I will put things I've heard that I think its interesting here. For this first entry, I have a short phone conversation I thought was quite interesting.
Setup: Person A is a 24year old retail girl. Person B is one of the upper management from Viacomm, who happens to become friends with this girl, no sexual tension, just genuine friends. She (Person B) also is interested in hiring her.
This conversation happened within days of their newly found friendship.
Conversation happened outside of XinGuang plaza Beijing
Person A: 我们店这周末晚上有一个酒会。你想参加吗？ ( We're having a cocktail party this weekend, would you like to come? )
Person B: 哦，这周末啊，我没有时间，我有一个跟英国首相的晚餐。 ( O, this weekend, I have to have dinner with the prime minister of UK )
Person A: 哦，那好吧。 ( O, Thats ok then )
