Sat 26 Jul 2003
How do you know when you are integrated into a new country?
Posted by Ken Atherton under Daily Life, germany
1 Comment
There’s a lot of ways that you could answer this question. Culturally, I think we are still pretty much in the tourist phase. We see a lot of interesting things, but we aren’t really part of those things.
However, as of tonight, I think we are at least economically integrated into Germany.
How do I know?
Tonight we got our first telemarketing call and it was actually addressed to us.
Rough translation:
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Me: Hallo, Atherton.
Voice on Phone: Hallo, is this Mr. Kenneth Atherton?
Me: Yes.
Voice on Phone: Mr. Atherton, my name is Anne and I work for <didn’t catch the name>.
Tonight, I have a special offer for our new product. Free for you to try!
Me: No, Thanks.
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It’s good to fit in.
