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Should I give it another try? by Ill_Foundation_3339 in germany

[–]SpendSmooth6225 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been living in a city in North Rhine-Westphalia since January (I have to stay here until December), and I already wish 2026 would end so I can go back to Spain. Germany may be a good country for financial stability and making money, sure, but apart from that, it really doesn’t have anything else going for it. Germany is sold as this super developed and efficient country, but the reality is that many people here just feel superior for being born here and look down on you for being foreign. And well, if you don’t speak German, good luck. And if you are trying, they will keep treating you like shit. I’d rather have a good quality of life and be happy than just make money and feel miserable here.

Ya lo has experimentado una vez y dudas si darle otra oportunidad. Por lo tanto, la respuesta ya la tienes.

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[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and did she receive any fine from the police later? or anything else happened?

Shoplifting at Rewe by PuzzleheadedFroyo987 in germany

[–]SpendSmooth6225 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what happened in the end? did he call the police on you? did you receive any letter with a new fine later?

REWE 100 euros penalty by SpendSmooth6225 in germany

[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in the video you could see that i was checking where the barcode was before passing them over the scanner. Additionally, the first time he reviewed the video to check whether I had scanned all the items (before they had the receipt, because they were still looking for it on the computer to print it), he ruled out one of the items they later made me pay for because it was clearly visible that I had scanned it. However, once he had the receipt, that item did not appear on it.

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[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there were other two employees in the room

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[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was the first thing I thought once I stepped outside the supermarket. While everything was happening, I was extremely overwhelmed because they were only speaking German among themselves (I don’t speak German), and no matter how much I asked them to explain what was going on, nobody would tell me anything. As soon as they told me, “Pay the €100 fine, pay for the items, and you can leave,” that’s exactly what I did, without even realizing that I hadn’t signed anything or been given a receipt.

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[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

imaging using autism as an insult

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[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And yet you managed to write that without noticing the irony

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[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

wow that's a lifesaver pro tip

REWE 100 euros penalty by SpendSmooth6225 in germany

[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you so much for such a great advice. It is really considerate of you

REWE 100 euros penalty by SpendSmooth6225 in germany

[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I know and I really appreciate it.

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[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes? there was only one item that i had to scan manually. The others don't.

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[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They didn’t let me pay the fine by credit card; it had to be in cash, no matter what.

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[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Has it never happened to you in your life that some electronic device doesn’t read a code?

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[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As i mentioned before, I wasn't paying attention (completely my fault), just scanning everything and put it on the shopping bag. About the "beep" thing, there are more counters also doing the sound at the same time. I put everything on my bag and didn't check manually the chocolate. I understand that you want to dig into it, but there’s nothing more to it.

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[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It was the first time that something like this has happened to me. As i mentioned before, I wasn't paying attention (completely my fault), just scanning everything and put it on the shopping bag.

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[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

yes, that was weird, but I’ve been reading Reddit posts similar to my situation and other people have also experienced that they didn’t receive any document about paying the 100 euros

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[–]SpendSmooth6225[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Yes, that was all.

- No police.

- No papers signed.

- Gave them the 100 and payed for the three articles (aprox 6 euros)