# Wow... What a decision... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-what-a-decision/26783 "2000-07-25T15:49:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FarrisGoldstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@FarrisGoldstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarrisGoldstein)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-what-a-decision/26783/1 "2000-07-25T15:49:53Z")
I’m very very excited. I’ve never done much travelling, and I finally get to with one of my best friends next summer. The choice isn’t ultimately up to me, but I thought I’d ask what y’all think. We’re either going to live with his family in the Hamptons and work at their restaurant and make a lot of money, OR (here’s what I think I like better) go live and work at an American resort somewhere in Germany making $16 an hour… The only problem with the resort job is that supposedly sometimes the women get really bored and just INSIST upon taking the guys who work there out partying. 🙂 So… Restaurant, or German women? Gee, tough choice. -Farris J Goldstein ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-what-a-decision/26783/2 "2000-07-25T15:53:32Z")
Germany. The Hamptons are nice, but full of rich people, and would you REALLY like to spend your summer pandering to rich Manhattanites on summer holiday who want their gin-and-tonic NOW? ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-what-a-decision/26783/3 "2000-07-25T15:55:04Z")
No-brainer. Go to Germany. Arbeit macht fun. MR ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-what-a-decision/26783/4 "2000-07-25T16:06:15Z")
I’d head to Germany, it’s more exotic that some stuck up Hamptonites. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-what-a-decision/26783/5 "2000-07-25T16:20:33Z")
Germany. Why would you want to do the hamptons thing? Be sure to bring your digital camera so you can take pictures of all the beautiful women you meet. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-what-a-decision/26783/6 "2000-07-25T16:37:33Z")
Is it a military recreation center in Germany, by any chance? Because in that case, please only go if you actually enjoy things like dealing with the public. In our four years there, when we would go to places like Cheimsee and Garmisch in hopes of a little family R&R, we got heartily sick of employees who were only there to hang out in Germany, and resented the fact that their work cut into their party time. That being said, Cheimsee and Garmisch are beautiful, wonderful places, and several months in Germany is an experience you will never forget. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-what-a-decision/26783/7 "2000-07-25T16:45:06Z")
Germany. ---
**Author:** ![FarrisGoldstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@FarrisGoldstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarrisGoldstein)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-what-a-decision/26783/8 "2000-07-25T16:54:38Z")
Lucretia: I do enjoy dealing with the public. I think I’ll be a decent employee. I need to brush up on my Deutsch. I took four years in high school from a really good teacher, but it’s been a year since then. ---
**Author:** ![FarrisGoldstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@FarrisGoldstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarrisGoldstein)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-what-a-decision/26783/9 "2000-07-25T16:55:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Maeglin \* > \*\*No-brainer. Go to Germany. Arbeit macht fun. > > MR \*\* Heheh, jawohl. ---
**Author:** ![Bubble\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Bubble\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubble_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-what-a-decision/26783/10 "2000-07-25T17:01:23Z")
I would have to say go to Germany. Hands down no decision to make in my opinion. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-what-a-decision/26783/11 "2000-07-25T17:05:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FarrisGoldstein \* > \*\*I need to brush up on my Deutsch. I took four years in high school from a really good teacher, but it’s been a year since then. \*\* Don’t worry–it comes right back to you when you need it. I had three years, aber, I hab es vergessen… 🙂 Go have fun in the Vaterland. Bring me back a piece of Swartzwalden Kirschtorte.