what I dislike about living in Germany 🇩🇪

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Hey all! Here are some things I dislike about living in Germany as an American.
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@lindaw1750 3 года назад

I Love It that Sunday is closed😍

@B.A.B.G. 3 года назад

It's what makes Germany special too. There is Sunday rest.

@jonnypechstein 3 года назад

I sooooooo much enjoy the fact, that the shops are closed on Sundays and during the nights! It's wonderful! At least ONE, relatively, calm day in the week! Wonderful! It's soooo relaxing! I hope it never ever changes!!!! And I love the fact that cashiers and other shopworkers have at least that one day, when they can connect with their family. Bad enough that so many others don't have that!

@Maarc-uy3nz 3 года назад

Hi Kendra, I lived in Germany for almost 30 years. When I first moved there, the shops (all) only opened from 7.30am until 6.30pm with a half day on I think Tuesday, a long day on Thursday and closed at 1.30pm Saturdays. Every fourth Saturday the shops where open 2 hours longer. It took many years for this to change in very small increments. It is what is called the “Ladenschlussgesetz” ,enacted in 1956, it only began to slowly change in 1996. I definitely agree with your comments on the WIFI situation, it used to drive me insane as I needed the connection for work purposes. But I really enjoyed living there. One more thing, the shop opening hours in Austrian towns are even worse. Reds from UK.

@honeybadger4245 2 года назад

I remember those days! 😳

@guinessdraught2758 3 года назад

Not everything is closed, hospitals, medical and dental emergency services, many pharmacies, petrol stations with shops, restaurants, there are smaller village markets and farms with their markets as well as many machines with meat and food or train stations etc. If you live here for a long time you will appreciate it. Most of the people I know are happy about it and don't want to change it. greetings

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

You’re right, I just specifically miss the mall for that window shopping nostalgia. I think in the only person I know that dislikes it 😅

@KleederMusic 3 года назад

i think i agree with all of this. DB and slow wifi are the most annoying things for me.

@djenebasidibe468 3 года назад

All soo soo true. I am also living in Germany (but in another state aka Bundesland (North-Rhine Westfalia)) and I sort of found out last fall that Bavaria is especially bad when it comes to opening hours. I went to visit a friend there and she told me that the stores close like at 8! Even the grocery stores. I was sort of shocked to hear that. Being back home over here at my side of Germany grocery stores are open until 10 at least or 12pm. I guess it might be even so much tougher for you then. Back during the last lockdown around April/May when we had this 4 week period when everything closed here at 9. I mean omg. It sort of freaked me out. And the stores were like super packed b/c everyone had to get their groceries at the same time.. which feels like soo inefficient to deal with a global pandemic.

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

Yes! I didn't even know it was a Bavaria thing, I thought it was a small town thing because when I was in Berlin, I could go shopping at some stores on Sundays and when I was in Frankfurt, the stores stayed open super late...now I know it's just my state 😂 That sounds terrible...I can't imagine how bad it was with the Hamsterkauf too.

@majab.3359 3 года назад

Protip from a colleague of mine regarding Deutsche Bahn: always plan your trips tightly (with short changing times between trains) and when they are late, go to DB office and ask for Fahrgastrechte. They have to acknowledge that the train is late and then you will get money back you can use for another trip. :)

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

Lifesaver!!! Thank you so much!

@ladybundlebrent3562 3 года назад

Free Sunday is about 1700 years old. Not in today's version, but free Sundays are much much much older than the Federal Republic. It's called tradition and it's actually awesome. At least when you grew up with it 🤣

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

That last sentence 😂 genau.

@ladybundlebrent3562 3 года назад

@@KendraAshanti I'm pretty sure it is strange for someone, who isn't used to free Sundays. I remember my host sister was shocked, too 😂 I worked at a supermarket when I was studying and I remember how happy I was about at least one free day each week. It's not like you couldn't go shopping on six other days during the week. Everyone deserves a good work-life balance.

@tabithathewholistic 2 года назад

The violin part about the mall😆

@KendraAshanti 2 года назад

😂😂

@jaxxon98 Год назад

Haha, I'm old enough to remember when stores were always closed on Sundays in the US.

@Mozart4000 3 года назад

If you were a cashier you would like it 😉

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

I was! All 4 years of college 😂

@MagnificentGermanywithDarion 3 года назад

PS, I just realized why I have not been seeing your videos. I had subscribed to you a while back but I did not hit the notification bell lol lol. I fixed that and now I will be playing catch up on your videos lol. I so can't wait to be able to travel to Germany again. Pre-COVID, I would travel at least twice a year and sometimes three times a year. Now it has been 20 months, 4 days, 23 min and 4 seconds since I had left Germany on Oct 1, 2019, lol. As soon Germany is open for travel I will be on the next plane lol. :)

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

Ahaha thank you for doing that, I should add that in my intro 😂 Germany is opening soon! I hope you get to come when things get better 😊

@MagnificentGermanywithDarion 3 года назад

@@KendraAshanti Very welcome. I am sooooo ready to get to Germany. Have you ever had Spaghetti Eis yet? That's what I am talking about lol lol.

@PalmyraSchwarz 3 года назад

The unpunctuality of the Deutsche Bahn also has several causes. There would be line closures, an overloaded rail network and more and more ailing bridges. The staffing level was cut because they wanted to privatize the railway. But what the heck, we have an express train system that can hardly increase its speed anywhere. ;-)

@maryymendes 3 года назад

In Brazil we also pay everything by card. Or even just getting your card of phone close to the card machine. And also, since last year, we can transfer money 24/7 for free for any account, from any bank. I have used to pay in a restaurant and a taxi, in a day that I forgot my wallet at home. It's really something I have to get used to, to always carry money around.

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

Soo convenient to just be able to pull a card out.

@MagnificentGermanywithDarion 3 года назад

Howdy howdy Kendra, I watched cool premiere :)

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

Thank you!!

@MagnificentGermanywithDarion 3 года назад

@@KendraAshanti My pleasure

@JayStephan 3 года назад

I had no idea about the Bahn punctuality issue 😳. I assumed it was super punctual. I have become used to most everything being closed on Sunday, but every now and then I still go into panic mode LOL.

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

Me too! We've been bamboozled lol Same! Even when I have everything, I feel like I always need something on Sundays.

@Gab963 3 года назад

I hate making phone calls, and booking appointments. there is no emergency in seeing a doctor. You have to make an appointment even if you are almost dying.

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

Exactly!

@TheRealChaosQueen 3 года назад

Closed shops... This is a where friends and neighbors step in. Most of the time any of them will borrow the missing stuff. But what I really don't understand is why most medical, social, pharmaceutical, bureaucracy places are closed every wednesday afternoon. And having to do phone calls, so irritating. I call the best ones Warteschleife des Todes. I'm sure one day they will kill me. Sunday hangouts: there are so many options, parks, cafés, friend's homes, nature... I'd never chose a mall over those. But I guess it depends on the way we were risen.

@ContesHistoireEtLegendes 3 года назад

The "cash only" think is king of a running gag in Berlin lmao, like there are soooooo many memes about it and stuff 😂

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

Gotta love it (except nobody does) 😂

@arnodobler1096 2 года назад

With CREDIT cards come just also the debts. You spend more money (which you often don't have enough) on things you don't need to impress people you don't even like!

@lamantdegwada 3 года назад

Welcome to the german service desert... Anyway, you made my day once more. Bless up.

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

😂 glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching 🙏🏿

@TuomasLeone 3 года назад

Wow, some stereotypes I had were broken. I had just assumed that the trains ran on time there, almost to the second! Also, didn't know about the slow internet, huh. At least in Germany there isn't the ridiculous Nordic style alcohol laws with state run wine shops, all closed on Sunday, not to mention the prices! It's always something lol.

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

The local trains are great but Deutsche Bahn...forget about it haha Oh boy! That sounds like a headache...

@ladybundlebrent3562 3 года назад

I have no idea where that stereotype about German trains comes from. Writing this on my way home. I was supposed to be home 40 minutes ago, but it was too warm for the train to be in time or whatever 🤣

@dhtran681 Год назад

I cant imagine to pay with a card at the Weihnachtsmarkt in Germany, it destroys the athmosphere for me personally. But 8 out of 10 cases I pay with card.

@arnodobler1096 2 года назад

Die vielen kleinen Läden/Restaurants ernähren viele Familien, im Gegensatz zu McDonalds Walmart & Co, die ich boykottiere! Spätestens wenn du Kinder hast wirst du die Sonntage lieben lernen. Stay safe Kendra

@l.s.174 3 года назад

They pass you around because they often don't feel or don't want to feel responsible. Or some don't want to work:D Like many people in agency offices. And it is difficult for them to solve problems which are not described in their script :D

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

That's the feeling I always get!! Once something is too difficult, the person just becomes dismissive and it's so frustrating...

@l.s.174 3 года назад

As a German I totally agree.

@sheisomarica Год назад

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@KendraAshanti Год назад

Thank you!

@PalmyraSchwarz 3 года назад

Families spending their day off in a mall and spending their money there more or less sensibly would be in the interests of one or two parties in Germany, but it is not in the interests of the Christian churches and the trade unions. Both have lost more and more influence in the last few decades, you will experience that in a few years you will also be able to shop on Sundays and at night, even if only with cash. ;-)

@arnodobler1096 2 года назад

24/7 Öffnungszeiten kann eigentlich auch nicht wirtschaftlich interessant sein für die Firmen, denn viel mehr Umsatz macht man nicht. Dafür schießen die Lohnkosten in die Höhe, was sich auf die Preise und die Löhne auswirkt. (+ Gesundheitsprobleme durch Nachtschichten) Aber wenn das Gesetz weg fallen würde, würde bestimmt eine Supermarktkette damit anfangen und den Dominoeffekt auslösen. Und wer arbeitet meist in Supermärkten? Frauen/Mütter Ich hoffe das wird nie passieren.

@Nuttzernahme 3 года назад

You see, so many person love it🤔??when its closed. But!!!! I hate it too!!!

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

Someone on my side, finally! 😂

@PalmyraSchwarz 3 года назад

The cash is king mentality is deeply rooted in the German soul. On the one hand, this has to do with hyperinflation at the end of the First World War, when you had to pay several million Deutschmarks for a piece of bread and double that amount the next day. On the other hand, traders who accepted plastic money had to pay a certain amount to the respective credit institution. For what exactly, just because the shitty customer has no cash? Do you see here the attitude of a German businessman towards customers? :-)

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

That makes sense in a historical context, thank you for explaining!

@karstenvoigt7280 3 года назад

The punctuality of our trains and desastrous mistakes in the process of digitaliation are results of neoliberalism and nepotism. The trains used to be punctual - before the Deutsche Bahn got privatized. 1981 the Schmidt-administration planned to equip Germany with a fiber optic infrastructure (as the first country worldwide). If these plans would have been executed, our country would now have one of the best digital infrastructures on the planet. But instead, Helmut Kohl and the CDU took over, and the responsible minister, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, preferred copper wire instead. (His wife had a company for that. What a coincidence...). When the consequences of this mistake became more and more obvious, the problem could have been fixed. Expensive, yes, but nevertheless possible. But meanwhile that sector got privatized, and the Telekom AG shyed away from these expenses, and instead focused on improving a technology, that had been outdated from the start.

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

Crazy!! Thank you for the knowledge. This just exemplifies one of the many dark sides of privatization.

@karstenvoigt7280 3 года назад

@@KendraAshanti And also, that corruption is a far bigger issue in Germany, than many will admit. I've been living on the Balkans for a while, which people tend to believe to be far more corrupt. Well, the corruption there is different. First of all, it's an open secret. And second: It is mainly used to deal with problems, that otherwise would remain unsolved. It's used to build bridges, while in Germany it is used to let as many people as possible grab a piece of a construction, until the whole structure collapses. It's like playing Jenga. And that's why we - once famous for innovation and engineering - can't even build something like a damn airport anymore. About privatization: It's part of an ideology that perceives profit as the incentive, that leads to the best possible results. The thing is: It isn't. It leads to mentioned corruption. Now what is it, that made things work so much better instead? A sense of duty. Unfortunately that's a virtue that market fundamentalists never were able to understand.

@gerdpapenburg7050 3 года назад

So Sunday was the only day when your parents did not work; why the hell do you expect other people to work on Sundays to satisfy your commercial addiction as companies are trying to tell you to do so?

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

Because that was how we spent time together. I didn’t say we were spending a bunch of money. 🤷🏿‍♀️ Making way too bold an assumption about my views on consumerism from a 60 second clip and one childhood anecdote. Also, this comment makes no sense because there’s no universal day of rest in the US. Some people have their off days on Saturdays or during the week...so a universal day of rest is something I had to get adjusted to.

@JayStephan 3 года назад

@@KendraAshanti Yes exactly...my sister works in retail in US and her days off are Tuesday and Wednesday. She loves her schedule.

@l.s.174 3 года назад

Nobody likes the "Deutsche Bahn".

@ronny8378 3 года назад

Deutsche Bahn und WiFi 😂

@KendraAshanti 3 года назад

The worst! haha

@ronny8378 3 года назад

@@KendraAshanti in small citys u must be happy if u find a free WiFi ^^ the Problem about free WiFi is the Law and the "Störerhaftung" for the owner of a free WiFi. the Law befor was saying that the owner of the WiFi is responsible for all activity on this Hotspot include the illegal Filesharing. that is why nobody have mood to open a free Hotspot.