[em-bee]

germans don't go out for breakfast. even tourists are expected to have breakfast in the hotel. the only places open in the morning are bakeries where you get bread and other things to take home. trainstations sometimes have food for people on the go.

[pchangr]

Sure, and what I meant was .. calling 7am “late” is a bit of an overstatement.. people start working at 8/9 am. Where I come, by 6am you’re already in your car on your way to work/school. And THERE.. 7am is late. But Germany… no.

[fmobus]

My neighbors are already hustling at 6:30, consistently. By 7:15am there's already a steady stream of students going to a nearby school three blocks from my place.

I once had to leave super early in winter and saw several office buildings with lights on at 6:45 with people working inside (no, not janitorial staff).

Germans get started quite early compared to every country I've ever worked/lived.

[pchangr]

Look, what I can tell you is this: …. 7am is the starting time of school classes in Guatemala City. It’s 7am so it doesn’t clashes with office hours.. which start at 8am.. most of the time. But if you’re lucky you can choose to start at 7am. So you can avoid a bit of the traffic.

The only parts of the world were I have lived were people mostly work 9-to-5 are what you would call “the developed world”. And that includes Germany.

I personally don’t consider Germany an early rising country and it took me quite some time to adjust myself to not having “normal” stores open before like 10. And then.. they are all closed by 6pm.. like.. cool that the developed world has work regulations but it’s hardly the norm.