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The Germans and people from eastern Europe are usually straightforward in their communications. There might have been a shift towards conflict-avoidance in you
by playing_colours 5y ago
The Germans and people from eastern Europe are usually straightforward in their communications. There might have been a shift towards conflict-avoidance in younger generations (< 30 yo) though.
- tchalla 5y ago> The Germans and people from eastern Europe are usually straightforward in their communications. May be, Germans (and most Europe) are "straightforward" from an American perspective. I find Europeans with their own shade of "subtlety" which you could only learn if you were part of the culture. Otherwise, they are "subtle" and "measured" too.
- llampx 5y agoGerman and Dutch straightforwardness only goes one way. Try talking to them back with the same straightforward way they talk to you, and see how they react.
- arp242 5y agoEh? It's how these people interact with each other. Your line of thinking seems to be something like this: 1. *Something straightforward* 2. *Straightforward reply* 3. "Zomg! Hypocrite!"
- llampx 5y agoI use straightforwardness as a proxy for rudeness, which is what it usually is in these cases. Its like the famous "brusque New Yorker" style or "Berliner schnauze". If you talk to them the same way they talk to you they get pissed because this brusqueness is not how they talk to an equal, but rather an outsider.
- arp242 5y agoWhat do you mean specifically? Do you have any examples?