[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no"

[Anne Wilson]

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On 13/07/12 00:35, Frank Griffin wrote:
> I've found this to be the case in the past with the Japanese on IT 
> matters.  When they say "yes" they really mean "I understand the
> request you are making", not "I am committing to doing it".

Others have said that face-to-face negotiations with women are
difficult, because when you discuss something, a man nods to mean that
he agrees with you, but a woman nods to mean that she has understood
what you are saying - not the same thing at all.

Anne
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