There’s something that just boosts your job satisfaction when you get to have grilled salmon with mango salsa, pasta alfredo and steamed broccolli for lunch for 6 bucks. The only things that would have made that meal better would be some white wine and a clear nose (i’ve got a bit of a head cold.
In German the word “doch” is used to answer negative questions in the affirmative. For example Hast du kein Geld?(Don’t you have any money?) to which one could reply “Doch!” if they in fact do have money. Other languages have similar constructs, but English is stuck with the comparatively limited yes and no. Negative questions are thus cause for more confusion. I’ve always been in the habit of replying with yes when i agree with the negative statement, for example in April I would respond to the question “You’re not 21 until May?” with “yes” or “that’s right”. I thought this was standard, but i was just in a conversation where i asked “You’re not 21 til March?” to which the reply was “nope” to indicate that she will in fact be 20 until March. Generally we avoid the confusion by providing a clarifying statement right afterwards or by not even saying yes or no and instead jumping straight to a full sentence, but how would you answer the question “You’re not ${you.age + 1} until ${you.birthday.month}?”