I would think of this as kind of a translation table between one communication culture and another, which might come in handy. I'm used to work with people from

I would think of this as kind of a translation table between one communication culture and another, which might come in handy. I'm used to work with people from different cultures in a team and in my head just transpose whatever they say based on their culture. If an American tells me "Are we confident that this is the best solution or are we still exploring alternatives?" then I'm automatically translating it to "this is complete shit". When someone from Eastern Europe tells me "this is complete shit", I translate it into "hm this looks weird, care to explain?". Plus minus individual adjustments based on my experience with that person. But there's one thing I never do, and that is taking this kind of communication literally, and therefore I don't really care about flowery language, passive-aggressive clichees, or maybe a little negativity on the other side of the spectrum.