marygain
22-06-2007, 01:24 AM
We live in a small world, but each side of this world is very different from the other.
For example, USA is not like Saudi Arabia not like Japan and so on.
In Japan, there are many rules, which Americans do not even heard about it …
This is one of the stories happened to the American couple who live in Japan.
One day the couple –Smith and his wife Anne-was invited to Masayuki house –Japanese family- but in this short dinner visit, they did many things considered as huge mistakes in Japan culture.
First tip was about taking off their shoes .they did not know that they were supposed to take off there shoes when entering a Japanese house.
Second tip was they did not know they were supposed to arrange them so they'd be pointing toward the door.
The third mistake the couple did was about gifts.
Anne and her husband knew they were supposed to take gift to a Japanese home .But Masayuki and Yukiko seemed a little shocked when the American couple pulled the present out of a plastic bag and said "We thought you'd like this CD,it is rock & roll" .In fact they must not say any thing about the gift …..Just give it to your hosts….the second thing was the gift it self …it was not really an appropriate gift.
The fourth mistake was about the food…they had trouble eating row fish ….the poor Smith finished his dish but his wife could not, so she left it half-eaten and that, again, shocked the Japanese family because it is impolite to do that.
The funniest one was when Masayuki asked them to drink again .The poor couple thought it wouldn't be polite to say no, so they accepted drinking again and again .finally they felt that they were absolutely full and had to leave. In fact, they had to refuse gently from the first place, otherwise they could there drinking all night!!
Therefore, learning peoples cultures help the others so much to avoid falling in mistakes like this.
I wish you liked my topic
Best wishes
For example, USA is not like Saudi Arabia not like Japan and so on.
In Japan, there are many rules, which Americans do not even heard about it …
This is one of the stories happened to the American couple who live in Japan.
One day the couple –Smith and his wife Anne-was invited to Masayuki house –Japanese family- but in this short dinner visit, they did many things considered as huge mistakes in Japan culture.
First tip was about taking off their shoes .they did not know that they were supposed to take off there shoes when entering a Japanese house.
Second tip was they did not know they were supposed to arrange them so they'd be pointing toward the door.
The third mistake the couple did was about gifts.
Anne and her husband knew they were supposed to take gift to a Japanese home .But Masayuki and Yukiko seemed a little shocked when the American couple pulled the present out of a plastic bag and said "We thought you'd like this CD,it is rock & roll" .In fact they must not say any thing about the gift …..Just give it to your hosts….the second thing was the gift it self …it was not really an appropriate gift.
The fourth mistake was about the food…they had trouble eating row fish ….the poor Smith finished his dish but his wife could not, so she left it half-eaten and that, again, shocked the Japanese family because it is impolite to do that.
The funniest one was when Masayuki asked them to drink again .The poor couple thought it wouldn't be polite to say no, so they accepted drinking again and again .finally they felt that they were absolutely full and had to leave. In fact, they had to refuse gently from the first place, otherwise they could there drinking all night!!
Therefore, learning peoples cultures help the others so much to avoid falling in mistakes like this.
I wish you liked my topic
Best wishes