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He's been living in the US for 16 years, so thats not a valid excuse. Also, there's a difference between not saying please and being vulgar. I don't think you c
by canttestthis 13y ago
He's been living in the US for 16 years, so thats not a valid excuse. Also, there's a difference between not saying please and being vulgar. I don't think you can dismiss this as merely a cultural issue.
- exDM69 13y agoSure, but I wanted to remark that it still probably requires him a conscious effort to be polite and to not sound like an asshole to a naturally polite american. Something he often forgets when there's more important business to worry about. The word "please" was an exaggerated example, but if you'd hear two finns politely disagreeing with each other you would probably call it "vulgar" or even think that they hate each other. And besides, it's not exclusively american people he deals with. He probably gets along fine with e.g. Russians who have a culture that is more similar to his own.
- vadman 13y agoA scary percentage of "naturally polite americans" feel entitled to to whatever they want with complete disregard for others' convenience, as long as they politely say "Excuse me".
- coldtea 13y ago>He's been living in the US for 16 years, so thats not a valid excuse. Not a valid excuse for what? Who said he has to be "excused"? To quote George Bernard Shaw, who told you the customs of your tribe in the US are natural laws? >* Also, there's a difference between not saying please and being vulgar.* As there is a difference between swearing and being vulgar.