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I was born in 1980 in East Berlin, seeing the photo and reading the first paragraphs gave me goosebumps. “Gibt’s doch gar nicht” is usually meant ironically. I
by rmetzler 10y ago
I was born in 1980 in East Berlin, seeing the photo and reading the first paragraphs gave me goosebumps.
“Gibt’s doch gar nicht” is usually meant ironically. If you loose your coat-check ticket, you're supposed to describe where your stuff is and maybe what's in one of the pockets, so they are sure you don't steal it. But to be fair, even little kids in Germany learn they have to store there stuff at a place where it should be impossible to loose. Even more when it is important like your passport.
There is also a system in place where you can throw stuff you found (like wallets, id cards, etc) in the yellow Post boxes and it will be sorted in Bonn and mailed to the right people.
- lispm 10y agoA German co-worker was in Paris recently. Her wallet was stolen while she was in a train station. One or two days later she was informed by the Police that the wallet had been found. The money was gone, but she got back all the rest (credit cards, id card, ...).
- netrus 10y agoHappened to me in Germany as well. I always wonder about the incentive to the bad guy, but it is really great considering the hassel of getting all the new documents is far worse than the loss of the money I usually carry with me. The police even adviced me to wait some days before starting to apply for new documents, because this happens in most cases.
- poizan42 10y ago> I always wonder about the incentive to the bad guy People who are desperate, e.g. drug addicts, but feel bad about it? Might also just be that the theif threw the wallet away after emptying it for money, and someone else found it.
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- YeGoblynQueenne 10y ago>> even little kids in Germany learn they have to store there stuff at a place where it should be impossible to loose. Gosh, that sounds very uncomfortable.