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I am English. I have also lived in Germany for several years. I can tell you that there is absolutely no comparison. Germans expect things to work, and write le
by pasabagi 6y ago
I am English. I have also lived in Germany for several years. I can tell you that there is absolutely no comparison. Germans expect things to work, and write letters if they don't. English people expect things to be broken, and just want to go on with their day. Perhaps complaining is the wrong term - but for example, where my parents live, the train service has the trick of closing one out of two toilets on the train to save on cleaning. That would be literally unimaginable in any other western european nation, because everybody would complain.
- wizzwizz4 6y agoI'll need to think about that. My first thought was “but they wouldn't do that; they're trying their best”.
- detritus 6y agoThis might be a North/South thing. Generalising massively - I often find that Southern English will entertain huge grievances but never actually do or say anything about them. I kind of conflate these types with tutting Daily Mail-reading curtain twitchers who decry the fall of their society, as they see it, but never raise a peep in complaint. Up North, people tend to be much more comfortable speaking up and giving a piece of their mind. Personally, I am a regular writer of letters of complaint, and frequent arguer in the street, haha :) Drives me nuts when I see people complaining, but not then actually doing anything to resolve it.
- pasabagi 6y agoYou're probably right - I have never lived in the north. Always hear glowing reports. Daily Mail-reading curtain twitchers are a solid majority where I come from.