1. When you go to a grocery store to buy something here, the checkout line is different. The cashiers don´t stand. They sit in chairs. I think it is a good idea. If I was a cashier, I think I would rather sit than stand.
2. Commercials. German television has an annoying amount of commercials just like American television, but they are spaced out throughout the program a little differently. In the U.S., we have a little bit of the program and then a little bit of commercials. In Germany, they have the program without commercials for a really long time and then they have a long time of commercials. The commercials last for like 10 minutes or more. Without commercials as often, if you have to go to the bathroom and you don´t want to miss the show you have to hold it for awhile.
3. People take their dogs everywhere with them. Dogs are allowed in places here where they are not allowed in the United States. People take their dogs with them to the bank, to the grocery store, and to other stores. The other day I went to the shoe store to look for a pair of shoes and there was someones dog just laying there on the floor waiting for its owner to pick out shoes. No one was holding it or anything.
4. Many public restrooms here are not free. You have to pay to use the restroom. I was going to use the restroom in a shopping center once, but then I saw that you had to pay and I turned around and walked back out of the restroom.
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