As an Estonian, I can relate to this. "How are you" and similar drivel gets me every time and borderline drives me mad.
There is a brilliant comic called Finnish Nightmares that covers many situations like this. For anyone not Finnish (or Estonian) it is probably an inside joke.
There is a brilliant comic called Finnish Nightmares that covers many situations like this. For anyone not Finnish (or Estonian) it is probably an inside joke.
http://finnishnightmares.blogspot.com