So working here im experiencing may different cultures, and have come to appreciate some....and maybe not so much others.
I find certain cultures such as the English are very polite, don't complain much, are great at queuing, they're patient, listen and join in the Preshow.
However there are other culture's that don't appreciate the reason for queue's, are unaware of others around them, cannot follow basic norms of human behaviour....and thats my english politeness coming through...!
I dont know sign language...not much anyway xcpt for the usual wave for hello and goodbye, and some obscenities....but i would assume furiously shaking my head or finger would account for No, and pointing at someone's camera, or making pretend camera taking positions with my hands (button clicking included) would be obvious to most that i am trying to communicate with them that you are not allowed to take photo's. Someone please correct me if i am wrong.
I appreciate that when i am far away from people who may not understand english...or my newly aquired americlish accent, that it would be difficult for a person to understand my instruction to "move down to the end of the row"....and it may even be difficult to notice everybody around you moving down to the end of all the other rows......and especially when there is about 50 people to your right standing up waiting for you to move down, and gesturing you to move down. And maybe even after 3 minutes of being sat there and realising that all the lights in the theatre are still on, the movie has not started, there are 50 people stood up with nowhere to sit...there are 50 seats to your left unoccupied and there is a Shrek employee furiously waving infront of you, red in the face, gesturing you to stand up, and move down to the end of the row....and there are around 230 other people around you watching....and laughing.
maybe its just me.
Maybe I should learn some new languages.
I bet they would understand if i used my obscene sign language though.
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Sod learning a new language, apostrophe use is something I intend to drum into you by the time I die.
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