[Photography] Aspects of a Country

Good Morning my friends at the Steemiverse!

While I was editing my photographs for my last post I stumbled upon a photo I have taken a long time ago on our Hamburg trip. I had to look at the picture for quite some time and had to listen to my thoughts. On the right-hand side, there are people walking by. I remember the situation precisely, there were so many people just walking by. They did not even realize the situation.

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Nobody noticed the old man sitting there. I asked him if I am allowed to take a picture and he was very kind. He told me that his pension is too small to make a living. He had worked all his life very hard at a store as a helper. He said he has to collect bottles to have some more money for food.

A note for people, that are not familiar with the bottle deposit system in Germany:
In Germany, bottles have a refundable deposit of a few cents. When you bring them back, you are paid the cents for the deposit. Unfortunately, the pension of older people in Germany is so low, that many elderly poeple need to collect the bottles from waste containers to buy some food.

How can this be? How is this possible? Hearing the German government speaking of a rich country. How could that be true when so many hard working people cannot live from their pension and have to collect bottles to make a living!

Just my thoughts on the current social situation in Germany ...

I am grateful for "all that is", for my life, for this moment.

Enjoy a most wonderful weekend, my friends!

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