A Prenzlauer Berg resident achieved a milestone in urban living yesterday by successfully learning their neighbor’s name during a chance encounter while retrieving the mail, only to lose the information approximately forty-five seconds later when asked to repeat it.
“I think it was Max? Marley? Morgan? It definitely started with an M,” reported Mx. Robinero Bergmann, 43, who has lived three meters away from the neighbor for nearly a decade. “Or possibly a B? I remember thinking it was easy to remember.”
The neighbor, whose name remains unknown, was reportedly very kind about repeating it. Witnesses say Bergmann nodded with confidence, and seemed incredibly natural about the whole thing.
“The worst part is I’ll see them again,” Bergmann told our reporters. “Maybe tomorrow. Maybe in an hour. I’ve already used up my one chance to ask naturally. There’s just no way out of it.”
When asked what Bergmann plans to do, they stared into the middle distance and said, “I’m going to check my mail.”
The Gazette reached out to the neighbor for comment but we were not sure which buzzer to press.