[lutrinus]

Interestingly, as a German who lives in a bubble where people take their jobs very seriously, I was equally surprised when I experienced pretty much what you described while visiting the US.

I guess there are “proud to be lazy” kind of people in any country. It’s definitely not a widespread German cultural thing, though, from my experience.

[FirmwareBurner]

I think it's that when you're a tourist visiting somewhere you're far more likely to encounter people without jobs wherever you go, as the people with jobs are at work working, then go home to their families or friends or chores then go to bed, not hang around all day in the city center cafes chatting up tourists.