Tim found this note in the basement storeroom of an apartment building in Kiel, Germany:
Tim’s rough translation:
THANKS for filling [up the storeroom]!!!
I was able to get to the meter just SUPER!!!
tenant 5/1 [fifth floor, first apartment]
[hand written at the bottom] Many thanks from me too, tenant 5/2
42 responses so far ↓
#1
seamus
Ve Germans are not all smiles und sunshine.
Jun 4, 2007 at 1:16 pm rating: 90
#2
Rita
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Jun 4, 2007 at 1:22 pm rating: 90
#3
Amy
Ah, Germans – gotta love ‘em
Jun 4, 2007 at 6:01 pm rating: 90
#4
Matt
Gotta agree with you
Jun 4, 2007 at 6:55 pm rating: 90
#5
Piranhase
Lustig!
Verstehe alerdings nicht, was die Mieter 5,1 und 5,2 am Stromkasten zu suchen haben. Den guckt man sich einmal im Jahr an…
Jun 5, 2007 at 12:15 pm rating: 90
#6
Brian
“Get to the meter” ?
Don’t think I get that; what sort of meter would a resident need access to?
Unless he also works for the water department…
Jun 5, 2007 at 3:48 pm rating: 90
#7
chris
note for the confused non german speakers:
A lot less funny when properly translated
what it actually says is thanks for blocking this, I was brilliantly (super) able to get to my electricity meter
…
you probably need to get to your meter to do a reading for landlords or if you have a pay card reader. Haven’t seen them in Germany really but could be same as in some places in the Uk where you need to load up you meter with pre-paid credits.
now why they didn’t just move whatever it was is beyond me…
Jun 8, 2007 at 11:17 am rating: 90
#8
Brian
Wow. Box-person was quite fortunate the person they pissed off was willing to settle for leaving a PAN. If that’s my meter the box is history.
General rule in any country: if you are going to piss someone off, it is best to do it in a way that doesn’t leave them free access to things that belong to you.
Jun 19, 2008 at 9:29 am rating: 90
#9
secondsout
So what are we guessing is stored in these boxes? Extra lederhosen that don’t fit well, old Falco LPs, jewelry that Anne Frank used to wear, black turtlenecks, Zyklon B?
Jun 19, 2008 at 11:23 am rating: 90
#10
crass
Well, those Stromkasten boxes also contain the fuses in most German households. Therefore the tenants may have to access them more often.
Jun 19, 2008 at 12:31 pm rating: 90
#11
Jerry
delete me
Jun 23, 2008 at 2:13 pm rating: 90
#12
bored&pedantic
the dude who left the note actually lives on the SIXTH floor, not the 5th. in germany they count floors beginning with (what we would call) the second.
i know that doesn’t matter to anyone, especially a year after the last comment was made, but fuggit.
Jun 28, 2009 at 3:53 am rating: 90
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