A co-worker of mine met me outside the train. He was wearing a denim jacking and earring (among other things). He was very friendly. After six tries to get his car started we were off to Bad Godesburg - the town where Media Tenor is actually based. It is about 7km south of Bonn.
The term "Bad" (pronounced "Bot") is used frequently in German city names. It translates to "Bath" and signifies that a town has met certain air-quality/cleanliness standards.
The Germans are very environmentally-aware. In my culture book it said that in the German psyche it is actually more difficult to leave a piece of garbage sitting on the ground than to pick it up and put it in the waste bin. I'm not sure I would go that far. But the streets are quite consistently clean.
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