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> As a German person It's not about anybody's nationality. If one does good work, one does good work. In any country, there's always going to be lots of smart

by 2143 4y ago

> As a German person It's not about anybody's nationality. If one does good work, one does good work. In any country, there's always going to be lots of smart people and lots of not-so-smart people. Big screw ups happen everywhere, even in Germany [1]. > Don't you Americans value written contracts? Americans value written contacts. A lot of things do go according to plan in America (as well as Germany I hope). [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9935980 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9935980

suction 4y ago
Maybe I should have said "as a person being used to German standards of doing business", would that have made you less defensive?
- 2143 4y ago
  > would that have made you less defensive? Loaded question fallacy [1]. Can't say yes or no without putting myself in a bad light. I know I was the one who brought it up (and I'm sorry), but I won't make further comments about the "German standards of doing business", because I suspect it'll not lead to any productive discussion. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question
  - cool_scatter 4y ago
    Is this how you talk to people in real life?
  - suction 4y ago
    OK, apology accepted. To address your url, I am not sure how the disastrous execution of the Berlin airport construction is a counterpoint to my claim that there is very little legal work going on here (and surely other EU countries) without detailed, written contracts. Whoever was at least partly responsible for the Berlin problems was or will be sued, be penalised, and have to suffer the consequences of their mistakes or shortcomings. Because whoever worked on it had to sign binding contracts. This isn't the wild west, after all.
    - 2143 4y ago
      Yeah mate. Thanks. Have a great day.
zmix 4y ago
>> As a German person > It's not about anybody's nationality. I don't think 'suction' wanted to imply it'd be about nationality, but rather about culture. Germans are known to be very orderly and doing business with Germans often becomes very (!) contractual. And they will happily slap you the contract around your ears, should you miss/neglect the one or other point, that has been written down. Source: I am from Germany and knew people, who did business with Germans, and that's exactly what they said.

by 2143 4y ago

suction 4y ago

Maybe I should have said "as a person being used to German standards of doing business", would that have made you less defensive?

2143 4y ago
> would that have made you less defensive? Loaded question fallacy [1]. Can't say yes or no without putting myself in a bad light. I know I was the one who brought it up (and I'm sorry), but I won't make further comments about the "German standards of doing business", because I suspect it'll not lead to any productive discussion. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question
- cool_scatter 4y ago
  Is this how you talk to people in real life?
- suction 4y ago
  OK, apology accepted. To address your url, I am not sure how the disastrous execution of the Berlin airport construction is a counterpoint to my claim that there is very little legal work going on here (and surely other EU countries) without detailed, written contracts. Whoever was at least partly responsible for the Berlin problems was or will be sued, be penalised, and have to suffer the consequences of their mistakes or shortcomings. Because whoever worked on it had to sign binding contracts. This isn't the wild west, after all.
  - 2143 4y ago
    Yeah mate. Thanks. Have a great day.

zmix 4y ago

>> As a German person > It's not about anybody's nationality. I don't think 'suction' wanted to imply it'd be about nationality, but rather about culture. Germans are known to be very orderly and doing business with Germans often becomes very (!) contractual. And they will happily slap you the contract around your ears, should you miss/neglect the one or other point, that has been written down. Source: I am from Germany and knew people, who did business with Germans, and that's exactly what they said.