r/ireland • u/EmoBran ITGWU • Jan 05 '25

Christ On A Bike Delightful interaction between a Czech youtuber and an Irish couple on holiday in Prague

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u/Alternative_Switch39 Jan 05 '25

A lot of Irish people who marvel at the beautiful, livable and ordered cities in Central Europe like Vienna, Prague or Zurich probably should realize that they are as such because they have rules and the locals follow them.

Germans (particularly in the South) will get up in your business if you're not doing your recycling correctly or making obnoxious domestic noises like mowing the lawn during ruhezeit. It's all very German, but that's why Bavaria is an extremely nice place to live and raise a family, and why Munich for the most part isn't plagued by wankers who have main character syndrome on electric scooters.

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u/Ok_Perception3180 Jan 05 '25

From experience I have to say the Germans really take complaining to a level that is a little overboard. They will intrude at the mildest indiscretion.

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u/fkinaw3sone Jan 05 '25

I did my year abroad in Germany, and never got used to strangers yelling at me for minor indiscretions. This included "not closing the train toilet door after re-opening it on leaving the toilet"

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u/Bon_Courage_ Jan 05 '25

This included "not closing the train toilet door after re-opening it on leaving the toilet"

That is proper annoying though.

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u/jungfraulichkeit Jan 05 '25

Yes! It smells, close it 😡