Kultur 7

As always this chapters Kultur readings were very interesting. First off, the article on value supermarkets sounded like my description of Walmart, the only thing that I thought was dissimilar was the way rotten foods are not removed. In regards to what most people would consider rude or impatient behavior in German supermarkets I feel that the culture in supermarkets in the US is not much different. Furthermore, cashiers at many places are similar in practice to their German counterparts. My favorite article for this chapter was the piece on waiting in line in Germany. I was actually quite surprised by their lack of order as the author discussed, especially when, in my opinion, this is one realm that we in the US are quite orderly about. In general I feel that Americans take waiting in line relatively seriously, cutting is uncommon and people are quick to call you out for trying; this may be the only facet of life that I have ever heard of Americans being more organized than the Germans.