One of the cool things in the Berlin office at StralauerAllee 6 is the ping pong table. Yesterday at lunch I told the team about the contests and GOTY that we did in New York. I think there may be
some interest for etage drei (3rd floor) but we’ll see. Our table took a little break to play some pong, turns out I’m terrible but still good times. We did the scoring in German so I could learn and practice the numbers.
some interest for etage drei (3rd floor) but we’ll see. Our table took a little break to play some pong, turns out I’m terrible but still good times. We did the scoring in German so I could learn and practice the numbers.
When I got home, I had a note from FedEx… They tried to deliver my boxes and I needed to reschedule the delivery. Assuming the number would link me with a German robot, I tried to call but figured I’d have to do it again at work when I could get some help. To my surprise, it was the phone number of the delivery truck driver. He spoke about three words of English and you all know my German but he remembered me when I explained my street and I had three big boxes (Drei grosse! Drei grosse!). I requested him to come back tomorrow at 8 (acht vormittags) but I knew that probably wouldn’t be acceptable. He suggested dreizehn which I remembered from the table tennis game! After repeating dreizehn to each other a few times I think we scheduled a delivery for today at 1:00PM. I felt as if I had accomplished more in this German language transaction than that with the shop-keep. We will find out today if it was a successful conversation. Yaaayy boxes of stuff, see you soon!
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