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Old 05-01-2008, 07:48 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by cassidym View Post
And, third, I soon understood the difference in politeness codes. After I worked there a few weeks, one of the engineers called me into his office and asked me what I thought about how the factory was designed. And I politely said it looked great which got me a quizzical look because he expected me to really say what I felt. I quickly learned to be very frank.
I definitely have some German blood.

Unfortunately, I am still very frank and it is not a very suitable for the UK.
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