In a corporate office, a phone conversation.

A US employee: ……. do you mind attending an EMEA meeting for me at 5:30am my time? which is 2:30pm your local time. It’s a bit too early for me.

German boss: Ah, no problem, but… let me check my calendar, hmm, I do have a funeral to attend at 2:30pm.

US employee: A funeral? for who?

German Boss: A friend of mine, at my age (middle-aged) you know. Sigh.

US Employee: That's so young, he died from disease?

German Boss: Nope, he was cleaning his rifle , an accident.

US Employee: Oh my God!

German Boss: Yeah, I don’t like attending funerals, it feels more miserable than those meetings.