Typing @ on a QWERTZ macbook air keyboard

I am just leaving a message to anyone out there who is frustrated because they see the @ symbol by the letter G and it is not really there. I write this with a literal headache after an hour of exhaustively searching chat forums for possible solutions. I tried everything and then saw the magic few-word response of a gentleman on a forum. option L ... I click on the right option key and L and it works for me.

I wrote this just to help anyone as upset as I was. It is actually so frustrating that the keyboard is completely misleading. I hope Apple might issue a small tutorial for those using the qwertz keyboards--it is a nice thing they can do for the price we pay.