>be from Southern US
>go on trip to Germany
>Munich
>walk from my hotel to buy some small groceries from Alid Sud
>get to the cashier
>"Hey how are you?"
>he's stunned initially
>tells me his dog a month ago died but things a looking better since he got back from holiday
>mfw
Are all Germans this autistic?
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I find it unlikely a German would be working as a cashier at an Aldi in Munich
You only say hi. No fucking smalltalk you fucking weirdo.
How do you make new frens?
Smalltalk isn't normal in most places outside of the US
On the flip side I've found that once I get to know Euros you get a lot more deep conversations.
he had a darker complexion but still spoke with a german accent. I was in this neighborhood called Milbertshofen
That's how you are supposed to greet people. It's not small talk, you're say "good, thanks" and that's it.
fuck off redneck
>He thinks the rest of the world has the same culture as Hickville, USA
When you say "how are you" you want to know how is him
When you say "Hello" you greet people
Bless your heart
>get to the cashier
>"Hey how are you?"
Did you ask him that in english or german?
>"Hey how are you?"
how do you answer this? a 2 page paragraph essay or just fake it and say 'fine'
I refer them to my blog and give them a quiz afterwards
>ask people how they are
>get offended when they tell you how they are
It’s not that you stupid ass nigger. If you ask “how are you” over here, it means you want to know how am I. It’s not a greeting. “Hello”, “good evening” are greetings. Are you people so fake that you must even pretend to care about others?
>come to a different country
>don't even bother to learn the most basic social customs
the absolute martsharter
that's literally what i was implying, i don't understand why op was surprised when people told him how they are.
>Are all Germans this autistic
No, Northern Germans are.
They would not have answered you at all.
You dont make friends in a random supermarket
stop the small talk,
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who the fuck tries to make friends in the supermarket. the cashier is probably drowning in debts, thinking about how to pay energy prices and then some jackass comes in and wants to start small talk while they do their job?
Heres some places where you small talk in Germany:
>drunk in a bar
>drunk on bar toilet
>drunk at night on the streets
>hairdresser (if the hairdresser initiates the conversation)
>airport queue (if the other person doesnt look stressed out)
>taxis (pretty popular one) but not busses or trains
You can also start an argument to get into small talk, pretty popular tactic amongst older people here. You do a minor inconvenient thing and they will go full aggro mode just to have a talk even if its a negative one, but you can do the same if youre younger too (with a higher chance of ending up in a fight)