The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoSorry to be a bother...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1915arrow-down115
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minus-squareweker01@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 months agoDo it the German way and just trauma dump. I mean if they didn’t care they shouldn’t have asked. In Germany “how are you” is also smalltalk but you are not expected to lie. Just keep it short. “Wie geht’s?” “Nicht so gut gerade und bei dir?”
minus-squarexor@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoi’ve tried that but then we both lose
just reply with “no, i’m not”
Do it the German way and just trauma dump. I mean if they didn’t care they shouldn’t have asked.
In Germany “how are you” is also smalltalk but you are not expected to lie. Just keep it short.
“Wie geht’s?”
“Nicht so gut gerade und bei dir?”
i’ve tried that but then we both lose