Meckerei

Meckerei —to use a pejorative noun—can be laced with other qualities, like humor, but usually it amounts to something like shared disagreeableness, and I have written it off as a local oddity.

Berlin's Summer of Discontent J. S. Marcus in Berlin 2011

In search of the truth, as well as some good solid Meckerei time, I called up the Berliner Fahrgastverband, a 30-year-old organization representing the interests of Berlin's U-Bahn passengers.

Berlin's Summer of Discontent J. S. Marcus in Berlin 2011