tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post115928450758609860..comments2021-10-05T19:44:46.905+02:00Comments on BerlinBites: A Few More Thoughts On ServiceJon Lebkowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16248713335392018033noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1159368744978885782006-09-27T16:52:00.000+02:002006-09-27T16:52:00.000+02:00One phone call to a number not subject to the huge...One phone call to a number not subject to the huge waiting time customers are subjected to (and yes, that happens in the States, too) could have solved this, not necessitating another visit today to hand the machine over. <BR/><BR/>Obviously, Mr. Anonymous didn't get the humor inherent in my baldies post (most everyone else did, but maybe he's been around the dour Germans too long himself). <BR/><BR/>I don't rag on Germany all the time, but I do wish that a city with such a high opinion of itself would do something from time to time to earn said high opinion.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1159367908192247222006-09-27T16:38:00.000+02:002006-09-27T16:38:00.000+02:00Lighten up Mr. Anonymous! Sometimes a blog is jus...Lighten up Mr. Anonymous! Sometimes a blog is just a good place to vent! (But to be fair, sometimes I do feel like you when I hear people dissing Germany all the time - every place has positives and negatives, no place is all bad or all good).<BR/><BR/>And Ed, you should just be grateful that they showed up to work today! They are doing you SUCH A HUGE FAVOR by being there. As a baker once told me when I asked if they would be making any more Brötchen today, they have much better things to do than hanging around making your life easier. ;-)Christina | AmiExpat.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990953167325306238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1159367703447284652006-09-27T16:35:00.000+02:002006-09-27T16:35:00.000+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Christina | AmiExpat.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990953167325306238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1159344603105821272006-09-27T10:10:00.000+02:002006-09-27T10:10:00.000+02:00Man, you need to get out more often. This blog has...Man, you need to get out more often. This blog has turned into a big whine-fest about all things German. Bald men are an exclusively German beauty phenomenon. Can't get roasted coffee beans. German women are all screwed up. Neukölln is a ghetto. Bad customer service. Bad Berlin music scene. The grass is always greener anywhere else, right? Just some perspective: I've found great coffee in Berlin, there are women in every country in the world attracted to bald men, American women are just as screwed up as anywhere else (as are the men, for that matter), concerned about dating etiquette, their body image. Neukölln is a fine place to live, nowhere near a ghetto. I've been treated like shit by service people in Chicaco, New York, Providence, and of course also in Berlin. I've had good experiences in all of those places, too. There's also plenty of good music to be found in Berlin, reminds me of the Chicago music scene, in some ways. It's too bad, really, because you observe interesting things, write well, I used to enjoy reading your stuff, but you sound like any other German curmudgeon you seem to be so fed up with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com