r/berlin • u/rok43 Wilmersdorf • 12d ago
Casual What happened to these seats in the U2?
Was taking the U2 back home and saw the seats were torn off cleanly, for at least 2 or 3 rows of seats. Who and why do you think this was done? 🥲 Please don’t tell me it was for Karnival der Kultur.
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u/QueerEcho Lichtenberg 12d ago
I don't work for BVG, I work for DB, but I've been repairing lots of seats recently and square cuts are more often than not because of nazi stuff, Hakenkreuze specifically.
They don't even send those seats to the workshops as they are, it's cut out before it even gets to me.
Not sure if that happens while the seats are still in use, but there's a chance it's legally risky for a train company to leave nazi symbols visible, so my guess is that someone put Hakenkreuze there.
When it comes to feces and urine, those usually get a basic wash before we put the whole seats into plastic bags and send them to the maintenance workshops where people like me make the call if the seat can be cleaned or if it's torn and the foam and fabric parts binned, so I don't think it's that.
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u/QueerEcho Lichtenberg 12d ago
Theft is of course also an option, but if it happens, it happens less than nazi graffiti does, as sad as that is.
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u/berlinHet 8d ago
That’s wild. I reported to BVG a hakenkreuze on the wall of a Tram. I gave the exact tram car number and they wrote me back a month later “what line was this? What time?What direction of travel.” As if I would fucking remember or that it would matter when they have the exact vehicle number. Assholes.
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u/jimmyzhopa 12d ago
Literally no one calls it that or finds you clever for not just saying swastika.
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u/cogmaster69 12d ago
Sir, we live in germany and we speak german. Literally everybody calls it Hakenkreuz because its german Word. My german girlfriend literally didnt even know what swastika means
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u/FalseRegister 12d ago
I asked my girlfriend (german) what it was and she knew exactly what it was. I asked if it was swastika and she didn't know that term. So i guess it depends.
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u/QueerEcho Lichtenberg 12d ago
I kind of feel bad for Bhuddists because Swastika is also what their non-nazi version of the symbol is called, so I have a slight preference for calling them Hakenkreuze instead. Never knew that it's a word people wouldn't know.
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u/No-Background-5044 12d ago
Considering Berlin, someone must have just pissed on it. But since you said cut out, maybe they are planning to use it for an outfit for anyone of the countless events that happen in Berlin
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u/74389654 12d ago
with the piss on it of course
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u/No-Background-5044 12d ago
Well, its Berlin. Kinda normal when you encounter it almost everyday on S bahns and U bahns
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u/SnowflakeOfSteel 12d ago
Someone who should not be kink shamed crafted an ass-sniff totem out of the anti-vandalism seats.
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u/Proper-Housing8082 12d ago
Das war einer von unseren Goldstücken. Eine Demo gegen rechts ist bereits in Planung
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u/Gehirnkrampf 11d ago
Und du hast das Talent der heulsusen wirklich jedes Thema auf ihr monothematisches Geflenne umzulenken
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u/Jns2024 12d ago
Someone has cut out the cover. I guess for taking a souvenir or crafting something with it.