“Bad Habits” developed in Germany

As you live in Germany for some more time, gradually you kind of develop various “bad habits” which can never work in China. Anyway, I myself am very interested to have seen all these changes in my daily behaviour and seriously I may need some time to “change back” when next time I’m home again.

(1) Wipe your nose as loud as you want but hold down as you sneeze. In China we do exactly the contrary cause we think it very rude to wipe nose right in front of other people which sneezing is somehow not controllable and thus accepted. Say sorry for sneezing is never to be seen and saying “Gesundheit” to show care for the sneezing guy is considered as very strange.
(2) Riding a bike on the pedestrian way. In Germany there are not so many bicycle ways in their real sense and people just ride by to which people should be careful
(3) The number “1″ is added with a tick on the top and looks like a “7″ and the number “7″ with a line through the middle. It seems that both ways would be blamed if done in China.
(4) If traffic light turns green, just cross the street even without the need to lift the head cause drivers always make way to pedestrians. But in China this could be fatal.
(5) The habit of looking for bus or train schedules before going out.
(6) The ” table knocking” way to show admiration and praise at the end of a lecture or a conference.
(7) Being told that I speak too quiet at the dinner table. In China loudness at dinner shows you are enjoying the get-together or invitation very much.
(8) Putting the bag directly onto the ground anywhere you want, sometimes perhaps also the bread while having to make a short pause for something else.
(9) Gathering bottles to earn money.
(10) Always think about making appointments first even for informal or personal affairs.
(11) ……