HAVING listened to a recent account from a very impressed grandson of his work experience in Germany, I wholeheartedly agree with DM Martin (Letters, May 17) that “we can learn a lot from the Germans”.
We are told that hard work was very much in evidence. Everyone seemed to have a purpose and something to do.
Consequently, there was not a lot of people on the spotlessly clean streets, and very few policemen because crime was low – or so it seemed.
Everyone was very friendly and trusting. Shopping in a mini-market, the woman who was already cashing up actually left the till drawer open while she went for extra supplies. The boys were astonished.
As Lloyd Grosman would say: “Who lives in a place like this?”
The clues are there.
Barbara Woodley, Danesmead, York
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