> saying hello and wishing a nice day (which is common and expected here in Germany, where I live). My experience has been the opposite in Germany. I come from

> saying hello and wishing a nice day (which is common and expected here in Germany, where I live). My experience has been the opposite in Germany. I come from the US where it's not unheard of to be chatted up with full conversation by the Kasse person. When I moved to Germany the social interaction was just a small whisper of what I was normally used to.