People’s attitudes here about time are starting the day
early and ending it early; people like to have as much of the day remaining
as possible. People here talk quieter so the personal bubble becomes a bit
smaller because you need to be able to hear what the person next to you is saying. Most
people in the UK treat foreigners very well as if we belonged here; in
some other countries the language barrier determined how much the citizens liked
us. People respond somewhat neutrally to negative behavior because they aren’t
really sure how to respond without escalating the situation, so instead they
just apologize. The number one clue that helped me figure out the attitudes of
the people in these different places was the loudness of their voice and the
personal distance they allowed me. I always assumed we were loud in the US and
we are, however the difference is not extreme to me. I now know that I need to
be mindful of the personal distance and volume of the people around me and
adjust correspondingly.
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