Kultur 2

The Germanic Stare Down

Hey, such a funny article! Wasn't it? Just imagine the old Grandma looking outside her window for the first opportunity to call the police to ticket the guy who has one wheel on the line between normal parking spot and the one for seniors/disabled people while there is another 10 of these opened! The cool thing is it really is a reality and for those of you thinking well the parking spot is big enough to fit in there I have to tell you that I could almost fit 3 European parking spots into 2 American which makes parking a bit harder if you have a pig parking next to you. We have it so similar in Czech! What are these poor bored people supposed to do? All they can do is observe the surroundings and watch the TV! So why not? You shouldn't have parked there in the first place so you can't blame them anyway.
As for the staring down contest Americans have a very weird definition of creepy and that is one of them! I just don't get why! What is the person supposed to do? Stare on the ground? Scan the people from left to right? Have his eyes closed? What is so bad about LOOKING straight in front of you? I was sitting at a lunch table just looking in front of me, not at the person, just straight forward. They are in fact minding their own business so why don't you mind your own as well? Posing such questions as if they wanna take a pic will just make you look weird. If you want foreigners to live by your rules then you have to live by theirs when you visit their country.