- giving compliments – expressing your appreciation for something that people wear or for their homes might be a great way to break the ice in other countries, but not everywhere! In some African and Middle Eastern countries, giving someone compliments can be seen as a desire to own the thing that you are complimenting. By doing that, they may feel compelled to give that thing to you;
- being fashionably late – there is a quote that says “I’m not late. Everybody else came too early”. Well, it turns out that in Germany, this doesn’t apply at all! German people see this as a sign of superiority. If someone is fashionably late, it means that they value their own personal time more than other people’s.
17 thoughts on “22 Ways You Are Being Rude Without Realizing It”
Sounds like Japan needs to get a real life,
I asked for a coke with lunch in Amsterdam. I was told by my host that coke is normally given to children and adults do not drink coke with a meal. It was a surprise to me.
This article is misleading. These are things you can do in other countries that are rude there. They are not rude here. I think the article needs a different title.
I was in Lagos Nigeria and tipped the driver of the security van. Later I was told one I over tipped and two it was rude to do so. I felt terrible.
There are enough interesting places to go, things to see, and people to meet right here in my country, that there is no conceivable reason to travel outside the United States of America.
What you may wish to do is publish this article overseas, so that when people come here it doesn’t feel to us that the interlopers are defecating on our wives’ dining room table.
How about that?
WOW WOW
If I traveled a lot…GOOD STUFF TO KNOW.
Thanks
There are so many, and such intrusive ads superimposed on the story here as to make opening any of your posts obnoxious.
I was interested in the piece, but gave up on the unreadable presentation.
This is so BS. Blowing your nose? Would they prefer that we let snot drip down our lip and lick it off? How repulsive would THAT be? I just made myself gag, eww
GOOD ADVICE HERE –BUT i DO MANY OF THESE THINGS ALREADY !
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
A better title for this article would be 22 ways you are being rude when traveling abroad – not everyone travels.
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