2018 Football World Cup
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@chris-b said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@dogmeat That's interesting!
I've worked with several Austrians over the years. To a man I've found them difficult. Dour, negative and extremely hierarchical. Not a good fit with Kiwi culture.
Based on my stereotyping, I thought there was a pretty high likelihood this would end in tears.
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@majorrage said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@chris-b said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@dogmeat That's interesting!
I've worked with several Austrians over the years. To a man I've found them difficult. Dour, negative and extremely hierarchical. Not a good fit with Kiwi culture.
Based on my stereotyping, I thought there was a pretty high likelihood this would end in tears.
Yeah, funny isn't it. Loads of Germans in branches of my company and everybody is loathe to have to work with them (company is full of poms and dutchies).
The efficiency which makes them so outstanding in manufacturing etc, is the same in what makes them so bloody tough to deal with. All about structure, hierarchy and following a procedure to the letter.
Germans aren't Austrian you racist.
Does everyone who speaks German look the same to you?
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@rancid-schnitzel said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@majorrage said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@chris-b said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@dogmeat That's interesting!
I've worked with several Austrians over the years. To a man I've found them difficult. Dour, negative and extremely hierarchical. Not a good fit with Kiwi culture.
Based on my stereotyping, I thought there was a pretty high likelihood this would end in tears.
Yeah, funny isn't it. Loads of Germans in branches of my company and everybody is loathe to have to work with them (company is full of poms and dutchies).
The efficiency which makes them so outstanding in manufacturing etc, is the same in what makes them so bloody tough to deal with. All about structure, hierarchy and following a procedure to the letter.
Germans aren't Austrian you racist.
Does everyone who speaks German look the same to you?
When they're in uniform on the streets of Paris...
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@antipodean said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@rancid-schnitzel said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@majorrage said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@chris-b said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@dogmeat That's interesting!
I've worked with several Austrians over the years. To a man I've found them difficult. Dour, negative and extremely hierarchical. Not a good fit with Kiwi culture.
Based on my stereotyping, I thought there was a pretty high likelihood this would end in tears.
Yeah, funny isn't it. Loads of Germans in branches of my company and everybody is loathe to have to work with them (company is full of poms and dutchies).
The efficiency which makes them so outstanding in manufacturing etc, is the same in what makes them so bloody tough to deal with. All about structure, hierarchy and following a procedure to the letter.
Germans aren't Austrian you racist.
Does everyone who speaks German look the same to you?
When they're in uniform on the streets of Paris...
Those were the days....
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@antipodean said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@rancid-schnitzel said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@majorrage said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@chris-b said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@dogmeat That's interesting!
I've worked with several Austrians over the years. To a man I've found them difficult. Dour, negative and extremely hierarchical. Not a good fit with Kiwi culture.
Based on my stereotyping, I thought there was a pretty high likelihood this would end in tears.
Yeah, funny isn't it. Loads of Germans in branches of my company and everybody is loathe to have to work with them (company is full of poms and dutchies).
The efficiency which makes them so outstanding in manufacturing etc, is the same in what makes them so bloody tough to deal with. All about structure, hierarchy and following a procedure to the letter.
Germans aren't Austrian you racist.
Does everyone who speaks German look the same to you?
When they're in uniform on the streets of Paris...
Funny how the Germans were quite happy to claim the Austrian Corporal, until he ended up on the losing side
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@canefan said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@antipodean said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@rancid-schnitzel said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@majorrage said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@chris-b said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@dogmeat That's interesting!
I've worked with several Austrians over the years. To a man I've found them difficult. Dour, negative and extremely hierarchical. Not a good fit with Kiwi culture.
Based on my stereotyping, I thought there was a pretty high likelihood this would end in tears.
Yeah, funny isn't it. Loads of Germans in branches of my company and everybody is loathe to have to work with them (company is full of poms and dutchies).
The efficiency which makes them so outstanding in manufacturing etc, is the same in what makes them so bloody tough to deal with. All about structure, hierarchy and following a procedure to the letter.
Germans aren't Austrian you racist.
Does everyone who speaks German look the same to you?
When they're in uniform on the streets of Paris...
Funny how the Germans were quite happy to claim the Austrian Corporal, until he ended up on the losing side
Amon Goethe who was of course made famous in Schindlers list was Austrian as well.
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@mn5 said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@canefan said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@antipodean said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@rancid-schnitzel said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@majorrage said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@chris-b said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@dogmeat That's interesting!
I've worked with several Austrians over the years. To a man I've found them difficult. Dour, negative and extremely hierarchical. Not a good fit with Kiwi culture.
Based on my stereotyping, I thought there was a pretty high likelihood this would end in tears.
Yeah, funny isn't it. Loads of Germans in branches of my company and everybody is loathe to have to work with them (company is full of poms and dutchies).
The efficiency which makes them so outstanding in manufacturing etc, is the same in what makes them so bloody tough to deal with. All about structure, hierarchy and following a procedure to the letter.
Germans aren't Austrian you racist.
Does everyone who speaks German look the same to you?
When they're in uniform on the streets of Paris...
Funny how the Germans were quite happy to claim the Austrian Corporal, until he ended up on the losing side
Amon Goethe who was of course made famous in Schindlers list was Austrian as well.
Ummm, why not just mention Schindler himself?
He was born in the Austrian part of Austro-Hungary. It's Czech now, but he was never a Czech.
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@chester-draws said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@mn5 said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@canefan said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@antipodean said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@rancid-schnitzel said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@majorrage said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@chris-b said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@dogmeat That's interesting!
I've worked with several Austrians over the years. To a man I've found them difficult. Dour, negative and extremely hierarchical. Not a good fit with Kiwi culture.
Based on my stereotyping, I thought there was a pretty high likelihood this would end in tears.
Yeah, funny isn't it. Loads of Germans in branches of my company and everybody is loathe to have to work with them (company is full of poms and dutchies).
The efficiency which makes them so outstanding in manufacturing etc, is the same in what makes them so bloody tough to deal with. All about structure, hierarchy and following a procedure to the letter.
Germans aren't Austrian you racist.
Does everyone who speaks German look the same to you?
When they're in uniform on the streets of Paris...
Funny how the Germans were quite happy to claim the Austrian Corporal, until he ended up on the losing side
Amon Goethe who was of course made famous in Schindlers list was Austrian as well.
Ummm, why not just mention Schindler himself?
He was born in the Austrian part of Austro-Hungary. It's Czech now, but he was never a Czech.
Cos I was talking baddies. Germans make great baddies.
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@mn5 Like Einstein? He was German.
Just ragging you.
I've met quite a few Germans and the stereotype of them is that way for a reason.
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@chester-draws said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@mn5 Like Einstein? He was German.
Just ragging you.
I've met quite a few Germans and the stereotype of them is that way for a reason.
I've actually met very few of them but their 'humour' is interesting....
