Lost In Translation

Yesterday, at work, I told a German guy who is in town working that he looked hot.

He blushed and looked down and smiled slightly, and then quietly said thank you.

I meant hot, as in temperature, but his response was enough for me to let it go without correction.

I believe I have singlehandedly convinced him that American girls are much more forward than I ever actually am.

It actually kind of feels like my good deed for that day.

(Plus, he is cute & everyone deserves a bit of an ego boost sometimes. Also, a correction would’ve seemed like I was calling him unattractive, I think.)