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These are people born in 1950-1980 or so, I believe.
by iguy 7y ago
These are people born in 1950-1980 or so, I believe.
- dghughes 7y agoIn my small Canadian island province there are small towns in the countryside where people never leave. Work, church, Saturday nights at the legion then repeat. I recall a story of a person who was refused gas at a rural gas station because they were not from the area. In a another town a motel refused Coast Guard workers a room because they weren't from the town. Small towns can be weird.
- selimthegrim 7y agoMy (late) German cousin told me about a friend of his Swabian wife’s who moved to Swabia from her native Berlin and went to the bakery asking for Brötchen. She was told to come back when she learned how to speak German. (Maybe she said Schrippe by mistake?)
- ChuckNorris89 7y agoThis one of the main gripes I have with living in Austria and Germany. In places that are not touristic or in smaller cities that are not a big metro areas, speaking German (Hochdeutsch) is not enough. Failure to speak the local dialect of that region will get you ridiculed or even discriminated against. Not just in the service industry, but in job hunting as well. Also, don't be named Kevin.
- reaperducer 7y agoNot just small towns. I've been unpleasantly corrected about Flughafen vs. Luftbanhof in Vienna.
- dghughes 7y agoMy old workplace bought parts from a company in Graz, Austria occasionally they sent technicians over here to Canada. I had been practicing some German using Duolingo. At lunch I used a phrase and the Austrian guy told me how to say it in Austrian. It was funny more of a humorous jab at German pronounciation. My impression was the Austrian guys were really laid back.
- iguy 7y agoSure! But "only the wealthiest could afford to travel long distances" is over the top. It's not some sample from before the bicycle. These people's parents, or grandparents, were mixed up all over the planet in WWII. It would be interesting to know more details about this 0.03 percent. No idea whether you should put your money on small towns or on big cities (e.g. parents both adopted & didn't know).
- chrisseaton 7y ago> In a another town a motel refused Coast Guard workers a room because they weren't from the town. Why would people who lived in the town want a hotel room in the same town? How did they ever get any customers?
- BurningFrog 7y agoYeah, this sounds like a pretext for the real reason.
- dghughes 7y agoCoast Guard workers who were going home when their shift was over (28 days on and 28 off). The ship docked at the wharf in the small seaside town when patrolling in the area. The ship was leaving and they were waiting for a drive home but had to stay overnight. My dad worked on the same ship and they told him the story later.
- chrisseaton 7y agoNo that's just re-stating who they didn't rent to. I mean who did the motel rent rooms to? Only people in the town? Why would they be renting rooms? It doesn’t make any sense.
- dghughes 7y agoYes it's weird. I think everyone involved had those same questions. I got the story directly from my father who worked with the guys. It could have been bigotry maybe the men refused service were denied due to their appearance, accent, job (fishermen upset with Coast Guard workers). My aunt was refused a hotel room in Quebec City because she is English. Her French husband asked and was told sure no problem but the clerk said to him in French "let me get rid of this English pig fisrt". My aunt spoke French ( awkward!). That was a story often told at family reunions.
- reaperducer 7y agoI recall a story of a person who was refused gas at a rural gas station because they were not from the area. That happened to me once. In Mingo County, West Virginia. With New York license plates.