alt Hacker NewsNo, but I have noticed that somehow it's hard for them to say "no". This is impolite apparently. So you ask: "Can you do this before friday" and they say yes and then don't do it at all. Which of course is a lot less polite and causes a lot of friction.
However this was a thing 10-15 years ago. Lately I've not seen that.
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mikkupikku • yesterday at 2:38 PM
My experience is the same, to put it charitable a lot of people from that culture are often eager to please. I think about this a lot when I hear about billionaires like Elon Musk wanting more immigration from India specifically. I think this cultural trait often serves them well in western corporate contexts, despite the frustration it causes their coworkers.
> Which of course is a lot less polite and causes a lot of friction.
Most cultures have this, but it goes mostly unnoticed from the inside because one can read between the lines. "How are you?" can be asked just to be polite, and can cause friction when answered truthfully (rather than the politely, as the cultural dance requires). An Eastern European may not appreciate the insincerity of such a question.