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What? Smoking indoors is illegal in Germany, yet germans do it outright? This is a blow to the stereotype of the 100%-law-abiding-germans that I grew up with he
by EL_Loco 4y ago
What? Smoking indoors is illegal in Germany, yet germans do it outright? This is a blow to the stereotype of the 100%-law-abiding-germans that I grew up with here in only-12%-law-abiding-south-america.
I'm actually being serious. I never thought that germans would smoke indoors if it became illegal. I mean, here in Brazil it's illegal (I think it became illegal in the early 2000's) and nobody does it.
- Sebb767 4y agoI'm from Germany and this is pretty unusual. There are very few pubs where smoking is kind-of tolerated and sometimes a drunk person will light a cigarette in a club, but it's really rare and absolutely a non-issue in my experience.
- tlarkworthy 4y agoI live in Berlin and u must have not been out here coz many places, especially clubs, allow smoking indoors.
- Sebb767 4y agoI didn't experience this in Berlin; to be fair, however, I didn't spend much time in Bars there.
- itsthejb 4y agoIn Berlin, the inside smoking laws are pretty much never enforced. Some bars have dedicated smoking rooms, but many don’t. As for clubs, you can mostly expect smoking indoors. A lot of people smoke, so you _will_ encounter smokey environments when out and about, especially during the winter
- neolithicum 4y agoHm, I'm suprised too, where I live it doesn't happen. Perhaps Berlin is different.
- sneak 4y agoBerlin is a special, lawless place. It’s the capital of German halfassery. 50% of the packages I order from Amazon never arrive. I’ve lived here since 2008 and it is unlike any other major world capital.
- InitialLastName 4y agoNote that if you're the sort of person to be bothered by smoke, one person lighting up in a room with 100 people will be noticed by the other 99 people. It only takes 1% non-law-abiders to make everyone think that Germans smoke in bars.