Re:It pays to be grumpy and bad-tempered (2016)
by brlewis on Friday July 17, 2020 @03:37PM
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> If someone invites you over for dinner in the US you’ll often hear “that meal was amazing!” even if it wasn’t. That’s just polite behavior
You aren't saying it's impolite so say anything less, right? I've lived in the US all my life and that's not my expectation...it could be that cultural expectations are not uniform.
Re:It pays to be grumpy and bad-tempered (2016)
by BrandoElFollito on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:17PM
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I am French and we will say that the meal was good even if it was not ("thanks, it was excellent" )
Re:It pays to be grumpy and bad-tempered (2016)
by refurb on Friday July 17, 2020 @05:19PM
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What if the meal was actually bad? Would you still say it? Some (not all) Americans would.
Obviously it’s a generalization, but an observation I found interesting.
Re:It pays to be grumpy and bad-tempered (2016)
by BrandoElFollito on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @02:35AM
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Yes I would,especially if I was invited and saw that someone made an effort but that are just not that talented.
So in a restaurant I wrote not say anything (and words not come back), if the meal was truly bad I woke say it was not good and probably leave some comments somewhere (I did it only once because it was really bad).
If someone invites you over for dinner in the US you’ll often hear “that meal was amazing!” even if it wasn’t. That’s just polite behavior.
My colleague was saying they don’t really do that in France. You’d never say “that meal was awful”, you’d just say nothing more than “thanks for the meal”.
I thought it was a great example.