8 Things I Was SHOCKED to See in Germany!

[@juliegirl1989]

Believe me, Germans are NOT okay with those scooters being parked everywhere. It has caused a lot of controversy and now there are certain areas within some cities where it's not allowed to end the ride, so that hopefully people won't be parking the scooters there.

[@Erbsengeneral]

These days: Money > People

[@cruisemissle87]

@@Erbsengeneral Oh come on!

[@Brickmanuals]

I agree, that´s a horrible fashion, but in line with the downhill-changes in the country.

[@HafdirTasare]

I have seen areas where people just collected all the scooters standing and lieing around and just threw them in some trench. I doubt that most of the germans are ok with this fashion. I mean it is nice that we have this eco friendly alternative but not in this fashion. Also i think i read that most of the folks who pick up the scooters and recharge them are there on freelancer basis and they are payed very poorly... But since we have so many new low wage workers in our country, to many people seem to be ok with this...

[@Jan5366]

@@HafdirTasare E Scooters are not eco friendly based on production material needs and low lifetime in the public as well as current refuel practices. Best regards from Germany 😉

[@tomt6963]

The scooters in the cities are real crap. The legal allowance of the scooter business was premature and without a complete set of rules. The collectors and rechargers are usually subtractors, who have their own one-man-business with a van and a couple of sockets in their private homes. It is sometimes almost like a pyramid sceme, where they loose money instead of earning. You are right with the Bundeswehr. It is difficult to recruit, although the opportunity to study medicine or engineering at the Bundeswehr was always in a high esteem. But I feel, the bad reputation of being a soldier is different than during the peace movement. It is a reputation of mismanagement and Neonazi tendencies in the last few years, not the overall rejection of the past. For the rest, I did not experience neither the amount of handy pay or the packend liquor cans. And for John Deer, I think, they bought some large German agricultural mashine businesses. But I'm not sure.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I remember watching a video about a year ago where a guy did all the calculations for how much it cost him to recharge scooters vs what he earned and while I don’t remember the exact result, I believe he was in the green at the end of the day but not enough to pay himself even minimum wage for all the hours he put in. Thanks for sharing!

[@mwhol]

John Deere in Mannheim is the former „Heinrich Lanz AG“, well known for it‘s Lanz Bulldog, a Tractor. The Company was bought in 1956.

[@AE-mu1jc]

@@Kellydoesherthing Hier: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5_Jdnx4iMeXhKM

[@nopenope1]

It's in the responsibilities of our beloved Herr Minister beScheuerT, would did you expect? ;)

[@thomaslanger4480]

Tom T please do not use the german compound word "handy pay" (handypay) in a english (con)text. Thanks. Kelly Somewhere on facebook a saw a video with a smoking and burning accu, who wars recharged in a living room from one of these guys. I assume these scooters are cheap (and dangerous) products from China.

[@bberchtka]

Everytime an american talks about beeing apperantely shocked by something, he or she is not actually shocked, but rather surprised or astonished :D. Great video anyways :)

[@andibuletten6206]

In germany even clothes is sealed with a knob or a button, that will trigger an alarm, when you leave a store or shop. These buttons will be removed, when you pay for these products. Higher priced liquor is also equipped with these items. Sometimes even locked up in boxes and chained.

[@TomTheAustrian]

Or they just put the empty boxes on the shelves and the product’s being brought by an employee to the register.

[@mweskamppp]

@@TomTheAustrian I have seen a bottle of cognac in duty free at an airport for 999€. Sure you only see the carton.

[@llothar68]

And this didn't age well when now in 2024 even thinks like "Shampoo" and "After Shave" are locked in RDIF protected anti-shoplifting boxes in the USA.

[@amazonianm8876]

In the UK we have a consumer research organisation called Witch who did a study of Black Friday prices and concluded that it was mostly hype and that better prices were offered at other times of the year. Regards from Redruth Arnold

[@autohmae]

3:45 actually, as someone from the Netherlands, I can tell you: it's not Germany that is the odd one here. It's actually the US which has hyped up the profession of military.

[@autohmae]

@G Mrazín I would say it's a bit of a mixed bag. Germany and the Netherlands have done good work in a bunch of those countries. So they have helped, it's just .. so much work is needed in these countries. Very sad.

[@Irishfan168]

@G Mrazín When Europe was running the world we had two world wars in 20 years. While The US has been policing we have had zero world wars. Second point, The US has been asking Europe to step up and help keep the world at peace and European govts have largely balked at this.

[@Irishfan168]

G Mrazín not sure why you can’t envision keeping the peace as shared responsibility by all the nations of the world? Simple fact Europe doesn’t want to do it. While there have been wars none are on the scale that Europe started. WW1 20 million dead, WW2 85 million dead. Both of those wars Europe begged for US help. I will say it again if you don’t like what the US is doing then get off your butts and help. The US has asked many times. But Europe doesn’t want to spend the money or it’s men to try and avoid large scale war. It’s quite ok with the US doing it.

[@sisuguillam5109]

@@Irishfan168 but by your reasoning not stepping up to a plate is a good thing, right? Because if Europe did so, wouldn't that mean WW3... you know with our presumed tendencies?

[@Irishfan168]

@G Mrazín I don’t pretend that the US is all knowing or acts solely in the worlds best interest, which brings us back to my original point of if you don’t like what the US is doing step up Europe. There is an old saying. Put up or shut up!

[@dearseall]

There is an old saying concerning military: "Wer nichts ist und wer nichts kann, der geht zur Post und Eisenbahn. Wen man dort nicht brauchen kann, stellt man als Soldaten an."

[@TheRoidanton]

und wen se nich mal an der front haben wollen wird ausbilder.. jepp

[@andreaswolfger7675]

Wer sonst nichts wird, wird Wirt und wer das vermasselt wird Betriebswirt.

[@B.Ies_T.Nduhey]

"Ich kann nix, ich bin nix, gebt mir eine Uniform" - das war aber wohl eher gegen Polizisten, auf Demos.

[@eagle1de227]

Wer nix wird, wird Wirt. Und wird's als Wirt nix mehr, gehts zur Bundeswehr...

[@nninjastrike2127]

"Those who are nothing and who cannot do anything go to the post office and the railway. If you can't use it there, hire a soldier" - Google translate Can you explain this please?

[@doro.scientist.artist]

Hi Kelly, of course there is thanksgiving in germany - it´s the first sunday in october. It´s a church festival, not for shopping (think about it: to whom do you want to say "thanks"? The disdainful mammon?).

[@SuperArnie]

The Burger King advertisement you show 5:09 does not address military veterans but rather active members of the military forces. It says you get a discount if you show your "Dienstausweis" (military ID card) at the register. Veterans in German military don't have any ID. There is a reservist status, but they are still active members of German military even if only on a kind of standby basis.

[@AE-mu1jc]

She was in MANNHEIM! Here in the north I never see this offer!

[@nopenope1]

@@AE-mu1jc might be due to it's being a BK and a local thing as well. Maybe the franchisee ( a word?) of that BK things it gives them a benefit.

[@Lucymai12]

@@AE-mu1jc Here in the west, it is the same. Honestly traveled quite a bit through Germany and never saw a military discount. Maybe the location was special, having a base nearby or something? Because it is hard for me to imagine a german coming up with this idea out of nothing as a promotion. Would think it had to be a foreigner making that decision or some other special reason.

[@AE-mu1jc]

@@Lucymai12 Again, she was in Mannhein. The *Ausbildungszentrum der deutschen Bundeswehr* is there. From the internet: www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/personal/organisation-/bildungszentrum-der-bundeswehr-

[@HagenvonEitzen]

Back in the days of conscription army, I remember there were however some common discounts. Not specifically advertised, but well-known in particular for cinemas, museums, and other entry fees (the same way as for the retired, for students, for disabled, and whatnot - virtually anything one might have a special ID for, so also not *specifically* for the military)

[@paulhill1665]

Worked for a Bavarian company for many years, they had beer vending machines on the shop floor, it was a manufacturing site for heavy machinery, there would a line waiting to get their first beer on starting work at 0600h! Only in Bavaria, it was ‘hell’ beer, lower in strength than standard beer, but still... as an add on to this the management reduced the beer to shandy a few years ago. The md decided to walk around the factory and ask the workers how things were going, one worker, having spent too much time at the beer vending machine, told him,

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Oh wow yeah this would neeeeeever be allowed in the US for safety reasons

[@gagaplex]

RE: Black Friday: If shops see an opportunity for a sale, they adopt it.

[@ESCLuciaSlovakia]

Exactly. And not just in the US Thanksgiving time, I saw 'Black Friday week' ads just before the pandemy in Slovakia.

[@vt601]

The Black Friday used to be an US shopping event just after Thanksgiving, which is not known the way Americans do. The Chinese sellers on Amazon an AliExpress took over this sale, and then EU companies adapted this whole ridiculous sale event.

[@roschue]

9:30 These mixed-drinks are very popular with young people and sometimes they don't have the money to buy them, because they are more expensive than other sorts of liqueur. These boxes are anti-theft devices.

[@svenherrmann8142]

In 2004, Germany introduced a special tax on these 'cocktail drinks' (called "Alcopops" in Germany) because they got too popular with young people. So these drinks are quite expensive (relatively speaking compared to other alcoholic beverages) and so these boxes are presumably to prevent theft.

[@johnnyabc2002]

There are specific laws for electric scooters in Germany. Maximum speed, some technical specifications to be met (e.g. for brakes & lights), having a homologation, only one person allowed, DUI limitations, mandatory insurance etc. Most rental companies use freelancers to service the scooters.

[@HiltownJoe]

Important to note, these laws are new. Electro scooters are legal for less than a year now.

[@thomaslanger4480]

Scooters with more then 6 km/h max speed are not allowed to drive on sidewalks. In my experiences in Berlin nobody cares about this rule including the police.

[@maulwurf62]

And the StVO applies, the German traffic laws (which tourists renting a car won't know much about either).

[@carstekoch]

@@maulwurf62 A tourist renting a car needs at least an international drivers licence. The scooters don't.

[@rainerduppel1454]

Thanks for your clear English. Germans celebrate Thanksgiving: 1st sunday in October 'Erntedank(fest)' yet, thanks God, not commercialised.

[@mickbacon8542]

I think the German Erntedank is closer to the British ' Harvest Festival' being primarily a religious festival to give thanks for the harvest that has just been completed. The US 'Thanksgiving' while still about the harvest, as I understand it, has a strong link to the pilgrims back in the 17th century and therefore much more nationalistic as a holiday.

[@malte1984]

who really celebrates Erntedankfest? I know no one who does that nor did I ever hear about someone doing it

[@drsnova7313]

Never heard it being celebrated by anyone privately.

[@mweskamppp]

@@malte1984 I know it a certain feast in the katholic church that is celebrated on october 1. Some display in the church with harvested products thank god and all that. And thats it.

[@sonkejager3305]

That discount Burger King gives is not about veterans, but about active service members- that is why it say "Marschverpflegung"- which roughly translates into " field ration". I have never seen that offer before- must be close to a military base

[@ikw6262]

They sometimes offer those benefits for rescue-service-employees to, but don´t write it down on a poster.

[@AE-mu1jc]

Yes - Mannheim.

[@AE-mu1jc]

@@ikw6262 This is unwrited law since years. Person with uniform and Dienstausweis earn 10% discount, faster service or longer service at most food shops. Do you can see at fast food restaurant often. If our volunteer fire fighter in service the Gaststätte open in night for food and drink service. All policemen in uniform can use all regional trains at 2nd class for free inside Germany. A Friend from me with a Kiosk give free coffee normally. In Thailand they do same. Teacher travel for free in 3rd class train and local busses.

[@darkIkarus]

And I guess it's not only for military service but also for civil service.

[@JuLiane]

The Subway I'm working in has a 10% uniform discount, too, but we don't advertise it.

[@thomasstockfleth5274]

The German word "Handy" is just a colloquially thing. On German you can also use the words Mobiltelefon/Smartphone. Grüße aus Hamburg

[@nopenope1]

Oh no, please do not use "handy", I tend to use "smartphone" or the name of the brand I’m using, since I know the urban meaning ^^ (giving a hand j... LOL) (urban dictionary) It really would be embarrassing to slip handy in, in a conversation in my job: D hust "I'll already gave John a handy" hust "and he was happy about it"

[@matthiasscherer9270]

As the "hand apparatus" is not Handy, it is a piece of electronic scrap. ;-)

[@brandschutzerderrwa-mann3879]

*cellphone

[@thomasstockfleth5274]

@@brandschutzerderrwa-mann3879 Ich meine 'cell phone' ist eher der amerikanische Ausdruck. Ich kannt mal einen Briten, der das Wort mobile phone für Handy verwendete. Das Wort 'cell' bezieht sich ja in diesem Fall auf den Akku.

[@germanCrowbar]

Und um die Funkzelle zu berechnen in dem sich die anzurufende Person befand brauchte man einen Mondphasenkalender, einen Sechstanten, Kompass und einen dieser frühen Taschenrechner von der Größe einer Schrankwand.😁

[@topsecret344]

Excellent observations, well elaborated, broadening mutual perspectives. Pleasure to watch for me!

[@felixklusener5530]

How is it possible that so many stores in the US don't accept cash. Isn't a Federal Reserve Note a legal tender for all debts, public and private? It should be, as it is printed on every single note, right?

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I would have to do some research and get back to you on how it’s legal but it’s becoming more and more common in DC at least

[@peregreena9046]

The important part is "for all debts". When you owe someone money, putting cash on the table is legally fulfilling the payment and has to be accepted. On the other hand, nobody is required to sell you anything. So they can refuse to do business with you unless you meet their requirements. Payment method might be one of them.

[@piccadelly9360]

That is also one reason why Germany maintains cash. Don't give up cash (Don't look at me I pay with card.I'm so bad , I now)

[@braedinhendrickson985]

Awesome videos, came across your channel from your time spent in Turkey video. Was curious what line of work are you in that allows you to spend so much time in various countries?

[@ralfb2257]

If there is a possibility to make money everything will be adopted. 40 years ago there was no Valentines Day, Halloween or Black Friday, as chances to make money they swapped over. I think Amazon started with Black Friday a few years ago. Thefts are the reason for the boxes, they are hard to open and as far as I know there is some kind of alarm inside.Shoplifters seem to love them.

[@sunspot42]

When I visited Berlin in 2018 I was shocked by how many stores took Apple Pay. My friends who were living there hadn’t even tried to use it, but I discovered many places accepted it - shops, restaurants, bars, etc. Many of the employees didn’t even know they accepted it - I’d just try my phone and most of the time, it worked.

[@klausbrinck2137]

I´ve never bothered somebody when parked, if it was my car, motorcycle, bicycle or private e-scooter, as every 2nd of those e-scooters bothers everybody. the problem is, that people park them without caring... Teenager prefer those soft-alcoholic drinks, some have died during extreme consumtion. This hasn´t happened with normal alcohol, so they´re rated more dangerous even if they contain less alcohol. Teenager aren´t conscious of stepping over their limits, cause they´re never really drunk by them, but the alcohol-poissoning occurs nevertheless.

[@johnp139]

I’m tempted to move to Germany right now after having my Sunday disrupted by a barrage of noise from lawn mowers, weed wackers, edgers, pressure washers, barking dogs and screaming kids.

[@drewber565]

Yes. I wish we had quiet hours in the US, and not just Sundays.

[@garydilbeck8882]

I hear you! I think you should do it.

[@e.l.l.y.]

Moving to Germany will not help you regarding the noise kids make. Not on a Sunday and not at night.

[@yumnax]

I think Sunday’s in Germany have gotten really lax, so it is a bit more noisy but yes it is really quiet. We’ve got quiet hours everyday from 10pm till 6am. In those hours you can call the police if someone is to loud and/ or sue after repeated occurrence

[@CarinaCoffee]

Unfortunately you won't find that peace and quite in a suburban setting in Germany. I live in a big city now and everytime I visit my parents for the weekend it's like the entire neighbourhood is exploding with noise! It is still illegal, but my parents neighbourhood has lawn movers and screaming kids and such every Sunday. It is absolutely crazy to me that my big city flat not far from a busy street is quieter on a Sunday than my parents house! If you open the windows at my parents house during a Sunday you won't be able to concentrate it's so noisy! (Houses are all semi-detached and my parents yard borders two streets, so they have it especially loud I think.)

[@Mastacheata]

About the apple and Google pay stuff: that really comes along with modernized cash register/card reader equipment. Basically both services are just a regular RFID/NFC credit card to the cash register. But also Google and apple started their pay services in Germany at pretty much the same time and in coordination with some banks and retailers.

[@B.Ies_T.Nduhey]

You will also see a very fast rise of non-cash payments with the current virus... Might go back down though, later. Stay healty!

[@Solihull88]

I am Not addicted to electronic payment, because only cash is real freedom.... Think absolut it: How easily you may get manipulated IF there would be only electronic currencies: "Not the appropriate opinion?!- We close your Account!...."

[@thomaslanger4480]

​@@Solihull88 Pro cash: consuming/paying without traces, maybe used by the tax office. That (the black market) is the officially reason for no new 500€ bank notes. Con cash: dirty/contaminated bank notes and coins and also the expensive cash-in/out-transit (prosecure, ziemann, sgs, ...) service provider. This is a 8 billion € industrie based on cahs transfers in germany.

[@KBinturong]

There has been several attempt in europe to go cashless and what we learn from that is that it shoudln’t be more expensive for the vendor. Apple pay and co came at the same time as contactless credit card payment which hasn’t the same fees as a classic credit card payment.

[@B.Ies_T.Nduhey]

@@KBinturong It being without fee would be the least, considering they are handling money.

[@kaykramer9045]

Hey Kelly. As always, I really like to see my own culture through your American glasses. It always opens my eyes on aspects, that I did not really think about yet... Thanks for this and a big thumbs up!

[@Tom-hz1kz]

The store locks them because they have experienced that thieves like to steal them

[@mojojim6458]

Whereas the thieves pass up all the unlocked up schlock.

[@alekanzify]

Mojo Jim compare the prices

[@Brickmanuals]

It´s not just stealing, they were "tested" and put back in the shelf (by "special" people) , that was the weird origin if this.

[@Mastacheata]

The mixed liquor cans are locked up due to high risk of theft and high value to size ratio.

[@sarahwiechers5836]

I agree. These things are or at least used to be very popular with teenagers and, since they can't legally buy those, were often stolen. I remember there were huge debates about so called "Alco-Pops" (very sweet lemonady drinks with high alcohol content), because a lot of very young people really underestimated those and got alcohol poisoning. It's probably similar with those cocktail-type drinks

[@Mastacheata]

@@sarahwiechers5836 I still remember when these were 16+ due to the limited amount of alcohol. But of course the "dose makes the poison" and many youngsters overdid it with the coma drinking trend and then they raised the age limit to 18+ like all the other hard liquor.

[@felixklusener5530]

@@Mastacheata Drinks containing distilled alcohol regardless of the amount of alcohol were never 16+ drinks in Germany, but drinks containing beer or wine are still 16+.

[@DarkbaseTTV]

Many stores will not only lock up these mixed beverages, but also the larger liquor bottles like Jack Daniels and other frequently stolen brands

[@TheRoidanton]

@@sarahwiechers5836 des müssen nicht mal jüngere sein. Sowas machen se gerne wenn sie zu oft die leeren Dosen unter der tiefkühlpizza rausholen

[@twinmama42]

Dear Kelly, you saw the John Deere factory in Mannheim because John Deere bought the Heinrich Lanz Traktorenfabrik in 1956. But contacts between both companies go way back until 1902, when Heinrich Lanz traveled to the US and visited John Deere Company. In the late 19th century Lanz became the biggest manufacturer of agricultural machinery in continental Europe. Where once the famous Lanz Bulldog was produced, now John Deere machinery is produced.

[@331982chris]

This is the most accurate answer. Lanz might be a well known brand today, if they hadn't passed they're chance for the future

[@Technohonk]

@@331982chris *their not they're - there are a lot of great companies throughout history that were ruined by greed, mismanagement etc. like Lanz, Hanomag, Opel, AEG, Nokia, Polaroid that have been bought, gone bankrupt etc.

[@nigelmchugh5541]

The Lanz factory was bombed flat by the USAF in WW2, and production struggled along for a few years after the war before they managed to rebuild. Like John Deere, Lanz had stuck with old fashioned engines, and when Deere needed a European base, it suited both companies well. The early sixties models were basically a Lanz gearbox/rear axle with a Deere engine. Now Mannheim exports their models back to the US. Their engines are all built in Saran in France.

[@331982chris]

@@Technohonk you're right. Another victim of autocorrection.

[@megoesmo0]

I can see two reasons the cans are locked up, as others said they are quite expensive and it's to prevent theft. The other reason is, that they contain hard liquor and can not be sold to underaged customers. Liquor bottles are easy to spot, but these cans look like soda or energy drink cans. For the cashier it can be difficult to see the difference, especially with the speed that they scan the wares. With the boxes it helps the cashier to identify cans that are not to be sold to underaged customers.

[@Nutzername92a]

Literally every supermarket has a mechanism (e.g. a beeping sound) that signals to the cashier that they scanned an age-restricted item. So it's definitely not reason #2, especially not if we're talking about a big chain like Edeka.

[@tommay6590]

When JohnDeere in Mannheim shocked you, better never visit Cologne because they have a whole FORD factory there, producing also for the left hand drivers markets (GB, IRL, Malta, Cyprus) and a development and reesarch centre, also working for the domestic US market...;-)

[@imrehundertwasser7094]

That factory has been in Cologne since 1931.

[@thomaslanger4480]

Hmm, Ford Deutschland has a staff of 53T employees. 😱

[@roerd]

And in the Frankfurt suburb Rüsselsheim there's Opel which used to be a GM brand from 1929 to 2017.

[@fnh8340]

Coca Cola, Ford and GM during ww2 worked with the German government and probably used prisoners of war as slave labour.

[@Brickmanuals]

Worked in a discounter some years ago, Those Bottles and cans are locked if they are kind of high value. It happened sometimes that people opened them, drank a few sips and put them back in the shelves. ! After that became sort of pandemic, those locks have been brought in to encounter this. It is not at the cashier isles because there are most of the time people in line which limits stealing, and the cashier spots that as well. You often see the Liquorshelf in the viewzone of the cashiers because of this too.

[@powerzwerg5566]

E-scooters: believe me, they are a pest and they are NOT well liked here (especially as they are extremly eco un-friendly!!) Liquor is mostly locked up when it is more expensive (in relation to the average product price), or if it is a limited edition (and therefor: likely higher priced, too).

[@VolkerHett]

The locked up liquors are usually the more expensive ones and it is meant to protect against theft. John Deere is a well regarded mark of agricultural machines in Germany for decades! The John Deere Factory in Mannheim is the former Lanz factory. Lanz was sold to John Deere in 1956.

[@cr0ss0vermusic]

I don't necessarily have anything against soldiers, I just find these military ads really cringey. While #offizierin is quite good from a marketing perspective (implying that there are good career options for women too), hashtags like #kämpfen are outright dumb. War isn't something cool and I feel sorry for people who got lured in by bullshit like that

[@ahumanperson3158]

I agree. I hate those ads.

[@Bolanz73]

John Deere is in Mannheim because it fusioned (or was it a complete buying?) of one of Germany`s leading tractor producing companies called "Lanz". In the very first years of that melted-together companies, there were even some Lanz`s available that already had the green and yellow colors from John Deere. It`s as easy as that.

[@JohnDoe-tp5sk]

We have John Deere in Mannheim, Ford in Cologne, Tesla is building a factory close to Berlin. There are a lot of American Companies in Germany and contrawise

[@quinquedecem]

And Google in Munich.

[@flopunkt3665]

Fendt has been bought by an American company

[@Strash1892]

I used to work in a Rewe store and was responsible for the aisle where the alcoholic beverages and spirits are kept. The more expensive spirits were locked up in a showcase for two reasons: first to prevent underage people from trying to buy them, second to prevent people from trying to steal the bottles. Since they are more expensive and contain a higher percentage of alcohol people are more intrigued to steal them instead of the cheaper stuff. If you wanted to buy a bottle from the showcase you had to ask the cashier to open the showcase and get it out for you. I guess it's the same with those cans.

[@sissidieauswanderin]

As a German that lived 30 years in Germany (but lives since 14 years in the US) I’m so surprised about many of these too! 😂 Why do people still have DM? I noticed too that Germany is copying a lot from the US. So ironic -because at the same time many Germans talk bad about the US. Super interesting video Kelly! ❤️👍🏼

[@Kellydoesherthing]

thank you!! and yes, i find this very interesting/ironic as well

[@jochenpillat3280]

a lot of germans didn't change a small amount of DM into Euros back in the day when the euro era started to keep it as a souvenir or a keepsake to hold the good old DM times in honor. many germans hate the euro, cause when the change took place, many many stores had the chance to sell their products more expensive than in the DM times overnight.

[@andeekaydot]

@@jochenpillat3280 The DM in the Eighties and Nineties of the last century became an official second currency in the area of former Yugoslavia because of the inflation of the local currency and the breakup into several states. Since that time big sums of DM bills found their way to the Mediterranian and seem still to be there...

[@waylinar]

These alcohol cans are secured in the plastic packaging. There is an alarm transmitter on the bottom of the plastic packaging. When someone tries to steal these cans and walks past a scanner that is installed after the cash register, a loud alarm sounds. these plastic saves must be opened and deactivated at the cash register. Most stores have RFID tags for expensive things

[@theresadutcher4750]

it is not just alcohol that gets locked up in stores. they do it with plenty of items that usually get stolen. my local store locks up the expensive razor blades and fancy stuff teenage girls might want without paying for it... so I have to get an employee for brand razors or even nail polish and the good face masks.

[@2712animefreak]

Last year, when I was in Germany, I even saw a shop accepting Alipay (a Chinese mobile payment service). It was in Frankfurt Hbf, I believe.

[@MatthiasMetzler09121981]

I´m a german soldier and every time I visited the US I was blowing away from that huge support for military personal through the the public. And that not only for US soldier but also for all allies! For example as I visited a Sea World parc during a Orca-show they invited all soldiers (including allies all over the world) present to stand up. Then all visitors clap. It was a very emotional and unforgetable for me because I had never experienced that before. Any time anyone hearded abaout that I´m a german soldier they say "thanks for Your service". Ok it changed a little bit since Donald Trump. Before he became president I often got millitary discount in a lot of shops. After that he decideted it would be great to make it public that Germany not fully fulfilled the NATO treaty. The treaty obliges all allies to invest at least 2 percent of the gross domestic product in the military. Not that easy in germany if the people doesn´t want so much militär. For me it is also a shame but I think that he only want to exert pressure for a better deal! That obviously sowed conflict quickly between peoples. I served side by side with US soldiers on my missions in Afghanistan. The same stores that gave me military discount in the years before, after told me when I showed my ID that the military Discount is exclusively for US soldiers only. But nevertheless the support of americans about all of their soldiers are great. Another thing that I noticed that Donald Trump as he became the president he decided a lot of bad things against ethnic minorities and immigrants for example black and mexican people. For example building a wall and abolishing Obama care. What a great loss because as I was on my missions or met US - soldiers at the US Base Grafenwoehr (germany) I saw that a huge percentage, or maybe the the larger part of american soldiers which serve their country are black or mexican ethnic. Sadly. I hope that he will be not win the next election. The reason of changes that you noticed in relation to the new public billboards with advertising for the german army is the following... In the year 2011 they decided to abolishe the compulsory military service. They think that germany is surrounded of friendly alies and there is no need for a huge army to protect the country. They thinked that for missions like Afghanistand and Mali far away outside germany it will be needed to become a smaller and more specialised army. So they lowered the amount of german soldiers (down to 180.000) and changed the existing enlisting system in to a voluntary system. A huge mistake because today there are a lot of tensions and threats and they have to enlarging the army again. But there are not enough volunteers because of the huge amount of Job offers of the german economy. During the last years the german economy grew up and the companies have to offer a lot to get qualified staff. Because of that there is a huge lack of volunteers and they have to change the strategi. Since two or three years they developed advertisment on KZbin, Twitter and Instagramm and also the billboards as You noticed. Again, many thanks for Your great content and sorry for the cruel long text. ;-) I like Your channel a lot!

[@Kellydoesherthing]

No need to apologize, I found it really interesting! Thank you for sharing and I’m happy you’re enjoying my channel :)

[@EyMannMachHin]

I agree, you never need to apologize for doing the service. I too faced a lot of fire for my decision to join the German Air Force in the late 1980s, but when my plan fell through to become a pilot, I also quit early, to go to university. I still sayed in the reserves though and going to an exersize was always a welcome distraction. So all the changes to the Bundewehr making it possible to serve outside Germany's borders was after my time and it had me concerned for quite a bit. But anyway, anyone going out there and playing an important role for our country and our allies, in the most adverse conditions possible and coming home beaten, drained and sometimes broken. That does deserve uttermost respect. But I have the same respect for those who didn't want to and did the Zivildienst. And I really found it quite appaling that we did abolish the compulsory service but more because it hurt the medical institutions and it did lessen the appreciation for having a military even more. They never should have done that. Because it had an important role of bringing together people from all kinds of social backgrounds with would not normally happen unless you go to big festivals like Wacken or Oktoberfest ;) I am a pacifist at heart, but I'm also a realist. My bee is with the Politicians creating and implementing policies and with the high brass with strategies and tactics. And it iw with them this needs to be address. Not the common soldier who just does his duty. So, a big thank you for your service from me!

[@drsnova7313]

Speaking as someone who had a year of their life stolen by the governemt: No, it was absolutely the right thing to do to abolish forcing young people to interrupt their education to learn how to drink competitively in some army barracks. There is no justification for it, ethically or legally, and robbing people off their time, making them enter the job market one year later, on the off-chance that they decide to stay with the army is ridiculous.

[@Brickmanuals]

Black friday is more and more adopted here. Became a things some 6-8 years ago. Nowadays i postpone my mid term purchase to that day too, save my money in advance. Its a nice thing. The E-Commerce and their employees loves it because it takes out stress from the Christmas Sales and gives them 2 weeks in advance to cope with this frenzy time in December.

[@buccaneer2003]

Hi Kelly, John Deere aquired the German argricultural machine maker Lanz in 1956. So the factory in Mannheim has the green and yellow logo over 60 years 😉

[@cruisemissle87]

Now I've been living in UK for almost a year now, but I remember the scooters in my German home town in a more pleasant way and I have used them a couple of times during summer as an alternative to taking the bus. There was an article somewhere that had an interview with one of TIER's "juicers", the freelancing guys who chuck the scooters into vans during the night for recharging, and then redeploy them in the morning at the places the company has designated.

[@Macca-zx7gz]

I live in the UK & my town has just got those scooters! Within a week 2 boys were caught riding them on the dual carriageway! 😲 I did laugh when I saw how locals were outraged they "didn't *even* have helmets on" 🤔 Not sure what they think helmets are made of, but in the grand scheme of things - it's not going to do a lot if a car ploughs up your arse at 70mph 😂😂

[@Naznurable]

Hey Kelly, those plastic boxes for the cans is a anti-thief-thing. Small items that get stolen more often then others get locked up in those boxes to make it harder to hide them. BTW is some of that scooter footage from Karlsruhe? I live there and thought that I recogniced some of the buildings (and worksides -.- )

[@MasterBigPlayer]

The scooters have special Laws. They can be driven everywhere where Bikes can drive. If there is no bike lane they have to be driven on the street. On the general the rules for them are the same as the ones for cars. The Apps you need for these scooters also are required to inform people about the rules of the scooters before they use it the first time. The Apps also have regions marked as non-parking zones.

[@AE-mu1jc]

No. For this motor vehicle do you need your driver licence card. Mean: 18 yo. and older. With a bike driver licence only can not ride them!

[@PhienexLP]

@@AE-mu1jc I am not sure if I understand you correctly. Do you say that you need a driver license to drive those scooters? If yes then you are wrong. §3 Elektrokleinstfahrzeuge-Verordnung: www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ekfv/BJNR075610019.html says that you are allowed to drive those scooters by the age of 14. If you mean something entirely different, ignore this comment.

[@evertgroen1165]

Hi und John Deere Name vor über 100 Jahren war Johann Dresmann aus Deutschland 🇩🇪 Ostfriesland, und hat in ca. 1960er Jahren die Lanz Werke übernehmen Können. Grüße aus Germany

[@bnecampgangsta1622]

Oh young Kelly! About the cash we like here so much, i can tell you, ask the english! We have a common history. If the electric power is away, you can't buy even potatoes or eggs with your farmer. Don't be shocking, think it over!

[@Lexor888]

How long do you expect your local dealers to accept your €-bills when they can't bring them to the bank? If you pull out your wallet the "nice" baker will tell you to keep your paper to light the oven and then rather ask for your necklace or your watch as a payment. Maybe you should think about it because this is exactly what happened at the times you are referring to....

[@mweskamppp]

@@Lexor888 You talk about a total breakdown of an economy. Thats a different case. What if you have a power out for two weeks? That happens in the USA sometimes and we had that some years ago in the county Steinfurt when some power masts collapsed under wet snow. You might be able to drive a longer distance for a shop but what about a shop without a working register? Today they can still get cash and write you a receipt, but with electronic only, they can go for company holiday.

[@Lexor888]

@@mweskamppp Haha that is a good question that never crossed my mind... Our power grid is different to the american and here you really only rarely hear about small areas losing electricity for several days. TBH in 44 years I personally never experienced an outage 😅

[@2yrneh]

9:29 Look at the prices. All cans in the extra box are over 4 euro. It is supposed to prevent theft.

[@martinziefle1647]

you missed the invasion of crappy rental bikes in german cities. Most of them belonged to a chinese company that went bankrupt and did not remove their bikes. After the bicycles where gone the scooters took their place.And yes, there are rules for scooters but nobody cares.

[@tudor3232]

We raised the bar here in Romania,we have Black friday of spring,at the end of summer and in the fall,we have a balack week,not just black friday. Here store owners are creative,in a bad way,before the black friday period,the raise the prices and on black friday,they make a "big discount",of 60-80%,but in reality,the prices will only be like 25-30%.

[@reneg.1620]

Your videos are exciting and informative. You like to look. Thanks for that! It's interesting what Americans think about us.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thank you!!

[@reneg.1620]

@@Kellydoesherthing You´re welcome!

[@MasterBigPlayer]

The cans are locked up to prevent theft. Expensive Liquor that can not be seen by a worker at all times is normally getting locked up to prevent people from stealing them. You can always find a small glass cabinet in the liquor isle where all the really expensive liquor is stored. The same with the liquor in the fridge. Those cases have an alarm that goes off as soon as they leave the market.

[@dinola3268]

Liebe Kelly, ich finde Deine Videos immer sehr interessant, um meine Englisch-Kenntnisse aufzufrischen. Der Titel SHOCKED scheint mir aber nicht hinreichend begründet, SURPRISED wäre wohl der bessere Ausdruck. * Cash-Culture: Der Grund für die fehlende Nutzung von Kreditkarten lag in der völlig überhöhten Preispolitik der deutschen Kreditinstitute, die von Kunden und Händlern das dreifache der internationa üblichen Entgelte verlangte. Erst nach EU-Bestimmungen wurden die Preise gesenkt und die Akzeptanz erhöht. *Die DM-Banknoten können noch immer in EURO-Banknoten umgetauscht werden. Bisher wurden viele Schwarzgeldbestände noch nicht aufgelöst, um strafrechtliche Verjährung abzuwarten. Auch 50-Jahre alte $-Noten können in den US noch in aktuelle Banknoten umgetauscht werden. *Nach zwei verlorenen Weltkrien hat unser Militär jede Reputation verloren. Wir brauchen aber noch Truppen zur Landesverteidigung ... *Ich bin mit einem Tretroller ab 1963 selbständig zum Kindergarten gefahren. Die elektrischen sind insoweit eine hippe Nostalgieersvheinung. *Black Friday ist eine aktuelle Werbemasche. *Die Cola-Whiskey-Dosen werden werden besonders gerne geklaut. Die Plastikumhüllungen habe ich aber bisher in den von mir genutzten Supermärkten auch noch nicht gesehen. Beste Grüße aus Germany!

[@Kellydoesherthing]

vielen dank! Grüße aus DC!

[@dinola3268]

@@Kellydoesherthing Vielleicht noch eine Erklärung zu Cash is King in Germany: Die Banknoten in den USA waren lange Zeit nicht besonders fälschungssicher, so dass kaum Banknoten über 20 oder 50 $ angenommen wurden. Der Einsatz von Kreditkarten war sicher und preiswert und gab einen Kreditrahmen, weil Überziehungskredite wie bei deutschen Girokonten nicht üblich waren. Darüber hinaus hat die US-Regierung den Einsatz von Kreditkarten schon deshalb unterstützt, um dem IRS eine bessere Überprüfung der Steuererklärungen der Bürger zu ermöglichen. Da haben die deutschen Finanzämter im Bargeldsektor, aber auch bei Grundstücksgeschäften und früher bei der Parteienfinanzierung ganz andere Probleme ... Es ist immer wichtig, die Perspektive zu wechseln. Thank you!

[@neueklavierkompositionen8176]

​@@Kellydoesherthing: Daß die Deutschen Bargeld so schätzen und dem rein elektronischen Geld skeptisch gegenüberstehen, hat auch noch andere Gründe. Bargeld sichert die Anonymität, während bei elektronischem Geld der Staat alles was du gekauft hast, nachvollziehen kann. Das kann in großen Wirtschaftskrisen leicht mißbraucht werden. Stell dir vor, du willst in einer Staatskrise dein Bargeld retten, kannst das aber nicht mehr tun, weil es ja kein Bargeld mehr gibt. Der Staat kann dich dann einfach quasi per Knopfdruck finanziell "ausknipsen". Deshalb lieben nicht wenige Deutsche übrigens als Wertanlage auch Gold/Silber sehr, mit weitem Abstand vor allen anderen Europäern (und Amerikanern).

[@Rainerjgs]

@@Kellydoesherthing - Das war wieder einmal eine Deiner typisch amerikanischen Unsitte, anstatt diese Dinge in angemessener Weise als "Überraschung" zu bezeichnen, gleich ein so total übertrieben dramatischen Wort, wie "schokieren" zu verwenden!

[@lutrabee]

The usage of Euro in coins and banknotes started with the year 2001. On 28th Feb.2002 shops didn't have to accept the D-Mark any longer, but still could and can till this day because unlike other countries the cash didn't lose its worth. The year 1999 you mention as the start of using Euro was only with regard to book money.

[@mdk-wc2sw]

There's a nice saying in German: Hat der Bauer kein Geld sind die Felgen gelb - literally: poor farmers have tractors with yellow rims 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@vt601]

In fact John Deere reached in to the EU/German market by taking over a former German tractor company. I believe it was during the 50's allready. That is why John Deere has such a factory in Germany.

[@73bbl38]

It depends on the individual restaurant but most Burger King grand a discount for fire fighters, paramedics, police officers and so on even out of uniform. It is called uniform discount here. Just show you service's ID or your pager and you'll get the discount. Only on Hamburg I was once told that they grant discounts for military personnel only and the grant no discount at all the highway stops.

[@cmdstraker]

I seriously have no idea what Black Friday is for. Except the shoping frency, of course.

[@extremchiller410]

this is exacly what it is made for

[@fmtk77]

These cans with mixed alcoholic drinks are 18+ drinks and very popular with younger people. Therefor they get stolen alot. Those plastic boxes contain a transponder that works with an accustic alarm system near the checkout. It gets removed when you pay.

[@bumtisch]

We had something called "Sommerschlußverkauf" but Black Friday just sounds cooler.

[@europeantechnic]

Interesting about the security around the mixed alcohol cans, as I think in general Germany is a lot more trusting than other European countries. In the UK most spirits (liquor) bottles have security device that has to be removed at the till (register) otherwise an alarm sounds when leaving the store. In Germany you can get on and off public transport without having to prove you have paid (I have never seen ticket gates at train or underground stations), and even in pubs you don't have to pay for each drink at time of ordering, they just mark your beermat and you pay the bill (check) on departure. I am sure there still must be some crime but I feel a lot safer in Germany than I do anywhere else in the world.

[@tonys1636]

John Deere Tractors are distributed over the whole of Europe as was Lanz, many a vintage Lanz Bulldog can be found at Vintage shows here in IE and in UK. Good to here that DE is embracing technology where money is concerned at last.

[@evertgroen1165]

And Look fhe Name Johann Dresmann

[@eastfrisian_88]

Card payment and contactless payment is becoming more and more common here in Germany. I had to explain to a cashier the other day how Google Pay works, which surprised me very much. I've been paying almost everything by card since 2005, but until two years ago, purchases under 10 Euros were often excluded from merchants due to the merchant fees you mentioned. In the meantime I hardly have any cash in my wallet. In our village someone has such an electric scooter and he drove down the street here yesterday with a small basket of food between his legs, he was shopping at the local discount store and I caught myself thinking "Hey that's cool!". when I visited amsterdam last year, I found these vehicles just annoying like the plague. I lived in Wilhelmshaven for years and still live in the surrounding area, we have the biggest naval base in Germany and the German armed forces also have facilities on site. Here you always see people in uniform. I myself was the year before last for compulsory military service ("Wehrpflicht"), but I did alternative service in a social institution ("Zivildienst"). Nevertheless, all people who work in the national defense deserve respect and all kinds of insults are pretty inappropriate there. The supermarkets determine very precisely which expensive alcoholic beverages are stolen the most and then lock them up. These crates can be permanently installed or equipped with an alarm transmitter. If this is not removed at the cash register, a very loud alarm signal sounds. The handling of alcohol is much too lax in Germany, I would immediately be in favour of alcoholic drinks being taxed more heavily and also only being allowed to be sold at certain times. I have experienced alcohol abuse in my family and among my friends, but in Germany thousands of people would rather die every year and cost the health system billions of Euros, instead of the powerful alcohol lobby in Germany losing sales.

[@bazoo513]

Yes, the plague of Black Friday sales is spreading far more efficiently than COVID-19. :o( It should be noted that German military veterans (at least those under 80 or so) served only in peace-keeping missions, if that. (Badass guys such as GSG9 are technically police.) An acquaintance of mine, a Croatian military police Sergeant, was training Afghan police for a year; his unit was stationed together with German colleagues. I, too, am appalled by those scooters parked willy-nilly. I mean, this is *Germany* people! :o)

[@dorderre]

yea that's what's bugging me too about those scooters. I've been noticing them for abt half a year now (maybe they've been around before, dunno), parked at the most random locations, like, say, 50m away from the nearest house entrance or so, most of the time in the middle of the path. It feels like some dude takes a scooter to get somewhere and at some rdm point they'd hop off bcs they don't feel like it anymore and just walk on. (or maybe they were out of energy? how do they work anyway?)

[@Marcel_Germann]

GSG9 IS Police now. And such an operation like Operation Feuerzauber in 1977 (liberation of the hijacked Lufthansa plane Landshut in Somalia) wouldn't be possible today. The thing is, GSG9 was a part of the Bundesgrenzschutz back then, and the BGS was paramilitary, not a police! So actually they were some kind of auxiliary military and it was possible to perform such actions. They also got the status as combatants according to international law. In 2005 the BGS was transfered into the Bundespolizei, and as part of this they lost this combatant status. That was the reason that the KSK was founded, now they would handle such situations like the Operation Feuerzauber today. And actually the GSG9 is no longer the best thing to go since their first commanding officer Ulrich Wegener left the BGS for retirement. His successors were mostly guys sitting on a desk, Wegener was leading the missions in personal, including Operation Feuerzauber. That was exposed in Bad Kleinen in 1993...that mission was a total disaster.

[@bazoo513]

@@Marcel_Germann Interesting. I didn't know of these newer developments. So, they are now back to their original purpose (to fight terror attempts like the one at Munich Olimpic games)? But then, their former status as "border police" must have been something "in-between" police and military, because Germany, like most other countries, does not allow the military to be used for law enforcement.

[@yannickurbach5654]

@@bazoo513 Germany used to not really have federal police at all. Police was exclusively a matter of the states. The only police-like federal institution was the _Bundesgrenzschutz_ (federal border protection forces). They were basically police in status (certainly not military), but were only responsible for the federal borders. Because the newly founded anti terror unit was to be under federal authority, the _Bundesgrenzschutz_ was the most appropriate parent institution, even though it wasn't a perfect match. That is also why it was called _Grenzschutzgruppe 9_ (border protection group 9), or GSG 9 for short. When the _Bundespolizei_ (federal police) was founded, the GSG 9 just kept its name.

[@martincichy9495]

As always, you are a very good observer. Great video!

[@Kellydoesherthing]

thanks!

[@jensgoerke3819]

I was drafted to the Bundeswehr during the cold war era and would have been serving on the front line, estimated duration of effective duty there 27 seconds before succumbing to radiation sickness or being run over by a Warsaw pact tank. The surest way to become a pacifist is to join the infantry - Bill Mauldin.

[@thomaslanger4480]

cool stuff 😎 Edith: BTW in the german army >Bundeswehr< was the officially usage of language not front line, but rather "foremost edge of defence" (vorderster Rand der Verteidigung, VRV). It was a euphemism who means the Bundeswehr only defence germany against agressors. Nowadays we are defended by the Bundeswehr on the Hindu Kush and in Africa too, thousends of kilometers away.

[@MrFusselig]

Well... you would have succumbled to radiation sickness or run over by Warsaw pact tanks as a civilian as well.

[@claudiussmith8798]

@@MrFusselig don t forget beeing vaporized immediately or starving to death inside a bunker or getting eaten by others then, when supplys run out. Cold war, what funny times for growing up as a child with air raid warning tests in primary school as regulary as fire alarm, and getting evakuated ones a year to the atombunker under the school to watch disney movies under high ventilation noise. Real fun... War makes so much sense nowadays...

[@ikw6262]

And, by the way... Thank you Kelly for continuing your channel about american-to-german-matters while you are back in the US. Has been the first I explored round this topic and still is the best ...in my opinion. Love your special attitude, very good mix between seriousity (correct word?) and entertainment. Please keep going and wish you all the best :-x

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Aw thank you! That’s very nice of you to say :) I’m happy you’re enjoying my content and I hope to keep it coming! Best wishes from DC

[@ikw6262]

@@Kellydoesherthing you´re wellcome!

[@ikw6262]

Let me add another (just because we´re in this topic): You´re a journalist, right? Could be one reason for your well researched, very well structured performance, easy to follow. You use very clear sentences and well pointed. And on top a liitle humorous attitude. Seems you are a sympatic person. All in all, the pleasure is mine! So, enough off those compliments ...have an nice weekend so far.

[@alsternerd]

Yes, we still say Handy.

[@Synchronicety]

ich sag immer noch Telefon

[@piccadelly9360]

Handy in Englischen Text heißt Dildo

[@gnarlsdarkley]

@@piccadelly9360 eigentlich heißt es nützlich

I don't.

[@nopenope1]

@@piccadelly9360 nope, in urban language it's meaning is giving an hand j.. just google it :D

[@Brillenschlumpf2450]

regarding the drinks in the plastic containers. I think these are anti-theft boxes. I ve seen this somewhere. They would lock certain high priced drinks in to prevent them from being stolen.

[@Brillenschlumpf2450]

the mixed drinks are a lot more expensive and therefore more likely to be stolen

[@robertzander9723]

Hello Kelly, very interesting. I made my military service in Germany back in 2002, it's something that is really hard to recommend, people can learn a lot of being responsible for something and someone, not so selfish and working as a team, on the the other side i realised on how many ways i can kill somebody else and would kind of people are aloud to use a weapon. A cashless country is an unsafe country, with a credit card people are able to now what you are buying and where do you do it and i saw so many people struggling with a credit card in their hands and even Banks are able to lose all your money and the card is useless. That US economy system showed us what happens if trust all that buying on credit, the whole world had to deal with it, because of that unsafe weird connecting. I have always some cash with me, the debit card is extra.

[@alexjenkins1079]

With you on the cashless society thing. Here in the UK, we're much further along than the US and Germany on the route to a cashless society, and it's definitely disconcerting for sure, especially when in the last few years, we've had multiple IT outages at the banks and card companies, one in particular lasting for days when one of our medium-sized banks tried migrating its IT networks from one system to another owned by its current parent company,, and when it didn't go as planned, it caused absolute chaos. If we didn't have cash, then I think we'd be a whole load more vulnerable than we are now. (Perhaps we should have kept cheque payments and card imprinters in shops). Now during this current pandemic, I've seen a few photos of notices outside of shops saying that cash isn't accepted, and I'm always left thinking "if they keep on making every shop cashless permanently , it won't end well at all."

[@derjoghurtmitderecke]

Thank you for serving. Salute.

[@robertzander9723]

@@alexjenkins1079 without cash we are getting more and more puppets in the hands of total capitalistic system without any control for the normal people, the big players can do whatever they like with our money and have the control about everything, they don't need to ask for our permission in the future to lose our money. I try as much as i can to buy nothing at the internet and on credit card.

[@wernerruf7761]

It may be clear in how many ways you can kill a person. However, it is a common misconception by many that soldiers aim to kill as many opponents as possible. It is definitely not, at least not when the soldier thinks and is not on a campaign of conquest, which can certainly be excluded for the Bundeswehr. The aim is to make an opponent so incapable of fighting as long as possible that he can no longer be dangerous, not kill him. Killing is counterproductive, so you only relieve the opposing logistics. What does the opponent do with a killed person, he passes on weapons, equipment and food to a new soldier - bad! What happens if you don't kill the opponent, but only disable them? After it has a bad effect on the morale of the troop if you simply leave your wounded lying there, the injured are rescued and then need medical care, food and so on. So while a dead opponent does nothing but put another head on the other side, the effect is much more efficient in the other case. The enemy now not only has a fighter to replace, if they may be able to replace them. He now has a considerable amount of personnel and logistical effort to take care of the injured person, which is missing at the front. Just calculate how much work is required to replace 10 fighters or more and how much work is to take care of ten or more seriously injured. ==> Only the nutcase with their white pigeons constantly claim, against better knowledge, that soldiers are killing others, they don't, at least those who can think don't do it without need. That being said, the goal is not to fight particularly successfully. The goal is to deter third parties from stupidities that lead to hostilities by large, well-trained and equipped armed forces. --- BTW: I guess "aloud" should be "allowed", sounds similar but is spelled different.

[@robertzander9723]

@@wernerruf7761 oh thanks!! You are right it's allowed, but I don't change it. Very interesting opinion. I guess it's up to the situation in a combat around you and what you know about your enemies, not every situation is the same, that's part of the training, but training can only prepare you as good as possible. And it's finally your decision.

[@runarandersen878]

It is not only in Germany black friday have become a thing. In Norway is it one of the biggest shopping days per year, The postal services especially feel it because of shopping online. One of the pickup places for packages from online shopping, had 500 transported to them in one day. That is a lot for my small town. Black weekend and black week is common here. Even if it is not always so big bargains.

[@fs2728]

The bad image of the Bundeswehr is not so much due to history, but to the bad condition of the equipment and the useless mission e.g. to Afghanistan.

[@AscTheWarrior]

not really, the most of our bad image comes from our politicans cuz the Bundeswehr is useless, untrained and cost only money ... i'm serving since 2007 and i can tell you we're not that broken as the news or our nice politicans tell every single day... Best Regards so far

[@drewber565]

@@AscTheWarrior In my 4 years in Germany, I had less of a working relationship with the German military than I would have liked. But, my interactions were very positive. The German Military is as good of an organization as most of Europe. The UK is probably stronger. But, the German military had so many limits on it for so long. But, I was impressed with our German brothers-in-arms, when I did get to deal with them. I earned the German Sports badge in gold. We had an Oberfeldwebel as our trainer and tester. He was not giving those away, I can tell you. These recruiting posters are all aimed at Officer recruiting. Officers are not conscripted in the US or any army. They are chosen under different programs, or commissions and serve for a longer time than conscripts. Same for NCOs.

[@HingerlAlois]

Basically the rather bad condition of the equipment is the result of the military being unpopular in Germany and thus the German politicians don’t like to spend much money on the military because they won’t get votes for doing it. Furthermore of course for example the US military is involved (with more soldiers, thus also more casualties and higher financial costs) in operations like Afghanistan, Iraq and countless other operations yet the US military is still far more popular in the USA, than the Bundeswehr is in Germany.

[@IngoJot]

Talking about the Deutschmark. In comparison to France for example the Deutschmark has still its value. You can Go to the Federal Bank (Bundesbank) and change to Euros.

[@UlliStein]

Yes, so it makes more sense when C&A goes to the Bundesbank with a big amount and helps the customers to get rid of that old stuff.

[@jonas8441]

You MUST visit Denmark, the happiest country in the world

[@Wha73v3r]

0:40 if you can pay with Googlepay you can pay with apple as well. Any place with contactless payment is working. Because apple/Google Pay are using nfc iam using my apple watch all the time in any shop around me. But people looking at me like i have 12 eyeballs and 8 arms or something. 9:30 wtf? i never saw something like this xD

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Lol!!

[@johnnyabc2002]

Contactless payment became a lot more popular during the last weeks in Germany, the infrastructure grew over the last years to a point that you can make NFC payments in every supermarket and most urban restaurants. As there is a standard for the underlying technology, you can use Apple or Google Pay on any terminal which would accept a contactless credit card payment. iPhones have a small market share in Germany, but 15% out of 60 million people (80m minus children) is still a big number.

[@Mastacheata]

IIRC Apple is still the second largest single manufacturer of mobile phones in Germany right after Samsung)

[@aphextwin5712]

Any NFC terminal that works with Google Pay almost automatically works with Apple Pay as well. When Apple Pay first went life in the U.S., even on day one, it also worked at many NFC terminals around the world that were setup to to accept foreign credit cards. Apple and Google Pay are largely an intermediary for credit cards.

[@peterkoller3761]

Yes sure they won´t leave out any chance to push cashless payment, not even Covid, although the WHO stated several times that it is virtually impossible to get infected by handling money. Ever considered why they are so keen on getting us away from anonymus cash and into a system where they can control each and every of your financial transactions?

[@DSP16569]

@@peterkoller3761 Don't forget the charge for each transfer. With payless the Bank make millions, with cash not.

[@Thorsten_Wiegand]

@@peterkoller3761 Because it´s cheaper and more comfotable for the supermarkets (no cash in the register, no change money necessary, risk of theft or errors with change money is eliminated). But fear not, even in all the over countries in Europe, which do use cashless payment more often then we do here in Germany, cash is still a posible option. (and in Germany it is forbidden by law to NOT accept Cash)

[@nematube]

These canned alcoholic mix drinks are also known as Alkopops here - if they are based on hard liquor like vodka, brandy, they are taxed much higher than classic alcoholic drinks and cannot be sold to under-18-year-olds, but they are especially popular in that age group because they are made to taste sweeter, which promotes binge drinking... The cases are usually to avert theft - you can see the prices are 4-5 Euros / ~5.40 USD a pop. It's just a local decision of individual supermarkets to use such measures if they think it's needed in their area. I once even saw a local Kaiser's (now defunct supermarket chain) put packs of ground coffee and espresso into a closed cabinet, which made me wonder what kind of clientel would be frequenting that particular area to go steal a normal pack of Jacobs Kaffee or Dallmayr Prodomo etc.

[@dearseall]

I guess that military service has no good reputation in Germany has to do with the fact, that it was involuntarily to serve until only a couple of years ago. And most men consider this time in life as a useless, boring and even insulting period.

[@manfredteute9038]

Hi Kelly, to the electric scooter. You cannot park them everywhere. And yes, you can rent them and the rent companies have employees, who take the scooter back and load them up. The mixed drink in Edeka like Jim Beam Cola are not locked up. In my Edeka market in North Germany they are for everyone free to take. But you must be 18, to buy them. The little alcohol bottles in the market like Korn or Kümmerling are for people, who wants a short drink. You must be 18 to buy them. Maybe you know, in Germany you are majority with 18.

[@wolfsommer1767]

US pro-military -sure for some the only way to earn a living -and then the biggest war country of the world needs dead men walking -"kanonenfutter!"

[@ikekiehxx9257]

That's the reason why education is not free in the US. If you can't afford education and fail to make a living, go to the army. They really need the poor

[@Phelie315]

Education and healthcare. That's why the Republicans don't want to make these universally available, because currently that's a big draw they can use to get people into the military and they're afraid they will lose that.

[@bernhardneef7996]

Kelly, the Mannheim John Deerre Factory was before the famous Lanz Bulldog Tractor factory. But after 2nd WW the brand Lanz has been taken over by John Deere, the former Lanz factory survived by now producing John Deere tractors

[@ChristianLink]

hey, again very interesting... the thing about reducing cash is a thing in Germany...some of the weirder guys who a creating or telling these strange theories are telling that this will be an instrument to control the people of germany...forcing them to you cards and online payments... After pointing to Sweden where people are slightly irritated when you try to hand over some cash seems not to be a valid argument. :) Aaaand my father used to transport John Deere tractors all over Europe when I was a kid. Sometimes I went with him in is huge truck with two or for of the giant landmachines loaded... :)

[@nopenope1]

I'm no tin foil hat but I do like to use cash. We currently do have a negativ interesset, or the banks have when they put money to the EZB, about -0.5%, the banks started to push that to the campany bank accounts above one million a few years ago, currently 100K and even for private bank accounts it's coming ( above 100k already for customers of some banks.) I've just received a letter in my inbox in my online bank account, they will charge 50 or was it 70 cent for each time I'll get some cash from the ATM. Additionally I've seen some news articles yesterday, reporting some banks also started to charge for paying after xx times paying with your EC-Karte. I don't think it's a good solution to keep an huge amount of money in cash in your house, flat etc, but if you have to pay 0.5% interest to the bank, just for them to keep your money save... you'd lose 1.5 to 2% at the current inflation. If there is no plausible way to use cash anymore, this could be even worth as we would have no way to avoid that. One reason they also trying to get controle over Bitcoin etc.

[@ChristianLink]

@@nopenope1 yes, right...there needs to be a change on the banking laws, first. It's not good that they earn money "for nothing"...

[@nopenope1]

@@ChristianLink they do not earn the money, they just giving the expensive down to campanies and now the peasant. The laws are already existing, ECB, financial crises, rescuing Italy, Greece etc., we already paying these programs due to the low to negativ interest. Especially Germans, who have low stocks or real estate. I'm really afraid of further popularize the AFD etc. when now we have to pay again for bailing out Italy, Spain ... France... This will devide us further.

[@daniel1985bonn]

I've seen those can-boxes even on deodorant-spray in a supermarket in germany. It's not (yet) common to protect those drinks or deodorants, but if the shop owner recognized too many stealing-attempts in the past, he/she will try to protect those higher-valued opjects in this way. Other small but expensive goods like razor blades are only available at the checkout. And those tiny vodka or rum bottles, which are called "Flachmänner", are usually stored directly at the checkout, so the cashier can have an eye on it.

[@jul7985]

I always use Apple Pay at Rewe 👍🏻

[@billiondollardan]

Kelly, what's your favorite thing to do in Berlin? I'm taking my family there this fall and I need to make sure I hit the best spots I can in the week we're all there

[@RandomRetr0]

Sad to see the negative parts of US imperialism slowly making inroads in Germany

[@piccadelly9360]

Bald gehört BMW , Mercedes , WV den Amerikaner . Es sei den China kauft Amerika

[@Skulard]

I assume that the store edeka where you were had a problem with the single things? because the Edeka near me (in rheinland-pfalz) does not do stuff like that ^^

[@Kellydoesherthing]

yeah maybe! this one was in Mannheim

[@ChrisM243]

@boxed cocktail drinks: Honestly, I haven't seen these packagings in my regular grocery stores here in southern Germany. But these seem to contain regular liquor like Whiskey or Whiskey mixed with Coke. The other drinks on display seem to be either regular beer or beer mixed with other flavours (and for beer contrary to regular liquor you don't have to be 18, you can buy beer legaly in Germany already with 16). So I assume the plastic box is a sign that you need to be of age for these.

[@MAUVE5]

I haven't seen it either yet in store, but the vodka isn't in cases too, so I find it a bit weird. Maybe because they are mixes

[@ChrisM243]

@@MAUVE5/videos Who knows. But the beer mixes on the lower shelves are also without, so no idea.

[@jochenpillat3280]

it's just a theft protection 'cause these drinks get stolen the most in stores. same counts for specific types of tobacco products

[@philquintana7790]

Miss Kelly, I spent six months at Ramstein AFB with a MarDet in 1977. The Germany you described is light years away from what I experienced. Leaving the base was stepping into a whole different world. I just found your channel, Phoenix is still doing "home quarantine" so after work, I'm home. I've been binge watching your vids and they have taught me sooo much. We, my fellow Marines and I, thought Germans were cold or aloof or rude. We'd say something like, "Hi there or How you doin" and all we'd get back is, "Gutten tag or gut". I think Americans have a "small talk" gene in our DNA. Another thing is the German language is very hard to learn. They take two or three words and smash them all together! Also, their language is very specific. I gave up trying. I picked up a few phrases but that was it. The countryside was beautiful and the girls were very pretty.

[@max5318-f9b]

When did u visit Karlsruhe? :D

[@ariseawake5389]

The cans are secured so that they don't get stolen and additionally, these cans contain "hard alcohol" like vodka, and you're not allowed to drink any hard alcohol unless you're 18 years old

[@CorneliusSchwarzenstein]

9:33 That´s not EDEKA, that's SPAR. I live in Berlin and I have never seen something like this before. So this is neither regular nor typical german.

[@golfsierra42]

In my opinion, Amazon is mainly responsible for the fact that Black Friday is now also practiced in Germany. As far as I know they were the first to offer and actively advertise the special offers and discounts on that day in Germany. The other retailers - online and local shops - had to join in so as not to leave the business to Amazon alone.

[@bubba6284]

Loved it. Keep em coming.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thanks! Will do!

[@Mike39GER]

Hi Kelly, well John Deere bought the german Heinrich Lanz AG in 1956. Lanz was famous for their Bulldog Tractors, which still are around and can be seen on oldtimer shows. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Lanz_AG

[@hartmutholzgraefe]

Regarding scooter collection, one of the big players does have regular employees doing this, while all the others seem to rely on single-person-"company" subcontractors ... Black friday only became a thing over the last two years or so, probably mostly due to Amazon pushing this world wide, so that local dealers had to come up with a reaction to this ... there used to be specific "Sommerschlussverkauf" and "Winterschlussverkauf" seasons, even regulated by law, where especially cloth shops would be able to get rid of stock before preparing for the next summer or winter seasons at a discount. But discount laws have been relaxed a lot a few years ago. Cans in boxes I've never seen, but it seems as if that shop only boxes "Alko-pops", so any thing containing hard liquor. Maybe to give cashiers a clear visual clue that for these you need to be 18, not 16, to legally purchase ... with those "Flachmann" bottles it is easy to distinguish, but a can is a can ... And John Deeer, well ... everybody over here still calls them "Lanz", and there are "historic tractor" clubs all across the country, where the original "Lanz Bulldog" from Mannheim, with his one cylinder, 6.3 liter 12 horsepower engine is one of the most favorite models, with its unique "kult...kult...kultkultkult" sound :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanz_Bulldog

[@e-wie-emil]

You should also visit East Germany. There are some beautiful places and landscapes. Are you thinking about a full comeback to Germany or do you want to stay in the U.S.?