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> 1) How positive one is. Americans always smile. They're always doing "well," "fantastic," or similar. Eggs start at medium, and go up from there. That's not t
by coffeeling 6y ago
> 1) How positive one is. Americans always smile. They're always doing "well," "fantastic," or similar. Eggs start at medium, and go up from there. That's not true of most of the world.
Whenever our American boss comes to visit this side of the pond, this drives me so nuts. Like, if things suck, just say so ffs. We royally fucked something up? We've had challenges. Some new thing is good but not mindblowingly amazing? Excellent.
Your language has a range of expression, please use it :'D
- woofie11 6y agoAmericans do use a range of language too: [okay, not bad, decent, awesome, fantabulous] Depending on where you are, that might maps onto: [horrible, passable, average, good, excellent] In a management setting, those communications are sometimes obvious, but just as often you get into dynamics like: * American managed by non-American: Constantly feeling criticized, like they're failing. * Non-American managed by American: Often, not realizing when something went wrong. Both sides need to be aware of the difference for this to work. It's a fair learning curve, but well worth it.
- dnautics 6y ago>Whenever our American boss comes to visit this side of the pond, this drives me so nuts. Like, if things suck, just say so ffs. We royally fucked something up? We've had challenges. Some new thing is good but not mindblowingly amazing? Excellent. > Your language has a range of expression, please use it :'D It's a bit of a stereotype, but be glad you don't have an anglophone boss from your side of the pond.