Afraid Of Needles

When I was in the first year of elementary school, all the students got to be inoculated against a certain disease. I was so afraid of needles that when the doctor came to my class. When I saw my friends getting an injection, I was so nervous that I ran out of the classroom.

My teacher tried to catch me but her couldn’t. After a while, he caught me and finally, with everyone watching and laughing I stopped felt so embarrassing.

Arranging Time

Traveling to all corners of the world gets easier and easier. We live in a global village, but how well do we know and understand each other? Here is a simple test.

Imagine you have arranged a meeting at four o’clock. What time should you expect your foreign business colleagues to arrive? If they are Germans, they will be bang on time. If they are American, they will probably 15 minutes earlier. If they are British, they will be 15 minutes late and you should allow up to an hour for the Italians.

When the European Community began to increase in size, several guide books appeared giving advice on international etiquette. At first many people thought this was a joke, especially the British, who seemed to assume that the widespread understanding of their language meant a corresponding understanding of English custom.