AFnord: So the idea of German efficiency is not actually a myth, and you get a bad conscious when you are not efficient?

(Judging by my experience with the large German retail store chains that has opened up here, there is at least a kernel of truth to that)

AFnord: Yep, but that at least explains who buys those games. Germans & people who wish they were from Germany.




Actually, the German game market perplexes me in some ways. Games that seem to have no commercial viability what so ever outside of Germany seem to sell well there. Work simulators & adventure games. (Granted, I do appreciate the fact that they help keeping the adventure game genre alive)

dye408: Well i certainly don't enjoy those simulator games i was trying to make fun of this german/simulator/work stuff, but it seems that you really believe that.

i don't think that germans in particular are more efficient or less lazy than people from other countrys.

But then again i have a similiar believe that japanese people are less lazy and more efficient. I guess there is some truth to that in some cultures work is playing a bigger role then in others, but what i did write and what i read here is an exaggeration i think.

btw.
http://www.articles.totallyexpat.com/global-comparison-employee-statutory-and-public-holiday-entitlements/

but of course germans never take their holiday days!!!!111

Artki: aka Tetris.

dye408: Well i certainly don't enjoy those simulator games i was trying to make fun of this german/simulator/work stuff, but it seems that you really believe that.

summitus: Hmmm makes me wonder about the differences between Volvo and BMW ! ... I wonder if Volvo's sell well in Germany >_< :p

or BMW's in Sweeden lol

grviper: Nah, Tetris is Soviet. You should see the crowds in public transport in Moscow, or the way people stuff bags and building materials into tiny cars.

Profanity: Did you ever try playing Tetris music while they're doing that?

AFnord: I was just poking fun at German stereotypes ;) While many stereotypes have a kernel of truths to them, they are almost always grossly exaggerated, same with the "German efficiency" stereotype.

AFnord: German cars seem to be pretty popular here. I for one use the subway though. That way I don't waste any time on doing nothing, as I can read while commute.

Rodzaju: I love reading while I commute.
It can be a bit hairy at junctions, but I scrape through....
;-}

AFnord: Hm, wrong word? I was under the impression that commuting was when you travel between your home & the location where you work/go to school/whatever other thing you do on a regular basis, with an unspecified method of transportation.

Rodzaju: I love reading while I commute.
It can be a bit hairy at junctions, but I scrape through....

;-}

Rodzaju: It was an attempt at humour.
I was trying to suggest I like to read while I am driving.....

grviper: Nah, Tetris is Soviet. You should see the crowds in public transport in Moscow, or the way people stuff bags and building materials into tiny cars.

gyokzoli: I wonder who many people know that the guy who invented the Tetris is Russian.

nmillar: So you're the one that causes accidents on the A31, which results in no end of traffic jams in Guildford every morning?