In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party

Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by gota on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @01:13AM (#17650697)

I have no idea where the author got the generalization that this is a rule "everywhere in Brazil". It's at most more or less a custom in Rio, and no other places that I know of. In southern Brazil not arriving within half hour of the appointes time is in fact disrespectful

Besides this is only for social appointments. Try to arrive a couple hours late for a meeting and you'll find yourself talking to your boss aboit how this article misled you

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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by _0nac on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @02:40AM (#17651032)

I used to work in Indonesia, with Indonesian clients. Scheduling a meeting for 10 AM and not having anybody show up until 11 was normal; showing up four hours late and shrugging it off with "macet" (traffic) was not unusual. (Then again, Jakarta jams really can be that bad.)

They have a word for it too: jam karet, or "rubber time".

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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by mastermachetier on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @07:34PM (#17658278)

I am from Minas and typically people are 15-45 minutes late to things. Mostly social events though. It’s not considered rude though because that is the expectation when these kinds of events

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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by stelonix on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @03:10AM (#17651146)

I am Brazilian and can confirm: in pretty much every state I've been to (some 10 in total), no event starts on time, there's always a delay, even if minuscule.

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