Not that bad... Deutschland wie es leibt und lebt

I guess you meant: "Not yet".

What happened to Eastpak?

Right now it looks like I'm going to make it in 6 years, but who knows what will happen...

Eastpack is dead, in Germany it's now "DAKINE", at least at the Uni Bonn.

Interesting. I'm so old that Eastpak wasn't even alive when I finished school.
Only 12 semesters? That's only 30% above the standard 9. Shame on you!

You're right "Eastpak" Backpack was a must-have in my high-school days, I had one to for 3 or 4 years...

As I'm not one of the Firlefanz MBA, Law or high-school teacher students, but actually do learn something of honour (MD) I'm not above any standard...

I see.
You are doing it for LH's Medical Miles. @:-)

And I do apologize, I really didn't want to imply that you were above any standard.

I'm sub-standard for a living...

And yes, what's wrong about going to university for 5000 LH miles, I find that to be very reasonable.

I haven't been yelled at, but definitely honked at.

Consider yourself lucky to be alive.

Get tears in your eyes when discovering a slice of whole grain bread in the huge United Nations of Toast conspiracy surrounding continental Europe.

My statement was dead on accurate wrt my German employees in Germany.

OK let me try the exam...

You separate your trash into more than five different bins. Four
Your front door has a sign with your family name made from salt dough. No
You carry a "4You" backpack. Used to have one but it's long binned
You eat a cold dinner at 6pm. sometimes
You call your cell phone "handy" and a projector "beamer". Yes
You have no problems with nude beaches and saunas. Yes I do have problems
You have asked your Asian-American friend, "No, but where are you *really* from?" No
You have gotten splinters from environmentally friendly toiled paper. No
You call an afternoon stroll "Nordic Walking". No, but I do Nordic walking now and then
You are shocked when you have to pay for dental care. Yes
You own a pair of jeans in a color other than blue. At least five
People start talking about Hitler and Hofbr�uhaus when you tell them where you're from. Happens
Tenth grade was all about dancing lessons. No
You work 40 hour weeks and have 6 weeks of vacation a year, but complain about hard times. I'm self employed, thus free to do as I like
Your childhood diet consisted of Alete and Zwieback. Your college diet consisted of Miracoli and D�ner. No
You were educated about sex by Dr. Sommer. Yes
You yell at people for jaywalking. No
You grew up watching "L�wenzahn" and "Die Sendung mit der Maus". And Baywatch. Sendung mit der Maus, yes. And Sesamstra�e.
You think college tuition is an outrage. Yes
You routinely go 100mph on the highway and tailgate heavily. No, I don't even have a car
On your last day of high school you made your teachers sing Karaoke and jump through hoops. No, but something similar
You wear brown leather shoes. No, brown is not at all my colour
Your first audio tape was Benjamin Bl�mchen and Bibi Blocksberg. No, I'm too old for that
You have ended an English sentence with "..., or?". Don't think so
You can tell at least one Manta joke. One? See above
You're a college student in your 11th year. There are no colleges in Germany, people go to university
Your first sexual experience was on Sat1, Saturday night at 11pm. Private TV stations didn't yet exist in those times
You spent hours in school learning to pronounce "th". Yes
You expect chocolate in your shoes on December 6th. Of course!
You complain that in other countries everything is dirty. Rarely

Now how to count the points?

Actually, it was dead on accurate regarding U.S. employees in the U.S.
I had to learn this the hard way when we tried to find employees for a LLC in 2001.

I think you find that in each country, not just typically in Germany...
Most employee issues are leadership issues...