Comments on: Quick Tipp - sweep week http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/ German Quirks from an American Perspective Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Wahl-Badener http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-50593 Wahl-Badener Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:21:03 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-50593 Hallo Osterhase, als Ex-Schwäbin und nun Wahlbadenerin kann ich voll verstehen, warum alle die Augen verdrehen wenn ich sage wo ich herkomme. Ich wusste gar nicht, wie friedlich das Zusammenleben mit Nachbarn sein kann. Im Schwabenland muss man ständig mit Angriff rechen (siehe oben der arme Ami, der die falsche Ecke sauber gemacht hat). Mich hat in Baden auch nach 10 Jahren noch nicht einer so blöd angemacht. Und geputzt wird erst, wenn es dreckig ist. Da haben die zwar unterschiedliche Vorstellungen, aber zu Reibereien führt das trotzdem nicht. Und keiner kontrolliert mehr, ob ich meinen Müll richtig sortiere. Auch toll. Hallo Osterhase,

als Ex-Schwäbin und nun Wahlbadenerin kann ich voll verstehen, warum alle die Augen verdrehen wenn ich sage wo ich herkomme. Ich wusste gar nicht, wie friedlich das Zusammenleben mit Nachbarn sein kann. Im Schwabenland muss man ständig mit Angriff rechen (siehe oben der arme Ami, der die falsche Ecke sauber gemacht hat). Mich hat in Baden auch nach 10 Jahren noch nicht einer so blöd angemacht. Und geputzt wird erst, wenn es dreckig ist. Da haben die zwar unterschiedliche Vorstellungen, aber zu Reibereien führt das trotzdem nicht.
Und keiner kontrolliert mehr, ob ich meinen Müll richtig sortiere. Auch toll.

]]> By: Osterhase http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-47902 Osterhase Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:12:25 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-47902 Wunderbare Darlegung aller Gründe, weshalb wir Badener nach wie vor nicht sehr begeistert davon sind, mit den Schwaben zusammengelegt worden zu sein. Und das ganze wird natürlich noch schlimmer, wenn wir seitdem mit denen in einen Topf geschmissen werden!! Tja, mit dem schwäbischen Dialekt haben wir auch so unsere Probleme, wir sprechen reinstes Allemannisch... Nicht böse gemeint... ;) Wunderbare Darlegung aller Gründe, weshalb wir Badener nach wie vor nicht sehr begeistert davon sind, mit den Schwaben zusammengelegt worden zu sein. Und das ganze wird natürlich noch schlimmer, wenn wir seitdem mit denen in einen Topf geschmissen werden!!
Tja, mit dem schwäbischen Dialekt haben wir auch so unsere Probleme, wir sprechen reinstes Allemannisch…
Nicht böse gemeint… ;)

]]> By: Montezuma Hypnotoad http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-33360 Montezuma Hypnotoad Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:37:11 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-33360 Q: Why don't swabian women wear g-strings? A: because you can't make a cleaning cloth from them.... Warum tragen Schwäbinnen keine Tangas? Weil man daraus keine Putzlumpen machen kann.... Q: Why don’t swabian women wear g-strings?
A: because you can’t make a cleaning cloth from them….

Warum tragen Schwäbinnen keine Tangas?
Weil man daraus keine Putzlumpen machen kann….

]]> By: Mike http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-27513 Mike Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:03:26 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-27513 I'm an American living in BW near Stuttgart. And yes we have the "Kehrwoche". No big deal for me. I was used to cleaning and mopping in the Army. But I'm sometimes quite suprised at the fact how lazy the Germans in my building are. "Kehrwoche" is sometimes not done and the people just hang the sign at the door of the person who is responsible for it the folowing week. It gives a true reflection of what the person is like who does this. No pride, no self-astim, selfish.... I’m an American living in BW near Stuttgart. And yes we have the “Kehrwoche”. No big deal for me. I was used to cleaning and mopping in the Army. But I’m sometimes quite suprised at the fact how lazy the Germans in my building are. “Kehrwoche” is sometimes not done and the people just hang the sign at the door of the person who is responsible for it the folowing week. It gives a true reflection of what the person is like who does this. No pride, no self-astim, selfish….

]]> By: Anika http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-27214 Anika Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:55:45 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-27214 I never heard of "Kehrwoche" and I'm German and live in Berlin! :D I never heard of “Kehrwoche” and I’m German and live in Berlin! :D

]]> By: ifuel http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-22304 ifuel Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:41:09 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-22304 You're not getting the concept. This is not about cleaning. It's mostly about making everyone believe you are cleaning. So, make noise, leave water on the stairs, show off. You’re not getting the concept. This is not about cleaning. It’s mostly about making everyone believe you are cleaning. So, make noise, leave water on the stairs, show off.

]]> By: CPB http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-21490 CPB Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:59:54 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-21490 I live in Stuttgart and I'm American so I didn't know all the "rules" to Kehrwoche. I was cleaning the stairs in our building. I began with the landing on my floor and swept to the landing on the lower floor. While I was sweeping the lower landing a lady came out of her apt. and started yelling at me that I shouldn't be cleaning her landing. 1st of all in America when somebody cleans MORE than they are supposed to people will definitely thank them first and then tell them that next time they don't have to clean xyz.... But here she yelled at me to be SURE that next time I stop at the last stair and not to touch her landing. I live in Stuttgart and I’m American so I didn’t know all the “rules” to Kehrwoche. I was cleaning the stairs in our building. I began with the landing on my floor and swept to the landing on the lower floor. While I was sweeping the lower landing a lady came out of her apt. and started yelling at me that I shouldn’t be cleaning her landing.

1st of all in America when somebody cleans MORE than they are supposed to people will definitely thank them first and then tell them that next time they don’t have to clean xyz….

But here she yelled at me to be SURE that next time I stop at the last stair and not to touch her landing.

]]> By: Laura http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-19795 Laura Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:47:19 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-19795 Yeah, I am from Ba-Wü. Thanks to my parents I never had to live in a house with multiple families. Maybe because they hate "Kehrwoche" as much as I would hate doing it. Now I live in a dorm and think maybe it would be better having "Kehrwoche"^^... In the 2nd floor (3rd floor for an american) they already have this beautiful self-made sign "putzdienst" even though we are not forced to clean anything. maybe swabian people have that in their genes. even though they hate doing kehrwoche, they cant abolish it. but you americans: come to swabia! it's beautiful, we have nice castles, cute historic city centres, you will meet lots of americans and we can be quite nice even if you might not notice at first ;) Yeah, I am from Ba-Wü. Thanks to my parents I never had to live in a house with multiple families. Maybe because they hate “Kehrwoche” as much as I would hate doing it.
Now I live in a dorm and think maybe it would be better having “Kehrwoche”^^…
In the 2nd floor (3rd floor for an american) they already have this beautiful self-made sign “putzdienst” even though we are not forced to clean anything. maybe swabian people have that in their genes. even though they hate doing kehrwoche, they cant abolish it.

but you americans: come to swabia! it’s beautiful, we have nice castles, cute historic city centres, you will meet lots of americans and we can be quite nice even if you might not notice at first ;)

]]> By: Johanza http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-19048 Johanza Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:21:24 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-19048 The Kehrwoche don´t there is only in baden i live in sachen anhalt an i´m civilized, darling we have in our house a kehrwoche, too an this is underdone uncivilized ;) The Kehrwoche don´t there is only in baden
i live in sachen anhalt an i´m civilized, darling
we have in our house a kehrwoche, too an this is underdone uncivilized ;)

]]> By: Dubbidubbidu http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-18436 Dubbidubbidu Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:28:04 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/06/02/quick-tipp-sweep-week/#comment-18436 "If you have to live in Germany, live in Bavaria." - Horrible idea! Why should anyone want to live on the Balkans? “If you have to live in Germany, live in Bavaria.” -

Horrible idea! Why should anyone want to live on the Balkans?

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