The Common Stereotype Of Is Hard Working Germans And The Laid Back Watching Americans

According to the pictures and information displayed in the book What The World Eats, American and German diets look similar, however, there are also some differences. Both American and German diets are high in calories and are meat concentrated. An average American diet contains 3774 calories and an average German diet consists of 3496 calories. While an average American adult eats about 275 pounds of meat per year, an average German consumes 67 pounds of sausage. Both diets are also very expensive. Americans spend on average $341.98 and Germans spend $500.07 on food each week. The German diet is probably more expensive because taxes are higher in Germany and Germans eat less cheap fast food compared to Americans. The German diet also includes

Therefore, the work schedule of the majority of Americans is greatly time-consuming and restrictive in how their life is like. Employment is restrictive in the sense that it doesn’t allow for much free time for Americans to do things in their life how they would like. Hochschild states, “But without overstating the case, it seems true that capitalism is a cultural as well as an economic system and that the symbols and rituals of this cultural system compete with, however much they seem to serve, the symbols and rituals of community and family.” (Hochschild 187) Most Americans are employed around capitalistic ideas of efficiency. Employers require employees to commit long hours, days, and years of their life to working for them. Employers also seek maximum efficiency in the time that employees are working. This commitment that employees make to their employment takes away from things that they value as mentioned by Hochschild. Unfortunately, Americans are forced to deal with this because they want to establish economic stability for themselves. Furthermore, the work life of

In America, there is a feeling of exceptionalism, often leading to many false stereotypes and misconceptions. One of those stereotypes is that the European colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth were the first in America. That is false, as St. Augustine was a Spanish settlement in Florida well before either of these settlements. Americans have written history neglecting this fact, so that the future generations do not consider the people of Spanish and Mexican descent belonging here, when in reality, there were here first. America, once established, began to expand westward, looking to grow economically.

1.Social: Germany and the United States have vastly different social structures that affect their respective citizens immensely. From analysing the various social differences presented in the documentary “Where to Invade Next,” by Michael Moore, one can deduce the differences in the quality of life between Germans and Americans.

Americans should debate the costs and benefits of different ways to ensure workers have support during times of leave. We should do so with an understanding of how flexible and competitive work environment, this allows people to negotiate different ways of take-home pay and benefits. Then if the government believes it is necessary to create a mandate to help ensure that workers have enough paid time off, then that intervention should at least be targeted to those who need it the most. Like it was said before, this one-size-fits-all mandate will not work for

The first and most important cultural difference between Americans and Germans is the issue of self-control and regulations. Many Americans are impulsive and make decisions without much thought behind their actions. Germans, as opposed to Americans, are much less susceptible for impulsive actions because in Germany there are significantly more rules and social norms for Germans to follow which are part of Ordnung. The reason why Germans have more social norms and rules than Americans is to prevent misunderstandings that may be taken as disrespect. Germans “feel comfortable with these kinds of rules, which give them a feeling of security as well as a strong sense of right and wrong” (Nees 39). The amount of rules and regulations that are in Germany might make an American

Tokumitsu confirms that employees can resist being controlled by companies because “doing what you love” (DWYL) goes directly against corporations (2). By “DWYL” it promotes employees to break away from the company and to do something that makes them happy. Although Tokumitsu says how great it is to “DWYL” she claims that there is a negative side that is destructive to others by saying “DWYL distracts us from the working conditions of others while validating our own choices and relieving us from obligations to all who labor, whether or not they love it” (2). This means that people who “DWYL” become only concerned with themselves being happy and do not care about the other workers who have terrible jobs. The mantra “DWYL” opposes both Hochschild’s and Davies’ views on what takes place within the workplace. Davies and Hochschild claim that employees have either accepted the “emotional labor” placed on them or simply will not show up to work. Neither Hochschild nor Davies have ever discussed whether employees are able to truly “enjoy” working unless management gives workers certain incentives. As a result Tokumitsus shares the views of Hochschild and Davies about how corporations are effecting employees’ emotions but has

Does Americans work too hard? Does working more actually reduce productivity? This topic has been part of a big debate ever since; workers right has been questioned by the public. Furthermore, the problem with 40 hour work week and limit on how many hours a person can work is part of the debate when concerning with workers’ rights. Additionally, there should be changes in employment laws to give Americans more time to relax. That way workers’ productivity can increase and it will not have a negative effect on workers both physically and mentally.

But what happens when companies start to come close to the 50 employee point? They will cut employees’ hours back to a part-time status to 30 hours in order to stay afloat (Stevens & Harler, 2012). On top of this, employees who

Non Americans may misunderstand Americans and who they truly are. Americans may be stereotyped as obese, non-educated Americans but any American would strongly disagree. Those same non Americans may categorize all Americans by the way they look and dismiss anybody who looks different. An American can be anybody who chooses to become one and it doesn’t require anything that is impossible to accomplish. Now of course to be legally qualified as an American citizen one must have been born in America or been naturalized. But in general there is no barrier to entry. The same American who was born in America or the person who immigrated to the United States will have to pay their fair share of taxes and participate in their communities like what an

The United States is commonly known as “No-Vacation Nation” (Thompson, 2012) because Americans typically prioritize work over studies and family. (1)Although people in America take fewer vacations than any nation in the world, socioeconomics may be a reason for why employees focus more on work than research and relationships in the American culture. "There is simply no evidence that working people to death gives you a competitive advantage" (Pawlowski, 2011). (2)As a citizen of the United States and one who has often fallen prey to these ideals, the trend to overwork has been an affliction to overcome. Family and scholarly efforts have been sacrificed, but over the past year or two, I have made a conscious effort to alter my “live to work”

There are many different types of jobs in the world; some of which people feel are better than others. Factors like the amount of money and amount of education affect the stereotypical perception about certain jobs. There are two different types of work, blue-collar and white-collar. Blue-collar jobs are seen as the “working class”. The “Working class” refers to low-wage workers that are void of a college education, who struggle to get by economically. It is also perceived that the “Working class” is lazy, unproductive failures who have limited upward mobility, or relics of earlier era of industrialization. It’s important that people realize the amount of skill level it takes to do different types of jobs, and although pay may not reflect the effort or the soft and technical skills needed, or physicality that is respective for those jobs; these jobs should be viewed respectfully. Jobs like cashiers and waitressing have a bad reputation, but they take a certain skill level that people have to develop just like any other white-collar job. People skills, public speaking, ability to sell items on the menu, multi-tasking, and so much more are necessary to be a success in this type of career choice or job. Matthew Crawford talks about this in his book, along with Mike Rose, on how there is a lack of appreciation and respect for the skill set it takes to do blue collar jobs, and how the stereotypically stigma couldn’t be further than the

Over the last two decades, American workers have been clocking more and more hours on the job, and they now work more hours than workers in any other industrialized country. Annual work hours are 4% higher than they were in 1980, amounting to an extra 1 hour and 30 minutes at work per week, on average (ILO 1999). Workers are also clocking more overtime hours. Almost one-third of the workforce regularly works more than the standard 40-hour week; one-fifth work more than 50 hours. The growth in overtime work, while helping to drive the healthy growth in output in the U.S., has unhealthy social costs. It is taking its toll not only on workers, but on their families, communities, and, ultimately in many cases, patients, customers, and

As we covered in our workshop America has had a large population of Germans for a very long time. While we were discussing German immigration and emigration, the question that stuck out to me was how did the views of the other groups in America effect how the Germans were accepted and viewed in the United States. Different times and issues have changed how Germans were viewed in America, for example both world wars and the following strong anti-German stance. While these times of strong emotion often change people’s outlook, I would argue that the positive or more neutral impression of German immigrants compared to other immigrant groups, helped Germans settle in America. While times of strong emotion often change people’s outlook, German immigrants with their slightly positive or more neutral stereotypes or ideas, helped Germans settle in America with fewer problems than other immigrants.

Basically, as long as they are getting paid to not work, many people will put off accepting a job.