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Non-Drinkers and Vegetarians

Spanish

Gabriel Díaz Chávez (Mexico City, Mexico) "I think that when people offer you an alcoholic drink and you can't drink it, the best thing..."

Idalia Tijerina Treviño (Monterrey, Mexico) "Hi, good afternoon. I am Idalia Tijerina, a Mexican hostess, and at any time when..."

Alicia Fonseca Reséndiz (Monterrey, Mexico) "Well, definitely the biggest thing in this country, in Mexico, is we are prone to invite people..."

Stéfano Nativi Figerola (Lima, Peru) "There is really no problem with this. Of course there are certain countries..."

Julio Balestrini Ponce (Lima, Peru) "It seems to me that during the course of negotiation there will generally be a moment..."

Chinese

Hsing Kuo Wang (Kinmen, Taiwan) "Actually, this question, I think it's very appropriate because... "

John Wa (Gaoxiong, Taiwan) "If you don't drink, I think the best..."

Hong Zhang (Shanghai, China) "If I'm someone who doesn't drink..."

Li Li (Shanghai, China) "Actually, in China, drinking is a tradition..."

Turkish

Ömer Yüksel Sümer (Ankara, Turkey) "Naturally, I believe that in business meetings..."

Gülay Onursal (Ankara, Turkey) "In business meetings, normally, if this is a lunch..."

Mehmet Emin Şan (İstanbul, Turkey) "The people in Turkey have a concept of tolerance ..."

Berna Morgül (Ankara, Turkey) "Offering alcohol in business life is not ..."

Cem Ağın (Ankara, Turkey) "We do not offer alcohol in business meetings normally. Because of..."

Japanese

Hiroaki (Tokyo, Japan) "In Japan drinking alcohol is important in the sense..."

Keiko (Hyogo, Japan) "Then keiko says..."

Takashi (Chiba, Japan) "Japanese rarely bluntly say, 'I can't eat this'..."

Akemo (Chiba, Japan) "Then akemo says..."


Authors: LouisPM, orkelm.