Molson Hart

Can someone explain to me the idiosyncratic concepts that are specific to Latino culture? China has "guanxi" or "relationships/connections" and "face" and they're pretty important. While we're here, I'd be interested to learn these for really any culture.

Lunch is two hours, and people go home. Lot of deference to authority. Importance of Catholicism, lots of celebration of festivals, etc. Large interconnected families with close ties. Hosting people at home. Shared food.

This is from like 4 months working in Mexico in financial services, so take with grain of salt. By no means an expert

do you realise how idiotic this thread is? what if we started a thread about the idiosincratic elements of "anglosaxon" culture?

I would welcome it. Cultures are different. If you want to work in and around them, you need to understand them. If you don't see that, you're the idiot.

so, why don't you start by describing "anglosaxon culture"?

Business tends to be less formal than in many other countries. People are very direct and more willing to quickly move into deal discussions without first building a relationship with someone. Personal impressions still matter, but they don’t ask all about your family/background