Lifestyle Differences

After being here for just 5 days, I've noticed a lot of differences in how people live. Most of them are practical things and some of them are annoying for me coming from America.
The Good:
1. Gum is sort of looked down upon as being rude to chew in public (although a few people still do it). You wouldn't believe the difference it makes on how the streets look. I was in NYC before I left for Munich, and the filth on the sidewalks is something you just don't see here.
2. You pay a little bit more for each recyclable bottle you buy (15-75 cents). There are recycle stations in grocery stores and cafeterias where you then recycle the bottles and get your money back. This is awesome because it encourages people to recycle. The homeless go searching on the streets to find the bottles, which in effect, makes the city clean.
3. If there is one elevator in a subway station with no one on it, it will most likely be stopped. The first people that wants to either go up or down steps on a platform in front of the elevator and it starts up. It saves space, energy, and is convenient to either the crowd of people going up to get on the metro, or the crowd who has gotten off to go down.
4. The metro doors only open when you want them to. In DC, the doors are automatically opened whether or not anyone wants on. You have to press a button to open the doors on the metro here because it saves energy and also does not allow the heat/AC to escape.
5. The public transportation is amazing and very efficient. There is a S-Bahn for more suburban zones, U-Bahn for inner city travel, a street tram, and bus system.
The Bad:
1. Don't expect ice in all of your drinks.
2. If you want your still (no carbonation) ask "ohne Kohlensaure"...otherwise you will probably get bubbly water.
3. Bathrooms are definitely not as common as in the States, and most of the "public" bathrooms will have someone waiting outside who cleans the bathrooms and asks for spare change.
4. The hours are awful. A combination of German laws and tradition make stores close really early.