u/SilverBitter2830

Today I tried to get on a 350 bus to Vaals at Schanz and the bus driver tried to deny me entry because my Deutschland ticket is from Berlin (my office is in Berlin so I have to get it from BVG in Berlin even if I live here). He said only Deutschland ticket from AVV is valid on this bus because it is a Arriva (Dutch) bus. I’ve travelled this route many many times and no bus driver has ever told me this. I looked it up and found no info. Every source just says ‘Deutschland Ticket’ and nothing more. Does anyone know if this is true by any chance? I stood my ground and he said “I’ll make an exception but only for this time”. Seems ridiculous to me.

I’ve lived here for 8 years and love a lot of things but some things are so soul sucking. This is a rant from a very frustrated person so please bear with me. I often have shitty experiences with service in places not run by immigrants. Often there is coldness, 0 flexibility, very little kindness or empathy shown. Doctor’s offices are nightmares, I have cried at the in the office because of how unkind these people were and how they treated me at my lowest. Hairdressers are horrible. I’ve recently had an instance where they made me wait 3 weeks for an appointment, then got the wrong date on their calendar and offered me absolutely no alternative other than waiting another 3 weeks. Nothing. Nada. A kind Iraqi hairdresser at a different place stayed longer and cut my hair that day because I was upset. and had a very important business dinner in 3 days. I’ve been trying to find a tattoo artist who would do a test line on me since I have an illness that causes bad healing sometimes and I cannot find anyone who is not a total rude asshole and wants to still charge me 200€ for a 1 cm test line. I do speak C1 German so it’s not the language. I don’t even think it is racism. It’s just how they operate here. When I end up in immigrant run places, there is a stark difference. Kind words, Baklavas offered, telling me it’s ok to pay later because I did not have cash…It is such a contrast!

I’m trying to buy a second hand jacket second hand online for my husband. He is 187 cm tall and around 76 kg so quite slim. The online size chart seems weird. What size would probably fit in a Beaufort? It’s a gift so I cannot have him try it.

Thanks for the help!

Ich (29, F) habe leider niemanden, mit dem ich das wirklich teilen kann, mindestens niemanden, der sich für mich richtig freut. Es bedeutet mir aber so viel: Ich habe mein ETF- und Sparziel von 100k (sogar 130k) noch vor meinem 30. Geburtstag erreicht.
Ich bin mit 22 für mein Masterstudium hierher gekommen, ohne viel Geld und ohne großes Sicherheitsnetz. Alles was ich damals hätte, habe ich selbst verdient und gespart. Meine Familie gehörte in meinem Heimatland immer zur unteren Mittelschicht, meine Eltern haben beide nicht studiert und haben immer Probleme mit Finanzen gehabt. Keine Frau in meiner Familie hat jemals so viel erreicht – weder einen Bachelor und Master gemacht noch so viel verdient.
Heute verdiene ich 105k plus 15-30k Bonus. Ich bin unglaublich stolz auf mich und darauf, wie weit ich gekommen bin.