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    Racism?

    posted by  Cloe Cibil in Germany forum 

    Hi all!
    Just wanted to share my experience in Germany.
    I'm spanish, and had no clue of german when I first came for work 3 years ago. I have always felt comfortable here, people were most of the time helpful and nice with me. I had a colleague who arrived to germany at the same time as me, with also no clue of german. People were not nice or helpful with her.
    Why? because she wasn't polite, didn't even try to say "Guten Morgen", "Bitte", "Danke", and didn't ask people if they could understand/speak english. She just imposed her language without making any effort.
    Result of this: i started to have german friends after more or less 1 year (yes it takes more time than in Latin countries), she still didn't have any when she left the country after almost 3 year.
    From her point of view German people were racist.
    From my point of view, she was just unpolite.
    Everything to say, that if you show your interest in the country who is welcoming you, then it works much better!!!
    Now after 3 years in Germany and after a number of german lessons (not easy language) I really feel great here, as everywhere I was living before.

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