Really? In Bonn, Germany I get asked all the time what I do as an occupation. I have NEVER been asked what I do for physical activity! I wonder if it a life phase specific question?
On Thu, 8 May 2025 at 10:30, Aditi via Silklist <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been silent on here for a while but had to answer this one. > > In Germany the equivalent of what do you do, is what sport do you play or > "do you make sport". I, the most unathletic person I know, have been caught > off guard because my Indian brain thinks - Cricket? Tennis? Football? > Badminton? And I would sheepishly answer, I don't play a sport, only to > receive shocked looks. I finally understood that they were asking about > any physical activity, to find something common to talk about - so I now > simply say I hike/walk, do yoga etc. > > I have never yet been asked "what do you do for a living" in an > introductory conversation with anyone in Germany. I have, however, been > asked what the population of the city I come from is 😁 > > On Thu, 8 May 2025, 13:00 Bruce Metcalf via Silklist, < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I think that great fun, and some non-small benefit, can result from >> overturning the usual banal greeting questions. >> >> A late friend responded to, "What do you do?" with "I don't *do*, I >> *be*!" Assuming that didn't frighten them away she would then go on to >> talk about the things she was doing, why they were important to her, and >> finally, "What do you *be*?" (complete with that peculiar wording). >> >> Her favorite answer was, "I... I'm not sure. Let me think about that." >> >> An interesting approach to both connections and self-understanding, but >> a bit off-putting for those living the unexamined life. >> >> Cheers, >> / Bruce / >> >> -- >> Silklist mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >> > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist > -- Huda Masood +91 9886796967
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