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> most of human communication is walking on eggshells That's not human communication, that's Anglosphere communication. Other cultures are much more direct and
by stavros 7mo ago
> most of human communication is walking on eggshells
That's not human communication, that's Anglosphere communication. Other cultures are much more direct and are finding it very hard to work with Anglos (we come across as rude, they come across as not saying things they should be saying).
- vardalab 7mo agoWhat culture are those? Scandinavian? Those often just say nothing.
- stavros 7mo agoI'm Greek. I don't know about other Mediterranean cultures, but I assume they're similar.
- strokirk 7mo agoScandinavian are quite different between each others as well.
- jmpavlec 7mo agoThe Dutch especially. It's refreshing
- m3adow 7mo ago[dead]
- projektfu 7mo agoAfter having worked with people from former Eastern Bloc countries, I would nominate a few of them for direct communication, e.g., "I won't do that because it is a stupid idea," or, "Can we discuss this when you know what you're doing?"
- suslik 7mo agoScandinavian cultures are not uniform also. Danes can be very direct; Swedes - not so much.
- eloisant 7mo agoDepends on the culture as you said, but some of them are even less direct than English speaking countries. Japan for example.
- afro88 7mo agoAnd India. It's a common experience that engineering teams from India will say yes to everything and then do what they think is best. Rather than saying no and explaining what they want to do instead