You have to admit though that there are distinct differences between people from different nations. My experience with German nationals is pretty limited so I can't pretend to be an expert, but I can say that the handful of Germans I have met and known in my life all shared distinct behavioral characteristics and philosophical points of view regardless of their social position or the context I knew them in. Likewise Germany as a nation is renowned for high craftsmanship and over engineered products. Is this just random chance or due to real cultural differences? Like any other stereotype, there is a kernel of truth within. But what this thread was originally talking about, that is poor customer service from Bosch, may or may not be due to the fact that it is a German company.
I own a classic German automobile, and my experiences with German parts manufacturers and distributors is utterly unlike those with American companies, yet strangely similar to the Bosch story related on this list. It has been my experience that if you don't ask Germans pointed questions, they get pissed off because they feel that you're wasting their time. Whereas Americans will BS with you to help you figure out exactly what you need. -BRAH -----Original Message----- From: Alan Petrillo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:13 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: <rant> F-ing Bosch! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That's right, it could be because it is a big corporation, with a few > bitter employees whose positions are protected by the union, or it > could be a "bosch" thing, we don't know. But I believe it is > beyond "unfair" to say that it is because they are german! It is not > ethnic origin that mads your experiences so negative. Unfair generalization, agreed. > Let us not forget that in the US, the largest ethnic origin, by far, > is German, (nearly 60 million!) - English is a very distant 3rd at > around 23 million (US bureau of statistics website) - The germans > have brought enormous creativity, ingenuity and their vision of > culture and intellectual pursuit to the US. The US would be a very > different place today were it not for them. So they are, and so it would be. Indeed, the number of Germans over here probably explains why the Guvmint, and some pig headed biggots, failed to wipe out German cultural influences here during the Second World War. One statement that I can make without reservation is that all of the Germans that I know personally, and by that I mean German nationals, are good upstanding people. It is just Bosch and BundesTelekom that I have problems with. AP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
