The most pessimistic nation in Europe
December 4th 2008 17:42
Recently, new information from the 25th annual Data Report from the Social Science Research Centre revealed that Germans are more pessimistic about the future than other Europeans. Allegedly, their main worries are in relation to things like earnings, pensions and education.
What's more, the recent financial crisis didn't even play a role in these results, as the data comes mainly from 2006.
Now, why doesn't that surprise me?
Admittedly, not everything has been happy and rosy in the German economy in the last years, with the gap between the rich and poor steadily increasing.
However, I still had to smirk when I read this report, because I have seen with my own eyes what a bunch of whining malcontents Germans are.
They sure do enjoy making complaints about every aspect of life -- ranging from the weather to the fact that their friends pay 10 Euros less for their internet connection per month (and oh, what a tragedy that is!). It's like complaining is a national sport.
I've even met Germans who complain about the fact that Germans complain too much! Now that tells us something, doesn't it?
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