POV: You get a call from your German friend

If you move to Germany, you better get yourself a planner!

#euromaxx #dweuromaxx #lifeingermany #berlinlife #cultureshocks #lostintranslation #germanplanning

[squeakybb]

✨Tschussi✨ is my new favorite farewell

[tylerramos]

I like the German way. I wish everyone made their plans this detailed I would never have anxiety anymore lol

[wifeoftheparty]

As someone with social anxiety that needs to take a Xanax everything my phone goes off, I rather like this idea.

[Samrat-hmqu]

Yup they have proper schedule and time table for everything

[Mouse]

I FOUND YOU 3 TIMES IN A ROW WHILE SCROLLING

[mbuck]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣my friend from Hamburg, her boyfriend does that whenever I call her from NewYork.

[starlinguk]

Yup, that's how we talk to the German in laws. Gotta make an appointment.

[MaleficaWitch]

I usually text my buddy when I want to have a call with him :-D

[abhishekkumarsahu]

Calling to set up a call never thinked of so much planning

[ardiris]

Won't work with me. I never answer my phone.
(:

[laura_o]

I've never did that...I also didn't know that this was a thing.
Everyone who calls us also wants to talk in this moment 🤷🏽‍♀️

[AB-kcwm]

Like my German parents in law saying to me that they will be available Wednesday or Sunday at 6:00 pm sharp and as a Brazilian I can’t be late!!By the way, I am a Brazilian Brant 🥰

[SoCalFreelance]

Scammer/spammer #1 calls, you answer with your last name, they say sorry wrong number.

Scammer/spammer #2 calls a few days later saying Hello Mr. this is your public utility company just want to verify your home address.

And this goes on and on until they have enough information to pose as your bank or financial institution, create credit cards in your name, or other identity theft crimes.

Best to just answer hello.

[Prometheus]

Scheduling a rendezvous with someone at say, 15:30 as the person said, is not uncommon. At least where I’m from. I like to use 24-hour time as it spares an extra two letters (AM/PM), and we even use quarters like 15:15/15:45, for instance…

[mildlydispleased]

Is anybody going to talk about the fact he had two phones and kept switching between them and holding the phones at different orientations?

[wolfsmaul-ger]

i'm german and i just answer with "yes?"

[WalterWhite-jzct]

We do answer with our last name....on a landline...whoi does that on their Smartphone? o.O

[pikepunk]

Germans answer with the last name, but I've never scheduled a call ahead of time :|

[onceuponanexploration]

I must ask from the duolingo representation do Germans picnic and hike all the time?

[silkwesir]

Answering with last name is for landlines only. On cellphone, most Germans just say "Hallo??" or something to that effect.