As a German, I am amused by USians or British claiming to be direct in social interactions. There are books and courses about how the english sentence "we might

As a German, I am amused by USians or British claiming to be direct in social interactions. There are books and courses about how the english sentence "we might have to reconsider" means "no". How you would offer sweets twice, because of course the first answer will be "no" and the other party will want to be "convinced" to say "Yes" on the second round. How "a little help needed" means "big catastrophe, need a lot of help right now". Problem is, you are used to those things and don't see them from inside your culture.