Comments on: Germans carry a purse but don’t wear their phone

By: Ralph

Ralph — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:02:47 +0000

But at least the Euro bills are of different size and colour.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:49:22 +0000

You probably have to live in Germany long enough to figure out how to get rid of the small change:
While waiting at the cashier you have to calculate the total amount (at least the last digit is easy, as almost everything price ends with a “9″). Thus prepared, you keep the 1-9 Cents part of the sum read to pay with if possible and the weight of your purse down. That way you also practice math (yes, very German) and avoid getting boring. Also saves some seconds you can then spend to give superfluous replies in blogs.

By: Florian Blaschke

Florian Blaschke — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:39:42 +0000

The real problems are the prices, not the coins. An idiocy like 99,98€ should be prohibited, absolutely verboten.

By: Stephan

Stephan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:32:33 +0000

Wearing cell phones on belts is pretty much in the same category as wearing a pocket protector (a thing that we don’t have in Germany, btw)….

By: Shaun C.

Shaun C. — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:26:57 +0000

Hmmm….. I really don’t that many pockets. I carry a wallet, money and keys in my trouser pockets. My work requires that I use a crackberry. There is really no where else to carry it. I hate putting items in a shirt pocket - it makes the shirt hang wrong and looks sloppy. If you wear your shirt out, it is hidden anyway. When I’m in my car, I toss the BB on the the front seat or in the centre console. In the summer, there is no way I am going to wear a jacket just for pockets.

Actually, I am amused by all the people that have time to worry about how they carry their cell phones. Who cares. It comes with a belt-clip and I have never lost one. The people who deliberately avoid using the clip are just fashion poseurs who avoid the belt because Paris Hilton or someone similar said it wasn’t cool.

By: Bird of Prey

Bird of Prey — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:12:05 +0000

If the belt is covered by the shirt or the pullover you can’t SEE the phone! Only self important Spießer show it off by always keeping the shirt tucked into the trousers!

By: Florian

Florian — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:37:13 +0000

Only self important idiots wear there phones on their bells. If someone carries a phone it’s in his purse

By: Micha

Micha — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:57:59 +0000

Dieser artikel spricht mir aus der seele: ich HASSE münzen! Egal was du auch immer versuchst, um die anzahl dieser lästigen teile in deiner börse so gering wie möglich zu halten: Vergiss es einfach, du wirst scheitern! Die preise sind so verdammt krumm, daß du nicht den hauch einer chance hast. 1,98 eu. 59 cent. 2,99 eu. Der HORROR!!! Ich hätte zu gerne scheine für jeden betrag ab einem eu!

Hier in Köln jedoch leben so viele obdachlose und du wirst so oft wegen kleingeld angehauen, daß du die lästigen münzen jedoch ganz schnell wieder los wirst. Ist mir allemal lieber, als sie in form von tip zu geben, wo die bedienung mit einer mischung aus entrüstung und hilflosigkeit fragt, ob mans denn bitteschön nicht passender hat

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:48:04 +0000

“the cashier usually demands that you dig out some combination of coins” - no, it’s usually me who tells the cashier to wait so that I have the time to look for coins. But when I was in Spain, EVERY cashier asked me for coins!

By: Michel

Michel — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:04:39 +0000

Money clips let you look like a pimp, cell phones on the belt let you look like am wimp. Both let you look like a drug dealer. At least if you look at it with the eyes of a German.

Always better to have some coins in your pocket. As far as I heard, Charon (the Greek, not the Israeli) doesn’t accept AmEx. And if someone is attacking you, a sock full of coins is more useful than a sock full of credit cards.
On the other hand, it could be really tricky to chop your cocaine with a dime…