yeah, that’s you!” Thank you!!!

Listening to your examples I had to smile a lot. I am a guy from northern Germany. We are a lot more laid back than the people from Baden - Württemberg. The only thing that makes us upset is when you talk too much.

Easy: Tell them American/French/British cars are better than German cars

In really urban areas you can leave the Pfand bottles standing next to a public bin. There are people who collect them to turn them in and get the coupons because they need the money. In very busy public spaces like a plaza in a bigger town or city, you may even see somebody or several people with one or more bags, actively asking for people's empty Pfand bottles.