Because bureaucracy is always involved, when you are a migrant. In any country out there. And there are countries which make it much harder for migrants, than Germany.
@@dnocturn84 The problem with migration to germany is that there are absolutely no obstacles for mogrants in germany. Government pays everything for them from a flat or a house and if the dont find a spot for them to live tthe government just disowns our elderly and puts them on the street so migrants can take over their houses without having done anything for germany at all other then raping our children and women and stabbing everyone that is not up on a tree after 3 seconds. For example 7 grown men all migrants raping a 14 year old girl over 5 hours filming it and putting it on the internet, one was arrested for 1 month then releases and the other six didnt face any repercussions and government gives them a flat pays for every expenses in life gifts them cars while the german people cant afford food anymore. And now everyone wonders why the german people go to the right wing in politics.
There is a saying about us Germans: hard shell, soft core. If you have found good friends in Germany, then you can rely on them to always be there for you in good and bad times.🌺
I live in a Berlin and unless you have bad luck with your neighbors it's absolutely ok to throw a party on the weekend for special occasions like your birthday during nighttime. Usually people put a note on the front door letting everyone know there might be some noise.
Yes, on the weekend, for special occasions, notifying people in advance. That's likely not what that person was talking about. Probably talking about weekdays, just friendly get-togethers of students who don't have to get up early or otherwise people who are young enough they can get away with not sleeping much. There are many cultures where noise is just part of life when living in a city, so when you come from a culture like that, you don't think twice about being noisy, you probably don't even consider it noisy. I'm Dutch, and our culture is similar to Germany's in many way, and I had a Mexican roommate (from Mexico City, so talk about a whole other world, a city the size of the Netherlands, basically) for a while who was incredibly loud and, what I would call, inconsiderate. Blasting music at 2am, video chatting with his gf in Mexico at the loudest volume in the middle of the night, always having people over on weekdays, etc. I tried talking to him about it, but it was like he just didn't understand what I was talking about. And now I hear this person in the video who is also Mexican talking, and I guess it's just a cultural difference.
The first guy hit it on the head. I spoke five languages fluently, and a smattering of four others when I was transferred to Bayern. Without a doubt, German is the most complicated language I have met, other than Cantonese. As for the check-out, as someone in a wheelchair I found people to be very patient with me.
I guess, the heaviest problems with the German language are: 1) Grammatical gender is important, but there are no general rules how to tell the gender of word. 2) German sentence structure does not follow the usual Subject-Verb-Object structure (or Verb-Subject-Object or any other structure that can be easily displayed by the letters S, V, and O). 3) German strong verbs are beasts.
Of course only a French person can complain about German bread. The bread is awesome there. So many varieties. I do love a French baguette and a croissant from time to time but for a proper bready meal you need something with substance and white fluffy bread ain't it. By the way, buying groceries in The Netherlands can be just as stressful so be prepared. 😅
Well, why not? I sometimes say "I'm Bavarian" instead of "I'm German" because Bavaria is my home state and pretty well known, at least by name, just like, say, California or Texas. But where on the map is Illinois or Rheinland-Pfalz?
@@eisikater1584 point is, people from the rest of the world have a tendency to say which country someone is from, just like in the vid. When your talking to someone from ones own country then you tend to be more specific.
@@petebennett3733 I usually say that too, but there are well known regions in the world where you can be specific, and California is one of them. I mean, everybody knows where Hollywood is, don't we? It's not just "in the United States", it's in California. Los Angeles, San Francisco, these cities are famous, and they're in California. Silicon Valley is in California. -- I mean, just like Bavaria is one of 16 federal states of Germany, California is one of 50 federal states of the USA, but both states are somewhat unique and by some people (not even by some of their inhabitants) considered to be a part of the federation.
@@budapestkeleti6404 missed the point completely bud. Point is its seems to be a common thing with Americans to mention what state an individual is from instead of mentioning the country's name. Why even mention trump, that is in of itself pointless? Pride...no...nothing to do with that.
Visit Mainz. Founded by the Romans, has a Kardinal, the whole region with the middle Rhine ist so beautiful and it's a wine region. Much more affordable than other regions. Mainz ist full of history and it ist beautiful.
Perhaps I should explain a little bit, what the guy in the green jacket and black gloves and pink cap meant. I could have been a little confusing. What he meant, is a social benefit that is based on the Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz (yes, I know. We Germans love long words.) Translated it means something like "Federal Law concerning the Promotion of Education or Training". That law has a program, that supports students in school or university financially. How much you get, depends on 2 questions: Do you go to school or university? Do you live together with your parents or alone? Let's say you study at a university in Munich, like he does: You would get 452,00 € (for food, clothes, etc), plus 360,00 € (for rent, etc.), plus 94,00 € for you health insurance, plus 24,00 € for your nursing care insurance. So, in total 930,00 €. Half of it is a subsidy, that don't has to be payed back. The other half in an interest-free loan, that will be payed back.
In Germany you can find sports club, like sokker or chess clubs, where you can make friends. But for me it depends on the people, if they make friends or not. The thing in Europe is:: Find the place/country /area which fits you best and most things are great for you/you atr happy.
It takes a bit of time to make friends, but then you´ve got them for a lifetime! Speaking the language helps, not all Germans are comfortable in speaking English.
Finding Friends in Germany is not difficult. Dont take this too serious. There are lots of Vereine (Clubs) in Germany, just join one. Or go to a Kneipe and have some Drinks with people.
😂 I had to laugh about the American who mentioned the Olympic sport of bagging groceries yourself haha, in the Netherlands it's self service too, so be prepared Joel 😄
Pro tip for Amsterdam. You will run into "snack bars" but most of them are average to terrible. You will probably also be around the Leidseplein, which is very close to "Constantijn", the best snackbar we got. So if you want to see how we do deep fried, go to the Contantijn Huygen street.
The interviewer was fantastic engaging with them. Regarding your vlogs, please do much less in the cities. Get out among people elsewhere in the UK, Germany and The Netherlands. I think your impressions will be different and much better. 👍
I also hate when i am going to work when its dark and also when i am going home again during november - january when the daylight is rougly on the 8h mark. On the other hand it is awesome that during the peak of summer daylight reaches almost 17h. The funny thing is that on average in germany we have the same amount of daytime as california has. (If you compare Berlin and California City for example) April - September we have more, October - March we have less.
As a German, there is nothing worse for me than queuing at a supermarket checkout. For me, that's a waste of time without precedent. It has to be done in a jiffy, anyone who has to look for their Payback card or whose credit card doesn't work or who has forgotten to weigh out their stupid vegetables is my natural enemy. When it's finally my turn, I get the friendly announcement "I pay in cash, I don't need a receipt, I don't have Payback and I'll give you the loyalty points for free!" There's the usual laugh, the differences are immediately resolved and as I'm not that stupid and don't put my purchases randomly on the checkout conveyor belt (another thing where I always ask the people in front of me in the queue if they haven't had any schooling), I put them in the best way I can in the shopping bag after the checkout process, heavy items first, light and fragile items on top. As a rule, I'm only a tenth of a second later with the packing than the cashier with the checkout. WHERE is the problem now? If everyone wasn't so stupid at the checkout, we'd all have more free time. Wouldn't we? And we can do all this without being rude! I always have a smile on my face and the cashier usually has one too.
Paying cash vs paying with card isn't an issue. Most of the time I don't even have to enter my pin code and it's paid in 2 seconds. No cash transaction is that fast. But if people are surprised all of a sudden to enter their freaking code, don't know how to do it or do it wrong, forgot their pin code alltogether, hold their cards the wrong way or start to search for their wallet after the cashier told them how much it will cost, no further comment needed. Of course, nowadays it's a multitude of cards and smartphone apps. Payback card, the stores specific app, etc. This doesn't help. My personal favorite are people who want to pay with their Payback points, but don't know how to do it. In one occation it cost me 20 minutes waiting in line. The cashier was super helpful towards this helpless person, but this was insane. Please figure it out before you test it in real life, people. Biggest problem are actually people who desperately insist on bagging their stuff at the checkout. If it's just one bag - ok, do it. If it's multiple bags - you better have a plan and have some good experience doing it fast. If not, just put your stuff back into your shopping cart and bag it afterwards in the bagging area (most grocery shops provide this for a reason), outside of that grocery shop or at your cars trunk (if a car is involved, obviously). Don't know why some people want to steal other peoples' time and make you watch them slowly bag their thousands of items in five bags, while disciplining their four children and searching for their wallet. This should be punish-able through fines or something.
@@alicemilne1444 This is not against families with kids or the parents or kids themselves. But it's against trying to bag a substantial amount of groceries immediately on site, while facing multiple "problems" at once. They got there most likely with a van. Then please just put it back into the shopping cart and bag it at your car. Much easier and less stressful. Maybe it's more difficult for them to keep an eye on their kids on the parking lot, than on the checkout...
Wenn ich so einen unerträglichen Hektomaten hinter mir in der Schlange habe, der ständig mit den Hufen scharrt, dann schalte ich sofort in den Beerdigungsgang und mach gaaaaaaaaanz besonders langsam ... 😈 Wie im Video schon erwähnt, das ist KEINE olympische Disziplin, und wenn's dir pressiert, dann steh gefälligst zehn Minuten früher auf!! 😜
If you buy more than 3-4 things and bag your stuff at the register, you are doing it wrong. You put your stuff in the cart, after it got scanned, then pay, then go away and bag your stuff from the cart, somewhere where you aren't in the way.
Hello Joel. In the same way that you were made welcome here in Yorkshire, I reckon the welcome would be different in different parts of Germany. I worked with a couple of German women here. The older one actually had a British surname from when some parts of Germany shared a king with UK, but she pointed out the difference in how typically "strict" our younger colleague from a different region was. She said that because she was not brought up like that, she felt at home in Yorkshire, like you did.
the guy obviously a german, saying that 6 years ago the cities were just germans and only lately it became more universal is full of bs. I am older than this dude and I promise you, that might have been the case 40 years ago. It has always been international as far as I remember. Trust me, I lived already a loong time. lol
@@jan-matthisweng4437 no, he was referring to 2015 and the influx of Syrian refugees and all the other waves since then. he got it all wrong apparently as it wasn't at all like he claimed in 2015. my city already had 30% of its citizens with migration background 30yrs ago. nowadays, some quarters have residents with 70-80% migration background
6:48 'but I get it, I'm not saying the person who called the police was wrong for doing that.' no, of course not. the police wouldn't show up if the person who called them was in the wrong. there is a law in Germany protecting the rights and interests of citizens who want to get some sleep. neighbours are not allowed to disrupt the peace by causing a ruckus in the middle of the night. 🤠
The problem with BaföG is that you usually have to pay it back immediately after you have completed your studies, regardless of whether you already have a job or not. So you start life with a mountain of debt. Then it makes more sense to do a mini-job.
In Germany you can go to your police station twice a year and register your upcoming party. Then you have to inform your neighbors about your party with a note: it may be louder on this day. Then you have the freedom to have a loud party on these days. People can call the police as many times as they want, the police won't do anything.
It's so interesting how one asian(-looking) person made the experience that Germans are arrogant towards her as a "foreigner", wich I 100% believe. And another also asian person made had the very opposite experience with open-minded people. I think neither of them is wrong. It just shows that everyone goes through such different experiences... It depends on your surroundings on little things like maybe how you look, speak, move, make eyecontact. Many things that you can't really control....
By the telephone call - the police coud‘nt know wether there are only a bunch of pissed guys being noisy or a Turkish or Syrian clan with knives who would attack the officers or even call their families for assistance. Safety first is §1 of German police.
It´s weird to me,the way you feel about the German police. I´m definately a critical person concerning police and violance, police and demonstrations, police and the way they present themselves. But when I see videos of bodycams, I´m frightened, if I would be stopped in a traffic situation,I would be terrified. To me police is far to quickly shooting, they seem to shoot not very well. I mean the amount of bullets that are flying around without any effect is unbelieveable. Your police doesn´t seem to have regular shooting training. And I think in your country many innocent people get shot accidentically. As far as I remember, lets say in the past ten years there were (if I would have a guess) max. four people shot ACCIDENTICALLY by our policeofficers.
Hi, I am German. My child is half Brasilien. We did not get the BAföG, because it was to complicated with the papers, you habe to fill out from the Father( who lives in Brasil).in Brasil this paper fid not excist.So we had lot of problems. We got nothing, even my child and I are Germans. Also we both went to Brasil for a two years contract (I worked there at a German school) and for that time we did not get the monthly childmoney. -Because we did not stay in Germany that time. Even we are from there it was sure, we come back after two years. Today I have to pay 20 Euro, because by driving my car I drove 7 Km/ hour to fast, instead 60km/h I drove 67km/h In german words...it is not everything gold what is shining...Sorry for my English...
Why should you get child money when you aren't living in Germany and you aren't paying german taxes? Child money is for people living here, in German conditions and cost of living. Accordind to your "logic" every person with kids holding a German Passpot who is living abroad should get child money 🙄 . No, nope, that’s not how things work. Also, if you are speeding? Why shouldn't you pay money for it... you know, as anyone else who is breaking the rules. Funny how some people whine about the consecuences of their own decisions.
@@caraira1909 But I am regular living in Germany. I worked for a German school for two years. And I know, that people from other coutries , who came to Germany got that money for they children wich did not came here and stayed in their countries. That did not made sence for me! Anyway, it was'n fair....but it's long time ago now
@@caraira1909 I just try to explain, that is not evering, luke people think it is.... I am very german, born in Germany, my whole Familie, except my child. But lived here with me
That is one of the things that is wonderful about the US - you are a very open and welcoming to strangers and make them feel included. You are very sociable. Whereas, we in Europe very often form friendships in childhood and as we stay put, most of us…we see no need to increase our circle of friends after uni.
I could never understand why Americans chose to compare Germany to themselves. If anything, England is their closest, in terms of mindset, lifestyle and they both love and hate each other equally. Germany is an entirely different species of Europeans, unrelated to Brits in every single way. Language, food, beer, women, sex, history, music... As an European myself I find Germany very normal and not all that different in many aspects of life compared to the rest of Europe. Yes, one country is richer than the other, but the mentality is somewhat equal throughout most of the EU and Europe as a whole... while that isn't true for England (and I stress on England). Why nobody is making reaction videos about London, or driving in England. About all the crazy things Brits do or don't do, compared to the USA.
I can already recognize Americans living in Germany by them always complaining about the checkout in the supermarkets, lack of air conditioning, and need to pay in cash.
Internet speed and cell reception are so bad in Germany. Privacy rules are strict to the point of stupidity. People getting angry over nothing. Boring houses. Potholes.
Everybody will always miss the food,he or she grew up with.just a fact of life.
As a German I'm quite surprised that nobody mentioned the burocracy in Germany, especially immigration issues...
Because bureaucracy is always involved, when you are a migrant. In any country out there. And there are countries which make it much harder for migrants, than Germany.
@@dnocturn84with immigration there's always a burdensome bureaucracy anywhere
@@dnocturn84 The problem with migration to germany is that there are absolutely no obstacles for mogrants in germany. Government pays everything for them from a flat or a house and if the dont find a spot for them to live tthe government just disowns our elderly and puts them on the street so migrants can take over their houses without having done anything for germany at all other then raping our children and women and stabbing everyone that is not up on a tree after 3 seconds. For example 7 grown men all migrants raping a 14 year old girl over 5 hours filming it and putting it on the internet, one was arrested for 1 month then releases and the other six didnt face any repercussions and government gives them a flat pays for every expenses in life gifts them cars while the german people cant afford food anymore. And now everyone wonders why the german people go to the right wing in politics.
Oh, German bureaucracy is on another level of obnoxious.😂
@@RustyDust101 France is hard, too.
There is a saying about us Germans: hard shell, soft core. If you have found good friends in Germany, then you can rely on them to always be there for you in good and bad times.🌺
I live in a Berlin and unless you have bad luck with your neighbors it's absolutely ok to throw a party on the weekend for special occasions like your birthday during nighttime. Usually people put a note on the front door letting everyone know there might be some noise.
Yes, on the weekend, for special occasions, notifying people in advance. That's likely not what that person was talking about. Probably talking about weekdays, just friendly get-togethers of students who don't have to get up early or otherwise people who are young enough they can get away with not sleeping much. There are many cultures where noise is just part of life when living in a city, so when you come from a culture like that, you don't think twice about being noisy, you probably don't even consider it noisy. I'm Dutch, and our culture is similar to Germany's in many way, and I had a Mexican roommate (from Mexico City, so talk about a whole other world, a city the size of the Netherlands, basically) for a while who was incredibly loud and, what I would call, inconsiderate. Blasting music at 2am, video chatting with his gf in Mexico at the loudest volume in the middle of the night, always having people over on weekdays, etc. I tried talking to him about it, but it was like he just didn't understand what I was talking about. And now I hear this person in the video who is also Mexican talking, and I guess it's just a cultural difference.
The first guy hit it on the head. I spoke five languages fluently, and a smattering of four others when I was transferred to Bayern. Without a doubt, German is the most complicated language I have met, other than Cantonese. As for the check-out, as someone in a wheelchair I found people to be very patient with me.
I guess, the heaviest problems with the German language are: 1) Grammatical gender is important, but there are no general rules how to tell the gender of word. 2) German sentence structure does not follow the usual Subject-Verb-Object structure (or Verb-Subject-Object or any other structure that can be easily displayed by the letters S, V, and O). 3) German strong verbs are beasts.
Of course only a French person can complain about German bread. The bread is awesome there. So many varieties. I do love a French baguette and a croissant from time to time but for a proper bready meal you need something with substance and white fluffy bread ain't it.
By the way, buying groceries in The Netherlands can be just as stressful so be prepared. 😅
That's so true.
Yep, not much different in the Netherlands. Can confirm :o).
Notice how the American says California instead of America. That seems to be fairly common amoug Americans
Well, why not? I sometimes say "I'm Bavarian" instead of "I'm German" because Bavaria is my home state and pretty well known, at least by name, just like, say, California or Texas. But where on the map is Illinois or Rheinland-Pfalz?
@@eisikater1584 point is, people from the rest of the world have a tendency to say which country someone is from, just like in the vid. When your talking to someone from ones own country then you tend to be more specific.
@@petebennett3733 I usually say that too, but there are well known regions in the world where you can be specific, and California is one of them. I mean, everybody knows where Hollywood is, don't we? It's not just "in the United States", it's in California. Los Angeles, San Francisco, these cities are famous, and they're in California. Silicon Valley is in California. -- I mean, just like Bavaria is one of 16 federal states of Germany, California is one of 50 federal states of the USA, but both states are somewhat unique and by some people (not even by some of their inhabitants) considered to be a part of the federation.
@@petebennett3733being from the US isn't a reason for pride. Just look at the Trumpish States.
@@budapestkeleti6404 missed the point completely bud. Point is its seems to be a common thing with Americans to mention what state an individual is from instead of mentioning the country's name.
Why even mention trump, that is in of itself pointless? Pride...no...nothing to do with that.
Joel, it would be lovely if you were able to visit one of the other German speaking countries some time, maybe Switzerland or Austria.
Visit Mainz. Founded by the Romans, has a Kardinal, the whole region with the middle Rhine ist so beautiful and it's a wine region. Much more affordable than other regions. Mainz ist full of history and it ist beautiful.
These shoes in snow? He must be freezing...
Perhaps I should explain a little bit, what the guy in the green jacket and black gloves and pink cap meant. I could have been a little confusing.
What he meant, is a social benefit that is based on the Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz (yes, I know. We Germans love long words.) Translated it means something like "Federal Law concerning the Promotion of Education or Training". That law has a program, that supports students in school or university financially. How much you get, depends on 2 questions:
Do you go to school or university?
Do you live together with your parents or alone?
Let's say you study at a university in Munich, like he does: You would get 452,00 € (for food, clothes, etc), plus 360,00 € (for rent, etc.), plus 94,00 € for you health insurance, plus 24,00 € for your nursing care insurance. So, in total 930,00 €.
Half of it is a subsidy, that don't has to be payed back. The other half in an interest-free loan, that will be payed back.
13:49 “Schnee” means snow
“schnell” means quick
(I’m not sure which he said)
Snee
In Germany you can find sports club, like sokker or chess clubs, where you can make friends. But for me it depends on the people, if they make friends or not. The thing in Europe is:: Find the place/country /area which fits you best and most things are great for you/you atr happy.
Even as an adult German it’s hard to make friends as well!
I don’t think it’s just Germany
As an adult, it’s hard to make friends periodt.
It takes a bit of time to make friends, but then you´ve got them for a lifetime! Speaking the language helps, not all Germans are comfortable in speaking English.
Haha pink hat guy just started telling random things instead of answering the question lol
Finding Friends in Germany is not difficult. Dont take this too serious.
There are lots of Vereine (Clubs) in Germany, just join one. Or go to a Kneipe and have some Drinks with people.
😂 I had to laugh about the American who mentioned the Olympic sport of bagging groceries yourself haha, in the Netherlands it's self service too, so be prepared Joel 😄
Pro tip for Amsterdam.
You will run into "snack bars" but most of them are average to terrible.
You will probably also be around the Leidseplein, which is very close to "Constantijn", the best snackbar we got.
So if you want to see how we do deep fried, go to the Contantijn Huygen street.
The interviewer was fantastic engaging with them. Regarding your vlogs, please do much less in the cities. Get out among people elsewhere in the UK, Germany and The Netherlands. I think your impressions will be different and much better. 👍
13:41 I remember someone at an Indoor Sled/Ski Area wearing shorts in the UK once.
I also hate when i am going to work when its dark and also when i am going home again during november - january when the daylight is rougly on the 8h mark.
On the other hand it is awesome that during the peak of summer daylight reaches almost 17h.
The funny thing is that on average in germany we have the same amount of daytime as california has. (If you compare Berlin and California City for example)
April - September we have more, October - March we have less.
As a German, there is nothing worse for me than queuing at a supermarket checkout. For me, that's a waste of time without precedent. It has to be done in a jiffy, anyone who has to look for their Payback card or whose credit card doesn't work or who has forgotten to weigh out their stupid vegetables is my natural enemy. When it's finally my turn, I get the friendly announcement "I pay in cash, I don't need a receipt, I don't have Payback and I'll give you the loyalty points for free!" There's the usual laugh, the differences are immediately resolved and as I'm not that stupid and don't put my purchases randomly on the checkout conveyor belt (another thing where I always ask the people in front of me in the queue if they haven't had any schooling), I put them in the best way I can in the shopping bag after the checkout process, heavy items first, light and fragile items on top. As a rule, I'm only a tenth of a second later with the packing than the cashier with the checkout. WHERE is the problem now? If everyone wasn't so stupid at the checkout, we'd all have more free time. Wouldn't we? And we can do all this without being rude! I always have a smile on my face and the cashier usually has one too.
Paying cash vs paying with card isn't an issue. Most of the time I don't even have to enter my pin code and it's paid in 2 seconds. No cash transaction is that fast. But if people are surprised all of a sudden to enter their freaking code, don't know how to do it or do it wrong, forgot their pin code alltogether, hold their cards the wrong way or start to search for their wallet after the cashier told them how much it will cost, no further comment needed.
Of course, nowadays it's a multitude of cards and smartphone apps. Payback card, the stores specific app, etc. This doesn't help. My personal favorite are people who want to pay with their Payback points, but don't know how to do it. In one occation it cost me 20 minutes waiting in line. The cashier was super helpful towards this helpless person, but this was insane. Please figure it out before you test it in real life, people.
Biggest problem are actually people who desperately insist on bagging their stuff at the checkout. If it's just one bag - ok, do it. If it's multiple bags - you better have a plan and have some good experience doing it fast. If not, just put your stuff back into your shopping cart and bag it afterwards in the bagging area (most grocery shops provide this for a reason), outside of that grocery shop or at your cars trunk (if a car is involved, obviously). Don't know why some people want to steal other peoples' time and make you watch them slowly bag their thousands of items in five bags, while disciplining their four children and searching for their wallet. This should be punish-able through fines or something.
What a monumental waste of time to get angry queueing. Just be patient, use the time to relax and think. #tip
@@dnocturn84 Just wait until you have four kids!
@@alicemilne1444 This is not against families with kids or the parents or kids themselves. But it's against trying to bag a substantial amount of groceries immediately on site, while facing multiple "problems" at once. They got there most likely with a van. Then please just put it back into the shopping cart and bag it at your car. Much easier and less stressful. Maybe it's more difficult for them to keep an eye on their kids on the parking lot, than on the checkout...
Wenn ich so einen unerträglichen Hektomaten hinter mir in der Schlange habe, der ständig mit den Hufen scharrt, dann schalte ich sofort in den Beerdigungsgang und mach gaaaaaaaaanz besonders langsam ... 😈 Wie im Video schon erwähnt, das ist KEINE olympische Disziplin, und wenn's dir pressiert, dann steh gefälligst zehn Minuten früher auf!! 😜
Love this british guy with his videos. So funny sometimes! Greetings from Germany!
If you buy more than 3-4 things and bag your stuff at the register, you are doing it wrong.
You put your stuff in the cart, after it got scanned, then pay, then go away and bag your stuff from the cart, somewhere where you aren't in the way.
Not if you can keep up :o). Besides not all supermarket have enough space after the till.
Hello Joel. In the same way that you were made welcome here in Yorkshire, I reckon the welcome would be different in different parts of Germany. I worked with a couple of German women here. The older one actually had a British surname from when some parts of Germany shared a king with UK, but she pointed out the difference in how typically "strict" our younger colleague from a different region was. She said that because she was not brought up like that, she felt at home in Yorkshire, like you did.
Hey jps. long time ago. i like Your Videos about germany.( i am German and i know we a crazy). thank you for your Videos
german police is intimating .. at least we don't get shot at a traffic stop
IT'S IN EUROPE IN GENERAL BETTER ,NOT ONLY IN GERMANY.
Don't scream so loud. Ah my ears ...
the guy obviously a german, saying that 6 years ago the cities were just germans and only lately it became more universal is full of bs. I am older than this dude and I promise you, that might have been the case 40 years ago. It has always been international as far as I remember. Trust me, I lived already a loong time. lol
Er meinte wohl 60!
@@jan-matthisweng4437 no, he was referring to 2015 and the influx of Syrian refugees and all the other waves since then. he got it all wrong apparently as it wasn't at all like he claimed in 2015. my city already had 30% of its citizens with migration background 30yrs ago. nowadays, some quarters have residents with 70-80% migration background
Face it, JP, you are actually a German by heart and soul and need to move over here :) by the way, the German police is not intimidating
8:44 Facts
the hardest bit is getting through the new airport ;)
6:48 'but I get it, I'm not saying the person who called the police was wrong for doing that.' no, of course not. the police wouldn't show up if the person who called them was in the wrong. there is a law in Germany protecting the rights and interests of citizens who want to get some sleep. neighbours are not allowed to disrupt the peace by causing a ruckus in the middle of the night. 🤠
The problem with BaföG is that you usually have to pay it back immediately after you have completed your studies, regardless of whether you already have a job or not.
So you start life with a mountain of debt.
Then it makes more sense to do a mini-job.
In Germany you can go to your police station twice a year and register your upcoming party. Then you have to inform your neighbors about your party with a note: it may be louder on this day. Then you have the freedom to have a loud party on these days. People can call the police as many times as they want, the police won't do anything.
It can't be so difficult to learn german because I know 4 year old children talking well...
Schnäi! xD ❤ (=Schnee=Snow)
Joel should collab with YourTrueBrit once.
Hey JPS
As a german, what sucks is the beaurocracy, everywhere.
The pink head interior designer guy was annoyed pretty much delusional
It's so interesting how one asian(-looking) person made the experience that Germans are arrogant towards her as a "foreigner", wich I 100% believe. And another also asian person made had the very opposite experience with open-minded people. I think neither of them is wrong. It just shows that everyone goes through such different experiences... It depends on your surroundings on little things like maybe how you look, speak, move, make eyecontact. Many things that you can't really control....
Hardest part was leaving!
3:38 They aren't British shoes but summer shoes. Only idiots wear them in snow.
When you're coming to Germany, can I show you around Cologne and some typical German stuff? :D
The hardest part to live in Germany is: Germany is full of Germans ! Greetings from Austria.
According to our interior-designer-to-be, there definitely are too many...
The north of Germany is not that strict😉
Getting a bit too colourful, the last years. As long as the people really identify with the German values and get a job, but that is not the case.
By the telephone call - the police coud‘nt know wether there are only a bunch of pissed guys being noisy or a Turkish or Syrian clan with knives who would attack the officers or even call their families for assistance. Safety first is §1 of German police.
It´s weird to me,the way you feel about the German police. I´m definately a critical person concerning police and violance, police and demonstrations, police and the way they present themselves. But when I see videos of bodycams, I´m frightened, if I would be stopped in a traffic situation,I would be terrified. To me police is far to quickly shooting, they seem to shoot not very well. I mean the amount of bullets that are flying around without any effect is unbelieveable. Your police doesn´t seem to have regular shooting training. And I think in your country many innocent people get shot accidentically. As far as I remember, lets say in the past ten years there were (if I would have a guess) max. four people shot ACCIDENTICALLY by our policeofficers.
Hi, I am German. My child is half Brasilien. We did not get the BAföG, because it was to complicated with the papers, you habe to fill out from the Father( who lives in Brasil).in Brasil this paper fid not excist.So we had lot of problems. We got nothing, even my child and I are Germans. Also we both went to Brasil for a two years contract (I worked there at a German school) and for that time we did not get the monthly childmoney. -Because we did not stay in Germany that time. Even we are from there it was sure, we come back after two years. Today I have to pay 20 Euro, because by driving my car I drove 7 Km/ hour to fast, instead 60km/h I drove 67km/h In german words...it is not everything gold what is shining...Sorry for my English...
Why should you get child money when you aren't living in Germany and you aren't paying german taxes? Child money is for people living here, in German conditions and cost of living. Accordind to your "logic" every person with kids holding a German Passpot who is living abroad should get child money 🙄 . No, nope, that’s not how things work. Also, if you are speeding? Why shouldn't you pay money for it... you know, as anyone else who is breaking the rules. Funny how some people whine about the consecuences of their own decisions.
Consult a lawyer.
@@caraira1909 But I am regular living in Germany. I worked for a German school for two years. And I know, that people from other coutries , who came to Germany got that money for they children wich did not came here and stayed in their countries. That did not made sence for me!
Anyway, it was'n fair....but it's long time ago now
@@caraira1909 And for sure I and my Family payed more Taxes in my life than people who came from other coutries
@@caraira1909 I just try to explain, that is not evering, luke people think it is....
I am very german, born in Germany, my whole Familie, except my child. But lived here with me
Et ici en france tu connais ?
When will you finally move here ?!
That is one of the things that is wonderful about the US - you are a very open and welcoming to strangers and make them feel included. You are very sociable. Whereas, we in Europe very often form friendships in childhood and as we stay put, most of us…we see no need to increase our circle of friends after uni.
Hardest part was leaving.
Hey, could you please take a moment to check your emails‼
I could never understand why Americans chose to compare Germany to themselves. If anything, England is their closest, in terms of mindset, lifestyle and they both love and hate each other equally. Germany is an entirely different species of Europeans, unrelated to Brits in every single way. Language, food, beer, women, sex, history, music... As an European myself I find Germany very normal and not all that different in many aspects of life compared to the rest of Europe. Yes, one country is richer than the other, but the mentality is somewhat equal throughout most of the EU and Europe as a whole... while that isn't true for England (and I stress on England). Why nobody is making reaction videos about London, or driving in England. About all the crazy things Brits do or don't do, compared to the USA.
10:50 haha ^^ und die Deutschen beschweren sich das die Züge nicht pünktlich genug sind … den Deutschen ist das Gute nicht gut genug 😏
I can already recognize Americans living in Germany by them always complaining about the checkout in the supermarkets, lack of air conditioning, and need to pay in cash.
4:05 ahh she is German… he painfully watch 😬
funny, the only Deutsche Bahn fans are non-Germans lol
Because they know how much worse public transport is in most other countries.
Bureaucracy. Period.
As a German, I think that the hardest thing about living in Germany is the ever-increasing rules and regulations. 🤪
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Internet speed and cell reception are so bad in Germany. Privacy rules are strict to the point of stupidity. People getting angry over nothing. Boring houses. Potholes.