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scottishlassWe Germans are usually a walking cliché ... we are efficient, organized and almost anal where cleanliness and order is concerned. But sometimes we just go too far.
Example: The place where I live. Buchholz is a very small village with 250 households and 438 villagers. We have our own mail pick up point, and we are surrounded by fields, meadows and the Buchholz Forest. The nearest two bigger cities are Erkelenz and Wegberg which are under 10 kilometers away. However, Buchholz is officially a burrough of the city Moenchengladbach. Now, the city of MG is about 14 kilometers away.
Well it is okay, we can still buy our produce in other towns. BUT! All our mail is picked up either by a postman from Erkelenz or Wegberg ... you can imagine that parcels and mail take much much longer this way because it will be send to MG first then to the destination and when we receive mail, it will first be send out to MG, then to Wegberg and from there to Erkelenz. A parcel or letter will sometimes take up to a week to be delivered to us. Totally gaga!!! And why? Because the postman who delivers from MG in our neck of the woods doesn't want to drive the few kms to us as it would infringe with his union accepted radius of work. Totally anal, I tell you.
And don't get me started on internet connections 'evil grin'.
Example: The place where I live. Buchholz is a very small village with 250 households and 438 villagers. We have our own mail pick up point, and we are surrounded by fields, meadows and the Buchholz Forest. The nearest two bigger cities are Erkelenz and Wegberg which are under 10 kilometers away. However, Buchholz is officially a burrough of the city Moenchengladbach. Now, the city of MG is about 14 kilometers away.
Well it is okay, we can still buy our produce in other towns. BUT! All our mail is picked up either by a postman from Erkelenz or Wegberg ... you can imagine that parcels and mail take much much longer this way because it will be send to MG first then to the destination and when we receive mail, it will first be send out to MG, then to Wegberg and from there to Erkelenz. A parcel or letter will sometimes take up to a week to be delivered to us. Totally gaga!!! And why? Because the postman who delivers from MG in our neck of the woods doesn't want to drive the few kms to us as it would infringe with his union accepted radius of work. Totally anal, I tell you.
And don't get me started on internet connections 'evil grin'.
