Tuesday November 17, 2009
HA! I try and try but there's always something to hate in Germany so quick notes. We had dinner at my husband's boss's place, he lives in the county of Friedberg. Now, THEY have even a crazier recycling program. Paper must be sorted by color, black and white and then yellow recycled paper is not allowed. Dishwashing liquid bottles must have the plastic tops removed and sorted into different bins, and milk containers have special bins, so people I AM NOT KIDDING, drive their trailers filled with trash in different bins and drive their cars with trailers to a recycling post where they get yelled at by German Nazis, I mean trash police and told where things go and into which bin they must be placed in and are yelled at if not done properly. He actually took his GERMAN mother with him one day, since this whole thing is a site to see and she actually said, "they are crazy!" coming from a German woman, I LOVE it, you see I am not the only one who thinks this is the MOST ludicrous waste of time and energy, and causes much more nonsense then they actually THINK of saving the FUCKING PLANET! Do you know, every different bin, I have to use a different plastic bag, I wonder how many plastic bottles it takes and energy to use the 6 bags I have to use, then drive to, then sort etc. you get the idea. FUCKING RETARDS! Oh, pardon my french, but seriously...He said they actually have nothing better to do then use this as a meeting place and shoot the shit, while they separate the shit so I guess they want to continue this nonsense as a way to socialize with each other. Nice. So they took votes and this Archaic process still exists.
Ok, so I can't wait for the day, I can stop dreaming of eating what I want, not keep gaining weight, since the only choices of food are cold, tasteless sandwiches, fried schnitzel, and the health-conscious wurst and bretzel etc at every train station, airport, city we go to. I can't wait for the day, I don't have to destroy my entire closet wardrobe from the amount of sweat, rain and dirt I accumulate in Germany. Every time I step outside I am layered in bundles of clothing, gloves, and umbrella and I sweat from walking, using public transport and carrying around everything! I can't wait for the day, I can drive again and use a car like civilized people and don't have to think about HOW much I can carry home with me, or how heavy that 10 lb bag of potatoes will be for the 5 blocks walking home, since they package EVERYTHING into more plastic bags and don't sell just one freaking potato! I can't wait for not having to use the public transport system, trains, trams, sbahns, ubahns and buses where they collect the derelicts of the world, where you look around and people look so freaking miserable where today I actually smelled poop on the tram, I checked under my shoe thinking maybe I stepped in shit, but no it was probably some poor soul who did not wipe their freaking ASS!! Oh and lets not forget the poor grandma who had a heavy walker and NO ONE I repeat NO ONE AGAIN, helped her so I rushed over to get it off the tram. GERMANY: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!?!?! I read about this, the younger generation have absolutely no respect for elders and really it is so obvious. I feel sorry for the old people, I really do, the fact they have to carry 10 lb bags of potatoes, use the bus and have no one help u. This sucks!
So, Frankfurt, 3 words, BIG<> we'll see how it goes, although it is an utter miracle I actually got an interview, considering they expect everyone in Germany and Austria to speak GERMAN! So, we will see but I really think I have tried everything to get out of here. I did have a breakdown last week. Something just triggered it and I started crying at the mall. The fact that EVERY SINGLE THING is SOOOO HARD here and so fucking miserable and that I WAS SO FUCKING MISERABLE here. I WILL NEVER GET USED TO it or the weather, or the lack of sun, or the rudeness, or the food, the lack of any variety, not being able to drive, cancelling the internet on my cel provider again!!! trying to get out of every single 2 year FUCKING CONTRACTS, paying for using the FUCKING restroom even in a restaurant I just paid a meal for, and then having to use ice cold water to wash my hands, no paper towels, asking EVERY SINGLE Person for a napkin, or an ice cube, or a FUCKING PLASTIC BAG without having to PAY FOR IT!>?!?! seriously, it is NOT a planet friendly, recycling conscious country, it is CHEAP, POOR, PAIN IN THE MAJOR ASS country that is POST WAR mentality, a setback in the 40's or 50's, that can't get anything straight, or having to go to ANY COMPANY< GOVT Institution, CUSTOMER SERVICE REP and getting the wrong info on EVERY SINGLE THING! Having to actually GO EVERYWHERE during your lunch break, look and pay for parking, going into Deutsche Bank after 3 more phone calls to them, and then being told you got the wrong info and have to do it again. Or trying to get a credit card, or getting ANY POSSIBLE THING Here is a freaking nightmare that takes months, get wrong info, have to actually DRIVE TO their office and then having to wait again, it really boggles my mind, HOW IN THE WORLD can this be one of the great and powerful nations in the world, when NOTHING gets done right.! REALLY!? They just accept it, sit and bear it and live with it, or even pay $2.50 Euros a minute to call customer service, :) and that is one of the things I can't stand about my Austrian husband, who is the nicest guy in the world, but will eat cold food, accept anything done wrong, drive to the bank for a question and smile like it's not a big deal, because farmers in Austria don't really fucking care. It is sooo amazingly backwards my stomach hurts! from the pain of insolence, ignorance and indigestion! He is great, but really I will never understand it.
Oh and let us not forget the months of bunny drops and constipation, the 2 1/2 months of the worst, cracked lips so red and swollen that I woke up at night and then getting an appt and being diagnosed with severe excema and that every single thing I bought and put on my lip did not heal it, till I was diagnosed and given a prescription for it, or the chapping of the inside of my palms and no amount of lotion would get better. The wonderful physical allergy I have to this place, the amount of weight from eating this truly tasteless, shit at their restaurants. Of still having to pay $4-10 for bottled water cause the cheap bastards won't give you a cup of water to drink. Or having to pay $10-15 DOLLARS for one english magazine or even more for books. That is 12x the price I pay for one magazine in the states, nice.
So, I saw a commercial that was for winning a green card to the US, I kid you not it said, land of the free, follow your dream and "YOU CAN DO IT" I thought it was so funny, and yet so true maybe it is like winning a contest or a lottery to get back there, I'm going to enter the contest tomorrow...
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