14:33 this seinfeld scene comes into my mind ..instantly =D kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6x2j6pvlpbJorw.html

@PassportTwo

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! As an avid Seinfeld fan, I can’t believe we didn’t think of including this in the video as an example. 😂😂 Thank you for sharing this perfect illustration of what we are talking about! 😂

@florian3110

3 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo i watched seinfeld to many times i guess =D i cant get this show out of my head

@LythaWausW

3 жыл бұрын

omg i laughed so hard i cried - thank you so much!

@amainzergoesplaces568

3 жыл бұрын

What a hilarious scene!

@grandmasterTrend73

3 жыл бұрын

haha very good! But it raises another qustion for me as a german. Who the heck eats candybars at restaurants and consider it a dessert? ;-)

Normal for Germans but fancy for Americans: Healthcare system and not to worry to die because you can't pay the doctor

@sauregurke4209

3 жыл бұрын

Ja Herr Doktor bitte Herr Doktor don't let me died

@Twocat5side

3 жыл бұрын

@@sauregurke4209 that's messed up

@MrPolyalert

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I hope we can get medicare for all soon

@fiesehexe8133

3 жыл бұрын

@@sauregurke4209 This is a stupid comment. Of course, seeing a doctor can't always save you from dieing, but not seeing a doctor can easily keep you from surviving when otherwise you very likely would have survived. But I assume that it's about trolling, not about adding anything helpful to the conversation.

@klingecarlos1342

3 жыл бұрын

@@fiesehexe8133 Ever heard of exaggeration? And yes, your medical system is fucked up

And guess where you can also find your Red plastic cups? In the ocean.

@mats7492

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@caciliawhy5195

3 жыл бұрын

Actually they're sturdy enough to be washed and reused.

@rohrverlegervonnebenan2221

3 жыл бұрын

@@caciliawhy5195 like anybody does that

@rickvandam3238

3 жыл бұрын

@@rohrverlegervonnebenan2221 my sister still has a Starbucks cup from America from 3 years ago Yes there are ppl like that

@elessartelcontar8208

3 жыл бұрын

And guess what? There you can also find German plastic because our politicians concentrate on PR stunts such as prohibiting plastic bags in stores while they merely made up a percent of plastic waste. This whole discussion masked the fact that many or most cities get rid of their plastic waste by employing shady foreign waste disposal services. Outside of Germany the waste is handled poorly and makes its way into rivers and, thus, ultimately the ocean. We should have stopped this practice instead of the inconsequential plastic bags which eventually served in their final application as trash bags which we now have to buy. German plastic gets into the environment and we effectively did nothing about it. At least US citizens know about their issues.

I am from Germany and I really like that we differ between "Du" and "Sie" and don't call strangers and older or respectable people by their first names. It shows respect for the others and keeps a certain distance if needed. And nowadays it's a sign if someone was risen right by their parents, at least from what I have experienced.

@annoyingbananana

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from germany and the 80 year old stable owner welcomed me and my horse by saying "Hi, I'm (informal) Hansi! Welcome to my stable!" 😂😂 It's normal to use "du" in informal setting like barns. But in supermarket or swimming pool, always "Sie" if it's an adult.

@strenter

Жыл бұрын

@@annoyingbananana Or, as we say in Germany: "You can say you to me." 🤗

As a german student, it is almost a privilege when adults start talking to you formally because it shows that you are old enough to be considered "worthy". Childs and young teenagers are almost always called by their first name or talked down to even if that isn't the intend (in my opinion). When strangers start to talk formally to you, you know that you have matured quite a bit

@wombataldebaran9686

11 ай бұрын

true, but you also start feeling old. I lost a lot of my hair and grew a beard early (at around 15) and people on the street started to talk to me formally. My friends liked to mock me about that quite a lot.

@frufruJ

10 ай бұрын

Yes! I'm from the Czech Republic and I attended an 8-year secondary school (gymnázium). The teachers were all addressing us formally since day 1 of Prima (the first year, we were 11). Not only do you feel more mature, you even start acting more so.

@Bukki13

4 ай бұрын

@@wombataldebaran9686man your friends are such dicks

Saying "Sie" is not only distance, but first and foremost respect and politeness. ;-)

@CyReVolt

3 жыл бұрын

It's also (getting) quite controversial in many places / with many people.

@franziskamrak2417

3 жыл бұрын

I use Sie for people I don't know or are higher up then me and haven't said that I can call them du.

@CyReVolt

3 жыл бұрын

@@franziskamrak2417 Right, it's still a thing in stricly hierarchical environments. 👍 My perception is that we are culturally shifting away from that, what do you think?

@lu._.1549

3 жыл бұрын

@@CyReVolt I agree with you in terms of the work place but I don't think it's going to change in general too. I can't imagine calling a stranger, my teacher or other ppl I don't see more often Du!

@fusion8484

3 жыл бұрын

I hate when people who I don’t know say “du” to me.

Disposable plastic tableware is forbidden in Germany from this year on.

@dutchgamer842

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't just forbidden to sell it/give for free to consumers. You can still use it if you have it

@xaverlustig3581

3 жыл бұрын

It's still easily available, and I've been buying lots of it recently. I make a point of using even more disposable plastic products because I like them and because outlawing them is irrational.

@hape3862

3 жыл бұрын

@@xaverlustig3581 you forgot to mention the main reason: because your parents are siblings.

@xaverlustig3581

3 жыл бұрын

@@hape3862 Grüne werden schnell beleidigend wenn einer was macht was nicht in ihre Ideologiei passt.

@MxO191

3 жыл бұрын

@@xaverlustig3581 auf solche Dinge zu verzichten hat nichts mit grün sein zu tun... 🤦🏼‍♂️ Und dann nutze sie eben häufiger, sind sie schneller nicht mehr zu haben, ist doch gut!

Well, avoiding trash and disposable utensils should be quite normal...doesn't have anything to do with being fancy, but having a conscious mind for the environment

I actually really like the fact that we can keep things formal. It kind of gives you the choice to tell people to stay away from you without having to tell them directly.

When I was young, I didn't like the "Sie" and "Du" in Germany, but now I really like it, cause it gives you personal space from strangers.

@Blubableful

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I would hate it when employees would be addressed on first name basis. As an employee you just feel more respected when customers address you with your last name.

@teenietinytony

3 жыл бұрын

i mean, i guess. but it's super annoying when you always have to tell others if you want them to say "Sie" or "du" and asking if i can say "du" gives me such horrible anxiety. it's so stuck up :/

@hannajung7512

3 жыл бұрын

@@teenietinytony there is a very simple rule: say “Sie“ to everybody with a higher age or Status then you... it is their place to offer the “Du“, if you are the person of higher Status its your decission to offer the “Du“ This is just basic courtesy in Germany. I think its a shame, that noone bothered to teach you this and you felt insecure because of this.

@teenietinytony

3 жыл бұрын

@@hannajung7512 no, no, no logically i know how i'm supposed to do this, but i'm mostly around people who don't give a shit if they're above rank or older than someone else and often feel weirded out when someone uses "Sie" the thing is that my understanding of respect simply differs from the respectful use of "Sie". it's either every stranger using "Sie" no matter what age or rank or everyone using "du". no one gets more respect for stupid shit like that from me. it just sucks when it gets awkward because i used the wrong word to address someone. i wished we didn't have that tbh

@lochiness.

3 жыл бұрын

@@teenietinytony me too I'm of age just now and people start calling me "Sie" more frequently :P I don't appreciate it, I'd rather call everyone "du" :T I mean, why does someone older than me deserve more respect than me naturally? Experience? That's unfair. And e.g. with my music teacher, I was not at all sure if to use "Sie" or "du" and completely avoided it out of fear...

Fun fact: Plastic cups, that can be used only once, are banned in the whole EU 😉

@water9584

3 жыл бұрын

As well as these plastic forks, knives, and spoons!

@erstequeen

3 жыл бұрын

Or plastic drinking straws

@Meinaseras

3 жыл бұрын

They're not banned yet in Germany. Single use plastics are forbidden to be sold after the 30.06.2021 (written at 30.05.2021)

@WouldntULikeToKnow.

3 жыл бұрын

Good!

@BP-or2iu

3 жыл бұрын

I’m not aware of cups that be used only once. We use them many times before they’re thrown away.

I love being formal. Formality is deeply ingrained in the German language and culture and I much prefer it, because it shows respect to other people and keeps a distance between you and the person you’re talking to. I think France, Italy and Germany might be the most formal countries in Europe. Talking to employees with first name seems very strange and way to personal to me.😅

@eljanrimsa5843

2 жыл бұрын

All the German and Swiss-German companies I have worked for, had a policy of addressing each other with first name and Du. It encourages sharing information.

@scifino1

2 жыл бұрын

@@eljanrimsa5843 Yes, but that's only inside the company. At our company, it is always "Du" with insiders and always "Sie" with outsiders, except maybe on joint projects, or with close, trusted partners.

@forchtsengar6071

2 жыл бұрын

I also prefer the formal "Sie" form. It gives you a mental barrier in your choice of words. You're less inclined to use words that might offend someone who's not your friend and can take it. But I also observe a shift in company culture to a more American style of being informal with each other. Of course the distinction is moot once you switch to English where you don't have "Sie" & fight with your limited vocabulary.

@th5841

2 жыл бұрын

@@forchtsengar6071 In Norway the formal pronoune has disappeared. It was normal 50 years ago. Respect is something you show and not just through our word De (Sie). I might use De to an elderly person because that was normal to their generation, but I would always be respectful anyway (unless they are disrespectful back).

@Nimsrodel

2 жыл бұрын

You only love it because you're used to it. I grew up in both cultures and I like the english way a lot better. Much simpler. There's a reason Sie is being dropped. And you are assuming incorrectly "you" is informal. It is not. "YOU" Was formal and "Thou" (pronounced "Du", get it?) was informal. English dropped the informal first person several centuries ago.

We also have something called the "Hamburger Sie", which is using Sie and the first name. For example one of my university professors used it for her students. I like it because it feels a bit less distanced, but still professional.

@gerdbriem4263

3 жыл бұрын

Usually from the 8th grade on teachers will use it towards their students and parents towards their children's classmates and friends.

@julians.7290

3 жыл бұрын

Echt? A la "Peter, wischen Sie bitte die Tafel"?

@Hamusutaru

3 жыл бұрын

Ya we've been given the choice of continuing the DU or transition to SIE and the first name in 8th grade. (that was back in 2000)

@eleanorrigby7914

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hamusutaru yeah, same for me but most teachers had too many classes to remember wich one asked for „du“ or „sie“ so they just played it safe with „sie“ I got used to it by the end

@hinata27

2 жыл бұрын

i have only enocuntered this at university because one of the students had a very complicated croation last name so she was the only one to be called by her first name while still using the Sie :D

Eating with cutlery isn't fancy, it's clean!

@toxicologyforever9700

3 жыл бұрын

If it's sanitized properly! You never know about how clean cutlery is when you're eating in a restaurant. I've seen my share of dirty looking cutlery in many restaurants, including the ones in Germany! Gross!!

@ramprasad206

3 жыл бұрын

Dude, in India we eat with our hands👍. We would rather trust our own hands than a "cutlery".. moreover eating with hands rather than cutlery makes us more closer to food 🙏

@FrogeniusW.G.

3 жыл бұрын

@@toxicologyforever9700 It's not about how clean your hands or cutlery are _before_ you eat, but how clean your hands are while you eat and after!.. Seemingly dirty cutlery isn't dirty in a hygienic way! It comes out of a dishwasher and is sanitized. If there may stick a little crumb to it, it is "dead material" and not infective in any way. But if you eat with your hands, you will grease everything to all things you touch while eating (drinking glas, clothes, salt shaker..), until you go and wash them.. And I mean, even before: No offence, but there is a reason, why in countries where is usually eaten by hands are heavy diseases widespread.. 🤷‍♀️

@FrogeniusW.G.

3 жыл бұрын

@@ramprasad206 see above

@Krawurxus

3 жыл бұрын

@@ramprasad206 It really depends on the food. Some things like French Fries are fine to eat with your hands. Anything that's messy, like when it has sauce on it is eaten with cutlery. Basically with any dry foods using your hands is an option, but you wouldn't do that in polite company. I always carry a clean set of cutlery with me in my backpack when I'm out in case I need it.

What I (as a German) find fancy in the USA is the guy who packs your bags after you pay at the supermarket. That is fancy and at the same time somehow strange 😄

@goodtf1

3 жыл бұрын

@Rita Roork No Bag boys in Germany or other european countries. We do it by ourself. Its faster and you can pack it how you really want to have it. Heavy stuff on the bottom smaler and soft things on top. Nothing get damaged or you have to be upset about someone who did pack it wrong. Also usually we bring to the shop our own fabric shopping bag. Otherwise we have to pay for plastic bags.

@goodtf1

3 жыл бұрын

@Rita Roork I dont agree. I wouldnt want that someone else is touching my stuff and is packing it. I guess that stands for almost all europeans.

@goodtf1

3 жыл бұрын

@Rita Roork They do because the items are less expensive than in US. You pay for this service whilst the items are more expensive. If you like it, okay. I will book my next holiday with the saved money. ;)

@notroll1279

3 жыл бұрын

@Rita Roork So you've never been to one of the more than a thousand Aldi stores in the US...

@notroll1279

3 жыл бұрын

@Rita Roork Yet another adventure in life still waiting for you 🤪

for us, the formal Sie is used to show respect, and is prevalent specifically with children addressing adults. In schools, teachers will refer to students as Du and their first name, while students will use last names and Sie. Once the students in a class turn 18 it is common for the teachers to ask their classes if they want to be referred to formally as well, or if they want to drop formalities and refer to teachers by their first name as well

@kimberlymay3175

6 ай бұрын

In my school in Northern Germany it was common that the teachers started addressing us students as "Sie" as soon as we reached 10th grade

Pro tip: you can always get free water at a restaurant, you just have to ask for tap water specifically. Some restaurants will even put a lemon wedge in it. And technically, theyre not allowed to deny you tab water. You just have to ask :)

@avissilber5694

Ай бұрын

This! It saved me and my Kreislauf several times on hot summer days walking around a big city, I'd just go into a food place and ask for tap water, often I was handed a paper cup with water and it was always free!

To be honest, a store where the employees only go by their first names would feel like a store that is run by children to me.

@diarmuidkuhle8181

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes!! It never ceases to annoy me that the majority of people of my generation seem to have dispensed with the formal address. I do not wish to be spoken to in a familiar way by perfect strangers in ANY setting ; but in a shop it also comes across as completely unprofessional.

@haberschnack

3 жыл бұрын

uh yeah, once worked at a "woke" hotel in Stuttgart where they demanded from the staff to use the "formal" du to talk to guests. wierd shit and it felt kinda rude to serve at a table with middle aged people and say:" Möchtest DU gerne Kaffee oder Tee zum Frühstück?" nope never again

@alias_sam

3 жыл бұрын

as a cashier if you would address me with "du" i will give you a killing glance... that is for customers and strangers... i don't mind my coworkers to address me informally but i still address most of them formally bc i think anything else would be rude

@valeriemelativandermeulen648

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree! My one professor always wants us to call us by her first name ant tbh, I absolutely hate it. It is so informal and to me feels kinda unprofessional (see, what I did there ;)).

@diarmuidkuhle8181

3 жыл бұрын

@@haberschnack hat sich kein Gast je beschwert und das 'Sie' verlangt?! ... Also wenn mich ein Hotelangestellter duzt, dann liesse ich das nicht durchgehen.

Especially in retail, I find it extremely unnerving when clerks approach me on a "Du" basis. I don't know them, I don't wanna know them, and their approach is only to sell me more stuff. Don't. Just don't.

@Leenapanther

3 жыл бұрын

I work in an antifoodwaste "bakery" (we collect and sell products from bakeries they couldn't sell the day before, for a reduced price). We have a "policy" to use the du mostly (mostly young customers). Of course we don't have to. I think it's very impolite to use the du for everyone and therefore I adjust. We don't do it to sell more, it's more to be on the same level and the firms image.

@Baccatube79

3 жыл бұрын

@@Leenapanther Ich empfinde das als Anwanzen, und ich bin da nicht alleine. Lasst den Mist. "Sie" heißt nicht umsonst "Höflichkeitsanrede".

@karinland8533

3 жыл бұрын

....I don’t wann know them....😇true

@vHindenburg

3 жыл бұрын

I hate it when advertisements do it. You supermarket you should call your customers Sie with a capital S.

@henrybruhns4800

3 жыл бұрын

@@Leenapanther , wir haben in unserer Sprache bewust und kulturel Gewachsen , den Unterschied zwischen "Du" und "Sie" . Das ungebetene "Du" ist eine Missachtung des Gegenübers , Egal ob es vom Verkäufer oder dem Kunden kommt . Noch schlimmer für mich wenn es von einem Polizisten kommt ! Der Erntet von mir einen bösen Blick mit der Frage ob wir schon mal zusammen Schweine gehütet haben .

The two of you together are a perfect combination. You complement each other's excellent communication skills. Your facial expressions, and smiles are charming, and warmly received. The information that you provide can make a huge difference in a well received blending of our cultures. I look forward to your next video. Thank you.

From what I know, when you go into a German restaurant and you order a bottle of water - you get asked what kind of water you want. And when you are visiting friends, they will also ask you what kind of water you prefer. At least this is how I experienced it. That’s is what I hear/ get asked when I go to a restaurant in Germany oder over to a german friends house.

When we turned 16 our teachers asked us if it is okay if they still say "du" or is they have to start addressing us with "sie" it goes hand in hand with getting our personalaisweis.

@Manie230

3 жыл бұрын

Not really. I only got “Siezt” in school during my “Fach Abi” before that it was always “du” and it made sense a 16 year old is not an adult and therefore shouldn’t be “Siezt” but when I went to “Berufsschule” I was 18. And thus an adult. Wich means the normal way of addressing becomes the “Sie” so in that case if a teacher wanted to use “du” they would have asked. Or at least that was how my Realschule handled that we were using “du” throughout all of it. And I was totally okay with that.

@uteziemes5633

3 жыл бұрын

Professionally, I once recorded data of adolescents and young adults between the ages of 16 and 25 who had registered as unemployed job seekers, and informed, advised and supported them. Most of them were already used to the German "Sie" and a form of address with "Herr Surname" or "Frau Surname", but some reacted to it as if I'd just declared their childhood over. With some of them I only recognized this from their shocked look, while others even freaked out and loudly defended themselves against it. Of course, I took their needs into account later and addressed them with the German "Du".

@mats7492

3 жыл бұрын

My teacher used Sie and first names.. hella weird..

@jsplit9716

3 жыл бұрын

@@mats7492 One of our teacher insisted on using Sie and first names when we started the oberstufe. All other teachers asked us and I never heard any class wanring to be called by Sie.

@Souru_TV

3 жыл бұрын

@@Manie230 I am going to the "Berufsschule" as a 16 year old to do my "Fach Abi" I and the rest of my class got asked how we would like to be addressed I chose Du because it would be weird having a completely formal relationship with my teachers.

There is a rule in Germany. The waterbottle has to be brought to the table and opend up in front of the customer...

@cassiehoalaia9179

3 жыл бұрын

For real? Never heard of that.

@realies4185

3 жыл бұрын

@@cassiehoalaia9179 All fancy restaurants do that. If it's more of a rustical and comfy bistro/ "Imbiss", then you might take a small bottle or can to your table and pay afterwards

@midnight8341

3 жыл бұрын

@@cassiehoalaia9179 has to be done so that you can see the bottle beforehand to make sure the seal is unbroken. A lot of restaurants used to open a bottle of fancy, expensive water and refill it once or twice with tab water to make a fortune on that stuff alone. To make sure you get what you paid for, they have to bring the bottle to the table before opening it, so that you can either see or hear the seal being opened.

@OkabexKurisu

3 жыл бұрын

@@cassiehoalaia9179 goes for wine aswell. All learned workers in the gastronomy know this.

@FabFunty

3 жыл бұрын

@@OkabexKurisu Except with the "open wines" which are sold per glass and not per bottle. What usually is known even by the temporary substitute server (chef de nappe)😉

I just love that you show the outtakes! 😂😍

Awesome and informative video. Thank you! Blessings from Texas. 🇺🇲

We had disposable plastic tableware at a big hotel in Canada for breakfast!! I was so shocked. How can a hotel be so lazy. I am pretty sure you would get stoned to death if you would do so in Europe... Absolute NO GO!

@angelikaeder6391

3 жыл бұрын

I had plastic cutlery and plastic cups made to look like glass in every single hotel and restaurant, from New York down to Atlanta and Austin. Also high-end restaurants, only when steak was served we had real knives. I can't get over it, lol.

@kuebbisch

3 жыл бұрын

In Europe disposable tableware will be banned midyear. Supermarkets around here now started selling plastic knifes and forks as "reusable", writing it is dishwasher safe...We'll see how that ends.

@alice73333

3 жыл бұрын

@@kuebbisch Hab jetzt schon in paar Imbissbuden Pappteller und Bambusbesteck auch Schale bekommen.

@dominikstolzenbach2441

3 жыл бұрын

@@alice73333 geht fit, bei Pommes sind so Papiertüten Schmutz weil so Ketchup etc durchgeht

@kuebbisch

3 жыл бұрын

@@alice73333 Ja, aber Plastikteller und -besteck etc. soll verboten werden. Pappteller und Holzpiker/Gabeln wird es weiter geben. Ich bin aber von den Papptellern für Suppen/Eintöpfe noch nicht richtig überzeugt, nach meiner Erfahrung weichen die durch, wenn man nicht schnell genug isst.

being formal is ingrained in our language so it's normal for us and I wouldn't want to change that.

@manub.3847

3 жыл бұрын

In meiner Firma gibt es jetzt eher die informelle Variante. Dies begann vor ca. 3 Jahren und ist nun "relativ" offiziell l. Bezogen auf unsere Sprache kann man durchaus feststellen: es sagt sich leichter "Du A.....", als "Sie A....". Und in der Überrsetzung wird deutich, dass es im englischen keinen Unterschied macht. :) In my company there is now more of the informal variant. This started about 3 years ago and is now "relatively" official. In relation to our language, one can definitely say that it is easier to say: "You(Du) A ....." than "You(Sie) A ...". And the translation makes it clear that it makes no difference in English. :)

@buecherdrache1

3 жыл бұрын

@@manub.3847 But 'Sie A...' has actually a different connotation than with Du. You show, that you are aware that the person in front of you is of a socially higher rank as or has no close connection to you and you respect their position using Sie, but you also show that you condem their action, decisions etc, by calling them an ass. And you show, that their disrespectful behavior didn't stop you from still showing basic respect, while also clearly expressing your opinion, plus it is far more impersonal and cold, implying their actions did not hurt you emotionally, you just find them despicable and that you are emotionally more stable and calm than them. In English this kind of cold, calm but still respectful insult is not possible as easily.

@gustavmeyrink_2.0

3 жыл бұрын

@@buecherdrache1 'Socially higher rank'? Are you tripping? The chance that I would let my boss address me with my first name or 'du' is absolutely zero. Even at school, which admittedly is now some time ago, the teachers had to address us as 'Herr XY' and 'Frau XX' once we reached the gymnasiale Oberstufe and the majority of us was over 16.

@buecherdrache1

3 жыл бұрын

@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 'Or has no close (aka personal) connection to you', as I mentioned. So please don't overreact over nothing as most 'Sie' - interactions fall into that category.

@wallacem41atgmail

3 жыл бұрын

@@buecherdrache1 I'm an American, born in 1941 in the Deep South whose parents were from east Texas and south Louisiana. This was exactly the social etiquette [Without the "Sie" of course.] I was taught as a boy which disappeared in the aftermath of WW2. Even though I've know her for 20-plus years, I still address the owner of the dry cleaners I frequent as, "Ms Lopez" and she addresses me as Mr. (Thiteen-ietter German surname.) It has nothing to do with social rank but is a sign of my respect for her as a person and vice-versa. We are "friendly" but we are not "friends." A nuance most of today's Americans find incomprehensible.

I'm german and #1 me & my boyfriend have been drinking tap water for half a year now because one day we realised how ridiculous it is to buy water at the store, while having good quality tap water for (almost) free :D #2 I ALWAYS use the formal way of adressing people, the only exception are my family, friends and people i know well (like some of my colleagues at work). I live in a small town and i'm not even informal with my neighbors, because I don't know them. #3 I HATE eating with my hands!! :D I rellay enjoyed this video, I never considered all of these things as posh or fancy for americans or other nationalities.

Greetings from germany. Since you asked about it, there are several occasions where we germans eat with our hands. This usually comes down to eating chicken wings or drumsticks. It actually is even considered rude to not eat those with your hands. As for french fries, those are sometimes eaten with your hands, but most prefer using a fork. Also most other fast food is eaten by hand like burgers or "Döner". Also when it comes to BBQ and we have meat with a lot of bones like spare ribs eating with your hands is rather normal. This is from my personal expieriences and location in germany and may vary in other states of germany.

@Sternburg

Жыл бұрын

I think for how you eat french fries it depends on what you eat them with. If you get fries at Mc Donalds you eat them with your hands. If you get them as a side for your Schnitzel you eat then with the fork you already use for said Schnitzel

@EK-gr9gd

Жыл бұрын

Pork chops

As a german woman working in retail, I really appreciate the last name (and "Sie") thing, because it gives you some distance to the more unpleasant customers or the ones that come to close. Regular customers, that I am closer with can call me by my first name, but it is in my control who will.

@olgahein4384

2 жыл бұрын

@J 2 Yeah, there are no 'Karens' in the US, sure :P

@yvonnehorde1097

2 жыл бұрын

@J 2 Well, even if. a customer is nice, I like to have a little distance between me and a customer. It is only a business relationship and not a friendship. Money is involved.

@dominic_19077

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, I’m with you. I hated the policy of using first names as employees in the US.

@vogelfaenger6830

2 жыл бұрын

also it is easier to stay polite if you have an unpleasant customer/retail worker

@estherluciano9623

2 жыл бұрын

@J 2 yeah sure 🤣 try working on a customer service hotline and not wanting to kill yourself.

I eat pizza with knife and fork because it slows down my eating. I've noticed that otherwise I eat pizza way too fast, which isn't really good for me. Eating fries with my hands or with a fork depends on if I have to switch for the other food. A burger and fries? Everything with my hands. Steak and fries? Everything with a fork. Putting down my fork when I need it the whole time for the steak just makes no sense and makes my fingers dirty when they really don't need to.

@PassportTwo

3 жыл бұрын

Very methodical and interesting 😃

@omayrasanchez2877

3 жыл бұрын

I do it the same way, and I believe everybody I know does. As far as I can spontaneously recall how people around me eat. If there's at least one item on the plate that requires cutlery, I eat everything with cutlery, if everything on the plate is typical finger food, I eat everything with hands. [Btw, do Americans actually say "finger food" too, or is this just another one of these 'wrong' Germenglish words, that we think is English but actually isn't, like 'handy' (mobile phone) or 'body' (body suit/jump suit) or 'slip' (female underpants)?]

@PassportTwo

3 жыл бұрын

We use finger food very regular to refer to food you eat with your fingers that typically aren’t messy 😊

@Romy-90

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I would never eat a pizza with my hands especially when I'm in company. I also noticed that Germans don't like to have their hands dirty or sticky with "finger food"/fast food; let's say you pick up French Fries at an "Imbiss" and you just wanna quickly eat it and then wanna continue shopping where you obviously touch everything ;)

@dutchgamer842

3 жыл бұрын

Pizza, with knife and fork ruins it

I live in Belgium. I carbonate my tap water myself by use of a machine. The reason I prefer carbonated water (especially after a meal) is because it lightens the stomach and helps me with my digestion. For me it also seems to remove the "chloric" taste flat water from the tap can have when it stands a night in a glass on my bedside table.

@syncacct8576

Жыл бұрын

I am from Finland and we carbonate our tap water, which is fantastic, as well. For me, it is about the taste and texture, I just prefer carbonated water and carbonating tap water saves nature and labour, and perhaps even a little money, though I have not done the maths.

I just gave you Like Nr 10000. Congrats and thanks for the good video ;)

So I’m German and when it comes to eating with your hands, it depends quite a lot on the situation. Nobody will eat pizza with cutlery at home, but at a restaurant, you shouldn’t even eat fries with your hands (unless you’re at McDonald’s) So generally, things get a lot less formal when you’re at home or with friends...

@lauras.9294

3 жыл бұрын

Ich ess alles was irgendwie geht mit Besteck oder Stäbchen, immer. Auch Pizza, Pommes, Chips und so, irgendwie. Ich hasse das, wenn irgendwas an meine Hände kommt, ob ich zuhause bin oder nichtXDDD

@TheFeldhamster

3 жыл бұрын

And McDonald's isn't considered a "real" restaurant.

@mauer1

3 жыл бұрын

Es ist trotzdem Knigge Pizza und ähnliches mit hand zu essen.

@ThePhantom712

3 жыл бұрын

Do Germans eat Shawarmas with a knife and fork asking for a friend?

@mauer1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhantom712 well you could, but they look pretty easy to eat with hands so noone would yell at you if you eat them by hand.

I drink tap water at home but we use a "Sodastream" to make it sparkling, already pretty popular

@Garfielda89

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to write the same thing. :) Sodastream is great!

@markusbird6426

3 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@Ratselmeister

3 жыл бұрын

Ich würde gern meine Freundin davon überzeugen, stattdessen schleppen wir immernoch Literweise Sprudel in die Wohnung und dann verplembern wir noch die Zeit damit das Pfand zurückzubringen. Sodastream ist die beste Erfindung aus Isreael seit der UZI.

@franky28913

2 жыл бұрын

Wir schleppen immer noch GLASFLASCHEN

@innoberger1632

2 жыл бұрын

Costs about the same compared to bottle water, tastes better, you have to carry less weight and save plastic. Classic win-win-win.

15:45 in Germany there are a lot of occasions where it is acceptable to eat with your bare hands, but normally in case of pizza or fries, only children eat with their hands because it is seen as unhygenic and easyer to get mouth appropriat peaces in your mouth. In cases like chicken wings, or Hamburgers at fast food restaurants you normally not even get silverware to eat, so it is normal at those occasions. Fries are eaten with silverware as long as it is possible, if they get too hard you can eat them with your hands without hesitation, at kiosks in citys and in public pool areas you even get a disposible wooden mini fork to eat the fries or Bratwurst, or what else you order

@Benn0v0

2 жыл бұрын

Du hast vergessen zu schreiben, dass leite, die eine hähnchenkeule mit Besteck essen schiefe Blicke erhalten

@trueSconox

2 жыл бұрын

In jedem guten Restaurant ist man seine hähnchenkeule-> chicken wings mit den Händen. Solange Pommes nicht in einem sehr formalen Rahmen serviert werden, oder die von oben bis unten voll mit Ketchup sind, ist man die mit der Hand. Pizza ist man ausnahmslos mit der Hand, alles andere geht entgegen jede Kultur, außer sie wurde nicht vorgeschnitten.

@marcusklein227

2 жыл бұрын

@@trueSconox dann muss ich dich leider dazu drängen einige verschiedene Pizzen empfehlen, beispielsweise mit Rucola, da solche Pizzen besser gegessen werden mit Messer und Gabel. Klar kannst du die mit der Hand essen, aber es fällt halt der großteil des Belags runter, des weiteren gibt es mit Besteck eine bessere Verteilung des Velags. Ich weiß nicht wo du mal Pommes essen warst, aber als Etikette im normalen Restaurant, nicht Fast Food Restaurants, wird im allgemeinen mit der Gabel gegessen. Nicht die Pommes in millimeter große Stückchen schneiden, aber die Finger nicht verunreinigen (wegen der Hygiene).

@marcusklein227

2 жыл бұрын

@@trueSconox noch vergessen, natürlich kannst du deine Chicken wings oder die Hähnchenkeule mit der Hand gegessen, in der Regel werden dafür vorab kleine Papierhütchen um den Knochen befestigt (Hähnchenkeule), oder es werden bei gehobeneren Restaurants Möglichkeiten zur Reinigung der Hände gegeben. Als Zitronenfeuchtpapier, oder kleines wasserbecken sind wohl am verbreitetsten. Chicken wings werden eher selten in einem Umfeld ausgegeben, in denen es unhöflich wäre mit der Hand zu essen, da es nur schwer möglich ist. Ich würde in dem Umfeld auch KFC und ähnliches nicht als gutes Restaurant bezeichnen, da es 'nur' eine Fast Food Bude ist und wie gesagt dabei kein Besteck ausgegeben wird.

@trueSconox

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcusklein227 Ich hab keine Ahnung in was für schlechten Pizzabuden du warst, aber bei mir ist da bisher noch kein einziger Belag runter gefallen, noch nicht mal Brokkoli oder sowas. Wie der Belag verteilt ist, wird vor dem Backen entschieden. Bei den Pommes kommt es drauf an, wie die serviert werden, liegen die zum Schnitzel auf dem Teller esse ich die auch mit der Gabel. Die Hähnchenkeule, sprich der Flügel, also chicken wing, da sind wir uns ja einig.

I like the formal addressing because you can set your boundaries and pay respect only through a small word and establish privacy and distance from someone you don’t want a close personal relationship with. I don’t want people to assume that they can just speak to me however they want only because I am on first name basis so it is really practical to make clear who can call you what and how to communicate with them. And that doesn‘t mean we can’t be nice but we don’t have to worry if they want to be our friend or not. And if they do want that than they can just ask to address me as ‚du‘ and if I allow it that basically means that I am willing to get closer to that person. And all that subtext and information only through how you address people.

I was actually horrified, that the beverages even sitting inside Cafés where served in plastic or paper cups, when we were in NYC and Washington DC last year. 😱

@evamg21

2 жыл бұрын

My sister worked at a high class golf club near NYC and even there they used plastic. It's unthinkable here

@gregor-samsa

2 жыл бұрын

@@jenniferw758 "cosi fan tutte"

@Lego4KilIer

2 жыл бұрын

@@jenniferw758 horrified by the ecological implications is not a bit extreme

@aviancypress5181

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lego4KilIer plastic I understand, how are u horrified from paper cups?

@solanashoon7974

2 жыл бұрын

@@aviancypress5181 even one time use paper cup are bad for the environment, normally the paper cup have some kind plastic coating so it can hold liquids for a longer time This coating makes it almost impossible to recycle so it can only be burned, even without the coating almost everything that you use only once is bad for the enviorment

In 1788 Adolph Freiherr Knigge released a book on how to interact with other people in certain situations. It became really famous. After his death his publisher expanded the book and added rules for a good behaviour at the table and other formalites. This book and its rules are shaping german behaviour up to our present times.

@PassportTwo

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll have to look that book up! Thanks for the info 😃

@svengaefgen5909

3 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo www.projekt-gutenberg.org/autoren/namen/knigge.html probably it is www.projekt-gutenberg.org/knigge/umgang/umgang.html

@jina6429

3 жыл бұрын

Das ist ja total Knigge 😂😬

@lisamo1013

3 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo NOBODY actually follows Knigge rules in daily life. Knigge rules are the kind of stuff I expect the Queen to follow, not ordinary people. Although there is some useful stuff for formal occassions in there, like if you have a business lunch. Stuff like who to greet first, whether to get up from your seat to shake hands, whether it's ok to order alcohol,... But there's also weirder stuff like don't bunch up your paper napkin (you need to fold it neatly), the boss drinks first after raising your glasses to something, sneezing is a "fauxpas" so saying "Gesundheit" and bringing attention to the fact that you just messed up is impolite, you mustn't cut salad, bread is eaten with the left hand only, ....

@undo2613

3 жыл бұрын

@@lisamo1013 You’re right, nobody follows Knigge completely. I never even read it. Yet many of its guidelines made it into everyday proper etiquette. (the Gesundheit rule was dropped a few years after it got added, though, that truly was a weird one)

I’m originally from the state of Missouri und viele Grüße aus Frankfurt am Main ! Im now a supermarket manager here in Germany and the customers love and respect my friendliness and helpfulness that they normally do not receive here in Germany.

I really appreciate that throwaway cups and plates are frowned upon nowadays. When I grew up they were quite common in Germany, but it's one area where we think it's worth the extra effort to produce less waste.

Even some of teachers at school adress us with "Sie" ( in the "Oberstufe" )

@hexannethorium2644

3 жыл бұрын

I only got comfortable with that in Uni, in the Oberstufe it felt super weird.

@geraldbalzer2429

3 жыл бұрын

If they don‘t know you from classes before, they are obliged to do it. They should do it anyway, even if they know you for a longer time.

@annoyingbananana

2 жыл бұрын

9th grade and higher it's always "Sie" in textbooks but the teachers addressed us as "du". After i graduated school and went into professional school for 3 years, the teachers addressed us with "Sie". For me that was an important part of growing up but it also felt weird ... 😂🤭

You cant have "Schorle" without carbonated water! 😁

@MrsFreckletone

3 жыл бұрын

you are right! Imagine Apfelschorle with tap water...

@aytestarose8903

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrsFreckletone that's forbidden by law 😉

@peterholzer4481

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrsFreckletone I always explicitely order my "Obi g'spritzt" with tap water. Indeed, here in Austria many waiters will ask if you don't specify.

@Ikxi

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrsFreckletone That's just watered down apple juice

@NivionScribble

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ikxi which is okay. Especially for toddlers. My kid loves it and so we drink it all the time. Apple juice with water is delicious because it is not overly sweet! 😁

Carbonating water feels to me like an upgrade: it's not only the boring flat water but the carbon gives it a depth and a multi layered flavour. I'm a fan, although sometimes I also drink tap water

It depends on the circumstances rather than the food itself. When eating out, there is sometimes that awkward spiel about „are we eating with hands now, even though we are in a restaurant?“ With friends at home, I eat pizza, burger and fries with hands. But with my grandpa, I would try to eat all of those with utilities - no matter where we are

Imagine getting your Pfälzer Schoppen served in a disposable soda cup, instead of a Dubbeglas... A sacrilege!

@PassportTwo

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, somewhat on a related note, I heard in the last few weeks there has been a fight over the right to the word “Dubbeglas.” Somebody apparently bought the rights and there are petitions out there to make it so that it isn’t exclusive to just him anymore. Have you heard about this?

@Markus-zb5zd

3 жыл бұрын

or think about a good Äbbelvoi served in anything else but a "Gripptes" ewwww would that even taste?

@andreasmartin9296

3 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo As Donnie would say: "This is a total offence to my culture!" I already signed that petition some weeks ago.

@Markus-zb5zd

3 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo there are many different forms and companies that make these kind of glasses, many with a brand name, I highly doubt that anyone could buy the right to a dubbeglas or any similar glas.

@andreasmartin9296

3 жыл бұрын

@@Markus-zb5zd Dubbeglas is just a term like Tempo, Lego, Jeep or Pampers ;-) Greetings go out to Der Held der Steine and the lawyers of Lego Juris

I feel like the German Herr and Frau in retail store helps to give the employees more of an authentic vibe and makes it in my opinion easier for younger people to get situations handled where the customer is not always right.

@undo2613

3 жыл бұрын

That’s another huge difference between Germany and USA. In the US the customer IS always right. Especially in the restaurant business. Things must have gone horribly wrong, for an employee not getting into trouble when chastising a nasty customer. Employees in Germany get to have a lot more backbone. Sure, always be polite. But they don’t have to swallow their pride with an impossible customer.

@derwolf9670

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I think you should address employees by their last name. They are, after all, professionals and deserve respect. If I used first names, I'd feel like talking down on them

@dorderre

3 жыл бұрын

It tends to rip me out of my comfort zone when being adressed with an informal "Du" by people I don't know and don't have any inclination of getting to know any closer. This happens a lot in fast food restaurants and smaller clothing shops (Subway/NewYorker/etc.). I prefer a professional and respectful distance and the formal "Sie", combined with "Herr/Frau X" (Mr./Mrs. X), serves exactly that purpose for me.

@eruan469

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with that. i work in retail in germany and everytime someone has approached me using "du" what followed was some kind of "karen" situation that i could really do without. In my opinion people are much less likely to be rude when they "have to" speak to you formally.

@Marina-vl7hn

3 жыл бұрын

@@undo2613 It really depends where you work at or for which company. I for example work at one as a trainee where I have to stay polite and basically kiss up their ass because money is much more important to the company than the employees. But since I got a new boss who is also younger, she lets me finally have a spine and stop customers from treating me like shit, which is much needed in some situations...

I very much enjoy the formality that is created by the usage of a persons last name. It is a show of respect.

Wie Aubry „Tschüss“ sagt, ist zwar völlig richtig, hört sich aber so süß an 😊

I appreciate the distance of using "Sie" (formal you) or surnames. Whenever a company's marketing has the impression that it would be a good idea to adress customers with "du"(informal you) without permission, it leaves the impression on me that my privacy was intruded by those bad manners. Needless to say that being impolite to customers does not result in raised popularity.

@Manie230

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting I hate being “Siezt”. I don’t know why but for myself I don’t like it. It’s just not how I wanted to be addressed.

@elopix234

3 жыл бұрын

@@Manie230 me too. I consider it quite rude. It doesn’t have anything to do with respect anymore. On the contrary it’s condescending.

@Manie230

3 жыл бұрын

@@elopix234 I still think we shouldn’t get rid of it. Also I have never seen anyone use it in a condescending way or not anymore or less then someone would use the du in a condescending way. If someone wants to be condescending they will find a way. The formal and informal language are important to make it clear what kind of relationship you have. And it creates distance to people who you don’t want be close with. It’s a tool. And a very good one. But when I am working at a job I would find it strange to use sie for every colleague. Especially if I interact with the on a daily bases. I will quickly ask to be per du but if someone refuses I am still happy to use sie.

@Soordhin

3 жыл бұрын

@@Manie230 When i was younger i liked the informal form much more, nearly felt insulted when somebody used "Sie". However, as i have grown older, i do appreciate the difference between "Sie" and "Du" and do like to use those differences. It is an integral part of our language, and i have to say, i do like it quite a bit. That said, at work we do use the informal address always, but it is of course easier as our working language is english anyway and we have employees from all european countries plus a few more, so the common language usually is english as well. When switching languages it just is easier to stay on "Du", and yes, even in english it is company culture to use the first name basis. However, i can, and sometimes do, choose to use "Sie" instead as i feel it more appropriate or want to express a certain distance and reservation about the other part.

@Manie230

3 жыл бұрын

@@Soordhin yeah Thad what I use sie for. If I want to keep a certain distance between me and the other person like a store clerk. Or my boss. Except wen I know them outside of the job. Or if they asked to be per du. Only people who I really don’t like will I refuse to be per du with.

Me, casually drinking my carbonated water straight from the bottle while watching this video in my room..... Well, I guess I'm fancier than I thought...

@yoshinoyoshinon3597

3 жыл бұрын

So fancy

@pascalheinrich3990

3 жыл бұрын

@@yoshinoyoshinon3597 why I am laughing about your response XD

@franky28913

2 жыл бұрын

me too

11:00 We had this with radio DJs at the famous radio station Radio Luxembourg in the 1960's

I hate carbonated water😖. Everytime I visit some of my friends houses they wonder why I drink tab water, but it just tastes so good here🥰

12:45 Two misconceptions: 1. The differenciation between "you" and "thou" was dropped in England before the colonisation of North America; otherwhise "thou" would still be in use there, which it isn't except in some dialects. 2. "Thou" was the _informal_ form, it is cognate to German "Du". And "You" was the _formal_ form of address, it is originally a plural and cognate to German "Euch". For some reason 300 years or so ago in England, "thou" fell out of use and the polite form became used even among spouses, close friends, relatives and children. So it's not that English speakers are informal all the time, they're formal all the time. Even though most today are not aware of this fact. Incidentally, because religious texts such as the bible and prayers were translated before this change, "thou" survives mostly there. So oddly enough, the only person English speakers tend to address informally is God. Amonst each other they're formal.

@srccde

3 жыл бұрын

I suppose it would be more accurate to say that "you" used to be formal. Nowadays, it really isn't anymore. After all, it's the speakers of a language that decide how a language works and evolves.

@namedrop721

3 жыл бұрын

1. Isn’t accurate. Thee/thou came to America. You can read plenty of early Massachusetts (an American province) texts using thee and thou 2. The Quakers are a religious sect famous for extending the thee/thou usage on into the 19th century

@xaverlustig3581

3 жыл бұрын

@@namedrop721 OK 🙂

@geoffpriestley7001

3 жыл бұрын

Thee and thou were still used in parts of northern england up untill the 1960 i remember some of the older people using it now a day you hear" thus "in replacement" you " .thus too slow = you are too slow . It might be local to me but the west yorkshire area its fairly common

@xaverlustig3581

3 жыл бұрын

@@geoffpriestley7001 Also, Diana Ross used "thee" in "Upside Down". Admittedly just for the rhime, and it's some years ago 😉

It's very usual for school or Kindergarten events to bring your own mug for coffee, your plates for food and cutlery. It saves the environment, and parents who volunteer at this kind of events as help, can do better stuff than washing dishes 🙂

3:16 a glue Wein. Yeah we have that everywhere.

i appreciate the formality

For me (19 year old woman from Germany) using the "formal" Herr/Frau is still preferred, since I've been working in discounters for a long time and it automatically creates respect to the workers. It makes interactions easier, especially for younger workers (high school age) to get treated properly.

I am German and when I was visiting a friend abroad, his girlfriend re-filled my water bottle with tap-water, so I didn't have to buy another one on the way. I tried the water, but just couldn't drink it. It tasted like water from a Swimmingpool

@checkcommentsfirst3335

3 жыл бұрын

relatable... I tried polish water last week

@thehighground3630

3 жыл бұрын

Better don't try french water.

@lily-td5vq

3 жыл бұрын

@@thehighground3630 I am from Germany and I had a school trip to France in 2019 so when we vent to a restaurant we were very impressed to get free water but it tasted like you said so horrible 🥲

@lily-td5vq

3 жыл бұрын

@@thehighground3630 it tasted like pool water 😂

@AKS-666

3 жыл бұрын

Never ever drink that water in the US, you get diarrhea from that because it's chlorinated as f*ck. That's why you can buy water in big canisters in the supermarket.

German here. I prefer flat tap water myself, but most households have "sodastream" which is a brand of an appliance you can use to carbonate water. You only have to change the CO2 tank like every month or so, which you can exchange for a new one at the grocery store since they simply get refilled

Ein anderes gutes Beispiel ist das Konzept von : Kleidung für Zuhause und für Draußen. Also zum Beispiel Leggings gegen Jeans tauschen um spazieren zu gehen. 😀

@Hydorior

3 жыл бұрын

Jetzt, wo Du es sagst...mit den Schluffiklamotten für Zuhause gehe ich nicht in Einkaufen, dafür ziehe ich mir mindestens eine ordentliche Jeans und ein sauberes T-Shirt an. In Zeiten von Homeoffice ziehe ich mich dadurch besser für Aldi an als für meine Arbeit 😄

@Sammy-yf2sb

3 жыл бұрын

I feel the embarassing stares of everyone 😥Ich Kann einfach nicht rausgehen ohne mich richtig anzuziehen Meine familie ist richtig streng wenn es sich um Manieren geht

@alexanderbraun9469

3 жыл бұрын

stimmt. in England gehen sie auch gern im Schlafanzug einkaufen...

@ladybundlebrent3562

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderbraun9469 Echt jetzt?

@fluffydruid3082

3 жыл бұрын

@@ladybundlebrent3562 wäre für mich auch undenkbar

"Tap, bottled or carbonated water?" "Beer." ;-)

@WitherKing-oi7un

3 жыл бұрын

Thats a man of culture!

@shadowlibra5758

3 жыл бұрын

Well beer actually is carbonated..😂

Sparkling or carbonated water gives you that fizzy flavor like a soda without sugar and of course calories. Since living here for nearly 19 years, I love it mixed with juice and turned into a Schorle such as apple juice which makes an Apfelsaftschorle.

13:40 And there is also the "Hamburger Du" (sometimes used, you guessed it, in Hamburg) where you address someone by first name but sill use the formal Sie.

These days I mostly eat pizza, bugers, fries etc. with my hands. But I remember growing up it was considered rude to do that at restaurants or family gatherings. Even when having pizza with teenage friends it wasnt uncommon to just ask the group "is it okay if I use my hands?" to make sure noone is offended. In retrospect that seems weird, but I have to admit I still feel like an uncultured rebell when I eat fries without cutterly at a medium priced restaurant.

@PassportTwo

3 жыл бұрын

It does seem like times are changing and maybe America is having our influence on this behavior as well as people start to be more comfortable eating with their hands 😅

@fusssel7178

3 жыл бұрын

I use knifes and forks most of the time, the only exception is at street stalls or american fast food chains like Mecces or BK.

@dutchgamer842

3 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo ordered pizza in the box on my lap, no silverware. Pizza is not food for silverware unless it's full of topic that yiu can't lift a slice

@MrAranton

3 жыл бұрын

I remember my grandmother trying to eat a Big Mac with knife and fork because she felt eating with her hands was inappropriate. That was back in the 1980s and the last time she saw the inside of an American themed fast food restaurant.

@AgnesYuedan

3 жыл бұрын

@Passport Two Maybe we're just more adapting to how Italian pizza was originally eaten... with hands. Many German people go on vacation in Italy.

if someone introduced themselves with their first name in a formal situation i would feel very weirded out. like don’t pretend to be all friendly and casual with me when i just asked where i can find the woman’s section. that’s so uncomfortable and somewhat invasive.

@dirkandi

3 жыл бұрын

🤦‍♂️🤣🤣🤣

@t.a.k.palfrey3882

3 жыл бұрын

Grüssi! I used to feel like that until a patient reminded me that my first name is my baptismal one, while my last is my familial one. So if Adam is the name by which God knows me, why should I be anything but honoured to called it by a mere human?! 😇 Servus, Adam.

@kasel1979krettnach

3 жыл бұрын

i didnt even know my bosses first name for quite some time.

@Gee5425

2 жыл бұрын

That wouldn't be considered a "formal situation" in the states. That's very casual. Formal here would be more along the lines of outside of everyday activities/communicating functions.

9:55 Tap water and carbenating it yourself is the new meta

For the disposable stuff at events. I think it was in the late 90s when they put in laws that did forbid selling disposables at big events. A similar law did forbid the selling of booze in cans later on. The difference for the festivals was huge. You can as a private person of course buy disposables

At home and in restaurants I eat pizza with a knife and fork. However when I'm in the US and they don't hand me a knife and fork I'll take the hint and eat like a barbarian.

Ich esse, wenn möglich, gern mit Besteck. Aber nicht weil es so fancy ist, sondern einfach, weil meine Hände sauber bleiben. Grade unterwegs, ohne Möglichkeit zum Händewaschen, finde ich es immer ziemlich ekelig, wenn sich Fett, Ketchup oder Soße am Ende von meinen Händen auf die Kleidung, auf meine Geldbörse oder mein Smartphone verteilen.

@swanpride

3 жыл бұрын

Sehe ich genauso. Ich würde mir auch nie etwas bestellen, was ich nicht einfach mit Messer und Gabel essen kann. So etwas wie Hähnchenflügel esse ich nur zu Hause, denn da kann man sich hinterher einfach die Hände waschen und gut ist. Und vorher natürlich auch.

@alice73333

3 жыл бұрын

Ja und auch vorher im Restaurant die Hände zu waschen ist auch unnötig umständlich. Bis man am Tisch ist hat man schon Türklinke, Lichtschalter und sonst was angefasst. Ich mein wozu hat man Besteck erfunden?!

@vomm

3 жыл бұрын

Schonmal was von Servietten oder Tüchern gehört? Ich ess immer mit Händen und werde nie krank und meine Kleidung nie schmutzig, weil ich in der Lage bin sie zu säubern oder abzulecken und ein paar Keime fördern die Abwehrkräfte.

@undertakernumberone1

3 жыл бұрын

@@vomm wenn ich in Restaurants Spare-Ribs oder Chicken Wings bestelle gibts normalerweise Tücher zum Hände abwischen mit dazu. Sowas mit Messer und Gabel zu essen ist mMn einfach nur eine Qual. Und ich meine das selbst z.B. Gordon Ramsay Rippchen mit den Händen isst, wenn ich die Episode Kitchen Nightmares mit Momma Cherri's richtig im Kopf habe.

Hands vs Utensils I am from german (Wiesbaden, Hessen to be more precisley) and i have to say it strongly depends on 1) where you are eating and 2) what you are eating or rather in which "combination". If you eat in a restaurant (fast food excluded) you almost always eat with utensils, unless it's a cultural thing or just how you eat that specific food. For example in a regular restaurant you would eat a buerger with utensils. Also, the combination (this regards at home and fast food restaurants) you would usually eat things like nuggets/burgers and fries with your hands. But if other parts are eaten with utensils (i.e. Schnitzel, Bratwurst, etc.) you usually eat the whole thing with utensils.

In the Netherlands we don’t have name tags at all in retail or restaurants. The only place I had a name tag was in a supermarket and that had my first name. But management had first and last name.

I am from Austria, but our culture is very similar to german culture. Many people are very obsessed with carbonated water, even though I am not a fan myself. I think it's pretty split. You can also get free water in most places when you specifically order tap water ("Leitungswasser").

@BlueSky_BlueSky

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Vienna and tap water here beats almost all bottled water, it comes directly from mountain wells. At home, we do not drink carbonated water but when I buy bottled water, I prefer carbonated water because it stays fresh longer.

@arnolsi

3 жыл бұрын

The americans are obsessed with ice in their drinks, sometimes there is more ice then real drink in the glass. I hate it. When I was in the USA the waitresses looked at me like I'm crazy when I told them I gon't want ice.

@akutyam

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously! I was cold the whole time and had a throat ache afterwords.

@landserkorps796

2 жыл бұрын

Österreicher sind Deutsche mit eigenem Staat.

@aasphaltmueller5178

2 жыл бұрын

@@landserkorps796 net wirklich, da gibts schon a paar Unterschiede

I’d prefer to stick with the formal way of addressing people. I don’t need complete strangers to call me by my first name as if they know me

I stores yes, the employers still have this formality, but at workspaces and so you would usually address your co-workers, with who you work more together than others, with their first names.

I think the difference in addressing strangers informally corresponds to the different way how a "friend" is defined in both cultures, what it means to be someone's "friend" and how by consequence such a friend needs to be treated differently from someone else.

As a German, having tap water in New Jersey while attending Au Pair initiation felt like drinking water from a swimming pool, chlorinated to making me feel nauseous. I was so glad, that it was not the case with the tap water in Vermont, where I spent my year abroad. I like the carbonation because it changes the taste towards sour. In my region, the carbonated water is called Sauer Sprudel.

@Belfigora1102

Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, my Grandparents always had "Selters" and that was really sour these days. I loved it and mineral water in my family is still called "Selter" nowadays.

@strenter

Жыл бұрын

And the only right way to mix in a Apfelwein (Stöffche) is carbonated water, making it a "Sauergespritzter". The also often offered "Süßgespritzter", which can be made with Zitronen- oder Orangenlimo instead, is just blasphemy. 🤗

I am German and have an American GF and she was absolutely amazed by my face when a waiter just came to our table and filled our glass up . First I said „no thanks“ in fact to the waiter , because I thought I would be charged ( like it’s sometimes the case in Italy with bread )

@luisburgard5189

3 жыл бұрын

Yup,when we visited Italy as germans and we sat down in a cocktailbar at a lake, we were amazed that every half hour or so they would bring us snacks, first so chips then a complete plate with bread sausage ham... different sorts of cheese and later even more.Sadly the girls wanted to go home, we were confident that if we drank a few rounds more they would have served steaks.At that bar it was free, and the next day in a restaurant, it did cost extra. Was it because in the bar we paid every round directly and at the restaurant paid at the end.

@sooh6299

3 жыл бұрын

I was the same when I was in the US with my husband and they refilled my fountain soda. I was worried it would cost more.I'm used to saving my drink so I have some left at the end of the meal.

14:34 - Eating Pizza with the hands? Is that a declaration of war on Italy?🤣🤣🤣 Great video. I love the foreigners perspective on my home country.

About the carbonated and uncarbonated water. When we go to restaurants we order Mineralwasser and normally the waiter asks still(uncarbonated) or prickelnd(carbonated). When I am a guest at somebody's home and get asked what I want to drink and I say water I usually get tab water.

to me it would feel so rude to call a stranger by their first name... I'd think it's really unrespectful 😳🤣

@cassiehoalaia9179

3 жыл бұрын

I'd be so uncomfortable to be called by my surname.

@gwendolynlanger2798

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it feels rude. That's it. I don' t want to be called by my first name. Just friends and family are allowed to use my first name. It is absolutly private. Nobody else is allowed to use it that's really rude and unpolite. I think you can geht really in trouble if you use the first name for a stranger. You can be sued. It is a crime if you do this in public. Never ever call a police officer by the first name. This is going to be very expensive. The use of the first Name suggests that you don't respect a person. Never do it to a Person that is working in the service. They would think you will show them how little they are worth and that you are much better than they are. It is really extremly unpolite. Just don't do it.

@0ldFrittenfett

3 жыл бұрын

Especially at a store. It would feel like "Oy! Boy! Come here!".

From the Netherlands: I only drink tap water, in restaurants I ask for some to take my medicine 😁, no problem. I eat my pizza with knife and fork, fries sometimes with or without. Nametags in stores; why would I want to know their firstname, that person is not someone I know, so....

@dutchgamer842

3 жыл бұрын

Weird to pizza with knife and fork, fries only with a fork if it is some sauce is on it like if speciaal

@magmalin

3 жыл бұрын

I drink tap water at home, at a restaurant I prefer other drinks. Sometimes my friends and I order one pizza for everyone which is served cut up into tranches, just as a snack. Then we would eat it with our hands. If we ordered an individual pizza for each person, we would eat it with a knife and fork. I wouldn't want to eat greasy chips with tomato sauce with my fingers.

@dutchgamer842

3 жыл бұрын

I never saw a Dutch person in the Netherlands eat pizza with knife&fork, normally you eat pizza with your hands. Nametags at AH, Jumbo, Plus, Intratuin, Praxis, Hema, Mediamarkt etc all have first names on Nametags, all those stores are in the Netherlands

@dutchgamer842

3 жыл бұрын

@Rita Roork so do most Dutch people, dunno why Greetje doesn't, maybe he wants to feel special

@greetjeb7030

3 жыл бұрын

@@dutchgamer842 I am a she, and I don't feel special, just do not like to eat pizza with my hands!

I realy love how you two are working your way towords the german culture! Als Berliner machen mir die Videos echt Spaß! Weiter so! Echt guter Content!

We actually have one of these mineral springs near our village. You can buy like a yearly pass for 30€-40€ or something and can fill up your bottles how many times you want. I think there is a limit but for a normal household (we are five person household) it's more than enough. We only buy new water from the store every few times to get the new bottles. Because I think it's not too good to use the bottels for an eternity. (We buy mainly glass bottles but have some plastic ones for when we want to take water on trips or something because it's easier.)

Now get this: I drink my delicious german tap water AND if I feel like it I carbonate it myself with a soda stream. Win win!

I think there are some unwritten rules for eating with your hands in Germany. Some examples that came to my mind: - I would eat my pizza with my hands if my boyfriend and I ordered it home and ate it while watching a movie. - I would probably use cutlery if a friend made pizza and invited us for diner, I would at least ask if it is ok to use my hands. - I would definetly use cutlery at a restaurant with my boyfriends parents. But then burgers are a whole different thing: - If my boyfriend's parents invited us to a place where they have burgers we would probably eat it with our hands after quickly checking that everybody agrees on that. - But if it is a fancy restaurant we would use cutlery again. And then the german barbecue: - if we are meeting our friends in their backyard or a public place where it feels more like a picnic, it would be okay to eat a sausage with my hands or even a steak if it is put in a bun. - if someone brought plates and cutlery and there are also side dishes like Kartoffelsalat we would probably eat everything with cutlery. Same for barbecue with family when we are sitting around a table. So yes its complicated 😄 but I think you can say that eating with your hands is considered very informal.

@hi-lc1ig

2 жыл бұрын

I'm German and I usually just do what everyone else is doing or anticipate whether or not I can clean my hands easily afterwards, that works most of the time :)

@Vaiorah

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree

@OlafJorigson

2 жыл бұрын

Even tough eating burger's with knife and fork can be very very challenging...

@TheGosgosh

2 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? Why don’t you eat your Kartoffelsalat or Nudelsalat with your bare hands like an animal? 🙃

This video is already a couple of months old, but I’ve seen it just now. I wanted to add a comment to the topic about eating with bare hands or not. In my opinion (I’m from North Rhine Westphalia, or to be more specific from a region called „Ruhrgebiet“) it’s all about eating fast food or not. At McDonald’s, a „Dönerladen“ or at the „Frittenbude“ u usually eat with your hands (depending on the type of food. For example u usually use some type of fork for a „Currywurst“, but not for fries) However, at a dinner in a restaurant you will use a fork and a knife. I think that sums it up pretty well in most cases 😊

God, I'm crying when I think of the tap water back home in Austria, nothing compares, the luxury of it you only understand when you're abroad 😭

The utensils thing depends on how fancy the place is. For pizza, there is a simple trick: If it comes pre-sliced, you can pick it up with your hands. If it comes as one whole pizza, you're supposed to use utensils. For fries: If they come on a paper plate or in a bag - use your hands. If they come on a real plate with cutlery, use a fork.

We invented the "Pommespieker" to not eat fries with our bare hands. Google it, if you don't know what it is! Another fancy thing in Germany: Everybody drives fancy German cars.

@cassiehoalaia9179

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, sure. Everyone drives fancy cars😹

@akahiro1671

3 жыл бұрын

*cries in Kia

@christianwasweissdennich8056

3 жыл бұрын

we although invented the "give most of your income to the country" rule - mainly that's why most germans can't even afford a fancy car

@silmuffin86

3 жыл бұрын

@@christianwasweissdennich8056 in the US there are low taxes, but the average family spends more in healthcare in a year than you'll ever do in your lifetime... you get what you pay for

@christianwasweissdennich8056

3 жыл бұрын

@@silmuffin86 I spend for me alone more then 600 Euro a month on healthcares-insurance, I would get that much cheaper in other countries so not really cheap, but healtcare-pricing in US is usually just to expensive

Rheinland-Pfalz to ! Greetings from Trier! Oldest city in Germany!

Some christmas-markets actually started giving out blank or otherwise "downgraded" mugs so people don't take those for a Euro but buy the "proper" ones for a few more Euros.

The taste of tap water depends heavily on where you live.

@Ph34rNoB33r

3 жыл бұрын

Even within a single city. Larger cities would get their water from multiple locations, and as the districts are served more or less independently, the water quality might vary. I used to live in a city covering the whole range of water hardness.

@creativedesignation7880

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, I used to have friends living in a another part of my city (they moved since then) and whenever I went to visit them, I'd fill up my water bottle with their tap water, because it tasted so much better.

@Souru_TV

3 жыл бұрын

I do not like the tap water of our own Tap so I drink about 3-4 l carbonated water a day. Also because I am to lazy to actually get the water from the tap

@geoffpriestley7001

3 жыл бұрын

I live in west yorkshire its a soft water area tap water and bottle water taste the same but if i vist my daughter on the east coast we have to use filter jugs for tea and drink bottle water .the water comes from aquifers and taste slightly salty and leaves a scum on the top of tea

Perrier and S. Pellegrino aren’t just French an Italian sounding names, they are bottled in France and Italy, respectively, and shipped across the pond to the U.S..

@3.k

3 жыл бұрын

I think S. Pellegrino was one of the waters that is considered fancy, but has a raised arsenic content after German standards. ^^ I’m drinking mostly tap water at home, but with more or less apple juice in it, for having at least a bit of flavour. :)

@henrybruhns4800

3 жыл бұрын

@@3.k , the High Quality of German Tap Water is the Reason why "Sodastream" is so Popular in Germany !

@3.k

3 жыл бұрын

@@henrybruhns4800 i would even say, it’s utilisable because the water quality is high. ^^

@alice73333

3 жыл бұрын

@@3.k Warte gilt das für alle S. Pellegrino Produkte? Ich liebe die Soda Limos 😅

@3.k

3 жыл бұрын

@@alice73333 Ich erinnere mich leider nicht. Es kam in einer Reportage im TV vor und betraf glaube ich Appolinaris uns S. Pellegrino. Ich denke mal, da es in D verkauft werden darf, kannst Du es beruhigt trinken, nur zur Herstellung von Babynahrung sind die Wässer dann wohl weniger geeignet. :)

I, a german, have something called sodastream, which is a machine that carbonates tap water and i love it

Drinking tap water or filtered water is pretty normal for my family but we do use soda machines to make our own carbonated water sometimes xD Carbonated water lessens the feeling of being thirsty better in my opinion And on the food topic:it really depends on the food and situation tbh. Do whatever people around you do is usually a good way

I'm in the UK and would never dream of calling a customer by their first name, that's so weird to me. I'm always called Mr then my surname and rarely called by my first name unless I know the person and it's not a company.

@gillchatfield3231

3 жыл бұрын

Where do you work? I'll be straight round. Last week I was addressed by my first name in a very formal situation.

@mayalynn3071

3 жыл бұрын

Weird. I'm German, living in Germany and most of my customers are British. They never used my lastname and signed their emails only with their first name, too. Even my british sales rep has only his first name in his signature. I thought that's normal in UK.

@thegoodlydragon7452

3 жыл бұрын

That's weird because most Brits are taken back by the American habit of calling clients sir.

@FC360D

3 жыл бұрын

@@thegoodlydragon7452 That's because Sir is only really used with men who have a knighthood. Sir Patrick Stewart, Sir Elton John, Sir Tom Jones etc. I've only ever heard customers called Sir at one hotel which was way too posh for my liking so I didn't work there very long also the fact I refused to call anyone Sir didn't help matters, the customers didn't mind but for some reason the managers really cared about it. I believe the military uses it but I haven't anything to do with the miltary in 20 years so not sure if they still used it or not but I'm assuming they probably do which is probably the most common places to hear the word Sir.

I prefer the formal address, because I think respect is important- especially in a work environment. If a Karen comes in yelling "Hey you! I have a complaint!" and I tell her "My name is not 'Hey you'! I am still MISTER (X) to you! How can I help you?" it might immediately take some wind out of her sails.

Fellow american living in Germany here! You are 100% correct about the Besteck, this is a conversation I've had with multiple Germans from various parts of the country. It definitely threw me off the first couple times I saw people eating pizza and fries with utensils, but many of them think it's a little gross not to! Just a cultural difference, I suppose

@KingOcean1000

Жыл бұрын

For real. Even in Germany (well whoever you met) it's common to eat chicken or french fries for example to eat it without utensils. Me for myself, I learned that literally everyone who sees you eating chicken or pizza with utensils will most likely roast you for that. In Germany we say "das schmeckt nur, wenn du es mit den Händen isst" Translates to "it will only be tasty, if you eat it by hand" So even if it's common to use utensils for your meal, there are some exceptions.

I would always choose tap water at home but usually bottled water at homes of others because I don't know how the water is.