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> One day we'll just send bullet points as emails. We'll reach business speak protocol version 2.0. That which was verbose becomes terse. No more time wasted tr
by mschuster91 2y ago
> One day we'll just send bullet points as emails. We'll reach business speak protocol version 2.0. That which was verbose becomes terse. No more time wasted translating thoughts and injecting platitudes.
I'll celebrate the day this happens and gets widespread. Conversing with Americans is painful compared to Germans, because Americans insist on being coddled all the time and the very second you don't they'll complain behind your back to your boss.
Fun fact - that cultural difference was also a huge part why Wal-Mart failed to gain traction here in Germany. German consumers really didn't like staff welcoming them with a forced smile, that and bad press from crossed labor laws was their downfall.
- przemub 2y agoSmile isn’t that bad, smiling with a pistol to the back of their head is :)
- sdsd 2y ago>staff welcoming them with a forced smile Walmarts notorious "people greeters" are there to prevent theft, and as far as I can tell, the people greeter reason seems to be purely speculative, and less explanatory than more solid political reasons (established competitors conspired, just like Walmart does to incumbents in the US).
- mschuster91 2y ago> Walmarts notorious "people greeters" are there to prevent theft How is some old pensioner sitting (or worse: standing) at the entrance going to deter theft? Thieves don't care unless there are actual security guards on patrol.