When it’s your birthday but you live in Germany

[uyenninh]

In Vietnam, your colleagues would throw you a birthday party at work with cakes, sweet, fruits, gifts. Your friends would make a surprise birthday party and you wouldn’t need to pay for anything 😄 But in Germany, you should be the one organizing your birthday and invite your friends. Then buy some sweets or bake some cakes to your colleagues at work 😂😭
(Today is not my birthday btw 😄)

[Longknife]

"Happy birthday. Now give us free shit."
-Germany, probably

[dannywhite]

Meanwhile in England:
"hey its Jim's birthday. Want to do a party?"
"No"
"Yeah me neither"

[jolilah]

As a German, my mum showed me how to disguise a bought cake as a homemade one very early on

[lieaorganasolo]

This channel is great bc I learn about Vietnamese and German culture at the same time. And it's the German culture that makes me scratch my head lol

[DS]

At my workplace in America they have different cakes and fruits every first of the month (once a month only) to celebrate ALL employee birthdays that month 🎉 There's like a list of names of employee birthdays that month and which day 👍

[silviag]

Canadian workplaces generally ignore staff birthdays altogether. It's honestly the best way...

[BuiHieuDong]

The fact that the camera was shaky which looked like it was having an earthquake makes it even better.

[k.upward]

My first birthday in China, everyone sat around and only talked quietly to the person they came with. Only after I left did I find out that it was my job to buy the drinks for everyone else, and they were waiting

[LauraMalfoy]

My pro tip is: always take your birthday off work. That's what I do! No more "mandatory" cake with a bunch of people who couldn't give a shit 8D

[madic]

In America half your coworkers have no idea and the other half give you a simple “happy birthday” lol

[claudi]

It's the same in England. I just refuse. I think people should be bringing ME cakes instead. I'm not feeding people on MY birthday 🤣👌🏻

[cveptii]

I AM German and I never understood why it has to be that way, either. Just gives you stress on your Bday. Would love it to be the other way around.

[Annloid]

I'm French, and it's the same here too :')
I never actually eat the birthday cakes my colleagues bring on their bday ( because my workplace is a microbiology lab and you gotta get out of the laboratory and up the stairs to the office space to get a piece if you wish to ). So I thought it would be alright if I didn't bring one for my own. None of my colleagues wished me a happy birthday, so I thought they didn't know about it ( which is okay, I don't mind ! )
But the day after, my manager actually came to me and told me she was disappointed I didn't bring cake 🙃
Like what- you knew about it, didn't wish me a happy birthday even though we ran into each other several times that day, and you got the audacity to complain about the lack of cake ? 😂

[felixjlimoa]

If I'm forced to organize my OWN birthday party every time, maybe I'm gonna say to them that I'm birthless. 😂

[JulesThePsion]

I always always ALWAYS take my birthday off. I never had to go to school on my birthday because it takes place in summer, so I was spoiled. I'm not spending my special day around co-workers or strangers who couldn't care less.

[mlareine]

Our company provides cake and ice cream one day every month, and has the list of who has a birthday each month. Done.

[darimatulonova]

We have the same tradition in Russia - treating coworkers on your Birthday. But the difference is : coworkers collect money and present you during birthday meal😊 So it even profitable to organize cakes at work

[starlight-bqwe]

As an Asian typically your friends and family would be the one buying the cake and gifts for you on your birthday lol

[MelisaSJ]

It’s the other way around for my case. Grew up my whole life in Indonesia, I had to brought cake or treats - invite friends - pay for the whole lunch/dinner. I’m so used to it that when I lived in Australia people were like “No, you’re the birthday girl so just sit back and relax we’ll plan and pay for everything”
Such a culture shock!