What is good for a German is for a Russian ... A Russian woman spoke about life in Germany
Suitcase, train station, Europe? Among many Russians, the popular idea is to leave Russia with all its problems in some more well-fed, peaceful and prosperous western country, for example, Germany. The philistine view of life abroad is based on numerous foreign films watched and travel shows popular today. But is it really cloudless real life in the same Germany for the native of Russia and the post-Soviet space who moved there for permanent residence?
A Russian girl living in Berlin, who calls herself Lolita, shares her impressions of Germanic realities. She made her own rating of the negative aspects of life in the "land of poets and thinkers."
1. The high cost of living in Germany. Food, clothing, household goods are on average 4 times more expensive than in neighboring Poland. It comes to senility: the Poles go to Germany to earn money, and the Germans go to Poland to shop.
2. The Germans on dates pay separately for themselves. And the point here is not the greed of German men, but rather the “advancement” of German women.
There have been times when a proud German woman silently threw a bill he had paid in the face of an admirer and retired just as proudly.
3. The vaunted German punctuality. It would seem that what is bad is that the inhabitants of Germany do everything strictly according to the instructions in accordance with the schedule? But if a native of Russia, out of habit, tries to catch up and stop public transport leaving the bus, the German driver will not stop and the door will not open for him. Ordnung, in a word.
4. Optional in personal life. If your German friends suggest you organize a party, and you buy and prepare everything, don’t be surprised if at the last moment the initiators of the event will call you back and back up.
5. Hypocrisy and shedding. Residents of Germany can be very polite and welcoming, both in their personal lives and at work. But if, in their opinion, you made the slightest mistake somewhere, the German colleagues would prefer to write a detailed complaint to the authorities behind their backs, instead of pointing out a mistake and allowing it to be corrected in a timely manner. At the same time, everyone will continue to communicate sweetly and smile. There are cases when the Germans wrote complaints to the management about newcomers to the company who, from their point of view, asked too many questions.
It is believed that immigrants from Russia and the countries of the former USSR are often difficult to get used to the peculiarities of the German mentality. It is not surprising that many Germans born in the Soviet Union who, after its collapse, moved to Germany, are returning to Russia.
A Russian girl living in Berlin, who calls herself Lolita, shares her impressions of Germanic realities. She made her own rating of the negative aspects of life in the "land of poets and thinkers."
1. The high cost of living in Germany. Food, clothing, household goods are on average 4 times more expensive than in neighboring Poland. It comes to senility: the Poles go to Germany to earn money, and the Germans go to Poland to shop.
2. The Germans on dates pay separately for themselves. And the point here is not the greed of German men, but rather the “advancement” of German women.
There have been times when a proud German woman silently threw a bill he had paid in the face of an admirer and retired just as proudly.
3. The vaunted German punctuality. It would seem that what is bad is that the inhabitants of Germany do everything strictly according to the instructions in accordance with the schedule? But if a native of Russia, out of habit, tries to catch up and stop public transport leaving the bus, the German driver will not stop and the door will not open for him. Ordnung, in a word.
4. Optional in personal life. If your German friends suggest you organize a party, and you buy and prepare everything, don’t be surprised if at the last moment the initiators of the event will call you back and back up.
5. Hypocrisy and shedding. Residents of Germany can be very polite and welcoming, both in their personal lives and at work. But if, in their opinion, you made the slightest mistake somewhere, the German colleagues would prefer to write a detailed complaint to the authorities behind their backs, instead of pointing out a mistake and allowing it to be corrected in a timely manner. At the same time, everyone will continue to communicate sweetly and smile. There are cases when the Germans wrote complaints to the management about newcomers to the company who, from their point of view, asked too many questions.
It is believed that immigrants from Russia and the countries of the former USSR are often difficult to get used to the peculiarities of the German mentality. It is not surprising that many Germans born in the Soviet Union who, after its collapse, moved to Germany, are returning to Russia.
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