Asking Berliners About Their Problems | Easy German 605

Janusz, what is your biggest problem right now? My biggest problem right now is my overweight. But I want to do something about it. That's a very honest answer. We're going to ask the people here on the street what their problem is. In Mainz, there are a lot of motorcyclists. Let's go! What is your biggest problem right now in your life? I'm unemployed right now. But you're still laughing about it. It's not that bad, is it? No, it's not that bad right now. And I also have a lot of interviews now. That's why I think it will work out soon. What is your biggest problem right now? I can't decide what exactly I want to study and where exactly I want to study. Of course it's a problem. That will decide your whole life. Exactly. That's why I'm a little scared, a little worried. Fortunately, I don't have any big problems. My biggest problem is that I just had hay fever. And I can't really enjoy the great weather. Does it happen to you every year or is it only once? It happens every year, but this year it's particularly bad, unfortunately. And how do you approach the problem? How do you try to solve the problem? I've only been taking a new medication for three days and it seems to work. My biggest problem is that the AfD is a second party. I think my biggest problem is climate change. It's very oppressive, it's also very omnipresent. And I would say that's pretty much the biggest problem I have in my head. The labor market, which is currently a bit difficult. And it probably won't get any better. I know a lot of people who apply several times and don't get an answer from companies. I know it wasn't like that in the past, but otherwise... Otherwise it works. Otherwise it works, yes. What's your biggest problem? Abitrary stress. Abitrary? Abitrary stress. Abitrary stress? Yes, so exams and so on. Oh, yes. I can understand that. I never managed to do my Abitrary. Right now it would be that my back hurts a bit. Ouch! Yes, but if that's all, then I don't really have that many problems. My biggest problem is my overweight. Hey, me too. And do you know what I'm doing? Today I got this Osempic. I also have the syringe, yes. But mine is called Maun... Manjar. Yes, exactly. What's your biggest problem right now? My biggest problem right now... Smoking. Smoking is also part of it. No, right now my biggest problem is, I think, a bit of self-sufficiency. So just to structure myself a bit and somehow hand in my things on time, which still works, but it always ends up in stress a bit. Stress. Stress. Yes, I have to work a lot at the moment, that's exhausting. Yes, yes. And why stress? We work at school and are in the referendum and become teachers. And we have a lot to do there. We have to prepare lessons and hours for the students. I thought teachers actually live comfortably. Isn't that so? You always think so, yes. But maybe it was a bit more like that in the past. But nowadays a lot of attention is paid to the fact that the lesson is also neat, which you do. And later, when you're a real teacher, you can maybe make it a bit more comfortable. But in the beginning you are still evaluated and a lot of people watch. And if you want to do it properly, it's a lot of effort. What is your biggest problem right now? My biggest problem right now is how do you get four people into a much too small apartment and get the apartment divided up so that we can all live there? Because there is no bigger apartment. And what is your plan? How do you want to solve that? Maybe build a double bed? Exactly. We will try to share a room. But that's not that easy either, because the house management has to say so. And that's a bit complicated. What are the four people? Is that your family, your husband and your two children? Exactly. My biggest problem is that my wife is often so incredibly annoying and is so clumsy and leaves her things in the car. And then we have to wait 20 minutes for her again, where we could do much nicer things. But since you love her very much, you are very patient and let her live her own rhythm, right? Patience is really not my strength, but I love her very much. What is your biggest problem right now? Too little love for people. Yes. You should then write lyrics about it. To connect people? To spread love? So that people develop a little more love for each other. Yes. That's right. Okay. And how do you deal with love? Do you get enough love in your life? Yes. I have a very nice environment, a very good environment. I get a lot of love. One problem you don't have to have anymore is finding a good language school in Berlin. We now have the top tip for you, the GLS, the GLS Language Center in the heart of Berlin. Come on, Janusz, let's go in. Now we are on the court of the GLS school and we have met three students from Canada who are taking a course here. Where are you from? Canada. I come from France. From France. And what level are you here at the school? A2. A2 too. A1. Ah, so right at the beginning. And how long have you been taking your course here? Four weeks. And what do you think? Do you like the course? Yes, very good. And what do you particularly like about the school? We speak a lot. That's good. The teachers are very interesting, dynamic and nice. And I like the love on the campus. There is practically a real campus here. You can hang out here in the evening, just like the people are doing right now. And yes, thank you for taking part spontaneously. If you now feel like taking a language course in the heart of Berlin, sign up at the GLS campus. And the great thing is, on the website you can select when registering that you know the GLS through EasyGerman and then you can save an exclusive 30 euros in registration fees. Can you tell me about any problem in your life, even 20 years ago? Somewhere where you had such a huge problem. And how did you solve the problem? I am HIV positive. And there were a lot of people who were still against it at the time. And I just got away from the people. I'm fine. And the disease is no longer as deadly as it used to be, right? No, he's already 35 years old. We're fine. I'm glad, guys. What was your biggest problem in your life, maybe when you were young? And how did you manage to solve the problem? Wow, that's a really difficult question. What was my biggest problem when I was young? A big problem for me was finding out what I actually wanted to be. And I just took my time. I didn't decide what I wanted to be right after high school. I did civil service, I had a lot of different experiences. And then I knew I wanted to be a psychologist. And that's good, I still enjoy it today. That's very impressive. And your biggest problem? Your life crisis? It wasn't a crisis, but a challenge again. I became a mother pretty early. And that was a pretty big challenge at first. And now she's eight and I think she did a pretty good job. Yes, I'm glad. I happened to read somewhere that this old closeness to your own child is actually very helpful. Exactly, definitely today. Because today we can travel together, we look at things together, we have the same interests. But until then it's a challenge. How old were you? 24. If you have a problem, or maybe your students, how do you deal with the problem? Are there strategies on how to solve problems? Because I have a lot of strategies on how to avoid or run away from problems. But how can you solve the problems? How do you approach them? Talk to other people, seek help, accept help. That's also important. And take your time, I think. If you have a problem and you can't get any further, you can sometimes let the problem be a problem. Calm and relaxed. And then you do it again later. That helps me a lot, too. And what do you do when you have a problem at some point? How do you deal with this problem? What do you do? For example, I try to forget it and postpone it to the next day. Sometimes it's not a bad idea to sleep over it for a night and then postpone it to the next day. Because when you're just confronted with the problem, it's a bit ... Too emotional. Yes, it seems too big at the moment. And once you've slept over it, you might be able to think about it in a more differentiated way. It is. I also think it's important to talk to other people about it. If you really can't get any further with the problem, there are so many different ways of looking at things. How do you avoid problems? Just don't think about it, forget it, run away? The answer would be ... I don't want to avoid problems. As soon as I have a problem, I immediately try to find a solution. Otherwise, I always think about it. And when you have several problems ... Sorry. And then the problems ... And then the problems accumulate. Then the situation is out of control. That's good. You're a good example. And when you have a problem, how do you get out of it? How do you deal with it? I always try to take it positively. Or we sit down for dinner and talk about it. Is your husband a big help? Yes. Very, very big help. I like it more when I write it down. When I write it down somewhere, what I might have to do. Do you write a diary every day? Not every day, but on days when I feel like I should write something, yes. I think that helps. Because then you don't always have everything in your head. When you've written it down, it's more organized. I think that always helps. Janusz, do the Berliners have a lot of problems? Actually not. Not really. You can tell that the people in Prenzlauer Berg probably have few problems. Few serious problems. Or they didn't want to tell us anything about the serious problems. I think so. Do you still have a problem today? Yes, I still have to get to the pharmacy today. And I still have ten minutes. So hurry up. Then run. I'm in a hurry, okay? Bye. Guys, write us ... Bye. Write us a comment. We look forward to hearing from you. What is your biggest problem right now? Do you want to talk about it at all? As always, we look forward to your comments. Bye and see you soon!