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Being American and having worked within the team for months, I was quite offended by the comment and didn’t know how to take it. One of my colleagues said, “I enjoyed the session even though the trainer is a bit too American!”. I remember my manager asking for our feedback about a consultant who had recently led a training session in our offices. Cultural faux-pas #4: Americans have feelings too!
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Leo, Account Manager at a Global Software firm, Sweden. I later realized she never thought she was late before I mentioned it! She quickly apologized, but I felt a sudden sense of awkwardness. Towards the end of one of the meetings, I calmly explained that I expected her to be on time unless she had a valid reason. I found this frustrating and quite disrespectful towards the other members of the team. Cultural faux-pas #3: Remember that time is subjective.Ī member of my team based in Mexico used to show up a few minutes late to our weekly virtual meetings. Marc, Advertising Specialist at a Fashion company in Spain. Cultural faux-pas #2: Get your greeting right.īeing German, I remember feeling very awkward the first time my colleagues kissed me on the cheek to greet me. I joked around the fact that he probably didn’t want to share his cooking secrets with us before realizing it was Ramadan and he was actually fasting.Ĭlaire, Marketing Manager at a Pharmaceutical Company, US. One day, my graphic designer showed up without any food. Therefore, I decided to organize a monthly virtual lunch. I really missed having lunch with my teammates since we all started working remotely due to the pandemic. Maybe I should take notes for the next time I cross paths with Miranda's beautiful body.Download eBook Cultural faux-pas #1: Oh! Is it Ramadan? Kelly laughed, took it as a compliment, and ran over and started making out with him. But apparently Lady Luck wasn't letting Keith down today. Beatrice -Kelly's "pleasently plump" best friend- noticed.

Didn't he have any shame? Didn't he know how to do it the right way? The way she wouldn't notice. Intentional Faux Pas ( Type B): I watched as Keith stared directly at Kelly's hourglass body. His cheek was still bright red the next day from the bitch slap she gave him. For Christ's sake, doesn't he know we're in a Catholic school? Well he got what he deserved. She was standing there, her heart-shaped butt innocently sticking out when he ran up and spanked it so hard I'm sure it bruised. I had intended it as a "We're best friends and have been for ages will you go out with me?" Intentional Faux Pas (Type A): When Kelsey took off her backpack at carpool and bent over to get the math notes I had missed out for me, Cameron made a serious Faux Pas of the first type. Apparently when she said had taken my "Let's go to the dance together but just as friends" speech literally. Miranda, God bless her, ran away tears streaming out her eyes. The few seconds she stood standing there in front of me felt like enternity. In it, it contained desire, anger, and pity. She looked at me with some kind of look that I'd never seen before.

Instead she violently jerked away, her lithe body escaping my gasp. But apparently first base wouldn't be reached tonight.
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Unintentional Faux Pas: During "Brighter Than Sunshine" -our last slow dance song- I went to kiss Miranda full on the lips.
