where this german dude was a genuinely nice guy that people just misunderstood.

in this alt universe dude was just making a light hearted joke showing empathy about the cost to raise a family. unfortunately due to the language barrier and telephone game method the message got to me im holding a grudge 7 years later.

lol

in the real world this dude (on his first day mind you) had a 2 hour meeting explaining how making any type of mistake at work was not going to be tolerated. his example of why this is not to be accepted? because you would not accept it if a hospital dropped your baby when it was born.

that became a running joke at work.