◇Ifyouaremoreaedtoeatiialmanner,goahead。Itwillnotdispleaseanyone。
&oturndownspecificfoodsordrinkswithoutgiviion。
◇Manyfoodsareeatenbyhand。
◇Foodisoftensuppliedfamily-style,whisthatitisinlargeservingdishesandpassedarouableforeveryohemselves。
◇Duessbeginsorsaystobegin。
&andinguntilallowedtositdown。
◇Donotplaceyourelbowsoable。
◇Plaapkininyourlapassoonasyoutakeaseat。
◇Leaveasmallamountoffoodonyourplatewhenyouhavefiing。
■BusieandProtocol
◆BusinessDress
◇Whatissideredappropriatebusinessdressdiffersbygeion,dayoftheweekandindustry。
◇GeheEastdressmoreformally,whilepeopleiareabitmorecasual。
&ivesusuallydressformallynomatterwhichpartofthetrytheyarein。
◇InmanypaisontowearFriday。Hightepaenwearcasualclotheseveryday。
◇Forthefirstmeetiivedressisalriate。Busis,dressesorpantsuitsarethebesten。Itisbetterformentowearabusiunlessyoukobequitecasual。
&ings
◇Theisthehandshake。Handshakesarefirm,briefa。
◇Maiduriing。
◇Inmostsituations,youcallpeoplebytheirfirsthebeginning。Mostpeoplewouldlikeyoutocallthembytheirheyhaveone。
◇Informalsituations,itiscourteoustousetitlesandsurnamesasacourtesyuntilyouareiogetoafirstnamebasis,whichenquickly。
◇Exgebusinesscardswithoutformalritual。
◇Itisquiteusualforthereceivertoplaceyourtheirwallet,whichmaythengointhebackpocketoftheirtrousers。Thisisnotinsulting。
◆uniStyles
Amerisaredirect。Theythinkhighlyoflogiearthinkipeopletospeakdimahemifyoudohowitis”yousimplywastetime,andtimeismoney。Ifyouarefromaculturethatismoreseunistyle,trynottobeoffehedireess。Trytoetoyourpointmorequiddon’tworryaboutbeiahao。Ameriswillmakeuseofthetelephoodobusiwouldrequireafaeetinginmostothertries。Theyarenotionseeiokhwhomtheyduess。
◆Busiings
DoefssiimeandpunctualityaresoimportanttoAmerithea,peopleareextremelypundregarditasasignofdiscourtesyforsomeoeforameetingorappoiheSoutherates,peoplemaybealittlemorecasual,buttobesafe,alunctual,althoughyoumayhavetowaitalittlebefstarts。
&ingsmayappearrelaxed,buttheyaretakenquiteseriously。Ifthereisawillbeadheredto。Attheeing,therewillbeasummaryofwhatdeade,alistofwhowillcarryoutwhichfadalistofthewillbetakenandbywhom。Ifyougiveapresentation,itshouldbediredtothepoint。Visualaidsshouldfurtherenrichyourcase。Usestatisticstosupportyourclaims,sinceAmerisareimpressedbysoliddataandevidence。
Withtheemphasisoroloftime,businessisductedrapidly。Thereisverylittlesmalltalkbefdowntobusiisontotrytoreareememeeting。Theemphasisisoingatraedratherthaablishiioionshipmaydevelopotracthasbeensigned。