Germany/Sylt: What Do You Think When Someone Says 'Too Late' to You?

Glasses: Céline / Earclips: eBay / Blazer: H&M /
Bag: Chanel / Dress: Asos / Shoes: Malene Birger

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Was denkt Ihr Euch, wenn jemand zu Euch unaufgefordert sagt: „Zu spät!“

Tatsächlich passierte mir genau das, während wir in einem Restaurant auf Sylt saßen. Ich sah daraufhin die Dame etwas irritiert an, die mir ungefragt mitgeteilt hatte, dass es zu spät sei und fragte etwas ratlos nach: „Entschuldigung, womit soll ich bitte zu spät dran sein?“

Die Dame grinste: „Sie haben doch gerade geniest und bei uns in Bremen sagt man darauf nicht ‚Gesundheit‘, so wie in anderen Teilen von Deutschland, sondern schlichtweg ‚zu spät‘.“

„Aha,“ antwortete ich nicht außerordentlich geistreich, „verstehe. Dann habe ich wieder etwas gelernt, denn das wusste ich nicht. Und ich war auch noch nie in Bremen.“

„Na,“ meinte die Dame aufmunternd, „dann kennen Sie zumindest einen Punkt der in Bremen geltenden Etikette, falls Sie Bremen mal besuchen sollten, was ich im Übrigen sehr empfehlen kann.“

Ich dankte der Dame, nun auch endlich lächelnd, und war insgeheim froh, dass mir diese harmlose Erklärung für die mich anfangs verwirrende Aussage geliefert worden war.

Wie würdet Ihr reagieren, wenn Euch gegenüber jemand meint „zu spät“? Was sagt Ihr, wenn jemand in Eurer Gegenwart niest? Kennt Ihr Bremen und was dort üblich ist?

Und wer weiß, vielleicht ist es ja auch auf irgendeine Art und Weise für mein heutiges Outfit mit dem schwarzen Fake-Lederkleid, dem Karo-Blazer und der roten Chanel-Tasche zu spät, aber zumindest hat mir das bis jetzt noch keiner mitgeteilt …

Lasst Euch von nichts und niemanden irritieren, egal, was Ihr gesagt bekommt!

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What do you think when someone says to you unasked: "Too late!"

Actually, exactly that happened to me while we were sitting in a restaurant on Sylt. I looked at the lady who had told me without asking that it was too late and asked her a little perplexed: "Excuse me, with what should I be too late?"

The lady grinned: "You just sneezed and here in Bremen they don't say 'Gesundheit' (= health) to the sneezing person, like in other parts of Germany, but simply 'too late'."

"Okay," I answered without extraordinary wit, "I understand. Then I learned something new again, because I didn't know that. And I've never been to Bremen."

"Well," the lady said encouragingly, "Then you know at least one point of Bremen's etiquette if you should visit Bremen, which I can highly recommend by the way."

I thanked the lady, now finally also smiling, and was secretly relieved that I got this harmless explanation for the initially confusing statement.

How would you react if someone means "too late" to you? What do you say when someone sneezes in your presence? Do you know Bremen and what is usual there?

And who knows, maybe in some way it's too late for my outfit of today with the black fake leather dress, the checked blazer and the red Chanel bag, but at least nobody has told me that yet ...

Don't let anything or anyone confuse you, no matter what you are told!

Fortunately, nobody said so far it is too late for my outfit of today ...

... and it was even not late when we left the hotel on that day ...

... to walk along the sea promenade of List ...

... where not only this big wheel is stunning.

We saw also how much work it is ...

... to make a thatched roof.

It was easy for us to have a nice lunch
in this small beach restaurant.

Well nourished we continued to discover the island
with beautiful houses like this one ...

... as well as the impressing "Lister Ellenbogen".

The other day Hörnum with its lighthouse
was our destination for a day trip.

We watched the loading of fresh mussels ...

... and paid a visit to the hotel
were we stayed in the year 2014.

Also Hörnum as a very nice light house ...

... and trys to protect the beach with this concrete piers.

The famous "Sansibar" was again not really our cup of tea ...

... although the beach there is nice.

We preferred the beach of Kampen ...

... and watched finally this sun sunset near the "Lister Ellenbogen" ...

... as well as from one of our balconies ...

... where the views were also amazing ...

... and we saw even the Sylt Ferry in this beautiful way.