Wenn die Durchschnittstemperatur 18 Grad beträgt wechselt man eher die nassen Badesachen als wenn es 36 Grad sind. 😜Geht man im Sommer hier in die Nordsee (wenn das Wasser mal da ist) kriegt man nen Källteschock In Miami oder besonders Tel Aviv ist das Wasser gefühlt genauso warm wie die Luft.
Gut, als Mann eine Blasenentzündung zu bekommen ist anatomisch fast unmöglich. Aber jede Frau bekommt die so häufig mit hardcore Schmerzen im Leben, genau deswegen. Das hat mit der Temperatur nichts zu tun, weil zwischen den Schenkeln trocknet die Badebekleidung quasi nie
@@HayleyAlexis ich hatte vorhin geschrieben, aber das kam nicht durch. Der Unterschied Männer Frauen Blasenentzündung. Gerade zwischen den Schenkeln trocknet das nie. Ob es da nun kühl oder warm ist. Und das sind extrem schlimme Schmerzen.
Dear Hayley, when the base temperature is a reliable 25° Celsius and above, you don't really need to take the wet bathing suit off; it dries very quickly. In Germany, as soon as the sun goes behind a cloud, the temperature drops to cool, and your suit stays wet for a lot longer and can make you sick much faster. So the "right" way is the way each culture does that at home. So when in ... Rome ...
I never bring a dry bikini in Germany and have always wondered why people do that. I take it off, when I'm done, or I just put my clothes over the wet bikini and go home. In Germany as a German.
About 3 months after I was hired by a well-known University in the US, I fell and broke my leg, severely enough that surgery was required. The University tried to fire me. I did get a lawyer and they didn't succeed. A friend of mine was fired because of breast cancer. Them's the breaks in the good ol' USA.
Do you know Mr. Bean? There is an episode about him going to the beach and he does the changing without a towel but his clothes on. This is master level of changing clotes.
The working time regulations would also be different in Germany if the unions were not so strong and influential. I think unions in the US have less influence and fewer members.
No. Unions have a giant influence. If it wasn't for the CIR union (Committee of Interns and Residents) they would still be treated like shit. The CIR represents 13 states and has 30,000 members. If it wasn't for the union that my brother is part of (he is a photojournalist for TV news) he wouldn't get hazard pay for being out in hurricanes, tornadoes, protests, up in a helicopter, etc. He also wouldn't get extra pay for going to places like Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, etc to cover natural disasters or civil unrest. The interns in Hollywood created a union. Now this union makes it illegal to not pay interns unless you tell them ahead of time, and it's illegal to not allow them x amount of hours of rest time. The place I interned at had me working 14 hours for 2 weeks straight. Finally I said something to my teacher and the union went after the place I was working at. Factory workers wouldn't have a safe place to work if it wasn't for unions. Unions play a gigantic role in politics, they affect the economy, and they affect culture.
Something else. You look at all of jobs that have unions and people have good pay, safe working conditions (besides teachers 😢), it's more difficult to fire employees (this can be a bad thing. Horrible teachers stay teaching and can ruin kids lives), and good benefits (health insurance, vacation, short term disability, long-term disability, retirement, sick leave, and paternity/maternity leave. As I said, my brother is part of a union. He gets 4 weeks vacation and 2 weeks sick leave. He can get more sick leave, but it turns into short-term disability. The union fought for him and his reporter when they almost died during Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. We, the family of my brother, didn't know if he was dead or alive. The station lost contact with him and his reporter for 36 hours. He got a giant hazardous payout for that.
"What about the freedom of speech?" This is a question asked by someone who has never taken an American Government class; someone who does not know what the words "freedom of speech" mean. There's "freedom of speech" and there's "the right to talk." These are not the same thing. The freedom of speech is the freedom to use the spoken word to relate facts and express one's views. Yes, it exists, but it has necessary limitations. It does _not_ come with the freedom to commit defamation and it comes with the responsibility to _listen,_ on the grounds that other people have it, _too._ You want to live in a functional democracy, don't you? Well, democracies function when new ideas freely circulate. And not just _your_ ideas. _Everybody's._
Normalerweise braucht man doch nicht sofort einen gekühlten Kasten Bier. Wer wird von so vielen Gästen überrascht, plant abends eine Grillparty oder hat spontan Geburtstag?
Wenn man 100m weiter eine Grillparty im Park macht, kann das der einzige Weg sein auf die schnelle einen ganzen Kasten gekühltes Bier zu bekommen. Je nach dem ist ein Teil davon auf dem Weg dann ja auch wieder "verdunstet".
@@Ulrich.Bierwisch ja und in jeder Parknähe bekommst du auch einen kühlen Kasten Bier. Einen Kiosk, Büdchen, Späti oder Supermarkt oder bestellst einfach. Auf dem Land wird der Kasten schnell in den Bach, Badesee, Badewanne gestellt.
@@Miristzuheiss Das Problem: in den USA gibt es je nach Bundesstaat oder gar Region spezielle Lizenzen für den Alkoholverkauf. Dort kann man in vielen Regionen gar nicht in der Öffentlichkeit(Park, Strand,Straße) Alkohol trinken.
who will drink a full box of beer instantly? if you want a cold beer, then on for direct consumption. the complete box of beer will be warm when arriving at home. wasted energy.
Well, if one tries to make any sense out of this, this might be a way: In media without or with low age rating, profanity is prohibited in order to „protect“ children. I suppose this is basically also the case if you encounter someone on the street, and if things get out of hand you might still call the police. Yet, freedom of speech is highly valued in the US and this includes the freedom that you can say whatever you want. This is only my two cents - I‘m not familiar with US laws and regulations at all.
Well, I mean, let's bear in mind, _any_ system that provides benefits for the sick is going to give rise to people who seek to take advantage of it. This is a reason to remain proactive about _finding_ such people. It's not a reason to punish everyone _else._
Food waste that goes into macerators in a domestic situation should either go into the dustbin/trash can or if appropriate, onto the compost heap, it shouldn't go into the sewer system to be dealt with by the sewage farms.
I think Germany is more prone to sudden weather changes, cold wind and such than Florida, the latter being basically tropical. Germans are probably also more likely to bathe in outright cold water. Though there might also just be some level of hysteria/misinformation, just like the "Zugluft" debate.
German here. In the past 24 years that I had a job at university, I have called in sick maybe 6 to 10 days altogether (and it was for surgical and/or deaths in the family related issues)…. Most people do not abuse the system, I‘d say (or hope)…
Average sick days in Germany and Austria per employee are between 10 to 15 days (varying in recent years due to pandemic and other factors). So considering Grippewellen and other seasonal waves of illness that most people catch, it does not sound like the system is really abused by the majority.
When you drive a car and get stopped by a cop, in the USA, you can tell him all the insults you know. In Germany you can open a bottle of beer and say "Prost". If you stay below 0.05% it's allowed.
I would not start an insulting debate with a US Cop. You will find yourself in handcuffs before you even know. Anyway I agrre on the bottle beer in Germany. German Police may then lat you do an alcohol test..
@@Titus_von_Amecke I should have added that both approaches are not advisable. They are more or less legal but can start a chain of events that may end in somewhat uncomfortable results.
Why the hell would anyone prefer the American system over the German system regarding work? I mean, does the German system have flaws? Of course... but one could be really lucky and be born in the US... but then others are even luckier and are born in Europe...
There are people that do prefer the US system (I personally know Germans in Germany that do). It honestly depends what you want your life to look like and what is important to you. There are some things I would chnage in the German system (and maybe even adopt from the USA) BUT sick days are definitely not one of them.
At my job we do have "sick days" krankentage...You ar allowed up to 6 weeks with krankenshine (Dr. note) If you are sick longer than that you can still take time off but a part of your salary will be paid through the insurence and it can be a little bit less but still enough to live in...If it keeps going you can apply for further assistance, even handicapped social help...My boss was sick a year when he had cancer and he was paid the whole time and came back to work one year later and assumed his same pisition and no one did anything but nbe happy he was still alive! In this respect Germany is great! I would heve been fired by noew in America because I have chronic heart problems and can sometimes be out 3 weeks at a time for various health problems. No problem in Germany. THis and the 30 vacaruion days is the best thing in Germany! Now don't get me started on German direkness..... that is something else!😂
Hello, to your third point, that you are allowed to be insulted in the USA, shocks me. Respect for others, even if I don't agree with them (and I'm not talking about religion or skin color) is a basic value of human interaction. Is this perhaps the reason why discussions can and are allowed to be conducted at a political level in the USA? In Germany, the Basic Law, which forms the basis of all other laws for us and our state (similar to the US Constitution), states in the very first article: "(1)Human dignity is inviolable. To respect and protect it is the duty of all state authority. (2) The German people are therefore committed to inviolable and inalienable human rights as the foundation of every human community, of peace and justice in the world." Based on this article, there are many laws in criminal law, administrative law, the German Civil Code and even in road traffic regulations that protect and regulate this first and most important article of the Basic Law. Only those who treat each other with respect and on an equal footing can solve a problem in a civilized way, hopefully without violence (and that includes verbal violence). I completely agree with your husband Mike and am also very irritated that such behavior between citizens of a nation is accepted and tolerated. Hallo, zu Ihrem dritten Punkt: Dass man in den USA beleidigt werden darf, schockiert mich. Der Respekt vor anderen, auch wenn ich nicht mit ihnen übereinstimme (und ich spreche nicht von Religion oder Hautfarbe), ist ein Grundwert des menschlichen Miteinanders. Ist das vielleicht der Grund, warum in den USA Diskussionen auf politischer Ebene geführt werden können und dürfen? In Deutschland heißt es im Grundgesetz, das für uns und unseren Staat die Grundlage für alle anderen Gesetze bildet (ähnlich wie die US-Verfassung), gleich im ersten Artikel "(1) Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar. Sie zu achten und zu schützen ist Verpflichtung aller staatlichen Gewalt. (2) Das deutsche Volk bekennt sich daher zu unverletzlichen und unveräußerlichen Menschenrechten als Grundlage jeder menschlichen Gemeinschaft, des Friedens und der Gerechtigkeit in der Welt." Auf der Grundlage dieses Artikels gibt es viele Gesetze im Strafrecht, im Verwaltungsrecht, im Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuch und sogar in der Straßenverkehrsordnung, die diesen ersten und wichtigsten Artikel des Grundgesetzes schützen und regeln. Nur wer respektvoll und gleichberechtigt miteinander umgeht, kann ein Problem zivilisiert und hoffentlich ohne Gewalt (auch verbale) lösen. Ich stimme Ihrem Mann Mike voll und ganz zu und bin auch sehr irritiert, dass ein solches Verhalten zwischen Bürgern einer Nation akzeptiert und toleriert wird. On your fourth point, I can only say that I pity all Americans. I've said it before in previous posts on older videos of yours. I work to live, I don't live to work. This US method of generating leisure time or curing illnesses only works well as long as there is a certain pool of “substitutes” available for my work. But if I work in a profession in which there are hardly any new skilled workers, this system shoots itself in the foot. If you're ill, you're ill. Quite simply! If I go into a large office with a cold and flu because I've exhausted my sick days and don't want to risk my job and infect everyone else around me, it certainly doesn't help my company or my business in any way. It's a shame that this way of thinking has not yet arrived in the USA and that people still talk about the company as if it were a family that you harm (even through no fault of your own) when you are ill. Zu Deinem vierten Punkt kann ich nur sagen, dass ich alle US-Amerikaner bedauere. Ich habe es schon in früheren Beiträgen zu älteren Videos Deinerseits gesagt. Ich arbeite, um zu leben, ich lebe nicht, um zu arbeiten. Diese Methode der USA, Freizeit zu generieren oder Krankheiten auszukurieren geht nur so lange gut, wie ein gewisser Pool an "Ersatzkräften" für meine Arbeit zur Verfügung steht. Wenn ich aber in einem Beruf arbeite, in dem es kaum neue Fachkräfte gibt, schißt sich dieses System selber ins Knie. Wenn man krank ist, ist man krank. Ganz einfach! Gehe ich mit Erkältung und Grippe in ein Großbüro, weil ich meine Krankheitstage ausgereizt habe, meinen Beruf nicht riskiren will und stecke alle anderen um mich herum an, hilft es meiner Firma oder meinem Unternehmen sicherlich in keinster Weise. Schade, dass diese Denkweise in der USA noch nicht angekommen ist und noch immer von der Firma gesprochen wird, als sei sie eine Familie, der man (auch unverschuldet) Schaden zufügt, wenn man krank ist.
Wieder was gelernmt, ich hab mich immer gefragt, warum die Amerikaner immer so ausrasten können...kannst in Deutschland vergessen, direkt Anzeige raus 😀
I remember that during my exchange year in Illinois back in 1994 I was shocked that everyone was disposing of potentially harmful used batteries in the household waste. When I asked them about it, they just shrugged and said it's not their job. Regarding waste and recycling, we are living in two worlds - at least back then.
Was... !? .... an der Autobahn bekommst du quasi ausschließlich gekühltes Bier! Analog in Touristen-Hotspots. Denn .... wer will denn schon warmes Bier trinken!? Aber ... bei solchen Läden ist ALLES teurer als sonstwo. Wenn ich schon dort kaufe, will ich (bzw. an Autobahnen eher mein Beifahrer) es sofort konsumieren. Überall Anders passiert tatsächlich das, was du beschreibst. Schließlich kann man das Bier zuhause erstmal "kaltstellen", bevor man es konumiert. Und damit zum halben Preis...maximal....
Es geht darum, dass es in den USA normal ist, dass man ganze Kästen Bier aus einem walk-in Kühlschrank kauft. Also der gesamte Bier-Verkaufsraum ist gekühlt, nicht nur das was man auf die Hand mitnimmt.
@@Ecstasia1 Wenn ich mir ein paar Fotos von "beer caves" ansehe, gibts da im Wesentlichen SechserPacks zu kaufen. Und das macht ja durchaus noch Sinn. Zu zweit kann man die halbwegs zeitnah austrinken. ...Auch wenn man nicht direkt vor dem Laden damit anfangen darf ;-) Aber eine reguläre Kiste (mit 20 Halbliter-Flaschen) gekühlt zu kaufen, wäre m.E. grober Unfug ... es sei denn, man hat es nicht weit nach Hause und dort einen so großen Kühlschrank, in den alle 20 Pullen reinpassen, ohne dass die Frau Zicken macht...weil er jetzt mit Bier blockiert ist.
@@HayleyAlexis Gut. Man kann also größere Mengen in "gekühlt" kaufen. Der obligatorische Pickup, mit dem man das Zeugs nach Hause bringt, hat sicher schon mal keinen Kühlschrank. Aber landen denn tatsächlich, wenn man zuhause angekommen ist, alle 24 Pullen sofort im Kühlschrank? Weil...wenn nicht, wäre es sinnlose Energie-Verschwendung gewesen. Mir ist bekannt, dass die Kühlschränke in den USA mindestens doppelt so groß sind, wie unsere. Aber das reicht doch immer noch nicht. Früher habe ich eine kleine Etage im Kühlschrank für mein Bier beanspucht. Da passten genau fünf Flaschen rein. Bei mehr hätte meine Frau Terror gemacht 🙂 Mittlerweile habe ich einen speziellen (abschließbaren) Bier-Kühlschrank. Das liegt aber primär daran, dass mir meine beiden Söhne heimlich mein Bier weggesoffen haben ... und ich ja irgendwie gegensteuern musste.
In my opinion, it makes no sense to cool down the whole pack of beer in the store where you buy it, only to put it into your warm car after purchasing it and then, at home, take out only two bottles to put in the refrigerator while letting the rest get warm again.
The trip from the store to the car usually isn’t that long for it to get warm enough to notice for many Americans, if not the majority. Also all of the beer (if a 4 or 6pack will go into the fridge, if it’s for a party, there will usually be a large cooler with ice for the beers to go into, which is to say that most beer, is drunk cold, whether from tap, bottle or can (unless the beer is traditionally drunk room temp
I´m no gynecologist. But the difference between "Florida" and the "Isar" is, that in sea water (Florida) there is a lot of salt that slows down (or even inhibits) yeast and other microorganisms from growing.
The bathing suit thing is something health related. Growing up, I always had to change when coming out of the water at the beach or pool and its also something that we made the kids at summer camp do. We were always told you would get sick if you didnt 😅
I'm from the western US where it is common to hear swearing in public. I also spend time in the northern mid-west and there, unless you're in a larger town or someplace where there are a lot of visitors to the area, it is rare to hear public swearing . When someone does swear in public they may notice that lots of heads will turn to see what's going on. Unless the one swearing had a painful accident they should not be surprised to see a lot of stink-eye pointed at them. When guys are hanging out together it's acceptable to swear as long as there isn't a woman or child present. The craziest thing you will see in the midwest is when there is a collision and both parties want to claim responsibility for it: "Oh jeez I'm sorry that was all my fault;." "Oh no, I got distracted and I wasn't looking where I was going." "That may be but I did bump into you, don't chew know?" "No, but you had right of way and I run into you !" 🤣
Actually when people cuss like that they are called asozial if you know what that means. You might hear some simple word like du Depp du Idiot du bist doch ein Arsch Something like that. But these hard F words and B words I mean it’s good more for me and now with the youngest but when we grow up they were in such a thing. I’ll try to cuss as a police officer oh hell no. There was no such thing to cuss at an officer because you would get a fine for doing so when I came to the United States and I heard how people talk to the police officer I was like in shock I even talk to the police officer about that, and he said there’s nothing they can do about it.
3:11 😂Not magic..just feels very very bad. Doing this is not comfortable. I have done this once or twice. Cos if they don't dry fast enough, they get cold...so the buttoms I change. But... it's been forever since I was swimming 😅
My friend in Mainz Germany has been on extended “sick” leave for a few months now and depending on the doctors and other factors she’s hoping it will get extended till first quarter of next year 😮 idk how exactly she can do that and still pay rent etc. I can’t even get any sick days and I work do a major US health insurance company 😡
1:33 Those things get popular in Germany at the Getränkemarkt. Every other Getränkemarkt in my city (not to far from Munich) has one. But they are smaller. Like...a public toilet in Germany for disabled people? That size. And there is also soda in there, a few
8:18 🤦♀️ 8 hours being 0.75 days is the worst part of all of that. The US does get that you are human, right? Just because you are a nurse, doesn't mean you are magic and don't need breaks and sleep. Right?!
Hold On...who else came down HURRR to read what Hayley said that the "Buck tooth/missing tooth guy" had said to her? I only could catch a few of the words....but, I think that he didn't like certain type of people that look like Hayley or myself 😳
6:35 😂You can do this in Germany! Of course! But you can't have witnesses. If someone claims you cursed them out...he needs proof. So😅 just, do it the right moment
It's not only germans... I mean, how can you keep a wet cloth on your skin? ewwwww! I change the bathing suit the second I am out of the water! Oh, and about sick days: we don't have those in Italy... if you are sick you send your doctor's note and you stay home, paid. Abuse? Well, someone does but... I've been working for 36 years, and my total sum of sick days is under 50... so no, not me personally. :)
Here’s a joke……I’m not naming the city for not so obvious reasons but it’s in Germany. My son-in-law is American and still has to get used to the besser- wisser Germans. He frequently cycles around this city. So one morning he rode over a pedestrian crossing because there was no pedestrians but the lights were red. A German man decided that he needed some scolding on the rules. Then off went this older man after doing his bit to keeping the city safe. Well son-in-law was so upset at this man because in his eyes he did nothing wrong. Mind you he doesn’t speak much German. He literally back pedaled to search for this man who he thought verbally abused him, found him and had a whole conversation with him in English!!! He’s so ‘American’ he just couldn’t let it go. They parted amicably though. He needs to understand that it’s in the German genes to shake a finger at rule offenders. Just say yes, it’s okay and keep moving.
Statistically People who abuse the german health care system usually call in sick on Mondays. If you get caught pretending to be sick (like being seen in a bar), your employer can fire you.
I think it's so hilarious that the U.S will bleep out every cuss word on TV, the radio, in music, but they're the ones who use this language the most. It just goes to show that if you make something forbidden or bad people will want to do it more. Coming from germany, cussing is not necessarily forbidden or bleeped out in the media, but I think it's just not seen as a good way of communicating. So you will probably get some looks if you cuss out of the blue, but when I use 'shit' or 'fuck' (which I do a lot at work) no one really cares and even on TV people usually laugh about it. At the end of the day, they're just words, we give them meaning. So don't make them forbidden and be just use them as fun little add ons, not as a replacement of actual communication.
--We have such refridgerators, but the become less and less, due to energy consumption and carbon footprint. It is also bad for your reputation as company to use so much energy. --Germany is a lot colder than Florida and it has trinking water to bath in not salty water. Therefore infections are more common. -- I have unlimited sick days, as everyone in Middle Europe. They are only related to a not being able to work due to health related reason (this has not to be sickness) and not to the days worked since the last "sick" leave. And if you need a doctors notice on the first day, your employer mistrust you. Legally the company can ask for it, but in reality it is very imcommun that someone asks at the first or second day, if you are trusted. I worked for 10 years in Germany and another 25 years in Austria, which has a very similar system and was NEVER asked when off shorter than 3 days. And I never heart from a friend, family member or colleague, that they were asked.
I'm German but when people annoy me I'm giving them the full Klaus Kinski treatment. For me freedom of speech is absolute. And laws which try to penalize certain opinions you openly say are just totalitarian in nature (Holocaust denial for example could mean 5 years jail time, the SAME amount for rape or aggravated assault). I see freedom of speech as a natural right no government on earth can take away from me. Germany does not stand above that no matter which clown laws they come up with.
You’re right we also do that with our children when they get out of the water we change their bathing suits or bathing shorts we were raised that way it’s normal for us. It’s comfortable instead of laying with a sweat bathing suit the whole time it’s disgusting.
In Sweden, if you are sick more than a week then you need a doctors note. (Last time i was home sick; 13 month ago). And when home sick you still get payed 80% of your normal salary.
I’m on sick day number 4243. mandatory insurance isn’t that bad. I’m a bloody socialist communist whatever-ist European. I got all these names when i told someone i wish they had the same freedom of not going broke if they have a disability
Why Germans change their bething clothes and people in Florida don´t: I think Germany is a country where it normally is too cold to wear wet clothes - even in summer. As I am concerned, I get problems with my bladder, if I don´t change the slip after bathing.
As to the refrigeration - most German bier has better taste and it can be drunk at a higher temperature that American beer, which mostly needs to be near freezing to taste good. There are some exceptions for American beers, but most of the big brands watered down their recipes during WWII and never went back. Also Germany for the most part tends to be a lot cooler than the US, so there is less incentive to drink cold drinks. Even sodas are not typically served with ice. I have seen people changing out of suits on German beaches as you describe, although sometimes not as completely covered. This was when they were done swimming for the day and heading home. I didn't notice anyone changing into another bathing suit. For the past 40 years or so a lot of US bathing suits are quick drying. If you stand out in the sun for a few minutes, the suit will be relatively dry, so no need to change. As for the cursing in public, Germans are a polite society for the most part. Living over there was like living in a past era of the USA. Sick days - Germans have a good work ethic. It would not occur to them to abuse sick days. I wish we could have that kind of system here. instead of the complicated way we manage sick time, to prevent abuse.
10:25 😮Attack you? No! I just wrote a bunch of stuff about the last part...just trying to go into more detail. I didn't mean that in a bad way at all! I hope you don't take it as aggressive
As for abusing the German employers by falsely stating you are sick: You could do that but only for the first day. If you are sick for more than one day you do need a doctor's note. There are in fact jokes about doctors who just say "Ah, you have got a cough? Sure I'll give you a sick leave certificate. One week should do... " And off you go because that is the only reason you went to the doc not at all for medicine or any kind of therapy.
I'm from northern Germany and have been living near the ocean my whole life, but I have never heard of or seen people change into another bathing suit after swimming. You usually change into other dry clothes when you want to go home and the bathing suit is still wet, but that's it.
3:05´ Bathing suits: That was an American tourist. Many German women do that without a towel. The bathing suit regulations of the city of Munich state that the primary sexual organs must be covered. This came after complaints from women who had to wear a bikini top and men did not.
How ridiculous to have a refrigerated beer storage section in a shop! Beer does not spoil at room temperature, so that is a complete waste of ressources. And any refrigerated beer in US-shops is particularly ridiculous, because you may not even walk out of the shop and enjoy that refrigerated beer on the street. To change your bathing suit after bathing in freshwater makes sense, because there can be cercaria (parasites) in the water, which will cause skin irritation after the first exposures, but if you get dry after leaving the water, they will hardly affect you. No laws against insults is an ambivalent thing in my mind. Generally, I am fine with that. But it is only fine, as long as you can really use gross insults against whoever you want. If you may not insult a policeman, or if you cannot insult many people, because they are likely armed and dangerous and you cannot insult your boss, because he is allowed to fire you, it just becomes suppression.
Love your videos. The point with the large refrigerators really does not make any sense and is just for marketing. Why would you go to a gas station and buy a 24 pack of beer cold as you cannot drink all that while it is still cold without putting it in a fridge anyways. Also, remember, in Florida you would not be allowed to have an open beer in the passenger room of the car, so no way people could drink that nice cold beer while in the car.
lol. I have never seen someone in Germany instantly (!) changing their bathing suit into dry clothes. Where I live, in the northern/western area, we just change when heading back home because oftentimes the bathing suit would dry due to not so much sun and heat where I live.
As a German I never have noticed the habit of changing wet bathing suits unless you leave the bathing spot at all. Maybe a South German / bavarian thing?
Many parents also tell their children to change into dry swimwear, because they don't want them running around with their wet bathing suits or swimming trunks
The swearing thing, Wisconsin (as a whole) has a LOT of German Americans. If you swear like that at someone in public, you will get yelled at cause you're causing a scene. I've seen it happen.
Per capita energy consumption in the USA is almost double compared to Germany. 2003, the USA invaded Iraq illegally and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people (over 600,000 according to a lancet article).
Now...I am the first person to talk about the USA's wrongdoings but to act like Germany had no part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq... Would be utterly incorrect, misleading, and ignorant. Germany may not have sent troops to Iraq but it enabled and helped the USA tremendously in it's efforts...Even after being so "publicly" opposed and against the war. Germany allowed the US to use bases in the country to send troops/supplies to the Middle East (constantly). German airspace was used, which had to be approved by the German government, German troops were stationed in nearby countries for "other reasons" when in reality it was to show strength and help the USA with their mission, and the list goes on.... Germany was just as complicit in the deaths as the USA.. The only difference is that Germany hid behind the false image of "peace" while allowing people to be murdered with the help of their country. The whole story of Iraq is a compilation of "Western" forces being militant thugs against the Middle East... Germany being part of the problem and an enabler.
The German sick day system is also a good counterweight against the power imbalance between employer and employee... Treat your employees like shit, they'll be sick more.. And aside from that, there is a bit more rulings to that. You can't just call in sick for weeks and weeks without a doctor affirming that you are, etc. ... also after 6 weeks you still get paid, but less and by the government instead of your employer... I think it is 60% of your wage... so abusing the system is not just THAT simple...
But only if it is the same sickness. So basically try to get different illnesses all the time then you can get the whole year fully paid hahaha…. But yeah most of the people won’t do. Especially now with the work at home through the pandemic mentality. Actually you just call in that you work from home and still work although you are sick
Hayley, you clearly lived in a very secluded part of Germany. In the North we never bought beer as single bottles but by the crate and there were large warehouses that sold predominantly beer although, occasionally a small range of wines and sprits, you pay a deposit on the bottles and the crate, which is deducted off the next load. Why cool the beer unless you are going to drink it immediately? Our family beers are kept in Keller along with wines and spirits that are then brought up to the fridge in anticipation of a session. The German sick leave and holiday system is common throughout the whole of Europe, its very civilised and means that you value the person not their productivity. Of course, there are abuses of the system but these are found out and dealt with but as an employer I am selfish in wanting my staff to be well and ultimately productive when they come to work. I have even taken people home that are clearly unwell and should never have come to work.
I always find these types of comments to be hilarious because I did not just stay in Bavaria. I moved around in Germany as well. I visited other regions in the country as well and yes in northern Germany I saw people buying beers out of the fridge at grocery stores at kiosks at gas stations in the list goes on. I literally have been out with my friends in Hamburg and then Hannover Ang gone to a kiosk and purchased beers out of a refrigerator.
@@HayleyAlexis Maybe our family take drinking beer very seriously and would never usually consider buying just a bottle or two. I don't doubt that many people buy their odd bottle of beer in the supermarket or grocery store but the same seems to apply to bottled water which are bought in the more convenient multi-bottle packs of 12ltrs or more, not the odd over-priced individual bottles in the fridge. I think there is a cultural difference between us in the way we shop. For us its usually a trip to the store to stock up with significant quantities of general foods and drinks, whereas I noticed that you, from your last video, shop just for the meal. My wife and I come from families where it was commonplace to store good quantities of food and drink when in season. Bottling and preserving food for use later in the year (or next) is part of our DNA. We therefore always have a good stock of food and drink for the unexpected guests.
The average Germans fridge is a fraction of the size of an Americans average fridge which means that the way you shop is not normal for the average German
@@HayleyAlexis That's the whole point about having a traditional Keller, they are cool (temperaturewise) to store masses of food, it doesn't have to go into the fridge. The average German shops like most Europeans, with weekly and monthly shopping trips, the only daily shop is for things like bread. Brotchen is not very pleasant beyond lunchtime.
I go on my annual vacation to the Florida Keys almost every year and if I can say for sure, in Florida swimwear or clothing in general is never wet long enough to cause a urinary tract infection. Even if you get caught in a monsoon-like downpour and are soaked to the bone, it doesn't take 5 minutes in the sun and even the last piece of clothing is dry again. In Germany, you would probably sit for hours with wet clothes and thereby encourage illness.
The company I work for allows 4 days per calendar year for sick and our PTO/vacation is accrued; about 5.25 per hours pay period- (every 2 weeks) it comes out to 18 days per calendar year and it’s a use it or lose it policy, no saving or rolling over and no taking pay instead just f the day.
Edeka does have these refrigerated rooms in a few of their branches, the one in the underground part of the Hauptbahnhof in Munich has one for example. They usually use it for any kind of beverage, though, not just beer.
About freedom of speech in Germany: it is in our constitution in article 5. But article 1 protects human dignity, and cussing someone out violates that person‘s basic rights. Whenever the there is a situation where constitutional rights collide (my freedom of speech vs. your right to have your dignity protected), the oder of the articles matter. That‘s why before "freedom of speech" there is 1) protection of human dignity, 2) protection of personal freedoms, 3) equality before law, 4) freedom of faith and conscience and finally 5) freedom of expression. There are 19 articles in total covering basic human rights. That also the reason why holocaust denial is punishable. It is covered by freedom of speech, but violates human dignity. Even if people are dead, they still remain people and their rights have to be protected.
@@MsMusicfan92cause it's kind of true, sometimes. There are many women that can park perfectly, and there are men, that can't do it. Put I'd say it's like a 8 out of 10 chance, when you see someone struggling in a funny way to get into the spot, it's a woman. The most scary drivers are men over 70 though.
It was me.... Chris! I talked about the refrigerator beer in the US! I was told I'd get a yeast infection here In Germany by leaving my wet suit. I thought "hmm" -- a whole nation of Americans have been living in the danger zone for years and years! 😂 And when I first moved to Germany, I got cussed out all the time...for what, exactly I was getting cussed at, I don't know!
On average, German employees take 15 payed sick days per year. You can take as many payed sick days as you need. If you take sick days when you are not sick, you can get fired. For example, if you say that are too sick to work, but you go clubbing, you can get fired. Most employers ask for a sick note if you are sick for more than 3 days. Some ask for a sick note on the first day that you are sick. In the first month of your probation period, get a sick note on the first day. You get a sick note from a doctor. You can get it in person, with a phone call, or with a video call.
My husband is from the UK. He can’t comprehend how we in the US earn our PTO as we go. You’re not just given 25 days or whatever they get in the UK right when you start. He asked what you do if you have a planned vacation and haven’t earned that time. Well you can ask for it off but you might not get it and you’re only paid for the PTO you’ve earned thus far. Also the sick days coming out of PTO (that’s how mine works) just doesn’t make sense to him.
I always enjoy learning these little (or large) cultural differences ^^ I'm Dutch, so most of the time things work the same here as they do in Germany, or at least very similar. I would like to make one small remark about the video though; that I struggled to concentrate on what you were saying whenever the video would slowly zoom in. This was highly distracting for me (my cousin experiences the same thing, I found out recently) and I felt pretty overwhelmed, so much so that I finished just listening to the video and not watching anymore 😅 I hope you understand that I'm not angry or anything, I just wanted to share it, because it might bother more people too. Overall I love watching your videos, you make lots of interesting comparisons & it's fun to get a personal perspective on both sides 😉
Yeah the sick day system in germany is easier to abuse. But then again you don't have to fear of losing one's livelihood when you happen to be sick for a long time. And companies do track the sick days of their employees, some even pay extra if you come to work all workdays. You can also lose your job but the hurdles are much higher then in the states.
It was even before, that Germans probably did not so much cussing out or insulting, but after WW2 the first paragraph in our constitution is about human dignity. And therefore even your freedom of speech does not allow you to insult someone. You could say, that you think what I do is silly, you could say, you would have never done such a thing, you can say, that makes me look like an idiot, but you are not allowed to say, that I am silly, that I am an idiot. And as you said, when you care more about the words you use, the whole talking doesn't become aggressive so fast.
Hayley, I agree with you on the work/life thing.... It generally isn't an option for most American workers but it is also the reason that a huge chunk of German automobile manufacturing only happens outside of Germany... Sweden is leaning in the same direction. People in my home state are benefiting.
I found the comment about the beer and it was @christinemunger7054 (not Christian) THANK YOU CHRISTINE!!!
Wenn die Durchschnittstemperatur 18 Grad beträgt wechselt man eher die nassen Badesachen als wenn es 36 Grad sind. 😜Geht man im Sommer hier in die Nordsee (wenn das Wasser mal da ist) kriegt man nen Källteschock In Miami oder besonders Tel Aviv ist das Wasser gefühlt genauso warm wie die Luft.
Gut, als Mann eine Blasenentzündung zu bekommen ist anatomisch fast unmöglich. Aber jede Frau bekommt die so häufig mit hardcore Schmerzen im Leben, genau deswegen. Das hat mit der Temperatur nichts zu tun, weil zwischen den Schenkeln trocknet die Badebekleidung quasi nie
manchmal viel wärmer 😵💫 wie ne' Suppe!!
@@HayleyAlexis ich hatte vorhin geschrieben, aber das kam nicht durch. Der Unterschied Männer Frauen Blasenentzündung. Gerade zwischen den Schenkeln trocknet das nie. Ob es da nun kühl oder warm ist. Und das sind extrem schlimme Schmerzen.
Daran liegt es. Es wäre einfach zu kalt. Wenn es wirklich heiß ist kann man sich einfach trocknen lassen
Dear Hayley, when the base temperature is a reliable 25° Celsius and above, you don't really need to take the wet bathing suit off; it dries very quickly. In Germany, as soon as the sun goes behind a cloud, the temperature drops to cool, and your suit stays wet for a lot longer and can make you sick much faster. So the "right" way is the way each culture does that at home. So when in ... Rome ...
I never bring a dry bikini in Germany and have always wondered why people do that. I take it off, when I'm done, or I just put my clothes over the wet bikini and go home. In Germany as a German.
Es gibt hier kein Garbage Disposal. Die Kanalisation ist eben kein Mülleimer. Danke fürs Video, Hayley
About 3 months after I was hired by a well-known University in the US, I fell and broke my leg, severely enough that surgery was required. The University tried to fire me. I did get a lawyer and they didn't succeed. A friend of mine was fired because of breast cancer. Them's the breaks in the good ol' USA.
Really that is terrible
Do you know Mr. Bean?
There is an episode about him going to the beach and he does the changing without a towel but his clothes on.
This is master level of changing clotes.
Brilliant episode 😅👍
The working time regulations would also be different in Germany if the unions were not so strong and influential.
I think unions in the US have less influence and fewer members.
No. Unions have a giant influence. If it wasn't for the CIR union (Committee of Interns and Residents) they would still be treated like shit. The CIR represents 13 states and has 30,000 members. If it wasn't for the union that my brother is part of (he is a photojournalist for TV news) he wouldn't get hazard pay for being out in hurricanes, tornadoes, protests, up in a helicopter, etc. He also wouldn't get extra pay for going to places like Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, etc to cover natural disasters or civil unrest. The interns in Hollywood created a union. Now this union makes it illegal to not pay interns unless you tell them ahead of time, and it's illegal to not allow them x amount of hours of rest time. The place I interned at had me working 14 hours for 2 weeks straight. Finally I said something to my teacher and the union went after the place I was working at. Factory workers wouldn't have a safe place to work if it wasn't for unions. Unions play a gigantic role in politics, they affect the economy, and they affect culture.
Something else. You look at all of jobs that have unions and people have good pay, safe working conditions (besides teachers 😢), it's more difficult to fire employees (this can be a bad thing. Horrible teachers stay teaching and can ruin kids lives), and good benefits (health insurance, vacation, short term disability, long-term disability, retirement, sick leave, and paternity/maternity leave. As I said, my brother is part of a union. He gets 4 weeks vacation and 2 weeks sick leave. He can get more sick leave, but it turns into short-term disability. The union fought for him and his reporter when they almost died during Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. We, the family of my brother, didn't know if he was dead or alive. The station lost contact with him and his reporter for 36 hours. He got a giant hazardous payout for that.
America has naturally occurring Hayleys. Which is nice.
We are pretty cool... If I do say so myself :)
"What about the freedom of speech?"
This is a question asked by someone who has never taken an American Government class; someone who does not know what the words "freedom of speech" mean. There's "freedom of speech" and there's "the right to talk." These are not the same thing.
The freedom of speech is the freedom to use the spoken word to relate facts and express one's views. Yes, it exists, but it has necessary limitations. It does _not_ come with the freedom to commit defamation and it comes with the responsibility to _listen,_ on the grounds that other people have it, _too._
You want to live in a functional democracy, don't you? Well, democracies function when new ideas freely circulate. And not just _your_ ideas. _Everybody's._
And with that comes responsibility for your own words.
Free speech and freedom of expression are two very different things.
Absolutely true!
Normalerweise braucht man doch nicht sofort einen gekühlten Kasten Bier. Wer wird von so vielen Gästen überrascht, plant abends eine Grillparty oder hat spontan Geburtstag?
😂 das stimmt....
Wenn man 100m weiter eine Grillparty im Park macht, kann das der einzige Weg sein auf die schnelle einen ganzen Kasten gekühltes Bier zu bekommen. Je nach dem ist ein Teil davon auf dem Weg dann ja auch wieder "verdunstet".
@@Ulrich.Bierwisch ja und in jeder Parknähe bekommst du auch einen kühlen Kasten Bier. Einen Kiosk, Büdchen, Späti oder Supermarkt oder bestellst einfach. Auf dem Land wird der Kasten schnell in den Bach, Badesee, Badewanne gestellt.
@@Miristzuheiss Das Problem: in den USA gibt es je nach Bundesstaat oder gar Region spezielle Lizenzen für den Alkoholverkauf. Dort kann man in vielen Regionen gar nicht in der Öffentlichkeit(Park, Strand,Straße) Alkohol trinken.
@@Ulrich.Bierwisch nur darfst Du wahrscheinlich in USA im öffentlichen Park keinen Alkohol trinken…
who will drink a full box of beer instantly? if you want a cold beer, then on for direct consumption. the complete box of beer will be warm when arriving at home. wasted energy.
What I Don't unterstand. You can curse somebody in die street but die f*** word is beeped. That does Not makes any sense.
Ein YT Video mit YT D Richtlinien. Das macht sehr wohl Sinn und erklärt perfekt den Unterschied
We are a very funny country....
You will hear it in music, won't be beeped out
Komisch - aber nicht zum Lachen @@HayleyAlexis
Well, if one tries to make any sense out of this, this might be a way: In media without or with low age rating, profanity is prohibited in order to „protect“ children. I suppose this is basically also the case if you encounter someone on the street, and if things get out of hand you might still call the police. Yet, freedom of speech is highly valued in the US and this includes the freedom that you can say whatever you want.
This is only my two cents - I‘m not familiar with US laws and regulations at all.
Well, I mean, let's bear in mind, _any_ system that provides benefits for the sick is going to give rise to people who seek to take advantage of it. This is a reason to remain proactive about _finding_ such people. It's not a reason to punish everyone _else._
Right. But any system can afford some misusing it. The tolerance in other areas, like guns is striking.
I miss a garbage disposal in the kitchen sink in Germany.
But it’s not environmentally friendly 😊
Mike thinks it's one of the coolest inventions
@@HayleyAlexis I've seen too many horror movies to want to be anywhere near them.
I stuck my hand in one the other day because my ring fell in and Mike was shocked!!!
... and it raises the cost for waste water disposal/cleaning.
Food waste that goes into macerators in a domestic situation should either go into the dustbin/trash can or if appropriate, onto the compost heap, it shouldn't go into the sewer system to be dealt with by the sewage farms.
Hmm, I didn't know Americans could beep like that ... 😉
We are jacks of all trades :p
In germany its often much cooler than it is in Florida when you get out the water. I never change when I am in Florida but I might do that in germany.
It should be; Florida is much closer to the equator than any part of Germany
" Because the German way is the right way" = O-Ton Mike😂
Who thinks the same?
it is!! trying to teach my australian husband to drive the proper way in germany and respect every rechts vor links rule, I am going greyyyy
Americans are famous here in Germany for being terrible drivers. :-D
I think Germany is more prone to sudden weather changes, cold wind and such than Florida, the latter being basically tropical. Germans are probably also more likely to bathe in outright cold water. Though there might also just be some level of hysteria/misinformation, just like the "Zugluft" debate.
Yes... Germans bathe in freaking ice baths if we are being honest.... 😂
German here. In the past 24 years that I had a job at university, I have called in sick maybe 6 to 10 days altogether (and it was for surgical and/or deaths in the family related issues)…. Most people do not abuse the system, I‘d say (or hope)…
I have the same opinion.... I know there are people out there that do but most people are generally honest
Average sick days in Germany and Austria per employee are between 10 to 15 days (varying in recent years due to pandemic and other factors). So considering Grippewellen and other seasonal waves of illness that most people catch, it does not sound like the system is really abused by the majority.
When you drive a car and get stopped by a cop, in the USA, you can tell him all the insults you know. In Germany you can open a bottle of beer and say "Prost". If you stay below 0.05% it's allowed.
I would not start an insulting debate with a US Cop. You will find yourself in handcuffs before you even know. Anyway I agrre on the bottle beer in Germany. German Police may then lat you do an alcohol test..
@@Titus_von_Amecke I should have added that both approaches are not advisable. They are more or less legal but can start a chain of events that may end in somewhat uncomfortable results.
Only a fool would be so arrogant as to invite the ire of the police onto them. You can be ticketed for spite and have to waste time in court
Why the hell would anyone prefer the American system over the German system regarding work? I mean, does the German system have flaws? Of course... but one could be really lucky and be born in the US... but then others are even luckier and are born in Europe...
There are people that do prefer the US system (I personally know Germans in Germany that do). It honestly depends what you want your life to look like and what is important to you. There are some things I would chnage in the German system (and maybe even adopt from the USA) BUT sick days are definitely not one of them.
@@HayleyAlexis What would you change and why?
@@markusmiller3500 that might take a little too much brain power for me at the moment.
At my job we do have "sick days" krankentage...You ar allowed up to 6 weeks with krankenshine (Dr. note) If you are sick longer than that you can still take time off but a part of your salary will be paid through the insurence and it can be a little bit less but still enough to live in...If it keeps going you can apply for further assistance, even handicapped social help...My boss was sick a year when he had cancer and he was paid the whole time and came back to work one year later and assumed his same pisition and no one did anything but nbe happy he was still alive! In this respect Germany is great! I would heve been fired by noew in America because I have chronic heart problems and can sometimes be out 3 weeks at a time for various health problems. No problem in Germany. THis and the 30 vacaruion days is the best thing in Germany! Now don't get me started on German direkness..... that is something else!😂
Hello,
to your third point, that you are allowed to be insulted in the USA, shocks me.
Respect for others, even if I don't agree with them (and I'm not talking about religion or skin color) is a basic value of human interaction.
Is this perhaps the reason why discussions can and are allowed to be conducted at a political level in the USA?
In Germany, the Basic Law, which forms the basis of all other laws for us and our state (similar to the US Constitution), states in the very first article:
"(1)Human dignity is inviolable. To respect and protect it is the duty of all state authority.
(2) The German people are therefore committed to inviolable and inalienable human rights as the foundation of every human community, of peace and justice in the world."
Based on this article, there are many laws in criminal law, administrative law, the German Civil Code and even in road traffic regulations that protect and regulate this first and most important article of the Basic Law.
Only those who treat each other with respect and on an equal footing can solve a problem in a civilized way, hopefully without violence (and that includes verbal violence).
I completely agree with your husband Mike and am also very irritated that such behavior between citizens of a nation is accepted and tolerated.
Hallo,
zu Ihrem dritten Punkt: Dass man in den USA beleidigt werden darf, schockiert mich.
Der Respekt vor anderen, auch wenn ich nicht mit ihnen übereinstimme (und ich spreche nicht von Religion oder Hautfarbe), ist ein Grundwert des menschlichen Miteinanders.
Ist das vielleicht der Grund, warum in den USA Diskussionen auf politischer Ebene geführt werden können und dürfen?
In Deutschland heißt es im Grundgesetz, das für uns und unseren Staat die Grundlage für alle anderen Gesetze bildet (ähnlich wie die US-Verfassung), gleich im ersten Artikel
"(1) Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar. Sie zu achten und zu schützen ist Verpflichtung aller staatlichen Gewalt.
(2) Das deutsche Volk bekennt sich daher zu unverletzlichen und unveräußerlichen Menschenrechten als Grundlage jeder menschlichen Gemeinschaft, des Friedens und der Gerechtigkeit in der Welt."
Auf der Grundlage dieses Artikels gibt es viele Gesetze im Strafrecht, im Verwaltungsrecht, im Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuch und sogar in der Straßenverkehrsordnung, die diesen ersten und wichtigsten Artikel des Grundgesetzes schützen und regeln.
Nur wer respektvoll und gleichberechtigt miteinander umgeht, kann ein Problem zivilisiert und hoffentlich ohne Gewalt (auch verbale) lösen.
Ich stimme Ihrem Mann Mike voll und ganz zu und bin auch sehr irritiert, dass ein solches Verhalten zwischen Bürgern einer Nation akzeptiert und toleriert wird.
On your fourth point, I can only say that I pity all Americans.
I've said it before in previous posts on older videos of yours.
I work to live, I don't live to work.
This US method of generating leisure time or curing illnesses only works well as long as there is a certain pool of “substitutes” available for my work.
But if I work in a profession in which there are hardly any new skilled workers, this system shoots itself in the foot.
If you're ill, you're ill.
Quite simply!
If I go into a large office with a cold and flu because I've exhausted my sick days and don't want to risk my job and infect everyone else around me, it certainly doesn't help my company or my business in any way.
It's a shame that this way of thinking has not yet arrived in the USA and that people still talk about the company as if it were a family that you harm (even through no fault of your own) when you are ill.
Zu Deinem vierten Punkt kann ich nur sagen, dass ich alle US-Amerikaner bedauere.
Ich habe es schon in früheren Beiträgen zu älteren Videos Deinerseits gesagt.
Ich arbeite, um zu leben, ich lebe nicht, um zu arbeiten.
Diese Methode der USA, Freizeit zu generieren oder Krankheiten auszukurieren geht nur so lange gut, wie ein gewisser Pool an "Ersatzkräften" für meine Arbeit zur Verfügung steht.
Wenn ich aber in einem Beruf arbeite, in dem es kaum neue Fachkräfte gibt, schißt sich dieses System selber ins Knie.
Wenn man krank ist, ist man krank.
Ganz einfach!
Gehe ich mit Erkältung und Grippe in ein Großbüro, weil ich meine Krankheitstage ausgereizt habe, meinen Beruf nicht riskiren will und stecke alle anderen um mich herum an, hilft es meiner Firma oder meinem Unternehmen sicherlich in keinster Weise.
Schade, dass diese Denkweise in der USA noch nicht angekommen ist und noch immer von der Firma gesprochen wird, als sei sie eine Familie, der man (auch unverschuldet) Schaden zufügt, wenn man krank ist.
Wieder was gelernmt, ich hab mich immer gefragt, warum die Amerikaner immer so ausrasten können...kannst in Deutschland vergessen, direkt Anzeige raus 😀
I love the bleeping while cussing part. Hayley - this was ABSOLUTE GOLD! I laughed my ass off just now.. hahahahahahaha
I remember that during my exchange year in Illinois back in 1994 I was shocked that everyone was disposing of potentially harmful used batteries in the household waste. When I asked them about it, they just shrugged and said it's not their job. Regarding waste and recycling, we are living in two worlds - at least back then.
The bathing suit thing is a funny one 😀 I´m german, and my mother does that, too.
I enjoyed this video. Interesting topics covered. 😊❤
Thank you for the kind words!!
Was... !? .... an der Autobahn bekommst du quasi ausschließlich gekühltes Bier! Analog in Touristen-Hotspots. Denn .... wer will denn schon warmes Bier trinken!?
Aber ... bei solchen Läden ist ALLES teurer als sonstwo. Wenn ich schon dort kaufe, will ich (bzw. an Autobahnen eher mein Beifahrer) es sofort konsumieren.
Überall Anders passiert tatsächlich das, was du beschreibst. Schließlich kann man das Bier zuhause erstmal "kaltstellen", bevor man es konumiert. Und damit zum halben Preis...maximal....
Es geht darum, dass es in den USA normal ist, dass man ganze Kästen Bier aus einem walk-in Kühlschrank kauft. Also der gesamte Bier-Verkaufsraum ist gekühlt, nicht nur das was man auf die Hand mitnimmt.
@@Ecstasia1 Wenn ich mir ein paar Fotos von "beer caves" ansehe, gibts da im Wesentlichen SechserPacks zu kaufen. Und das macht ja durchaus noch Sinn. Zu zweit kann man die halbwegs zeitnah austrinken. ...Auch wenn man nicht direkt vor dem Laden damit anfangen darf ;-)
Aber eine reguläre Kiste (mit 20 Halbliter-Flaschen) gekühlt zu kaufen, wäre m.E. grober Unfug ... es sei denn, man hat es nicht weit nach Hause und dort einen so großen Kühlschrank, in den alle 20 Pullen reinpassen, ohne dass die Frau Zicken macht...weil er jetzt mit Bier blockiert ist.
Wir haben "24-er" Packungen und die sind auch gekühlt.....
@@HayleyAlexis Gut. Man kann also größere Mengen in "gekühlt" kaufen. Der obligatorische Pickup, mit dem man das Zeugs nach Hause bringt, hat sicher schon mal keinen Kühlschrank. Aber landen denn tatsächlich, wenn man zuhause angekommen ist, alle 24 Pullen sofort im Kühlschrank? Weil...wenn nicht, wäre es sinnlose Energie-Verschwendung gewesen. Mir ist bekannt, dass die Kühlschränke in den USA mindestens doppelt so groß sind, wie unsere. Aber das reicht doch immer noch nicht.
Früher habe ich eine kleine Etage im Kühlschrank für mein Bier beanspucht. Da passten genau fünf Flaschen rein. Bei mehr hätte meine Frau Terror gemacht 🙂
Mittlerweile habe ich einen speziellen (abschließbaren) Bier-Kühlschrank. Das liegt aber primär daran, dass mir meine beiden Söhne heimlich mein Bier weggesoffen haben ... und ich ja irgendwie gegensteuern musste.
In my opinion, it makes no sense to cool down the whole pack of beer in the store where you buy it, only to put it into your warm car after purchasing it and then, at home, take out only two bottles to put in the refrigerator while letting the rest get warm again.
I agree 🤷♀️
The trip from the store to the car usually isn’t that long for it to get warm enough to notice for many Americans, if not the majority. Also all of the beer (if a 4 or 6pack will go into the fridge, if it’s for a party, there will usually be a large cooler with ice for the beers to go into, which is to say that most beer, is drunk cold, whether from tap, bottle or can (unless the beer is traditionally drunk room temp
I´m no gynecologist. But the difference between "Florida" and the "Isar" is, that in sea water (Florida) there is a lot of salt that slows down (or even inhibits) yeast and other microorganisms from growing.
We have lakes in Florida that you swim in as well
@@HayleyAlexis It is warmer in Florida, so things will dry quickly.
@@insulanerin7601 In Florida it is forbidden to change your clothes in the open. That's hat change houses are for.
@@V100-e5q Land of the free, right?
The bathing suit thing is something health related. Growing up, I always had to change when coming out of the water at the beach or pool and its also something that we made the kids at summer camp do. We were always told you would get sick if you didnt 😅
I'm from the western US where it is common to hear swearing in public. I also spend time in the northern mid-west and there, unless you're in a larger town or someplace where there are a lot of visitors to the area, it is rare to hear public swearing . When someone does swear in public they may notice that lots of heads will turn to see what's going on. Unless the one swearing had a painful accident they should not be surprised to see a lot of stink-eye pointed at them. When guys are hanging out together it's acceptable to swear as long as there isn't a woman or child present.
The craziest thing you will see in the midwest is when there is a collision and both parties want to claim responsibility for it:
"Oh jeez I'm sorry that was all my fault;."
"Oh no, I got distracted and I wasn't looking where I was going."
"That may be but I did bump into you, don't chew know?"
"No, but you had right of way and I run into you !"
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Actually when people cuss like that they are called asozial if you know what that means. You might hear some simple word like du Depp du Idiot du bist doch ein Arsch Something like that. But these hard F words and B words I mean it’s good more for me and now with the youngest but when we grow up they were in such a thing. I’ll try to cuss as a police officer oh hell no.
There was no such thing to cuss at an officer because you would get a fine for doing so when I came to the United States and I heard how people talk to the police officer I was like in shock I even talk to the police officer about that, and he said there’s nothing they can do about it.
I can not even imagine how you sounds during an argument Hayley 😅 I bet I would laugh right away 🤣
Like a very rude/aggressive high pitched mouse 😅
“If they go low then I’m going to hell with them” 😂😂 I love it! Stay safe down there, honey!
3:11 😂Not magic..just feels very very bad. Doing this is not comfortable. I have done this once or twice. Cos if they don't dry fast enough, they get cold...so the buttoms I change. But... it's been forever since I was swimming 😅
My friend in Mainz Germany has been on extended “sick” leave for a few months now and depending on the doctors and other factors she’s hoping it will get extended till first quarter of next year 😮 idk how exactly she can do that and still pay rent etc. I can’t even get any sick days and I work do a major US health insurance company 😡
1:33 Those things get popular in Germany at the Getränkemarkt. Every other Getränkemarkt in my city (not to far from Munich) has one. But they are smaller. Like...a public toilet in Germany for disabled people? That size. And there is also soda in there, a few
8:18 🤦♀️ 8 hours being 0.75 days is the worst part of all of that. The US does get that you are human, right? Just because you are a nurse, doesn't mean you are magic and don't need breaks and sleep. Right?!
Hold On...who else came down HURRR to read what Hayley said that the "Buck tooth/missing tooth guy" had said to her? I only could catch a few of the words....but, I think that he didn't like certain type of people that look like Hayley or myself 😳
6:35 😂You can do this in Germany! Of course! But you can't have witnesses. If someone claims you cursed them out...he needs proof. So😅 just, do it the right moment
It's not only germans... I mean, how can you keep a wet cloth on your skin? ewwwww! I change the bathing suit the second I am out of the water! Oh, and about sick days: we don't have those in Italy... if you are sick you send your doctor's note and you stay home, paid. Abuse? Well, someone does but... I've been working for 36 years, and my total sum of sick days is under 50... so no, not me personally. :)
Here’s a joke……I’m not naming the city for not so obvious reasons but it’s in Germany. My son-in-law is American and still has to get used to the besser- wisser Germans. He frequently cycles around this city. So one morning he rode over a pedestrian crossing because there was no pedestrians but the lights were red. A German man decided that he needed some scolding on the rules. Then off went this older man after doing his bit to keeping the city safe.
Well son-in-law was so upset at this man because in his eyes he did nothing wrong. Mind you he doesn’t speak much German. He literally back pedaled to search for this man who he thought verbally abused him, found him and had a whole conversation with him in English!!! He’s so ‘American’ he just couldn’t let it go. They parted amicably though.
He needs to understand that it’s in the German genes to shake a finger at rule offenders. Just say yes, it’s okay and keep moving.
Statistically People who abuse the german health care system usually call in sick on Mondays.
If you get caught pretending to be sick (like being seen in a bar), your employer can fire you.
I think it's so hilarious that the U.S will bleep out every cuss word on TV, the radio, in music, but they're the ones who use this language the most. It just goes to show that if you make something forbidden or bad people will want to do it more. Coming from germany, cussing is not necessarily forbidden or bleeped out in the media, but I think it's just not seen as a good way of communicating. So you will probably get some looks if you cuss out of the blue, but when I use 'shit' or 'fuck' (which I do a lot at work) no one really cares and even on TV people usually laugh about it. At the end of the day, they're just words, we give them meaning. So don't make them forbidden and be just use them as fun little add ons, not as a replacement of actual communication.
--We have such refridgerators, but the become less and less, due to energy consumption and carbon footprint. It is also bad for your reputation as company to use so much energy.
--Germany is a lot colder than Florida and it has trinking water to bath in not salty water. Therefore infections are more common.
-- I have unlimited sick days, as everyone in Middle Europe. They are only related to a not being able to work due to health related reason (this has not to be sickness) and not to the days worked since the last "sick" leave.
And if you need a doctors notice on the first day, your employer mistrust you. Legally the company can ask for it, but in reality it is very imcommun that someone asks at the first or second day, if you are trusted. I worked for 10 years in Germany and another 25 years in Austria, which has a very similar system and was NEVER asked when off shorter than 3 days. And I never heart from a friend, family member or colleague, that they were asked.
I'm German but when people annoy me I'm giving them the full Klaus Kinski treatment. For me freedom of speech is absolute. And laws which try to penalize certain opinions you openly say are just totalitarian in nature (Holocaust denial for example could mean 5 years jail time, the SAME amount for rape or aggravated assault). I see freedom of speech as a natural right no government on earth can take away from me. Germany does not stand above that no matter which clown laws they come up with.
You’re right we also do that with our children when they get out of the water we change their bathing suits or bathing shorts we were raised that way it’s normal for us. It’s comfortable instead of laying with a sweat bathing suit the whole time it’s disgusting.
In Sweden, if you are sick more than a week then you need a doctors note. (Last time i was home sick; 13 month ago). And when home sick you still get payed 80% of your normal salary.
I’m on sick day number 4243. mandatory insurance isn’t that bad. I’m a bloody socialist communist whatever-ist European. I got all these names when i told someone i wish they had the same freedom of not going broke if they have a disability
Why Germans change their bething clothes and people in Florida don´t: I think Germany is a country where it normally is too cold to wear wet clothes - even in summer. As I am concerned, I get problems with my bladder, if I don´t change the slip after bathing.
As to the refrigeration - most German bier has better taste and it can be drunk at a higher temperature that American beer, which mostly needs to be near freezing to taste good. There are some exceptions for American beers, but most of the big brands watered down their recipes during WWII and never went back. Also Germany for the most part tends to be a lot cooler than the US, so there is less incentive to drink cold drinks. Even sodas are not typically served with ice.
I have seen people changing out of suits on German beaches as you describe, although sometimes not as completely covered. This was when they were done swimming for the day and heading home. I didn't notice anyone changing into another bathing suit. For the past 40 years or so a lot of US bathing suits are quick drying. If you stand out in the sun for a few minutes, the suit will be relatively dry, so no need to change.
As for the cursing in public, Germans are a polite society for the most part. Living over there was like living in a past era of the USA.
Sick days - Germans have a good work ethic. It would not occur to them to abuse sick days. I wish we could have that kind of system here. instead of the complicated way we manage sick time, to prevent abuse.
10:25 😮Attack you? No!
I just wrote a bunch of stuff about the last part...just trying to go into more detail. I didn't mean that in a bad way at all! I hope you don't take it as aggressive
Walk in refrigerators are a huge waste of energy. In times of climate change just simply irresponsible. Glad they are not common in Austria either.
As for abusing the German employers by falsely stating you are sick: You could do that but only for the first day.
If you are sick for more than one day you do need a doctor's note.
There are in fact jokes about doctors who just say "Ah, you have got a cough? Sure I'll give you a sick leave certificate. One week should do... " And off you go because that is the only reason you went to the doc not at all for medicine or any kind of therapy.
I'm from northern Germany and have been living near the ocean my whole life, but I have never heard of or seen people change into another bathing suit after swimming. You usually change into other dry clothes when you want to go home and the bathing suit is still wet, but that's it.
3:05´ Bathing suits: That was an American tourist. Many German women do that without a towel. The bathing suit regulations of the city of Munich state that the primary sexual organs must be covered. This came after complaints from women who had to wear a bikini top and men did not.
How ridiculous to have a refrigerated beer storage section in a shop! Beer does not spoil at room temperature, so that is a complete waste of ressources. And any refrigerated beer in US-shops is particularly ridiculous, because you may not even walk out of the shop and enjoy that refrigerated beer on the street.
To change your bathing suit after bathing in freshwater makes sense, because there can be cercaria (parasites) in the water, which will cause skin irritation after the first exposures, but if you get dry after leaving the water, they will hardly affect you.
No laws against insults is an ambivalent thing in my mind. Generally, I am fine with that. But it is only fine, as long as you can really use gross insults against whoever you want. If you may not insult a policeman, or if you cannot insult many people, because they are likely armed and dangerous and you cannot insult your boss, because he is allowed to fire you, it just becomes suppression.
Love your videos. The point with the large refrigerators really does not make any sense and is just for marketing. Why would you go to a gas station and buy a 24 pack of beer cold as you cannot drink all that while it is still cold without putting it in a fridge anyways. Also, remember, in Florida you would not be allowed to have an open beer in the passenger room of the car, so no way people could drink that nice cold beer while in the car.
lol. I have never seen someone in Germany instantly (!) changing their bathing suit into dry clothes. Where I live, in the northern/western area, we just change when heading back home because oftentimes the bathing suit would dry due to not so much sun and heat where I live.
Isn't it ironic, to call cussing "freedom" of speech???
As a German I never have noticed the habit of changing wet bathing suits unless you leave the bathing spot at all.
Maybe a South German / bavarian thing?
Defenetly no!!! Its a pure european thing😂
@Miristzuheiss Maybe. But in northern Germany I have never noticed it.
@@georggemander5117 Have you never seen Mr. Bean changing his swimshorts?
No, normal in the north, too. Don't want to get a bladder infection.
Many parents also tell their children to change into dry swimwear, because they don't want them running around with their wet bathing suits or swimming trunks
Median household income is higher in USA. Everything balances out.
The swearing thing, Wisconsin (as a whole) has a LOT of German Americans. If you swear like that at someone in public, you will get yelled at cause you're causing a scene. I've seen it happen.
Actually, you can find this kind of refrigerators also in some Supermarkets and beverage markets her in Germany.
Well the temperature of beer is fast changed. Not so the quality.... 😁
Sadly, cussing has become a regular thing in Vienna, too. So many times I've been verbally attacked these last 4 years, lost count 😢
You get 48+ (10 weeks) vacation days off a year in America?
nice video!
The beep hurts
It is protecting my TH-cam innocence
Omg in regards to no 2, I thought that was a normal thing to do.
bathing suits - posibly in Florida, the bathing suits dry much faster...
Hübsch Holz vor der Hütte. Es tut mir leid, Baby. Ich bin mir sicher, dass es ein schönes Feuer machen würde.
US Constitution is more important than feelings.
dry bathing suits is more comfortable than wet ones. that's it. not fear of illness.
Yes i do that, i allways change out of my wet bathing suit, i hate the wet feeling
Per capita energy consumption in the USA is almost double compared to Germany.
2003, the USA invaded Iraq illegally and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people (over 600,000 according to a lancet article).
Now...I am the first person to talk about the USA's wrongdoings but to act like Germany had no part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq... Would be utterly incorrect, misleading, and ignorant.
Germany may not have sent troops to Iraq but it enabled and helped the USA tremendously in it's efforts...Even after being so "publicly" opposed and against the war.
Germany allowed the US to use bases in the country to send troops/supplies to the Middle East (constantly). German airspace was used, which had to be approved by the German government, German troops were stationed in nearby countries for "other reasons" when in reality it was to show strength and help the USA with their mission, and the list goes on....
Germany was just as complicit in the deaths as the USA.. The only difference is that Germany hid behind the false image of "peace" while allowing people to be murdered with the help of their country.
The whole story of Iraq is a compilation of "Western" forces being militant thugs against the Middle East... Germany being part of the problem and an enabler.
There’s also a thing that is called „Zugluft“. In warmer areas like Spain, they don’t know the problem of getting a „steifen Hals“ 😂
Well... Yesterday Mike complained about the AC and getting a "steifen Hals"
@@HayleyAlexis😂 typisch deutsch. Menschen aus warmen Ländern kennen das nicht. Da werden Türen und Fenster aufgemacht und es zieht durch. 😉
The German sick day system is also a good counterweight against the power imbalance between employer and employee... Treat your employees like shit, they'll be sick more..
And aside from that, there is a bit more rulings to that. You can't just call in sick for weeks and weeks without a doctor affirming that you are, etc. ... also after 6 weeks you still get paid, but less and by the government instead of your employer... I think it is 60% of your wage...
so abusing the system is not just THAT simple...
But only if it is the same sickness. So basically try to get different illnesses all the time then you can get the whole year fully paid hahaha…. But yeah most of the people won’t do. Especially now with the work at home through the pandemic mentality. Actually you just call in that you work from home and still work although you are sick
It's nice that you are still here. :)
Sorry, the last of your videos I saw ... was one year ago ... I got no recommendations in this time. ~:|
That is ok...at least you are back!!!
Hayley, you clearly lived in a very secluded part of Germany. In the North we never bought beer as single bottles but by the crate and there were large warehouses that sold predominantly beer although, occasionally a small range of wines and sprits, you pay a deposit on the bottles and the crate, which is deducted off the next load. Why cool the beer unless you are going to drink it immediately? Our family beers are kept in Keller along with wines and spirits that are then brought up to the fridge in anticipation of a session.
The German sick leave and holiday system is common throughout the whole of Europe, its very civilised and means that you value the person not their productivity. Of course, there are abuses of the system but these are found out and dealt with but as an employer I am selfish in wanting my staff to be well and ultimately productive when they come to work. I have even taken people home that are clearly unwell and should never have come to work.
I always find these types of comments to be hilarious because I did not just stay in Bavaria. I moved around in Germany as well. I visited other regions in the country as well and yes in northern Germany I saw people buying beers out of the fridge at grocery stores at kiosks at gas stations in the list goes on. I literally have been out with my friends in Hamburg and then Hannover Ang gone to a kiosk and purchased beers out of a refrigerator.
@@HayleyAlexis Maybe our family take drinking beer very seriously and would never usually consider buying just a bottle or two. I don't doubt that many people buy their odd bottle of beer in the supermarket or grocery store but the same seems to apply to bottled water which are bought in the more convenient multi-bottle packs of 12ltrs or more, not the odd over-priced individual bottles in the fridge.
I think there is a cultural difference between us in the way we shop. For us its usually a trip to the store to stock up with significant quantities of general foods and drinks, whereas I noticed that you, from your last video, shop just for the meal. My wife and I come from families where it was commonplace to store good quantities of food and drink when in season. Bottling and preserving food for use later in the year (or next) is part of our DNA. We therefore always have a good stock of food and drink for the unexpected guests.
The average Germans fridge is a fraction of the size of an Americans average fridge which means that the way you shop is not normal for the average German
@@HayleyAlexis in Hamburg-Barmbek vielleicht. :D
@@HayleyAlexis That's the whole point about having a traditional Keller, they are cool (temperaturewise) to store masses of food, it doesn't have to go into the fridge. The average German shops like most Europeans, with weekly and monthly shopping trips, the only daily shop is for things like bread. Brotchen is not very pleasant beyond lunchtime.
You look cute today
5:55 - 6:35 Is it possible to hear the 'german broadcast' version of the situation?😄
Well... the dreaded German F word was used against me...
I go on my annual vacation to the Florida Keys almost every year and if I can say for sure, in Florida swimwear or clothing in general is never wet long enough to cause a urinary tract infection. Even if you get caught in a monsoon-like downpour and are soaked to the bone, it doesn't take 5 minutes in the sun and even the last piece of clothing is dry again. In Germany, you would probably sit for hours with wet clothes and thereby encourage illness.
I don't get 10 sick days per year! 😢 I am "allowed" to take 5 per year. And I have a pretty good job in a mid size company. So damn stingy!!
that is brutal.... Holy moly! I am so sorry :(
The company I work for allows 4 days per calendar year for sick and our PTO/vacation is accrued; about 5.25 per hours pay period- (every 2 weeks) it comes out to 18 days per calendar year and it’s a use it or lose it policy, no saving or rolling over and no taking pay instead just f the day.
You made my day when you said that Mike thinks " the German way is the correct way.".... LOL!
He will ALWAYS say the German driving method is superior!
@@HayleyAlexis that is sooooo funny!
Edeka does have these refrigerated rooms in a few of their branches, the one in the underground part of the Hauptbahnhof in Munich has one for example. They usually use it for any kind of beverage, though, not just beer.
About freedom of speech in Germany: it is in our constitution in article 5. But article 1 protects human dignity, and cussing someone out violates that person‘s basic rights. Whenever the there is a situation where constitutional rights collide (my freedom of speech vs. your right to have your dignity protected), the oder of the articles matter. That‘s why before "freedom of speech" there is 1) protection of human dignity, 2) protection of personal freedoms, 3) equality before law, 4) freedom of faith and conscience and finally 5) freedom of expression. There are 19 articles in total covering basic human rights.
That also the reason why holocaust denial is punishable. It is covered by freedom of speech, but violates human dignity. Even if people are dead, they still remain people and their rights have to be protected.
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Men do not do jokes about women driving,
we do jokes about women parking. ;)
and that's better because?
@@MsMusicfan92
It is more funny.
You know that I was joking, right?
@@MsMusicfan92cause it's kind of true, sometimes. There are many women that can park perfectly, and there are men, that can't do it. Put I'd say it's like a 8 out of 10 chance, when you see someone struggling in a funny way to get into the spot, it's a woman. The most scary drivers are men over 70 though.
It was me.... Chris! I talked about the refrigerator beer in the US!
I was told I'd get a yeast infection here In Germany by leaving my wet suit. I thought "hmm" -- a whole nation of Americans have been living in the danger zone for years and years! 😂
And when I first moved to Germany, I got cussed out all the time...for what, exactly I was getting cussed at, I don't know!
On average, German employees take 15 payed sick days per year. You can take as many payed sick days as you need. If you take sick days when you are not sick, you can get fired. For example, if you say that are too sick to work, but you go clubbing, you can get fired. Most employers ask for a sick note if you are sick for more than 3 days. Some ask for a sick note on the first day that you are sick. In the first month of your probation period, get a sick note on the first day. You get a sick note from a doctor. You can get it in person, with a phone call, or with a video call.
My husband is from the UK. He can’t comprehend how we in the US earn our PTO as we go. You’re not just given 25 days or whatever they get in the UK right when you start. He asked what you do if you have a planned vacation and haven’t earned that time. Well you can ask for it off but you might not get it and you’re only paid for the PTO you’ve earned thus far. Also the sick days coming out of PTO (that’s how mine works) just doesn’t make sense to him.
I always enjoy learning these little (or large) cultural differences ^^ I'm Dutch, so most of the time things work the same here as they do in Germany, or at least very similar.
I would like to make one small remark about the video though; that I struggled to concentrate on what you were saying whenever the video would slowly zoom in. This was highly distracting for me (my cousin experiences the same thing, I found out recently) and I felt pretty overwhelmed, so much so that I finished just listening to the video and not watching anymore 😅 I hope you understand that I'm not angry or anything, I just wanted to share it, because it might bother more people too.
Overall I love watching your videos, you make lots of interesting comparisons & it's fun to get a personal perspective on both sides 😉
Yeah the sick day system in germany is easier to abuse. But then again you don't have to fear of losing one's livelihood when you happen to be sick for a long time. And companies do track the sick days of their employees, some even pay extra if you come to work all workdays. You can also lose your job but the hurdles are much higher then in the states.
It was even before, that Germans probably did not so much cussing out or insulting, but after WW2 the first paragraph in our constitution is about human dignity.
And therefore even your freedom of speech does not allow you to insult someone.
You could say, that you think what I do is silly, you could say, you would have never done such a thing, you can say, that makes me look like an idiot, but you are not allowed to say, that I am silly, that I am an idiot.
And as you said, when you care more about the words you use, the whole talking doesn't become aggressive so fast.
Ich kann eine Frau auch mit nur einer Hand ausziehen, aber nicht anziehen 😂
Hayley, I agree with you on the work/life thing.... It generally isn't an option for most American workers but it is also the reason that a huge chunk of German automobile manufacturing only happens outside of Germany... Sweden is leaning in the same direction. People in my home state are benefiting.
Hey ,Gerican I am happy to see a new video and that you are healthy after you told somebody off 😂😂😂