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Ziir posted:tipping
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bronin posted:Edit: beaten to it... But I like how we used the same beer example  . Also, we used the same price of 17.30 EUR for a larger sum even though I find your tip excessive (or am I just a cheap bastard  ?)
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Sep 10, 2010 10:10
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17,30 is a bad example because if you say 18, you might as well not tip at all, 20 is too much and I would feel silly if I make it 18,50 or 19 and get 1 or 1,50 back.
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Sep 10, 2010 12:06
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You could always order more drinks until you arrive at a sum that gives you a more comfortable bill/tip ratio after rounding up.  I'm always tempted to say something like "make it 18,73." Maybe one day if the service was bad.
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Sep 10, 2010 12:20
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FLX posted:I usually tip 10% of the bill and depending on my mood/the amount of money I round up or down to the nearest Euro. Also, most places pool all tips and divide them equally by the number of employees (including their kitchen staff), so everyone benefits from good service. I do this, too.
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Sep 10, 2010 12:43
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elwood posted:17,30 is a bad example because if you say 18, you might as well not tip at all, 20 is too much and I would feel silly if I make it 18,50 or 19 and get 1 or 1,50 back. Fake Edit: or do as MyLovelyHorse says.
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Sep 10, 2010 12:45
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Just pocket your change and drop 1 or 2 euros as a tip whenever weird sums come up. Problem solved.
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Sep 10, 2010 12:54
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schoenfelder posted:Seems like that's sort of a normal price all over the place Haha, yeah. When I think about it 20 EUR seems a bit much to me too. Edit: I guess I'd say 19. Unless I was drunk of course... and/or the waitress was hot 
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Sep 10, 2010 14:42
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Ziir posted:Why is everything in Germany so slow? Opened a bank account last week, still waiting for the bank card to be sent to me. Until I get it, I can't do anything and I'm running out of money (I have all of my other money in an online account in America, but I'm waiting for the German one to open to transfer it over). Bought insurance too, and I'm also waiting for the card in the mail. Bought a bus pass the other day, and they told me to come back the next day to pick things up. Man, never go to Latin America. Or pretty much any other country... Germany is probably the fastest non-anglophone country. Liface fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Sep 10, 2010 |
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Sep 10, 2010 18:13
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Now that it has been a month since I returned from travelling around Germany for three weeks I can tell you that I am actually missing one thing: A decent Currywurst. Thank you again for the invitation to lunch, Elwood!
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Sep 13, 2010 17:10
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Default Settings posted:one thing: A decent Currywurst Please spread the news! With all the misconceptions about Lederhosen and our troubled past, this is finally something we Germans can be proud of. Seriously, unironically, Currywurst is just awesome.
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Sep 15, 2010 01:19
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Quick- What is the daily withdrawal limit for DeutscheBank ATMs? In the US almost all ATMs have $300 daily limits unless you're in Vegas or something.
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Sep 16, 2010 10:25
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I think it's 1000 €.
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Sep 16, 2010 10:43
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More like 500 €.
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Sep 16, 2010 10:49
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So in conclusion, if in doubt, call your bank.
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Sep 16, 2010 10:59
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Or go in right before midnight, withdraw maximum amount, wait til past midnight, withdraw maximum amount again. Haven't tried it myself but heard it works.
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Sep 16, 2010 11:04
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You can got to like two different ATMs?
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Sep 16, 2010 11:13
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DeutscheBank isn't my bank though. I have a Bank of America account from the US that lets me withdraw for free at DeutscheBank ATMs. I opened a Sparkasse account here the other week and have my bank card finally, so I just wanted to withdraw money from my BoA account through DeutscheBank so I can have some money in my Sparkasse account.
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Sep 16, 2010 11:24
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Hungry Gerbil posted:You can got to like two different ATMs? No you can't. I think it's €500/day too.
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Sep 16, 2010 11:27
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On my Deutsche Bank account it's 1.000€/day, but I think I upped it sometime in the past when I needed money on some vacation or so... just call them and ask.
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Sep 16, 2010 13:15
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I am interested in the different clothing styles of university students (or that demographic in general) in Germany. Do they tend to dress more casual or formal, for the most part? Are there any "scenes" that are unique to Germany? What attitudes and/or lifestyles are associated with German fashion styles? Are there equivalents to fashion styles to ones in the US?
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Sep 16, 2010 20:10
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Little Treasure posted:I am interested in the different clothing styles of university students (or that demographic in general) in Germany. From what I gathered on my last trip to the States, it's exactly the same as in Germany
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Sep 16, 2010 20:15
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Definitely casual. As a matter of fact dressing formal for everyday university business would be seen as downright eccentric. (Exceptions include subjects closely related to economy.) Not sure about the rest, could you narrow it down? Maybe list some standard US scenes and fashion styles and we can give equivalents and point out similarities and differences? Depending on how deep you want to go into the subject there's really rather a lot of "scenes". My Lovely Horse fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Sep 16, 2010 |
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Sep 16, 2010 20:25
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Well here in the west it's pretty cold so everyone is wearing jeans and tshirts. It's pretty much the same as back home.
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Sep 16, 2010 20:29
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Little Treasure posted:I am interested in the different clothing styles of university students (or that demographic in general) in Germany. FLX posted:From what I gathered on my last trip to the States, it's exactly the same as in Germany I would say American university students dress a lot more casually than German university students. For example, at American universities you often get 10% of people in a lecture showing up in sweatpants, trainers, and a T-shirt, or the classic sorority girl with the JUICY sweatpants and Ugg boots. That just doesn't happen in Germany. To answer your question more generally, there is definitely a German style. So much that I was able to accurately pick out German students in university towns in The Netherlands. For example, the following picture is just so quintessentially German:  Apart from Germans specifically, the general Western Europe style is just so fundamentally different. Lots more plimsoles, scarfs, tighter clothes, and normal people off the street are so much more fashionable than their counterparts in the United States. I can't think of any scenes that are unique to Germany, except for the "Krocha" picture I posted above, but that's in Austria. You get all the standard western stuff: hippies, rockabillies, skaters, fraternity members, goths (Gruftis) etc.
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Sep 16, 2010 21:09
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My Lovely Horse posted:Definitely casual. As a matter of fact dressing formal for everyday university business would be seen as downright eccentric. (Exceptions include subjects closely related to economy.) When I said "more formal" I was sort of meaning: does that demographic put emphasis on looking good in public? I usually wear a button down shirt and a cardigan and nice pants or something, but every once and a while I'll go to lecture in sweatpants and a t-shirt. Liface posted:
I agree with how drat fashionable you Europeans are! It bothers me when I see the "just rolled out of bed" look on a daily basis here. But for the most part, I see US students' clothing styles here as more of getting a definite message across; to assert their individuality, etc. Which is why I find that picture very interesting; no one is trying to make a huge statement with how they dress. That may or may not be true, but that's what I kinda get from the picture.
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Sep 16, 2010 21:43
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Liface posted:This is in Freiburg, right? I think I know one of the girls in the picture, do you have it any larger?  small world, really...
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Sep 16, 2010 23:45
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System Metternich posted:This is in Freiburg, right? I think I know one of the girls in the picture, do you have it any larger? I just grabbed a random picture from my StudiVZ friends, but yeah, it appears to be the Erstihütte for Sprachwissenschaft at Uni Freiburg. Unfortunately that's the only size of the picture.
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Sep 16, 2010 23:54
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So does anybody check tickets on the Berlin metro, or am I safe in riding all over the city without paying?
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Sep 17, 2010 15:18
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freebooter posted:So does anybody check tickets on the Berlin metro, or am I safe in riding all over the city without paying? gently caress you.
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Sep 17, 2010 15:28
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They do check but it's really quite rare that you'll actually walk into them. Hell you'll probably see more street paper vendors than people who check tickets. I mean I'm not gonna tell you "hell yes buddy never pay again" but there's no denying facts and it's not like it's a closely guarded secret, either. e: it's also €40 if they do catch you My Lovely Horse fucked around with this message at 15:44 on Sep 17, 2010 |
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Sep 17, 2010 15:37
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My Lovely Horse posted:e: it's also €40 if they do catch you
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Sep 17, 2010 18:11
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Little Treasure posted:go to lecture in sweatpants and a t-shirt. Please don't.
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Sep 17, 2010 18:34
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Little Treasure posted:I am interested in the different clothing styles of university students (or that demographic in general) in Germany. I don't know if this would be too fashion-oriented rather than like a regular Joe sort of thing for what you're after, but there's a good blog here if you're interested in Berlin street style. http://stilinberlin.blogspot.com/
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Sep 18, 2010 00:45
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this is a good one too, its more typical berliners http://piecesofberlin.blogspot.com/
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Sep 18, 2010 07:49
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unixbeard posted:this is a good one too, its more typical berliners http://piecesofberlin.blogspot.com/ quote:nicky; 20; angehende studentin; Are hipsters known in Germany? I tried to explain the subculture to one of my buddies and he didn't understand. He's from Mannheim.
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Sep 18, 2010 09:05
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Yes. Munich is full of hipsters for example.
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Sep 18, 2010 09:13
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Hungry Gerbil posted:gently caress you. Hey, I pay taxes.
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Sep 18, 2010 12:00
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I think it's just the word "Hipster" that isn't widespread in Germany but we defenitely have the people here. To the clothingissue: It really depends on what your major is. Mine is molecular biology and people usually turn up in sweatpants/clothes that were the least dirty. We also have a MBA building next to ours and they always wear SUCH fine clothes. We regularily mock them for that.
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Why do Germans think it's totally cool and normal to just stand in the way of everything? They stand in front of doors obstructing the way in/out, they stand on the middle of aisles, they stand in the middle of crowded stairs when they see someone and start playing catch up instead of moving to the side and making everyone trying to squeeze around. Think of the other people  .
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