I had a similar reaction when I moved to Canada when I was a kid. It's just cultural norms. Inability to know what someone was trying to say is a feature, not

I had a similar reaction when I moved to Canada when I was a kid. It's just cultural norms. Inability to know what someone was trying to say is a feature, not a bug. Sure, in engineering and science, it is a bug, but in everyday life, what a great feature. It forces people to translate vague-speak into my-worldview-speak, which helps bridge the culture/worldview gap. You can always drill down and double-check that you've interpreted correctly but communicating in vague-speak avoids so many sharp corners people tend to have - it's great stuff. Can you imagine what hell places with lots of immigrants would be if all of them thought their culture was the way to go and looked down upon all that is unfamiliar and foreign?