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I also don't get it. I worked there for 8 years. I'm southern european and there was always a "half joke" about our lazyness. But we worked the hardest. My local colleagues were incredibly entitled and produced very little value.

In my opinion, Germany was at some point at the top of the world in most aspects, and the people became complacent over time. Which leads us to where we are today. Enshittification is palpable in every single aspect of society. No one cares about doing a good job anymore. Getting something done takes months where it should take days. And then that thing you got done breaks in a few weeks.

I'm sorry for the rant. I got pretty burned out of living there.

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> I'm southern european and there was always a "half joke" about our lazyness.

I think the trope is due to hotter weather. Like tourists visiting in the summer seeing outside workers hardly working due to hot weather.