Strange, but amusing...

I was standing at an intersection waiting to walk over to the other side with a friend. Cars had pulled into the intersection and were stationary there waiting for a bottle-neck to clear up in front. However when the light turned red, they were still stuck in the middle of the intersection. Thus the intersection was blocked for those who had green.

Of course much honking ensued, and most of the pedestrians didn't care which way or the other, being able to walk between the stationary cars. However, one pedestrian was clearly disgusted at the drivers' lack of discipline and yelled at the car nearest him: "This wouldn't happen in America! There you would get a huge fine for this."

I thought this was hysterical. Firstly, I love the fact that he was so pro-America. Secondly, I find it so ironic that America was, in his eyes, the better organized society and the shining example for civil obedience. I mean, we are talking about Germany here, where many public trash cans have 3 slots: paper, recyclables, trash...and yes, people do abide and throw their trash away accordingly.