7 Annoying Things about Living in Germany | Is Germany Living up to my Expectations?
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- In the last video, I talked about some of the reasons moving to Germany was one of the best decisions in my adult life. Moving here has not been perfect though because there are quite a few things that annoy me or sometimes even hate about living in this country.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:25 Public Transport (Deutsche Bahn)
00:03:22 Mixing German and English (Denglish)
00:04:53 German Bureaucracy and Paperwork
00:06:57 Pessimism and Complaining in Germany
00:08:12 Digitalization in Germany
00:09:42 Cash First Society
00:10:41 Struggles with the German Language
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I’m Oshando or you can just call me "OJ" and I’m from Jamaica. I am currently living in Germany and I have a passion for travel, running, cooking, hiking and just being out in nature. I’m easy going, always laughing, spontaneous and always trying to find ways to exit my comfort zone.
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If you think using cash is annoying, there is also "passend zahlen", which means you have to pay the exact amount in cash and they won't give change out.
Oh wow that would just drive me crazy! 😂 But thanks for preparing me just in case I stumble on that!
Yeah but thats almost nowhere. Only very rarely on parking clocks or public bathrooms that require 50 cents or so
That went from 0 to trauma dumping real quick!
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Haha you’re definitely right about that! 😅
Denglish is on the rise because many native speakers consume international, mostly english speaking, media, and many young professionals work for international companies or in an international context. Happens to me all the time. I read more English than German and listen to more English than German media almost every day, both because of my work and because of my interests/hobbies - to the extent that depending on the topics, I switch between thinking in English or German in my head. However, I have to speak German more often than English, which makes it difficult to think of the correct word in German sometimes. As for digitalization, it is so challenging because of bureaucracy - has been driving me crazy for over a decade now.
That’s also happening to me when I speak English too. Most times I have to be translating German words because the English word is just not on the tip of my tongue. What’s confusing about Denglish is that I no longer know which words are truly German. 😂
I've lived in Germany and Denmark, and I can say that in terms of digitalisation, Germany is a good 10-15 years behind its neighbouring countries. It's annoying to quite a lot of Germans, too.
Very annoying
Sadly that’s true. I’m surprised by very simple things in other countries because it’s not available in Germany and it will most likely take many years before it happens here. But hey at least it means there will always be work for me as a computer scientist. 😅
English words are thrown in because everyone speaks them, at least to a certain degree, and it's somewhat fashionable. In the past, it was French, and you can still see French's importance in many languages (including English). If, for instance, German were the lingua franca, and everyone had to learn it, then you would do the same. :)
You’re right about that. It’s fashionable and sometimes just the result of an international and interconnected world. But at this rate I guess in the future German as we know now it might not be around.
I loved Jamacia when I visited their twice....YOu must be going crazy about the German unhappy, grumpy, pesimistic, negative attitudes...It brings me down every day. Germans are angry about things that no one else in any other vountry would be upset about..and the things that they should be angry about they don't even notice.😂
Haha I blame it on the weather most times. When the weather is good, the people seem to be much happier and more positive. I guess it’s not completely their fault. 😊
what about 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 in English language? You don't use these numbers?
Okay you just blew my mind. It’s a similar pattern indeed. 😃
I'm German but I grew up bilingual with Americans here in Germany. I'm also annoyed by the non-existent digitalization here in this country. It's really frustrating...
I guess the leaders just have other priorities or interests. It’s really unfortunate though.
7:35 Hahaha Denglisch "Meckering" :D
Haha turns out „meckering“ it’s not an English word. 😂 Now I understand why people speak Denglisch. It’s just confusing to be bilingual 😂
Cash is king!
I need to just obey the king’s decree. 😀
@@OshandoJohnson Okay, you got me, that's an awful saying...
But be aware, non-cash paying is a for of corporate or government control, that is futile.
I'm just okay with it, limiting the use of cash for crimes or worse (e.g. limiting cash for just little amounts, useful for day-to-day operation). Noone needs 5.000 €/$ for his local bakery! But are you really comfortable with anyone (especially companies with commercial interests) knowing all of your spendings (including the details)?
hehe ...first time i heard the word meckering :)
Haha that moment when you’re complaining about something that you don’t like and you go ahead and do the very same thing! 😂 I don’t know why I thought it was an English word! 😂
I hate Denglish.
You constantly have "Meetings im Büro" or "Meeting im office und ein Come Together". Rarely somone has eine "Besprechung im Büro" and a "Zusammentreffen oder Kennenlernen bei einer Feier".
But it not unusual the other way round.
Kindergarten, Blitzkrieg und Weltschmerz came from German into English.
And there are several pidgin languages, where they mixed up a local language with English.
You just complain about complaining? You got germanized!
What is the problem with the number 42?
It is the same like 19.
In German zwei (2) und vierzig (40) as neun (9) zehn (10).
In English it is much more complicated.
19 is nine teen and from twenty onwards you change it. Instead of still using one and twenty you say twenty one. In German you just stick to the system.
So if you want to to it strict, you should also say teen-nine.
My problem with German. They complaint too much. I don't think 🤔 they gives thanks for what they have.
The next thing. They full of badmind.
Leave.
Why? That's fair criticism and not one of those who blatantly hate the country.
I could but my train is delayed, so I will just enjoy the time in Germany until the punctuality is improved. 😉
@@OshandoJohnson Cope
😂😂😂😂 Ich hab deinen Post sehr genossen! Du solltest das Video an unsere Regierung schicken! Das beschreibt unsere Situation in Deutschland sehr gut!
OK, das mit den Zahlen wird sich nicht ändern. Kenn das aber, wenn ich Preise in Englisch sagen muss.....immer kurz überlegen! 👍😂
Haha ich glaube die wissen schon Bescheid. Sie drücken die Auge einfach zu… habe ich das Gefühl. 😂 Schade die Zahlen sind aber mein größtes Problem. 😂