Kulture 7

Hallo und willkommen zu meinen Blog!

The first article (Bargains) begins by ragging on The German Supermarkets, albeit I can't begin to understand or sympathize with the writer on why he is so against their appearance- as long as the stuff is there and well-organized, the aesthetics (or lack thereof) behind a super market don't bother me at all. On the other hand, they don't emphasize the fact that you apparently have to pay to rent a shopping cart at all- and to me, that is significantly more important and aggravating. (Though upon finishing the article, apparently it's a small collateral and you get your money back, so this seems acceptable to me, if a bit weird)

I was disgusted to note that the fruit/veggies are apparently left to rot, albeit I feel I have to take that with a grain of salt, as (while i'm shooting in the dark here)... "Ich denke das passiert nicht" (Or rather, that if it does, it's rare, and there are probably regulations against that kind of quality in a store...)

The second link (The one to the American foods) I briefly skimmed, and the one piece that peaked my attention was a link discussing foods used for a superbowl party (A person asked for examples of foods there... not much to say here, it didn't peak my interest much..))

The third article, however, was significantly more interesting to me. (Both in how it was written, and the content.) I've found that, for me, a article that is telling me how to "not die" generally will catch my attention!) While it is somewhat morbid how they phrase certain parts (like, don't pass on the right or you'l get ticketed or you will die), personally I feel it's a better system for driving - which is to say, even before taking German classes, I was aware that the German driving rules (and process to get a license) was significantly more strict than the US's, and I whole-heartedly approve. Anyone put in charge of several thousand tons of momentum should be more than fully competent in my book! (On the other hand, I feel there may be some degree of bias when he tells the reader to not compete with a native German for parking spaces, but for the most part... this was my favorite article to read.)

The final article was just kind of... there, in my mind (and I made a mental note that being aggressive in line-cue is not as frowned-upon in Germany... which to an extent, I don't feel I would be too bothered by. I have 4 brothers, I know the business...)

Well, I guess that is all for this assignment.

Tschuess! (And one goal for later this semester... get umlauts working properly on this computer, copying it constantly is just irksome...)