North American's Zone

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Generally Americans wish to face the problems directly.  That’s why they don’t know the real meaning and can’t able to understand people who seems to be friendly and say “yes” a lot, which is the word mostly expected in a business situation.  For example, if you are a friend and seem to agree about many things in business discussion, they will think that you have reached an agreement.  After that, if you then go back to your country and decide that you cannot accept to certain points after all, and then on those situations they will feel betrayed.  Americans are more comfortable with arguments, and even outright aggression, than they are with what they see as dishonesty.

The general American approach to work and to any problems that arise at work is confident, we can do it courage, and they generally expect this same approach from anyone they work with.  The American workplace is also extremely competitive, an attitude that is encouraged early on in children and young people through the competitive nature of schools and other activities.  If you think about it, it is a reasonable that since Americans like being direct and honest, and they don’t like jokes, which insult people. The peoples in United States are not like other country peoples; they usually take such comments seriously and get offended.  They do not like to be embarrassed in public, so it is better to stop playing by jokes on anyone unless you know that person very well.