I think you misunderstood that gas pumping thing: In Germany you usually pump the gas yourself. There is no credit card or "money first" needed. Just start pumping as much as you like and pay afterwards in the shop however you like
Pharmacies have a 24-hour emergency service, including on Sundays and public holidays. The various pharmacies in an area alternate with this emergency service. In an emergency, no one has to do without essential medication.
The plugs, voltage and frequency of the mains might be different, but most power supplies are wide range nowadays so the producer can use the same circuit for any country and just use it with another housing. Or you just to need to replace the cable, like on the power supplies for computers. Just make sure it supports voltage and freuency.
6:56 _bring Euro to Germany_ It is perhaps worth noting that you should *_not bring more than €9,999_* into the country, otherwise *_(from €10,000)_* you must declare the money and explain where it came from and what it is for. 10:39 _do'nt turn right on red_ That's only half true. In Germany some crossings have a sign with a green right arrow for right turns. There it is always allowed to turn right after a short stop, even on a red light. And always watch out for bikes 13:35 _ask for bill_ That's because of the German culture. We don't like being constantly asked by the staff if everything is ok or if they can help. We want to enjoy our time in shops and restaurants and shop or eat in peace. That's why we are not "wooed" by the service in restaurants. The staff waits until we get in touch and make a request, be it the bill or another order. *Fun fact:* Our hardware stores are a prime example of the German service culture. The staff takes them so seriously that they even seem invisible. (Sad but true) 14:34 _this made me scared_ There's nothing to worry about, and it's not bad either. Even if the waitresses don't make a friendly impression, they will (usually) serve you to your complete satisfaction. If you are friendly, you usually experience the service in your perception as friendly and sometimes also more open 17:13 _Bike Lanes_ Please always make sure that the bike lanes are kept clear. Don't walk or stand on it. The sidewalks are often divided for pedestrians and bikes, you can immediately recognize them by the different materials. Really important also. Before opening the car door *_(driver and passenger)_* always look ahead and behind (with a look over your shoulder and a mirror) to see if there are cyclists coming. The worst is the so-called "dooring" where a cyclist drives into a car door that suddenly opens. And Germany now has a lot of cyclists. Note: in most cases the cyclist is innocent under German law. 18:05 _Germans are unfriendly?_ _CZcams: The Coconut & Peach - What is it and what does it mean?_
Germans are polite ....., germans are impolite.... The famous german poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) gave the ultimate answer: "Im Deutschen lügt man, wenn man höflich ist." means: In German you lie, if you are polite. 😉
I don't think that's very different to the American that is polite. That's why Germans think Americans are superficial, because they try to be polite all the time but don't really mean it. So American do also lie if they are polite, means they lie a lot more than Germans. 😁 Many Germans like ppl that are a little rough and straightforward because they take this behavior as being honest and real.
Eine persönliche Bemerkung zum Thema Freundlichkeit/Smalltalk. Immer wenn ich mit Amerikanern/Engländern spreche, habe ich sofort ein Problem, denn normalerweise wird das Gespräch mit "How are you?" begonnen. Es ist mir unmöglich, das als Höflichkeitsfloskel zu sehen und darüber mit "good" hinweg zu gehen. Ich bin jedes mal überrascht und muss darauf eine Antwort geben. Umgekehrt fällt es mir auch schwer, selber mit so einer Frage auf jemanden zuzugehen. Also, falls wir uns mal begegnen, nimm's mir bitte nicht übel. Es ist mir peinlich aber es fällt mir schwer das zu ändern.
In Deutschland ist "Hallo, wie geht es Dir?" doch auch nur eine Höflichkeitsfloskel, der man ständig begegnet. Es erwartet doch niemand, dass man eine ehrliche, ausführliche Antwort bekommt.
Hallo ist die Begrüßung, ich würde nie fragen wie geht es dir wenn ich es nicht wissen wollte. Stimme dem also absolut zu. Obwohl mein Vater Amerikaner war, konnte ich mich an die how are you Floskel auch nicht gewöhnen.
@@M0ralAp0stel Naja, auf "Hallo, wie geht es Dir?" folgt meist ein "Mir geht's gut und dir?", aber es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass man darauf auch eine komplexere und detailiertere Antwort bekommt. Zumindest von Leuten die man gut kennt. Manchmal aber auch abseits davon. Und normalerweise ist man dann auch nicht darüber erstaunt, hört zu und antwortet entsprechend. Man hat ja schließlich auch danach gefragt. Das ist mit dem Englischen schon vergleichbar, aber die ausführliche Antwort kommt im Deutschen m.M.n. schon häufiger vor, während man im Englischen die ausführliche Antwort eher gar nicht erst erwartet.
By playing a lot of ETS 2 and a lot of visits to the UK for fun I have learned how to convert mph into km/h quite easily. We have a 24/7 gas station in our town, but you still pump gas first and then pay with your EC card. When a car is stopped at an intersection I would never try to overtake.
5:15 The religious background played only a role for the choice of which day should be free from work back in 1891 as it was introduced by an amendment to the trade law. It was part of the social reforms program of chancellor Bismarck (who was the leader of the Conservatives, but did this to steal the socialist movement's thunder). In 1919 it became a constitutional right by the Weimar constitution, and this was one of a handful of articles adopted by the new constitution, the Grundgesetz, in West Germany after WW II. The reasoning behind it is: everybody should have at least one free day per week, and it should the same day for everyone, so families can be together at that day - and that includes store personnel. There can be some exceptions to that rule, but they have to be justified exceptions. Travel accommodations are one of those exceptions, including restaurants and cafés. Bakeries are allowed to open a few hours in the morning for selling fresh breadrolls for breakfast. 6:35 That is about to change rapidly, accelerated during the pandemic. A few years ago the card issuers took high percentages for every sale from the shopkeepers, who had often use also the card readers provided by the issuers for an additional fee - so shops where the amount per sale is usually low (like e.g. bakeries) refused card payment at all, and most grocery stores stated a minimum amount for card payment (mostly around 20 Euro). But that has at least partly changed, and most grocery stores offer nowadays not only card or mobile payment independent from the amount, but also return cash (you pay 200 Euro with your card instead of the real amount and get your change in cash) - but only for Girocard cards. Girocard is the joint debit card system of German banks (Germans prefer debit cards to credit cards). Nearly every German has at least one such card and uses it regularly. Since ApplePay has included Girocard, it is also accepted, but not GooglePay. In many places also Mastercard or Visa are accepted, but not American Express. 22:15 Most apartments will come with inbuilt blinds, they are a fixed part of the window itself. Most landlords will not provide kitchen furniture, and if they do, it will mostly be a rather cheap and often worn-out equipment. Germans do in average not move as often as US Americans do, and in general they take kitchen equipment seriously, so they want to have appliances they choose themselves. Kitchens make a major part of the sales for furniture shops (in competition to specialized kitchen builders, who often also offer refitting services to their customers if they change places). But in many cases you can ask to buy the previous tenant's kitchen for a small price (if they not already moved out and took their kitchen with them).
I don't know how Finns are with smalltalk, but I'm a 50 year old German and if anyone just started smalltalk with me, I'd be happy to get involved in it and hope to learn a bit about your life :) Of course, when you ask me how I am, I will tell you everything in detail about every single bone in my spine :D
Nice Vid :) I got rly suprised as i herad ,. that somebody could be offended if im switching from German to English to make the conversation easier for them . Most of the time i am happy to speak and practise my english a little bit more.
Well, since I am from Germany and rarely use the imperial system, I just have no intuiton how much 100 yards are or 50 inches or 60°F. So until you get an intuition for the imperial system I do have to convert it to metric to have that intuition and image in my head. So if someone tells me its 50°F outside I have no idea whether thats freezing or what, so I definitely rely on conversion.
If you have to deal with this a lot, it is actually better to just build/memorize yourself your own scale to visualize or interpret things in foreign units and go from there, instead of always converting units. Like freezing temperature, mild temperature, body temperature, summer temperature, boiling temperature, etc. for Fahrenheit for example. Much faster and less painful for you. Unless you're working in a technical job (or some other profession) and need the exact values, of course.
There’s so many friendly people here ♥️ especially the others who come from other countries… Germans are just not interested in conversations like she said 😅
By the way, do you speak a lot of Finnish? Or are you still learning? Yes, we are not great smalltalkers, please forgive us XD although it depends on the situation. When I go walk the dog, I always get talked to by other dog people, if I want it or not... I actually like having a new apartment/home to make up just how I like it. And if you move out, sometimes you can make a deal with the new owner to sell your kitchen to them if they like it.
18:25 I'm a German who lived in Finland (Seinäjoki) for a year. 😅 if you make it there you'll find even the northern Germans to be pleasant 😂😊 It's not the US-Midwest tho😅
However, the closed shops on Sundays are no longer quite true. Especially as there are also Sundays when sales are open (but certain businesses are allowed to open on Sundays to a limited extent). But there are also, for example, a few small shops here in our region that are open on Sundays between 9 am and 12 pm. But they are closed on other days. But in the meantime, petrol stations also have a real offer. For example, Aral petrol stations have REWE To Go. They offer a selection of food (meat, bread, ready meals, sweets, fruit, pastries, drinks and drugstore products). Otherwise, most shops are open late between Monday and Saturday. Our Edeka market is even open 24 hours. Well, I would say that the cash culture has changed in the meantime. Many shops now also offer card payments. It's just that we Germans don't use it much for many reasons. If the card doesn't work, or the devices for card payments are defective, especially since some customers pay a small cent amount to their bank for each card payment. I once paid 100 euros in fees in one month. Of course, that's not acceptable for many people, because you withdraw a fixed amount once and then divide it up for the month. For petrol, food and drink. The rest of the account is used for rent and other monthly costs. The customer service is perfectly fine in my opinion. I go crazy every time they come up to me and talk "can I help you". Most of the time I know exactly what I need and have decided what I'm buying. It just bothers me. I just bought new trim yesterday at the hardware store. I was out of there within 5 minutes because I knew where to look. And it was even cheaper than I had seen on the internet.
I totally agree with your opinion,: It also annoys me when, especially at the service, staff constantly buzzes around me and asks, everything okay. She represents with her attitude to service in Germany, rather a minority that sees it that way.
@@norbertkuhn4072 I remember when my parents had their 50th wedding anniversary and we celebrated in a hall where we had often celebrated (weddings, graduation ball, etc.), there was a waitress for over 40 - 50 guests. At dinner time, my mother took the tray out of the waitress's hand and told her to take a break. Then she called in her daughter-in-law and cousins and cleaned the tables.
[4:42] *well it actually is important.* If you're driving an imported US Car in Germany and there's a speed limit, you should be able to do the math or ready to pay the fine. If you want to date a girl using an app and she asks how tall your are (or for the size of other details 😉) you should be able to do the math. Or maybe just say: _everything big._ If you check the prices at the gas station, there's even more math to do, since you'd need to convert Euro to dollar and liters to gallons. But on the other hand that won't make it any cheaper. Maybe someone asks you to participate in a charity 10k but you have no clue how many miles you would have to run to finish it... And so on...
22:11 *"No Kitchen in the flat you rent"* > It is not your taste? Smo else decided it not you? A Nono for Germans. But there ARE flats WITH kitchens, smt bc the ones leaving dun need it and either sell it cheap to the new ones incoming or just gift it if wanted. Germans want to have their freedom to express themself fully in their "own 4-Walls" as we say here ;) Its yours not my taste/decition. On top, pls keep in mind that *Rent-Cost* is arround *48% cheaper* in Germany than in the US ;) Cheers
yeah sundays are closed days. it's terrible, especially if you forgot to buy stuff on a saturday. the cash stuff what she said isn't true though. I hadn't cash on me since corona release (even dönerbuden got card machines nowadays). the stuff with tipping isn't true as well. you don't have to tipp if you don't want. another bullshit, people ignore the red light and just go. I am beginning to wonder in which germany she lives/lived. I am living in germany since 1989 so I think I know 1 or 2 things.
I don't know where you live, but in Stuttgart I haven't seen someone walking on red for years. And by the way, I don't think that she said you have to tip. Only that the amount maybe up to 10%.
I think you misunderstood that gas pumping thing: In Germany you usually pump the gas yourself.
There is no credit card or "money first" needed. Just start pumping as much as you like and pay afterwards in the shop however you like
Pharmacies have a 24-hour emergency service, including on Sundays and public holidays. The various pharmacies in an area alternate with this emergency service. In an emergency, no one has to do without essential medication.
The plugs, voltage and frequency of the mains might be different, but most power supplies are wide range nowadays so the producer can use the same circuit for any country and just use it with another housing.
Or you just to need to replace the cable, like on the power supplies for computers. Just make sure it supports voltage and freuency.
6:56 _bring Euro to Germany_
It is perhaps worth noting that you should *_not bring more than €9,999_* into the country, otherwise *_(from €10,000)_* you must declare the money and explain where it came from and what it is for.
10:39 _do'nt turn right on red_
That's only half true. In Germany some crossings have a sign with a green right arrow for right turns. There it is always allowed to turn right after a short stop, even on a red light. And always watch out for bikes
13:35 _ask for bill_
That's because of the German culture. We don't like being constantly asked by the staff if everything is ok or if they can help. We want to enjoy our time in shops and restaurants and shop or eat in peace. That's why we are not "wooed" by the service in restaurants. The staff waits until we get in touch and make a request, be it the bill or another order.
*Fun fact:* Our hardware stores are a prime example of the German service culture. The staff takes them so seriously that they even seem invisible. (Sad but true)
14:34 _this made me scared_
There's nothing to worry about, and it's not bad either. Even if the waitresses don't make a friendly impression, they will (usually) serve you to your complete satisfaction. If you are friendly, you usually experience the service in your perception as friendly and sometimes also more open
17:13 _Bike Lanes_
Please always make sure that the bike lanes are kept clear. Don't walk or stand on it. The sidewalks are often divided for pedestrians and bikes, you can immediately recognize them by the different materials. Really important also. Before opening the car door *_(driver and passenger)_* always look ahead and behind (with a look over your shoulder and a mirror) to see if there are cyclists coming. The worst is the so-called "dooring" where a cyclist drives into a car door that suddenly opens. And Germany now has a lot of cyclists. Note: in most cases the cyclist is innocent under German law.
18:05 _Germans are unfriendly?_
_CZcams: The Coconut & Peach - What is it and what does it mean?_
Germans are polite ....., germans are impolite.... The famous german poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) gave the ultimate answer: "Im Deutschen lügt man, wenn man höflich ist." means: In German you lie, if you are polite. 😉
I don't think that's very different to the American that is polite. That's why Germans think Americans are superficial, because they try to be polite all the time but don't really mean it.
So American do also lie if they are polite, means they lie a lot more than Germans. 😁
Many Germans like ppl that are a little rough and straightforward because they take this behavior as being honest and real.
Eine persönliche Bemerkung zum Thema Freundlichkeit/Smalltalk. Immer wenn ich mit Amerikanern/Engländern spreche, habe ich sofort ein Problem, denn normalerweise wird das Gespräch mit "How are you?" begonnen. Es ist mir unmöglich, das als Höflichkeitsfloskel zu sehen und darüber mit "good" hinweg zu gehen. Ich bin jedes mal überrascht und muss darauf eine Antwort geben.
Umgekehrt fällt es mir auch schwer, selber mit so einer Frage auf jemanden zuzugehen.
Also, falls wir uns mal begegnen, nimm's mir bitte nicht übel. Es ist mir peinlich aber es fällt mir schwer das zu ändern.
In Deutschland ist "Hallo, wie geht es Dir?" doch auch nur eine Höflichkeitsfloskel, der man ständig begegnet. Es erwartet doch niemand, dass man eine ehrliche, ausführliche Antwort bekommt.
Hallo ist die Begrüßung, ich würde nie fragen wie geht es dir wenn ich es nicht wissen wollte.
Stimme dem also absolut zu.
Obwohl mein Vater Amerikaner war, konnte ich mich an die how are you Floskel auch nicht gewöhnen.
@@M0ralAp0stel Naja, auf "Hallo, wie geht es Dir?" folgt meist ein "Mir geht's gut und dir?", aber es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass man darauf auch eine komplexere und detailiertere Antwort bekommt. Zumindest von Leuten die man gut kennt. Manchmal aber auch abseits davon. Und normalerweise ist man dann auch nicht darüber erstaunt, hört zu und antwortet entsprechend. Man hat ja schließlich auch danach gefragt. Das ist mit dem Englischen schon vergleichbar, aber die ausführliche Antwort kommt im Deutschen m.M.n. schon häufiger vor, während man im Englischen die ausführliche Antwort eher gar nicht erst erwartet.
By playing a lot of ETS 2 and a lot of visits to the UK for fun I have learned how to convert mph into km/h quite easily.
We have a 24/7 gas station in our town, but you still pump gas first and then pay with your EC card.
When a car is stopped at an intersection I would never try to overtake.
5:15 The religious background played only a role for the choice of which day should be free from work back in 1891 as it was introduced by an amendment to the trade law. It was part of the social reforms program of chancellor Bismarck (who was the leader of the Conservatives, but did this to steal the socialist movement's thunder). In 1919 it became a constitutional right by the Weimar constitution, and this was one of a handful of articles adopted by the new constitution, the Grundgesetz, in West Germany after WW II. The reasoning behind it is: everybody should have at least one free day per week, and it should the same day for everyone, so families can be together at that day - and that includes store personnel. There can be some exceptions to that rule, but they have to be justified exceptions. Travel accommodations are one of those exceptions, including restaurants and cafés. Bakeries are allowed to open a few hours in the morning for selling fresh breadrolls for breakfast.
6:35 That is about to change rapidly, accelerated during the pandemic. A few years ago the card issuers took high percentages for every sale from the shopkeepers, who had often use also the card readers provided by the issuers for an additional fee - so shops where the amount per sale is usually low (like e.g. bakeries) refused card payment at all, and most grocery stores stated a minimum amount for card payment (mostly around 20 Euro). But that has at least partly changed, and most grocery stores offer nowadays not only card or mobile payment independent from the amount, but also return cash (you pay 200 Euro with your card instead of the real amount and get your change in cash) - but only for Girocard cards. Girocard is the joint debit card system of German banks (Germans prefer debit cards to credit cards). Nearly every German has at least one such card and uses it regularly. Since ApplePay has included Girocard, it is also accepted, but not GooglePay. In many places also Mastercard or Visa are accepted, but not American Express.
22:15 Most apartments will come with inbuilt blinds, they are a fixed part of the window itself. Most landlords will not provide kitchen furniture, and if they do, it will mostly be a rather cheap and often worn-out equipment. Germans do in average not move as often as US Americans do, and in general they take kitchen equipment seriously, so they want to have appliances they choose themselves. Kitchens make a major part of the sales for furniture shops (in competition to specialized kitchen builders, who often also offer refitting services to their customers if they change places). But in many cases you can ask to buy the previous tenant's kitchen for a small price (if they not already moved out and took their kitchen with them).
I don't know how Finns are with smalltalk, but I'm a 50 year old German and if anyone just started smalltalk with me, I'd be happy to get involved in it and hope to learn a bit about your life :) Of course, when you ask me how I am, I will tell you everything in detail about every single bone in my spine :D
Haha, yes us Germans are either NO smalltalkers at all or we will narrate our whole lifestory in a chat with strangers lolol
Nice Vid :) I got rly suprised as i herad ,. that somebody could be offended if im switching from German to English to make the conversation easier for them . Most of the time i am happy to speak and practise my english a little bit more.
Well, since I am from Germany and rarely use the imperial system, I just have no intuiton how much 100 yards are or 50 inches or 60°F. So until you get an intuition for the imperial system I do have to convert it to metric to have that intuition and image in my head. So if someone tells me its 50°F outside I have no idea whether thats freezing or what, so I definitely rely on conversion.
If you have to deal with this a lot, it is actually better to just build/memorize yourself your own scale to visualize or interpret things in foreign units and go from there, instead of always converting units. Like freezing temperature, mild temperature, body temperature, summer temperature, boiling temperature, etc. for Fahrenheit for example. Much faster and less painful for you. Unless you're working in a technical job (or some other profession) and need the exact values, of course.
We drive over to the Netherlands on Sundays.. they have shops open and it’s only an hour away from where I am
There’s so many friendly people here ♥️ especially the others who come from other countries… Germans are just not interested in conversations like she said 😅
SUPERMARKTE ARE OPEN ON ZONDAG ,IN MANY CITY'S OVER THE BORDERS THE SHOPS ARE OPEN !!!
By the way, do you speak a lot of Finnish? Or are you still learning?
Yes, we are not great smalltalkers, please forgive us XD although it depends on the situation. When I go walk the dog, I always get talked to by other dog people, if I want it or not...
I actually like having a new apartment/home to make up just how I like it. And if you move out, sometimes you can make a deal with the new owner to sell your kitchen to them if they like it.
18:25 I'm a German who lived in Finland (Seinäjoki) for a year. 😅 if you make it there you'll find even the northern Germans to be pleasant 😂😊
It's not the US-Midwest tho😅
don't forget, by crossing the road with red lights, it will be expensive. You got a poin in Flensburg :)
However, the closed shops on Sundays are no longer quite true. Especially as there are also Sundays when sales are open (but certain businesses are allowed to open on Sundays to a limited extent).
But there are also, for example, a few small shops here in our region that are open on Sundays between 9 am and 12 pm. But they are closed on other days.
But in the meantime, petrol stations also have a real offer. For example, Aral petrol stations have REWE To Go. They offer a selection of food (meat, bread, ready meals, sweets, fruit, pastries, drinks and drugstore products).
Otherwise, most shops are open late between Monday and Saturday. Our Edeka market is even open 24 hours.
Well, I would say that the cash culture has changed in the meantime. Many shops now also offer card payments. It's just that we Germans don't use it much for many reasons. If the card doesn't work, or the devices for card payments are defective, especially since some customers pay a small cent amount to their bank for each card payment.
I once paid 100 euros in fees in one month. Of course, that's not acceptable for many people, because you withdraw a fixed amount once and then divide it up for the month.
For petrol, food and drink. The rest of the account is used for rent and other monthly costs.
The customer service is perfectly fine in my opinion. I go crazy every time they come up to me and talk "can I help you".
Most of the time I know exactly what I need and have decided what I'm buying. It just bothers me.
I just bought new trim yesterday at the hardware store. I was out of there within 5 minutes because I knew where to look. And it was even cheaper than I had seen on the internet.
I totally agree with your opinion,: It also annoys me when, especially at the service, staff constantly buzzes around me and asks, everything okay. She represents with her attitude to service in Germany, rather a minority that sees it that way.
@@norbertkuhn4072 I remember when my parents had their 50th wedding anniversary and we celebrated in a hall where we had often celebrated (weddings, graduation ball, etc.), there was a waitress for over 40 - 50 guests. At dinner time, my mother took the tray out of the waitress's hand and told her to take a break. Then she called in her daughter-in-law and cousins and cleaned the tables.
If you visit Germany, you should take a few Days in Hamburg. Tell me if you do so, we meet, drink a Beer and i show you the city. :)
6:12
They're open?!?
Here in Norway normal grocery stores are closed on Sundays.
But small kiosk sized stores may be allowed to stay open.
[4:42] *well it actually is important.*
If you're driving an imported US Car in Germany and there's a speed limit, you should be able to do the math or ready to pay the fine. If you want to date a girl using an app and she asks how tall your are (or for the size of other details 😉) you should be able to do the math. Or maybe just say: _everything big._ If you check the prices at the gas station, there's even more math to do, since you'd need to convert Euro to dollar and liters to gallons. But on the other hand that won't make it any cheaper. Maybe someone asks you to participate in a charity 10k but you have no clue how many miles you would have to run to finish it... And so on...
22:11 *"No Kitchen in the flat you rent"*
> It is not your taste? Smo else decided it not you? A Nono for Germans. But there ARE flats WITH kitchens, smt bc the ones leaving dun need it and either sell it cheap to the new ones incoming or just gift it if wanted.
Germans want to have their freedom to express themself fully in their "own 4-Walls" as we say here ;)
Its yours not my taste/decition.
On top, pls keep in mind that
*Rent-Cost* is arround *48% cheaper* in Germany than in the US ;)
Cheers
Unit conversion is not necessary. **Engineer mindset has left the chat** 🤣
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Felicia must have a really bad environment in Germany if she reports so badly, I can't say that about Germany in general
yeah sundays are closed days. it's terrible, especially if you forgot to buy stuff on a saturday. the cash stuff what she said isn't true though. I hadn't cash on me since corona release (even dönerbuden got card machines nowadays). the stuff with tipping isn't true as well. you don't have to tipp if you don't want. another bullshit, people ignore the red light and just go. I am beginning to wonder in which germany she lives/lived. I am living in germany since 1989 so I think I know 1 or 2 things.
I don't know where you live, but in Stuttgart I haven't seen someone walking on red for years.
And by the way, I don't think that she said you have to tip. Only that the amount maybe up to 10%.