How to Make Friends and Influence People [Tuesday, April 22, 2014]

[sith_happened]

If you thought you were getting out of Anakin Kriffing Skywalker's class without an examination, you were sadly, sadly mistaken. "There are four essay questions," he said, passing out the papers, "and then one practical examination question. Please don't hurt yourself too badly. I don't want to have to explain it to your parents, and the paperwork for this sort of thing is completely ridiculous."

He glanced up when he was finished passing everything out. "You have been an adequate group of students when you bother to listen. You will probably not die horribly."

...and thank you, Anakin.

Comments

Question 3

[sith_happened]

The protocol translator droid is broken and you don't speak the language of the people in front of you. Most of the hand gestures you grew up using are considered Quite Rude on this world. How do you explain to them that you really, really need to pee?

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[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

A lady doesn't announce that sort of thing regardless. And presumably I would have gone in at least knowing some sort of means of communication with these people. Really, it's basic common sense to learn about a people before travelling to be amongst them.

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[dollpocalypse]

Fidget a lot, Topher wrote. I'd do that anyway.

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[failsatspirit]

...there are non-rude gestures for miming that you need to pee?

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[ultron_junior]

Depends. Can I get out of my seat and just start looking for the bathroom without them shooting me?

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[wildandbrave]

Please ignore how Cosette was blushing very bright red while working on this question.

I'm sure I could manage to look apologetic and excuse myself for a minute or two without needing to explain too much?

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[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

Do they just not have a language dictionary online, or has ALL of our tech malfunctioned? If it's the former, I can't imagine NOT having asked the droid to create at least a minimal dictionary in the standard format before we arrived. If it's the latter, then rude hand gestures are the LEAST of our worries.

If we really are just screwed, language-wise, I'd very humbly and ashamedly walk away from them, and try to either find whatever passes for bathrooms on their world (which there might not be) or else find a private corner and a bottle with a screw-top lid.

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[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

I back away slowly, let other people fill in the space in front of me, sneak away, and find the bathroom on my own.