How Is American and German Culture Changing?

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Hey guys! Sadly I think this video is not getting recommended to people by KZbin and a lot of my followers said they weren’t notified when I posted it. It would be SO helpful if you share the video with a friend who you think will enjoy it or post it on a platform you’re on. I would be so grateful!! Thanks for watching, and I love reading your comments!

[@tramper42]

Kelly does her thing : as you are thinking of changes ... here is a German preview documentary from 1972, what they thought year 2000 might look like... kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZKqn3WEnaplrqs

[@Hansiwansi]

No, I pay with cash, even now! Won't change that!

[@zhenli2345]

I think it's because YT censors anything related to the virus, unfortunately.

[@pjotrh]

You said the C word...

[@Dahrenhorst]

Actually, this video showed up in my recommendations.

[@ElRackadusch]

In Germany you would consider a person who comes first and goes last, doing as much work as others, to be ineffective.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Yes, and I always wonder why failure to manage time properly is so often seen as being hard working....

[@ElRackadusch]

At least in the U.S.

[@folkehoffmann1198]

@@Kellydoesherthing I dont think it is always a bad measurement of time. It can always be that it is just not possible to finish work on time because people get to much work. Or it can also be that you just care about your job. F.e. I used to work in a group home for handicapped people. One time I was the only one on shift. And one of the inhabitants had a series of epileptic seizures. Took an hour until 911 had him on the way to the hospital and I had documented it all and informed his guardian. So then the hospital called me back 15 minutes before the night shift (1 person for 40 people instead of 8) took over to tell me everything was fine, they had given him medication and would get a transport to send him back now. So I waited for like another hour until I had to go so I wouldnt miss the last train (I really didnt want to take the night bus). That was 5 years ago. By now I think I should have waited until he was there because in the situation he was in at that moment he would probably have wanted to see someone he sees 3 or 4 times a week during daytime and not someone who he only sees a few times a month for very short moments at night.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Folke Hoffmann yes but you’re described single instances. It’s totally under stable that you might have too much work to get done here and there, or even once a week every week...but in the video, I’m describing people who consistent work exaggerated hours without there actually being an abundance of work to do. Also that was very nice of you to help this resident ❤️

[@folkehoffmann1198]

@@Kellydoesherthing yeah but it is even expected in other jobs. For example in grocery stores. If they get fresh produces 1 minute before your shift is over, you are expected to get them put away even if it takes an hour. And here in Berlin that happens like 5 outta 6 times a week.

[@CincyMike]

This was very informative... that must have been alot of work for you.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

So much work, Mike....so much 😂😂 I’m happy you found it informative and thank you for watching!

[@CincyMike]

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[@Kellydoesherthing]

Mike Senger thank you!! I plan to log onto my patreon soon

[@johnp139]

Great video too

[@Companion92]

It's so interesting to see how diffent cultures handle the virus

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I agree!! That’s why I tried to show so much footage of what it’s like at least in DC right now :) thanks for watching!

[@justcallmejohn2833]

@@Kellydoesherthing a lot of them were sold off to developers through the years to build big box stores. On the news the other day I saw a country singer held a drive in concert. Our cars are personal safety cells.

[@emilybh6255]

It isn't "the virus" they are "handling" it is how they are reacting to and complying with government tyranny and loss of what little "freedom" they had. The "virus" is little more than a cold.

[@tonys1636]

@@emilybh6255 If you have had it and survived through ICU treatment you would not be saying it is like a cold, which is also a covid type virus but one of the many less harmful ones.

[@jessicaely2521]

@@emilybh6255 obviously you didn't have a loved one that was affected. My mother in law died because of the virus. My husband and daughter almost died also. Thank god they didn't. My husband, daughter, and I have long lasting damage to our lungs. This is a hell a lot more than a cold. Your comment is so infuriating that I want to jump through the computer and strangle you. It's people like yourself that killed my mother in law and almost killed my husband and daughter. Also it's people like yourself that made us have long lasting effects.

[@brainforest88]

I would love to pay my gas at the pump, but they want you to walk into the store so you would buy something. The primary income for them is not the gas, its the overpriced items they sell you.

[@pigoff123]

I pay at the pump unless they have awesome food. When I drive to MO I always stop at the same gas station to fill my tank an my stomach. Awesome food. There are a few on the way to IA an on the way to OK an LA too.

[@KoldingDenmark]

In Denmark you can pay at the pump - or you must. In some cases you don't have a choice anymore. You delay the people waiting in line, by having to go into the store and pay. Fine with me. i rarely need to go into the store for something. As a tourist in the US it is a problem if you have to punch in your zipcode, unless you have figured out an imaginary zipcode that works. Because of the zipcode issue, I often have to go into the store, even though I don't feel like it. As for working long hours, Danes are not believers in that. Whoever spends too much time at work, is not efficient. You do not get more done, just because you stay longer. Probably in the beginning, but very soon long days will exhaust you and your efficiency will drop. If you boss keeps pushing work into your lab, because she does not get it done, push it back to her with a "No Thank You". I am already up to my limit.

[@jerelull9629]

I'm AMAZED that you can speak so many words for almost a half hour straight!

[@matthiasdrescher9253]

Hey Kelly, I've been watching your videos for one year now and I really really enjoy them, but today's video is superb!! So interessting with such a creativ topic. I would love your videos to go even deeper into politics/economy US vs Europe/Germany. 😀

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Aw thank you!! That really means a lot to me as I put a lot of hours into this video haha I would love to talk more about these sort of topics, I just have to be careful because I don’t want to get in trouble with my job so that’s unfortunately a consideration 😅 thank you for supporting my channel and for watching this video 🤓 greetings from DC!

[@mojojim6458]

@@Kellydoesherthing My advice: stay away from those topics. It would only increase their sense of superiority.

[@salentino]

@@mojojim6458 no need to that. We already know by watching news and observing what's going on. ;)

[@holger_p]

That's the most complete, comprehensive and unbiased compare I have seen on any source. At least the script is worth TV-quality or a published article. Probably the title could be more appropriate "Advantages and Disadvantages of German vs. American culture to handle Pandemic", to get more people finding this video.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thank you!! That really means a lot to me :) finding a good title is always so hard and I like your recommendation! I might change it to this later today

[@tomzito2585]

Thought provoking content. Thank you for making another excellent video. It was interesting to see what D.C. looks like as a ghost town in spots.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

thank you!! And I'm happy you enjoyed seeing all that footage. Took some time to get it, but I really wanted to show what DC looks like during this time

[@TheManWithTheHatKiel]

Regarding public transport in Germany during the Corona crisis, I would like to say that many Germans now use their bicycles instead of public transport. Many big cities like Berlin have converted whole car lanes into bicycle lanes and closed whole streets to car traffic.

[@Pewtah]

Superb video! I like culture comparisions and your video has many interesting insights. Living in Germany, working in the online business, the first two weeks of the lockdown in Germany for me were like Christmas, Easter and birthday party in one piece. Because these days triggered a huge wave of "digitlzation" ("Digitalisierung") of the way of german life. We will see what will disappear, remain or rise up.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thank you! I’m happy you enjoyed it :) I’m sure you were definitely experiencing some highs at the peak of the pandemic there - best of luck in the future!

[@LythaWausW]

My husband found this video and we watched the entire thing together. Wow, you worked hard on this one! It gave us a lot to think about when we went hiking later, especially the part about what invention/process might result from the pandemic. My favorite part was the way you chuckled while saying, "Home office": ) Hey, you have my Trader Joe's bag!

[@wardone8991]

Well done video. Quite interesting, and you certainly covered a lot.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Ward One thank you!! I appreciate that :)

[@lazysheep1232]

I love watching your vids, so many interesting facts. And beside getting so many informations I enjoy listening to your voice:) Greetings from Stuttgart/Germany

[@stadtbekanntertunichtgut]

Kelly also known as the cure against Lockdown-Lagerkoller!!! :D

[@michaelschiebel5141]

Dear Kelly, how is American and German Culture Changing? There is one very, very important difference between the American and German culture, you never focused your attention on. But this is one of the most important and critical differences between both cultures and could be decisive to understand the future development in both countries. The American people loves freedom and democracy at a point to be always willing to defend it at whatever cost this coult be. In Germany at the other hand the love for freedom and democracy have always been and are also today so week, that freedom and democracy are always at risk and stake in Germany. It Germany the political development to a new dictatorship as a real option and possibility - in the US it isn't. If the left or the right in the US try to reduce democracy, the voters switch to the other side - nowadays to Trump. But if Merkel - raised and educated in the eastern German dictatorship - starts to reduce democracy in Germany, the voters accept it and do not switch to the other side. The Germans simpy accept that democracy - given them as present by the american people in 1948 - is taken away from them another time. The German people - with the exception of the fight in eastern Germany in 1989 - never fought for democracy and possibly will not in the future. Michael

[@emhharfst2500]

Hi Kelly, nice video with lots of interesting observations about the differences between the EU and the USA in times of Coronavirus. Really informative and helpful of a better understanding of American culture.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

thank you!! Happy you found it interesting and informative :) thank you for watching

[@SW-gj4ye]

Hello kelly, great Video. I love it please stay healthy and all the best to you

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Aw thank you!! Healthy and safe wishes to you as well!

[@redrobur68]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. As a german (and fan of the us) i watch your channel to learn more about both of our countries. In my company (2.200 labors) we converted 600 workplaces into home office driven by corona to keep social distancing. We just made the descision to stay with this after corona as chance for more digitalisation. Another important aspect in this crisis is the german concept of "Kurzarbeit" (short work?). You have to reduce your worktime (if needed to 0) but you get paid for it (up to ca. 80% of your standard income) for several weeks from the state. This is to keep your working place without running your company into ruin. Personally i am working for a forwarding company and i am a essential or importand worker, hurray :)

[@thalon3707]

I replaced some of my door handles by door knobs, because my cat always opens the doors she should not access :-D

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Lol!! Cats are so dang clever

[@tonys1636]

That did not work with my German Shepherd, he learnt to grasp the knob with both front paws and turn it.

[@mojojim6458]

@@tonys1636 And my two Rottweilers learned how to do that, too.

[@sinusnovi3826]

If your hands both burned down you will never be able to leave your house. Door knobs are biggest crap ever. But it is american wonderful style (..shit)

[@chuckstrasbaugh62]

A lot to think about! One of the things I wondered first (hah!) was whether culturally we would all start washing our hands more because of the pandemic? One of the things you didn't mention Kelly is that, can we say, Germans are generally more trusting of their government than Americans-more trusting of what the doctors and scientists and politicians (Mutti Merkel) are talking about than their American counterparts. I think it's also safe to say that Germans don't have two different media that represent different perspectives from which they get their news and therefore, world view-and I wonder to what extent that fact has contributed to the German nation making quicker progress in the face of the virus? I would like to hope that we could learn from each other-which is one of the ways in which you vlog is really helpful. It will for sure be interesting to see how all of this settles out.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Chuck Strasbaugh this is a very good point to bring up, and you’re right - I totally missed it so thanks for the comment! And thanks for watching :)

[@LWHoch]

Very nice video, Kelly!

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thank you!!

[@KJ-md2wj]

In my Lidl in Germany you could bring your reusable bags, but you were forced to take a trolley and put the groceries into the trolley at the counter and bag them outside the store. Worked amazingly well, and lines were faster.

[@imrehundertwasser7094]

13:20 Only non-essential businesses *open to the public* (like retail, hairdessers, restaurants etc.) were closed in Germany. The rest of the companies could continue to operate. Some large companies, especially the car manufacturers, closed their factories, not because legal regulations forced them, but more because they ran out of the parts necessary for production.

[@hblaub]

@Kelly - Thank you for the insights and predictions.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

You’re welcome!! And thanks for watching :)

[@jerelull9629]

I agree, handles ARE great, but it's not too tough to retrofit handles after unscrewing the knobs.

[@pigoff123]

Lots of interesting ideas. I will never forget the first time I came to the states in 96 an I ordered a glass of wine with dinner an it came in a red dixie cup in ice cubes.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Ohhh my goodness, really??? In 1996?? Where was this?

[@pigoff123]

Iowa

[@pigoff123]

In a restaurant

[@Kellydoesherthing]

@@pigoff123 well....yeah ok

[@gregor-samsa]

This is becoming deeper in thoughts. I realy like that. Es wird tiefsinniger, was sehr gut ist.

[@RevLev06]

I really enjoyed your video and the dissertation regarding the differing responses between Deutschland and the US of A. I have never seen D.C. so unoccupied or clean. It was never that way when I used to walk around D.C.

[@JimFortune]

I don't know about shopping bags, but in Poland, the coffee shops are not allowed to refill coffee cups. You have to get disposable cups to go.

[@jeromemckenna7102]

One of the thing that has happened is that nothing has been well thought out. The arrows I have seen on floors are confusing and the masks that are sometimes required aren't available. So, the frustrations are real.

[@holger_p]

That's a bit grumpy. If others haven't done the thinking for you, try to do it yourself. Don't get frustrated by signaling, and any rectangular piece of cloth or scarf can serve as as mask. Sometimes you see even dogs with such a triangular neckpiece just for fashion. Only idea is not to whirl your breath on a huge area around you.

[@Sekire1]

Good thoughts, nice vid. :) Bonus fact: most plastic bags are being abolished and we pack the groceries ourselves.

[@Inf0H3ld]

very well done. it's a very professional way of making this video! I enjoyed it very much! two more aspects for German culture: "Krankenversicherungspflicht" and "Lohnvorzahlung im Krankheitsfall" and, by the way, "ich glaube, Du wünscht Dich so bald wie möglich nach deutschland zurück..." (which I think you only talk yourself into the positive to life in the U.S....)

[@eisikater1584]

Door handles: I worked at a hospital once long before the pandemic, and we were instructed to open and close doors with our elbows only, to avoid transmission of diseases. I wasn't even in contact with patients, I worked in IT, but everyone stuck to the rule. Oh, and: This video was recommended to me. It just took them a while.

[@religiohominilupus5259]

Thanks for being so positive about the future, Kelly. I'd lie if I said I that I am. Judging by past events (one of the more recent ones being 9/11), people complaining how they just want to go back to their "normal" lives, and the behavior observable with the ease of restrictions, I rather doubt there will be any substantial changes in the long run--except for the people whose lives may be changed forever in a certain way due to the loss of friends/family. Once the current situation is over, the resolution to "do better" will likely be "conveniently forgotten" by many people. Man is a creature of habit, I guess. I hope I'll be proven wrong though.

[@mojojim6458]

You won't be.

[@religiohominilupus5259]

@@mojojim6458 Damn, are you trying to kill my last hopes?! Lol

[@mojojim6458]

@@religiohominilupus5259 Any student of human nature will agree with me.

[@religiohominilupus5259]

@@mojojim6458 I don't doubt it.

[@pjotrh]

Here in .nl grocery stores ask you to use the (portable) selfscanners and require use of a cart. Both are cleaned when you return them. Now 0 contact with cashiers most of the time for like 70% of the customers. No ban on personal bags.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Ohhh wow! So when you say self scanners, do you mean self checkouts or do you mean portable, handheld scanners that you use as you shop? Thanks for sharing :)

[@pjotrh]

You get a handheld scanner, scan your customercard, enter the store and scan all your products while shopping. Then at the self checkout, you return the scanner and you scan your customercard (this transfers the balance from the returned scanner to the checkout). You make an NFC payment. You get a receipt and the receipt allows you to leave the checkout area. You are subject to spotchecks, but i have had them only twice in about 50 checkouts. Video of the process: ‪ah.bbvms.com/view/default/2449625.html‬

[@pjotrh]

Cart usage requirement is to make ppl more aware of 1.5m distance. (About the length of a cart)

[@Alexander-dt2eq]

@@Kellydoesherthing same in Germany.. you just missed Kaufland. They installed a self-checkout system with scanners about at least 1-2 years ago

[@ezghthrt7733]

20:17 As a keen cyclist, I've never seen anything like this: A bidirectional cycle lane in the center of a six-lane road. By any chance, do you know the rationale for this? I Imagine that I wouldn't feel very comfortable here in the midst of early morning rush-hour traffic.

[@wieland00]

I used to work for a bank in Germany. The drive-through ATM had a keyboard for the PIN number. The keys had numbers AND the Braille equivalent. Talk about perfectionists !

[@Kellydoesherthing]

that's actually really funny haha

[@ruthhunter3381]

Thanks. Interesting information. ☺️

[@johansilwouden3403]

In the Netherlands many people who used public transportation to go to work before Corona have switched to cycling. Especially electric bikes have become insanely populair! Daily commutes of up to 30 kilometers/20 miles can be easily achieved on a bike with an electric support engine. I am looking intp buying one for my daily commute, but I was told by the owner of my local bikeshop that there is a waiting list of up to six months!

[@7pdude]

seeing the actor who plays the character 'Kelly' on the KZbin channel 'Kelly does her thing', who has already talked about 'sauna' and 'eggplants' quite a few times, wearing a top in the color of most eggplant emojis ... priceless!

[@clarissanoah7094]

The Straßenbahn clip was from Mannheim where I study! 😍

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Yes, it is! ☺️

[@Tsubomi19]

I really enjoyed this video! Found myself comparing Japan in addition to germany and the US and got some interesting insights! :-)

[@louismart]

We don’t hand over our own bags to the cashier in Germany. The latter is now separated from the customer by a transparent plastic shield. Many supermarkets disinfect shopping carts at least the handles

[@zhenli2345]

Peloton, the company that sells exercise equipment with subscription-based programs at a first-year cost of around $3,000 and $500 each year thereafter, was on the brink of bankruptcy not long ago. Now it has difficulty fulfilling all the orders that have flooded in, thanks to a surge in demand due to in-home workout. On the lower-end of the price spectrum, dumb-bells are sold out in a lot of online stores. Some of my coworkers have ordered treadmills and kiddie pools so that the family can enjoy some exercise and fun time while being cooped up at home.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Isn’t it amazing how quickly some companies became winners and losers in this pandemic? How some companies were excelling and have now plummeted or some businesses were barely above water and are now thriving

[@zhenli2345]

@@Kellydoesherthing I know. Change is the only constant, right?

[@janpracht6662]

15:20 min Luckily more and more people in Germany understand: When you are always the first at work in the morning and the latest in the evening your body sometime will take a terrible revenge on you. We have only one life and one health, no job in the world is it worth to end up in a burnout-clinic. In Germany we still can learn a lot from Scandinavians: When you sign a work-contract in Danmark, you are automatically member of the labour-union protecting your rights as employee. Scandinavians put a great value on a social working-climate and refuse mobbing. I worked in a Danish company in Hamburg, this time was more like a big family then a company (they ordered us free Pizza for overtime hours, we got free ice-cream in the summer at work, free soccer-stadium-tickets, on Easter Danish children brought us chocolate and candies, we got costumed Halloweenparties at work, absolutely Incredible for a company!). I also heard it from Swedish companies: Their meetings and discussions take an eternity because they do not want to leave anybody unsatisfied...

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Interesting - thanks for sharing!

[@doloresmey]

Puh, das war ja echt eine Menge an Gedankengut. Interessant. 😅 Übrigens, ich zahle oft und gerne bargeldlos, und das auch schon vor der Pandemie. Es ist bequem. Man sollte dabei nur immer seinen Kontostand im Auge behalten. 😉

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I couldn’t agree with you more! I check my balance multiple times a day haha thanks for watching!!

[@swanpride]

Ich hab jetzt wieder zu Bargeld gewechselt. Ich fühle mich beim Zahlen mit der Karte einfach nicht wohl, außerdem soll das Geld angeblich bei der Übertragung so gut wie keine Rolle spielen. Tatsächlich beobachte ich dass in der Gegend in der ich lebe (und wo es auch zur "Hochzeit" kaum Fälle gegeben hat), viele Leute schon wieder zum Bargeld zurück gewechselt sind.

[@doloresmey]

swanpride Irgendwie mag ich beides. Kommt immer auf die Situation drauf an. Tatsächlich gebe ich schneller und leichter mehr Geld mit der Karte aus. Bei Bargeld fällt mir das schwerer.

[@grandpa3x]

Outstanding/ many thumbs up.

[@Speireata4]

Mein Freund kommt mit bargeldlos gar nicht gut zurecht. Er muss immer physisch erleben, dass das Geld weniger wird, sonst macht er Schulden und so. Ich selber mag es, bargeldlos zu bezahlen, weil ich es unpraktisch finde, dauernd zum Geldautomaten zu laufen, der bei mir auch noch mehrere Kilometer entfernt ist, obwohl die Supermärkte 200 Meter von mir entfernt sind. Es hat halt alles Vor- und Nachteile.

[@andi_b_73]

Getting to work by public transport may work in big german cities like Berlin, Munich, Hamburg....also in Mainz I guess when you work within the city limits. But even a little in the rural outside area it'll take hours and you will sometimes have nerves of steel.

[@durrcodurr]

I can't remember the German term for it right now, but "Keeping up with the Joneses" exists here in Germany as well, though not as prominent anymore as it was a few decades ago: People used to try to keep up with the pace of perceived wealth accomplished by their neighbors and friends. For instance, it was very visible to me when I was a teen back in the 80ies: First a few kids (like me, who were interested in programming) had a computer, then everybody (even if only slightly interested in it) had to have one too, and preferably more expensive models. Suddenly all of my friends had computers. In the adult world of the 80ies it was similar: The cars people bought, or houses. Social status used to be very important to many people. (I live in a town with a Mercedes-Benz truck plant -- which used to sell regular Mercedes-Benz cars at a discount to its employees) At some point, Mercedes-Benz was the most driven car brand here in the area, it was really comical. IIRC, only after the discounted sales to employees stopped, people resumed buying other brands. Also, people just HAD to buy houses, even if they couldn't actually afford it. Just so their kids could brag at school, or something. That was actually one of the reasons why a school friend of mine had a more expensive computer than me: His father just HAD to buy him something he could brag at school with, as he told me much later. His father actually was a forklift driver but he bought a house and did everything so his kids had the best "bragging rights" in school. It's because in this area, there are a lot of rich families and all the kids - rich and poor - went to the same schools. Those parents, they were all from war or post-war generations, and they wanted their kids to have the life and wealth they never had. The generation(s) that followed raised their kids in the same environment they grew up in, so wealth was sustained, not significantly increased afterwards, and so nowadays, this kind of peer pressure, "Keeping up with the Joneses" is mostly gone, here in Germany.

[@xar1234]

a very well researched and well presented video, as always

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I really appreciate this comment ❤️ thank you so much and thank you for watching!!

[@xar1234]

the only other thing: I won‘t be able to see what it will be like in 40 years (I am 72) ;)

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Franz Dimbeck fair enough!

[@nathanellard6327]

We are at the moment required to use an einkaufswagen while shopping. I don't know if it is to keep a limited amount of customers in the store at one time or for distancing. But you probably already know what the aisles are like here. So shoppers will leave their cart in one place and walk to what they are shopping for. No more einkaufskorb for a while.

[@CincyMike]

Great stuff Kelly! Love the purple!!

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thank you!!

[@andyspark5192]

Who else gets 30 days paid vacation a year from the company ? I have next week 5 days off and in summer 4 weeks straight and remaining 5 days as backup. Not to mention the 40 overtime backup hours, that can be used as unpaid vacation or shorter work days. Guess witch country makes that possible ?

[@jessicaely2521]

My brother does. He automatically gets 4 weeks vacation and then if he works overtime he gets an hour vacation time per hour worked over time. For example if he worked 8.5 hours overtime he had 1 day of vacation (a work day is 8.5 hours). If Florida has a typical hurricane season that he reports on (he's a reporter at a local station in Miami) he will get 5 weeks vacation. During the rare season of 2005 he got 8 weeks vacation. While he was setting up a news bureau he had 7 weeks of vacation. He gets 2 weeks as sick days. If he uses up his sick days he needs a note from the doctor saying he can't come into work. Your union jobs (factory worker, journalism, police, etc) and technology jobs generally gets a minimum of 4 weeks vacation and a minimum of a week of sick leave.

[@jessicaely2521]

My sister-in-law technically would get a month vacation, but she usually just rolls it over to the next year. She took 8 weeks off for vacation in Chile. It took her 8 years of no vacation to do this. She prefers to keep her vacation time and use it for a 2 month excursion.

[@hblaub]

6:19 - In Germany, there is a strong incentive/plea to pay wirelessly or even use Google/Apple/Samsung Pay. Some people just recently got a wireless function on their EC and now I guess it is becoming more common - at the moment at least. Before Corona, there were also protests about the government planning to take away the cash option entirely, so it is to be seen if the wireless EC trend is here to stay.

[@BirgitBauhaus]

Yes, indeed! BUT: I - and a Lot of US Germans - don't trust this Payment by Cards! I know that it will make, that a lot of People spend more money as they should and have! It's not sooo save, as this Companies say, I DON'T TRUST THEM FOR 100 %! And what I get in my Hand I can see, thats for sure and save.. I use my Card very seldom, only in my Supermarket, sonetimes! And this is okay for Me!!

[@imrehundertwasser7094]

What exactly constitutes this "strong incentive" you mention? Are prices lower for customers paying with card? I don't notice anything like that.

[@kraftandre5538]

Interesting way to look to ourv way of live after this pandemic time.

[@relaxationstation7374]

We do have our very own Agolf Twittler!

[@nebucamv5524]

I'm surprised by the survey. A cashier at Aldi told me that people (in Germany) more than before pay cash and less with cards.

[@romanesser658]

Here in southern Baden Württemberg all the e-bikes are sold out. People buy them instead of going on vacation.

[@u140550]

I’m new to your channel, and I noticed different videos with your bf; along with this video I am seeing now. How are you doing during this pandemic? For me it’s been hard for a lot of reasons, but I’m just doing what I can. I think some of these changes or added rules may be useful for certain situations, but i don’t know if most us people will follow it or adapt; especially when we get back to full on normalcy. I am hoping for more videos soon!!!

[@annkathrinhanamond2982]

Thanks for this very insightful video! When you mentioned grocery shopping, I thought about the people who pack the bags for the customers after they payed - would this not be a greater risk than shopping bags brought from home? I mean, do the have time to desinfect their hands after every customer, or do they touch the grocerys from one customer after another? (I just moved into a German appartement with door knobs at the front door and my first thought was 'I HAVE to exchange them!") Thank you especially for the explaining of individualism in the US vs. Germany - I never thought about this and the way it influences pandemic measures.

[@JamesJohnson-vw1it]

Very good Kelly it makes you think and thinki good for you

[@Kellydoesherthing]

James Johnson thank you! :)

[@m.h.6470]

German public smoking: sadly, this will have no impact on German smoking habits, as masks are only required in public transportation and shops. As long as you can keep a distance of 1.5 m or more, you are not required to wear masks in Germany as of right now (and even those rules are currently being lifted step by step). This means, that - outside of public transportation areas, smokers are free to smoke as usual... and I heavily doubt, that many smokers will actually follow the rules in public transportation areas, as they did not follow the non-smoking rule in those areas before COVID! Home schooling: Simply NO. German parents have NOT become the teachers. They are NOT home schooling. The children receive tasks and sometimes even material from the teachers and are usually taught remotely. There are very good reasons, why Germany does not allow home schooling and this has not and will not change due to COVID.

[@metalheadmetalhead4976]

Dear M.H. I am a smoker and I try not to harm other people. So I try to meet all requirements made because of COVID-19. Morever I only smoke where it's allowed. In public areas when I don't harm others. I agree with those who critizice smokers if they don't obey rules in public transport an areas. But I don't like a general "witchhunt" against smokers, whereas irresponsible tourists in tyrol and other mindless idiots elsewhere were spreading the disease.

[@KTanit]

@@metalheadmetalhead4976 They were certainly also smokers, these Tyroleans! :)

[@andi_b_73]

I'm Sorry, but children being taught remotely for me means that they would be under control of their teacher the whole "school lessons"...that's definiely NOT happening. In case of my 8 yo daughter the teacher was so helpless and changed three times the online platform for videoconference because of security issues. Most teachers didn't even want to be given feedback about the tasks. Parents are forced to explain and supervise the "homework"...and afterwards even revise it. Many parents are completely overburdened.

[@thejourney1369]

As someone who’s health has declined and can no longer shop as I once could, I so appreciate being able to order groceries online and then just being able to pick them up. I read somewhere today that 40% of parents have said that they will continue to homeschool. Pandering to our military? Get a life!

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Pandering = indulging, as in indulging service members with military discounts. I’m not sure why this upset you so much. 40% will consider homeschool even after a vaccine?? Wow! That’s really significant and would have great consequences on the work force as I cannot believe 40% of parents have one stay at home parent already.

[@thomashering1482]

I think the "sick pay" is a very underestimatet factor ! wich countrys have very week sick pay laws? USA & UK.....

[@Al69BfR]

Actually some guys are building a drive in concert arena with big screens and audio via car radio directly at a big festival area in my city. There will be concerts and comedy for about 500 cars, complete with food and beverage service at the car. So drive in festivals are the future here in Germany. 😊 Due to the corona virus in some cities like Berlin there are more and more pop up bicycle lanes popping up from week to week, because less people want to use public transportation due to distancing rules. So more people in the bigger cities are using bicycles.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I’m actually surprised to hear this since I’m always told that Germany doesn’t have the space for tailgating parties or even large parking lots haha I wish we would get more bicycle lanes here! Thanks for sharing :)

[@rocko44444444]

Damn. I have to write to KZbin to have a 2nd like button. This video defo needs.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Aw thank you!! Happy you liked it :)

[@rocko44444444]

​@@Kellydoesherthing Yes, of course. I have to mark it: who never thought abou the environment, that person won't start this time neither. Small mind will give short term solutions, not long term answers. Like single-use face mask/gloves, and so on.

[@CarlosEspinaH]

A lot of things you talked about here deserved their own videos so for that I will just comment on the dynamic of work changes. I've read how designers (be for home or businesses ) are already thinking about new ideas, one example was to make halls be one way instead of 2 ways to avoid see people face to face. Another is that in the past years there was this trend of open office spaces supposedly to collaborate better and now they talk about putting more walls, give people more personal space and avoid cubicles be too tight together. A change I would like is that businesses where people have the power to let people work from home to at least change it to let's say always Fridays at home, I read somewhere maybe come in the office in the morning go home to eat and continue working there. That kind of change will reduce the amount of contact but still, you wouldn't feel confined to one place. ps: I really enjoyed thes video, the best one yet, like other people mentioned already it looks r=this one required some work.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I really enjoyed the insights you’ve shared. Thanks for taking the time to write them all :) those all seem pretty sensible to me and the one-way hallways remind me of what I’ve seen our grocery stores doing with the one-way aisles. And thank you :) it definitely took some work but I had a lot of fun with it too. Greetings from DC!

[@wieland00]

Next most popular thing is a lane reserved for people texting and staring at their phones (already in unis in China and Japan).

[@pozytronowyedek1958]

People now will realize that they can get exact same shitty expensive education sitting on their asses at home. So i expect a lot of online collages for 1/4 of price.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Yeah I think too much of the tuition goes toward all the fancy amenities and so on versus the education

[@fafnirdrache1210]

Hmmm, what I noticed is that while Americans do not correct each other, they quickly report to the authorities (police) if the other person misconducts. So if you have "half legal / half illegal" in mind - don't tell an American. Pls tell me if i'm wrong.I agree that more card payments have been made, but I've also noticed that I've gotten confused about my disposable income. So I ended up with cash again "as often as possible".

[@lazyperfectionist1]

2:00 Now that's interesting. I don't go many places, but those I go, they have standing places on the floor where people stand to maintain a socially safe distance, and the words printed there are in English only. This has surprised me just because I live in a place with a substantial Spanish-speaking demographic.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

DC is very multicultural and proud of being multicultural, maybe this is why? Did you also see the signs with all of the other languages outside of spanish and english?

[@tidalwave76]

Kelly, you don‘t need to worry, very little people wear 😷 outside, because the risk of virus spreading outside is very limited, so smoking is not hindered. 😉 When it comes to paying cashless or even contactless this is possible in nearly 80-90% of stores, restaurants or even bakeries. It maybe limited to Girocard payments, but many bigger stores and restaurants even accept Apple Pay which is associated with a MasterCard, VISA or American Express card.

[@bobjohnson1710]

With all the information you presented in this video it would have been easy to miss the really great photography work that you used. I don't know if it was the exquisite quality of the camera or the variety of landmarks that you seemed to have gotten a fresh angle on, but that was some really nice work Kelly! You made Washington look inviting! I have a question for Misha though, in his opinion, which country outside of Germany, has had the most lasting impact on Germany since the end of World War two? And by impact, I mean good or bad. It might be a country like Russia that Germany keeps a strong military to be able to defend against, would be a negative impact. Or it could be Italy that has a certain impact on the German high end auto industry. Without Italian Ferrari, would Germany have developed Porsche? That was certainly a positive impact. Here in America, Germans rank high on both positive and negative side of this question. German immigrants were here when we declared our independence from Great Britain. They helped set the standards that "Made in USA" meant quality, but then we fought two world wars with Germany. So which single country impacted Germany the most since the war?

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thank you!! It took me more hours than I’m willing to admit to get all of the b roll you saw in this video so I’m happy you noticed it :) I will have to ask Misha but I think he would say the US since we’ve had so many military members and their families living there since WW2, plus Germanys involvement in NATO and then of course Hollywood and so many trends that come out of the US

[@johnlabus7359]

Yet we see door handles behind you as you present this video. :-) Older homes in the USA have door knobs for sure, but handles have been the norm for construction for the past couple of decades.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Yep! That’s why I specified “older” homes. My apartment was built 3 years ago

[@aaronbono4688]

You should check out Scott Galloway, he has a lot to say about how the college education system in the US is going to be changing with the pandemic.

[@willyhyena]

love your channel! I'm an American from Georgia. You definitely understand the difference twixt big cities in the north, big cities Midwest, Cali, etc. from the rest of America. Some tourists visit only NY or Chicago or LA and say americans are like this or that. A lot of americans recognize the hustle bustle of big cities but would never ever live there stacked up on top of each other when one's preference is a four/five bedroom 2.5 baths on 2acres of land. The corona wont change the South. We will still smile at you, wave at you, ask how youre doing - how youre momma's doing, stop and help you on the highway if your car is broke down. I know yankees and Europeans consider it fake but its not. Sorry if you live around assholes we don't and if we do they are shunned until they go to a place where other a-holes live. I was in Germany in summer of '98 Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Flensburg. I really felt as if I were in America sometimes. It was the 50th anniversary of the Berlin airlift and one night after eating and drinking all day until about 10 o'clock my friend and went to pay our bill the bartender said the older couple you came in with paid for everything. I'd had a conversation about my dad being in the army during WWII and she said she was a little girl during the airlift and how scared they were about the soviets coming into west berlin. she was so emotional in thanking me for America's friendship with Germany - the memory is emotional for me as I type this. Forget whatever the Prez says Americans love Germany and always will! sorry this is so long

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I never consider it to be fake :) I really love the kindness you find in the south. I'm happy you enjoyed the video and I do my best to try and think about all of the US, and not just where I'm living....thankfully I've been to all 50 states and have lived in 7 of them from Georgia to Texas to Washington to Pennsylvania so that helps. Thanks for sharing the story from Germany, and I think the relationship between Germans and Americans is very special

[@manug2508]

As for smoking: In many places it's not allowed to smoke indoors anyways so smokers have to go outside for that. And since being outside is already a lot safer and facemasks are worn inside buildings predominantly it won't change that much i guess.

[@cr0ss0vermusic]

I'm using my bank card to pay a lot these days, but I do want to go back to more cash in the future. I don't think the privacy issue people might have with credit cards, etc. isn't actually that strong of an argument anymore if you think about how we behave online. but I still think it's good to have cash in circulation. with the current situation being an outlier, I think that bank runs during a financial crisis (and the realization that there's not enough actual cash) are a great reminder how flawed our system actually is with banks generating more and more money (and debt) out of nothing requiring a hard reset every once in a while (in increasingly shorter proximity to the prior crisis) ruining the livelihoods of millions just to continue the same way as before. Don't want to start an argument here about capitalism vs whatever haunts you in your dreams, but cash and the realization of its actual scarcity maybe, just maybe, help create the opportunity to improve capitalism a bit during one of the next few financial crisis.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I completely agree with you regarding the contradiction between online behavior and privacy concerns regarding using electronic payments. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[@colesmith4694]

First comment. Liebe dich aus Amerika

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thanks for watching!

[@zorrothebug]

@5:46 "about 70% of all transactions are done in cash in Germany" ... Not anymore. I'm working at a gas station and we have way more card transaction than cash action. Also while standing in line at the supermarket and looking at others how they pay, most of them pay via card nowadays. Shops have put signs in place which tell you that payments via card or even better via NFC (nfc card, apple pay, google pay, etc.) is preferred due to corona.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I heard that electronic payment usage doubled in Germany when the pandemic started but I was nervous to quote this statistic in my video haha sounds like your experience aligns with it though! Thanks for sharing and for watching :)

[@robertzander9723]

Hello Kelly, well done✌️ i love you and the channel, it's so much work you are doing every time👏👏. I don't believe that the pandemic will change the cash is king preference in Germany. Credit cards are a good thing if you can handle it and have under control. And with depit cards you need a pin code and for that a lot of people need to touch the buttons, there is a risk too. A good working and save public transportation service is for my opinion the best thing a country can have. Cars are dirty and even the electric cars, because you need a lot of dangerous things for the battery. We will see what happens, hopefully our civilization learns something about it. Thanks, stay safe, take care of yourself and your family.🍀🌷❤️🍻 But the automobile industry is to strong for that in Germany

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thank you so much ☺️ I’m happy you found it interesting and thanks for sharing your insights. Safe wishes to you and your family and greetings from DC!

[@hblaub]

10:40 - You gotta practice screaming. In the near future, it will come handy to be able to communicate even with more than 6 feet apart.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Lol!

[@BirgitBauhaus]

Haha, the Youngsters are communicating like this long time before COVID 19! 😄😂 They sit close to each other on a bank in the City or a Park (or Bus, Train, where ever) and they are straight looking to their Smartphones..... BUT NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER! 😮😏😖 I think, that's not the Way to have a nice connection and close friendship; where are the Look into the Eyes, the Communication from Face to Face?! Also with COVID 19 we can have a lot more personal Interaction and expression to each other, the Mask is only a little bit uncomfortable, not more! But it is saving each others! For Me it's looking real much more sick to starr the whole time to the Smartphone-Display without react to my/your/our friends, which are close to me as a warm, living human.

[@imrehundertwasser7094]

Screaming (also loud talking or singing) is a perfect method to spread your germs and viruses. Lots of people from choirs, singing together, were infected in Germany and Austria.

[@bennyutzer3361]

14:00 - 14:30 that is perhaps one of the greatest injustices in the US. i will never understand why people are not collectively rising up and marching in the streets about this. i once saw a video where a woman said she gave birth and was back at work 2 days later .... that is inhuman, and people should not stand for it.

[@aloneandscared1]

regarding cash, I do not think it is about how clear or dirty. it is about monitoring. electronic payments are monitored but cash is not. let us say your electronic cash company is sharing information on how much money you spend on alcohol with your private insurance company. and it can be a good way to reduce corruption.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

aloneandscared1 of course, this is why germans have so strongly held on to their cash culture while so many other countries have moved toward electronic payments.

[@EyMannMachHin]

12:18 min any one else had their inner Monk (or German) triggered by the schoolbus display? I had to stop and take a meditative moment to come down again ;)

[@johnnyabc2002]

I don‘t know why, but I don‘t like drive-thrus too much, I prefer to go inside, order and pick-up. The only exception are ATMs, where it makes a lot of sense to me. I‘ve once lived in sight of a Dunkin Donuts in the US - it was open 24/7, but this applied only to the drive thru. The store was closed during the night (maybe for security reasons?). I‘ve experienced this (only the drive-thru being open) in Germany the first time now due to Corona, normally it‘s completely open or completely closed.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I usually prefer to go inside as well especially because I use drive thrus the most when I’m driving long distances and so it gives me a chance to stretch out my legs. Interesting to hear that some drive thrus in Germany have extended their hours!

[@johnnyabc2002]

Kelly does her thing They didn‘t extend their hours, it was the only option for almost 2 months. All restaurants were shut down, both traditional and fast food. All the fast food chains got an exemption that they can keep their drive-thru open (traditional restaurants were allowed to deliver food or offer it for take-away as well).

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Mister X ah I see

[@justlightmoll3630]

As a german, I would like to add, that there HAS been a change in using reusable grocery bags. While it is still perfectly legal to use home-brought bags in normal groceries stores, it is now banned to use specific kinds of bags. Before the virus there has been an increase in using reusable bags for goods like bread, veggies and so forth, which are usually put in one-use-bags (similar to zero-waste-stores). All of these bags are now banned in Germany. You are not allowed to bring your own bags for bread to the bakery, etc. they are required to put the bread in a plastic or paper bag before handing it to the customer. This has a similar reasoning, why people are supposed to pay with plastic, as it decreases the items, which have to be exchanged between cashier and customer.

[@TheOneMCXtra]

In Germany you only need to wear a mask inside. Outside, you normally don't need to wear a mask. So smoking probably won't change.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

People aren’t choosing to wear masks? My boyfriend painted a different picture for me. He was being required to wear a mask outside for several weeks

[@TheOneMCXtra]

@@Kellydoesherthing The regulations are different in each state of Germany, with Bavaria with the strictest regulations (I think). I live in Berlin and here it never was required to wear a mask outside. Only, If you want(ed) to e.g. go into a shopping centre, go into a supermarket, etc. Then you were/are required to wear a mask. (To protect others from you) But also the regulations have changed now and getting less and less restrict.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

@@TheOneMCXtra yes, i will admit that i wanted to post this video about a month ago haha

[@Aktivist1000]

In the Czech Republic the wellness centers are already open. Well, the releasing situation here is advanced in comparison to Germany but I see exactly what will happen over the border in two or three weeks: returning to normal life.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Well....not completely since Germany has already banned all large gatherings until end of August and canceled Oktoberfest. Nothing normal about that haha

[@pt3800]

Hi... just a notice Cash money in Europe is antibacterial. It is designed to be like that. That's why it feels so wired... like toy money. Don't know if US dollar is antibacterial as well... but the € is.

[@wardone8991]

Heh. You filmed at Miss Pixie's and Pearl Dive. That's just down the street from me. Welcome ;)

[@Kellydoesherthing]

What a small world! I love that area

[@wardone8991]

@@Kellydoesherthing Thanks. It is a great neighborhood. I'm actually off of U St. I get around mostly by walking or biking, so I hope I'll see you on the street sometime. If I do, I'll say hi, but I promise: no small talk. ;)

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Lol!

[@johnp139]

Awesome observations!

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thanks!

[@hartmutholzgraefe]

"Pay at the pump" ... well, german gas station owners make a living of selling all the stuff inside the station, especially sixpacks and snacks, they have a much higher margin on that than on the actual gas where, as far as I remember, they only make less than 1¢ per liter. So they really need you to pay inside to make a living. Some of the larger stations are really more like convenience stores, with the advantage that they are not bound to the same business hour laws. This is less of an issue nowadays, apart from Sundays, as legal opening hours have been extended from the original "07:00-18:30 Mo-Fr, 07:00-14:00 Sat (until 18:00 every first Saturday in a Month, and for the four Saturdays before Christmas), all closed on Sunday" ever since 1996 (20:00 instead of 18:30 on Weekdays, 16:00 instead of 14:00 on Saturdays), 2003 (20:00 for all Saturdays, too), and then eventually allowing states to allow up to 24x6 ... but as most shops still close at 20:00, and only very few are open after 22:00, gas stations are still where you get stuff outside of these hours or on Sundays if you need something urgently and you're willing to pay the higher prices ...

[@patrickstar5136]

I can only speak for the small town in Germany I live in but here no one wears masks outside. If you're in a shop that requires them sure you'll carry a mask with you and put it on before entering but I've seen basically no one wearing one for just walking around in the streets.

[@metalheadmetalhead4976]

Maybe something for those of you who still read books: Peter Barnes "Capitalism 3.0 : a guide to reclaiming the commons" (2008). It's not the "latest version" of the New Testament, but an interesting contribution to the question how economy and peoples life could be in the future. I'd never heardt the word "illth" before ;-) ... Although COVID-19 wasn't known at that time it can be a basis to develop answers to current questions :-)

[@IAD_Flyer]

Your apartment must be newer as it has door latches in place of handles (at least the ones in the background of the video).

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Yep! It was built only a few years ago...had to ask a friend to film his doorknobs for me for the video haha

[@holger_p]

I would feel paralyzed if I coudn't open a door with the elbow or the knee, in case of my hands are full or just dirty. Even some cats manage to open a door with a doorhandle just be jumping on it.

[@peter_meyer]

Interesting thoughts. All i can say is: we will see.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

True

[@gagaplex]

I wonder where the US will go. I guess we'll see in November, but I fear an ever growing polarization. It started years ago from what I can tell as an outsider, but it's getting worse faster with Trump and Coronavirus. That said, Coronavirus protests at least in part influenced by weird ideologies are starting to pop up more and more in Germany now, too, mind.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I had to really unplug from following a lot of the news because the polarization started to really drain me. The conspiracy theories are for sure the scariest part

[@gagaplex]

@@Kellydoesherthing Sorry for reminding you...

[@Kellydoesherthing]

gagaplex LPs haha no worries. It’s of course good to know what’s going on and what people...all types of people...are thinking :)

[@metalheadmetalhead4976]

@@Kellydoesherthing conspiracy theories have become a problem in germany too. We hold up against it and try to respond in an active way against the tinfoil hats (in germany people who are trapped in conspiracy theories are called "tinfoil hats").

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Metalhead Metalhead funny, we use tinfoil hats too 😂😂 yes, it’s good to engage i think

[@catbabel]

I live near a small city in New England, and today I drove a bit out of town and visited a farm stand where I was happy to see everyone there wearing a mask. I continued on to a BBQ place for takeout another 6-8 miles away and almost no one was wearing a mask, not the customers nor the employees. I don't think this bodes well for the area.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Isn’t that fascinating? In DC, I feel like people are pretty good about wearing masks when they can’t social distance....but I crossed the river into Virginia to go to a few of the stores and places you see in this video, and it was a completely different experience

[@catbabel]

@@Kellydoesherthing It is fascinating, I expect it to play a big role in how the virus tears through an area too. It only seems like the outer suburbs are safe but they're just not.

[@alexandernoe1619]

Fun fact: Almost all Germans use the term "Home office" wrongly. When you are doing what is called "Home office" in Germany, your employer is legally responsible for your home work place to follow legal requirements for ergonomics. Most people who think they do "Home office" actually do "mobile working".

[@therealLeoJofficial]

Love ur videos 😍 u inspired me to become a youtube vlogger also I even did 2 videos about COVID-19 Experience and essential workers thanks alot for inspiring me