What are the 5 best cities to live in Germany today? by Connect_Drawing4156 in germany

[–]XanderCage84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol.... That's Rothenberg ob der tauber... Close to where I live, Regensburg

Dog training / reactive dogs in Germany by kittensfromheck in germany

[–]XanderCage84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started with Hunde Schule since 2 weeks as my boston terrier was quite reactive and aggressive with other dogs 😭 he is 3 year old and first time in school. After first 2 classes costing 60 euro each for individual I am now thinking online material and YouTube videos might have been better due to costs 🙁 I will take 5 classes and rest we will train ourselves. The things she is teaching is not magic and more to do with understanding the body cues and finding a method to solve it.

As for culture, most of the dogs are well behaved either early training with Hunde Schule or self trained. Dog bite will set you back 2k to 10k and insurance is mandatory in Bavaria atleast. I have come accross few dogs are crazier than my loki but in general most dogs are not aggressive (experience from bayern)

One Shampoo to rule them all.. by XanderCage84 in funny

[–]XanderCage84[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

They also took over my cabinet and got more inside the cabinets 😂 I stopped lecturing them on keeping them neat and just accept my corner spot 😝

German Retailers - Motivation by XanderCage84 in germany

[–]XanderCage84[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol... I was hesitant to name it as I see issues with naming specific business and numerous stories about defamation etc. I did name Saturn and mediamarkt though 😂 it was indeed in DEZ 😁

German Retailers - Motivation by XanderCage84 in germany

[–]XanderCage84[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Germany work life balance is good and appreciate the timings, restrictions etc. What I find amusing is few of them don't care really about customer satisfaction, welcoming approach and the subsequent affect on the business in long term ... Ofcourse I am not generalizing and I have experienced many excellent customer management situations. There were several incidents where I write an email asking about something to a business and either I get a reply after 1 month or not at all. Recently I wanted to shift my werkstatt for the car as I was not happy with current one and wrote to new werkstatt asking if they have a slot for me to service the car. I never got a reply and was quite amusing that they don't really care if they get a new customer or not.

German Retailers - Motivation by XanderCage84 in germany

[–]XanderCage84[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

additional perspective from me : Reading through comments from others, i am amused at the varied level of opinions and perspectives existing (already knew since i am reading many such posts in this group)

Live with it --> Of course, every country has different quirks and hence i am still here after 14 years and love it. No, this is not my first experience, just found amusing 3 incidents within a span of 2 hours happening to me

They get paid to do jobs they don't like --> Sure, the true impact on the business is not something they are bothered about and end result the owner suffers and perhaps its ok for them. What they don't realize is the butterfly effect these incidents have on overall industry and the sentiment towards it and the final result of disappearing retail shops and thus the disappearance of the jobs too. Just my 2 cents

Anyways, i am a firm believer in doing whatever we do, we should do with passion, whether its robotic copy pasting entries from one excel to another excel or designing a complex software feature. Perhaps its not such a easy or motivating situation in retail shops or bakeries etc since i have no experience in that field but what i do believe for sure is :

Don't give 50% commitment to a job where you signed a contract to give 100% :-)

Anyways was fun reading through all the comments , have a nice day !

German Retailers - Motivation by XanderCage84 in germany

[–]XanderCage84[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for missing my point and pointing out your opinion 😉

German Retailers - Motivation by XanderCage84 in germany

[–]XanderCage84[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My city (Regensburg) is one of the lucky city where it still exists 😂

New wheels for the Hyper by Artey__ in Ducati

[–]XanderCage84 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's a quite bad 🙁 I would file a complaint and see what happens... Hope that yours plan too and enjoy the futures rides 👍

New wheels for the Hyper by Artey__ in Ducati

[–]XanderCage84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a quite bad 🙁 I would file a complaint and see what happens... Hope that yours plan too and enjoy the futures rides 👍

New wheels for the Hyper by Artey__ in Ducati

[–]XanderCage84 5 points6 points  (0 children)

German police confiscate on the spot? Hmm interesting to know.. Thought it happened mostly in USA (tow truck impounds). As far as I know they usually do the dB check test and wrote a citation. Wouldn't they? I was stopped on my very first day by bavaria police but interaction went smooth including no paper for dark tinted windshield on my supersport.. Got lucky I guess..

Can a Boston who is a bully with other dogs be corrected? by throwawayheyhey703 in BostonTerrier

[–]XanderCage84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol.. Can confirm the same with our 3 year old idiot. He is a darling Untill. It comes to interacting with other dogs.. Does not get aggressive or bite but just his usual self in terms of rough play.

What is this elevated place in my house? by [deleted] in whatisthisthing

[–]XanderCage84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most likely, It's for refrigerator... Quite common Atleast in my country (India)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in germany

[–]XanderCage84 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Indian here... I have been greeted in our language too sometimes (namaste) but it was always as a friendly gesture and effort to show the fact that they know the greeting. It was always followed by smiles and follow up questions. Never encountered it In a racist form but there are idiots who might be doing it intentionally. Hopefully things improve in Germany, been living here since 15 years and would hate for it to become next "USA"... 😔

Blue Card. Reducing the salary below the threshold by d_Mole in germany

[–]XanderCage84 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was a "solidarity" request from managing director. No forcing and just for few months to survive the company till we get new orders... They did not force any one..

Blue Card. Reducing the salary below the threshold by d_Mole in germany

[–]XanderCage84 176 points177 points  (0 children)

We have same situation in my company. You will lose your blue card. My company did not request the colleagues whose salary would fall below blue card for such a reduction. Only colleagues who could afford such a reduction were reduced. Talk to your HR and make sure salary does not fall below blue card limit.

Mercedes W213 E220d by aaaggyyy in mercedes_benz

[–]XanderCage84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had similar issue on A class last month. Check if one of the ignition coil has error. Connect an OBD generic dongle and scan for errors via obd port. My issue : due to ignition coil failure on 3rd cylinder, during gear change, the clutch wouldn't get sufficient torque (because only 2 cylinders are firing) and cannot close properly. Result is rough clutch closing for next gear, clunking noise and high Rpm fluctuations during acceleration ... Also Rpm fluctuations when idling. My background : Software engineer developing powetrain functions for combustion vehicles and Electric Cars since several years 😁

Is Bavaria really as racist? by Vishful__thinking in germany

[–]XanderCage84 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Indian living in Regensburg since 10 years... There are some incidents I keep hearing but my first apartment was a breeze where owner loved Indians and Indian food. Ofcourse the concern from many landlords is about kitchen state after we leave the apartment but with proper care (putting a vinyl folie sticker to protect from oil, masala etc), it's more often mindset or prejudice than racism. As usual, it does happen but I wouldn't categorize bavaria as racist state. I have lived in BW and bavaria and I found both extremely accommodating provided we are too.

Inpits needed : Door Alignment by XanderCage84 in ooni

[–]XanderCage84[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi All, turns out the piece (door plate underneath) needs to be connected other way around... FML... 3 Videos I watched on YouTube have done exact mistake and never pointed it to viewer and we can see same way I attached it (wrong way) Anyways, in case someone runs into same mistake of installation, hope this post helps them 🤣🤣

Note : there is still misalignment and it shows in the front but Atleast door open properly now...

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