German arrogance has been around a lot longer than that; a prime example is the “Merger of Equals” of Daimler Benz with Chrysler in 1998; a lot of good American engineers and stylists were pushed out because the Germans had a “my way is the ONLY correct way” mentality.
Germany is in panic over Chinese companies taking over its markets at home, abroad and in China. Having spent quite some time in China in the 2010s, I can’t help but thinking back to the arrogance and quite frankly racism of German expat businesses people. Chinese engineers with Ivy League degrees speaking fluent English and German looked down upon by German engineers with a degree from some German university, unimpressive English and less than two sentences of Chinese. The Germans didn’t see it coming because they couldn’t imagine Chinese people becoming better at what they are doing than themselves. An industry insider told me at the time how keen Chinese entrepreneurs were to collaborate with German car companies on EV development. But all the Germans worried about was they are going to steal our IP. Well, here we are.
@SCSsoftware I’m just waiting for the day when @EdisonMotorsLtd invites you to tour their facility in Donald, BC tosses you the keys to Topsy and turns you loose on the test track!
@SinewyPendels@SovietMarmalade I can already hear the maintenance department cussing out Engineering because the LAST time they ordered this much Elven Steel, they had a backlog of over a year because they had to COMPLETELY overhaul the ENTIRE forklift fleet from overload damage!
@Spottyroo Could be worse, they could be completely tearing up the whole parking lot leaving us with half a usable shop and nowhere for customers to check in and park.
@texas_radical@RailroadRaccoon the increased fares some airlines are charging with few benefits is starting to make air travel a cost prohibitive option for some, and don’t get me started of the amount of untrained, highly distracted and extremely angry drivers who quite frankly should not be allowed to drive.
@Todd_69_@Stupid_Seal_ As @UrinatingTree mentioned in his video “The Phil Jackson Phenomenon” great coaching skills usually don’t translate very well into the Front Office. https://t.co/FpA1XBdWcE
@FivePointsVids Apparently FIFA has some pretty draconian rules about sponsorships; any sponsorships that FIFA themselves doesn’t approve of have to be covered or removed.