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Pushy Americans

Spanish

Pere Planas (Barcelona, Spain) "Based on my work experience with people from the United States, my opinion is that they are very direct people..."

Gerardo Alvira (Barcelona, Spain) "Well, I understand that both European and American managers are hard and immovable..."

Christian Sala (Madrid, Spain) "Well, in my opinion and in my experience I can say that North Americans when negotiating..."

Chinese

Wai-Chung Lo (Hong Kong, China) "In general, you have some feeling that the US... "

Jie Li (Shanghai, China) "A lot of people think that Americans are extremely direct..."

Judy Chen (Nantou, Taiwan) "Not really. If we're talking..."

Jin Wu (Xian, China) "In most cases when chatting with Americans..."

German

Philipp Burgtorf (Munich, Germany) "I lived for a few years in America, at the East Coast as well as in the Midwest, and I know many Americans..."

Maximilian Dressendörfer (Berlin, Germany) "Regarding the demeanor during the negotiation I mentioned earlier that Americans are eager to establish..."

Rainer Anskinewitsch (Düsseldorf, Germany) "The question is to what extent we as Germans perceive the Americans as being rude, aggressive, etc..."

Christina Hafke (Hamburg, Germany) "To be honest, I was a little surprised about the question whether I believe that the stereotype is true..."

Tim Fischbach (Frankfurt, Germany) "Well, for the overwhelming majority, I would say the stereotype that Americans are very direct..."

Erik Boos (Mannheim, Germany) "From my point of view the question regarding North Americans being perceived as rude, aggressive..."

Portuguese

Monica L. (São Paulo, São Paulo) "People say that Americans are a little more rude, that they go straight to the point, perhaps too much so..."

Mirella (São Paulo, São Paulo) "In Brazil we are accustomed to having meetings that have scheduled beginning times..."

Milton T. (São Paulo) "Well, I think this is one of the American virtues..."

Russian

Elena D. (Saratov, Russia) "My opinion on the fact that North American businessmen are direct, unceremonious, and pushy..."

Alexander S. (Minsk, Belarus) "Maybe I am lucky, because I work mainly with American companies that are involved in international business..."

Vladimir M. (Saratov, Russia) "Yes, of course, in comparison even with the most inconsiderate Russians, from our point of view, they behave..."

Japanese

Yumi (Aomori City, Japan) "Regarding American businessmen as unhesitatingly pushy..."

Mimi(Tokyo, Japan) "The straightforward and intuitive attitudes..."

Takeshi (Hachioji, Japan) "I do not particularly think that Americans..."


Authors: LouisPM, orkelm.