"Once, I was buying veggies and fruits from a street seller. I got quite a lot of them. The seller calculated everything, I took the bags, and left. After having taken about 5 steps, I turned around and asked the seller, “Why are you not saying to me that I haven’t paid you?” She replied, “I got confused.” I returned and paid for the purchase."
Germans don't joke around. If someone volunteers on a regular basis, we call it "Ehrenamt" – honorable office. No laughing matter. Move along.
i wouldn't go so far as to translate this to 'under surveilance'.. that implies to me that there's a camera on it. (it would translate to overwatch, but that doesn't make sense in this context:) i'd say "are checked"
..you're missing the point here!
In the netherlands, around me in a circle of about 10km that is, I see a lot of these: eggs, tomatoes, strawberries, pumpkins, mushrooms, books, milk, etc.
yeah, the world isn't bad, there's just a few d@#ks that spoil it.
it helps to see the world and get out of your homogeneous echo chamber.
keep up that negativity!