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Germany (V): Queuing and Lines - Page 2
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zatic
Zurich15361 Posts
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thehorsebecomesking
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On March 23 2011 00:53 zatic wrote: This is something that has bugged me for years. Why does every waiting room have a wide selection from Brigitte to Cosmopolitan, and at best one issue of Focus Money? Are men just expected to bring their own reading? Every time I enter the room I sigh in resignation when I see one guy reading Spiegel since I know he must have grabbed the only issue. I think this is done to possibly prevent all the women in the room from talking at the same time. Spending more money to keep men occupied with reading is not necessary; men are going to patiently wait in silence. | ||
MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
Question though, why don't Germans naturally stand in line, what is it about their constrained patience that makes it like, is it that Germans are very individualistic oriented and are time sensitive or is it a pervasive competitive nature that extends to even lines? And if the French and other Europeans are like this, is this just then showing their true inner barbarian nature from the Roman times? ^^ | ||
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Galaxy77
Hong Kong256 Posts
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Probulous
Australia3894 Posts
For me the quintessential German trait if the ability to exist if any and all habitats, particularly those they weren't born into. The German traveller is as ubiquitous as the peace-waving-camera-toting-Japanese tourist or perhaps the sunburnt pom. They do have an ucanny ability to have fun though, oh and the ones I know are all sport mad. Seriously triatholons...every week..seriously? | ||
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zatic
Zurich15361 Posts
On March 23 2011 11:38 MightyAtom wrote: Love the blogs, fills my need for content, yummy. Question though, why don't Germans naturally stand in line, what is it about their constrained patience that makes it like, is it that Germans are very individualistic oriented and are time sensitive or is it a pervasive competitive nature that extends to even lines? And if the French and other Europeans are like this, is this just then showing their true inner barbarian nature from the Roman times? ^^ It's difficult to find an explanation for this. My personal interpretation, without any further substantiation is that Germans are deep down very unrest, uneasy, and troubled souls. To cope with this inner unrest we strive to order the world around us instead. Once order is removed and not to be restored this inner chaos quickly emerges to the surface. Queuing is just the most transparent example for this theory. The German's love for authority and rules are others. I don't know if you can trace this back to the Ancient Romans necessarily, but at least inner unrest is a dominant theme in German high literature. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10849 Posts
Kohl once said (i read this a long time ago and i'm translating it, i hope i get it right): The biggest achievement (or consequence after WW2) of the Germans probably is, that they no longer feel proud of germanies achievments but for the things they achieve themselves. I think this is quite true for many european countries and could probably play into things like "cueing". The "greater good" is not the primary interest oft he people, your own "good" is your primary interest. Sometimes this mentality fires back, sometimes it has advantages. Thats probably also why many europeans think the american patriotism you often see is kinda crazy  . | ||
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