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papascott papascott can we bring yesterday back around? cos i know how i feel about you now. front page archives about rss the subjunctive mood is a sign of weakness 12 november 2007 · 1 comment i’ve reported before that in germany you have to say no very directly for it to be understood as no. i’ve recently discovered that the same principle can apply to “yes”. recently in a hotel frauke mislaid her cell phone and sent me to the reception desk to check if anyone had found it. indeed, a cell phone had been found, and it looked very similar to frauke’s phone, and i was asked if it was her phone. i couldn’t be sure, though, without opening the case, so trying to be friendly and polite i replied “yes, it could be.” (ja, es könnte sein.) this was not accepted as an affirmative reply. i forget the exact response, but it was along the lines of “well are you sure or are you not?” or “is that supposed to be yes or no?” i had to start over and say that frauke’s name would appear on the display when it was turned on, and that would prove whether it was her phone or not. in germany it pays to be sure of yourself, even when you’re not. arrogance here is not a negative attribute, but rather a prerequisite. → 1 commenttags: expat towed away 9 november 2007 · no comments this is what can happen in hamburg if you park near the river and you don’t pay attention to the weather report (from jenskunath.eu). → no commentstags: hamburg best. online. shop. ever. 9 november 2007 · 4 comments i can only agree with cem and der shopblogger. the hema shop beats amazon, ebay, and everything else. it is the best online shop ever and is worth a visit, even if you can’t read dutch. → 4 commentstags: business why didn’t you park there? 9 november 2007 · 6 comments this is yet another episode in the ongoing series “germans are strange and wonderful creatures”… during a particularly hard week of night shifts, i needed to get to the bank on wednesday morning. our bank has the proverbial “bankers’ hours”, they’re closed on wednesday afternoons. wednesday is also market day in buchholz, and the rare parking spaces downtown are even harder to find than usual. so this particular wednesday i had been trolling for a parking spot for nearly 15 minutes without any success. at our local famila market i finally spotted a space, but it was very tight and i decided not to risk it. the lady behind me pulled in, i drove on and found a better spot further up that was actually closer to the bank. i was gathering my stuff together when someone tapped on my window. it was the lady who was driving me. she was wondering why i passed by a perfectly good parking space. i was flabbergasted. she was very nice about it, but what business was it of hers or anybody else where i chose to park or not to park my car? looking back on it, this was a typical case of german arrogance and their inborn compulsion to point out other people’s mistakes. this compulsion is especially evident in situations involving cars and driving. never mind that my behavior was completely logical, for her it was a mistake. and even though she was very nice and polite, she was compelled to go out of her way and tell me about it. she couldn’t help herself. she’s german, and it’s in her blood. → 6 commentstags: expat what time is it? 8 november 2007 · 2 comments after my entry yesterday, here is yet another in the ongoing series “germans are strange and wonderful creatures”… ten days ago europe switched back from daylight savings to standard time, turning the clocks back one hour on sunday morning at 3 am. our mcdrive is open until 4 am on weekends, and we made the decision not to stay open an extra hour for the time change. i had night shift that night, and i closed at 4 am dst as planned. twenty minutes later a very angry guest pounded on our drive-thru window. it was 3:20, we should be open, and why wouldn’t we serve him? as is often the case with arrogant germans, technically he was correct. standard time was in effect, the time was 3:20 am. however, it’s my business and i can open and close the doors when i damn well please. i shouted politely but firmly through the closed window that we were closed, and that if he did not leave the premises in 5 minutes i would call the cops. the angry guest then left. being a know-it-all german means that you can often be smug about being correct, but it usually doesn’t make things any better. he was still hungry. → 2 commentstags: expat what if you get stopped? 7 november 2007 · 4 comments yesterday i left my wallet at home when i drove to work. at 5 am, i’m lucky to remember anything on my way out. unfortunately, i didn’t notice my wallet was missing until after work and i had just filled my tank at the aral gas station across the street from the restaurant. the only thing i had of value to leave as a deposit was my car registration. the woman behind the counter didn’t want to take it at first… what if i got stopped by the police, i would need my registration. i talked her into it, as i had nothing else to offer, and she let me return 30 minutes later with ec card to pay for my diesel. her concern was typically german and actually pretty silly. if i would really have been stopped, having a stolen tank of gas and no driver’s license would have interested the police much more the missing registration. → 4 commentstags: expat construction 5 november 2007 · 2 comments we’ve started exterior construction. we’re expanding the lobby in three directions. the restaurant is fully open, but the patio and playland are (obviously) closed. interior remodeling is set to begin in two weeks. the mcdrive will remain open during the remodeling, but the lobby will be closed. re-opening with mccafé is scheduled for the beginning of december. here’s the ‘before’ view from may 2007. → 2 commentstags: mcdonald's halloween in lüllau 31 october 2007 · 2 comments i’m not sure which was more scary… the pumpkin (christopher’s own design… the features are deliberately out of kilter), or the costume. our big pumpkin turned out to be a huge gourd, nearly solid inside. it was difficult to carve. we also had a craft corner for halloween at the restaurant, where kids could create their own lantern or masks, or just draw and hang out. → 2 commentstags: family halloween carving kit 30 october 2007 · no comments with the proper tools, we’ll have these pumpkins ground to a pulp in no time. → no commentstags: family links for 2007-10-29 29 october 2007 · no comments how to scratchbuild a boba fett costume- using cardboard! (tags: starwars bobafett costume) → no commentstags: delicious ← previous entries papascott is scott hanson's personal weblog. the opinions expressed here are his and his alone. scott (45) is an american who has lived since 1990 in germany. his wife frauke is a mcdonald's licensee in dibbersen/buchholz i.d.n. they live with son christopher (7) in jesteburg (near hamburg). jabber: shanson@mabber.com aim: papascottde icq: 206879063 skype: papascott email: papascott@gmail.com twitter updates search sponsored links currency converter währungsumtausch worldwide property horoscope lighting at artelight.co.uk ischia monthly archives random post 2007: j f m a m j j a s o n 2006: j f m a m j j a s o n d 2005: j f m a m j j a s o n d 2004: j f m a m j j a s o n d 2003: j f m a m j j a s o n d 2002: j f m a m j j a s o n d 2001: j f m a m j j a s o n d 2000: j f m a m j j a s o n d 1999: d a recent entries the subjunctive mood is a sign of weakness12 nov towed away9 nov best. online. shop. ever.9 nov why didn’t you park there?9 nov what time is it?8 nov what if you get stopped?7 nov construction5 nov halloween in lüllau31 oct halloween carving kit30 oct links for 2007-10-2929 oct google reader links del.icio.us links © 2006–2007 papascott — sitemap — cutline by chris pearson

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