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Personal anecdote: When I was backpacking in Australia 10 years ago I felt I had a clear advantage over other backpackers because germans somehow have this image of being super productive and hard working. I more than once got a job just because I was from Germany.

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Funnily enough I (German) was also backpacking Australia and once I didn't get a fruit picking job because they only wanted Asians.

That might be because they believe asians put up with more crap than germans/europeans.

I once heard a dane say to us (swedes) that they would love it if we came over to work because danes have too many demands when you ask them to do something while a swede will just do it.

As a fellow German I simply can't resist to correct you: it's "more than once".

thanks :)

As a pedant and a (half) Brit, I can't resist correcting your correction: "... can't resist correcting you".

My apologies! But your actual correction is correct...

Aren't both correct but just a little different in meaning?

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