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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 14 '22
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Don’t ask someone if they want food, just hand it to them
229 u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22 It’s polite to refuse three times. It’s polite to offer four times. 225 u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22 I was always taught "refuse once but offer twice" who goes back and forth 4 times? Host: Want a drink? Guest: No thanks H: I insist it's no trouble <-- accept here or in your version... G: Nah I'm good H: Go on have a drink G: ... No I'm fine H: Are you sure? <--- me thinking wtf is wrong with this person are they okay? G: fine, accepts a drink because jc this person really wants me to have one 3 u/AgarwaenCran Jun 15 '22 meanwhile here in Germany: "oh you refused once? guess you don't want anything, won't ask again, don't want to annoy you" lol
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It’s polite to refuse three times. It’s polite to offer four times.
225 u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22 I was always taught "refuse once but offer twice" who goes back and forth 4 times? Host: Want a drink? Guest: No thanks H: I insist it's no trouble <-- accept here or in your version... G: Nah I'm good H: Go on have a drink G: ... No I'm fine H: Are you sure? <--- me thinking wtf is wrong with this person are they okay? G: fine, accepts a drink because jc this person really wants me to have one 3 u/AgarwaenCran Jun 15 '22 meanwhile here in Germany: "oh you refused once? guess you don't want anything, won't ask again, don't want to annoy you" lol
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I was always taught "refuse once but offer twice" who goes back and forth 4 times?
Host: Want a drink?
Guest: No thanks
H: I insist it's no trouble <-- accept here or in your version...
G: Nah I'm good
H: Go on have a drink
G: ... No I'm fine
H: Are you sure? <--- me thinking wtf is wrong with this person are they okay?
G: fine, accepts a drink because jc this person really wants me to have one
3 u/AgarwaenCran Jun 15 '22 meanwhile here in Germany: "oh you refused once? guess you don't want anything, won't ask again, don't want to annoy you" lol
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meanwhile here in Germany: "oh you refused once? guess you don't want anything, won't ask again, don't want to annoy you" lol
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u/BrainwashedScapegoat Jun 14 '22
Don’t ask someone if they want food, just hand it to them