They knew what they were doing enough that they didn’t send that email in Germany, then their “apology” was weak and dodgy. I don’t feel good buying from them anymore either.

cries in American deprivation

It’d be a stupid way to end up getting punched.

“What happened?”

“Well Doc, it started with a boring conversation…”

Don’t be Bashful! What’s the worst that could happen?

If I can’t escape the conversation at that point, I just see if I can work in all of the names of the seven dwarves to entertain myself.

“Just thinking about that makes me Sleepy…” etc.

They won’t notice if it’s done well and even if they do notice, what are they gonna do?

Pretty much this, if I remember correctly. Because of this linguistic feature, they have an exceptionally well-developed sense of absolute direction and basically know at all times which way is which.

Bob fell out of the boat. Which side? The south side. Turn the boat 90° clockwise. He’s still off the south side of the boat.