11-22-2008, 10:52 AM
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Sussi *7.7.86 - 18.6.09*
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Germany
Posts: 31,038
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Originally Posted by Jiro
For example - it's a culture in France to have a 2 hours lunch and to have a french bread everyday  .
It's a culture in Russia to greet someone by hugging and kissing both cheeks.
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You really donīt know what culture really is about... All what you said is 2 hour lunch to have a french bread... Russia hugging and kisses.... America ... smile and greet strangers...
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I don't know about you but perhaps your American co-worker either lives in Germany too long or haven't really experienced a life much... or maybe he/she is just not a gregarious type. 
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If you donīt know me and my American co-workers then donīt make assumption post about us... I donīt care either you know me or not but good thing is ADers did know me in real life. They described about me in their threads what and how they met me...
Did I said that my American co-workers lives in Germany for long time? How do you know that my American co-workers are gregarious type? I do not see anything that I negative American co-workers in my previous post but I only see that they agrees with me that itīs people itself how to expose into friendly, unfriendly, racist, crime, or whatever, not culture itself.
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I find German culture to be bit brusque because they are stingy with resource and time. When I was in Munich.. I was at public bathroom to wash my hand, I left the sink just for a quick moment to use the soap.. the German jumped into my sink and scolded me for wasting a water... even for 1 second. I thought it was extremely rude of him to use my sink when I was using it but I suppose it's a German culture.
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1 second?  okay, this is your POV... I experience Americansīway for over 23 years... I can say a lot if I want to but I donīt bother... but accept that itīs their mentality...  Rude German is a German culture... You really donīt know what culture is about...
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Perhaps you haven't really experienced much in America. Have you been to South? great hospitality. North-eastern tends to be bit more rude and impatient.... aka road roage! 
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Sure, I only experienced few states in USA last year but I donīt have any problems with Americans because I respect them what they are as the same as they respect what I am which is a great but my bad experience was unfriendly US Security in US Airport, thatīs all.
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