10 THINGS GERMANS THINK ARE 'NORMAL' THAT ARE NOT AT ALL NORMAL FOR NORTH AMERICANS

There are SO many things that Germans consider to be “normal” that are far from that in North America (Canada specifically). I have hundreds I could share with you, but these are some of the more hilariously strange normal German things that were certainly not normal for me!

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00:00 - Video Begins00:37 - Intro / FOREWARNING
01:20 - Normal German Thing #1
02:15 - Normal German Thing #2
03:14 - Normal German Thing #3
04:23 - Normal German Thing #4
05:19 - Normal German Thing #5
06:09 - Normal German Thing #6
06:29 - Normal German Thing #7
07:50 - Normal German Thing #8
08:27 - Normal German Thing #9
09:04 - Normal German Thing?! #10
09:36 - Tschuss!
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[lifeingermany_]

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[furzkram]

Pills in plastic bottles - very much a danger for kids thinking it's candy.
Also the pills aren't sealed well - every time you need to take out ONE, then ALL the pills are exposed to the air.

[thorstenbrandenburg]

I have never ever seen a dryer/tumbler in other rooms than bathroom, kitchen, basement or special room in Germany. Wow.

[dasrazzul]

Nono, the way we eat our bread has nothing to do with sandwiches. On a normal slice of bread we usually put only 2 items: Butter and one of the following: meat, cheese, jam, cream cheese, honey, nutella, sliced eggs, salads (not the green ones, but usually a creamy mesh up with lots of different ingrediences). 6 days a week on one of our 3000 delicious breads, on sunday on rolls. If we want something like pickles with our bread, we do not put them on top of it, but eat them like a side dish. This is Brotzeitkultur, sandwiches are a hole different thing.

[amrimi]

There is no designated place for a dryer in an apartment because most people don't own a dryer. 😂

[JohnDoe-usrq]

You can easily open a beer with a Zollstock.
The blisters are to preserve the medicine. And also, there is the slip of paper informing you about the usage and the risks of the medicine.

[vievie]

For the medication: Every pill is sealed so that they're not exposed to the air, humidity and other germs. That way they keep their entire effect.

Also it's a lot easier to keep track on how many pills you've taken or whether you forgot one. Plus it helps preventing overdosing.

[bjoern]

In Germany, it's only in really posh neighborhoods where you won't find names besides the doorbells. The reason a German "Butterbrot" is usually open-faced is that it is normally not as packed with ingredients as you showed it. Usually, besides butter spread, it's only one slice of meat cuts or cheese. Maybe one slice of cucumber or tomato for the looks, if the sandwiches are offered at a formal occasion. :-)
Cars with speeding cams in the back are not driving when in operation, but parked on the side of the road.

[sidoniel.]

the medication packaging simply makes it more difficult to take significantly more. Overdosing some medications can have very serious effects and the contents cannot be easily replaced by someone, as the damage to the packaging would be visible. It always irritated me when I started watching US films that someone just easily replaced the contents.

[timmurphy]

I am going to have to get myself a zollstock now :-) I have endless irritation with the retractable kind that don't stay straight over a long distance. It's fine if someone is helping you by holding the other end but very annoying when you're on your own and it suddenly "bends" just as you're about to take your measurement.

[kerstineisenhut]

I've never seen a washing machine in a sleeping room. Our wm has its space in our cellar.

[domrogg]

This is not only in Germany. This is Europe in a nutshell! 😁

[ChrischenL]

A view remarks from my experience:
Zollstock: I use both a measuring tape and a Zollstock in my work, but I prefer the Zollstock in most situations. It doesn't need solid ground to stay in position, and you can measure away from your body (e.g. above you, on overhangs...). Another nice feature is, that you can use it as a ruler and mark alongside it with a pencil.
The only real plus for tape is, in my view, that you can more easily measure distances greater than 2 meters.

Last Name on Doors: I think this has something to do with the postal service. They can refuse delivery of parcels or mail if your name is unreadable or not marked on your door/mailbox even though the address is correct (It happened to once me after I moved). The post man explained to me later, that this is to prevent wrongful delivery of private mail.
Furthermore, the problem in German apartment buildings could be, that all apartments have just one address, and within the building, the allocation is done by name.

[myvillagelifeintheupperhar]

Our basement in our apartment in Goslar was much like a cellar in the US, but our basement in our house has a full bathroom, a sauna, a tanning bed, a mechanical room, a workshop, a bar, and a storage room. Our neighbor's basement has a lounge area, a full bath with spa tub, and a laundry room. I guess it depends on the house.

[V-eq]

In contrast to a measuring tape the foldable yardstick is stiff. So you can push it around and it keeps its shape (mostly). A tape you can lock and to some extent it is stiff but has its limits in that regard.

[philipkudrna]

With the measure stick („Maßstab“ in Austria, „Zollstock“ in Germany) you can do measurements you just can‘t do with the extractable tape, as the tape only has limited stability. With the stick, you can pull out 2 pieces and have them perpendicular to the rest of the stick and measure the distance on the ceiling - something you simply can‘t do with the tape-measure! That‘s the reason, people use them. If they didn‘t have their advantages, people would not use them...

[SomethingStupide]

6:21

Apparently, you are so germanised by now that your go-to interrogatory sound has become 'Hä?' even in the middle of an English sentence. :D

[vievie]

We usually eat a slice of bread with some spread on top.. So, not really a sandwich. If we would eat a sandwich, we'd do it the exact same way as you with the second piece on top.

[nikomangelmann]

as an electrician i can say that are you way faster to measure the length of a cable with a folding ruler (gliedermaßstab the correct german term but zollstck in the north and meterstab in the south) than with a tape measure. also you can use the folding ruler for pointing out something for an colleague (a way to go with a aperture or cables and and and).

[nicovega]

I think the blister packs come from the fact that you cannot replace the pills with something else and bad guys are able to make some money with that illegally. At least, this is the plan.
Another thing is that the active ingredient
s are not exposed to air and they will not oxidize as fast as in those big plastic bottles and loose their effectiveness. The bottles are opened and closed a lot of times and everytime new fresh air will get into the bottle.

In general, I think the blister pack should guarantee a certain level of quality all over its usage time. Is it environmentally friendly? I don't think so :(