GERMAN HABITS I HAVE PICKED UP SINCE LIVING IN GERMANY

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[coconicholls]

It's polite to face someone when passing them like in your cinema situation. passing them with your butt facing them is kinda rude and awkward :'D

[lukieskywalker]

I have a colleague from Cuba. He arrived in Germany in January and when people started running around in T-shirts in May he was pretty puzzled by it. We then told him that some people start swimming in the sea at that time of year. His reaction was "What's wrong with people?" We then told him that some people go swimming on New Years Day. He lost it. "Who does something like that? Those people are crazy, that's not healthy at all." That rant went on for a few minutes. Guess who went swimming in a lake in October?

[marketadrvotova]

Yes facing to people in theatre is the habit we do in Czech republic too. It is polite to face them and thank them for letting you go trough. Turning a butt to people is impolite. My mom told me that when I was little.

[fritzrauer]

LOLed about this. I'm a German who grew up partly in the US, so I watch this kind of videos sometimes. As to the butt thing - most Germans would feel it is impolite to push their butt in peoples faces brushing past, yes indeed! Though we wouldn't necessarily stare people in the eyes in passing, we would face partly toward them and partly forward and if they have to move their legs for us, we'd say a short but friendly "Entschuldigung" or even "sorry". I keep hearing Americans say Germans "stare" but we dont actually stare people in the eyes for more than a split second or so - its an acknowledgement of the other. WE find it rude to ignore people. There is an old-fashioned saying "cutting people dead", refusing to acknowledge their existence. So we usually glance at someone we pass and often just nod politely or say a short greeting in passing. That is what is considered polite in Germany, while "staring" would be like looking directly at someone for several seconds, never wavering - and yes, that would be impolite in Germany too

[martinbruhn]

I must admit, that I have caught myself staring at women, with a lot of skin exposed during winter with freezing temperatures thinking "What the HELL are you doing ?! Are you a CRAZY PERSON???", the other person was probably thinking something more in the direction of "Omg, what a creep, stop staring at me!".

[rx]

As to the "sitting down while eating", i think it's like that across Europe (generalized of course).

[CarinaCoffee]

As a German I'd never shimmy past someone with my butt in their face, that's considered rude!

[MysterX]

That eating-together thing is really that way.
- There is hopefully at least one meal of the day to share at the table. Cellphones are not forbidden, but only really important things are allowed. The rest is about talking and sharing the days stories for at least those 30 minutes every day.

P.S. - I grew up with it and I use it with my kids too:
Sending your kid to its own room away from the table and eat all by himself is considered to be a minor punishment
P.P.S: that happened VERY VERY seldom - to me back then and my kids maybe 2 or 3 times during the years..

[Nynke_K]

I haven't been to a cinema since Blade Runner 2049 (in 2017, Google tells me) so I'm a little rusty, but I think I usually make eye contact briefly with people as I approach so they can pull their legs out of the way, then I shuffle by any way I can but definitely not directing my butt towards their faces. That would be awkward! I'm in the Netherlands, so I think we align with Germany once again

[fabigrossi]

Have you ever seen a German family eating from paper plates in the house? Using plastic utensils? Americans seem to do that on a regular basis. In my opinion it's not only extremely wasteful and expensive, it's also ugly and against what we call "Tischkultur". It also influences the taste of the food. Like drinking wine from a plastic cup.

[Aldo_Regozzani]

You need to watch 'Fight CLub', especially the scene on the plane when Cornelius meets Tyler Durden and they talk about the Butt showing while passing.

[maudeboggins]

Your instincts about bike riding are well founded & sensible. Good for you.

[HayleyAlexis]

Are you a butt or face person?!?!?! PLEASE let me know- quizzical minds are inquiring (I am the quizzical mind)

[jessicaely]

I never did the German soaking up the sun. I had enough sun hitting my skin for the rest of my life. I worked 20 years as a lifeguard in Nashville and Hollywood Florida. I'm 37 and I look like I'm in my 50's. The sun took its toll on my skin.

You're right about most US families not sitting down together. I went away to college and I found out maybe 1% of my friends sat down for family dinner. Growing up we usually sat down as a family and ate. There were a few times where my dad was coming home late and my brother and I needed to eat. Also we sometimes had activities that went past dinner time. I think Americans generally (not always) eat dinner earlier than Germans. For me dinner was always at 18:00. My Germans friends always said that's way to early when I moved to Germany.

[CarinaCoffee]

About the standing while eating, I only do that when I have very limited time, like on my way to uni while standing at the platform waiting for my train eating a pretzel, that sort of scenario.
But yeah, otherwise I sit myself in front of the TV or laptop and when I am at my childhood home visiting my mum even sits down with us at the dining table, even if she isn't hungry or has already eaten. It's would be weird/ kinda awkward if she would sit down on the couch instead? She will usually just drink a coffee then and it's like a thing where you talk with each other.
My family is however a bit unconventionally German, because back when we would all still live there together and we would eat dinner late we usually sat on the couch and armchair and eat while watching TV. Now that we don't live together anymore we're much more likely to all sit down at the table to eat dinner.

[Miss_San]

You are SO right about the movie theater thing! I had the very same discussion with a fellow German friend when we were living in the states! And not just us, friends from Sweden and Denmark noticed the difference as well. It's probably more a Continent difference than a German thing, but we all think it's kinda rude to show your butt when moving past people. You are passing their "private space" so you can at least be friendly and give a thankful or apologetic smile I guess ;)

[falcotol]

Ich springe einfach von meinem Sitz im Kino heraus, klappt immer, versuch´s mal!

[grmpflz]

When you visit Italy and the Mediterranian Sea in may, the only ones in the 18°C warm water are the "crazy" Germans. And the red ones on the beach are the Britains... :-D Lakes in Germany are visited from about 10-12°C on.

[chrisrudolf]

About stockings: You say it like you have to chose between being comfortably warm and looking sexy, but actually wearing stockings under a miniskirt IS sexy, you don't have to show off as much bare skin as possible to look sexy. Stockings cling tightly to the shape of your legs, so people can admire them just as well as if they were bare (with the added benefit that the stockings cover up goosebumps, skin irritation or any other imperfection that might be there). Not wearing stockings when it's really cold doesn't make you look more sexy, it just makes you look a little weird to a German. It might make you stand out of a crowd, but not in a good way ... because one of the most sexy attributes of a woman is common sense ;-)