5 Things NOT FREE in Germany, but FREE in USA!*

[@heyyitzzzlily1380]

I just realized those things are clocks

[@Mike2S100]

same

[@voidstation7590]

Lovin Lily OMG I CANT BELEIVE I DIDNT NOTICE LOL

[@michellebene9543]

OMG I REALIZED IT WHEN I READ UR COMMENT!

[@woodrowgaming8317]

Lovin Lily OMG SAME UR RIGHT

[@austin5222]

Lovin Lily YOUR COMMENT MADE ME NOTICE OMG

[@thebrownbadger]

Free health care and free education, is worth having to pay for a refill.

[@iKickItLykeAdidas]

Zara Kayn right 😂

[@thebrownbadger]

yeah, but you have to live in CANADA

[@thebrownbadger]

Chill, it was a joke. Canada is awesome. Americans always make fun of Canada, we're obviously just jealous and trying to convince ourselves that we are actually happy with Capitalism while we wallow in our crippling debts. lol.

[@sarahcatherine2649]

What Canada do you live in?! My education (post-secondary, such as college or university) sure isn't free.

[@plumeater1]

There's no "Free health care" and "free education". You're either indirectly paying for it by taxes, and most European countries that have those "Free benefits" have extreme taxes, but have a happier life. I don't know why though.

[@cakemnstr42]

You know what's free in Germany? Healthcare and Education.

[@JustNatax3]

Illuminator ohhh snaaap

[@FiraxisLP]

Illuminator Oh Snap, Shots fired.

[@ninabergmann4430]

Äähm.....eigentlich nicht.

[@gretan6867]

Illuminator well that's what everyone says BUT studying at a university is pretty damn expensive and there are a lot of things you have to buy for school for example books and class trips, last year I had to buy a calculator for 100 € and a book for 35€ just to give you an example...

[@fishinggaming2614]

floyd selbst schuld, 100euro für nen taschenrechner

[@piperxx0806]

I never had to pay for anything in a library...and I live in Germany.

[@Wissi92]

Piper XX I only visited two libraries in Germany, but they are completly free, too. The only thing was, that I have to sign a one-year free membership. With that, I got a card to get and bring back a book by myself.

[@contentnotfound8722]

Wissi1992 In my town it's only for free when you're under 18, if you're older it also costs a yearly fee

[@checkcommentsfirst3335]

We have something like a card from our town

[@sinakohler1835]

Me too and once I lived in Munich and there you had to pay for some libraries but not for all

[@Mac-hp2nz]

Du zahlst in allen Staatlichen, deutschen Büchereien NICHTS wenn du unter 18 bist, ein Studentenausweis hast, diesen Ausweis wenn du bei Polizei oder Bundeswehr arbeitest hast oder wenn du Unterstützung vom Amt bekommst. Ansonsten musst du eine Gebühr zahlen. In Berlin zahlst du aber zumindest nur paar Euro (3-5) und Internet etc. ist kostenlos. Druck kostet ja überall immer was

[@meganhall604]

all my life I thought air was free ..... until I opened a chip bag

[@ellaraexxoo8593]

Megan Hall good one girl

[@emilycrowell2471]

Megan Hall haha

[@gwynethkathleen1410]

Megan Hall nice!!!😂😃😃

[@gabbiekusherman9528]

hahaha

[@gijs.22]

Megan Hall chip bag? I only heard of airbags. They really need to remove those petato things on the bottem i just want my airbag

[@annakonda6289]

It kind of makes sense to pay for refills in Germany. Usually restaurants couldn't survive with only the money they make from meals. The profit margin on food is too low and if they higher the prices, no one will eat there. Also, as you noticed, you can stay there really long, which means that you probably will drink a lot more than you will in a restaurant in the US.

[@buciallstar]

Anna Konda Yeah, that's right. You make most of the money with drinks. With food, you have to calculate the fresh ingredients, the chef, energy for cooking, etc. With drinks most of what you need is one bottle and a cooler or a freezer. And from one liter of coke you can make 3 to 4 glasses a 3 to 4 Euro. Huge win margin. Also to be super impolite to the US: Most of the refill fountains in the us just use tab water to mix the instant coke syrup. And if your tapwater is disgusting (like the one in Michigan/chicago tastes like chlorine) i wouldn't even want to pay for it anyway.

[@Hosenanzugtasche]

Also, why would anyone need to gobble down a liter of sugared water?

[@gibbsfreenthalpy]

That's also the reason tab water is not free, it would cut away the only profit they make.

[@huslaka9982]

Anna Konda If you wouldn't have to pay extra for a refill, you might drink too much what could make you fatter.

[@Christopher_Culpepper]

They actually use seltzer water(i.e. carbonated water) to mix with the syrup. The syrup is highly concentrated, so mixing with seltzer is actually more economical. That's why fountain drinks are far cheaper than bottled or canned sodas, hence, why refills don't screw with profits.

[@luisehansen9629]

Bitte alle Deutschen mal liken, damit die Amis denken ich habe was lustiges geschrieben.

[@attiladerhunne2998]

Likegeil

[@luisehansen9629]

Attila der Hunne Ein wenig.

[@derechte7262]

Tassenkuchen hahaha ich tu so als wäre es ein Witz :D

[@Susi-sy9vq]

hahahaha soo funny

[@85set05]

Yeah you can't really blame Americans for that.

[@dnxidniekjd]

You do not have to pay for restrooms in Germany, when there are people sitting out front. They sit there, because they do not earn a lot of money, it's just kinda like a tip.

[@janlp5767]

dnxidniekjd es gibt orte wo du bezahlen must sogar sehr viele

[@PopeClemensIIX]

I dont know a single place where i had to pay for using the bathroom and i live in germany, in the northern part. Maybe its still a thing in the southern area, but not in the northern part. If it is it is pretty rare here. The only place i know they could exist here, would be at the (dont know if its the right word) pul- in stations at the autobahn.

[@asmylia9880]

Daniel Morell I'm living in Hamburg and literally *NEVER* had to pay for going to the toilet smh

[@maximog19901]

PopeClemensIIX Du kennst nicht einen Ort, wo du bezahlen musst? Musstest du vielleicht schon mal auf Autobahnraststätten aufs Klo? Da kommst du so gut wie nie umsonst rein. Viele Restaurants/bars/Cafés lassen dich auch nur gegen Bezahlung dein Geschäft verrichten (wenn du dort nicht isst/trinkst). Und hier in Berlin durfte ich schon oft genug zahlen. Genauso in Stuttgart, Köln, Hamburg, Dresden, etc...

[@mypdf]

Most times just at the highways, or in PRIVATE Restaurants

[@MWM1476]

Maybe you should start telling the reasons, like the toilets, they have to be cleaned by People who often do not own much, and the Little amount of mony shall prevent non-customers from always using your toilets. Normally, then there´s a sign "customers free" There are always reasons.

[@MWM1476]

What you said about the bags is a good and right.

[@maxmustermann4915]

HouseBrook History the money goes to the boss of the toilet company

[@MWM1476]

The Money you can give as a choice goes directly to the Person who is in that specific timein Charge of the cleaning.

[@maxmustermann4915]

HouseBrook History Sorry but your that doesn't happen. The person who is cleaning has to give that money to the company

[@ViolosD2I]

True. There may be exceptions but most of them don't get the money, which can be a lot, but minimum wage or worse. In fact sometimes they aren't even cleaning. They just have to sit there, maybe even wearing a cleaner's uniform, and look at you so you leave money. Which is then taken by the manager in regular intervals, while the cleaning is done by actual cleaners in the evening.

[@MrsPunkella]

I think the Pfandsystem is one of the greatest things. And I don't understand why the US and other countries don't adapt it. There's so much benefits to it. I f.e. save all my empty bottles and then when I bring them all back I have enough money again for all of my shopping :) Also it's better for the environment, the plastic bottles are not thrown away in nature! And it's at least somewhat a way for homeless people to get a little extra money together by collecting the Pfandflaschen that a left in the city.

[@teemo2950]

The only downside of it is when you want to buy a drink and only have 1-2€ left and cant afford the bottle because of "Pfand" :/ other than that it really is something positive

[@MrsPunkella]

Teem o yep that's true! happened to me a couple of times and bummed me out but apart from that it really is awesome :)

[@VSVRed1Link]

If you buy it in a small cafe, sometimes you can drink your bottle empty and give it back. But thats really rare .

[@l3p3]

Do not kill me but I think the amount should be much higher. Back in school, I remember other people dumped bottles behind bushes and they said "25 cents is a joke. I will not wear them all the time for 25 cent.". My suggestion: Raise it to 2€.

[@KevinementD]

I find 25cents appropiate. Of course, if it was more expensive you'd be more likely to return it, but sometimes you're just in situations where it would be a hassle to carry it with you, but you wouldn't want to throw it away either. With 25cents it's not too painful but it's still a pretty good incentive in most cases. Most people will also not throw it into a bush if they don't return it, only teenagers and assholes.

[@thatgirl8036]

Here where I live (Germany) you don't need to pay for the library! Just when you give back a book to late

[@knecht6974]

Ms. Nekoni But when I was a kid there where 10€ on the card an registration fee, and 7€ if you have lost the card, and money if you dont return your book. But I think that thats the same as in america.

[@rebeccaturkey7303]

Must be something that varies by place. Where I live in Germany (Frankfurt) you've got to pay a yearly fee to use the public library. It costs 20 euros per year to use the library, kids are free until 18.

[@linalongborn9139]

Ms. Nekoni ja xD

[@tobiasengels8172]

Meistens muss man erst als Erwachsener eine Jahresgebühr zahlen... aber das ist auch nicht wirklich viel

[@ballistos348]

Ms. Nekoni Gebühren?

[@MCGamesYouTube]

This should be titled '5 things NOT FREE in Europe', these are not just a German thing :P

[@NurCak]

MCGamesDotNet well its the same in the Netherlands I can tell

[@gggthsb]

I'm from Austria and I have to say that you don't have to pay for using the toilet in many places here. Usually you have to pay at most places along the highway, but I never had to pay in any shopping mall or restaurant. But yeah other than that everything is the same here too :)

[@adelduvenhage8802]

Most NOT FREE things in Germany is also not free in South Africa. We pay for libraries aswell. Pay for bags. But we dont pay for shopping carts. We pay to use the bathrooms aswell since the local people walk away with the toiletpaper rolls. So now we have to pay at entry and they issue only a few blocks of toiletpaper to you.

[@johannaengland79]

Not just Europe, either. Most of the world.

[@saraperlstein]

I've never paid for going to the bathroom in Denmark and neither in Denmark nor in England have I paid for library services. So these things definitely can't just be generalized to all of Europe

[@PriusRaj]

Aldi (which is a German based company) in the US has the chain system for carts, and I love it. People are too lazy to put away their carts otherwise... I'm not sure HOW 25 cents motivates them, yet it does.

[@calebcola9594]

Car Reviews no

[@hfrable9816]

PriusRaj us Americans like to save money because MONEY is pretty much time! We like to keep our money.

[@JollyCooper165]

we also have just plastic chips which are not worth any money. but i guess it has just allways been like that, so my mom told me to bring it back, so will i tell my children xD never seen anyone who does not bring it back xD

[@fliponatrip]

Trader Joe's is a subsidiary of Aldi Nord (Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd are two different companies). Do they have this system? Its been a while since I was in USA. Watching these videos I am surprised how much alike my country (NL) is to Germany. But for example the US trend of "all you can eat" often has a time limit attached to it. And as always, TANSTAAFL. Healthcare is paid for indirectly via tax (more so by the rich than the poor). Free refills of soda are paid for as well. I just like to drink water with a meal, or maybe a glass of wine. I find drinks ridiculously expensive either way.

[@Tarv1]

Trader Joe's does, yes

[@hobbitilius]

Well, *cough* healthcare is free in Germany. Disclaimer: Yes, I know it's still paid by taxes but that still keeps people from getting bankrupted by medical costs and it keeps the cost of medicine and medical procedures down because the government has an actual incentive to regulate the industry.

[@Ghettokueken]

Sebastian Mustermann Health insurance is not paid by taxes. It is paid half by the employer, half by the employee. But in contrast to the US, it is mandatory, except if you earn enough to be privately insured.

[@VoidVerification]

Considering how much is taken from my gross salary, I hesitate to call it "free". It's just waaaaaaaay cheaper in case of an actual emergency. :) Studying is free, though. Huge expense in the US.

[@teckyify]

Dude, it's expensive as fuck. Ever watched how much you pay for it. Let alone that your company pays a chunk as well.

[@ethanforster]

A tad better than just free refils haha

[@scottevil4531]

Well studying also isn´t totally free, since you have to pay some beurocratic fees and the Semester Ticket so you pay a total of 300-500€ in total per semester and unlike a lot of US campuses you have to cover housing and your other expenses like food etc. which as far as I heard are included in the Semester fees of US universities

[@foldissimo]

We Germans have just recognized the problem of plastic waste in our seas and taking action. Was ist daran verwunderlich oder gar lustig?

[@grace-yz2sr]

She did not say it was funny, she even liked the fact that we started charging for plastic bags.

[@bobbatcher6021]

I live outside of Washington, DC, and my local area passed a law charging for bags in 2012. It has really helped to keep things clean.

[@Akidryt]

The stores where I live begin to drop all plastic bags and only sell recyclable bags. I love it. (Germany)

[@BluRey100]

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[@angelik_a]

BluRey BluRey "ours" like the whole world's seas. So when do you start to care for it, you fool??

[@marm9238]

Refills aren't free in most countries :)

[@diethcherbruh2416]

Vestigial Rock50 it's free in my country

[@anic131313]

unless some restaurant want or it's KFC or Subway xD

[@birch_zoe_]

the refill in mcdonalds, quik and subway is free in luxembourg

[@johndoe-wv3nu]

You probably pay more for a soda in the US and they fill the glass with ice. It would probably take 4 refills for a full glass of soda.

[@k1ngjulien_]

do a reverse episode on things that are free in germany, but not in the us. like healthcare

[@bleed2blue1]

and thats incredible cheap. Someone in a public insurance have to pay 14,6 % + special % of ther monthly income. And that not include all services that a private insurance pay for u

[@PeaceBro97]

that's true. Is there even anything free in germany? xD

[@PeaceBro97]

Are you german? 600? That's a little too much for one person.

[@lowenzahn3976]

@PeaceBro97: University education is free

[@jessali_]

löwenzahn University is not free. Costs loads less than it does in other countries though.

[@hollyhaze1330]

It is because Germany isnt wasting everything just like the USA is

[@BluRey100]

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[@AchumusLP]

You're wasting the special characters

[@BluRey100]

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[@BluRey100]

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[@hito1988]

And there exist the other "Americans" taking 10-15 plastic bags for something that would fitt in 2-3 bags either. just saw a video few days ago, a black guy opened his car and there were like 20 plastic bags, every bag had 1 roll of kitchen paper, he gave a fuck that its possible to put more than 4 rolls into each bag, because the plastic bags are free... so whatever

[@nonmarking1]

We have free education. nice day.

[@c00l132]

I recently moved to Germany, like two months ago. Next year I'm starting college, can you explain me a little bit about enrolling in? Fees or something like that

[@annah.4171]

you have free ideological brain washing. fck public education. good day sir

[@skaarlner]

A Nonym You are an idiot

[@MrMetalAndRockGuitar]

soo.. studying computer science for free makes me brainwashed?

[@johndoex94]

+A Nonym What makes public education bad? It seems to me that you've been brainwahed by paid education

[@ulligoschmidt4189]

Sorry but you dont get it.Restroom paying is not for the work or the place.Its about showing some respect to the person who cleans your mess up.

[@Yaya-mg8sb]

ulli goschmidt what mess?

[@janine7072]

Yaya they are cleaning the restrooms, because the floors are wet or the toiletpaper is on the floor. They just want some respect for doing ir

[@marisakuhn247]

Yes, it‘s like a tip

[@eloquentintrovert]

Good practice 👍👍👍

[@lisajohnson9124]

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY IF YOU CONSUME FOOD IN THE RESTAURANT. If there is a machine you get a coin you can use toward any purchase in the facility.

[@Alexander-ug2mx]

free healthcare and free university...yeah I think i will pass on the free refill.

[@volundrfrey896]

And with "free" you mean outrageously expensive?

[@qtluna7917]

Trust me, it's not always free. Don't want to start a discussion or get into detail, but a miscommunication plus a letter, that never reached me, placed me in a situation where I had to pay over 20 months of insurance fees (close to 5k euro), because, according to law and insurance company, if you don't work, and you don't receive Hartz IV you got to have lots of money, so 140 euro a month is the baseline for health insurance, even if you have zero income. That's not free. Yes it's free, if you are a student/azubi under 25 and are insured via your parents, unemployed, under 23 and are insured via your parents or, most of the time, if you are in the welfare system. It's not free, if you are slightly to wealthy to receive Hartz IV, even if that wealth is way too little to live of it. Now I don't complain about paying that amount, because it's one of the few laws without loopholes the rich can abuse, but in my case, it's not exactly fair.

[@volundrfrey896]

***** You mean I should think about how much better care I could have gotten for that money if I lived in a country with another system?

[@brotlowskyrgseg1018]

Völundr Frey And with "outrageously expensive" you mean a heck of a lot cheaper than in the US? Of course it isn't "free", but everyone will get proper healthcare, even if you can't afford it. And that's the whole point of "free" universal healthcare. "I am really sick, but I'm not sure if I can afford that treatment." - no german, ever

[@luakpodnaponom1678]

HAHAHHAHAHAHAH BUUUUUUUUUURN DAAAAWGGG!!!!!!

[@laip8571]

In German Restaurants you don't have to pay as much "Trinkgeld" as in the US😌

[@thaliasghost]

Yeah, but do you actually do that? Don't tip in a German restaurant, getting your hair done etc?

[@Emil-yd1ge]

en: "tip"

[@thecountess1988]

melone m. But that's also because waiters in Germany get paid a wage, whereas in the U.S. their pay is often so tiny, they live of their tips

[@sylverscale]

HeadofAsgard I tip for my haircuts, usually 2€ because the hairdressers oftrn don't earn that much.

[@ajgjngfthyfbk7564]

+sylverscale Yes, I also tip when I'm in a hairdresser's shop. A friend of mine works as a hairdresser, and even though we have the minimum wage of 8,50€ in Germany, the tips are still helping her a lot.

[@caramelqueengaming3601]

Restrooms Bags Refills Shopping carts Cups or glasses. You're welcome

[@aimeed7358]

CaramelQueen Gaming You saved me 10mins of my life an i am eternally grateful

[@Salazazas]

CaramelQueen Gaming thanks

[@johndory7649]

CaramelQueen Gaming 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@tacosandthings2023]

Where I live if you don't bring extra shopping bags you get fined

[@boilingfire]

CaramelQueen Gaming thank you

[@julebwagen3053]

If you want to have free water at a restaurant in germany tell them that you need to take pills and you need water for that and usually they will give you free water 😉😏

[@Super3xtr4]

paying extra for the restrooms is supposed to help out the people who have to clean them because they earn so little money

[@TschimmiCash]

Super3xtr4 sollten sie dann nicht lieber besser bezahlt werden, als dass wir Kunden damit belästigt werden?

[@worf7271]

kind of interesting because the same reason is given for tips being expected at restaurants in the US

[@takeshikido7562]

+Tschimmi Cash Ganz genau, so wird dem Besucher der schwarze Peter zugeschoben. Obwohl der Arbeitgeber eigentlich dafür verantwortlich sein sollte einen anständigen Lohn zu zahlen, wird dem Besucher ein schlechtes Gewissen gemacht wenn er nicht zahlt. Finde ich einfach unmöglich.

[@ThomasKossatz]

So ein Quatsch. Gäste bezahlen die Angestellten, nicht der Chef. Der kann kein Geld drucken. Aber weil Geiz ja geil ist, muss alles billig sein.

[@xXFukk]

+Thomas Kossatz Was ist das denn für ne Aussage, kann der Kunde etwa Geld drucken? Natürlich bezahlt der Kunde im Endeffekt die Angestellten, aber auf direktem Wege tut es der Arbeitgeber. Preise erhöhen = mehr Geld für die Mitarbeiter. Mit dem zahlen der Löhne durch Trinkgeld in Amerika oder Geld für die "Klofrau" in Deutschland, damit sollte der Kunde nichts zu tun haben.

[@samtaplet6117]

In Canada its illegal to charge someone or deny to use a restroom. Eden on private property you cant say no. In Canada stores are aloud to charge for bags but they dont have to. But beleive me most do it. Here in restaurant water doesnt cost anything. And 3 euros for a small bottle of water thats ridiculous. For 2,16$CAD I can buy 18 bottles at Cosco. And refills most fast-food places don't care. Shopping Carts the only store I know that makes you put a coin in is NoFrills you have to put in a quarter but you get it back when youre done shopping. Cups and glasses always come in either a paper cup or a plastic cup unless youre at a restaurant then you get normally a glass glass. Sorry about writing all this i am not trying to brag I just want to compare the three countries. And I hope others do it too with their countries.

[@TheGamingSyndrom]

Samtaplet can i use your bathroom?

[@samtaplet6117]

Das_Gaming_Syndrom If you must absolutely sure.

[@samtaplet6117]

kamilia Hernandez Then they broke the law. You could sue and probaly win.

[@AlexAlex-uq4hw]

Every restaurant that serve drinks and food in germany have to have bathrooms for it's guests. It's the public restrooms that has a charge.

[@kleinaapje2947]

Samtaplet You're not allowed to refuse to let someone use your home bathroom??? What if it's a rapist serial killer asking to use your bathroomand everyone in your house including you ends up getting slaughtered. 0.0 Or a drug addict who decides to shoot up in your bathroom and falls asleep? I find that ridiculous. My property is my property. I decide who can enter it and who can't.

[@Jerkinaa]

So many things are free in Germany like education and health care ..

[@nichtich4633]

great comment. I'd rather go to a public toilet evrey day and pay 50ct every day, wich would be around 180$ a year intead of spending 40000$ for a college education a year. And lets be realistic, who goes to a public toilet every day

[@saltymemes9337]

Free healthcare is good but free education I disagree with because you don't necessarily need a college degree to get through life.

[@ea6071]

Sari Nana University as well??

[@ich348]

health care isn't really free. It's more like, you pay 15% (the exact amount is dependent on which medical insurance company you choose) of your monthly salary. If you're under 18, you're parents need to pay for their kids health insurance too.

[@promotionny]

In NYC we have free education and healthcare for low income ....

[@hammadthegreat]

keep smiling and keep spreading smiles Dana

[@kayarts3665]

In the U.K. we have to pay for plastic bags and library cards but there's one thing we definitely got right Free healthcare

[@lizzie354]

well we started to here in the US but looks like cause of the republicans, that's gonna go back to how it once was :/

[@Melon-eu1sr]

Danandphilsravetreehasgoneseptic I don't have to pay for my library card in uk

[@guillaumeduval3484]

here in canada we dont pay for library cards and its only 5cents per bag. we also get free healthcare

[@jessabbott7830]

free healthcare... but I wonder what you own if anything at all, how much freedom do you actually have? Germany the government controls everything you ear, what you buy, what you own. I don't mind paying for my health care, not everything needs to be free free free

[@jessabbott7830]

earn * but for real, taxes are less than 20% and we have freedom unlike so many other countries that have an extremely expensive cost of living and extremely high taxes. ..but everything is free. I rather work for my money and then spend it how I please to recieve something of value that took time to earn.. then be forced to spend it regardless I want to or not.

[@ekazeg24]

I won't pay to use the restroom. I will shit outside the bathroom if I have to

[@taylordinkins1961]

Gordon I couldn't imagine having to pay to take a shit. I wonder why they do that.

[@CryptidCritter]

Economy, probably. It's probably to have another source of income coming into the facility.

[@zeldaconnection9945]

Well, i saw in the US also payable toiletts. Btw, normaly in germany you only payin for puplic WC like in Mall´s or Trainstation und often you get ther a coupon of the half till full price of it, what you can use in the shops. In Resturant, even is there a singh at the plate that you should pay this or that, it´s still free to go to toilett, it´s a tip.

[@DestinyHopeLou]

If it's a little plate it's a tip for the person who cleans the toilets throughout the day. If you have to pay up front at like Sanifair restrooms (they kind of clean themselves) it's to pay for that technology. Anyway you pay to use a clean restroom. There's other free toilets when you're using the Autobahn for example and they're usually dirty af.

[@CryptidCritter]

DestinyHopeLou That's actually interesting! Here in the US, public toilets are as clean as the area they are in. If you're in a shadier part of town, it's probably going to have dirtier toilets, as the people who use them are typically of lower standards. If you're in a really nice place, then the restrooms will typically be kept cleaner, as people with higher standards will be using them.

[@dr.tobiasfeldmann-wustefel117]

Things that are free in Germany: Health care, schools, universities, highways.

[@kizuna95]

Tobias Feldmann-Wüstefeld i wouldn't add a * to universities . But in comparison to other countries you are right

[@FesterPussbucket]

Tobias Feldmann-Wüstefeld. Only free if you are unemployed. If you work you pay. And your boss pays too. Just not as much in the states. However because everyone goes to the doctor for every little hiccup and cough to get a week off work, going to the doctor is an all day event and you wait a month for an appointment. Then they do pretty much nothing but send you here and there and everywhere else they have a friend that wants to milk the Krankenkasse. Socialized medicine is a load of bullshit. And, if you don't die waiting, the paperwork will finish you off. And since it doesn't pay to be a doctor here, a lot of them go to Sweden or Norway or the US, and Germany itself has to waive visa eligibility and import them from India, Pakistan, and eastern Europe. Not that some of them aren't good doctors, but so far I have dealt with two quacks that I cannot believe have a medical degree. Oh! And I almost forgot. They can screw up all they want and you have no recourse. There is no malpractice law here. They have to kill you to get in trouble.

[@MrAmwythig]

Afraid you only get free health insurance if you get Herz VI or your parents pay for you while you study (until you hit 25). Not German but work here and compared to other counties that just use income tax to provide healthcare this does not seem very free.

[@CenturioGaius]

Alistair Morris. i'm german and i agree .. a little.. i prefer to pay a small amount of money everery month and if something happends, i dont have to worry. when i was 21, i had to get a heart surgery. how should i afford round about 25-35000 €?

[@MrAmwythig]

I have not criticised the German system in the tread so far as I can determine and I do not want to attack it as I work as a guest/foreigner here. It seems to work quite well although I have never used it and you have managed to incorporate a positive private element into your system very well. However I maintain that you do not have "free healthcare" in Germany paid out of general taxation without the requirement to join and pay about 10% of your salary (on top of your income tax) to a Krankenkase (see Iceland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, etc for a contrasting system). I only state this fact as a lot of foreigners (particularly students/freelancers) who come from another healthcare system do not take this into account when budgeting a move to Germany and find themselves in trouble when asked to pay a substantial sum of money unexpectedly.

[@LordVoldemortYT]

Guys, If you're at Subway, you're able to refill.

[@klaraschmitz8637]

Lord Voldemort At McDonalds and BurgerKing too

[@LordVoldemortYT]

Klara Schmitz Well, not in my town.

[@sonlappen8788]

#DA

[@fogboundthesniper8084]

Not all loacations

[@lunaaliceblack8229]

#DA?

[@pcfreak1992]

Actually I have seen many places in Germany where you can get free refills all the time. Basically whenever you have a self-service tap you can refill as often as you want. Especially IKEA even advertises this. Some fast food restaurants offer refills for free if go to the counter and ask them. Those "free if you return" things obviously exist for a good reason. In order to reduce waste, they offer you a nice cup which you pay for and then get the money back. This way they can reuse the glass/cup and have no waste, where as in America I can already imagine all the trash piling up after festivals where people throw away plastic cups.

[@crazyHaruLa]

also Subway :) (the sandwich not the metro)

[@NipapornP]

lol, these are actually US-companies! (ex. IKEA)

[@SamyaDaleh]

Yes. I heard the story that big immigrant families bought one drink and like 20 people drank from it using free refill. That's why it's not offered anymore in most places. I saw free refill in KFC. It was an expensive place somewhere outside, where they didn't had those problem.

[@orange_tree]

pcfreak1992 a

[@apple_hd_3269]

pcfreak1992 Ikea is NOT A RESTAURANT. its a 'furniture shop' (if you can say it like that)...

[@MegaRobby1996]

atleast our surprise egg is not illegal

[@qeratsu3728]

wait what? illegal? XDDDDD i grew up with those m8 i love them so much

[@MegaRobby1996]

galaxy game​ im german

[@coolertrooper]

MegaRobby1996 Well not they are bot illegal everywhere

[@ButtHeadInMyButt]

+Kosch Koff Now you are in danger.

[@Apusays]

American don't celebrate Easter?

[@Atlessa]

Honestly, if I had to chose between the free healthcare of germany, and free tap-water/soda refills of the US... I think I'll stay where I am.

[@sandramaliibuu]

Pyrrha Nikos where are you living? The health care isn't free you pay it with every salary you get and you have to pay for most of the medicine with your own money. Just a few years ago we also have to pay 10 euros fee for the healthcare everytime you visit the doctor. This isn't free at all.

[@masterchief5337]

sandramaliibuu but you dont need to pay your whole treatment and somehow the health insurance company need money to pay the treatment

[@askaria4940]

There is no free healthcare at all :D you are just legally obligated to have an insurance, I guess it is cheaper than in the U.S. because everyone has to have one and so they have the possibility to lower the taxes, but its not for free (: I think its about 15% of your monthly income, for my mother thats about 130€ per month, and as sandra said, you have to pay at least a part of every medicine you need, not the whole bill but for "normal" medicine like antibiotics its about 5-10€ each.

[@olgahein4384]

Askaria: Wait till you are old enough to get a job before you start talking like you know something. You do NOT pay 15% of your monthly income, this is what is paid by you and your employer together. And the employer pays the greater part of it. And yes, some medicine you have to cover yourself, but what you mention is the fee for the prescription, not the medics. But do you have the slightest idea what it would cost you, when you go to your doctor with a cold if you had to pay it by yourself? No? I thought so.

[@Boxer26]

Olga Hein about 100€

[@Magon0is0here]

I'am a german and it's often a trouble to get a free tap water in a resturant. Lots of germans are angry about this. But mosty it's common to get a tap water free, when you order a espresso. And yes, germans don't like smal-talk. We only speaking with unfamiliar about the weather or a trip. (how long was it and so on) When you ask for more (family, kids, weekend), they think you are curious, inquisitive or strange ;)

[@adelduvenhage8802]

Hi Magon. Is there any reason why tap water is not free? Is the tap water save to drink? I am from South Africa. Some cities here dont advice drinking tap water since it will make you sick. Some cities charge for water since water supply is a problem. Different reasons. Just wondering why tap water in Germany is not free.

[@mypdf]

It’s safe, but it coast the restaurant something and when you order water they bring you water out of a bottle, with more minerals

[@AnikaHo]

I would't mind If someone ask about my kids. It's the opposite i would be really happy about it.

[@sugarbum99]

In California that free bag thing is no longer going to apply. Now, a law has passed where they will charge you for the bag or you'll have to take your own.

[@pogopriya4401]

Sugar Bum where I live in California it's been a law for a few years

[@MakerBayfield]

Sugar Bum its like that in other states too. Plastic bags usually 5-10 cents

[@jojorobino5312]

Fuck Cali and New York. 2 of the dumbest states in America.

[@pogopriya4401]

jojorobino5312 lol u probably live in the middle of nowhere where a mansion is only $500,000, it's so inexpensive because life there sucks

[@jojorobino5312]

Ok, someone is triggered.

[@ninjabumaye]

Why does this video have so many dislikes? I am German and all the points seem accurate.

[@ninjabumaye]

How can you be so bitter about such trivial things?

[@sbabee]

Skrillanosaurus W-Rex No. & this video has over 700,000 views, that's why. She's not the dumb fuck here.

[@sbabee]

Skrillanosaurus W-Rex & not to mention, she is in Germany, not the US...you're just a dumbass.

[@shinx2873]

because she'a in germany means she's a german? dumbass.

[@shinx2873]

Ah , seems like you dont have an answer back. first sentence is an insult. second sentence all so an insult i guess?. Third sentence i didn't assume that i just think that. and 4th sentence another insult. Your whole comment really doesn't have to anything with my comment except insulting.

[@iiNDiie1]

Isn't University free in Germany?

[@May04bwu]

Nope. Maybe it depends, but definitely not every college/uni is a public school.

[@iiNDiie1]

May04bwu oh public schools are free?

[@dana-ly6gl]

iiNDiie1 yes public school is free

[@user-sl5ox7iw2o]

I heard it is free for American Students transferring there

[@sophiekostovski228]

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[@mentos540]

You can order "Leitungswasser" that should be everywhere free. In Austria there's so and for the Restaurant it isn't much expensive.

[@RexusprimeIX]

Asking if you can get water for free in Sweden is a joke. It's like asking "Can I breath air for free here?"

[@thegamerpokemon5767]

RexusprimeIX Same in Norway and Edinburgh and Denmark. I remember I was just on an airport in Denmark, visiting a family friend. I had no water (as of the security), and I went to Joe & the Juice and asked for tap water. Immediately I got it. When I came to Edinburgh, back home, I went to a Starbucks for water, I wasn't having anything there... Tap water for free.

[@thegamerpokemon5767]

RexusprimeIX Same in Norway and Edinburgh and Denmark. I remember I was just on an airport in Denmark, visiting a family friend. I had no water (as of the security), and I went to Joe & the Juice and asked for tap water. Immediately I got it. When I came to Edinburgh, back home, I went to a Starbucks for water, I wasn't having anything there... Tap water for free.

[@annabelxo2193]

You're not paying for the water though, you're paying for the cup, the washing of the cup, and the service.

[@clairestafford4044]

But they do have to replace disposable cups...

[@OliviaBeille]

Same for Canada

[@flummoxedflushed]

shopping carts have the coins to avoid shopping carts being "parked" anywhere on the car park. People tended to not return them to their designated areas. And some people take the shopping cart home as a way to transport their groceries, but then not return it. Shops actually lost quite a few shopping carts throughout the years.

[@montanus777]

and what do you do with a bunch of carts at your home? oO despite the fact that one euro still would be a good deal, because they're worth more.

[@juliaweilnbock7052]

I´ve also seen a 'stray' shopping cart smash in to a parked car because it was windy...

[@flummoxedflushed]

Julia Jakobine yeah, according to a supermarket manager, that was one of the main reasons

[@flummoxedflushed]

montanus777 people intended to return them, but left them outside, so kids took them to play with them. They do make great toys. A lot of kids would probably return them nowadays to get the money ;)

[@darkIkarus]

I used one in my old WG for the laundry and returned it 2 years later just before moving.^^

[@Edith98]

in my town, we do have to pay for grocery bags. I live in the US

[@thejoshchannel999]

Edith Tutorials they just passed the proposition. It's only in a few states.

[@Edith98]

Well in my town we've had to pay for them for i think 2 or 3 years now and last year they we're taking the case to the supreme court so hopefully it will go nation wide !:)

[@m0rdearygos]

Mine too.

[@huberthogo7637]

Wow, thats crazy to me lmao

[@hannahrosereviews5073]

Edith Tutorials Do u live on the West Coast? If so, that makes sense. Cali is trying to get rid of plastic bags.

[@PirateTubeTV]

In Nevada you can actually have a legal motion against an establishment for not allowing you free water

[@ellenmierzejewski4303]

In some stores in America you have to pay for bags

[@RachEl-ub9ep]

Ellen Mier I'm from Georgia where bags are free and so wen I went to Washington DC and I had to pay like 90 cents for a plastic bag and I was sitting there like... BISHEHET😲😲😲

[@grobanite4ever85]

Ellen Mier save a lot, Sam's club, BJ's and Costco and Aldi have to pay for bags

[@RachEl-ub9ep]

I don't think that there's a Costco BJ's or Save A Lot where I live and neither Sam's or Aldi's give out bags

[@AZOffRoadster]

My store recycles my bags... for free.

[@linnealinnea3368]

Ellen Mier in some parts because we're I live you don't

[@night_owl_sadness]

I sometimes shop at Aldi's grocery store and there you have to pay for bags and put a quarter into the cart to use it but you do get your quarter back

[@swat1229]

Sun Moon & Stars Aldi's is a German company if I'm not mistaken.

[@leasongunicorngirma6431]

I was about to say Aldi's too.

[@madisonjensen5304]

At my Aldi you don't even get bags unless you bring them from home.

[@SteppingStonevlogs]

Sun Moon & Stars Its It's common place to have to use a pound coin to get a shopping trolly (which is returned to you), pay 5p for a plastic bag (new for 2016), and toilets in public places, but cafes etc. will give you tap water for free and you can usually sneak into a cafe unnoticed (especially to if it's cafe Nero or McDonald's) to find the loo!

[@camjev08]

Madison Jensen At the Aldi stores in Georgia where I live you can buy a plastic or paper bag for about 10 cents. I always bring my own or use a free box.

[@francescacamassa4233]

the bag thing pisses me off because in my family we keep the bags...and use them for various other things

[@danshenton9613]

Francesca Camassa well then take the bags u have at home to the market instead of buying more lol

[@Boomba012]

Not if you use them as trash bags.

[@ukejuke1009]

Francesca Camassa

[@amandamusona954]

Francesca Camassa in canada we have to pay 5 extra cents

[@dariahrocks1]

Amanda Musona depends where you go. I'm from Canada and some stores are free. Some cost money.

[@aileen5857]

I'm German and I totally agree, paying for restrooms as a customer is just awful!! One thing I also like is the price for bags, it's not much and maybe it helps the world a bit when people use less plastic🤷

[@sarahfina307]

In the US (well, California anyway) we have to pay for plastic bags now

[@sarahfina307]

10 US cents per bag

[@dust7962]

Sarah Fina That's California for ya and don't forget breathing causes cancer!

[@1029blue]

+Thomas Dank engine It's the same in some places in WA. No need to post hateful comments against people from California.

[@carabela125]

Some places in Calif, you can't get plastic bags period. We have to pay for paper bags or bring our own.

[@kimtz9499]

In Austin, they don't even have plastic bags in the store. City ordinance banned plastic bags outright.

[@carolinecady5505]

why is this in my recommendations?!? Lol

[@itspricila]

Stay in yøur lane bøy mines too!

[@kzkzj5151]

Stay in yøur lane bøy |-/

[@superaura9]

same lol

[@dangerincorporated1505]

Stay in yøur lane bøy Heyeyey |-/

[@rach5300]

Stay in yøur lane bøy |-/

[@blancavelasquez9859]

So that's why they do the coin thing with the carts at Aldi's since It's a German company

[@whateverimbored1989]

Blanca Velasquez it makes so much sense now! Lol

[@karlahvee9498]

Blanca Velasquez what about cermak produce? lol they do it too

[@zohrarouge4634]

I live in Germany, and I would love when water were free ❤ and with the library; it varies from town to town

[@eferrari96]

I don't know any libraries where you have to pay in Germany. At the libraries I know you only have to pay if you give the book back too late. Then it is a very high price to pay.

[@Appoxo]

my neighbour city charges you after your 18 below not. my homecity is completly free, but not as big, and have no learning help and some good student research room

[@eferrari96]

Zockerland99 Yeah, it really depends on the place you live.

[@Appoxo]

denzoned germany :P Better so: It matters how much people come there, to borrow something

[@SunshineRiot]

Yeah, it's different depending on your Bundesland and your status (adult, underage, student). The library in my hometown wants 10 € to get a library card, but after you have it, the rest is free (same for all). In Munich, it's free for everyone (don't know about the library card though, maybe that isn't free)

[@getoffmyplanet206]

My local library is pretty nice when it comes to bringing back books late. If you call them and let them know you will be late, they usually check if someone has that book on their "wanted" list, and unless there is no note in the system, they will gladly extend your borrowing time. They also will cancel your yearly subscription fees when you donate material to them (books, magazines, DVDs, games). They are pretty nice overall. ^_^

[@m-tech1816]

I'm from germany and only had to pay for toilets on festivals that have otherwise free entry and on the highway where everything is overpriced in general. I never got a token for a glass, never payed over 1€ and never thought its a good idea to not have to bring a shopping cart back to where it was. I guess having empty cups everywhere and shopping carts be stolen or left somewhere around is not the way how things should go.

[@techd2436]

Ihr Video war ja net Kritik am deutschen System aber die Amerikaner sind ja so Freihetsfanatiker, die für nichts bezahlen wollen weil es ja die Freiheit einschränken würde. Du musstest noch nie für ne Toilette bezahlen?! Wenn nur "Die Frau" da sitzt zahl ich meist auch nichts aber manchmal gibt's ja die von Serways glaub ich und da kommst du ja nur rein mit 50ct oder so. Pfand hab ich schon oft bis zu 3.50 bezahlt aber ein "token" hab ich auch nicht so oft bis jetzt bekommen. Den Pfand bekommst du ja sowieso zurück

[@m-tech1816]

tecHD kannst du kein englisch? ich hab mich nicht darüber beschwert, dass sie was kritisiert hat, ich habe nur ihre nach meinem empfinden überschärfte darstellung mit meinen Erfahrungen ergänzt. Ebenso hab ich nicht behauptet, dass ich noch nie für eine toulette zahlen musste. Lass dir bitte in zukunft von dem google übersetzer helfen, wenn du probleme mit Wörtern wie "only" und denen dahinter hast.

[@lamijav8336]

Don't know where you live/go out, but in three months I had to do all of these things she said. I don't think I ever saw free toilet while I was there (not even in shopping centers) and on some crappy small festival I was giving 2€ for pfand and also likr 3 times I got token.

[@techd2436]

M-Tech Ich glaub eher, dass du die Englische sprache dann nicht ganz so gut anwenden kannst... Aber du behauptest ja in dem Kommentar, dass es so gut ist und nennst sogar was wäre wenn es nicht so sein würde("Empty Cups everywhere") Warum? Weil man so jemanden widerspricht mit "gegen"argumenten aber ich hab geschrieben, dass sie im Video doch gar nichts gegenteiliges gesagt hat also macht der Kommentar für mich keinen Sinn. Deshalb habe ich geantwortet ;)

[@m-tech1816]

tecHD Nein, ich bin mir meiner Fähigkeiten im englischen Ausdruck bewusst und du beweist mir, dass du es nicht verstanden hast. Bezogen hab ich mich dabei auf aussagen von dir "Du musstest noch nie für ne Toilette bezahlen?!", die sich auf aussagen von mir beziehen "only had to pay for toilets on festivals". Auf deutsch übersetzt heisst das normalerweise, dass ich nur auf festivals für die Toilette zahlen musste. Demnach hast du irgendwas falsch verstanden. Und seit wann darf man sich in Kommentaren nur äußern, wenn man das absolute Gegenteil vertritt? Der wichtige Teil in meinem Kommentar war ein Bericht aus meiner Sicht, den ich mit einer Abwägung und appellierenden Begründung für das System abgerundet habe. Müssen Standpunkte kritisiert worden sein, damit man sie vertreten kann oder wie hab ich deine Auffassung zu deuten? Sie war im Video überrascht über das System hier und ich wollte es weniger überraschend wirken lassen, indem ich es genauer erläutere. Was genau ist daran falsch?

[@1029blue]

Shopping bags aren't free everywhere in the US. Where I live, they introduced fees for bags to encourage people to bring their own. I am unsure whether I like this or not. The environmental argument doesn't really work for me because I always used the free grocery bags as garbage bags, whereas now I have to buy garbage bags.

[@1029blue]

The fact that people have to pay for a cart in Germany or use a token prevents what I see all the time in the US: People being too lazy to return their cart and leaving the cart somewhere on the parking lot, or even taking it home with them and just leaving it blocks away from where they live.

[@MollyPrewittWeasley]

I remember the litter from plastic bags prior to the tax in Ireland, and the difference afterwards, amazing. Same in UK. It's no doubt saving the lives of some animals.

[@BatterflyHigh]

LolloRosso Unless those people get their token back when they return their cart, they're probably just as likely to take it. The fees probably collectively cover the cost of the carts that get stolen.

[@UnknownUnknown-wm3mf]

LolloRosso I honestly don't care about the planet where only here for a small amount of time

[@FGuilt]

Do you live in Seattle or Portland? :-D

[@kfox5301]

Aldi in America has the same shopping cart and grocery bag rules at Germany. Bring a quarter for the cart and 10 cents per bag if you forgot your bags

[@letmesleep7186]

I do really think the price of the water is that expensive because you live in munich which is the most expensive city in germany so yeah it really isnt that expensive where I live

[@Lukimuki101]

when you compare it to a free glass water? when you compare it to a free glass water everyday? like 365 glass water in one year for free instead of lets say 0,60 cents x365 = 219,00 euros

[@alisha.z01]

|-/

[@Sporemasterix]

Since when is the tap water free to the restaurant? they still have to pay for it.

[@axelhackbarth9559]

a lot of restaurants on the cheaper end calculate in a way that they don't earn much on your food order. Most make their money on drinks, so they have a strong interest in selling you a drink. In restaurants that are a little more expensive you should be able to get water without problems.

[@BenjaminCronce]

Over here, residential rate for tap water is $3.5 for 100 cubic feet, which turns into about $0.00036 for a 12oz glass. Commercial rates are about $2.5 per 100 cubic feet. The water in the glass is effectively free. 3,700 glasses of water would cost about $1 in water.

[@danielalt7508]

Reason you have the coin system is so people don't just leave the carts around the parking lots. So that people put them back where they were taken from.

[@deldarel]

if you get a lot of alcohol, they are usually pleased to give you water for free because you get drunk more slowly that way so you won't cause a scene there. Also, they're not monsters. Drinking water when drinking alcohol reduced the chance of a hangover

[@TheMagnay]

in Australia here it is a requirement at pubs and clubs that free water is provided. so here off to the side of a bar, there will be a few glasses with a jug of water so you can help yourself. all restaunts, pubs or clubs will provide it for free if you ask for it

[@AtotehZ]

+Wanted Adventure 5:00 About tap water being wasted for drinking.. Not a big concern. A single toilet flush uses more water than you drink in a day and that's including non-water beverages. You drink 1,0 - 1,5 gallons and toilets typically use 1,6 - 3 gallons per flush. The same with showers, you shower in tap water and the average shower of around 8 mins uses ~17 gallons of water. 6:02 Could this be if you're not a citizen of Germany? I'm pretty sure my German friends has the same library system as we do in Denmark. 7:15 This is considered a service. You can often bring your cup around to different places and then keep it as a souvenir when you're done. Some people even bring their own mugs, I'm sure you've seen that as well.

[@twtw2401]

There is actually one way, that I know, to get free refills in Germany :D IKEA does free Refills as much as u want after u paid 1€ for the first drink

[@knotenknutarella301]

Thorben Wentlantd And subway

[@emmaalice8396]

Aswell as Subway...

[@IsaStracciatella]

In big cities most of the fast food restaurants offer free refills as well :)

[@normanhubner3358]

Some branches of U.S. fastfood brands also offer free refill, depending on the owner.

[@allaa7976]

Kfc too

[@iwan-wr7gn]

I won't pay to use the restroom.I will shit outside in a moat if i am forced to do that.

[@zasha_is_litty0655]

trypeweedy IM SLEEP😂💀

[@SwaggyIndian]

trypeweedy 😂

[@---nv9yk]

trypeweedy lol you're american of course you would

[@fyp7615]

It's like leaving a tip. The money is for the people cleaning the toilet. If everybody leave 1$, they can have a decent salary. Another solution would be to raise the prices to cover theses costs but this way even people that don't use the toilet have to pay for it. So is it really too much to ask from you ?

[@felicityjohnston9276]

Fy T and what if u have to go to the point of messing your pants and you dont have any money with you?in my opinion it is wrong to charge people.

[@stolmich]

In Austria, you will get a glass of water for free to every cup of coffee, it's a tradition.

[@UnitedAssassinRevolution]

wow a glass of fucking water..... so generous!

[@splishsplash3492]

United Assassin Revolution and you get free healthcare

[@UnitedAssassinRevolution]

in germany too, so what's the friggin deal?

[@splishsplash3492]

United Assassin Revolution nothin

[@Antheius]

+United Assassin Revolution I smell salt in this one

[@tivhal]

restaurants in germany are not allowed to give out tap water to customers, not even for free, since the quality in bigger cities, for example, is not secured. they are only allowed to sell bottled water and these usually cost the same as a soft drink

[@PopeClemensIIX]

They are not allowed to serve the free Tap water, but its not because the water isnt safe or the quality is bad, even in big cities. We have a "Trinkwasserverordnung" that make sure the tap water is safe to drink everywhere. (sounds like we have a rule for everything here :) )

[@crobakify]

Ich hab bisher überall wo ich gefragt hab direkt ein Glas Leitungswasser bekommen, dass es illegal ist, ist mir neu. Warum sollte man auch kein Leitungswasser ausgeben dürfen??

[@Veiquosa]

Zumal dieses eklige Leitungswasser in den Staaten eh nur die Amis selbst trinken. Dafür Geld zu verlangen wäre auch ne Frechheit. Schon allein das „Purified Water“ ist ne Frechheit. Und es gibt genug Restaurants in denen Leitungswasser mit einer Servicepauschale von 50ct auf der Karte steht.

[@dortekuhler-otuekpo8810]

Silly, I live in Berlin which has one of the best quality of tap water in Germany. Never had a problem to get tap water on the table

[@renagruben7770]

Maybe in other regions oft germany the water quality isn't that high ?

[@PhizetaHD]

In China restaurants charge you for the air you breathe because the outside air is so polluted, they have to have air purifiers indoors and they charge you for it

[@via321ful]

Phizeta is this a joke?

[@PhizetaHD]

vivi is a pony Nope, www.nytimes.com/2015/12/16/world/asia/china-air-restaurant-clean-charge.html?_r=0

[@IzzyaliceD]

What has happened to the world

[@luther9594]

in Austria you get tap water for free in every restaurant except fastfood restaurants

[@MorriganPickman]

exactly! It kinda shocked me to hear that you don't get tap water in german reataurants O.o Also the library is free to use including the computers (at least in my city, don't now about others), where else should people without a computer write resumes and job applications...and also searching for jobs?

[@luther9594]

StickwomenArt right. And the only time we have to pay for restrooms is in gas stations and so. And when we borrow books in our library we just have to pay 50 cents. If we bring the book back, we get the money back, too. And the computers are for free.

[@notofinterest]

Theralún im from austria, and you cant say its generally free. they can take money for that, but it need to be in their menu; but you'll get a closed bottle with name and brand on it, not just dropped out the pipe. if u order cafe (the real cafe, not that beansoaked boiled something americans call cafe) u get a small glass tabwater for free. this one is out of the pipe - but even better and cleaner as bottled ones in us.

[@nowaymuller6643]

thats not true you have in many case to pay an smal ammount on money for.

[@nowaymuller6643]

you never use public transport. On an Railway Station you have to pay 50Cent - 1€ for the Toilet.

[@mephistovonfaust]

How can one person get so many things wrong in one video... In CA plastic bags cost money now too, in Germany restaurants are legaly obligated to give you free tap water, usually you do not have to pay for restrooms in Germany and a lot of libraries are free as well... Maybe Munich is an exception but I know that there are a lot of free ones from personal experience.

[@IndianaX]

There is also a law in Germany that all places where you can get drinks and food have to have a free restroom. The only exception in this law are for the highway restaurants.

[@AbituriErpel]

Also umsonst waren bei mir bisher nur die Unibibliotheken. Für Stadtbüchereien (4!) habe ich jährlich blechen müssen, wobei der Preis aufs Angebot angepasst war. Als Erwachsener 20€ (bzw. 10€ für Studenten) und bis auf Internetnutzung an den PCs war alles inklusive. In der Stadtbibliothek Oldenburg kostet die jährliche Ausweisverlängerung 2,5€, zahlt aber für Nicht-Buch-Medien knapp 'nen Euro; für Bücher, die Bestseller sind, sogar 2€! Für 1€ pro Medium wird auch reserviert. Büchereinutzer sind in der heutigen Zeit Kunden, können dafür aber auch aktiv mitgestalten (Veranstaltungen, Anschaffungswünsche, etc.). Aber das hat halt seinen Preis. Ich habe auch schon einmal bei Subways - zugegeben Großstadt/ Touristenhochburg - 50 Cent zahlen müssen, um auf die Toilette zu gehen; habe dann aber auch einen 50 Cent Gutscheinbon erhalten, den ich im Laden einlösen konnte. Selbes Prinzip - wahrscheinlich Dein "üblicherweise" - auf Autobahnraststätten mit Tankstellenklo. Das Gesetz zu kostenlosem Leitungswasser in Restaurants will ich bitte sehen!

[@mephistovonfaust]

AbituriErpel Bei uns in der Gegend sind fast alle Bibliotheken kostenlos und das mit dem Leitungswasser hab ich vor einigen Jahren bei Galileo gesehen.

[@tonylcv5658]

Kurze Google-Suche und es kommt raus dass Leitungswasser nicht kostenlos ist, netter Service wenn ja, keine Pflicht. Büchereien in meiner Umgebung erheben auch einen Jahresbeitrag, außer für Schüler, kommt halt auf die Bücherei drauf an. Und natürlich muss man nicht im Restaurant zahlen um auf die Toilette zu gehen, aber oft genug sitzt da eine Reinigungskraft und es wird erwartet ihr ein Trinkgeld da zu lassen und ich gehe nicht raus ohne eines zu hinterlassen, wie der größte Prozentsatz der Deutschen denke ich. Ich denke das ist eher darauf bezogen und auf Einkaufscentren, wo die Toiletten ja normal auch kosten.

[@Kekskuchenism]

@IndianaX - Not exactly true. Every part of germany has its own law on that matter so it depends on where you are.

[@clarasuedi]

1. Nearly all restrooms in berlin are free, wtf? If your a costumer you have nearly never to pay 3. There is free refill at Ikea 4. In berlin you can also find many free librarys

[@EmAViking]

In Sweden we pay 10 or 20 cents extra when we buy soda bottles, however if we bring the bottles back to a recyclingstation we get those 10 or 20 cents back. It's a great way to encourage recycling! I believe they have that system in the Netherlands too.

[@FlutterDashie]

and in Germany to.

[@AppCheckerPro]

Em A Viking no they dont

[@EmAViking]

***** Well there used to be something called statiegeld which was along the same concept.

[@JPpaner]

8 to 25 ct in Germany

[@lalilu-hp8ch]

Plastic bottles have no fees here in the Netherlands, they just go to the regular trash.

[@DerFliegendeMocca]

1) better have a paid toilette than a dirty one. You can always shit in the woods for free if you feel like it. Most bathrooms are for free! Some will give you the opportunity to donate, but it is socially acceptible to not. Highway toilettes however cost 70ct (which is like half a snickersbar as a comparison) but are ultra clean! 2) shopping bags are not free - any more! Compare German and American recycle data and you will see that it is good. If you need a bag, pay a bag or bring your own. 3) you want to drink something in a restaurant? you pay for it. You can also drink from the tab water in the bathroom like a dog. And in combination with 1: You are not "forced" to tip. 10% leads to ultimate happiness for the waitress. But you don't have to. You pay for what you want, and that's it. 4) Refills ? That's another drink right? So you pay for it? In fast food chains it is common to have free refills in some cases, but again: Why would you get 3 refills for free, if you paid for it once? Using the Big-Mac-Index, you pay 1/4 more money for the same burgers & drinks in the us. So maybe this puts free refills or free plastic bags or free tab water in perspective. 5) Who needs a library if you have the internet? I personnally don't know what a free library should look like and how they pay their bills, and what books I find in there. Can I read all the latest novels in there for free? Oh boy! Who pays for the books? So i guess you are more talking about libraries as in universitys. Which - as a surprise - are free !!! :D Nobody asks you for money if you enter an university library, because it is financed by students. And again, we pay very very little on education compared to the US. You could expect that an university that costs thousands of dollars a year offers a guest their library for free. 20 euro a year is totally fair, isn't it? If you are a library kind of person, i guess around 1-2 Euro a month is a fair deal. Münchens Stadtbibliothek is a private company. As for example a museum or a cinema. You want to see things in there - you pay for it. Companys need money in order to work... 6) shopping carts... you need a coin or token. and you get it back. for gods sake. 7) Pfand is amazing. Check your pollution data again. Look at the amount of garbage on the streets and look at the amount of garbage on German roads. And there is nothing more satisfiying than finding bottles worth around 20 Euros in the back of your car at the end of the month! :D 8) tissues... you got to be kidding me! So... it annoys you to pay for what you get? While what you say is sort of right (i highly disagree with the toilettes and refills and library part of your video) I think there is no point in being annoyed. You get what you pay for. And - in contrast to the US - there is nothing expected from you other than the price of the product. You dont have to tip a waitress 10% or more eg. Everything is transparent.

[@moonxmermaid]

Plastic bags aren't free in California

[@Animalcrossing35]

Alex Berry But that's good because more people will use reusable bags.

[@annahoolia]

Yup same in some Texas cities.

[@VarietyPirate]

Alex Berry they still are in FL, even though there was talk about changing that years ago

[@spencerchandler8313]

still free in va for now although they were supposed to change that

[@theultimateprogrammer6932]

Same in Some parts of Maryland

[@patrickhodson8715]

Girl we got Aldi here in the states which does the same exact thing with their shopping carts.

[@cindyhirsch8370]

Patrick Hodson because Aldi is German 😂

[@patrickhodson8715]

Cindy Hirsch I knew that, and I could have sworn I said that in my comment, but I’m sitting here reading it and so I guess I didn’t lol

[@Ctrillz193]

Patrick Hodson thats true

[@yes5114]

Why is there a clock with all 12's on it haha

[@michellebene9543]

OMG I JUST REALIZED THAT WHEN I READ UR COMMENT XD

[@annipsy2185]

Madison Elizabeth so you get confused af😁

[@zoejaycie6521]

Madison Elizabeth lol idk

[@yes5114]

Anni Psy what do you mean there is a clock with all 12s on it I'm not confused

[@deadfreightwest5956]

LOL, I was going to comment that it needed a battery... I never noticed it was all 12s!

[@maxhase8484]

was geht bei den deutschen Trends ab, wer guckt sich sowas an, WAS MACH ICH HIER??

[@knecht6974]

Michael Bichlberger Ich gucke mir sowas an, und wenn du es nicht sehen willst geh doch wieder Apored gucken, die scheiße ist nämlich auch in den Trends!

[@ellam.1350]

Das denke ich mir auch

[@jonawollberg8925]

Michael Bichlberger denk ich mir auch

[@jgr_lilli_]

Nennt man Horizont erweitern. Wenn du auf das ... tippst, kannst du "kein Interesse" antippen und es verschwindet von deinem Feed. Dieses Feature sollte uns eigentlich alle von solchen "Warum guck ich das!?!?!?!?!?!!?"-Kommentaren befreien.

[@mewtje3095]

We might not have refills, but we don't need to pay thousands of Euros on University. Maybe that's a plus :v Also, the tapwater thing. Basically, Tap Water is considered gross. Alone the german word "Leitungswasser", which means "plumb water" or "pipe water" does not really sound appetizing. I grew up with tap water being solely used for washing and stuff like this.

[@cloveskiwis]

Why is tap water gross, though?

[@mewtje3095]

I hate the taste of it. It has a huge amount of limestone particles and the plumbs and pipes you drink it can be full of rust and other stuff. Gross.

[@CHERESIS]

I can only speak for Vienna, but here everone is drinking tapwater, because the vienna tapwater tastes at least as good as most sodas. At the coffe-houses you even get a glass of water for free, if you want it or not.

[@AlyenaMango]

Well the american tap water is much grosser... they put chloride in it to disinfect it, so it tastes like swimming pool water. I don't really get why so many Germans dislike tap water, in Switzerland where I live everyone drinks tap water :) I've drunk german tap water a few times when I was there and I really don't get whats so bad about it

[@chickenskink1]

+Mew Tje The pipes in germany are pretty damn clean... If you live in the UK or France, then yeah, it's disgusting (I've tried tap water in both of those countries lol), but in Germany, I don't feel like it's any different from water you buy in a store.

[@herrmaus3594]

im from Germany and wanna say something where u talked about Water and Yes it's like totally madness 2.50€ for an little glass of Water only 0,33ml :o

[@kristripper]

I live in Germany too and in my town there is one McDonald's where u can refill your juice as much times as you want to

[@Darkremixsven]

I live in Germany too and I just wanted to mention that it is not allowed by law to sell tab water without being absolutely sure / it has to be proven every day that there are no risky chemicals etc. in there. So usually no restaurant will get into the risk and just sell bottled water.

[@iloveprivacy8167]

Does the law prohibit *providing* the tap water without being sure it's OK? Or is the exchange of money that's forbidden?

[@Darkremixsven]

ILove Privacy yes, the law prohibits it. The restaurants have to do daily testings on their cost and they have to make sure that there won’t be anything harmful on the way to the customer. As this is very hard to do in reality, almost no restaurant will serve tab water in any way. It is not that there has to be a money exchange to get tab water. It is more a thing of hygiene and that you have to prove that the water is ok, what is very hard on a daily basis and you won’t get any money for your work.

[@spicylife7048]

But, ain't every citizen in Germany consuming tab water? or there's another source? if tab water is ok for citizens why it is not for restaurants costumers ?

[@ShyBuba]

I also love the fact that you need to pay for bags in Germany :) got me thinking a lot when i moved here and now I use reusable ones when I'm doing shopping.

[@aslihan7789]

I never paid 3€ for water and im living here my whole life.

[@Sethoshini95]

in Venice they charge 3 euros for a bottle of water. But if you go where the locals buy stuff it's 50 cent

[@xeniahoff2491]

At the restaurant I used to work at, it was 3,00€ for a 0,25 l bottle and 4,50€ for 0,5 l bottle.

[@scharfschuetze6884]

Holi Festival. Teuerstes Wasser ever. :D

[@marksmediatv7734]

Hahah I remember paying 10 euro for a fanta at Piazza San Marco

[@Sethoshini95]

Marks mediaTV that's exactly why no one should buy stuff in piazza San Marco

[@Landibert]

From what I understand restaurants are making a big amount of their money on drinks in Germany and wouldn't even be profitable without this practice. Mostly because they have to pay more to the waiters (which in turn are less dependent on tips). Tho I am no expert in this area so correct me if I'm wrong.

[@hexandthecityeu]

Food is very cheap in Germany, that's right. And we're still throwing away too much; the trend is to buy less of better quality - unfortunately the poor mass is growing because of the economical globalization, killing jobs and making work cheap.

[@chloelee5405]

many foods are actaually MUCH more expensive than in other countries such as france or netherlands, u get 3 liters package milk for 1.50 euro. and here in germany u get 1 liter for 0.90 euro

[@hexandthecityeu]

"Richer" countries spend a smaller fraction of their income on food - funny richness, eh?? www.vox.com/2014/7/6/5874499/map-heres-how-much-every-country-spends-on-food Germany spends more money than USA, UK and Canada. Source: USDA

[@BlommaBaumbart]

Of course, at a regular store you don't get 3 liter boxes of anything in the first place.

[@chloelee5405]

Ghetelen that's not the point. plus in USA it's very normal buying 100oz milk pack.

[@bastiangodde6562]

German here. I remember once staying 8 hours in a pizza parlor, it was a great time

[@erdemballi5511]

We also have called Leergut or Pfand what basicly means that the plastic bottles cost 25 Cent more which you only get back by giving the plastic bottles back...

[@RandomPerson-ml8ej]

But you have free university in Germany!

[@luciek5196]

Woah

[@Saba.2a]

Random Person I doubt that very much! I'm from Britain, I once had classmates from Germany which were so clear on the fact that education here in UK is much cheaper than in Germany.

[@05011234567890]

In Austria it depends where you come from. As EU citizen I pay 18€ per Semester. I don't know about Germany but I can imagine it's similar.

[@MeitanteiNoMusume]

We really do have free education in Germany. But we also have private universities which really cost tons of money. Usually you only pay about 200 to 300 euros every Semester for cheaper food in the Mensa, a Bus and Train ticket and some other stuff for students. It's not all good though.

[@beritgalai7355]

If you're a European citizen, university is free in Denmark. And Danes even get paid to study, about 700 euro a month. But at the same time... our taxes are high and part of it pays for free university and education support from the state.

[@Skurt44]

In the UK, Healthcare is free, University is not, Water is free at restaurants (you can literally just ask for a glass of water and they'll give it to you. E.Z.)

[@anony7112]

I have never experiences that, I've been in the UK 4 times I think and everytime I ask for a glass of tab water they will bring me and expensive bottle of water.

[@Skurt44]

Anony If you go to a bar, you can just ask for a water and it's free.

[@parker88609]

Xeryun where I live in the USA water is free at restaurants

[@angelcake3076]

You pay for healthcare. You pay monthly to the NHS. The NHS is also removing hospitals from towns and making a few larger ones, meaning a longer journey to reach a hospital, when maybe it's a life or death situation. It's ridiculous.

[@Skurt44]

Angelcake307 No you don't. The NHS gets paid by the government via a fraction of the taxes. so buying a chocolate bar is helping to fund the NHS

[@hloog9991]

I'm from Germany and I'm a new watcher of yours :) I just wanted to say that usually in restaurants, clothing shops etc. you don't have to pay for visiting the toilet. I often even just go into some restaurant and ask for the toilet, when I'm in a big city and they will let me use it for free. Most times you have to pay for toilets is, when they build some for festivities, festivals, highway-stops, subway, these kinds of things. Anyway, continue your great work!

[@benek4222]

in McDonald Germany, you can have so many refills, when there is a Self use Machine

[@C3nturyFox]

yea because its an american company

[@traaaw]

depents on the location, but its in most of the fastfood restaurant like kfc, bk etc.

[@dacr0n229]

then again, who really wants to go to McDonalds. What they call food is an insult.

[@SashLyrics]

reason ist a different one: restaurants get their soft drinks in bottles which are more expensive, fast food restaurants have their own soda machines who make the soft drinks out of soda and a syrup, which is waaaaaay cheaper than the bottles.

[@MetalheadBuser]

The refill is actually not free (well usually). They just don't watch at you all time. many of those stations have also signs that read, refilling is not allowed)

[@henri_the_fry_guy7196]

I'm new... why are there so many weird ass clocks in the background?? 😂😂

[@zoranax9610]

Henri_the_fry_guy o

[@destiny-ph5gk]

if you look up the names they all seem to be towns. im guessing it's a merchandise thing, with the names of where she got them below?

[@fredrickaappletree3402]

Henri_the_fry_guy ....blunt and to the point .....but sorry I don't know......🕰⏰⏲⏱

[@kristiemmons8363]

rude

[@marcrisflores]

Yeah but the bottom right one says ‘’Mos Eisley” and that’s a fictional place from Star Wars

[@MrPs103]

Here in America, Aldi (grocery store) has the coin carts and the bags for money. I believe it's a German company, which makes sense.

[@jasminerichter1519]

MrPs103 yes you're right, it is a german company

[@Varus78]

aldi is killing walmarts in the states ive heard? like a mungo is killing snakes. yay!

[@sonjaprull2410]

MrPs103 it's a german company

[@sweetwater88]

Aldi in America is a tiny, tiny, tiny company compared to Walmart in America. It doesn't compare at all. I don't shop at either there's much better grocery stores.

[@Den241191]

Fun fact: Aldi in Germany is actually basically two companies, Aldi Nord (North) and Aldi Süd (South). US Aldi is Aldi Süd, whereas Aldi Nord is basically Trader Joe's in the US.

[@LOLOBASHNO2006]

krankenschutz sprich ... krankenversicherung 😁 what about healt care in the US ??? overhere you can go always for free to check up your health

[@KriegerDelfin24]

You get free refills at Subway in Germany

[@OokamiKaii]

Brian Reip and at some McDonald's as well :)

[@KriegerDelfin24]

DiaNaru never saw it at a Mc Donald's in Germany. Just saw a sign that it's not allowed.

[@julieewaah]

Brian Reip a few years ago, most mcdonalds in germany had free refills. i think it was too overused. in subway you can only refill once.

[@OneJutsuMan]

Brian Reip in KFC too

[@lenamurielb.1048]

In Hardrockcafe too

[@wunndergurl911]

The shopping bag thing is not true everywhere. There is a store in Colorado/Kansas/Missouri called 'Sav-a-lot' and they charge you for bags. The bags run $0.10 and $0.25 depending on the type of bag. The $0.10 bags are the cheap ones like what Dana held up but the $0.25 bags are really nice thick bags.

[@LadyUnicornEJG]

I was thinking of the same example and I've seen them in Kentucky and Illinois too

[@randomnull]

Yeah, in Seattle plastic bags have been banned and if you want a bag they only have paper and are required to collect at least $0.05/each

[@gibbsfreenthalpy]

All of this is great, BUT it is not on a national level as it is in Germany. In fact, Germany in this regard is still somewhat behind other European countries which have banned plastic bags altogether. But it is planned to slowly phase them out in the next years.

[@elise_h]

Yeah, we also have bag bans and fees in San Francisco, and people here were quick to adapt to the new rules. These laws seem to be gaining popularity in cities, so I hope this policy continues to spread across the US.

[@LUBAProduktion]

Heidi Williams the difference is that our smartass lefties force stores to charge for the bags..

[@stevenhollingsworth3249]

the reason restrooms along the highway in America are free is because they are maintained by tax money.

[@AtheistDD]

i would say 20-30% of the restrooms on the german autobahn are "free" (payed as you say by the tax payers) too.

[@stevenhollingsworth3249]

Mathias Stuhl well sure but the point is that in America we pay once in taxes and don't pay again.

[@Polschinski]

In Germany official rest areas are run by the state, so they are also payed by taxes. There are usually just restrooms and some benches. However rest stops including a gas station and a restaurant are run by private companies. You need to pay to use a restrooms, but you get what you pay for. "Free" restrooms at rest areas are often dirty and disgusting.

[@gibbsfreenthalpy]

The restrooms in stations and on the motor ways aren't free, mostly because the right to operate them has been sold to some private investors in Luxembourg and the UK, and they just want to make money, and literally don't give a sh*t about anything else...

[@montanus777]

only the restrooms at parking sites at the autobahn are free (or paid by taxes) - and you can smell that. the restrooms at gas stations and restaurants aren't really free. or to be more exact: often when you pay for the restroom you get a coupon, which you then can use in the restaurant or gas station to pay other stuff.

[@devonbell9695]

You have a great voice and demeanor to be a successful teacher. I have learned so much in the past 10 minutes watching your videos!

[@damianit]

The restrooms in Germany are normally free... depends on the store/restaurant. They do it because they say Cleaners get not enough money and it's just fair for that kind of job. In in my opinion they are right.

[@damianit]

AND of course you can get free water in Germany... It's also your right to get free Tap water (in stands in our law!). The restaurants said no because they are stupid and want to make money^^ but you have to remember them that it is your right to get free tap water ;)

[@rfvtgbzhn]

I don't know the law, but there is definitely a growing number of restaurants that charge for tap water in Germany. Toilets are usually free in restaurants (except on Autobahn restaurants, where you pay 70 cents and get a voucher, but only for 50 cents), but public toilets are often not free and also toilets in malls are not always free.

[@Bluejanis]

Also in the US in clubs there are people at the restrooms to get some money from people.

[@Tenkichan]

They aren't allowed to charge for TAP water. That's why they don't want to give it to you. But that depends mostly on the restaurant. The water you get is bottled water but without gas. So they have to pay for it themselves and that's why you neither get free refills nor tap water.

[@transpadme]

Tobias Rohde I was near munich visiting my girlfriend and a mcdonalds made you pay a euro for the bathroom cause people were making a mess in the bathroom and it was getting to be ridiculous for cleaning staff so they started requiring a tip for them

[@rileymaloney3934]

some stores in the US like Aldi's makes you pay for bags

[@Toxinator]

Because Aldi's is a German company ;-)

[@Toxinator]

Yes!?

[@nettlescats3796]

Target will take 5 cents off your purchase for each bag that you supply and use:)

[@nadinepeschke6182]

aldi is a german company

[@AndreasC1977]

There really exists Aldi in the USA? Wow... I thought these German brothers only made it in Europe.....

[@lina6121]

you can get tap water 9/10 from my experience

[@asdfjklo234]

in theory, but you'll be frowned upon when asking for tap water really. The only "justified" reason would be for taking your medicine. In other countries there's always a jug of water on the table...

[@pianoman5157]

No she is right, in most cases they were reluctant Sometimes they gave it to me, but you could tell by their reactions that it's not desired and, what's more, it is not common in Germany to do that. I don't even know any person in Germany who has ever ordered "tap water" in a Restaurant - and i do know a whole lot of Germans. Cause i am German. lol It's not usual to order that in a restaurant, perhaps it's regarded as "not classy", i dont know. To be honest, to me ordering a "tap water" in restaurant sounds like "and can i have some hay for my horse, too, please".

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

they will charge you for water no matter what you demand.

[@lina6121]

fumomo fumosarum im a waitress in germany and we dont charge for tap water

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

lina6121 what bundesland...? maybe it differs from the area...

[@user-yz5hw7fx4f]

Books are free with me and I live in Germany, even near Munich

[@MarcusSchmalzlockus]

Ich zahl lieber fürs Klo als für mein Studium.

[@pixelatedaxix2174]

MarcusSchmalzlockus xD nicht schlecht

[@antiealles]

MarcusSchmalzlockus Ist ja auch billiger.

[@JaayPLP]

techniker: 5000€, bafög ca 2000€ rest von der landesbank als lerndarlehen, also ca 3000€ davon gibts am ende 25% nachlass. und während den jahren habe ich immer gut 1000€ steuern zurück bekommen (nur wegen dem studium und pc usw absetzen) studieren ist kostenlos ;)

[@antiealles]

JaayPLP Wie kann das denn so billig sein bei dir? Allein für miete und Semesterbeitrag gehen schon mehr als 20k in den drei jahren raus.

[@JaayPLP]

erstmal ist es ein fernstudium und ich arbeite vollzeit. die 5000€ sind das studium an sich. klar ist dann in der präsenzphase (osnabrück, komme aus hamburg) fahrtweg und übernachtungskosten, die werden aber auch von der steuer abgesetzt. ich kann nicht sagen, das ich wirklich effektiv was bezahle (kaufst nen drucker, den du eh wolltest, oder laptop, kann man ja alles absetzen)

[@DonCurrywurst]

Tap water is actually free. Just ask vor "Leitungswasser" and they wont charge you for that.

[@Wildcard71]

Most won't even serve it.

[@Chibi0r]

not true. Pay for your drinks if you don't want to ruin restaurants. The costs are so high you need perople to buy a drink with the meal as a owner.

[@sarsena]

thats true . ask for it and you will get it. free refills can you also get in germany. We have some spots for that. some Mc Donals fastfoods have it, by the way. there you also get free wi-fi

[@Akidryt]

Never ever got served tap water in a restaurant in germany. They always say you can only buy a little bottle of soda.

[@imcuddlybunny]

You need to order it with the right attitude. You don't 'ask for' tap water or 'wait for' tap water. You say: 'I'll order this and that and I'll take a glass Leitungswasser (tap water) with that.'. I've never in my life been denied tap water. You just have to order it as if it goes without saying that you can get a free glass of Leitungswasser with your order. Even the shittiest 3€-for-a-pizza place will serve you a free glass of tap water if you order it with the right attitude. In the end you are the customer that chose to give that specific restaurant your money and if you give them the feeling that you could at any point just get up and leave if you don't feel like a valued customer they will think twice about not spending that one cent to serve you a glass of tap water.

[@kathleenpage8703]

There's plenty of places in the US that charge for bags. And some places give you a discount when you use your own bags

[@imojo971]

the system you mentioned called Pfand is really great and should be everywhere. It motivates people to bring back stuff after it is used. Glasses, shopping carts, plastic cans and bottles are even worth 25 cents and every shop that sells bottles is forced to accept them and give you the money. with that, no plastic bottles lay around because they are essentially money.