MightyMandarin wrote: » I've seen a lot of examples of efficient Germans and inefficient Germans. Maybe them being efficient or inefficient has nothing to do with their nationality..
hfallada wrote: » Germans are great at being told rules and procedures. But when something that isnt regularly occurrence, they literally cant function. My friends and I took advantage of this in Germany. You could easily talk your way out of tram fines, paying for other **** etc. If you could come up with a decent enough story, as the Germans would never lie and it would hard for them to realise someone was lying or would even attempt to lie. The amount of places my friends went to while looking for a toilet was unbelievable. German efficiency isnt that amazing. Its a miracle when a train journey over 2 hours is on time. Plus they maybe efficient, but please or thank you is completely absent from their vocabulary,
Bafucin wrote: » No they are punctual ...they all walk on the left side of the street. But they are not exhaustively efficient. It's a high quality of life with a lot of job perks. Employers get more bang for their buck here.
Germans are great at being told rules and procedures. But when something that isnt regularly occurrence, they literally cant function.
German efficiency isnt that amazing. Its a miracle when a train journey over 2 hours is on time.
Plus they maybe efficient, but please or thank you is completely absent from their vocabulary,
MightyMandarin wrote: » I'm damn sure that in a country of 80m there are some right side of the street-walking, lazy, inefficient Germans.
Karl Stein wrote: » The stereotype that Germans are emotionally cold is absolute trash. They're fierce huggy, warm people in my experience. I like they way they join up perfectly good words to form big words. Familienzentrum: Family Centre.
The Diabolical Monocle wrote: » The seem to love the nudiness too. Whats that all about.
Stinicker wrote: » They always wait for the green light at pedestrian crossings, nobody here does that, we just wait until it's clear and cross over, in Germany they will wait even if the street is deserted.
SpaceTime wrote: » I think you need to be careful of stereotypes. The three Germans I know very well are totally inefficient and kinda lazy (in a good way). They're also late quite a lot and very disorganised. The most punctual and efficient person I know is Spanish.
Joe Doe wrote: » The good n' nimble Jap's invented process efficiency back in the 40/50's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen Still wouldn't buy a overhyped germanic car, so many stories of older audi's with issues, and vw/audi's are generally fairly boring looking cars too, usually come in grey or navy it seems. The best card-wise option is one of those Tesco value pdf template cards, with title of 'special occasion' and multiple option check box for the event variable value below. Set to mono and print at work to save on the toner costings. If you a chap requesting a 'special time occasion event enquiry' to a lady such as wan - kate beckinsdale, scrap that and consider champers in aul pair-ee (Paris).
The Hill Billy wrote: » However, if something goes tits up it can all fall apart very quickly as I generally found that they weren't great at thinking on their feet.
The Diabolical Monocle wrote: » Dunno about that, I was working with a German recently, he seemed to give actual consideration to arrival/leaving times as well as schedule. Madness. He had a pocket watch, which reminded me of Henning Wehn, Germanys comedy ambassador, but I didn't make a joke of it because we'd had our two jokes already that day.
Sh1tbag OToole wrote: » The Germans are a very efficient bunch, you have to hand it to them. I knew this German lad all me life, lived less than a mile away, we would often see him around and the folks at home were great friends with him. He was the one lad who wouldn't let them down in a crisis if they ever needed anything. Anyway during the tiger himself and the wife sold their house and moved back to Germany A few years passed and during this time I remember going to see their house in Germany, a grand place but there was feck all land with it and it was in an estate. Had an indoor swimming pool and all. Couple of years after that a Christmas card arrives in the post from the wife wishing a happy Christmas (as they do) and to say that the lad was after dieing a couple of months earlier. She wouldn't waste a second card on us, thought she would wait a couple of months till Christmas to tell us and send only the one. Anyone have any similar tales of efficiency that only a German could come up with?
i heart chewy louie wrote: » That's inefficient.
HeidiHeidi wrote: » A lot of Germans are paid 13 times a year. So double in December just in time for Christmas. Very civilised habit I always thought.
beks101 wrote: » ... something quite 'Germanic' about Canadians actually. They love their rules over there.
Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: » Hitler managed to Hitler Hitler with the efficiency gas Hitler camps Hitler Hitler Hitler. Hitler.
The Hill Billy wrote: » I've worked with quite a few Germans over the years & think that the 'German efficiency' is a bit of a myth. They are great at following orders, rules & processes. As long as they are correctly defined things work well. However, if something goes tits up it can all fall apart very quickly as I generally found that they weren't great at thinking on their feet. The Swiss - now they are efficient.
Karl Stein wrote: » I like they way they join up perfectly good words to form big words. Familienzentrum: Family Centre.
