RE: Ask ze German
May 17, 2015 at 11:40 am
(This post was last modified: May 17, 2015 at 11:50 am by Alex K.)
(May 17, 2015 at 10:17 am)Lucanus Wrote: Do you have bidets in Germany?
Some friends of ours have one, but they are not very common.
(May 17, 2015 at 11:30 am)I_am_not_mafia Wrote: Q 1) Does the word "Kundendienst" have any meaning in Germany? Or is it something that is only heard from exasperated foreigners?The literal translation being "customer service", it is most often used referring to scheduled checkups done directly by car manufacturers. You have to commit to do these checkups in order to extend certain services such as mobility guarantees. We have ours next week, actually. Kundendienst is rarely used to simply mean customer service in general, because there is no such thing in Germany (well, I can't complain about Mercedes so far).
Quote:I'm still trying to stop O2 from stealing money from my account even though I no longer live in Germany and they stopped providing a service half a year ago and they don't respond to any letters. I never actually did stop E-on demanding money after they signed me up without asking with the wrong address and wrong meter number. I had my electricity delivered by SWM.Phone companies are glorified mafia organizations who by an unfortunate accident happen to own a telephone network.
Quote:Q 2) If I own a house in Germany but don't live there, will I still have to pay the TV license? (I know that every house now has to pay it even if they don't have a TV)Usually, the idea is that if you have ears and/or eyes, you have to pay. I'm surprised they aren't asking citizens of other countries for money yet - after all, they could potentially have internet. But more seriously, I have never owned an apartment, so I don't know how it is if you're not the tenant.
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(May 17, 2015 at 10:17 am)Lucanus Wrote: Do you have bidets in Germany?
They do. I dropped a part of the lampshade on my parent's bidet and still haven't coloured in the crack. Although that house is rather strange, it has carpet instead of wooden flooring or tiles.
I want to know the reason why Germans still buy toilets with shelves for their own houses, but have normal international toilets in public places. Are they really that concerned about whether they have intestinal parasites?
Yes, Germans are very concerned about colonic health. We still retain some idiosyncrasies from the 19th century. That being said, none of the toilets in any of the 10 or so rental apartments I've ever lived in have had such a thing.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
