by Christine Burgmer | Feb 3, 2015 | Allgemein |
You’ve been given a present or some good advice, been invited out to a meal or to a job interview, or someone has helped you? And you want to say thank you either in person or in writing. So what could you say?
Here are some suggestions:
- Thank you for the lovely present. It’s such a beautiful pen …
- Thank you very much for helping me yesterday. It was a difficult decision to make …
- Thank you so much for your hospitality / for the wonderful dinner party last week …
- Thank you so much for inviting me to your company. It was very interesting to learn about your organisation …
- Thank you for the time you spent helping me to …
by Christine Burgmer | Feb 2, 2015 | Allgemein |
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Helen Keller
by Christine Burgmer | Feb 1, 2015 | Allgemein |
Germans are famous for their love of order. They even have a popular phrase for it: “Ordnung muss sein”, which one can translate roughly as: “There must be order”.
Read the Deutsche Welle article to learn more about the Germans’ love for order – even in their allotments!
by Christine Burgmer | Jan 31, 2015 | Allgemein |
The manager asked a woman looking for a job, “And remember we are very keen about cleanliness. Did you wipe your shoes before entering”.
“Oh, yes sir,” replied the woman.
The manager narrowed his eyes and said, “We are also very keen about the truth. There is no mat.”
by Christine Burgmer | Jan 30, 2015 | Allgemein |
Do you find it difficult to choose good passwords and then to memorise them? Don’t worry. Help is at hand. Watch this short video with memory expert Ron White telling us how he does it.
