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⌈ Secret Post #2216 ⌋

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Comments

Re: When You Feel Like Ordinary Advice Completely Ignores Your Culture

[(Anonymous)]

I understand where you're coming from, and having been raised in the US, I am not nearly as sensitive about these particular issues. But remember that this culture is different from your culture. It attaches great importance to acknowledgement of others and formal interaction. It is trained into your brain from a very small age that when you see someone, you acknowledge their presence. If you do not do so, it will be seen as deliberate unless you rectify the mistake. If I forgot to say good morning to a coworker, I could easily go and say it later that day and be forgiven and all will be well with the world. But specifically passing someone by without acknowledging them Is Not Done. And if you don't keep sharp about it, the other person will take offense.

If you take the time to acknowledge someone and treat them with kindness and warmth, this is a culture that will stick close to you and welcome you and take care of you as long as they can. Unfortunately, misunderstandings and pride can get in the way of this, especially when you have a tense environment that is being affected by fear of job cuts and lack of clearness in procedure.