Germans love their dogs, but they hate their kids. This is probably why the German population is dwindling.
When you dine at a restaurant, the first thing you will notice is that some mutt will be running around, and no one but you will notice it. However, if kids show up to a restaurant, every German will take note and be completely annoyed by their presence.
I am not sure what would happen to a German if they mistakenly eat two heated meals in one day, but I am sure it would be devastation, because all Germans make sure that they eat exactly one warm meal each day.
In fact, if you eat with your colleagues at work in the cafeteria, you can tell which ones are married, because they will grab a salad and a roll, then remind you that they have a wife at home who will cook warmes for them later. Even if the cafeteria is serving their favorite heated dish, the German must consider that his wife will cook later, and he cannot break the cardinal rule of never, ever, under any circumstances, eating two meals above room temperature in one calendar day.
Although 300 million Americans have come to rely on air-conditioning as 20th Century necessity for comfort, 100% of Germans hate air conditioning with a passion. Germans would rather slave away at the office enduring 30°C temperatures and 90% humidity than be forced to cope with air the comes out of a machine at comfortable temperatures.
And it’s not just refrigerated air the Germans abhor so much, but rather any form of moving air at all. While Germans always love fresh air, the instant that air is set in motion it becomes deadly; a source of earth-shattering calamities.
Germans even have invented an illness, which is caused solely by the movement of air. The Zug, which couldn’t possibly be translated into English, because no English speaking person (despite our propensity for air conditioning) has ever been inflicted. But if a German tells another German, that they have caught a train?, then the sickly German receives instant sympathy for their suffering in this made-up affliction.
Also of note, temperature variations cause all kinds of bad things to happen to Germans. For example, if a German woman sits on cold concrete, she will lose the ability to become pregnant.
Every German must go eat ice cream any time the sun is shining. It may be February and 2°C outside, but if there is even a hint of sunshine, be prepared for long lines at the Eiscafé. Although the image of people in parkas eating frozen milk is inherently ridiculous, you will witness this in every town in Germany if the sun ever shines on a Sunday.
The first thing you need to know about surving amongst Germans is that they are brutally honest. If you are overweight at all, be prepared for 75% of your German friends to remind you of the fact that you are fat at least one time. In fact if you move to Germany, don’t bother buying a bathroom scale, some acquaintance will always let you know if you have gained a pound.
All around the world children say exactly what they are thinking. Eventually children of every other nationality on Earth learn that some things are best kept to yourself. The concept of a “little white lie” just doesn’t exist in German culture. Germans just don’t possess the talent to let you know how they feel in some sugar-coated way. Simply put, Germans are brutally honest, you have to learn to deal with it.