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In some regions of Germany (especially if you move to Ruhrgebiet, in cities like Dortmund or Gelsenkirchen) you HAVE to be a soccer fan. Some Germans can be very soccer-fanatical: soccer is not only a game on saturday, their club is almost a religion or an attitude to life. If you are not interested in soccer, in these cities it will be difficult to make friends...
Probably the most German thing I ever wrote: I put my things on the check-out belt in the exact order I want to bag them and it makes me furious when the cashier messes up the order.
depends a bit on how much they mess it up, but there are times, when they simpley refuse to scan that one item,. that still needs to go to the bottom of the bag.
Bagging groceries: I try to organize the order of goods while putting them on the checkout line. It doesn't always work, so you should have a plan B :-)
The bagging strategy starts when you put your things on the belt. If you put the hard items on first and everything soft last, you can put the thins in the bags in that order and get away with a cart full of readily packed goods.
Looking at streetview. There is one street, in Frankfurt I think, where there is streetview and one building is blanked out, as they do there. But a helpful person has photoed that building and posted a picture of it on the map.
In my research I found that was one of the frustrations for Google. They would drive down German roads and then people found out their home was on the internet and asked to have blurred out so you ended up with street views of entire streets just blurred out 😂 So finally it became useless to do the service! That’s hilarious in the case you’re talking about, somebody just went ahead and uploaded a picture of the blurred building 😂
If you have a car, bring a Klappkiste (foldable box) instead of bags. Putting your groceries into the box is as fast, as putting them into the cart. You can then just carry the box into the car and later home.
regarding the grocery check out: we do one weekly grocery shopping for 5 people. it is just a matter of organisation..we always go together ( my wife and me ), and usually we are even faster than the cashier...having the band fully packed with groceries
The best way to collect you’re groceries is preparation. If you sort them as you put them on - the time of the people in front of you gives you mostly enough time to prepare those items in a useful way to collect them than efficiently.
When you are at the grocery queue place down first the heavy items then smaller ones or the ones that are easily damaged, that way you can keep em fresh and undamaged. And you just have to keep up.
Thats depends, on the Space of your Car or Trunk.We do that mostly with Beer or other Drinking Stuff.If you sort all your Cart, at the Trunk, People see what you have buyed. This is like Tetris,we all are good in that.In Us, you see every Day People at Ikea, that didnt have a Clue how much Space his Car had and try to stuff all inside even when all other People only shake his Head. It give a Method, to prevent a jam at the Cashiers.You must put it in the Cart in the right Sequence or Space.Then you get it in the right sequence on the Check desk.The heavy Tin before Bread,Chips or Eggs.That helps you to put it right in the Bag. My Neighbor had a plastic laundy basket.He put all bottles inside for receycling. At the Chashiers Desk, he put all Stuff in the Basket and get the Basket in the Car. But he live alone and dont buy for a Familiy.Because its Covid-Time they let you only in, with a Shopping Cart to prevent too much People on the Spot. So if you do shopping with your Wife,you allready had 2 Carts. You can put it in the Baskets and you Woman can Pay, thats save Time and pervent a jam.
I like to go shopping with a laundry basket. It's almost as big as the shopping cart. Just a tip: You are not obliged to load your goods into the cart in record time. The cashier has a head at the checkout with which she can pause the process if the customer is too slow. You can thank the controllers at supermarket headquarters for this, who have never had to sit at the checkout and for whom Mom probably goes shopping.
Hey, just a quick tip for you (ah yes solving problems!) or ... no, dont worry :) For me as a german doing grocerie shopping since i can remember i found my "ultimate" strategy is to already plan ahead which things i put back in my bag / cart first. So e.g. Heavy bottles or big packages like potatoes go first to the checkout. I then have time just putting them away and not think or sort them when the cashier has checked them out. But sometimes they are still faster... damn you quick cashier ladies! Then i just take my time and pay first and finish the rest afterwards into my cart. i also like to put a shopping box into my cart so all i need to do is grab the box out of the cart into my car and put it bag to the ?cart...trolley...parking lane thingy? Hope you enjoyed my answer good luck for further videos :) Really like to watch those
Hey, Fabian! These are all great tips for sure! We also do the heavy first on the belt strategy with things like bread last, but now it’s primarily just when we set our items back in the basket we aren’t crushing the soft thing and we still bag our groceries in our car. Still working out if it’s the best strategy 😅
When you want to pack your items at the cashier´s desk then you have to put your items in the right order you have to pack it already on the conveyor belt = the heavy things always first, the light and breakable things last...that´s the only way you might get a chance to beat the speed of the cashier´s scanning while then packing. And by the way the only - traditional - way to eat a Weisswurst is to cut of an ending like a cigar and then to suck it out of the peel...and that is called "zuzeln" And Kartoffelsalat is always the way to go...I would even say it is no side dish but an equivalent main dish
this is funny because I never realizied we all have the same strategy at the register station xD sometimes I really wish they would slow down though, because it makes me anxious :/ but yea, it´s good to have a system so you can pack your groceries easier and I actually like being strategic about it^^
Bagging in the parking lot is also a thing in the US. When I shop at ALDI ( a German Co. ) or one of our other grocers, I always bag outside unless it is raining or super cold outside.
Depends on the rest of the meal if Kartoffelsalat or Pommes. ((But mostly Pommes^^). It's always weird to me tol hear that you don't have to pack your grocery shoppings in the USA. It would be so irritating to me if someone grabs the things I just payed for...
Regarding Streetview : we have it in Berlin. May be good to know for any one who wants to visit. I seriously just found out recently that streetview is not common in Germany. I have lived in Berlin all my life and never noticed that it’s missing elsewhere.
For foreigners, these sanifair rest areas are good, many Germans would say something different, especially about the food there 😂 And don't buy any drinks or water there. It's it's up to 500% more expensive there. Go to "Supermarkt" and buy your food and drinks there, then you can start your trip relaxed
you should make a video about why germans love to watch videos about american living in germany. So do I! For some reasons weo do love to know what foreigners thinks about us and for those foreigners who live here..how do they like living here! I'm courious! ;)
Fries with a side of potato salad, potato salad with a side of fries. That's the way to go for a true "Kartoffel"! *. Well, and add some "Bratkartoffeln", please. 😉 * ""Kartoffel" refers to a person of German descent, particularly an ethnic German from the perspective of allochthone populations in Germany."
For me Kartoffelsalat and Pommes (we say Fritten where I live) are not really a side. Especially Kartoffelsalat, always eat that as a main course. In the summer or on Christmas eve.
The secret is to line up your groceries so the heavy and stackable things come first and more fragile things last. In that way, you can put your groceries away as fast as the check out lady can run them through the scanner. If you have enough groceries for more than one bag, you have to be smart and estimate how much you can fit in each bag so the order of the groceries go heavy-light-heavy-light etc. #lifehack 😃
There is a nice german saying for people unnecessarily criticizing you similar to what you described: 'nicken, lächeln, Arschloch denken' so 'nod, smile, think asshole'
Aaaaand here is proof, that I'm far too German for my own good. I heard your random end question and immediately thought "Hä? That's a weird question?! It should be 'Kartoffelsalat vs. Nudelsalat'. Keep poor Pommes out of it!". *sighs Btw: The answer is Krautsalat - of course.
Get yourself a big fold-out plastic box such as this one www.obi.de/aufbewahrungsboxen/klappbox-rot-32-l/p/6873442 . Put into shopping cart. Throw shit into box at the checkout. Throw box into car trunk. Shopping done.
For winning against the cashier strategy is everything! First: Make sure you have enough bags that you bring with you, but max 3 per person. If you buy too much you will loose. Second: strategic packing onto the belt, heavy stuff first, then packed stuff like Jogurt etc. then vegetables and fruits. It slows the cashier at the end, so you have time to pick up. Third: get your card ready, you win some seconds to further pack when you put it in/ lay it on top till the process ends and the receipt is printed. Good luck with the game and practice is everything!
@@PassportTwo How Marie told already, if you’ve the possibility buy less parts but more times in the week. So the meat and veggies are fresh and you are able to pack the stuff in the bag directly. The brilliant practical tips how to do it you got from Marie already. But if you haven’t the possibility to buy often(you live far away to a grocery, the German far, like me) put all stuff on the trolly and pack your bags at a quiet place
That´s exactly what I do. I'm not an actual German (I live in Spain) but I have inherited the German way from my grandfather (that's why I have German citizenship). I plan in advance, while shopping, I decide on the order, put it in that order when it's on the belt and put everything fast into my personal shopping cart (no car, live in the city and many people use one). I do have an advantage as Spanish cashiers are slower, unless I go to Lidl or Aldi.
Little survival tip from a german cashier: When on the register station, place your fruit and vegetable in between your other groceries. In most shops (where you don't have to weigh the stuff yourself) the cashier has to lay it down on the scanner and has to wait until the scale is done. Buys you a couple of seconds to get everything in your cart.
I love my little "Who's faster?" competition with the cashier lady, even though she always wins. Kartoffelsalat is not a side dish, it's a meal! Well, that may be just me.
Everything will end, when self-service cashier terminals will be mounted everywhere. Then the hurry is over - you will slow down to your individual pace . . .
The cashier never wins and I bag right at the the belt. You only have to plan ahead how you will pack when you put your groceries on the belt an in which order. This is the easy way. ;)
I mostly win, because I throw the things (the later ones) in the cart right after they get scanned. So I have to wait sometimes. The real packing can be done later.
@@kgspollux6998 In my home town, there are carts, where you can scan your item immediately while shopping. The cashier just looks over it and you pay. No check-out-race.
7:47 as a German, I'm used to laying out the items at checkout by a system, resilient first (such as metal cans, glass bottles, milk or juice boxes) and fragile and soft later. At the start I'll try to keep up with the cashier while packing my bag, but once it piles up I simply drop it into the shopping cart. Seems like the best compromise to me.
We have a saying in our family: "Giesela! Giesela! You're hanging up the laundry wrong!". My aunt's mother-in-law once shouted this to her... It was years ago, but it was so absurd that it stuck in our minds and we still joke about it today: "Michael! Michael! You boil the water wrong!".
About the grocery bagging (as a person born & raised in Germany) - the put everything in the cart again and bag later is honestly the strategy I've seen the most because it's the best. Especially (as you mentioned) when you buy a lot of things. I've also always had a system when I put everything on the band (heavier things first, couple fruits etc. to slow the cashier down in the middle and the rest in the end), so that helps when sorting too. Anyways, I do miss living in the US grocery shopping experience - like at Trader Joe's for example doing some small talk while they bag my groceries. I also just miss Trader Joe's.
@@PassportTwo Yeah I can get a lot of Trader Joe's stuff at Aldi (Nord), but it's not the stuff I want / the whole experience either. And I just googled and apparently Aldi Nord/the guy who owns Aldi Nord bought TJ in 1979! I also found out that all the Aldi stores in the US are owned by Aldi Süd.
Usually there's a shelf / window sill after the register. You can park there, bag your items and then just load the bags into your car. That's especially convenient when it rains.
Kartoffeln schälen, in Würfe schneiden und dann kochen ist für mich der Trick. Speck und Zwiebeln anbraten, das ganze mit einer selbst gemachten Remoulade anmachen. Ich mag es nicht, wenn der Kartoffelsalat so klebrig ist. Scheisse, jetzt habe ich Hunger. Dabei hatte ich gerade Spaghetti gemacht. 🙁
But pommes, when done well, is far superior to Kartoffelsalat ;-). But the probability of getting good pommes is lower than of good Kartoffelsalat in my experience.
A few years ago the clerks at aldi didn't have a scanner for the codes. They had to memorize the numbers of each item and then enter it at the cash register. And tell you what - they used to be faster then you, even back then
Do you guys sometimes speak in German to each each other just for fun? Have you adopted German idioms after 2 years? Ever thought of doing a video in German together?
A definite tip is to stay off of the bike lane when walking! I have had many visitors from the US who have just wandered around the sidewalk and crossed over the Fahrradweg and get yelled at pretty quickly :) Maybe not so important in the very rural areas, but in the cities, this is important knowledge. I'm totally with you on putting groceries back in the card and bagging them separately. So much easier than panicking while people stand behind you waiting for you to bag in line.
Out of all the nervous moments in my periods spent in Germany, the most nervous I got wasn't not being able to really understand German and someone trying to talk to me, not trying to figure out the straßenbahn tickets, not trying to figure out driving signs. No, it was the LIGHT SPEED at which the checker was throwing my groceries and me absolutely not being ready to bag that fast. lol
As an actual German I approve this video and all that has been said 😂 I usually pack the stuff at the checkout back into the shopping cart. A good strategy is to lay heavier goods at the front of the conveyor so they end up at the bottom of the shopping cart. I usually pack them at a free side of the building or on the parking/bike lot
The “Gretchenfrage“ is not „Pommes“ vs. „Kartoffelsalat“, because „Pommes“ always win over „Kartoffelsalat“. It’s Kartoffelsalat made with Oil and vinegar vs Mayonnaise. It’s one of the secret items still marking the „German North-South Divide“. (Other items would be the religion (north=Protestant), the currency in the 19th century (south: Gulden, north: Taler, adapted by the US btw.) and of course the Weißwurst (eaten only in the South. The Main River, the borderline, is also known as „Weißwurst-Äquator“). SIDENOTE : Ironically, most Germans agree, that the the most „YUMMY“ Kartoffelsalat is the one sold in huge buckets, despite all the stabilizing chemicals. DONNIE: What happened to your plans, to explore German music? There is actually some interest internationally in German music, namely in Rap and the Scorpions (from the 70s).
It might sound stupid, but sometimes I like to set up the scanning process for the cashiers like a computer game. First there are the simple / packaged things that only need to flee past the scanner (e.g. a pack of sugar). Then come the things that have to be held on the scanner in a certain way (e.g. a sack of potatoes). Things that are sold per piece but without a barcode (e.g. cucumbers) then come as a challenge. As the end-of-level boss, things come last that not only have no barcode, but also have to be weighed at the checkout (vegetables, etc.).
I've to disappoint you: A cucumber is nobodies challenge. First of all: We've 3-4 digit numbers for most auf the vegetables. And cucumber is literally the vegetable you know by heart the first. Any experienced cashier prefers to use the numbers when possible and knows a lot of them at least in their muscle memory. The real enemy is the touchscreen-pc used in modern check out systems. It slows you down noticeable in opposition to a normal keyboard.
Actually the way us natives correctly eat a Weisswurst is called "Zuzln" and consists of cutting the thing in half dipping it in sweet mustard and sucking it out of the skin. You have a few of those some Brez'n and a Weissbier at 11 am and call that "Weisswurschtfrühstück". Nice try though, Aubrey! ;-)
I prefer 'Kartoffelsalat' in the Bavarian/Swabian style (spices, onions, gherkins, broth, oil and vinegar) over 'Pommes'. I don't like the northern German style of 'Kartoffelsalat' with mayonaise. I have a foldable plastic box which is almost the size of the shopping cart. I take it folded into the shop; once I have placed all my items on the check-out conveyor I unfold the box and I am able to put all bought items into the box directly at the cashier.
I grew up in Germany. And I love boxes instead of bags. For a big shopping trip I take 2 baskets/boxes and put them into the cart, shop my stuff and put it out onto the conveyor belt in order that I will pack them into the box/basket. When the speed checkout begins I just simple organize my stuff into the boxes like I prepared. All sorted and easy to put into my car.
Ah yes....all that advice....how to hang my laundry, not to bring my shoes inside my apartment, how to lock my apartment even when the door seemed to already be locked, NEVER leaving even a drop of coffee in a carafe, making sure my Parkuhr was lined up exactly on the drivers' side, and always using cash even store offered credit card service. Still smiling!
8:50 This is the trick: Just think about the order you put your items on the belt in advance and estimate the amount that fits in a single bag. Put the items in the order from heavy like cans and / or stable to lght and / or less protected like fruits on the belt and put them right away in the way they got checked out in the bag. You can also put cooled items for a insulated bag the same way. Being prepared is very german, make everything very fast and effective ;). A great way to become germanized. I often try to challenge the cashier by being faster than them.
The grocery situation wasn’t like this 10 or 20 years ago. Back then they had a large landing zone with a seperator and when your stuff was checked the cashier flipped the separator for the next customer. Now you had enough time to bag your stuff. The next step was that they removed these separators for an unknown reason and installed packing tables next to the exit, so that you didn’t need to bag your stuff out in the rain or hot sun. That was kind of ok at least. But most stores even removed those tables now and I don’t get why. I don’t think it’s a time or real estate issue, because normally have both. If there is a long cue they would open another counter. This system is strange.
I suspect they removed all this because the have lowered the number of their workers over the years. Less workers doing more work in the same ammount of time..... Like so often it is simply a matter of "saving wages".
German potato salad is the best. I can get fries anywhere. But I do love them with mayo :-) BTW the Oklahoma summer misses you. I was told to relay that message by Mother Nature.
Hello there. Just a tiny little addition about the bons/vouchers you get at paid restrooms. More often than not they belong to a chain, so you can often use the coupons at different places.
Fries are the superior side dish. LOL The Aldi and Lidl stores in the USA have a long counter to use to bag your groceries after you pay. The cashiers at Aldi put the items directly into your shopping cart after scanning, and you just roll the cart to the bagging counter. It's a really nice system that allows you to bag your groceries indoors without slowing down the cashiers. It's different at Lidl. There the cashier sends your items down a bagging counter where the customer has to either choose to bag immediately, or put them back into the cart to take to the bagging counter. Also, Lidl has self check-out like a lot of American grocers, while Aldi does not.
Oh interesting! I think we went to an Aldi once in the US when they were a new thing and we didn’t ever have a Lidl in our area (that I recall 🤔). So we never got to experience this system! Thanks for sharing 😃
@@PassportTwo You're welcome. I think that the two German stores have done a nice job of marrying the two grocery shopping cultures into one. Another difference between them in the USA is that Aldi requires a quarter deposit for the cart while Lidl doesn't. Lidl also has the small two-tier carts while I've yet to see those at Aldi. Trader Joe's (affiliated with Aldi) still bags your groceries for you like a typical American store.
The rush at the cashier is normaly only at the discount stores like aldi or lidl. At Edeka or Famila it's more relaxed. I put my heavy items first and at last eggs and Chips.
A really good selfmade Kartoffelsalat is a real treat, so it is probably "superior"? But I love Pommes like every sane person and I eat them way more often, so what do I know? 😀
Haha, that definitely is another American thing for sure and is another thing we are trying to break the habit of in order to fit in more here 😂 But maybe we don't need to if you do it as well! 😃😅
Sanifair Vouchers are usable on all places that have Sanifair. You don't need to use it at the same place. And you can collect them and use more of them. After the BGB they are small securities to the bearer.
The key to a successful checkout - be as efficient as the cashier! Bagging things at the checkout is your enemy! I only bag the frozen items, the rest goes back into the cart, that´s then unloaded at the car into a foldable box. Arrange your items on the conveyor in this succession: Cold/frozen goods, then heavy or ´hard´ items, then soft but strong stuff, then the delicate things. If there´s still someone before you, take the time to fold open your insulated bag to make it ready to receive items (in some stores you got to show that it´s empty anyway). And then, hold one handle of the bag, throw in the cold things with the other. After that, use both hands to handle the rest. Often enough I´m as fast as the cashier. If you got a Pfand receipt: Hand it over first, it has to be scanned and then put somewhere, gives you a few seconds more to position your cart perfectly (backwards). (I guess I just confirmed quirk #5...)
Grocery shopping in Germany 101: Sort your groceries already when putting them on the band - read: first the frozen stuff for your insulated bag, then the heavy stuff, then the stuff which is more delicate - so you can put it on the top of the bag(s). That's how you can get everything into your bags in no time while still at the cashier. WARNING: This normally doesn't work at Aldi, though - the cashiers are just way too fast there normally! ;-)
To win the cashier contest, I use the following strategy. 1. Sort the purchases when you put them on the conveyor belt. Usual heavy and square things up front and light things last (usually bread). 2. Do not use bags. I use 2 crates that fit exactly in the shopping cart. This way I am usually faster than the cashier. And now my tip for foreigners in Germany. Use your mirrors excessively on the highway. Cars can be faster than you expect.
Street view has some interesting "flaws" USA as well. I have some friends in North Carolina, who live on a rural road. If I want to look at the road in Street View it is only half of the road that is available. It stops suddenly at a county line. It has nothing to do with the county, as every other road in the county is available. Whether potato salat or fries are best depends on what it's served with.
Grocery store check out strategy: before I put everything on the conveyer belt, it is already sorted like this: cans and glasses, bottles, boxed items, refrigerated items and then perishables (like fruits and vegetables) and then miscellaneous. I will have a bag for each of those categories. And since I already put it on the belt like this I can just stow it away in the respective bag. It's very quick and effective. Also makes it easier at home to sort out what goes where. What's also good, if you go shopping together. So one will put it on the belt and also pay, while the other one will already start packing. -- I am partial to Pommes --
One more thing, the parking lot of grocery stores are free ( at least 30-60 minutes) but you should watch out for little signs showing the „rules“ for parking your vehicle. Always have this little blue parking disc in your car and don’t forget to set your check in time . Special warning for breaking parking rules on public places, fines from 10€(sometimes the fine is cheaper than the regular parking fee) to get your car towed away. AND YOU DONT WANT THAT. regular price to get your car back round about 250-350€ in Hamburg. In detail, calling the police, get to know the place your car was towed to, mostly at the outer edge of the city (calculate 1hr by public transport to get there), and be prepared to pay cash. Using spaces reserved for disabled people or blocking for example a fire brigade access will increase the fine dramatically. At least the probability getting shot by police tends towards 0%.
Pommes or Kartoffelsalat? So many factors to consider! Pommes start to deteriorate once they leave the frying medium, and cold Pommes are simply dreadful. And while there may be 83 million football coaches in Germany, there are at least 3 times that many experts on how to prepare Kartoffelsalat the one and only correct way! As for bagging groceries: A major shopping trip means just putting the items in the cart and then wheeling it out to the car where the sorting is done and the items are placed in the folding box and bags I keep there. How German have I become in more than 40 years? I have my shopping list with standard items and checkboxes on my phone - and they are IN THE ORDER I FIND THE ITEMS IN THE STORE! 😹
It depends on what the protein on your order is. Schnitzel/Bockwurst = Kartoffelsalat; Schachlik/Haenchen = Pommes. I love your videos. Our hometown in Germany, Ahrweiler, was hit by the terrible flood waves. Were you in any way hindered by the heavy rains in Germany? Hope not. We are sending money to different organizations helping in the areas worst hit. The Ahr Valley, such a romantic and beautiful area has been devastated. Stay safe and enjoy your German experience. My biggest shock when I arrived in Germany was, I got a doctors note saying I could not work, but still got paid. LOL
Weird Comparison. Kartoffelsalat is great to take with you to Grill outside, because you can't carry a Deep-Fryer with you everywhere you go. Fries work well when you are in a home, where a Deep-Fryer is available... so Kartoffelsalat is a great sidedish for going away to somewhere with. Fries ain't. ^_^ And Germans loooooove to Grill outside in Parks and Stuff in the Summer. And once there, they usually eat Kartoffelsalat, not Fries (Pommes). ^_^ And Nudelsalat and Gurkensalat and... the list goes on and on ^_^
Shopping and scanning: My local REWE market has something they call a Packtisch, "packing table", roughly translated. So you can take your time and pack your stuff really nice. But mind one thing: Shopping carts don't have brakes, and Germans can get really, really angry, when your shopping cart slips out of your hands and touches their beloved BMW. You're a couple, so that's a minor problem, but tell me: My girlfriend insists on me holding the cart while she's storing everything in the trunk. She says I can't do it right. What about you two?
You could also use the selfscan system. If any supermarkets have them near you. Out of the blue, i could give you advice on which footbal club to support. but i won't. Soz, you have to figure it out by yourself. BTW: gratz on the USA for winning the gold cup. Could it be that Germans , showing you an easier way to do things falls into the "german engineering and german quality" category? The ways things are done ar ejust easier and more efficient?
Grocery bagging: Use IKEA-bags - big opening, everything goes in very fast. My System is 3 IKEA-bags for a family of 6. And as everybody already commented: Put Your items on the belt in the order, in which You want them in the bag - bottles and tins first, bananas and eggs at last
Ohmy, where to start... first things first: Don't shop at ALDI, when you do your first groceryshopping in germany... those cashiers are brutal... try one of the bigger stores, like GLOBUS or Kaufland, they are a lot slower... then: bagging the groceries... Best way is to pack them on the band in the right order: first cans / heavy nonsquishable stuff... the light, squishable stuff, lastly fresh food / vegtables... by that, you can bag them at the end and have them in the right order... heavy stuff down, light stuff up... But slowly german stores are picking up Scan and Go ... so you scan your stuff yourself, pay yourself at the checkout and therefor do not have any stress with the cashier... Second: please... pretty please: drive on the right side of the Autobahn unless you really want to overtake, and then overtake at a conciderable pace... nothing gets the feeble german heart pumping like a driver cruising slow on the left lane ... For your Qestion: Kartoffelsalat, allways Kartoffelsalat... but beware: there a so many variants... mostly those with mayonaise, and those with vinigar and oil... I for myself prefer the ones made with vinigar and oil (mostly known as bayrischer Kartoffelsalat) because it works better in the summer, the ones with mayonaise are mostly to heavy and they spoil to quickly... But that's personal preference Other than that, I think germany is not that different from anywhere else in the world... I should know.. I live here since 1981...
Kartoffelsalat and Pommes are both good, depending on what you eat it with. Also, i instantly bag my stuff into the bag that is hanging in the cart. I am mostly quick enough.
Maybe if you are raised in the system you have built the speed to keep up with it 😂 And I have to say I agree with you decision on the final question! 😊
"Collect coupons" as a survival tip in Germany - really? I as a German am still pondering about that. I'd rather say - attention: german you-can-do-it-better survival tip ahead! - when visiting Germany, drop smalltalk. ;-)
It depends greatly on the dish im eathing. If i have a Schnitzel, i can imagine both. Kartoffelsalat and Pommes. But for example, german tradition on 24th of December.. Wiener can only be eaten with Kartoffelsalat, never with Pommes...
hi there, thanks for this nice video! shopping at the grocery: like the most germans; planing before packing things out of the cart... ;-) definitly nudelsalat.. :-D and, for your vocabulary: we have two nice words for people you decribed here... "klugscheißer" or "besserwisser"... we even had a german acapella-band called "the wise guys".... ;-) in general, it is kindly meant, they usually forget the "sorry, do you need some help?" in front.... ;-)
Here in the Western US, we have a grocer named WINCO. They have never had baggers so there is a belt before the cashier then two belts after. The cashier simply sends items down one belt first, then the second belt. So, customer #1 is bagging while customer #2 is cashing out, then #2 bags while customer #3 cashes (now using the first belt/lane) and it just switched back and forth. Even so, I still sort heavy first then lighter last. 😊
